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After seven Maine Chess Player of the Year events, Roger Morin has a commanding lead of 11.6 points over his next closest rival Lance Beloungie. Jarod Bryan, Curt Brock and Dan Fishbein round out the top five places heading into the Downeast Open to be played on August 3rd. Here's the complete standings with score breakdown. |
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Roger Morin conceded only one draw to his opponent Troy Franklin in their four-game match played in Houlton on June 1st and 2nd, 2013. The draw came in round three--too late for Franklin to save the match. Here's the match photo, crosstable and a selected game. |
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Sixteen players competed in the University of Maine at Augusta Spring Quads held on the campus of UMA on June 8th, 2013. Winners were: Jarod Bryan (Quad 1), William Ravn and George Spahn (Quad 2), Corey Dunn (Quad 3) and Joseph Powell (Quad 4). Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables. |
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The rainy day was one of all too many in May, but was welcomed by the chess coaches as Little League was cancelled and several chess team members could make the tournament at the East End Community School after all. Nearly 50 players from the East End Community, Ocean Avenue, and Falmouth Elementary Schools met in the East End School cafeteria to play chess matches after a quick supper of pizza generously provided by Leonardo's Pizza. |
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Former Maine State Champions Roger Morin and Aaron Spencer played a four game match in Houlton on May 11-12th, 2013 with the time control of game in 90 minutes + 5 second delay. Spencer got off to a strong start with 1.5 points in the first two games. He could not sustain his momentum however and dropped both games three and four to give Morin the match victory 2.5 -1.5. |
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Matthew Fishbein, Joshua Quint and Ruben Babayan each scored 4.0 points to share equal first at the 2013 Maine State Chess Championship played at the Best Western Plus Waterville Grand Hotel on April 27-28, 2013. As a testament to the competitiveness of the tournament, the top eleven places were separated by a single point. Here's a photo report with USCF crosstable. If you played in this tournament and would like to submit an interesting game please do so by clicking on the submit your games link on the left-hand margin of any ChessMaine.net page. Thanks! |
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The Cape Elizabeth High School Chess team, which won this year's Maine State High School Team Championship in March, helped represent the state at the USCF SuperNationals V in Nashville, Tennessee from April 4-8. The tournament, held at the massive Opryland Resort Hotel, was the largest rated chess tournament in world history, attracting 5,335 players. The tournament, held every four years, combines the annual national Elementary, Junior High and High School championships into one massive event. |
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On Wednesday evening April 17th the Stonington Opera House hosted a screening of the chess film Brooklyn Castle. The film tells the stories of five members of the chess team at the below-the-poverty-line inner New York City junior high school I.S. 318 that has won more national championships than any other in the country. Following the screening the Executive Director of the Opera House, Linda Nelson, facilitated a "talk back" in which a four-person panel discussed the film and the state of chess in Maine with the audience. |
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Nine players competed in the April U1500 tournament at the University of Maine in Presque Isle on April 6th, 2013. Highest rated Richard Michaud won the four round tournament with 3.5 points. Trailing Michaud were Cody Maldonado and Cody Queen with 3.0 points. Here are photos and a USCF crosstable of the event. |
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Maine chess player Rob Shore is liquidating his collection of chess books, tapes and DVD's. This note from Rob: "I have over 100 books, VCR tapes, and ChessBase DVD's to sell at outrageously low prices. The 50 ChessBase DVD's include a variety of openings, strategy, tactics and endgames. They usually sell for $25-$35 and are like new. I'd let them go for $5/each or better on larger orders. I have a full set of Dzhindzhihasvili's endgame tapes, as well as lots of books on the whole gamut of chess. Many of the books are very recent, some are quite old and might interest a collector. I have the full set of Averbakh's endgame books in hardback, as well as the original Batsford opening collection in hardback. If anyone is interested, email me." |
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