A collection of articles from Washington Chess Letter, Northwest Chess Letter and Northwest Chess identified by former editor and business manager Russell (Rusty) Miller.

Last new article added: April 25, 2013.

All files are PDF's (usually from scans) unless otherwise noted.

• Barnes - Olympia FIDE Futurity (Nov 1986), report by Joel J. Barnes, from Jan 1987 NWC.

• Dake - The Bold Moves of Arthur Dake (A Dozen Grandmaster Games), interview by Casey E. Bush, from Aug-Sep 1987 NWC.

• Evans - Larry Evans wins 1968 Strawberry Open by Buz Eddy from July 1968 NWC (tournament crosstable included) and GM Larry Evans in the Northwest, 1968-1969 as reported by Russell (Rusty) Miller, Vancouver WA, November 2010 following Evans' death (cover images included).

• Fischer - Fischer vs. Taimanov match from June 1971 NWC | Article from March 1978 NWC about one of Bobby Fischer's troubles while living in California during the 1970s.

• GP - Grand Prix-related pages from NWC magazines, 1992 to 2003 (2.7MB PDF file, 21 pages).

• McCormick - Soviet Chess by James McCormick from July 1961 WCL.

• Seirawan - Breaking into the Arena by Yasser Seirawan from March, May and June 1979 NWC.

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

  • George Koltanowski story from 1966 U.S. Open by Sam Sloan; reported by Russell Miller.

• Ulvestad - Kings and Pawns in Soviet Russia by Olaf Ulvestad (link to CJA website; originally from 1948-49 WCL issues).

• Wade - Dan Wade (former editor) by Larry Parr from February 1983 NWC. Also see historical editors list.

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