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Register Soon!!
Tall Pawns Registration is open. The issue with the hotel sleeping room block has been fixed and rooms are being held until the 11th.If you reserve after that date they will honor the tournament rate but they will no longer be setting rooms aside for the us and the hotel may fill up.Note that Tall…
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Calendar
Calendar of Events Date Event ( Click Event Name link for details ) Location Type February 25 – 26 30th Collyer Memorial Spokane Rated March 4 Highwood Scholastic Highwood Unrated March 4 – 5 Tall Pawns Bozeman Rated MCA Grand Prix March 11…
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2022 Big Sky Open Results
Twenty-nine players descended on the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Billings this past weekend for this season’s first tournament, the Big Sky Country Open. In the past, this tournament has been held in Butte, but the schedule was arranged differently for this season. The field was comprised of 18 adults and 11 juniors (<20) from Billings,…
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Nazriev wins the 2022 Montana State Championship
Rasul Nazriev took home the top honors to win his first MT Chess Championship! Rasul got off to a slow start, losing a miniature (20 move) Sicilian to Dan Mattson (Bil). Rasul then went on to rattle off 4 straight victories to secure the win. Rasul had a very dominant season, winning several tournaments as…
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MCA Annual Meeting Minutes Now Available
The annual meeting minutes for 2022 are now available under the MCA History tab. Going forward, all future meeting minutes will be posted there as well.
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2022 Montana Closed State Championship Field Set
The six player field for the Montana Closed are: Ben Vogel – Defending Champion Rasul Nazriev – Grand Prix 1st Place and Montana Open Dan Mattson – Grand Prix 2nd Place and Montana Open Darren Stacey – Montana Open Wilton Strickland – Grand Prix Points Matteo Nero – Grand Prix Points Ben Vogel – Defending…
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Michael Murray wins the 87th Montana Open
The 87th Montana Open was held in Missoula April 2-3. It was well attended with 39 players including quite a few new players who performed quite well. We’d like to welcome them and sincerely hope they continue with their chess careers. Expert Michael Murray from Washington won overall 1st with Wilton Strickland Daniel Mattson, Darren…
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Montana Closed Qualifying Explained
Qualifying for the Montana Closed Championship Tournament Each year six players qualify to play for the state championship: the defending champion, the 2 players with the most Grand Prix points, and the top 3 Montana finishers in the Open. However, these rules can produce 3, 4, 5, or 6 unique names since the same player…
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Notes from the President
Grand Prix – Note that all Grand Prix Points for this chess season have been recomputed due to USCF re-rating all of our tournaments. 2) USCF Voting Rights – Note that when you join USCF you are not a voting member. In order to vote in USCF elections you must register as a voting member.…
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Nazriev Wins 2022 The St. Patrick Open
Rasul Nazriev edged out a youngster and a tournament newcomer to win the 4th Annual St. Patrick Open this past weekend in downtown Billings, MT. Rasul (Mis) finished with 4.5/5 ahead of Matteo Nero (Boz) and Jorell Snowden (Bil) with 4/5 pts each. He beat both the top seed and the 4th seed. The event…
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Nazriev wins the Winter Thaw
Rasul Nazriev won his second tournament of the 21-22 chess season by taking the Winter Thaw in Helena with a score of 4.5 while Thomas Walthall took second. Youth and newer players were heavily featured as more than half of the 29 players were under the age of 20, and more than half of the…
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The Turkey Open Returns
The 2021 Turkey Open returned after a year’s hiatus and was very well attended with 43 players. The high turnout allowed for a $25 increase to all prizes along with the addition of $25 2nd place Class prizes. Spokane Expert Michael Cambareri claimed 1st with a perfect score. There was a 5-way tie for 2nd…
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2021 Big Sky Country Open
The 2021 Big Sky Country Open took place at the Comfort Inn in Butte, MT over the weekend of September 25-26, 2021 and attracted 23 players. A whopping 8 of them were unrated – over a fourth of the field! Some of the unrated players had superb showings: 2021 Big Sky Country Open Final Table…
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Sneeden wins Billings Blitz
Congratulations to Dustin Sneeden who won the Billings Chess Club’s first rated blitz tournament of the fall with a 10/10 score! Josh Brown came in second with 8.5. Ten players gathered at McCormick‘s café in downtown Billings on Tuesday, August 31, for 10 rounds of G/5 blitz chess. The next event will take place in…
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Remembering Alex Dawson
Alex Dawson (formerly known as Kip Stubberud) died in May in Helena. He was 66. Alex was a former president of MCA and 7 time state champion earned over a period of three decades. Although not as active in recent years, Alex brought a number of younger players into MCA as part of his drive…