Keji Xu, playing solid chess throughout, outlasted Ethan Dininno in the last round to secure the Maine State High School Individual Chess Championship today in Orono. Xu, the number 5 seed behind four players from Cape Elizabeth, was able to finish undefeated on the day and become the first Bangor High student to qualify for the Denker High School Tournament of Champions. Dininno, the highest seed, played brilliantly throughout before falling just short.
Matthew Fishbein, playing solid, conservative chess, scored 4.0 in the Junior High section and will represent Maine at the first K-8 Tournament of Champions in Orlando this summer. Fishbein took his time and on gaining advantages in his games played flawlessly. Runner-ups Haley Deluca Lowell and Ian Youth only lost to Fishbein en route to their 3.0 finishes. They were joined by Anna Bryan at 3.0 whose only blemish was to Youth.
In the tightly contested K-6 Division Youth's twin brother Eric came home with the laurels a half point clear of five who finished with 3.0. In the early finishing K-3 Championship Itai Boss won all four games to gain the top trophy. And in the other scholastic section Andy Turner won the High School Under 1200 section with 3.5.
While the Scholastics took place, there were the Sidekick Quads. Max Berube won the higher rated quad and three shared the top spot in the lower rated quad.
There will be a tournament Friday evening at UMaine for those of you that can't get enough chess in March.
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