Category: Tournament Reports
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2017 Montana Closed – MCA Championship
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…
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2017 Chinook Open – National Chess Day – Great Falls
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…
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2017 January Drakes’ Thaw – Jan 28 – 29
Nineteen players attended the 2017 January Drakes’ Thaw, in Helena, the last weekend in January, including four individuals playing in their first rated matches. This tournament is named in honor of Mel and Joyce Drake, long-time players and supporters of Montana Chess. Jim Skovron walked away with top honors, posting 4.5 points, followed by Wilton…
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2016 Turkey Open
Submitted by Romie Carpenter Crosstable Link: http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201610301262 This year’s tournament experienced a more normal turnout of 23 players with the Casey brothers from Spokane once again returning with both prize money and rating points. Braxton won 1st overall, and Garrett shared 2nd and the “B” prize with Sherwood Moore and Anthony Raelund from Kalispell. Anthony also…
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2016 Lewistown Scholastic – October 22
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2016 81st MT Open – Helena
Submitted by Murray Strong on 04/16/2016 The 81st Montana Open was in Helena April 16 and 17, attracting 29 individuals from across the region. Once again, David Duke walked away with top honors with 4.5 points.
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2015 Turkey Open
Submitted by Romie Carpenter on 11/09/2015 The 2015 Turkey Open enjoyed nice facilities at the Best Western Grant Creek Inn together with a large turnout of 38 players, thanks to an influx of quite a few new players along with another large contingent of our friends to the west, with whom we were able to…
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2015 Lewistown Scholastic
Submitted by Brett Thackeray on 10/17/2015 On Saturday the 17th of October, 22 students from Browning, Billings and Lewistown met in the Lewistown Junior High School Auditorium for the First Annual Lewistown Scholastic Chess Tournament.