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Northwest Chess Calendar of Events

Open/Club Events | Scholastic Events

Other U.S. and international chess calendars
British Columbia Chess Federation calendar | Oregon Chess Federation calendar
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!

Open/Club Events

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:

Club / web site link Contact / e-mail link Telephone
Central Oregon Chess Club (Bend) http://www.bendchess.com/contact.htm  
Portland Chess Club portlandchessclub@gmail.com (503) 246-2978
Seattle Chess Club Carol and Fred Kleist SCC Infoline
(206) 417-5405
Spokane Chess Club David Griffin (509) 928-3260
Tacoma Chess Club Gary Dorfner (253) 535-2536

 

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.

  • Mar 12, 19 Pierce County Chess League (final rounds), Tacoma, WA

  • Mar 13 Tacoma CC Tornado #3, Tacoma, WA

  • Mar 13 Seattle Chess Club Open House Celebration, Seattle, WA
    (Details on TA page or     see SCC March ads including the open house.)

  • 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/.
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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
  • 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.

  • Apr 17-18 Daffodil Open, Tacoma, WA

  • Apr 24 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR
  • Apr 24 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA – SCC March ads
  • Apr 25 Seattle CC Novice, Seattle, WA – SCC March ads

May 2010

June 2010

  • Jun 1 Portland CC Tuesday Night Quads start, Portland, OR
  • Jun 3 Portland CC Blitz Tournament, Portland, OR

  • Jun 4,11,18,25 Tacoma City Championship, Tacoma, WA

  • Jun 5 Portland CC Saturday Quads, Portland, OR
  • Jun 5 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
  • Jun 10-13 National Open & International Chess Festival, Las Vegas, NV – See Northwest Chess ad.

  • Jun 12-13 47th Evergreen Empire Open, Tacoma, WA

  • Jun 19-20 Newport Open, Newport, OR

  • Jun 18-20 Emerald City Open, Seattle, WA
  • Jun 26 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR
  • Jun 27 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA

July 2010

  • Jul 1 Portland CC Blitz Tournament, Portland, OR
  • Jul 3 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
  • Jul 6 Portland CC Tuesday Night Quads start, Portland, OR

  • Jul 9,16,23 Tacoma CC Firecracker Swiss, Tacoma, WA

  • Jul 10 Portland CC Saturday Quads, Portland, OR

  • Jul 10 Tacoma CC Tornado #5, Tacoma, WA

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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

  • Aug 6,13,20,27 Tacoma CC Summer Championship, Tacoma, WA

  • Aug 7 Portland CC Saturday Quads, Portland, OR
  • Aug 15 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA

  • Aug 21-22 46th Pierce County Open, Tacoma, WA

  • Aug 28 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR
  • 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

  • Sep 11 Tacoma CC Tornado #6, Tacoma, WA

  • Sep 12 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA

  • 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
  • Sep 25 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
  • Sep 28 Portland CC Club Championship starts, Portland, OR

October 2010

  • 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
  • Oct 7 Portland CC Blitz Tournament, Portland, OR
  • Oct 10 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
  • Oct 16-17 Portland Fall Open, Portland, OR
  • Oct 23 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
  • Oct 30 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR

  • 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
  • Nov 7 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA

  • Nov 13 Tacoma CC Tornado #7, Tacoma, WA

  • Nov 13 National Gaming Day at your local library

  • Nov 20 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR
  • Nov 20 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA

  • Nov 26-28 Washington Class Championships, site TBA (probably Redmond, WA)

December 2010

  • 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
  • Dec 11 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
  • Dec 11-12 Portland Winter Open, Portland, OR
  • Dec 12 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
  • Dec 18 Portland CC Game in 60, Portland, OR

  • Dec 18-19 52nd Tacoma Open, Tacoma, WA

  • Dec 31 Seattle CC Insanity, Seattle, WA

Scholastic Events

See the scholastic page for chess camps/school chess club web sites, etc.
See the WHSCA/OSCF scholastic calendar
 See the British Columbia junior chess event calendar.

Paid Advertisements – Thank you for your support of Northwest Chess!

To advertise your chess school/camp, please contact the
Northwest Chess Business Manager at info@nwchess.com.

Cost: (includes magazine ad) $100.00 full year, $50.00 summer camp season only.

Weekly Events
Please see the club page for info about chess club regular meetings.

March 2010

Also see the WHSCA/OSCF scholastic calendar

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

  • Apr 21 Tacoma Kids Night #4, Tacoma, WA

  • 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

  • May 19 Tacoma Kids Night #5, Tacoma, WA

  • Jun 16 Tacoma Kids Night #6, Tacoma, WA

July-September 2010

  • Jul 12-16 Hendricks Chess and Sports Camp #1 (grades 1-9), Sammamish, WA – Online registration

  • Jul 21 Tacoma Kids Night #7, Tacoma, WA

  • Jul 26-30 Hendricks Chess and Sports Camp #2 (grades 1-9), Sammamish, WA – Online registration

  • Aug 18 Tacoma Kids Night #8, Tacoma, WA

  • Sep 15 Tacoma Kids Night #9, Tacoma, WA

October-December 2010

  • Oct 20 Tacoma Kids Night #10, Tacoma, WA

  • Nov 17 Tacoma Kids Night #11, Tacoma, WA

  • 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.