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This weekend the Maine Scholastic Individual Chess Championships took place online at Chess.com. The event attracted thirty-nine players in three sections: K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 and selected the Maine nominees to the Denker, Barber, and Rockefeller national scholastic tournaments. |
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The Maine Chess Association held an Executive Board meeting on May 27, 2020. Thanks to MECA Secretary Wyatt Hendrix, we bring you the meeting minutes. You can also find these minutes on the ChessMaine.net Board Room link. |
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The Maine Chess Association has announced that the 2020 Maine Scholastic Individual Chess Championships will take place online at Chess.com om Saturday and Sunday, June 27-28, 2020. Here are the details and registration information. |
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We need some input on the new format for the Maine State Championship, which has been rescheduled for September 11-13, 2020! We are considering making a couple of changes in order to offer a longer time control and spread the tournament out over three days. If you're interested in giving feedback on this, please complete this form no later than Friday, April 24th. Thank you for your input! |
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There are a number of scholastic chess events to be held online in order to comply with recommendations by public health officials. Maine scholastic chess players, please consider participation in the following tournaments. |
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National Tournament Director and FIDE Arbiter Jeff Hoffpauir, along with National Tournament Directors Alex Relyea, Jeff Wiewel, and Chris Bird, offer a free online US Chess Webinar for Club, Local, and Senior Tournament Directors. The live webinar happened on April 5, 2020. Thanks to Jeff Hoffpauir and US Chess, we bring you the full-length webinar as well as slides from the presentation. |
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Maine Chess Association Secretary and 2019 Maine State Chess Champion Wyatt Hendrix is hosting two online tournaments on Chess.com on Friday, April 10th at 6:00 p.m. eastern and Saturday, April 18th at 3:00 p.m. eastern as well as an online Zoom lecture on Tuesday, April 14th at 5:00 p.m. eastern. To join these events, please send an email to MECA Secretary Wyatt Hendrix: igmwhendrix@gmail.com. |
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Students from accross the state competed in the Maine Scholastic Team Chess Championships at the University of Maine on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Here is the tournament report, albeit a bit delayed, with results, crosstables, and images from the day. |
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The 2020 US Chess National Spring Tournaments have unfortunately been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. US Chess is offering brand new tournament sets and boards from these canceled tournaments for as low as $5.00 on bulk quantities. Take a look at these special offers from US Chess Federation Sales. |
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Many of you have sent in questions regarding how efforts to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak in Maine will affect chess events. Maine Chess Association president Michael Dudley writes to give you as coaches (or parents of preregistered players) an idea of where we stand with our events and make some suggestions for how to stay sharp while play is out. |
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