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Northwest Chess May 2025 coverMay 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.

eGirls 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.

 

Northwest Chess April 2025 coverApril 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).

Northwest Chess March 2025 coverMarch 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.

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Completed Tournament / Match News

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.

  Scholastic Events (March-April):
  Open or Invitational Events (March-April):
  • Apr 27 SCC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
  • Apr 4-25 SCC April Showers, Seattle, WA
  • Apr 20 Bellingham Open, Bellingham, WA
  • Apr 18-20 12th Annual Reno Larry Evans Memorial Open, Reno, NV
  • Apr 12-13 Western States Regional Chess Championship for Girls & Women, Seattle and Bellevue, WA
  • Apr 5 SCC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
  • Mar 7-28 SCC March Winds, Seattle, WA
  • Mar 22-23 Seattle Spring Open, Seattle, WA
  • Mar 9 SCC March Tornado, Seattle, WA
  • Mar 1-2 Eastside Open, Bellevue, WA
  Scholastic Events (January-February):
  Open or Invitational Events (January-February):
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