Scholastic Teams State Championship Report

March 6, 2012

The 2012 State Scholastic Chess Team Championships were held Saturday, March 3, in the Memorial Union, University of Maine, Orono. About 250 players supported by coaches and parents gathered despite the adverse weather conditions to contest team honors in the K-3, K-6, Junior High, and High School sections. Also at stake were individual achievements leading to invitation to the Individual Championships to be held at the same location on March 17. Each player competed in four games with team honors decided by total points scored for the four games or, in the case of the High School Championship section, by head-to-head match play.

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Scholastic Teams State Championship is on!

March 2, 2012

The Scholastic Teams State Championship planned for Saturday, March 3rd at the University of Maine in Orono will take place as scheduled. In spite of the weather, a decision has been made to go ahead with the tournament. Please give yourself extra time to get to the venue and travel safe.

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All Saints Winter Warm-Up Tournament Report

March 1, 2012

Fifty-two scholastic chess players competed in five sections (including a K-3 non-rated section) at the All Saints Winter Warm-Up Tournament played in Bangor on February 25th, 2012. This tournament has traditionally been a precursor to the state scholastic team championships which are scheduled for this Saturday, March 3rd at the University of Maine in Orono. (Check ChessMaine.net for possible snow cancellation of this event.)

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Total Chess: Learn, Teach and Play the Easy 1-2-3 Way

March 1, 2012

John Herron, a retired computer programmer who has fond memories of camping at Acadia National Park, has written a book entitled Total Chess: Learn Teach and Play the Easy 1-2-3 Way. The book takes the reader through all phases of the game and explains concepts in a series of mini-lessons that are ideal as stand alone material for chess classes and one-on-one instruction. The text can be used as an entire course or specific lessons can be focused on to highlight a particular concept i.e., Rooks & Open Files or Knight vs. Pawns in the endgame. Here's more information and how you can get a copy.

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St. Valentine's Day Massacre Quads

February 27, 2012

Twelve players participated in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre Quads held at the University of Maine in Orono on February 12, 2012. This resulted in a neat grouping of three sets of four: Quad 1 (USCF 2005-1602) won by Todd Snyder, Quad 2 (USCF 1632-1024) won by Max Berube, and Quad 3 (USCF 906-591) won by Patrick Coyne.

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2012 Girls Scholastic Champion...by default!

February 21, 2012

Woody Allen said, "Eighty percent of success is showing up." That adage rang true for Haley DeLuca Lowell who arrived at the 2012 Maine Scholastic Girls Championship to find herself registered as the only competitor in the field! Like Anatoly Karpov, who, in 1975, was declared world champion when Bobby Fischer did not show up to defend his title, DeLuca Lowell was declared the winner by default. Also like Karpov, DeLuca Lowell has proved herself a worthy title holder--she shared first place in the 2010 event, and, with a live USCF rating of 1072, she is currently the highest-rated female scholastic player in the state.

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IM's Vigorito and Sarkar tie at Saco Open

February 21, 2012

International Masters David Vigorito and Justin Sarkar topped a strong field scoring 3.5 points and tieing for first place at the Saco Open played on February 4-5, 2012 at the Hampton Inn in Saco. Trailing the leaders in the open section were Jarod Bryan (playing in his first USCF-rated tournament since 2006) and Joshua Quint each scoring 2.5 points. Donald Plummer won the U1750 section with 3.5 points. This event, possibly the first FIDE-rated event ever played in Maine, attracted twenty-seven players.

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Joe Brown Memorial Tournament Report

January 29, 2012

Thirty-four players participated in the Joe Brown Memorial Tournament held at Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School on Saturday, January 28th, 2012. The annual, non-rated, scholastic tournament honors the memory of former Deer Isle-Stonington chess team member Joe Brown. Winners of the four sections were: Bethany Humphrey (7-8), Brendan Penfold (5-6), Rylee Eaton (3-4) and Ruby DeLuca Lowell (K-2).

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MLK Tournament at Stillwater Montessori School

January 18, 2012

For thirteen years the MLK Chess Tournament at Stillwater Motessori has been attracting scholastic players and more recently adult competitors to Old Town for a day of mid-winter chess. This year's edition had fifty-six players in four sections: Open, K-12, K-8 and K-6 non-rated. Here's the richly illustrated tournament report with results, crosstables and selected games.

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John Bapst New Year's Tournament Report

January 17, 2012

Thirty-three players turned out for the five-section John Bapst New Year's Tournament played at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor on January 8th, 2012. This year's tournament was held in honor of former John Bapst Chess Coach Bob Solinger who passed away last year after a long battle with cancer.

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