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Benjamin Vogel wins the 2021 Montana Closed
Congratulations to Benjamin Vogel of Bozeman on winning the 2021 Montana Closed State Championship. Full Report and photos will be published soon.
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2021 Montana Closed State Championship
The six competitors for the 2021 Montana State Championship are as follows: 1) current state champion Dorje McPherron; 2) former state champion James Skovron; 3) former state champion Wilton Strickland; 4) winner of the 2021 Grand Prix, Rasul Nazriev; 5) winner of the 2021 Open, Ben Vogel; and 6) co-winner of the 2021 Open, Scott…
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2021 Montana Open draws near record attendance
The 86th Montana Chess Open, played in Helena on May 22 and 23, drew 49 players from a 4-state region including 17 unrated individuals, and an Expert (2000) and a Master (2202) rated players. A half point separated the two top finishers with 4.5 points – Scott Caldwell (1752) and Ben Vogel (1823) – from…
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2021 Montana Chess Association Annual Meeting (May 21, 2021)
Montana Chess Association Annual Meeting Agenda
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2021 Montana Open
The Montana Open will be held in person in Helena on May 22-23. The Montana Scholastic Open will be held the morning of May 22 and the MCA annual meeting will be the evening of May 21st. 86th Montana Open Registration and Hotel Information
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2021 St. Patrick Open A Huge Success
The 3rd Annual St. Patrick Open took place 3/13-14 at the Doubletree Hotel in Billings, MT and was a resounding success! This was the first over-the-board tournament in MT since the 2020 MT Closed, which was played last August. Thirty players from 4 states attended, including visiting IM Justin Sarkar from NY. Players also hailed…
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2021 MCA Annual Meeting
The MCA will host it’s annual board meeting at a TBD upcoming time/location. If you would like to run for a board position, or have items for the agenda, please send them to the Secretary via the “Contact the MCA” tab at the top/right of this page. Thank you.
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2021 Magic City New Year’s Invitational
The 4th Annual Magic City New Year’s Invitational took place this past Friday and Saturday at Legacy Trucking in Billings, MT. Eleven players came out to compete armed with face masks and hand sanitizer. Unfortunately, the odd number forced several players to accept a bye. Josh Brown (Billings) took home the first prize by winning…
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Chinook Open Cancelled
The 2020 Great Falls Chinook Open (7-8 November) has been cancelled due to a winter storm forecast. The Scholastic Chinook Open will continue as scheduled at 10am on Chess.com (G/20, 5 rounds).
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2020 Great Falls Chinook Open Scheduled!
The 2020 Great Fall Chinook Open will be played November 7th and 8th at the Holiday Inn-Great Falls Convention Center. If you plan to attend, please email Daniel Mattson – Eastern Vice President and Tournament Director using the “contact us” tab at the top of this page. He will keep all registered players informed of…
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Joshua Walthall Wins Big Sky Scholastic
Joshua Walthall pulled off the upset over Molly Tefft in the final round to win the Big Sky Country Scholastic (9/19/2020) on chess.com. Congratulations to 1st Place Joshua (Stevi Middle School) and 2nd Place Molly (Maine). A huge congratulations to 3rd Place Samuel Harmon (Helena Home School), who is only in the 2nd Grade! Thank…
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Dorje McPherron Wins 2020 Montana Closed
Final standings from the Montana state championship are: Dorje McPherron (4.5 points) Wilton Strickland (4 points) Darren Stacey (2.5 points) Daniel Mattson and Thomas Walthall (1.5 points) Kevin Kuehnel (1 point) Congratulations to Dorje for repeating as the Montana State Champion. Photos and Matches will be posted soon.
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2020 Montana Open
Congratulations to Daniel Mattson for winning the Montana Open! Scoring an impressive 4.5 points, Daniel almost made a clean sweep but was held to a draw in the final round by MCA President Kevin Kuehnel. Despite a relatively small field because of COVID-19, there were still many talented players and several upsets.
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2020 Montana Closed State Championship
The six competitors for the 2020 Montana State Championship have been named! They are: 1) Dorje McPherron, Missoula (2019 State Champion) 2) Daniel Mattson, Billings (Montana Open Champion, and Montana Grand Prix 1st Place) 3) Wilton Strickland, Missoula (Montana Grand Prix 2nd Place) 4) Kevin Kuehnel, Bozeman (Montana Open 2nd Place) 5) Darren Stacey, Helena…
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2020 Montana Open
The 85th Montana Open (June 27-28, 2020) Please note that these fluid and unpredictable times of the COVID-19 pandemic call for tight conditions and unusual procedures. Our expectation at this time is that during the period of June 26-28 Montana will still be in Phase 2. If you are coming from out of…