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This article, describing an anonymous donation to the Belfast Chess Club and and a puzzling proviso, appeared on the waldo.villagesoup.com news page recently. It seems a donor offered the club $2,500 with one requirement: the club can no longer meet at the Belfast Free Library. |
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MECA president Andy Bryan along with vice-president Margaret Bryan and policy board members Steve Abrahams and Brian Roderick have announced that they will not seek reelection for 2012. Here's the president's statement and his call for new volunteers to step forward. |
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The Second Annual Maine-New Hampshire Border Battle will take place on September 10th at the Portsmouth Public Library in Portsmouth, NH. Ten of Maine's top players will faceoff against New Hampshire's top ten in a match organized and directed by Husson University student Steve Abrahams. Here are the final head-to-head pairings for the match. |
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Barry Magda won the four-player, Spring Quad at the University of Maine in Augusta played on May 7th, 2011. Rob Shore put up two points, his only loss being to the winner and Ian Youth and Steve Kaluzynski rounded out the quad. Here are images and a USCF crosstable of the event. |
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A strong field turned out for the New England Friendly Downeast Open played at Southern Maine Community College on July 9-10, 2011. Roger Morin captured first in the open section with 3.5 points in four rounds. Nick Parsons put up 3.5 points himself to take first in the U1650 section. Here's an illustrated tournament report, USCF crosstables and two selected games. |
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International Master and author David Vigorito gave a chess lecture and simultaneous chess exhibition at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland on July 9, 2011. He lectured on one of his recent games in the King's Indian and then played fourteen simultaneous games of which he won twelve and drew two. The two drawn games were played by Matthew Fishbein and Dan DeLuca. |
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The Fifth Annual ChessMaine.net Championship was contested at Colby College in Waterville on June 19th, 2011. Twenty-four players competed in the two section, G/75 event. A four-way tie for first in the Open section resulted between Alan Schalk, Roger Morin, John Gaspar and Philip Lowell each scoring 3.0 points in four rounds. Lee Doucette took first in the U1550 section and Dennis Lemieux and Isaiah Fallon were the top scoring players rated under 1250. |
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International Master and author, David Vigorito (USCF 2548), will give a lecture and simul at the Southern Maine Community College Campus Center at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 9th, 2011. The cost is $15 for either the lecture or simul or $25 for both. In addition, IM Vigorito will have copies of his books available for signing including his just-released Attacking Chess: The King's Indian (Volumes 1 and 2). Please join us for an evening with International Master David Vigorito! For more information or to reserve a space please contact Dan DeLuca at dcdeluca@yahoo.com or (207) 479-4474. See you there! |
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On May 28th, 2011, eight players gathered in Houlton, Maine to participate in the First Houlton Invitational Tournament open to players rated over USCF 1600. Roger Peterson of Calais won the event with 3.5 points in four games. Here's the tournament report with USCF crosstable. |
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The 5th Annual ChessMaine.net Championship will take place this Sunday, June 19th at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. This year's event features three sections and includes a generous guaranteed prize fund of $1,100: Open 1st $325, Open 2nd $225, U1550 1st $175, U1550 2nd $125, U1250 1st $150, U1250 2nd $100. Considering the prize fund, outstanding playing conditions, free continental breakfast and on-campus dining this event has become one of Maine's premier chess events of the year! If you're still on the fence the $30 entry fee has been extended through Saturday, June 18th! More Information |
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