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• Now 510 issues! Northwest Chess magazine back issues - For a complete list of available issues (scanned prior to Sept. 2008, made from the print production files thereafter), please see the Northwest Chess Scanning Project page. Washington Chess Letter scans from the 1947-1964 time period are also available and included.

• Our games viewer has been updated to the Chessbase viewer, which has many modern features. You can view games from the Washington and Oregon state championships and some other regional chess tournaments in your browser. Games published in the magazine are also included. See the games page.

Note: See calendar for more info about upcoming chess events.

May/June - Advertised Chess Events

• See calendar for more info about upcoming chess events, including ad links.
• If you have any questions or problems regarding your Washington Open registration, please contact WCF via WashingtonChessFederation@gmail.com. DO NOT contact Northwest Chess. The info@nwchess.com email will not be checked over the holiday weekend. Thank you!
• May 24-26 Washington Open (and side events), Redmond, WA
• May 25-26 Carol Kleist Memorial Adult Swiss (at WA Open), Redmond, WA
• May 30 Seattle CC May Flowers (Rd 4), Seattle, WA
• Jun 6, 13, 20, 27 Seattle CC It’s Summertime, Seattle, WA
• Jun 7 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
• Jun 14-15 Washington Father’s Day Open, Bellevue, WA
• Jun 15 Washington Father’s Day Blitz, Bellevue, WA
• Jun 21-22 Emerald City Open, Seattle, WA

May/June - Scholastic Events

• Chess4Life offers various events such as classes, camps and quad tournaments.
• May 24 Washington Open Scholastic, Redmond, WA
• Jun 8 WA vs BC Intermat (K-12), Burnaby, B.C., Canada
• Jun 25 Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix 1 (4:30pm), Ferndale Library, Ferndale, WA

Important note: All extra copies of Northwest Chess are received and handled by Josh Sinanan. If you would like to request an extra copy or didn't receive your copy in the mail, please contact Josh, joshsinanan@gmail.com. Eric Holcomb is no longer the Business Manager. Please mail all checks and other written items to the Orlov Chess Academy address at the top of this page.

Newest NM! Congratulations to Vignesh Anand of Redmond, Wash., who recently became Washington State's newest National Master! Vignesh achieved a US Chess rating of 2202 as a result of scoring 4/4 points at the recent Plano Swiss, held in Plano, Texas on May 10. Congratulations, Vignesh! See the Plano Swiss crosstable.

NWC Hall of Fame! As announced below in the May magazine, former NWC Editor Daniel E. Wade is the 4th and latest announced inductee into the Northwest Chess Hall of Fame. All inductees, along with a link to the magazine issue containing their announcement, are now listed on the Northwest Chess Hall of Fame page under People Articles.

May magazine! The May 2025 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 4/25. It's a 32-page issue with "Chess Passing (a poem)" by David Zaklan, "150 Issues (Editor’s Landmark)" by Jeffrey Roland, "A Conversation With Coach Sloan Setiadikurnia" by Ken Lee, "Northwest Chess Hall Of Fame Inductee Daniel E. Wade" by Ralph Dubisch, "Washington State High School Individual" and "2025 Washington State Championship" by Josh Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of the Washington State Championship Trophy by Meiling Cheng. Cover: Ryan Porter by Meiling Cheng. See the teaser edition (selected pages including all full-page ads). The teaser edition contains the Setiadikurnia interview, but it's also available as a separate PDF file here.

Girls do well at Nationals! A hearty congratulations to Emma Ge, a 2nd grader at Samantha Smith Elementary School in Sammamish, who won 3rd Place at the 2025 KCF All-Girls Nationals Championships in Chicago! Emma earned 3rd Place on tiebreaks in the Under 8 section with 5 wins and only one loss (to the eventual winner) out of 6 games. Fellow 2nd grader Elina Khudyev (photo at left), who attends Epiphany School in Seattle, finished in 9th place on tiebreaks in the Under 8 section. Congratulations to all 13 WA Girls who competed in Chicago! This year's All-Girls Nationals, the 20th edition, held in April, broke an attendance record with 541 participants.

April magazine! The April 2025 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 3/28. It's a 48-page issue with "Boris Vasilievich Spassky" by John Donaldson, "79th Idaho State Chess Championship" by Jeffrey Roland, "2025 Oregon Girls Championship" by Wilson Gibbins, "Washington Winter Classic" by Josh Sinanan, "Washington High School Team Championship" by Randy Kaech, "Inland Classic" by Kevin Korsmo, "Washington President’s Cup," "Washington Junior Open" and "Decatur Gator Fest" by Josh Sinanan, "A Chess Treat" by Ani Barua and Sydney Busskohl, "Errata March 2026 Issue," "2025 East Idaho Regional Scholastic Chess Qualifier" by Jay Simonson, and a back-cover photo of ICA President Adam Porth by Jeffrey Roland. Cover: Cody Gorman, Josh Price and James Wei by Jeffrey Roland. See the teaser edition (selected pages including all full-page ads).

March magazine! The March 2025 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 2/21. It's a 32-page issue with "Governor’s Inaugural Ball" by Duane Polich, "Sridhar Seshadri At Singapore International Open" by Sridhar Seshadri, "Sage Advice From PNW Chess Coach Walter Guity" by Ken Lee, "Mukilteo Free Library Arena Tournament #1" by Travis Olson, "Samantha Smith Scholastic," "Monroe Winter Rapid Championship" and "Washington Junior Invitational" by Josh Sinanan, "One More From Washington Class" by Vijay Nallappa, "Washington Class Puzzle Competition Solutions" by Valentin Razmov, and a back-cover photo of "Sridhar Seshadri In Singapore" by Sridhar Seshadri. Cover: “Photo With The Governor” (Governor’s Inaugural Ball) by Nate Burgher Photography. See the teaser edition (selected pages including all full-page ads). The teaser edition contains the Guity interview, but it's also available as a separate PDF file here.

See old news previously appearing on this page.

Some local tournament reports were previously posted to the Northwest Chess (NWC) blog, found at http://www.nwchess.com/blog/. Links are to NWC blog post or other report, usually US Chess or scholastic rating report. However, blogging activity has stopped. If you are interesting in blogging for your club's events, please let us know.