Category: Tournament Reports

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]