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…

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…

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…

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…

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…