WCC Game 7: Match Midpoint Game Ends in Draw

December 4, 2021

Game 7 of the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship ended in a 41-move amicable draw. After an exhausting battle in Game 6, Ian Nepomniachtchi was content to steer the game into well-known peaceable channels. The Challenger seemed to vent a bit of frustration over the previous day's game at the post-game press conference when he said, "It was quite a new experience to play two games in one day. Somehow I thought that at the World Championship level it should be like a little bit different than some open tournaments."
Match Score: Carlsen 4.0 Nepomniachtchi 3.0

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WCC Game 6: Carlsen Wins 136-Move Odyssey

December 3, 2021

Game 6 of the 2021 World Chess Championship will go down as the longest game ever played in a World Championship match. A 136-move epic with all the plot twists and turns of a gripping thriller. In the end it was Magnus Carlsen who, to borrow a phrase from Savielly Tartakower, was the one to made the next-to-last mistake. With this win, the first in 20 World Championship games, the defending Champion takes the lead 3.5-2.5.

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WGM Foisor Blitz Chess Exhibition *Watch Live!*

December 3, 2021

There are still a few slots open to play WGM Foisor in a G/3 blitz game on Friday, December 3rd at Maine Craft Portland. If you would rather watch, you can do so in-person at MCP, 521 Congress Street, or online >> here. << Either way, we hope you will join us! The first game starts at 5:00 p.m. eastern.

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WGM Foisor Lecture at Maine Craft Portland

December 2, 2021

Women's Grandmaster and 2017 US Women's Chess Champion Sabina Foisor gave a lecture in downtown Portland that was, at the same time, fascinating, instructive, and touchingly personal. With inspirational words of encouragement, WGM Foisor recounted her upbringing in Romania, her ascendence to the pinnacle of US women's chess, and shared the heartbreak of losing her mother to cancer. As part of the Craft Maker's Gambit: An Exhibition Inspired by the Game of Chess, this event was sponsored by the Maine Crafts Association, Maine Craft Portland, and the Maine Chess Association.

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WCC Game 5: Probing Meets Preparation; Match Tied at 2.5

December 1, 2021

Game 5 of the World Chess Championship ended in a draw. The opening was another Ruy Lopez Anti-Marshall System in which Carlsen tried what he thought would be the lesser-analyzed 8...Rb8. Unfortunately for him, Nepo was booked to the nines on this line and pressed the World Champion on a course of grim defense. The players shook on the draw when a threatened triple-repeat-of-position occurred after White's 43rd move.

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WCC Game 4: A Petrov and a Draw

November 30, 2021

Game 4 of the World Chess Championship marks the 18th straight draw in World Championship matches (2016, 2018, and 2021) in games with classical time controls. Online chatter has been discussing "draw death" and there is a growing sentiment amongst spectators, and amongst the players as well, who are looking forward to the Match's first decisive game. The Match score stands at 2 points apiece.

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WCC Game 3: Three Games Three Draws

November 28, 2021

Game 3 of the World Chess Championship ended in a draw after White's 41st move. In a post-game interview, Nepo, who played the White pieces, felt that he got something out of the opening. After White played 21.h3 the position reached objective equality and remained that way into the same-color Bishop endgame when the players called it quits. Tomorrow is a rest day. The Match, now at 1.5 points apiece, resumes on Tuesday, November 30th.

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WCC Game 2: After a Tense Battle, It's a Draw

November 27, 2021

Game 2 of the World Chess Championship was an exciting one with three results possible throughout most of the game. Carlsen sacked the exchange on 20.Rb1 and pressed to the point where Black seemed to be in serious trouble. To Nepomniachtchi's credit, the Challenger weathered a complicated onslaught and navigated to a theoretically drawn endgame.

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George Cunningham Trophies Reimagined

November 26, 2021

George Cunningham was a titan of the Maine chess community in many ways. A professor at the University of Maine, George Cunningham worked to organize chess in Maine and briefly served as Executive Director of the United States Chess Federation, helping to save the Federation from organizational calamity. In Maine, the George Cunningham Chess Club at the University of Maine and the George Cunningham Memorial Trophies are named in his honor. Those trophies, meant to honor the Maine Scholastic Team Champions every March, have been given a fresh new look, thanks to master woodworker Andrew DeMaris and a generous sponsorship from Hartt Transportation.

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World Chess Championship Gets Underway in Dubai: Game 1 Drawn

November 26, 2021

The 2021 FIDE World Championship takes place November 24-December 16, 2021 in Dubai, UAE. The championship will be played for a €2 million prize fund between the reigning world champion GM Magnus Carlsen and the challenger GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, who won the 2020-2021 FIDE Candidates Tournament. Game 1 was drawn after 45 moves.

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