There was a good turnout yesterday for the Eastern Maine Open put on by the Tom Sandford and the University of Maine Chess Club. There were 24 players in the Open section which saw numerous upsets in the first two rounds. Unfortunately I was unable to stay past the second round, so I await the crosstable being submitted to USCF like the rest of you.
Yuri Riabkov, the John Bapst coach, was playing very well having upset both Matthew Fishbein (currently the 68th ranked 11 year old in the nation) and Roger Morin who was fresh off his Maine Closed Co-Championship in the first two rounds. Others off to strong starts against higher rated players were UMaine Chess Club member Daniel Robbins (2.0) and Bangor High's Keji Xu (1.5).
I enjoyed visiting with many of the players and getting ideas in case I'm elected president of MECA. Many were supportive and excited about the future of Maine chess for 2010.
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