Orono High School Chess Bids Farewell to Coach

June 10, 2008

On May 31, the Orono High School chess team, their families, friends and supporters, said farewell to departing coach Fred Irons with a party honoring his eight years of service to the team.

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Mainers in USCF Top 100 Lists

June 6, 2008

Maine has four scholastic players in the USCF Top 100 Lists for June 2008. Lucas McCain (1816), Fritz Eyerer (1791), Matthew Fishbein (1363) and Margaret Bryan (1360) each cracked the list of the top 100 rated players in the nation for their age group.

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Chess Instruction at the Huse School

June 4, 2008

The Adventures at Huse project is an overall effort of the Sagadahoc Commununity Justice Project in partnership with the Bath School Department to facilitate out-of-school activities for youth and families. These programs are held at the Huse School on 39 Andrews Street in Bath. This Saturday, June 7, 2008 Chess instructor Sean Donovan will be giving a chess workshop for all ages.

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ChessMaine Summer Reading List

June 3, 2008

Hitting the beach this summer? Maybe a hike in the mountains or just relaxing on the hammock. Either way you'll want to bring along some books from our Summer Reading List. Ten captivating books have been selected for your reading pleasure along with in-depth reviews from our friends at ChessCafe.com.

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Cornville Elementary School Championship

May 31, 2008

Sixteen students at Cornville Elementary School recently played in their school's four round chess championship. A new experience for many of the players this tournament nonetheless produced some exciting and fighting games. A three-way tie for first resulted between Kaytlin Allen, William Kelly and Orion Poulin.

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WCCF May Swiss Tournament Report

May 29, 2008

A three-way tie for first was the result at the Washington County Chess Federation May Swiss played on May 17, 2008 in Calais. On tiebreaks it was Roger Peterson (first), Fritz Eyerer (second) and Roger Morin (third) but all scored 3.0 points to share top honors.

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Fishbein vs. Spahn: Another Perspective

May 27, 2008

Current Maine State Co-Champion and Bates College English Professor Steven Dillon took a look at the recently published Fishbein - Spahn game from the scholastic team state championship earlier this year and was moved to write his own set of annotations. We are delighted and honored to receive this bit of instruction and insight from Professor Dillon.

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Matthew Fishbein vs. George Spahn

May 23, 2008

George Spahn, a fifth grader at Palermo Consolidated School, scored a perfect 4.0 points in four games to tie for first at the 2008 Scholastic Teams State Championship held in March at the University of Maine, Orono. One of Spahn's victories was a fine effort with the black pieces against Matthew Fishbein, a powerhouse player from Cape Elizabeth who has been ranked in the top 100 players in the nation for his age group. Here is the exciting game Fishbein - Spahn with annotations provided by Fritz 9.

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ChessMaine.net Championship Announced

May 19, 2008

The Second Annual ChessMaine.net Championship will take place on June 28, 2008 at Colby College in Waterville. The four-round G/75 tournament will offer a prize fund of $400 based on 30 entries with $100 to the winner and $50 for best in each class A-E and U1000. We hope to see you at this great event in a beautiful setting.

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Maine Chess Player of the Year Current Standings

May 17, 2008

After four tournaments thus far in 2008, Michael Dudley (30.5 points) has a razor-thin lead over Ruben Babayan (30.0 points) and the two players tied for third Lucas McCain and Nicholas Parsons (both with 29.0 points) in the Maine Chess Player of the Year competition. Here's the current standings including results from the Maine Championship.

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