Includes interviews, memorials, etc. Also see the "Historical Events and Publications" section (under "Articles") for more articles about famous chess players and their games.

Last new articles or photos added: 2025. (Added Vandenburg and reference to Hall of Fame.)

Northwest Chess Hall of Fame

See the NWC Hall of Fame page listing all the inductees announced to date.

Currently living

Many other local chess players have been featured (or had their games published) in Northwest Chess magazine. See the NWC back issues page.

• Acers, Jude – My Dinner with Jude Acers – by Casey Bush | Jude Acers website | The Road (chess fiction) by Jude Acers

• Biyiasas, Peter - See article in a 1980 Chess Voice magazine.

• Manber, Devon – Interview with Devon Manber (An edited version appeared in the Feb. 2009 magazine. Includes a photo and two of Devon's chess games. PDF file.)

• Niro, Frank - "A Conversation with the Interim NWC Editor, Frank Niro" (by Jeffrey Roland) - see the complete interview as a PDF file of pages from the Aug-Dec 2012 issues of Northwest Chess.

• Pupols, Vik – See the Wikipedia article on Viktors Pupols. Rusty Miller reports that Vik was born 31 July 1934 (not 1935 as reported in the Wiki article).
  Photo (PDF) from 1951 Wichita, Kansas Open (from January 1952 issue of Chess Review)
  Photo (JPG) from 1975 event

• Seirawan, Yasser - See Wikipedia article on GM Yasser Seirawan

• Tonkonogui, Anna – Interview with Anna Tonkonogui (2002)

Memorials

Wikipedia articles are also available for Fischer, Larsen and many other famous chess players.

• Benko & Byrne - Robert Byrne & Pal Benko Win 1966 United States Open Championship (Seattle, Washington) by Buz Eddy from September 1966 NWCL.

• Braley - John A. Braley, 1944-2017. See 2017 news page & March 2017 NWC.

• Chiu – Herman Chiu, 1953-2008.

• Dake – Arthur Dake, 1910-2000.

• Dale - Kornelijs (Neil) Dale, 1933-2016. See the blog post and the 2017 news page for more information and magazine links.

• Dickey - William Andrews Dickey, 1862-1939.

• Donaldson - Elena Donaldson Akhmylovskaia (1957-2012), well-known Women's Grandmaster of Chess and Seattle-area resident. See the memorial article by Frank Niro in the January 2013 edition of Northwest Chess.

• Dorfner - Gary J. Dorfner, 1947-2022. See December 2022 NWC magazine.

• Eddy - Burrard (Buz) Wayne Eddy, 1940-2016.

• Evans – Larry Evans wins 1968 Strawberry Open by Buz Eddy from July 1968 NWC. Photo: Larry Evans at 2008 National Open in Las Vegas, courtesy of Rusty Miller. See GM Larry Evans in the Northwest, 1968-1969 as reported by Rusty Miller, Vancouver WA, November 2010 following Evans' death (cover images included).

• Fischer – Robert James "Bobby" Fischer, 1943-2008, commentary by former WCF president Kent McNall (on 2008 news page). See 2011 news page for info on some Fischer books and movies.

• Franett - Michael Franett, 1941-2004, see article in Dec. 2024 NWC by IM John Donaldson.

• Grover - Kenneth M. Grover, Sr., 1908-1993.

• Hall - Ralph L. Hall, 1930-2011.

• Harmon – Clark R. Harmon, 1942-2007.

• Karch – Robert A. Karch, 1930-2010.

• Lapiken – Peter Petrovich Lapiken, 1907-1983 from Feb-Jun 2006 NWC (PDF file)

• Larsen – Bent Larsen, 1935-2010, interview by Jude Acers as published in Dec 1968 and Jan 1969 issues of NWC.

• McBride – Cinthia McBride, 1916-2010.

• McCormick - James H. McCormick, 1936-2024, 7-time Washington State chess champion. Look for an upcoming article by IM John Donaldson.

• Miller - Russell (Rusty) Miller, 1942-2020.

• Minev - IM Nikolay Minev, 1931-2017. See 2017 news page, or see IM John Donaldson's article in the May 2017 edition of Northwest Chess.

• Pattie – Jack H. Pattie, Mar 11, 1922 - Jan 27, 2009, Vancouver, WA – no additional info, except that Rusty Miller remembers playing in several tournaments in which he took part in the 1960's and 70's, and Rusty visited him in 2008.

• Perez - Ignacio Perez, 1967-2022, two-time Washington chess champion - see various 2022 editions of Northwest Chess, including especially the March 2022 edition.

• Peterson - Philip Peterson, 1961—2022. See February 2023 NWC magazine.

• Poyser – Kennedy "Kip" Poyser, 1945-2009, former NWC editor
  (article in Feb. 2010 NWC magazine) (PDF file).

• Seglins - Viesturs Seglins, 1926-2016.

• Sheets - J. Leonard Sheets, multiple WA chess champion during the 1930s, 40s and 50s.
  Article/photo from The Seattle Daily Times, 8 September 1932.

• Silman - Jeremy Silman, 1954-2023, Washington chess co-champion - see article by IM John Donaldson in November 2023 edition of Northwest Chess.

• Taylor – Kathryn "Kate" Taylor, 1955-2010.
  

• Vandenburg - Richard S. “Dick” Vandenburg, 1930-2010, active in Idaho chess. See Hall of Fame biography in September 2023 edition of Northwest Chess.

• Wade - Dan Wade, Nov 6, 1918 - Feb 5, 1998. See Dan Wade (former editor) by Larry Parr from February 1983 NWC.

• Wise – John Keith Wise, 1953-2006.