Category: Tournament Reports
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2021 Montana Closed State Championship
The six competitors for the 2021 Montana State Championship are as follows: 1) current state champion Dorje McPherron; 2) former state champion James Skovron; 3) former state champion Wilton Strickland; 4) winner of the 2021 Grand Prix, Rasul Nazriev; 5) winner of the 2021 Open, Ben Vogel; and 6) co-winner of the 2021 Open, Scott…
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2021 Montana Open draws near record attendance
The 86th Montana Chess Open, played in Helena on May 22 and 23, drew 49 players from a 4-state region including 17 unrated individuals, and an Expert (2000) and a Master (2202) rated players. A half point separated the two top finishers with 4.5 points – Scott Caldwell (1752) and Ben Vogel (1823) – from…
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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 the 2020 MT Closed, which was played last August. Thirty players from 4 states attended, including visiting IM Justin Sarkar from NY. Players also hailed…
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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 masks and hand sanitizer. Unfortunately, the odd number forced several players to accept a bye. Josh Brown (Billings) took home the first prize by winning…
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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 School) and 2nd Place Molly (Maine). A huge congratulations to 3rd Place Samuel Harmon (Helena Home School), who is only in the 2nd Grade! Thank…
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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 (1 point) Congratulations to Dorje for repeating as the Montana State Champion. Photos and Matches will be posted soon.
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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 at this time is that during the period of June 26-28 Montana will still be in Phase 2. If you are coming from out of…
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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 talent at the 4th and 5th grade level. We had 19 participants from all over Montana as well guest players from Wyoming and Canada. -Overall/High…
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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 slow the spread of Covid-19. The event was moved to the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Billings after the Billings Clinic decided to restrict access to…
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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 honors with 4.5 points, after overcoming a potential draw his final match, defeating Wilton Strickland (1947) on time. Companyo Pagerols , from Jackson, Wyoming was…
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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 at BCC member Adam Grill’s Legacy Trucking business, where there is a classroom with projector, a lunch room, and a large German Shepherd (Caesar) keeping…
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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 was once again the Last Chance Pub and Cider Mill. A good time was had by all, despite one of the heaters being broken, making…
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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 placewinners in the 2 sections, both of whom finished the tournamentwithout a loss ! Thanks to the Bozeman Public Library for providing the space, GreatRocky…
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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 fall tournament. Another plus for the event was having 10 players with USCF ratings even though US Chess membership was not required. The five-round event…
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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 including 3 experts and well dispersed class players, resulting in some very competitive and interesting games. Michael Murray garnered 1st place with a nice final…