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In Progress!
The
Washington State
Chess Championship is being contested Feb 6-7 and 13-15 at the
Seattle Chess Club, and the
Oregon State Chess Championship
is being contested the same dates in Portland. A limited number of spectators
can usually be accommodated. Don't forget
the SCC has moved to a new location;
see the
TA page for more info.
Next Two Weeks!
Pierce County Chess League begins Feb 19 in
Tacoma; Portland Saturday Quads (Feb 20); Tacoma Tornado
(Feb 20); Yakima Mini-Swiss (Feb 20); Seattle Sunday Tornado
(Feb 21).
 New! The
February 2010 edition of Northwest Chess was mailed last
week. It's a 32-page issue with
stories about Kennedy (Kip) Poyser, the North American Open and the
Washington Class Championships; Washington Junior Closed photos, articles
from Bill McGeary, Harley Greninger and Dana Muller, and final 2009 NW Grand
Prix standings.
See "teasers"
(selected pages): Feb |
Jan (see below) |
Dec |
Nov.
New! See
Harmon Memorial NW Chess Grand Prix
2009 final results. Checks will be mailed to the winners on the 1st of February. Congratulations, and we'll see you again in
2010.
Rusty Miller reports that a "My best games" DVD from GM Yasser
Seirawan is now available for purchase on
ChessBase. Yasser, raised in
Seattle, began playing chess in the summer of 1972 and by 1979 he had
won the World Junior Championship and in January of 1980 earned his
final GM norm.
Memorial – We regret to
announce that Kennedy "Kip" Poyser, who edited 36 issues of
Northwest Chess from November 1975 to October
1978, died suddenly of a heart attack in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, on
November 30, 2009. He was 64.
See his son's blog.
Also see the NWC editor page.
Many games from the 2009 WA Class Championships
and WA Challenger's Cup are now available on the
games page in PGN and ChessBase
formats.
 The January 2010 edition of Northwest Chess
has been mailed, however some copies have a printing error (some pages
duplicated, others missing). If your copy is printed/bound incorrectly, please
send an e-mail to info@nwchess.com,
and you can also download the full
January magazine as a PDF file.
WA Class Photos
– Photographer Philip Peterson
took a number of photos at the recent Washington Class Championships,
and needs some help identifying the players. You can view his photos at
http://www.idonthaveone.org/sports/events/8/med/09057788.htm,
and respond directly using the e-mail link if you can help with
identification.
Life in Seattle! We're pleased to report that U.S. Chess
Champion Hikaru Nakamura is now living in Seattle, and has
apparently become a Huskies fan! See
Lifestyles of a
U.S. Champion at USCF.
Hikaru played against some top grandmasters in the London Chess
Classic, Dec. 8-15, finishing in the middle of the field, playing an
important role in the outcome. According to a USCF report, "Magnus
Carlsen continued his ascent to the chess summit with a narrow win of
the London Chess Classic after Vladimir Kramnik's attempt to catch the
young Norwegian in the final round was thwarted by Hikaru Nakamura."
Updated!
Special $100
prizes for women chess players have been announced (two already
awarded), in honor of Russell Miller's mother.
See the press release.
Awards!
Congratulations to NWC editor Ralph Dubisch and to photographer
Philip Peterson, winner of some recent awards from the Chess
Journalists of America. The awards were: Best State Magazine, Best
Editorial ("Editor's Desk: We Are the Champions," Ralph Dubisch – tied
for first), Best Chess Photograph ("Viktors Pupols," Philip Peterson),
and Honorable Mention for Chess Photograph ("de gib bang," Philip
Peterson). You can see the list of winners and view the winning entries
on the CJA website,
and the back issues of NWC are also
available on this website.
Historical list of Northwest Chess and Washington Chess Letter
editors!
See old chess news previously
appearing on this page.
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