Category: Homepage Articles
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Montana Open – Registration and Hotel Reservation Information
Registration is setup for the 90th Montana Open and the sleeping room block is holding rooms until March 28th, so reserve your room and register now. Tournament Announcement
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Winter Thaw 2025 Report
The Winter Thaw took place in Bozeman this year the first weekend in February. The tournament attracted 34 players despite the snowstorm that arrived that weekend. For the second year […]
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Board Candidates & Annual Meeting Agenda Items – Deadline March 11
Anyone interested in running for the MCA board please submit your name and the position you would like to be a candidate for using the Contact link from the home […]
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Register for the St Patrick Open
The hotel sleeping room block for the St Pats will be released on March 1st. Register now and reserve your room in February to get the tournament rate and avoid […]
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Ben Curtis Wins the 2024 Montana State Championship
The 2024 Montana Chess Championship (Closed) took place in Helena the weekend of July 13-14. The field of 6 players were born in 4 different decades with a 50+ year […]
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Montana 2024 Scholastic Championship
Montana High School Champion: Matteo Nero – Bozeman Montana Middle School Champion: Eliel Bodonyi-Kovacs – Kalispell Montana Elementary School Champion: David Wilson – Kalispell Montana Girls Champion: Tirien Bodonyi-Kovacs – […]
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Ben Vogel & Dan Mattson tie to win the 89th Montana Open
The 89th Montana Open in Bozeman last weekend attracted 48 players from 6 states, which included 8 new unrated players. Sunday’s games on the top boards included 3 games that […]
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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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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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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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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 […]