Category: Tournament Reports
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91st Montana Open Results
The 91st Montana Open took place in Bozeman on April 18-19 with 44 players from 3 states. There were many long, hard fought games and the tournament ended with a 5 way tie for first between Matt Guthrie, Ben Vogel, Matteo Nero, Dan Mattson and John Julian with 4 points each. Since the top 3…
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John Julian wins 2025 Magic City Open
John Julian won the 2025 Magic City Open held on September 13th and 14th. John won a decisive final match against Josh Brown, giving him a score of 4.5 with 4 wins and a bye. The tournament saw 21 competitors from Billings, Missoula, Kalispell, Butte, Great Falls, Bozeman, and Wyoming – including 4 new tournament…
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Camberari Wins the Turkey Open with a Perfect 5.0; Three-way Tie in the Scholastic
Turkey Open 2023 Results Turkey 2023 Scholastic Results 2023 Turkey Open Tournament Report
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Big Sky Country Open – Griffin Herr Wins with 4.5 points
The 2023 Big Sky Country MCA Grand Prix tournament was held September 16 & 17 at the Red Lion Hotel in Kalispell Montana. 30 players competed for a $559 prize fund and coffee! The prize categories were 1st, 2nd, & 3rd overall, Classes A, B, C-D, E, F and lower, Unrated, and Biggest Upset. Griffin…
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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 on the same day with Leah & Cole Derrick as co-champions, finishing with a draw against each other in the final round.This brings the scholastic…
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Flathead Valley Open Results
The Flathead Valley Open ran successfully Saturday, April 15, at the Eagles Club in Kalispell, and was hosted by the Flathead Valley Chess Club. 31 players filled three sections: 15 in the Open; 9 in 18 & under; 7 in 12 & under. A $233 prize fund paid out to 1st, 2nd, & 3rd in…
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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 held in Butte, but the schedule was arranged differently for this season. The field was comprised of 18 adults and 11 juniors (<20) from Billings,…
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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 (Bil). Rasul then went on to rattle off 4 straight victories to secure the win. Rasul had a very dominant season, winning several tournaments as…
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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 welcome them and sincerely hope they continue with their chess careers. Expert Michael Murray from Washington won overall 1st with Wilton Strickland Daniel Mattson, Darren…
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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 ahead of Matteo Nero (Boz) and Jorell Snowden (Bil) with 4/5 pts each. He beat both the top seed and the 4th seed. The event…
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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 newer players were heavily featured as more than half of the 29 players were under the age of 20, and more than half of the…
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The Turkey Open Returns
The 2021 Turkey Open returned after a year’s hiatus and was very well attended with 43 players. The high turnout allowed for a $25 increase to all prizes along with the addition of $25 2nd place Class prizes. Spokane Expert Michael Cambareri claimed 1st with a perfect score. There was a 5-way tie for 2nd…
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2021 Big Sky Country Open
The 2021 Big Sky Country Open took place at the Comfort Inn in Butte, MT over the weekend of September 25-26, 2021 and attracted 23 players. A whopping 8 of them were unrated – over a fourth of the field! Some of the unrated players had superb showings: 2021 Big Sky Country Open Final Table…
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Sneeden wins Billings Blitz
Congratulations to Dustin Sneeden who won the Billings Chess Club’s first rated blitz tournament of the fall with a 10/10 score! Josh Brown came in second with 8.5. Ten players gathered at McCormick‘s café in downtown Billings on Tuesday, August 31, for 10 rounds of G/5 blitz chess. The next event will take place in…
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Benjamin Vogel wins the 2021 Montana Closed
Congratulations to Benjamin Vogel of Bozeman on winning the 2021 Montana Closed State Championship. Full Report and photos will be published soon.