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CHESS NEWS FROM WASHINGTON AND OREGON

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Seattle, WA 98124-6046

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Northwest Chess Calendar of Events
Weekly Chess Events

Open Events | Scholastic Events

Please send corrections and additions to: Eric Holcomb.

Organizers – please help avoid conflicts by using this calendar!

Open Events

Weekly Chess Events and Casual Chess Gatherings
Please see the club page for info about chess club regular meetings.
Return to the main events calendar (mostly weekend tournaments)

 

Mondays

  • Drunken Knights Chess Club, Canterbury Ale & Eats, 534 15th Ave E, Seattle WA 98112, 8:00PM until closing. Must be age 21+.

Wednesdays

  • Portland Chess Club Casual Chess, 7:30 PM, Portland, OR. Some Wednesdays will feature lectures and simuls, but anybody coming to the club between 7:30 and 10:00 PM on Wednesday evening is guaranteed to have a partner to play casual chess, analyze games together, or just exchange some chess stories.

  • Seattle Chess Club, casual chess, from 7:00 PM. All levels welcome.

  • Tacoma Chess Club, casual chess, from 7:15 PM. All levels welcome.

  • Seattle – Wednesday night casual chess (all ages and experience levels welcome). Location: Capitol Hill's Cal Anderson Park (Seattle Parks Department), 1635 11th Ave, Seattle, WA. Hours: 4:00-9:00 PM. EF: $2.00 donation suggested to cover expenses. How to find the site: it is the freshly capped reservoir park right behind (East) of Broadway. The chess takes place in the small building between the reservoir and the baseball field, right next to the public bathrooms and children's playground. The entire park is encircled by: 10th (East of), Denny (South of), 11th (West of), and Pine (North of). Parking available on 12th and the surrounding side streets. Thanks to Mark Ryan for organizing this.

Thursdays

  • Portland Chess Club Thursday Blitz, Portland, OR. Tournament starts at 7:30 PM. Entry fee is $5; there is also a $5 visitor's fee for non-members of the Club. We will track the results in a Grand-Prix fashion and will have additional prizes every quarter.

  • Blue Highway Games, 2203 Queen Anne Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, phone (206) 282-0540, 6:00 to 9:00 PM.

Fridays

  • Seattle Chess Club Fridays. The typical Friday fare is one round of an ongoing tournament (free to SCC members, no prizes) played at a rate of 40/90 followed by 30/60. The exceptions are the G/15 Championship, the Firecracker Quads (G/25), the Workingman’s Quads (G/25), and the SCC Championship (35/100, 25/60). In addition, the two Championships offer prizes and have entry fees. Casual play also possible.

  • Tacoma Chess Club Fridays. Typically one round of an ongoing tournament; see calendar or TCC club website for details.

  • (Irregular) Casual blitz at the "Cafe on The Ave," University Way and 42nd, Seattle, WA.

Saturdays

  • Chess in Bellingham, WA Saturdays from 3:00-6:00 PM at Woods Coffee House Downtown. Contact: Nick Paleveda.

  • Garfield Community Center, 2323 E Cherry St, Seattle, WA, phone (206) 684-4788, chess Saturdays 10AM – 4:30PM.

Sundays

  • Jefferson Community Center,‎ 3801 Beacon Ave S, Seattle, WA, phone (206) 684-7481, chess Sundays – TBA.

Various Days

  • Lots of chess players hang out, evenings (especially weekends), at Coffee Time, 710 NW 21st & Irving, Portland, OR. "Most popular cafe for chess in Portland," according to Rusty Miller.