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• Now 440 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! (Oregon GP now administered separately)

• Jul 20 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA - See July SCC ad

This Week/Weekend - Other (non-GP and scholastic) events!

• Jul 15-23 PNWCC GM Camp - Baryshpolets, Kirkland, WA
• Jul 17-21 PNWCC Summer Norm Invitational, Kirkland, WA
• Jul 17-19 PNWCC King vs Pawn FIDE Team Match 1, Kirkland, WA
• Jul 19 Sr./Jr. Match G/60, Tacoma, WA
• Jul 19, 26 Friday Night Fischer Random Chess/G15 Pro/G45 Duel, Kirkland, WA
• Jul 20 Lynden Bltz Open, Lynden, WA
• Jul 20-21 PNWCC King vs Pawn FIDE Team Match 2, Kirkland, WA

July magazine! The July issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on 6/26. It's a 32-page issue with "Idaho Senior Open" and "Idaho Scholastic Tournament Of Champions" by Jeffrey Roland, "Inland Empire Open" by Kevin Korsmo, "2019 Washington State Invitational Brilliancy Prizes" by Michael Hosford, "2019 Washington Open" by Josh Sinanan, "44th Annual Keres Memorial" by Roger Patterson, "Unkel Vik’s Solutions From June 2019 Issue" by Viktors Pupols, and a back-cover photo of Alex Goodwin and William Wang by Jeffrey Roland. Cover: Daniel Shubin at the 2019 Washington Open by Sten Petrov. See the teaser (selected pages with color).

Maryhill Chess Set Gallery Open! The GEORGE E. MUEHLECK, JR. GALLERY OF INTERNATIONAL CHESS SETS at the Maryhill Museum of Art near Goldendale, Washington is open for the season until November 15; see the website for details.

June magazine! The June issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on 5/28. A limited number of copies were available at the Washington Open. It's a 32-page issue with "16th Annual Idaho Scholastic Girls Championship" by Jeffrey Roland, "Washington Senior Championship" by Gary Dorfner, "Grand Pacific Open" by Stephanie Velea, "Washington Championship Game" by Michael Lee, "Washington State Championship Brilliancy Prizes" by Daniel He, "Washington State Premier Brilliancy Prizes" by Samuel He, "Washington State Challengers Brilliancy Prizes" by Mark Smith, "Seattle Spring Open" by Carol and Fred Kleist, "Idaho Open" by Jay Simonson, "9th Annual Oregon Senior Open" and "2019 Portland Spring Open" by Brian Berger, and back-cover images relating to "50 Years Ago — June 1959 Washington Chess Letter — Buz Eddy became editor." Cover: Ava Gaylord vs. Temiloluwa Aderogba, by Jeffrey Roland. See the teaser (selected pages with color).

Seshadri represented Washington in GAMMA Reykjavík Open - This international event, also known as the Bobby Fischer Memorial Open, took place April 8-16 in Reykjavík, Iceland, at the beautiful Harpa convention center. Sridhar Seshadri, who advertises his chess academy with NWC, played for the first time in this event. Although "Sri" is certainly an underdog with his FIDE rating of 1603 (US Chess 1739), his recent performance of a draw with Canadian National Master Howard Wu said he may have good chances, and bring laurels to Washington State, if he takes up his game seriously! We wished Sri good luck and a safe and successful trip to Iceland. (Watch for a story in the June edition of NWC.) Photo: Sri in Iceland with a couple of interesting sculptures.

May magazine! The May issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on 4/25. It's a 32-page issue with "For The Record" by the Northwest Chess Staff, "Another Name On The Trophy" by Jason Cigan, "Washington President’s Cup" by Travis Olson, "The Game That Matters" by Jeffrey Roland, "Boise Chess Club (Poem)" by Glen O’Harra, "From The Business Manager" by Eric Holcomb, and a back-cover cartoon of "Odie and Morgan playing chess" by Brian Berger. Cover: Jason Cigan by Andrei Botez. See the full edition (all pages with color). An interview with Jason Cigan is also available on The Perpetual Chess Podcast.

Nakamura wins U.S. Chess Championship! The annual U.S. Chess Championship (and also the Women's Championship) were held March 18 to April 1 in St. Louis. See the website and also the final John Henderson blog post, and congratulations to Hikaru Nakamura for winning the championship with a final-round victory. J. Yu is the winner of the U.S. Women’s Championship, with a very impressive score of 10 out of 11 possible points.

Fundraiser! The Seattle Sluggers and Pacific Northwest Chess Center are teaming up to run a joint fundraiser! This is in an effort to help offset the costs of running the Sluggers' GMs each week in the PRO Chess League and to support the development of the PNWCC, which provides a first-class chess playing experience in the Northwest. All funds raised will be evenly split between the Seattle Sluggers and the PNWCC. For info or to donate: https://www.pnwchesscenter.org/donation-and-volunteers. PNWCC is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation.

April magazine! The April issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on 3/27. It's a 32-page issue with "2019 Idaho Closed" by Jeffrey Roland, "2019 Idaho Closed" by Barry Eacker, "ICA Tip Of The Month" by Adam Porth, "2019 Idaho Scholastic Championship" by Alise Pemsler, "February 2019 PCC Game/60" by Brian Berger, "Dave Collyer Memorial" by Kevin Korsmo, "Photo collage of the John Donaldson Simul" by Adam Porth, "2019 Washington State Team And High School League" by Randy Walther, "2019 Washington State Championship" by Josh Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of "Waiting For Clarity" by Philip Peterson. Cover: A View From Below by Philip Peterson. See the full edition (all pages with color).

GP Final Results! 2018 John A. Braley Memorial Grand Prix final standings and results are available from links on the GP page. Checks were mailed to the Washington and Oregon winners by Saturday 2/23 (Idaho is on hold), or some winners received NWC subscriptions if not currently members of their state chess organization. Congratulations if you're one of the winners!

Exhibit Honors US Chess! A new chess history exhibition, "US Chess: 80 Years - Promoting the Royal Game in America," will open at the World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) on March 6, and will be on display through October 27. The exhibit celebrates the US Chess Federation (US Chess), the official governing body of American chess, and its many accomplishments since its 1939 founding. See the WCHOF website for more info.

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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, usually US Chess or scholastic rating 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.