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Bangor area's highest-rated player, Steve Abrahams, made the trip to Aroostook County to take first place at the Aroostook Open Championship played on April 3, 2010 at the Masonic Lodge in Houlton. |
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Steve Abrahams won all his games to take first place at the Friday Night G/35 John Bapst Fundraiser Tournament played at the University of Maine in Orono on March 26, 2010. The tournament was organized and directed by MECA president Andy Bryan to raise money for the John Bapst Chess Team's trip to the K-12 National Championships in Columbus, Ohio scheduled for April 16-18, 2010 |
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Beginning Tuesday, April 13, 2010 the Bangor Chess Club is back! Located in Borders Books and Music at 116 Bangor Mall Boulevard in Bangor, the newly-revived club will feature casual play, game analysis, and monthly quick-rated events. The club meets Tuesdays from 6:30 p.m. until 10:00 p. m. in the café. All ages and skill levels are welcome, so drop by to play some games any Tuesday. If you have a chess set or clock please bring it with you. For more information please contact Steve Abrahams at beez2310@msn.com. |
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The Aroostook Open Maine Chess Championship will be played this weekend, Saturday, April 3 at the Masonic Building in Houlton. This four-round, G/60 tournament has a $500 prize fund based on fifteen entries. Hope to see you there! |
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The 40th Annual Maine State Scholastic Individual Chess Championships were played at the University of Maine in Orono on March 20, 2010. The tournament's highest-rated player, Matthew Fishbein, a sixth-grader from Cape Elizabeth, won the K-12 section with a perfect score. Joshua Shuman took first in the K-12 U1200 section. Wesley Parker, Haley DeLuca Lowell and Colin Smith tied for first in the K-8 section. Bethany Humphrey won the K-6 section and Ritvik Kumaran took first in the K-3 section. |
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The Third Presque Isle Open chess tournament, hosted by the Houlton Chess Club and attracting nine players, was played on March 6, 2010. Roger Morin won the tournament scoring 4.0 points in as many games. |
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On February 20, 2010 twenty-seven chess players competed in the three section, All Saints Winter Warm-Up tournament in Bangor. Winners were Steve Abrahans (Open), Ezra Briggs (K-8) and John Kenneway (K-6). |
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Two hundred forty-three scholastic chessplayers competed in the 2010 Maine State Scholastic Team Chess Championships at the University of Maine in Orono on March 6, 2010, making it the largest chess tournament on the Maine chess calendar by far. We bring you a complete run-down of all the action in this richly-illustrated tournament report. |
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Miriam Nielsen, a senior at Cheverus High School in Portland and Haley DeLuca Lowell, a seventh grader at Airline Community School in Aurora are the 2010 Girls Scholastic Chess State Co-Champions. Both scored 3.0 points in four games at the Girls State Championship Tournament played on February 27, 2010 at the University of Maine in Orono. Meagan Weeks of Piscatiquis High School in Guilford finished first in the Under 600 section of the tournament. |
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During an off-hand chess game a friend suggested to Ryan Deane, owner of Koncrete Creations based in Portland, that he might try making a concrete chessboard. Ryan took the idea and ran with it. He now offers a line of beautiful stock and custom-made concrete chessboards manufactured right here in Maine. Some of Ryan's work is featured this month at The Constellation Gallery in Portland. We caught up with Ryan for this interview. |
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