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• We are making Northwest Chess magazine back issues available on this website! 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 1947-1952 and 1955-1964 time period are also available.

• We've added MyChessViewer 2.2 from MyChess.com, which allows you to view games from some local chess tournaments directly in your browser. See the games page.

See calendar and TA pages for more info about upcoming chess events. The state championship results have been moved to the "Completed Tournament / Match News" below on this page.

This Weekend - NWC Grand Prix events! Tacoma Open (Aug 2).

This Weekend - Other (non-GP) events! Knockout Tournament (G/10) (Aug 1) in Tacoma; USCF Rated Rapid (G/15) Chess Tournament (Aug 2) at Coffee Time in Portland; Run/Chess Championship (Aug 2) in Newport, OR - See flyer/entry form; Double Round Swiss Styled Blitz Open (Aug 2) at Director Park in Portland - See information sheet.

New Chess Camp! The Seattle Chess Club is sponsoring the Yes2Chess Summer Chess Camp, Monday, August 18 through Friday, August 22. The main coaches are NM Daniel He (2271 USCF) and NM Samuel He (2207 USCF), and the camp manager is Rithvik Bharath, email rithvikbharath98@gmail.com. See the event flyer for more information.

GP standings! Elena Donaldson Akhmylovskaia Memorial Northwest Chess Grand Prix Standings for 2014:
See 2014 Grand Prix standings alphabetically | See 2014 Grand Prix standings (by score) by state (updated as of July 28, except Portland July G/60).

August magazine! The August issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on 7/29, however due to a mailing error, a separate mailing needs to be done for new subscribers and persons with updated addresses. If you're in this category and don't receive a magazine by 8/8, please email info@nwchess.com. It's a 32-page issue with Washington Chess News, Idaho Chess News including a reprint of "Fifty Years of Idaho Chess," Oregon Chess News and a back-cover photo of Harry Buerer at the Newport June Open by Suzy Buerer. Cover: Frisco Del Rosario at the 2014 Idaho Open. Photo credit: Jeffrey Roland. See the teaser (selected pages with color).

Northwest girls at Susan Polgar Girls Invitational! The following local players are participating: Andrea Botez and Lauren Mei Calora from Oregon, Olga Cherepakhin from Washington and Carmen Pemsler from Idaho. Additionally, Alise Pemsler and Andrei Botez are on the TD staff this year. - Reported by Frank Niro.

Berry article! In an article on his website, Jonathan Berry of Canada discusses his "Career as a Chess Arbiter, Referee (and) Tournament Director," and mentions former NWC Business Manager Rusty Miller.

July magazine! The July issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Monday 6/23, less than three weeks after the June issue was mailed! It's a 32-page issue with Washington Chess News, Oregon Chess News, "Oregon’s Andy Trattner: From Chess to MIT" by Brian Berger, Idaho Chess News and a back-cover photo of the newly elected WCF Board of Directors by Jeffrey Roland. Cover: Roland Feng in his victory pose at the 2014 Washington Open. Photo credit: Jeffrey Roland. See the teaser (selected pages with color).

June magazine! The June issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Tuesday 6/3. It's only a 24-page issue (due to a shortage of material) with Insights from the Grand Pacific Open by NM Peter Lessler, Washington Chess News, Oregon Chess News, Idaho Chess News and a back-cover photo of Nick Raptis at the Clark Harmon Memorial Open by Joshua Sinanan. Cover: Peter Lessler at 2014 Grand Pacific Open by Blue Giraffe Photo. See the teaser (selected pages with color).

U.S. Champions! Gata Kamsky and Irina Krush repeat as U.S. Chess Champions - see story on USCF website. Previous story: The U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Women's Championship will again be held in St. Louis, May 7-21, followed by the U.S. Junior Closed Championship, June 20-July 3. See a blog post by Rusty Miller. The field and commentators for the championships were announced ... see USCF story.

See old news previously appearing on this page.

Beginning in 2013, most local tournament reports are posted to the Northwest Chess (NWC) blog, found at http://www.nwchess.com/blog/. Links are to NWC blog post or other report. Thanks to Rusty Miller for writing most of the tournament reports from 2013 until April 2014. Rusty has now stepped down. If you are interesting in blogging for your club's events, please let us know. Click on photos to enlarge, or see photos in some of the blog posts.

Photo: Action at the Seattle Seafair Open. Credit: Josh Sinanan.

Open Events (July): Maryhill Museum (near Goldendale, WA) Cardboard, Clay & Crayons: Chess Sets by Young Northwest Artists Exhibition (ended Jul 31) Double Round Swiss Styled Blitz Open (Jul 28) at Director Park, Portland Seattle CC Sunday Tornado (Jul 27) Portland CC G/60 (Jul 26) Firecracker Swiss (Jul 11-25) in Tacoma Portland Chess Club Thursday Blitz (USCF Blitz rated) (Jul 24) Portland Tuesday Night Quads (Jul 1-22?) 2014 ICA Summer Classic (Jul 19-20) in Boise Seattle Seafair Open (Jul 18-20) Portland Saturday Quads (Jul 19) Oregon Senior Open (Jul 12-13) in Oregon City Puget Sound Open (Jul 12) in Tacoma Portland Chess Club USCF-rated Thursday Blitz (Jul 10) Seattle CC Novice (Jul 6) USCF Rated Rapid (G/15) Chess Tournament (Jul 5) at Coffee Time in Portland Seattle CC Saturday Quads (Jul 5)

Photo: Jeremy Silman at Maryhill Museum. Credit: Russell Miller. See more on Flickr.

Open Events (June): Seattle CC Sunday Tornado (Jun 29) 2014 Idaho Open (Jun 28-29) in Boise, ID 2nd Annual Olympia Open (Jun 28) in Olympia, WA Portland CC G/60 (Jun 28) Tacoma City Championship (concluded on Jun 27) Portland Chess Club USCF-rated Thursday Blitz (Jun 26) Summer Open (Jun 21-22) in Portland Emerald City Open (Jun 20-22) in Seattle Portland Tuesday Night Quads (Jun 3-17) Newport June Open (Jun 14-15) in Newport, OR - See information/entry form Qualchan Quads (Jun 14) in Spokane, WA Five-round Rapid Chess Tournament at Guardian Games (Jun 14) in Portland Portland Chess Club USCF-rated Thursday Blitz (Jun 12) Maryhill Museum Game/15 Quads & IM Jeremy Silman visit (Jun 7) - This event was in connection with the Harry Potter chess game that Silman helped create as part of the “Cardboard, Clay and Crayons, Chess Sets by Young Northwest Artists” exhibit. Boise Chess Festival (Jun 7) Portland Saturday Quads (G/45) (Jun 7) USCF Rated Rapid (G/15) Chess Tournament (Jun 7) at Coffee Time in Portland Seattle CC Saturday Quads (Jun 7) Evergreen Empire Open (Jun 7) in Tacoma Seattle CC Sunday Tornado (Jun 1)

Photo (at Coffee Time event by Galen Pyle): Ricard Guttman (purple), Lennart (standing) and Luke Robson (scarf).

Open Events (May): Portland CC G/60 (May 31) Washington Open (May 24-26), North Seattle Community College - see two-page flyer with side events. New NWC subscriptions will not begin until the July magazine. U.S. Amateur North Championship (May 24-26) in Boise, ID Portland CC unrated Thursday Blitz (May 22) Portland Tuesday Night Quads (May 6-20) 39th Paul Keres Memorial (May 17-19) in Richmond, BC Inland Empire Open (May 17-18) in Spokane Portland Saturday Quads (G/45) (May 17) Seattle CC Saturday Quads (May 17) May Day Quads (G/20) (May 16) in Tacoma Pierce County Open (May 10) in Tacoma Portland CC USCF-rated Thursday Blitz (May 8) Harmon Memorial (May 2-4) in Seattle USCF Rated Rapid (G/15) Chess Tournament (May 3) at Coffee Time in Portland Pierce County Championship (concluded May 2) in Tacoma

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