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  • MCA Annual Meeting Agenda

    Annual Meeting Agenda   The Montana Chess Association Annual meeting is scheduled to be held June 26th.  Below is the meeting agenda.

  • MT Junior Open

    2020 Montana Chess Junior (Online) Open – May 16   Outstanding tournament. It was great to see a few of the players finally get to play each other. Some amazing talent at the 4th and 5th grade level. We had 19 participants from all over Montana as well guest players from Wyoming and Canada. -Overall/High…

  • MT Open

    Montana Open Delayed All other previously scheduled events are postponed or cancelled The Montana Open will not take place in April. Holiday Inns are waiving all cancellation fees through April 30, soanyone with reservations should be able to cancel without any penalty. Given the dynamic nature of the news and corresponding restrictions, the MCA board…

  • Chess Online

    Play Online at Chess.com “Montana Chess Association” is the Club name in Chess.com Schedule of Weekly Events is in MCA – Chess.com under Clubs menu: These events are only rated on Chess.com – not USCF online rated. Want to play scholastic level chess online?  The Montana Chess Association is running scholastic tournaments on chess.com every Tuesday and…

  • 2020 St Patrick Open

    Tim Schoessler Wins St Patrick Open The 2nd Annual St Patrick Open & Scholastic took place this past weekend on 3/14-15, just before major public health restrictions were implemented to slow the spread of Covid-19. The event was moved to the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Billings after the Billings Clinic decided to restrict access to…

  • USCF National Invitationals

    USCF National Invitational Tournaments The United States Chess Federation runs a number of national invitational tournaments where each state is permitted to nominate one player to represent the state: Rockefeller – Elementary (Grades K-5) Barber ——– Junior High (Grades 6-8) Denker ——- High School (Grades 9-12) Haring ——- Girls ———– (Grades K-12) Senior ——– (Age…

  • 2020 January Thaw

    Pagerols wins the January Thaw with 4.5 points Twenty-six players participated in the 2020 January Thaw in Helena, the last weekend of January.  Josep Companyo Pagerols (2057) took home top honors with 4.5 points, after overcoming a potential draw his final match, defeating Wilton Strickland (1947) on time. Companyo Pagerols , from Jackson, Wyoming was…

  • 2020 – Jan 10-11 – Magic City New Year’s Invitational

    The 3rd Annual Magic City New Year’s Invitational took place in Billings, January 10-11, 202. There were a total of 13 players (12 adults and 1 junior). The event was held at BCC member Adam Grill’s Legacy Trucking business, where there is a classroom with projector, a lunch room, and a large German Shepherd (Caesar) keeping…

  • 2019-12-4 Billings December Blitz

    Tim Schoessler of Wyoming went 8 for 8 to win the Billings December Blitz tourney. Nine players participated in a round robin. The time control was G3;+2 and the venue was once again the Last Chance Pub and Cider Mill. A good time was had by all, despite one of the heaters being broken, making…

  • 2019-11-23 Bozeman Fall Scholastic

    Eighteen scholastic chess players turned out for the Bozeman FallScholastic Tournament which was held at the public library on November 23rd. Congratulations to Molly Tefft & Colton Woodcox – first placewinners in the 2 sections, both of whom finished the tournamentwithout a loss ! Thanks to the Bozeman Public Library for providing the space, GreatRocky…

  • 2019-11-16 Missoula Fall Scholastic

    Missoula Fall Scholastic & Simul Twenty-seven scholastic chess buffs turned out for the 4th annual MIS fall chess competition, Saturday, November 16. That number is the highest yet for the fall tournament. Another plus for the event was having 10 players with USCF ratings even though US Chess membership was not required. The five-round event…

  • 2019 Turkey Open

    2019 Turkey Open Results Michael Murray Wins the Turkey Open with 4.5/5.0 points in a field of 32 players. The 2019 Turkey Open was very well attended with 32 players including 3 experts and well dispersed class players, resulting in some very competitive and interesting games. Michael Murray garnered 1st place with a nice final…

  • 2019 Great Falls Chinook

    Scott Caldwell and Daniel Mattson Tie for First Place in the Great Falls Chinook Open Pushed out of its usual National Chess Day alignment, the 2019 Great Falls Chinook Open still came through as a successful Grand Prix tournament.  Nine players turned in scores of 3.0 or better to get on the Leader Board or…

  • 2019 Montana City Scholastic

    Montana City Scholastic Fourteen scholastic players braved the season’s first storm to compete in the first Montana City Scholastic held September 28. The group played in two sections. Six players entered the more challenging “Giants” section while the second section (‘Pioneers”) had eight players. Among the “Giants”, Paul Harmon and Royal Winston each turned in…

  • 10/2/2019 Billings Blitz

    Billings Blitz – 10/2/2019   Nine players ventured out to the Last Chance Pub & Cider Mill on Wednesday, October 2nd, for Billings 2nd speed chess tournament. The games took place in the warehouse room (apple storage) just off of the main dining room. There were two very effective space heaters to combat the cooler…