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The 2016 Maine Closed Championship is next weekend, April 9-10, at the Waterville Grand Hotel. There's still time to reserve a room at the "Chess Rate" of $69. Also, registering before April 6 with Andy Bryan will save $15 on entry fee. Contact Andy at bvbryan@aol.com and include your USCF ID# if you are a member. Check for more details of the event on the ChessMaiine.net Events page. Phil Lowell will be the tournament director. |
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It was going to be either Sergey Karjakin or Fabiano Caruana. In the last round of the Candidates Tournament Karjakin was able to beat Caruana to finish the tournament a full point ahead of his nearest rival. Karjakin will therefore challenge Magnus Carlsen for the World Chess Championship to be played in New York City in November of this year. Congratulations Sergey! |
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There's a very real possibility that the next challenger for the World Chess Championship will be an American by the name of Fabiano Caruana. It all boils down to the fourteenth and final round of the Candidates Tournament being played tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. eastern, 3:00 p.m. local in Moscow, Russia. If Caruana wins the game he is the Challenger; if he draws, the situation becomes more complicated and will depend on tiebreaks which we will decipher and explain to you with the help of chessbase.com. |
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Eighty-one scholastic chess players competed in the 45th Anniversary Edition of the Maine State Scholastic Individual Championships at the University of Maine in Orono on Saturday, March 26, 2016. State champions were determined in five sections: High School, High School U1200, Junior High School, K-6 (Elementary), and K-3 (Primary). Here is the illustrated tournament report with results and USCF crosstables. |
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The Manchester March GM Norm took place from March 2-7, 2016 in Manchester, New Hampshire. New Hampshire native GM Josh Friedel led wire to wire to win with 7/10. No players earned GM norms. The tournament was directed by Ken Ballou, Alex Relyea, and Matt Phelps for Relyea Chess. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables, and games. |
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The 2016 New Hampshire Closed was played on March 3-6, 2016 and featured the winners of the 2015 New Hampshire Chess Association events, plus the top rated residents who were not winners to fill out the field. IM Joseph Fang took clear first with 4/5. Christopher Wood was second with 3.5/5, and Hal Terrie completed the prize winners with 3/5. The tournament was directed by Alex Relyea and Ken Ballou for Relyea Chess. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables and games. |
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On Saturday, March 26, 2016 the Scholastic Individual Championships will take place at the University of Maine in Orono. All scholastic chess players are warmly welcomed to attend. A number of players are invited to the "Individuals" free of charge based on their performance in the Scholastic Team Championships played last Saturday, March 12, 2016. Here is the list of those invited to the Individuals free of charge. |
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2015 Maine State Scholastic K-8 Champion Ian Youth authored A Beginner's Chess Workbook as part of his final project at the Breakwater School in Portland. Ian has graciously offered the use of this instructional guide book to the ChessMaine.net community. We bring you a downloadable version of the book and some images of Ian visiting Bobby Fisher's grave during a recent trip to Iceland |
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Guest speaker Dr. Clare Bates Congdon of Bowdoin College will present an introductory talk on "Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Computer Games," which will be followed by the screening of the 1980 film Computer Chess at the Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. |
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Hou Yifan of China won the ninth game and match of the Women's World Championship with the score of 6.0-3.0 over Maria Muzychuk of Ukraine. With this win, Yifan becomes Women's World Champion for the fourth time. Here are images, and links to the official site and games. |
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