TOURNAMEJT ANNOUNCEMENT Sponsor - B i l l i n f f s YHCA Chesff Club BILLING3 YMCA OPEN March 26 -2? , l 9 7 7

P l a c e r Meeting Rooms, B i l l i n g s YMCA, 402 N, 32nd S t . , B i l l i n / ^ , KT Re?r: 8 :00-8: '50am. Entry Pee = $7 a t s i t e , $5 i f r e c e i v e d by 3/24. Rounds: 5RSS 40/90 ( 2 7 / h r ) 9 :00am, 1 :00pm, 5:00pm/ 9:00am, l:O0pm Member: U3CP membership req'd ( l y r reg.=$12, jun.=$6) may j o i n a t s i t e P r i z e s r Trophies - l s t , 2 n d , l 8 t Under 1 5 0 0 , 1 s t Under 1 3 0 0,lBt J u n i o r . D i r : B i l l Lynch

E n t r y : B i l l Lynch, 1144 Harvard Ave., B i l l i n g s , WT 59102 Notes: A l l game scores w i l l be kept on O f f i c i a l Score Sheets,

Adjourned games from rounds 1 , 2 , &3 w i l l be p l a y e d a t 10:00pm Sat.

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TOURN^ria'T ANNOUNCSMEgT Sponsor - Montana Chess A s s o c i a t i o n 43RD ANNUAL MONTANA CHS3S ASSOCIATION TOURNAICTT A p r i l 30-May 1 , l 9 7 7

P l a c e : D a r i g o l d B u i l d i n g , Bozeman, IfT

F u r t h e r d e t a i l s w i l l s h o r t l y be m a i l e d s t a t e w i d e by o r g a n i z e r s Tim B s t l e and Lon D o l l , Be sure t o p l a n to a t t e n d , as t h i s i s l i k e l y to be the b i g g e s t tournament y e t h e l d i n Montana.

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TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT Sponsor - B i l l i n g s YMCA Chess Club BILLINGS RI^lR0CK OPEN - 77 August 2 7 - 2 8 , l 9 7 7

F u l l d e t a i l s w i l l appear i n t h e next i s s u e o f Msntana Chess News i n May.

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Annual Business Meeting - E l e c t i o n s

Bob McKinnon, c u r r e n t P r e s i d e n t o f t h e Montana Chess A s s o c i a t i o n , would l i k e t o remind a l l p l a y e r s t h a t e l e c t i o n s f o r the l 9 7 7 o f f i c e r s w i l l t a k e p l a c e a t t h e annual business meeting f o l l o w i n g the t r a d i t i o n a l banquet a t t h e S t a t e Tournament i n Bozeman. Other o f f i c e r s e l e c t e d i n Great ^^^alls l a s t y e a r were Roberto B a r a j a s , Vice P r e s i d e n t , and Chuck Pease, S e c r e t a r y / T r e a s u r e r , McKinnon has a l s o served as Montana's Delegate t o the USCP f o r t h e p a s t y e a r . B i l l Lynch o f B i l l i n g s and Gordon Shuck o f W h i t e h a l l have been a p p o i n t e d A l t e r n a t e V o t i n g Members t o the USCP f o r l 9 7 7 i n t h e absence o f an e s t a b l i s h e d e l e c t i o n p r o c e d u r e . Anyone who might be uj i a b l e t o a t t e n d • " • ^ ' ^ t * Tournament but has a s u g g e s t i o n c o n c e r n i n g matters t o be con-

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PIR3T ANNTJAL COPPER KINGS OPEN Tournament P.eport

February 26-2?, l9ll D i r e c t o r : W i l l i a m I^ynoh

Place Name R a t i n g RDl RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 Score T i e t i r e a K s M / 3

1 Judnon Tem;-;le 1571 Dl9 W9 W5 W6 D3 4-1 10 2 Michael Poole 1556 W16 W21 L3 W12 W6 4-1 7 3 Waeyl Jarosz 1748 L7 Wl9 W2 Wll Dl 3 f l i 10

4 Roberto B a r a j a s 1604 L9 Wll WI3 W8 D5 3 f l i 9 5 A l f r e d Anderson 1541 WI7 WI3 L I HI4 D4 3 l ^ l i 7 i 6 B i l l Ivynch I 6 5 8 WI5 W8 WIO L I L2 3-2 10

7 Howard Hoene 1464 W3 U wi9 WIO L8 > 2 9i 8 Lynn Crewse 1493 WI4 L6 w9 M W7 3-2 9 9 Robert Jbrdan 1347 W4 L I L8 W16 WI3 3-2 &i

10 Shaun S u l l i v a n 1645 W20 Wl l L6 L7 WI4 3-2 8 11 Gordon Shuok 1526 W18 HO W21 L3 WI5 3-2 6^ 12 J e r r y Thaoker UWR L I 3 Bye W20 L2 wi9 3-2 4 i 13 Wayne Barker 1476 W12 L5 L4 W20 L9 2-3 9 14 Roland B r o d n i a k NON L8 W16 WI5 1^5 LIO 2-3 8

15 Walt Duncan 1377 L6 WI7 L I 4 W18 L l l 2-3 6i/ll 16 John A u s t r e n g 1288 L2 L I 4 WI7 L9 Bye 2-3 17 Andy Shuok 1236 L5 L I 5 El 6 Bye W20 2-3 4i 18 Charles Chapman 1102 L l l L20 Bye L I 5 W21 2-3 3 i 19 Pete MoKeon 1327 Dl L3 L7 W21 L12

6 / I I 20 H a r o l d E r i o o o n 1376 LIO W18 L I 2 L I 3 L I 7 1-4 6 / I I 21 Paul Hughes 721 Bye L2 L l l L l 9 I1I8 1-4 6 /lO

Prizes:- 1st Place Trophy + $40 Judson Temple 2nd Place Trophy + $25 Michael Poole l o t Under I500 Clock Howard Hoene 2nd Under I5OO Trophy + I I 5 I^rnn Crewse

Third Annual A. J . Smith Tournament Report

F e b r u a r y 26-27, 1^77 Di r e c t o r ; - W i l l i a m I^ynoh (Double Round Robin)

P l a c e P l a y e r 1 2 3 4 Score 1 Ted McDonald XXX Jt/l l/O l / l 4 i - l - i -2 Coyle Long Jt/o XXX l / i l / l 4-2 3 A l a n Abraras O/l O/i XXX l / l 3-i^2i 4 James Cramer O/w O/w w/o XXX 0-6

P r i z e s : 1st Place Trophy + $15 Ted McDonald 2nd Place Trophy + $10 Cbyle Long

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Notes r 1 Non-rated event 2 A/B i n d i c a t e s scores

vs opponent w i t h w h i t e / b l a c k pieces

A f i v e r o u n d , 5-'"in^'te, speed chess tournament amongst t e n p l a y e r s o f t h e Copper Kings Open, h e l d on Sunday morning p r i o r t o the s t a r t o f t h e f o u r t h r o u n d , was won by Roberto B a r a j a s by v i r t u e o f t i e - b r e a k s o v e r second p l a c e f i n i s h e r I ^ n n Grewse* Both p l a y e r s scored 4 - 1 *

A l l p a r t i c i p a n t s i n t h e Copper Kings Open and A, J , Smith g r a t e f u l l y acknowledge the f i n e j ob o f o r g a n i z a t i o n and p r o m o t i o n done by Gordon Shuck o f W h i t e h a l l .

o t t o GroBae pl^iced f i r s t on t i e - b r e a k s i n the Great f a l l s Chess Club Team Q u a l i f y i n g Tournament h e l d Iflonday January 2 4 t h a t the home of John B a r t o . L a r r y J e n n i n g s , who equaled O t t o ' s 3—0 score i n the t h r e e round swisn system r a t e d e v e n t , t o o k second p l a c e , Lawrence Dunkin, Bob Jordan, James Skovron and Ted Anderson c a p t u r e d 3 r d - 6 t h p l a c e s r e s p e c t i v e l y t o a l s o q u a l i f y f o r t h e Great P a l l s team,

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Howard Hoene took a c l e a r f i r s t p l a c e w i t h a p e r f e c t 4 - 0 score i n t h e B i l l i n g s 19?? Team Tornado h e l d Saturday January 1 5 t h a t t h e B i l l i n g s YMCA. B i l l Lynchf Merv Mecklenberg and JUdson Temple t i e d a t 3 - 1 and were a s s i g n e d boards 2 , 3 and 4 r e s p e c t i v e l y on the b a s i s o f t i e - b r e a k s , Wayne Ba r k e r and Chuck Chapman q u a l i f i e d to f i l l o u t the team w i t h 2-J»-l-J- s c o r e s .

BILLINGS VS GREAT FALLS TEAM MATCH Tournament Report

February 6, l 9 7 7 D i r e c t o r s t Otto Grosse & W i l l i a m Lynch

B i l l i n g s YMCA Chess Club Great F a l l s Chess Club 1 "Team A" "Team B"

Bd Name R a t i n g RDl RD2 RD3 Score Bd Name R a t i n g RDl RD2 RD3 Score A l Hoene 1464 WB3 WB2 UBl 3-0 B l Grosse 1456 LA2 WA3 LAI 1-2 A2 Lynch 1658 WBl WB3 LB2 2-1 B2 Jennings 1580 WA3 LAI V;A2 2-1

A3 Mecklenberg 994 LB2 LB3 LBl 0-3 B3 Dunkin 1381 LAI U 2 WA3 1-2

A4 B a r k e r 1476 LB5 LB6 WB4 1-2 B4 Jordan 1347 DA6 WA5 LA4 l - J - l i

A5 Chapman 1102 LB6 LB4 LB5 0-3 B5 Skovron 1396 WA4 WA6 WA5 3-0 A6 Heimbichner 1445 DB4 LB5 WB6 Xi~li B6 Anderson 1348 WA5 WA4 LA6 2 - 1

Ttetal T o t a l 1 0 i - 7 i

Note: Doug Heimbichner s u b s t i t u t e d f o r B i l l i n g s on Board 6 when Judson Temple was unable t o accompany t h e team.

For the second y e a r , t h i s event was h e l d a t t h e Yogo I n n i n Lewistown which has generously s u p p l i e d the p l a y i n g room w i t h o u t charge. We a l l thank the Resident Manager, Mr, Jim DeMers, f o r h i s k i n d s u p p o r t o f Chess a c t i v i t y i n Montana,

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Roberto B a r a j a s c a o t u r e d f i r s t p l a c e w i t h a 3 - 0 score i n a Giuoco Piano Tournament h e l d i n Great P a l l s i n raid-February, Each game was begun w i t h t h e same f i r s t moves o f t h e o l d I t a l i a n o p e n i n g , then c o n t i n u e d f r o m the b a s i c p o s i t i o n ,

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WHITE: Shaun S u l l i v a n ( 1 6 4 5 ) BLACK:- Gordon Shuck ( 1 5 2 6 ) ALKKHINE"S DEFENSE

1 . P-KA N - K B 3 2 . P-K5 N-Q4 3- P -Q4 P -Q3 4 . P - Q B 4 N - N 3 5. P - B 4 PxP 6 . BPxP B - B 4 7 . N-0;B3 P - K 3 8. B-K3 B-K2 9. N-B3 0 - 0 1 0 . B - K 2 P-KB3 1 1 - PxP BxP 12. 0 - 0 R-B2 1 3 . Q-K2 R-Q2 I 4 . QR-Ql P-B4 15. P-Q5 BiJJ 16. QiB PxP 1 7 . PxP B-K5 18. BxP N-R5 19. Q-R3 NxB 2 0 . QxN BxP 2 1 . RxBJ' RxR 2 2 , B-B4 N-R3 2 3 . 0;rRch K-R8 24 . N-K5 ':5-N3cfa 2 5 . R-Rl N-B2 26. Q-N8chJ Resigns 1 - 0

Shaun's l u c k took a t u r n f o r t h e worse a f t e r t h i s second round win bu t f o r many i t would have been worth t h e p r i c e o f admission a l o n e .

mn iANA' S KMitD PLAYERS

1. Loren Meierding MS 1973 32. Charles Bradley LG 1374 2. Tim Estle BZ 1783 33. Larry Kiedrowski GF 1355 3. Jim Loy BZ 1714 34. Danny Dutton GF 1351 4. Wi111am Greer MS 1677 35. Ted Anderson GF 1348 5. William Lynch BL 1658 36. Bob Jordan FB 1347 6. Robert McKinnon GF 1647 37. Paul Compa GF 1342 7. Shaun Sullivan AN 1645 38. Pete McKeon BT 1327 8. Gary Chicoine BL 1644 39. Chris McKinnon 6F 1327 9. Alvis Auseklis KS 1634 40. Preston Forayter MS 1314 10. Roberto Barajas GF 1604 41. Gallon Thomas BL 1300 11. Larry Jennings GF 1580 42. Richard Graham GF 1292 12. Dean Drake MS 1579 43, John Austrenn GF 1288 13. Wil1iam Myers MS 1574 44, Harvey Manekofsky GF 1275 14. Judson Temple BL 1571 45. Lon Doll BZ 1268 15. Michael Poole BT 1558 46. Andy Shuck WH 1236 16. Alfred Anderson BT 1541 47. Bob Perry KS 1195 17. Gordon Shuck WH 1526 48. Ed Peterman BL 1186 18. Jerry Stump BL 1526 49. Greo Smith MS 1183 19. Robert Bailey GF 1511 50. Kelley Beasley BZ 1160 20. John Barto GF 1501 51. Lee Fishback KL 1121 21. Lynn Crewse GF 1493 52. Chuck Chapman BL 1102 22. Wayne Barker BL 1476 53. Thomas Mercer GF 1098 23. Howard Hoene BL 1464 54. Mike Roam BL 1068 24. Otto Grosse GF 1456 55. Merv Mecklenberg BL 994 25. Dennis Burke MS 1455 56. Karl Roam BL 966 26. Douq Heimbichner BL 1445 57. Brian Court GF 862 27. Marvin McDonald MS 1404 58. Kevin Sannes BL 818 28. James Skovron GF 1396 59. Barry Sleight BL 794 29. Lawrence Dunkin GF 1381 60. Paul Hughes BZ 721 30. Richard Frye LA 1376 61. Tim Clausen BZ 650 31. Harold Ericson DL 1376

MS=Missoula,BZ=Bozeman,BL=Billings,GF=Great Falls,AN=Anaconda,KS=Kalispell, BT=Butte,WH=Whitehall,LA=Laurel,DL=Deer Lodae,LG=Lodge Grass,FB=Fort Benton.

KL=Kila

U.S.CHESS FEDERATION members as yet unrated or inactive in 1976:

B.R.Buckingham, Thomas C a h i l l , Don'ald Cunningham, Richard Dightman, Lee Drummond, Dirk Duykers, Paul Herinqer, Keith Huck, James Kilbourne, Terry Leir, Coyle Lono, George Marquardt, Perry Moler Sr., James Nelson, Lyle Petersen, Terry Rasmussen, John Reddy, Tom Romine, John Shyne, Raymond Sorenson, Jerry Thacker, Bruce Thompson, Jim TindaH, E.K.Whinnen, Stuart Wiles, Dave Wilkes.

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The above l i s t , c ompiled b e f o r e the Copper Kings Open, a l r e a d y has some welcome a d d i t i o n s , Wasyl Jarosz o f Bozeman r e t u r n e d to the f o l d a f t e r a two y e a r absence t o asouroe t h e number t h r e e spot a t 1748* Walt Duncan ( 1 3 7 7 ) r e t u r n e d t o the s t a t e a f t e r som« t i m e spent i n Vermont, A l s o , Roland B r o d n i a k o f K a l i s p e l l j o i n e d t h e F e d e r a t i o n and e s t a b l i s h e d a p r o v i s i o n a l r a t i n g w i t h a f i n e debut performance, Lon D o l l o f Bozeman a l s o r e p o r t s some new members a t MSU who s i g n e d up when they q u a l i f i e d f o r the i n t e r c o l l e g i a t e r e g i o n a l tournament i n Eugene, Oregon, We hope t o l e a r n more about there and t h e i r r e s u l t s i n t h a t event d u r i n g S t a t e Tournament,