Discounted Entry Still Available! Washington Open (May 24-26, Redmond, WA)
See: PDF flyer | PayPal entry form | Standard entry form
See: Washington Open Scholastic (May 24) flyer/entry form.
For lower rates, enter tournament by May 15.

Mailed! April Mailing – The April NWC magazine was due to go to the publisher on Monday, 3/31, but actually was delivered on 4/11, and mailed on 4/17. It's a 32-page issue with games from the WA State Championship and Premier.

All Juniors! Searchable database of junior players has over 14,000 players and is updated regularly during the scholastic chess season! (Also see http://whsca.org/.)

Results! Harmon Memorial Northwest Chess Grand Prix – Complete 2007 GP results are now available. Business manager Eric Holcomb mailed checks to the winners on Monday, 3/31. The GP is being held again in 2008 as usual, and standings thru April will be coming soon! See the GP page.

Rescheduled! The WA Polgar qualifier tournament is rescheduled for May 17-18, and the Oregon Polgar qualifier will be May 16-17. (See calendar.)

Terrace Park K-8 PTA-Sponsored Chess Club is looking for two coaches for the 2008-2009 season. See the scholastic coaches wanted page.

Games from the Washington Championship, Premier and Invitational are now available to download. See the main games page.

"Wenatchee Scholastic Chess Club caters to young players" article in Wenatchee World newspaper. (March 12, 2008)

Active Again! WA Chess Forum (http://wachess.com).

Relocation! Your business manager has relocated to Bend, Oregon. See the magazine information page for a new mailing address; mail sent to the old address will be forwarded. Note that the business manager's old phone number (253-850-2996) is now a voice mail service, and is advertised in the Verizon Yellow Pages. (See old chess news.)

Interesting! Article "Was It Only a Game?" by Dick Cavett on Bobby Fischer, plus a video of Cavett's 1971 interview of Fischer, a year before he won the world championship!
http://cavett.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/08/was-it-only-a-game/?ref=opinion.

Kevin Korsmo appointed to Washington Court of Appeals – See article in the Spokane Spokesman-Review, "New appeals judge knows way around chessboard."

See old chess news previously appearing on this page.

"BC's chess parents and junior chess organizers congratulate WA organizers, coaches/teachers, parents, and particularly these young chess players for their success: 1,414 players at 2008 WA State Elementary Chess Championships!" (Apr 26 in Redmond, WA.) See http://www.bjdy.com/juniorchess/search/index3.html.

Grandmaster and former US Chess Champion Hikaru Nakamura was at the championships, and was scheduled to take on a group of kids in a simultaneous exhibition!
See http://www.hikarunakamura.com/ for background info on Nakamura.

Plus Score Swiss in Seattle (Apr 26-27)

Inland Empire Open in Spokane (Apr 26-27) – Winner: Paul Bartron (4.5/5).

Portland CC Game in 60 (Apr 26) – Winner: Nick Raptis (4/4).

Clark Harmon Memorial Open in Portland (April 19-20). The winner was Radu Roua with 4.5 points, drawing IM John Donaldson in round 5. At 4-1 were John Donaldson, Nick Raptis, Steve Breckenridge and Michael Morris. There were 40 players.

WA-BC International Scholastic Chess Match, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Apr 19). Congratulations to the BC team, winning by a score of 32-20 over the WA state team.
See http://www.bjdy.com/juniorchess/news.html. New! See WA team photo album online.

OSCF State Championship (K-12), Seaside OR (Apr 11-12). The third annual Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation State Championship was a huge success! See www.oscf.org.

Congratulations to Idaho state champion Jason Evers, winner of the 2nd Alzheimer's Benefit Chess Tournament in Bend, OR (April 13) with a perfect 3 out of 3 score. Your business manager, Eric Holcomb, finished in second place after a tie-break. Also see Sean Tobin's blog at http://cocjournal.blogspot.com/.

Daffodil Open was held in Tacoma (April 12-13). The winner was Mike Macgregor with 4.5 out of 5 points. There were 19 players, including some we hadn't seen in awhile!

Seattle Spring Open (March 28-30). There was an excellent turnout of over 50!

Congratulations to Larry Ball, winner of the Portland Chess Club March G/60, with a perfect score of 4 out of 4!

9th North American FIDE Invitational was held in Chicago, Illinois, March 22 to March 28. See http://www.nachess.org/fide and http://www.monroi.com/wdc.

Report on the well-known “Amber Chess Tournament,” March 15-27 in Nice, where 12 grandmasters played the "two circles" system: one fast game and one blind game.

Portland Spring Open (Mar 15-16) and Spokane Uncle's Tournament (Mar 15).

All Economy! The Tacoma Chess Club experimented with an all-economy (no prize fund) tournament the weekend of March 8-9. There were 16 entries.

16th Dave Collyer Memorial, Spokane, WA (Feb 23-24).

New! Oregon High School Chess Team Association (OHSCTA) reports on results of championship held February 22-23 in Roseburg. Photos: A scene of the action in the playing hall (left); Sunset high school Varsity and JV team that won two titles (right).

New Champion! Washington State Chess Championship/Premier/Invitational concluded Monday, February 18 at the Seattle Chess Club. Congratulations to GM Gregory Serper, our new Washington State chess champion!! It was an exciting final game as defending champion NM Ignacio Perez tried an exchange sacrifice against Serper, but the GM met the challenge!!

Interesting! – Player "Blurbs" – Hear how the players got started in chess.

See old tournament news previously appearing on this page.