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• Now 455 issues! Northwest Chess magazine back issues - For a complete list of available issues (scanned prior to Sept. 2008, made from the print production files thereafter), please see the Northwest Chess Scanning Project page. Washington Chess Letter scans from the 1947-1964 time period are also available and included.

• As of Nov. 2017, our games viewer has been updated to the Chessbase viewer, which has many modern features. You can view games from the Washington and Oregon state championships and some other regional chess tournaments directly in your browser. See the games page.

Note: See calendar and TA pages for more info about upcoming chess events.

This Week/Weekend - NWC Grand Prix events!

• Most over-the-board chess events have been cancelled. Please contact the event organizer for more information and current status of scheduled events. Some events have been moved online. See calendar and TA pages for more info about upcoming chess events.
• Seattle Chess Club - The club is suspending further advertising of in-person events until the club is able to safely reopen. See August SCC ad (for intended schedule).
• Please note: We are no longer planning a separate Oregon section of the NWC Grand Prix in 2020, however, a small GP prize fund for non-WA players will be announced.
• Aug 12-16 4th Annual Seattle Chess Classic, online via Chess.com
  See the teaser edition (selected pages with color) of the August magazine.

This Week/Weekend or following Monday - Other (non-GP) events!

• See PNWCC website for online chess classes/camps and other events.
• Chess4Life is also offering live virtual chess classes/camps.
• Aug 10 Northwest Chess Webinar with FM Roland Feng, online via Zoom
• Aug 16 SEATTLE CLASSIC BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP - OLYMPIAD FUNDRAISER
• Aug 17 Northwest Chess Webinar with Jacob Mayer, online via Zoom

Upcoming Events!

• Aug 22 REAL: Youth To Youth Chess Fundraiser Online via lichess.org.
  NWSRS Rated & 2021 OSCF state Qualifier.
• Aug 22-23 Learn2Chess G45 Championship with $1200 Prize Fund

August magazine! The August issue of Northwest Chess was mailed early on 7/23, and should have arrived! It's a 32-page issue with "Tips For The Aspiring King-Hunter" by Josh Sinanan, "Musings On Women In Chess" by Karen Schmidt, "Viktors Pupols Honored By US Chess" by John Donaldson, "WCF Online Chess Testimonials" by Kent McNall and Don Hack, "WA State Elementary Championship" by WSECC Organizers, "Washington Closed Brilliancy Prizes" by Samual He, Daniel He, Isaac Vega, and Brendan Zhang, "Emerald City Open" by Derek Zhang, "2020 Susan Polgar Foundation Girl's Invitational" by Minda Chen, and a back-cover photo of "Chess packrat nesting material" by Jeffrey Roland. Cover: Roger Hunter, Jef Leifeste, and Alex Machin by Jeffrey Roland. See the teaser edition (selected pages with color).

Local juniors play in Team USA vs. Romania match! Anne-Marie, Sophie and Stephanie Velea played on Saturday, July 11, in an official tournament, with Team USA versus Romania. You can read about the match at https://new.uschess.org/news/usa-romania-youth-match-scheduled-saturday-july-11. The match was expected to be covered on Twitch TV. Update - Team USA won the match, and Stephanie had a great result with one win and one draw.

July magazine! The July issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on 6/23. It's a 32-page issue with "Northwest Regional Scholastic Chess Championships" by Josh Sinanan, "Zemgalis-Ulvestad Match" by John Donaldson, "Washington Open" by Josh Sinanan, "Northwest Chess Open" by Jacob Mayer, various ads and a back-cover photo of Duane Polich by Josh Sinanan. Cover: Josh Sinanan tries on his new chess face mask, designed and produced by Embroiderrific. See the full edition (all pages with color).

Testimonials about WCF online tournaments! See what Past WCF President Kent McNall and Don Hack, lifelong chess player from Surrey, B.C., have to say - Now in the August edition of Northwest Chess. See the teaser edition (selected pages with color).

Congratulations Vik! Longtime U.S. Chess Life Master and Washington State resident Viktors Pupols has received an Outstanding Player Achievement Award from U.S. Chess! See the 2020 award recipients page, which includes a photo of Vik from the March 2009 cover of NWC.

June magazine! The June issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on 5/29. It's a 32-page issue with "Hello To The Northwest Chess Community" by Kent McNall, "The Magic Year of 1971" by John Donaldson, "Seattle City Championships" by Mary K. Kuhner, "WA vs B.C. Intermat" by Josh Sinanan, "Washington Senior Championship" by Ani Barua, "Chouchan Airapetian Webinar Notes" by Valentin Razmov, Historic Image from February 1993, and a back-cover photo of "Social Distancing" by Philip Peterson. Cover: The Negative Effect of Social Distancing by Philip Peterson, Jeffrey Roland, and Ralph Dubisch. See the full edition (all pages with color).

International Student Exchange Opportunity - As we look forward to the return to life as we know it, students from around the world are excited to spend an academic year in the U.S. as high school exchange students! See the remainder of the story on the scholastic opportunities page.

See old news previously appearing on this page.

Some local tournament reports were previously posted to the Northwest Chess (NWC) blog, found at http://www.nwchess.com/blog/. Links are to NWC blog post or other report, usually US Chess or scholastic rating report. However, blogging activity has stopped. If you are interesting in blogging for your club's events, please let us know.