Author: Ralph Dubisch

  • Northwest Chess Open

    A fundraising event for Northwest Chess, a six-round tournament on chess.com, will be held May 9-10 in memory of Mike Neeley, former NWC editor. Prizes are subscriptions or subscription extensions. Come play and be part of NWC history; this is the first NWC Open played online, and the only time the event has been held…

  • NW Regional Scholastic

    On 16 May, the grand on-line chess experiment continues with a new event, the Northwest Regional Scholastic Championships! When shelter-in-place orders forced the delay or outright cancellation of chess events with packed playing halls full of potentially contagious people, the Washington Chess organizers quickly moved to well-planned on-line events. But somebody (naming no names) noticed…

  • Chess Webinars

    At the most recent Northwest Chess board meeting, we decided to do some things to add value for NWC subscribers. Free chess webinars? Check! Of course we’re talking about on-line events, since our ability to hold in-person meetings is severely constrained at the moment. Can you say… Zoom? Mondays in May we’ll have webinars from…

  • Return to Blog World

    Looks like it’s been awhile since the NWC blog has been active, and even longer since I posted anything. Time to fix that! Two posts I’ll detail shortly:1) Free Master lectures for Northwest Chess subscribers;2) Northwest Chess Open, May 9-10, on Chess.com. -RD

  • Introducing the newbie NWC blogger

    Hey! So this is blogging. Hmm. It’s easy enough to share your news and opinion in a blog, I suppose. The real question is not whether you can write it, but whether anyone will read it. I like to write, and as an ego-inflated chessplayer, I know I’m pretty good at it. Judging by the…