Northwest Chess
Calendar of Events
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Scholastic Events
Other
U.S. and international chess calendars
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See
WA Chess Forum and
OR Chess Forum for additional
info/discussion of some events.
Please send corrections and additions (including new
events) to:
Eric Holcomb.
Tournament organizers – please help avoid conflicting tournaments by
using this calendar!
This is a summary of all regional (and a
few national) events reported to Northwest Chess.
Click here for detailed tournament announcements
for some events.
A bold listing indicates a
Harmon Memorial
Northwest
Grand Prix event.
WCF or OCF membership required to qualify for Grand
Prix prizes.
Chess club membership may be required for some
non-Grand Prix club events.
Contact information for major chess clubs listing events:
Weekly Events
and Casual Chess Gatherings
are listed on a separate page.
Also, please see the club page for info about
chess club regular meetings.
March 2010
Reminder: Detailed tournament announcements for
many events can be found on the TA page.
If you don't
find details for the event you're interested in, please contact the
organizer or Northwest Chess.
Note: All Seattle CC events are now in the Northway Square East Building (2150 N 107th St),
across the freeway from Northgate Mall.
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Mar 12, 19
Pierce County Chess League (final rounds), Tacoma, WA
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Mar 13 Tacoma
CC Tornado #3, Tacoma, WA
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Mar 13 Seattle Chess Club Open House Celebration, Seattle, WA
(Details on
TA page or
see SCC March ads including the open
house.)
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Mar 14 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA –
SCC March ads
- Mar 19-25 World Amateur Chess Championship (U2000),
Skokie, IL
For info see
http://www.worldchesschamps.com/.
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Mar 20 Seattle CC
Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA –
SCC March ads
- Mar 20-21 Portland Spring Open, Portland, OR
- Mar 26-28 Seattle Spring Open, Seattle, WA
–
SCC March ads
- Mar 27 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR
- Mar 27 Yakima Chess Club Mini-Swiss, Yakima, WA –
See PDF flyer
April 2010
- Apr 1 Portland CC Blitz Tournament, Portland, OR
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Apr 2-4 Far West
Open, Reno, NV – See
http://www.renochess.org/ or TLA's in Chess Life.
See flyer/full-page ad in PDF format.
- Apr 2-5
4th Annual Grand Pacific Open, Victoria, BC –
See PDF ad
- Apr 3 Portland CC Saturday Quads, Portland, OR
- Apr 6 Portland CC Tuesday Night Quads start, Portland,
OR
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Apr 9,16,23,30
Pierce County Championship (Rds 1-4), Tacoma, WA
- Apr 10
Campbell Center Open, Eugene, OR – See TA page for
details
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Apr 11 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
– SCC March ads
- Apr 17-18 Oregon Class Championships, Reed College,
Portland, OR – See PDF flyer
Note: The Clark Harmon Memorial will now be held in Washington,
tentatively in July.
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Apr 17-18
Daffodil Open, Tacoma, WA
- Apr 24 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR
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Apr 24 Seattle CC
Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
– SCC March ads
- Apr 25 Seattle CC Novice, Seattle, WA –
SCC March ads
May 2010
- May 1 Portland CC Saturday Quads, Portland, OR
- May 1-2 Seattle CC Adult Swiss, Seattle, WA
- May 1-2 Inland Empire Open, Spokane, WA –
See PDF file
- May 4 Portland CC Tuesday Night Quads start, Portland,
OR
- May 6 Portland CC Blitz Tournament, Portland, OR
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May 7, 14 Pierce
County Championship (Rds 5-6), Tacoma, WA
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May 8 Tacoma
CC Tornado #4, Tacoma, WA
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May 9 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
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May 15 Seattle CC
Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- May 22 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR
- May 22-24
35th Annual Paul Keres Memorial Chess
Tournament, Vancouver, BC
See PDF ad |
See PDF ad from March magazine with corrected hotel information.
- May 29-31 Washington Open, Redmond, WA –
See PDF flyer
June 2010
- Jun 1 Portland CC Tuesday Night Quads start, Portland,
OR
- Jun 3 Portland CC Blitz Tournament, Portland, OR
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Jun 4,11,18,25
Tacoma City Championship, Tacoma, WA
- Jun 5 Portland CC Saturday Quads, Portland, OR
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Jun 5 Seattle CC
Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Jun 10-13
National Open & International Chess Festival, Las Vegas, NV –
See Northwest Chess ad.
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Jun 12-13
47th Evergreen Empire Open, Tacoma, WA
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Jun 19-20
Newport Open, Newport, OR
- Jun 18-20 Emerald City Open, Seattle, WA
- Jun 26 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR
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Jun 27 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
July 2010
- Jul 1 Portland CC Blitz Tournament, Portland, OR
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Jul 3 Seattle CC
Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Jul 6 Portland CC Tuesday Night Quads start, Portland,
OR
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Jul 9,16,23
Tacoma CC Firecracker Swiss, Tacoma, WA
- Jul 10 Portland CC Saturday Quads, Portland, OR
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Jul 10 Tacoma
CC Tornado #5, Tacoma, WA
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Jul 17 Chess Night with the Portland Beavers, Portland, OR
- Jul 17-18 Clark Harmon Memorial, Olympia, WA
This event will be held in conjunction with the
Lakefair celebration in Olympia.
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Jul 18 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
- Jul 23-25 Seattle Seafair Open, Seattle, WA
- Jul 24-25 Portland Summer Open, Portland, OR
- Jul 31 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR
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Jul 31 Seattle CC
Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
August 2010
- Aug 1 Seattle CC Novice, Seattle, WA
- Aug 3 Portland CC Tuesday Night Quads start, Portland,
OR
- Aug 5 Portland CC Blitz Tournament, Portland, OR
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Aug 6,13,20,27
Tacoma CC Summer Championship, Tacoma, WA
- Aug 7 Portland CC Saturday Quads, Portland, OR
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Aug 15 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
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Aug 21-22 46th
Pierce County Open, Tacoma, WA
- Aug 28 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR
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Aug 28 Seattle CC
Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
September 2010
- Sep 2 Portland CC Blitz Tournament, Portland, OR
- Sep 4-6 Oregon Open, site TBA
- Sep 11 Portland CC Saturday Quads, Portland, OR
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Sep 11 Tacoma
CC Tornado #6, Tacoma, WA
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Sep 12 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
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Sep 17,24 Tacoma
CC Championship (Rds 1-2), Tacoma, WA
- Sep 17-19 Seattle Fall Open, Seattle, WA
- Sep 25 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR
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Sep 25 Seattle CC
Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Sep 28 Portland CC Club Championship starts, Portland,
OR
October 2010
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Oct 1,8,15,22,29
Tacoma CC Championship (Rds 3-7), Tacoma, WA
- Oct 2 Portland CC Saturday Quads, Portland, OR
- Oct 5, 12, 19, 26 Portland CC Club Championship (Rds
2-5), Portland, OR
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Oct 7 Portland CC Blitz Tournament, Portland, OR
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Oct 10 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
- Oct 16-17 Portland Fall Open, Portland, OR
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Oct 23 Seattle CC
Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Oct 30 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR
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Oct 30-31
77th Puget Sound Open, Tacoma, WA
November 2010
- Nov 2 Portland CC Tuesday Night Quads start, Portland,
OR
- Nov 4 Portland CC Blitz Tournament, Portland, OR
- Nov 5-7 Seattle CC Extravaganza, Seattle, WA
- Nov 6 Seattle CC Novice, Seattle, WA
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Nov 7 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
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Nov 13 Tacoma
CC Tornado #7, Tacoma, WA
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Nov 13
National Gaming Day at
your local library
- Nov 20 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR
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Nov 20 Seattle CC
Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
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Nov 26-28 Washington Class Championships, site TBA (probably Redmond,
WA)
December 2010
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Dec 3,10,17
Tacoma CC Santa's Quads, Tacoma, WA
- Dec 4 Portland CC Saturday Quads, Portland, OR
- Dec 4-5 Seattle CC Junior Swiss, Seattle, WA
- Dec 7 Portland CC Tuesday Night Quads start, Portland,
OR
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Dec 11 Seattle CC
Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Dec 11-12 Portland Winter Open, Portland, OR
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Dec 12 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
- Dec 18 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR
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Dec 18-19
52nd Tacoma Open, Tacoma, WA
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Dec 31 Seattle
CC Insanity, Seattle, WA
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Weekly Events
Please see the club page for info about
chess club regular meetings.
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Fridays starting at 7:00 PM – Chess4Life Friday Night
K-12 Quads. Check-in (in-person or over phone) by 6:45. Entry fee:
$10. (Gold Members, $5). Site: Chess4Life Chess Center, 13555 Bel-Red
Rd. Suite #200, Bellevue, WA, 98005. Three-round G/30. Trophies
awarded to top winner in each quad. Contact: Chess4Life, (425)
283-0549, kids@chess4life.com.
Also new location in Bothell; see
http://www.chess4life.com/chess-event/Chess4Life-Bothell-Quads/542.
- Saturdays at 5:00 PM – Chess4Life Saturday
Super-Quads. Register online, by phone, or in person by 4:30 PM.
Entry fee: $20 (Gold Members, $15). Site: Chess4Life Chess Center
in Bellevue. Three-round G/45, minimum NWSRS rating of 800, coach
on hand to analyze games. See
http://www.chess4life.com/chess-event/Chess4Life-Saturday-Super-Quads/606
for details.
- Elliott's Chess School for players of all
levels – Monday through Saturday. Click here for details:
http://www.chess4life.com/chess-event/Chess4Life-Chess-Center-Classes/555.
(Same contact info as Chess4Life above.)
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Sundays – Three-time US Women's Chess Champion, WGM
Elena Chess School, Bellevue Boys & Girls Club, Bellevue, WA. See
www.chessplayer.com, e-mail
chess64@comcast.net, ph.
206-363-6511. (Registration required; fees charged per class
attended.)
March 2010
Also see the WHSCA/OSCF scholastic calendar
- Mar 13
The Bear Creek State Qualifier School Tournament (K-6), Bear Creek
School, Redmond, WA
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Mar 13
Chess Vision Vancouver
Scholastic Chess Quad at Cornerstone (NWSRS rated), Vancouver, WA
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Mar 13
Chess
for Success Oregon State Tournament, Oregon Convention Center,
Portland, OR
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Mar 13
All Island Chess Tournament (K-6), Mercer Island, WA
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Mar 14
Chess Vision Scholastic Chess
Quad at Portland Chess Club on (NWSRS rated), Portland, OR
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Mar 17 Tacoma
Kids Night #3, Tacoma, WA
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Mar 20 Evergreen
Knightmares' Gauntlet, Evergreen School, Seattle, WA. Sign-up page at
signup4chess.com.
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Mar 20
Chess Vision Oregon Jr. Cup +
Denker at Valley Catholic High School in Beaverton (USCF + NWSRS),
Beaverton, OR
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Mar 20 Downing
Elementary Chess Tournament, Mason Middle School, Tacoma WA –
Online registration
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Mar 20-21
Washington Susan Polgar (Girls) Qualifier, Issaquah Library, Issaquah, WA
Please use online registration link on NW Chess homepage.
Mar 27
Chess4Life Beginners Tournament & Lake Hills (K-12), Lake Hills
Elementary, Bellevue, WA
Mar 27
Lakehills Tournament (K-12), Lake Hills Elementary, Bellevue, WA
Mar 27
QueensQuest (Girls K, 1-3, 4-6), Medina Elementary School, Medina, WA.
Registration at www.signup4chess.com.
Questions? Marianne Mowat,
mgmmmowat@gmail.com.
Mar 30
WA State Elementary Team Championships (K-6) Terrace Park School,
Edmonds WA
April 2010
- Apr 3 Chess
Vision Vancouver Scholastic Chess Quad at Cornerstone (NWSRS rated),
Vancouver, WA
- Apr 3
Purdy Elementary State Qualifier (K-12), Purdy Elementary School, Gig
Harbor WA
- Apr 4 Chess
Vision Scholastic Chess Quad at Portland Chess Club on (NWSRS rated),
Portland, OR
- Apr 10 Chess
Vision King's Way Champions at King's Way Vancouver (USCF + NWSRS),
Vancouver, WA
- Apr 17 Chess
Vision Portland Jr. Championship at PNA Wilsonville (USCF + NWSRS),
Wilsonville, OR
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Apr 21 Tacoma
Kids Night #4, Tacoma, WA
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Apr 24
ELEMENTARY STATE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center, Tacoma, WA Please see:
http://www.southsoundchess.com/state/state2010.html. Note: The 2011
event will be held April 30 in the same location.
- Apr 24
MS/JHS Individual Championship
(5-9), Marriott
Courtyard, next to Tacoma Convention Center, Tacoma, WA
- Apr 24 OSCF State Championship,
Seaside, OR – See www.oscf.org.
May-June 2010
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May 19 Tacoma
Kids Night #5, Tacoma, WA
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Jun 16 Tacoma
Kids Night #6, Tacoma, WA
July-September 2010
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Jul 12-16
Hendricks Chess and Sports Camp #1 (grades 1-9), Sammamish, WA –
Online registration
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Jul 21 Tacoma
Kids Night #7, Tacoma, WA
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Jul 26-30
Hendricks Chess and Sports Camp #2 (grades 1-9), Sammamish, WA –
Online registration
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Aug 18 Tacoma
Kids Night #8, Tacoma, WA
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Sep 15 Tacoma
Kids Night #9, Tacoma, WA
October-December 2010
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Oct 20 Tacoma
Kids Night #10, Tacoma, WA
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Nov 17 Tacoma
Kids Night #11, Tacoma, WA
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Dec 15 Tacoma
Kids Night #12, Tacoma, WA
USCF NATIONAL Scholastics
For information on any national event, contact
Jerry Nash, Scholastic Director,
jnash@uschess.org.
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