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The United States Chess Federation maintains and codifies the official rules of chess in successive editions of "The Rulebook" also known as the US Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess. At various intervals, USCF publishes rule and policy changes. In this report, we bring you the 2016 edition of these changes. |
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The World Chess Federation has announced details about the 2016 Candidates Tournament. The winner of this tournament will challenge current world champion Magnus Carlsen in the last quarter of 2016 presumably somewhere in the United States. The tournament will be played in Moscow from March 10-30, 2016 and include the following players: Vishy Anand, Sergey Karjakin, Peter Svidler, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Veselin Topalov, Anish Giri, and Levon Aronian. |
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It is with great sadness that we report the passing of one of Maine's great chess sons Harold Dondis. Harold was born in Rockland, Maine and educated in Rockland Public Schools. He graduated from Bowdoin College and Harvard Law School. Probably most well known for his Boston Globe chess column which he wrote for fifty years, Harold was a lover of the royal game. Donations may be made in his memory to the Rockland Public Library, Rockland, ME 04841 or the Boylston Chess Club, Suite B101, Norris St, No. Cambridge, MA 02140. |
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With sixty-two USCF members participating, the 11th Annual Aurora Winter Solstice Tournament was the largest tournament, save the spring scholastic championships, that Maine has seen since 2004. Many thanks to all the players, parents, coaches, and volunteers for making this tournament a great success. Jarod Bryan won the open section and clinched the title of Maine Chess Player of the Year. Congratulations Jarod! Here's the richly illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables. |
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The first of three informal chess gatherings for students in K-8th grade took place at the Ellsworth Middle School on Tuesday, December 8th from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Students, parents, and coaches from Aurora, Bucksport, Deer Isle-Stonington, Ellsworth, and Lamoine attended.These gatherings give students an opportunity to experience and practice in near-tournament conditions in the run up to the state scholastic championships held in March at the University of Maine in Orono. |
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The president of the World Chess Federation, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has stepped down after the US Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on him effective November 25, 2015. In a statement released today Nigel Freedman the Executive Director of FIDE states that Ilyumzhinov will withdraw from any legal, financial and business operations of FIDE until such time as [he] is removed from the Office of Foreign Assets Control sanction list. |
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The Maine Chess Association is looking for candidates for all policy board positions. Officer positions (President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer) have terms of two years. Director terms are one year and are voted upon at annual meetings unless there is a vacancy which will be included in the ballot for officer positions. Anyone who is interested in being a policy board member should contact either current President Andy Bryan (bvbryan@aol.com) or Vice President Dan DeLuca (dcdeluca@yahoo.com). |
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On a recent trip to Manhattan, we checked out the typical chess haunts and found a few changes to the scene. Here's an illustrated report featuring action at the Marshall Chess Club, Washington Square Park, Union Square, and the Village. |
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Twenty-nine players competed in the seven-section UMA Quads Tournament on November 14th at the University of Maine at Augusta. Jarod Bryan and Wiliam Ravn shared the top spot in Quad 1 as did Phil Lowell and Barry Magda in Quad 2. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables and three selected games. |
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Eight players, including Cynthia Cui who has just returned from the World Youth Championships in Greece, competed in the November Houlton Open at the Art Studio in Houlton on Saturday, November 14, 2015. Cui shared first place with Roger Morin both scoring 2.5 points in the three round event. Here's the illustrated tournament report with USCF crosstables. |
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