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This Week/Weekend - NWC Grand Prix events! Spokane Fall Championship (Rd 3 on Sep 29); Norman Friedman Memorial Tournament & National Chess Week Celebration (Oct 1-2) in Hailey, ID - see flyer; Eastern Washington Open (Oct 1-2) in Spokane, WA.

This Week/Weekend - Other (non-GP) events! Portland CC Club Championship (Rd 1 on Sep 27); Seattle CC Championship (Rd 3 on Sep 30) - See September SCC ad; Seattle CC Close Ratings 2 (final round on Sep 30) - See September SCC ad; Tacoma Chess Club Championship (Rd 2 on Sep 30); Norman Friedman Memorial Tournament (Blitz on Sep 30), Hailey, ID - see flyer; Bend Fall Quads (Oct 1) in Bend, OR - see flyer | cover letter to Oregon chess players.

October magazine! The October issue of Northwest Chess is in production, and should be mailed by about 9/29. It's a 32-page issue with Oregon Chess News, Washington Chess News, "Chess Groovies" by NM Daniel He and NM Samuel He, Idaho Chess News, and a back-cover photo of Perry and Moshe Rachmuth at PCC Quad 45 by Brian Berger. Cover: Gavin Zhang in St. Louis by Kristina Zhang. See the teaser (selected pages with color).

Special Screening! Two special screenings of Disney's Queen of Katwe were held in Seattle; the first showing was on Sept. 7 at 7:00 p.m. at AMC Pacific Place; the second showing was on Sept. 20 at 7:00 p.m. at Regal Thornton Place. Background: Phiona Mutesi is a chess prodigy from Uganda. Born in 1993, she grew up in the Ugandan slum of Katwe. When Phiona was nine years old she joined a chess program run by Sports Outreach Institute. By 2012, she was one of two candidates to earn the title Woman Candidate Master (WCM), making her one of the first chess players from Uganda to earn a title. The movie is based on the book The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming Chess Champion by Tim Crothers. See flyer. Regular theater screenings begin on Sept. 23.

U.S. Team Wins Chess Olympiad!! The 42nd World Chess Olympiad was held Sept. 1-14 in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan. More than 180 teams took part in the open section, and more than 140 teams fought for medals in the women's section. As reported by team captain John Donaldson, "Congratulations to the 2016 U.S. Chess Olympiad team, which won the gold medals in Baku, and to MI (Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco) member GM Sam Shankland, who was part of the U.S. team." The MI also held a celebration to honor the team on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Congratulations! You can read the team captain’s report at https://new.uschess.org/news/olympicgold.

September magazine! The September issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on 8/25. It's a 32-page issue with Washington Chess Letter Historic Cover from September, 1958, Washington Chess News, CJA Award for 2016 Best State Magazine/Newsletter (special center-fold!), Oregon Chess News, Idaho Chess News, and a back-cover photo of Jesse Batten at the Boise Chess Club by Jim Berezow. Cover: The Oregon Scholastic Champions by Nancy Keller. See the teaser (selected pages with color).

GM Norm! Congratulations to Idaho IM Luke Harmon-Vellotti, 17, for achieving a GM norm in the 25th Chicago Open held May 26-30 in Wheeling, Illinois. In the 9-round tournament, IM Harmon-Vellotti defeated GM Carlos Hevia Alejano and IM James A Rizzitano, and drew with GMs Varuzhan Akobian, Jianchao Zhou, Elshan Moradiabadi, Eugene Perelshteyn, Alexander Shabalov and IM Andrey Gorovets. Reported by Hock San Lee. Also see an interview of Luke on local TV station KBOI 2 (posted 6/28/2016). New! See new interview of Luke on YouTube in Idaho Living feature, also produced by TV station KBOI 2 (posted 8/20/2016).

August magazine! The August issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on 7/28. It's a 32-page issue with Idaho Chess News, Oregon Chess News, Washington Chess News, and a back-cover photo of Ching-E Nobel Ang by Jeffrey Roland. Cover: Janos Fucsko by Jeffrey Roland. See the teaser (selected pages with color).

Chess in Hollywood! - See collection of photos on the Anatoly Karpov International School of Chess website. Note that GM Yasser Seirawan is in a couple of the photos!

Master! Anthony He becomes Washington’s youngest ever master (link to blog post) - Congratulations, Anthony!

July magazine! The July issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on 6/23. It's a 32-page issue with Oregon Chess News, Idaho Chess News, Washington Chess News, and back-cover photos of John Glenn and Tom Booth at the Boise Chess Club by Jim Berezow. Cover: Chesstoon of “Blitz The Kid” by Brian Berger. See the teaser (selected pages with color).

Book Review! Review of new book about GM Yasser Seirawan: A Short Review of Karolyi's Legendary Chess Careers: Yasser Seirawan on The Chess Mind blog.

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Beginning in 2013, some 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 stepped down, but started blogging again occasionally as of Nov. 2014. 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: Sophie Velea (girl on left) receives her Pan-Am U8 Girls Champion award. Credit: Andy Ke.

Scholastic Events (July-August): North American Youth Chess championship (Aug 7-11) in Windsor, ON, Canada - Congratulations again to Sophie Velea, with another big 1st place win in the girls under age 8 class. Denker Tournament of HS Champions (Jul 30-Aug 2) in Indianapolis Pan-American Youth Chess Championships (July) in Montevideo, Uruguay - Congratulations to Sophie Velea, under age 8 girls champion, from Sammamish, WA! It was a tough competition, with representatives from 18 countries. Also see a report on the Bashkansky family chess travel blog. U.S. Junior Closed Championship (Jul 8-17) in St. Louis

Playing room at the Seattle Chess Club for the Quads on July 9. Credit: Russell Miller. (More photos linked in blog post.) Carl Haessler receives trophy for Oregon Senior Championship for the third consecutive year! Credit: Brian Berger.

Open or Invitational Events (July-August): Seattle Kings vs. Princes Match III & FIDE Round Robins (Aug 26-30) in Seattle See the US Chess crosstables Portland CC G/60 (Aug 27) Tacoma City Championship (Aug 5-26) Seattle CC Dog Days (Aug 5-26) Washington Senior Championship (Aug 20-21) in Tacoma Portland Saturday Blitz (Aug 20 after Quads) Portland Saturday Quads (G/45) (Aug 20) August Ajeeb Quads (Aug 4-18) in Spokane Portland Tuesday Night Quads (Aug 2-16) Portland Chess Assoc. - Day of Chess with the Timbers 2 Soccer Team (Aug 14) Seattle CC Sunday Tornado (Aug 14) Spokane Falls Open (Aug 13-14) Seattle CC Saturday Quads (Aug 13) 117th U.S. Open Championship (Jul 30-Aug 7) in Indianapolis, IN Tacoma Summer Open (Aug 6) Run or Bike Chess Championship (Aug 6) in Newport, OR Portland CC G/60 (Jul 30) Portland Tuesday Night Quads (Jul 5-26) Seattle CC Seafair Open (Jul 22-24) Portland Rapid Championship and Portland Blitz Championship (Jul 23) Tacoma CC Firecracker Swiss (Jul 8-22) Seattle CC Sunday Tornado (Jul 17) Idaho Blitz Championship (Jul 16) in Boise Carl Haessler simultaneous exhibition (after Quads on Jul 16) in Portland Portland Saturday Quads (G/45) (Jul 16) Oregon Senior Open (Jul 9-10) in Portland - See ad/flyer Seattle CC Saturday Quads (Jul 9) and Novice (Jul 10) See blog post with link to photos. Puget Sound Open (Jul 2-3) in Tacoma Coffeetime Quick Chess Tournament (Jul 2) in Portland

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