In Memoriam: Joel Cartwright

August 25, 2008

Many of us remember Joel Cartwright as an avid scholastic chess player, veteran of many state championship tournaments and graduate of Bowdoin College. Joel took his own life on June 27, 2008 at his family's cottage in Tennants Harbor. We are profoundly saddened by this tragedy and extend our deepest sympathies to Joel's family and friends. Caitlin Elsaesser of the Times Record prepared this special report including a touching slideshow tribute to Joel.

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Brock Stuns Field; Wins Downeast Open

August 21, 2008

According to his rating Curt Brock was expected to finish dead last in the Downeast Open Tournament played at Southern Maine Community College on August 16, 2008. Apparently no one alerted Brock to this minor detail as he went on to turn the crosstable up-side-down and score 3.5 points taking first with a 2190 or +637! performance rating.

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Reflections on the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls

August 20, 2008

Back from her recent performance at the Susan Polgar Natonal Invitational for Girls, Maine 2008 Girls Champion Sorel Edes of Orono took time out to share her thoughts of the tournament with us and how it felt to represent Maine at this national event.

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St. Croix Classic and Downeast Open Tournament Reminders

August 12, 2008

Two tournaments will take place in Maine this Saturday, August 16, 2008: The St. Croix River Valley International Chess Classic in Perry and the Downeast Open and RBO in South Portland. Here are the details including registration information.

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WCCF July Swiss Tournament Report

August 8, 2008

Todd Snyder (1931) won the WCCF July Swiss played in Houlton on July 19, 2008 with a perfect 4.0 points in as many rounds. Following Snyder were Roger Morin (1959) with 3.0 points and a group of four players with 2.0 points.

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Chess Classes at Blue Hill Public Library

August 7, 2008

George Stevens Academy teacher and chess instructor Paul Gliden will be offering two chess classes at the Blue Hill Library on August 13th and 20th from 2:30 - 4: 30 p.m. The classes are open to the public and free of charge.

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The Long Lost Tournament

August 6, 2008

Lost in both time and cyberspace, the crosstable for a tournament that was played in Portland, Maine over 15 years ago has been unearthed by ChessMaine.net avid reader John Gaspar. The tournament was incorrectly entered into the USCF database as having taken place in Portland, Oregon rather than Portland, Maine and like a misplaced first class letter, has gone undetected all these years until now.

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Denker Final Round Report

August 5, 2008

A three-way tie for first between Daniel Yeager (2349) of Pennsylvania, Julian Landaw (2305) of California and Scott Low (2198) of Maryland all of whom scored 5.0 points in six rounds was the result at the Denker Tournament of High School Champions. Maine's favorite son Fritz Eyerer was defeated in the last round but finished the tournament tied for 20th place with 3.0 points against very stiff competition.

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Denker Round 5 Report

August 5, 2008

Matt Parry (2253) of New York has defeated Maryland's Scott Low (2198) to take sole possession of first place at the Denker with 4.5 points and one round remaining. Despite the fact that the competition in this tournament is at a very high level (only nine players are rated below USCF 1700) Fritz Eyerer continues to excel. In round 5, he defeated Oregon's Daniel Gay (1990) to move to 3.0 points and a tie for 12th place with a 2047 or +237 performance rating.

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Denker Round 3 & 4 Report

August 4, 2008

After four rounds at the Denker Tournament of High School Champions only one player has 4.0 points. Scott Low (2198), a strong expert from Maryland, has not given up a loss or draw. With nine players within a point of Low, the final two rounds will certainly be interesting. Maine representative Fritz Eyerer won a nice game vs. Vincent Glorioso (1957) of Louisiana in round 3 then lost to Erik Patchell (2070) of Kentucky to remain even at 2.0 points.

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