31 the Lord Good Friday March 29 St. SATURDAY 8:00 AM St. Mary AM PM St. 7pm Whitefield Maundy Thursday: Foot Washing The Day of Resurrection with Holy St. Mary Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Kennebec Sentinel B6 LOCAL MAINE BY BONNIE WASHUK Portland Press Herald In the lobby of Baxter Academy for Tech- nology and Science, a chess board is on prominent dis- play for good reason.
Earlier this month, the chess team which even exist a few months ago won the Maine State Scholastic Chess Champion- ship against 15 of the best teams, including Kenne- bunk High School. Going into the champion- ship, facing established high school chess teams, Baxter was not expected to win. The player who clinched the big win for six-member team is fresh- man Vuvu-Nkanu Ma- viditi, a teen from Angola who last year was living at the Portland Expo when it served as temporary shelter for asylum seekers. During the final round on a recent Saturday, Kennebunk High School and Baxter Academy faced off. last round was pretty said Baxter team member Kai Whitehead, 16, of Gorham, who had played in earlier rounds.
was down to the Whitehead, who was watch- ing intently, first felt optimis- tic for his team, but then, he said, the play took a turn. thought it was over when both (of two last players) were White- head said. Then Maviditi, 16, now of Saco, turned his game around and won. know how, but he came Whitehead said. Suddenly Baxter Acade- my was the new champi- on thanks in part to this soft-spoken young man who has lived in the United States for just one year and has told his teachers he wants to breed fish.
Whitehead describes chess skills as Kennebunk High won sec- ond place in the tournament. Chess coach David Cimato said for his team that a huge accomplishment against some really tough schools, Cheverus, Fryeburg Academy, John For Baxter to grab the championship win huge- ly Cimato said in an email. team held up extremely well under pressure and in sharp tacti- cal positions. Their patience and calculation in those two end games were the differ- other chess team players are Jacob Kaiser, Ab- dallah Ali, Gibson Holloway and Sean Glass. The coach is Ma- jur Juac, an internationally known chess master who once was one of the of Sudan who fled the civil war in their country and undertook long and danger- ous treks to safety, spending years in refugee camps and eventually resettling in the United States.
Juac now lives in Falmouth and is on the faculty at Bax- ter, where he teaches chess. His big win and what led up to it is said Anna Klein-Christie, the executive director. FROM HOWARD TO BAXTER Last April, the Portland chapter of the internation- al nonprofit The Gift of Chess was offering weekly chess games at the Howard in South Port- land, teaching the game to children of asylum seekers. The organization said that learning chess would help the newcomers build life skills, adjust to their new en- vironment, and connect with others across divides of lan- guage and culture. The new players were encouraged to speak English as they learned to work on their lan- guage skills.
Local young people were encouraged to come play with them. Jeff Cawthorne, of Falmouth, brought his sons to play because he saw it as a chance for them to learn the world big- ger than he told the Press Herald last year. Over the summer, Gift of Full story at CentralMaine.com Chess volunteers brought chess to the Portland Expo, where asylum seekers were being temporarily housed. The young people there had few enrichment opportuni- ties or chances to become part of the broader com- munity, said Katie Moore, a leader in the Portland chapter. The Gift of Chess asked Juac, who was living in New Jersey at the time, to come to Portland to teach the game at the Expo.
But Juac needed a place to live. where Laurie Leonard, a retired doc- tor in Falmouth, came in. Leonard read about the local efforts to promote chess here, and he reached out to Moore to do- nate chess sets. Moore thanked him for the chess sets, but said she had a bigger request: Would he consider having Juac live with him for the summer while the chess master taught the game at the Expo? Leonard thought about it and then said yes. The liv- ing arrangement continues today.
At home, Juac coaches Leonard as they play chess. Leonard calls him su- perb and Juac praises chess skills. is very good. 94 and still Juac said. For his part, he asks the doctor and scientific and says Leonard is patient and answers all his questions.
Asylum seeker propels school to title in chess 1st year Baxter Vuvu-Nkanu Maviditi learned game last summer when he was living at Portland Expo shelter Gregory Press Herald Vuvu-Nkanu Maviditi, left, and Abdallah Ali ponder their next moves while playing a round of chess March 12 in chess class at Baxter Academy for Technology and Science in Portland. The Baxter Academy team won the state chess champion- ship last weekend for the first time. Easter Worship Services If you would like to advertise in our Easter Worship Directory, please contact Lori Gervais. Phone 207-861-9252 or email Christ The King Parish Holy Week Services Holy Thursday Mass, March 28 at 6:00 pm in Bingham at St. Peters Good Friday Service, March 29 The Passion of the Lord 6:00 p.m.
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