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On Saturday, February 25th an impressive 15 Maine chess players competed in the 9th Queen City Tornado tournament in Manchester, New Hampshire. The event attracted 185 players in four sections: Open, U1800, U1400, and U1200. Here's the tournament report with US Chess crosstables. |
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March is scholastic chess championship season! We wanted to call your attention to four scholastic chess championships coming up on March 11th (Maine Scholastic Team Chess Championships), March 18th (Maine Scholastic Individual Chess Championships), March 24th (New England Online Scholastic BLITZ Championships), and March 25th (New England Online Scholastic Championships). More information >> HERE << |
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The 2023 Maine Scholastic Team Chess Championships will take place on Saturday, March 11th at Lewiston High School. Six sections of competition will be offered: High School Championship, High School Reserve, Middle School Championship, Elementary School Championship (K-5), Primary School Championship (K-3) and K-1 Championship. Here is more information and registrations links. |
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The Maine Chess Association has elected new Executive Board members and Directors. We thank MECA members for casting their ballots and we welcome new leadership for the Association. Congratulations and best of luck to our new Board: John Paul Ciarrocchi, President; Dan DeLuca, Vice President; Aaron Spencer, Secretary; Wyatt Hendrix, Treasurer; Justin Fisette, Director; Jorge Oliveira, Director; Will Ravn, Director; and Hayden Tittle, Director. |
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The 2022 Kennebunk High School chess tournament, played on Saturday, December 10th, attracted thirty-five players in three sections: Open, U1400, and U800. Winners were Will Ravn (Open), Xander Pettis (U1400), and Abby Therriault (U800). We bring you the tournament report with crosstables. |
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With a nod to numerology, seventy-one (71) players turned up at the seventeenth (17) running of the Aurora Winter Solstice chess tournament in the tiny hamlet of Aurora, Maine on Saturday, December 11th. We wish to thank all who participated, organized, directed, and volunteered to make this event a great success. Here is the illustrated tournament report with US Chess crosstables. |
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The Maine Chess Association is accepting bid applications from schools and school chess programs for hosting its three flagship Scholastic Championship tournaments: The Kathy Richards Maine Girls' Chess Championship, held this year on February 11, 2023; The Maine Scholastic Team Chess Championships, held this year on March 11, 2023; The Maine Scholastic Individual Chess Championships, held this year on March 18, 2023. |
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Hello MECA Members! It is time to elect Officers and Directors of the Maine Chess Association for the upcoming term. The members we elect this month will assume their positions on January 1, 2023, and provide leadership to MECA for one or two years, depending on position. Officers are elected for a two-year term, while Directors are elected for one year. Some candidates have chosen to submit brief statements, and those are provided below. |
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A whopping ninety-two players competed in the 2nd Annual South Portland High School Chess Tournament played on November 19, 2022. The event had three sections: Open, U1400, and U800. Wyatt Hendrix won the Open section with a perfect 4.0 points. Gavin Cooley did the same in the U1400 section and went from unrated to provisional 1700 in one go, and Avery Zhang and Henry Shannon finished equal first with 4.0 points in the sixty-player (!) U800 section. |
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The Maine Chess Association is now accepting nominations for all four officer positions and all four director positions for the 2022 election cycle, which begins on December 1, 2022. All officer positions are electable to two-year terms, and all director positions are electable to one-year terms. |
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