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 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.

Woodpusher! Meanwhile your business manager, Eric Holcomb, won the "Washington Woodpushers" under 1800 tournament in Tacoma with a score of 3.5 out of 4. This event was incorrectly advertised in Northwest Chess with February 17-18 dates (instead of Feb. 9-10).

Updated! Games from some WCF events, including the 2007 WA Class Championships and the 2007 WA Challengers Cup. Games are available in Chessbase and PGN formats.

President’s Congress was held at the Tacoma Chess Club.

Nathan Lee won the WA Junior Open on Jan 21, 2008 after winning 2 playoff matches following a 3 way tie for 1st place. Nathan gets seeded into the WA Junior Closed and the WA Premier next year. We had 176 players for the largest turnout seen yet by WCF scholastic director David Hendricks. Thanks for your participation!

Seattle City Championship at the Seattle Chess Club (Jan 18-20). The 11 player top section was won by Dereque Kelley 4.5/5.0. In second place was Elston Cloy at 4-1. The 17 player reserve section was won by Drayton Harrison.

Portland Chess Club Gresham Open (Jan 5-6). Rusty Miller reports, "Paul Barton won with 4.5. Nick Raptis, Radu Roua, Andy May, Pablo Pena, Howard Chen, and Ethan Peake all finished with 4 points. 46 players took part. The playing site is one of the best in the NW!" By the way, Rusty has moved to Camas, WA near Portland.