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2018 Montana Closed Championship
Duke – McPherron – Strickland Montana State Co-Champions 2018 Congratulations to David Duke, Wilton Strickland, and Dorje McPherron for playing rough and hanging tough through the May 19-20 weekend at the 2018 Montana Closed in Butte. Each finished at 3.5 with David gaining the tie-break edge and the champion seed for the 2019…
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2018 Montana Championship Seeds
2018 Montana Championship Seeds 1 Anthony Raelund 2017 Co-Champion 2 Jim Skovron Grand Prix 1st 3 Wilton Strickland Grand Prix 2nd 4 Daniel R Mattson MT Open 1st 5 Dorje McPherron MT Open 2nd 6 Kevin L Kuehnel Mt Open 3rd Alternates 1 David Duke 2017 Co-Champion 2 Darren Stacey 3 Dan McCourt 4 Joshua…
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5th Annual MIS Tournament Report
5th Annual MIS Tournament Results The 5th annual Missoula International School Scholastic Chess Tournament drew 28 participants from various schools around western Montana as well as good crowd of local talent. De La Salle School in Browning won the “door prize” –a bag of chess themed pencils with six entries. Alberton After-School Program brought…
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2017 Turkey Open – Missoula – Oct 28 – 29
TURKEY OPEN 2017 This year’s Turkey Open was once again well attended with 40 entries thanks in large part to the addition of 11 new players from the Hamilton Chess Club who participated for 2 rounds. Hopefully they enjoyed their indoctrination to tournament chess and we’ll be seeing them again in the future. The Spokane…
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2017 Montana Closed – MCA Championship
Raelund and Duke Share 2017 Championship Title September 23-24, Helena: Antonius Raelund rolled to 3 wins during the Saturday go-round and convincingly inserted himself into front-runner status at the MCA Closed….and future MCA events. His 5th round victory earned him a 4-1 result and a share of the Montana Championship. Meanwhile, David Duke put 2-point…
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2017 Chinook Open – National Chess Day – Great Falls
National Chess Weekend in Great Falls Strickland and Cohen Land on Top Congratulations to Wilton Strickland and Larry Cohen—4-points and tops in the 2017 Chinook Open. Cohen, visiting from Villa Park, Illinois, matched Strickland’s score but Wilton held the edge on tie breaks. 3rd place went to Chris Baumgartner (also from Illinois), Scott Caldwell and…
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2017 January Drakes’ Thaw – Jan 28 – 29
Nineteen players attended the 2017 January Drakes’ Thaw, in Helena, the last weekend in January, including four individuals playing in their first rated matches. This tournament is named in honor of Mel and Joyce Drake, long-time players and supporters of Montana Chess. Jim Skovron walked away with top honors, posting 4.5 points, followed by Wilton…