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Editors List – The WASHINGTON CHESS LETTER (WCL) was started in Nov 1947 under
the editorship of Lawrence Taro of Everett. A list of all the people who have
been editors was compiled in February 2009 by Russell Miller and John
Donaldson from their magazine collections. It is only a small list of the names
of many people who have made chess news of activities in the Pacific
Northwest available in printed form every month since 1946.
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The publication of
chess news started as a one page sheet in September 1946 PUGET SOUND CHESS
NEWS, became a several page monthly in 1947, WASHINGTON CHESS LETTER published
by the Washington Chess Federation. The name changed to NORTHWEST CHESS LETTER
in January 1965 to better reflect the area the news was covering and then to
NORTHWEST CHESS in May 1968, as we know it now.
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The editor of the most
issues was the late Daniel E. Wade of Seattle who did 108 issues with first
one in August 1952. Next on the list of who did the most is Robert A. Karch
(84.75) with his first issue done in January 1973. Russell Miller's (78.75)
first issue was November 1966. Fred Kleist (70.25) is next on the list and his
first one was the May 1989 in which he shared the duties with Ralph Dubisch,
Karch and Miller. Rounding out the top five people who did the most issues is
Philip Peterson (47). There were some editors who lived in Oregon and even
one who lived in British Columbia.
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Puget Sound Chess News
Published by the Puget Sound Chess League by the Bremerton YMCA |
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Issue dates |
#Issues |
Editor |
City |
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September 1946 to February 1947 |
6 |
George Rehberg |
Bremerton, WA |
|
Washington Chess Letter |
| November 1947 to March 1949 |
17 |
Lawrence Taro |
Everett, WA |
| April 1949 to May 1950 |
14 |
Jack L. Finnigan |
Seattle, Gig Harbor and Bremerton, WA |
June 1950 to June 1952
(May-Jun 1952 was combined issue) |
24 |
Robert Stork |
Chehalis and Seattle, WA |
| July 1952 |
1 |
O.W. Manney
(temporary editor) |
? |
| August 1952 to March 1954 |
20 |
Daniel E. Wade |
Seattle, WA |
| April 1954 to February 1955 |
11 |
John S. DeWitt |
Seattle, WA |
| March 1955 to July 1955 |
5 |
Gerald (Jerry) B. Schain |
Seattle, WA |
| August 1955 to December 1955 |
5 |
Daniel E. Wade |
Seattle, WA |
| January 1956 to April 1956 |
4 |
George Bishop |
Seattle, WA |
| May 1956 to May 1959 |
37 |
Daniel E. Wade |
Seattle, WA |
| June 1959 to May 1960 |
12 |
Buz Eddy |
Seattle, WA |
| June 1960 to March 1961 |
10 |
Daniel E. Wade |
Seattle, WA |
| April 1961 to April 1962 |
13 |
Richard Schultz |
Seattle, WA |
| May 1962 to December 1964 |
32 |
Daniel E. Wade |
Seattle, WA |
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Northwest Chess Letter |
| January 1965 to April 1965 |
4 |
Daniel E. Wade |
Seattle, WA |
| May 1965 to April 1966 |
12 |
Richard Parsons |
Seattle, WA |
| May 1966 to October 1966 |
6 |
Buz Eddy |
Seattle, WA |
| November 1966 to April 1968 |
18 |
Russell (Rusty) Miller |
Yakima, WA |
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Northwest Chess |
| May 1968 to February 1970 |
22 |
Russell Miller |
Yakima, WA |
| March 1970 to April 1971
(June 1970 was a one-page issue. July 1970 was a 32-page double issue
to make up for this.) |
14 |
Willie Skubi |
Seattle, WA |
| May 1971 to July 1972 |
15 |
Rob Hankinson |
Richmond, BC, Canada |
| August 1972 to December 1972 |
5 |
Russell Miller |
Yakima, WA |
| January 1973 to July 1973 |
7 |
Robert A. Karch |
Seattle, WA |
| August 1973 to October 1974 |
15 |
Russell Miller |
Yakima, WA |
| November 1974 to October 1975 |
12 |
Dan Bailey |
Tacoma, WA |
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November 1975 to October
1978
Memorial - see current NWC home page.
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36 |
Kennedy (Kip) Poyser |
Wenatchee and Olympia, WA |
| November 1978 to September 1982
except Oct. 1979 |
46 |
Robert A. Karch |
Seattle, Kenmore and Issaquah, WA |
| October 1979 (guest editor) |
1 |
Russell Miller |
Yakima, WA |
| October 1982 to January 1983 |
4 |
Mary Lasher |
Seattle, WA |
| February 1983 to May 1983 |
4 |
Robert A. Karch |
Issaquah, WA |
| June 1983 to November 1984 (Note:
John Donaldson was listed as the Editor on the masthead but John Braley was the
actual Editor.) |
18 |
John Braley |
Seattle, WA |
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December 1984
to November 1985
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12 |
Robert A. Karch |
Lynnwood, WA |
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December 1985 to October 1986
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11 |
John Howell |
Portland, OR |
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November 1986
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1 |
John
Howell
Robert Karch |
Portland, OR
Everett, WA |
| December 1986 to November 1987 |
12 |
Robert Karch |
Everett, WA |
| December 1987 to November 1988 |
12 |
Nikolay Minev |
Seattle, WA |
| December 1988 to April 1989 |
5 |
James
Blackwood |
Seattle, WA |
| May 1989 |
1 |
Ralph
Dubisch, Robert Karch,
Fred Kleist and Russell Miller |
various |
| June 1989 to
November 1990 |
18 |
Ralph Dubisch |
Seattle and Bellevue, WA |
| December 1990 to January 1993 |
26 |
Philip Peterson |
Salem and Puyallup, WA |
| February 1993 to
October 1994 |
21 |
Mike Neeley |
Yelm, WA |
| November 1994 to March 1996 |
17 |
Russell Miller |
Seattle, WA |
| April to May 1996 |
2 |
Robert Karch (interim editor)
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Des Moines, WA |
| June 1996 to January 1997 |
8 |
Matthew R. Goshen |
Salem, OR |
| February 1997 to November 1998 |
22 |
David Roper |
Seattle, WA |
| December 1998 |
1 |
Dave Roper and Russell Miller |
Seattle, WA |
| January 1999 |
1 |
Russell Miller (interim editor) |
Seattle, WA |
| February 1999 to March 1999 |
2 |
Philip Peterson |
Puyallup, WA |
| April 1999 to October 1999 |
7 |
Peter Prochaska |
Beaverton, OR |
| November 1999 to April 2000 |
6 |
Philip Peterson |
Puyallup, WA |
| May 2000 to September 2000 |
5 |
Peter Prochaska |
Beaverton, OR |
| October 2000 to April 2001 |
7 |
Philip Peterson |
Puyallup, WA |
| May 2001 to October 2001 |
6 |
Peter Prochaska |
Beaverton, OR |
| November 2001 to April 2002 |
6 |
Philip Peterson |
Puyallup, WA |
| May 2002 to October 2002 |
6 |
Peter Prochaska |
Beaverton, OR |
November 2002 to August 2008 and October 2008
(Feb-Mar 2008 was combined issue) |
70 |
Fred Kleist |
Seattle, WA |
| September 2008 |
1 |
Ralph Dubisch (Guest Editor) |
San Jose, CA |
| November 2008 to date (updated
June 2010) |
20 |
Ralph Dubisch |
San Jose, CA |
| TOTAL (excluding Puget
Sound Chess News) |
750 |
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Number of Issues Edited
as of last update above |
| Wade |
108 |
| Karch |
83.75 |
| Miller |
79.75 |
| Kleist |
70.25 |
| Peterson |
47 |
| Dubisch |
39.25
and counting |
| Poyser |
36 |
| Stork |
24 |
| Prochaska |
24 |
| Roper |
22.5 |
| Neeley |
21 |
| Eddy |
18 |
| Braley |
18 |
| Taro |
17 |
| Hankinson |
15 |
| Skubi |
14 |
| Finnigan |
14 |
| Schultz |
13 |
| Parsons |
12 |
| Bailey |
12 |
| Minev |
12 |
| Howell |
11.5 |
| DeWitt |
11 |
| Goshen |
8 |
| Schain |
5 |
| Blackwood |
5 |
| Lasher |
4 |
| Bishop |
4 |
| Manney |
1 |
| Total |
750 |
| #Editors |
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Issue Numbers
The February 2009
magazine is shown on the inside cover as Issue 727. Research by IM John
Donaldson and Russell Miller has shown that it actually was Issue 734, beginning
with the Washington Chess Letter in November 1947. The Puget Sound
Chess News is not counted since the Washington Chess Federation did not
exist until 1947, and in any event the PSCN did not cover the entire state.
The numbering
discrepancies over the years were identified as follows: (total 7 issue
discrepancy)
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July 1975 was Issue
332, August 1975 was Issue 333 but September 1975 was again listed as 332,
October 1975 as 333 and November 1975 as 334 – so there were two issues
numbered 332 and 333 (2).
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March and April 1982
were both numbered Issue 410 (1).
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September to
December 1991 were all numbered Issue 523 (3).
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October and November
2001 were both numbered Issue 641 (1).
Note that there were
also two double issues (May-Jun 1952 and Feb-Mar 2008), resulting in a total of
734 issues over a 736 month period. Not bad for a state (or two-state) chess
publication! (That's in addition to the Jun-Jul 1970 double issue after a
one-page Jun 1970 issue.)
NWC has adjusted the
issue numbers shown in the magazine, beginning with March 2009, which is now
Issue 735. Our milestone 750th issue is scheduled for June 2010, and special
plans have been implemented – subscribers should look for the June-July 2010
combined issue in their mailboxes soon!
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