Author: Jack Finlay
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Alex Karns Wins 2023 Montana Championship!
Alex Karns completed the triple crown of Montana Chess, winning the state championship this past weekend in Helena after having won the Grand Prix and Montana Open.Three players didn’t lose […]
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Update: Montana Closed Qualifiers
We are sorry to announce that current state champion Rasul Nazriev will not be able to attend the Closed tournament to defend his title. He will be missed, and we […]
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2023 State High School Championship
The state high school championship was held on Saturday May 20th in Butte. Alex Karns & Thomas Walthall are co-champions, both scoring 4/5.Meanwhile in Bozeman, the spring scholastic took place […]
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Montana Closed Qualification
The six players to compete in the Montana Closed shall be, in order of priority: 1. The previous year’s State Champion. 2. The top two players in the Grand Prix […]
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88th Montana Open Results
The 88th Montana Open was held in Billings this past weekend and drew 46 players from Montana, Wyoming and Minnesota. Alex Karns continued his win streak taking sole possession of […]
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Tall Pawns Open and Winter Thaw Results
The Tall Pawns Open was held in Bozeman March 4-5 and attracted 35 players, more than half Juniors (under the age of 20). The top 3 Montana finishers were all […]
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2022 Big Sky Open Results
Twenty-nine players descended on the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Billings this past weekend for this season’s first tournament, the Big Sky Country Open. In the past, this tournament has been […]
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Nazriev wins the 2022 Montana State Championship
Rasul Nazriev took home the top honors to win his first MT Chess Championship! Rasul got off to a slow start, losing a miniature (20 move) Sicilian to Dan Mattson […]
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MCA Annual Meeting Minutes Now Available
The annual meeting minutes for 2022 are now available under the MCA History tab. Going forward, all future meeting minutes will be posted there as well.
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2022 Montana Closed State Championship Field Set
The six player field for the Montana Closed are: Ben Vogel – Defending Champion Rasul Nazriev – Grand Prix 1st Place and Montana Open Dan Mattson – Grand Prix 2nd […]
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Michael Murray wins the 87th Montana Open
The 87th Montana Open was held in Missoula April 2-3. It was well attended with 39 players including quite a few new players who performed quite well. We’d like to […]
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Montana Closed Qualifying Explained
Qualifying for the Montana Closed Championship Tournament Each year six players qualify to play for the state championship: the defending champion, the 2 players with the most Grand Prix points, […]
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Notes from the President
Grand Prix – Note that all Grand Prix Points for this chess season have been recomputed due to USCF re-rating all of our tournaments. 2) USCF Voting Rights – Note […]
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Nazriev Wins 2022 The St. Patrick Open
Rasul Nazriev edged out a youngster and a tournament newcomer to win the 4th Annual St. Patrick Open this past weekend in downtown Billings, MT. Rasul (Mis) finished with 4.5/5 […]
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Nazriev wins the Winter Thaw
Rasul Nazriev won his second tournament of the 21-22 chess season by taking the Winter Thaw in Helena with a score of 4.5 while Thomas Walthall took second. Youth and […]