HOULTON, Maine — A two game chess match was played at the Cary Library in Houlton on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017 for the teen championship of Maine, sponsored by ChessDreams.
Cynthia Cui and Leonardo Cui participated. The match was one to one and Cynthia won the 10-minute playoff, making her the top-rated female teen in Maine.
ChessDreams is a private philanthropic chess organization, founded by Anne York, which has financed chess needs in California and New England. It seeks to further the chess ‘dreams’ of individual chess players through direct financing of players, organizations and events.
According to ChessDreams’ mission statement, the organization’s role has largely been to identify chess needs, and then to envision and translate ChessDreams projects into reality.
Since its inception, ChessDreams has taken on the roles of chess patron, chess organizer, public service organization, chess club and chess school.
“As chess patrons,” the mission statement reads, “we have directly financed the developing careers of both internationally recognized players as well as not so famous players — both big and small.”
