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The votes from the Maine Chess Association Online Election have been tallied and candidates for the two-year term of executive officer and one-year term of policy board member have been selected. We welcome these public servants of chess and wish them the best of luck in their tenure. |
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The 9th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Chess Tournament, hosted by Stillwater Montessori School, was held on Monday, January 21, 2008 in Old Town. There were 48 participants in four sections, three of which were USCF rated. Fritz Eyerer and Aaron Spencer, each with three points, played in the championship round for the title. Eyerer came out on top to score a perfect 4-0 and Spencer tied for second with Charles Clark each scoring 3-1. Bangor High School student Henry Chai received the top K-12 trophy. |
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Portland - Robert F. " The Magician" Nixon, 63, of Auburn, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, January 19, 2008 at Maine Medical Center. He was born in Portland, January 4, 1945 the son of Frederic and Velma Hersey Nixon. Bob was educated in Portland schools and proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era and was married to Laurence Bonneau for 36 magicial and wonderful years. |
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After observing a moment of silence in memory of Joe Brown, former Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary chess player and Bobby Fischer, former world chess champion, 26 young chess players in kindergarten through 8th grade battled it out in four divisions: K-2nd grade, 3rd-4th grade, 5th-6th grade and 7th-8th grade in the Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School Cafeteria. |
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Dan Hayes, a first year undergraduate student at the University of Maine (UM) in Orono, is the new UM Chess Champion for 2007-2008. The UM Chess Championship, played from October 17 - November 16, 2007, was open to all full-time undergraduate and graduate students. At the end of the regulation four rounds (with a time control of G/45), Hayes was tied for the lead at 3.0 with Brian Chick. Hayes won the well-fought rapid playoff game (with a time control of G/10) to take the title. Charles Jones took third place with a score of 2.5. |
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| REYKJAVIK, Iceland - "Chess," Bobby Fischer once said, "is life." It was the chess master's tragedy that the messy, tawdry details of his life often overshadowed the sublime genius of his game. Fischer, who has died at the age of 64, was a child prodigy, a teenage grandmaster and 'Äî before age 30 'Äî a world champion who triumphed in a Cold War showdown with Soviet champion Boris Spassky. By GUDJON HELGASON, Associated Press Writer |  |
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There are lots of opportunities accross the state to play tournament chess this weekend. From South Portland to Old Town and Deer Isle, events are offering scholastic, open, rated and non-rated chess. Come out and celebrate MLK weekend! We hope to see you over the board at one of these events. |
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| In the sixth match of the PVC league, Orono High School beat Hampden Academy 9.5 - 2.5 and Bangor High School edged out Bapst 7 - 5. Orono leads the standings with twelve points followed by Bangor High School with seven and John Bapst with five. Hampden Academy is still scoreless. |  |
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| The State Scholastic Chess Championship Organizing Committee, at a meeting on Saturday, January 5, 2008 at the University of Maine, Orono, finalized the details of the state scholastic tournaments and made registration materials available. The dates of the tournaments are: Girls Championship March 1st, Team Championship March 8th, Individual Championship March 29th. |  |
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| Roger Peterson started the chess year off right with a win at the John Bapst New Year's tournament on January 6, 2008 at John Bapst Memorial High School in Bangor, Maine. Maine's first USCF-rated tournament in 2008 drew forty-four players in four sections. Here is the intensely illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables. |  |
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