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Last update: August 2, 2010.

Games

Historical Events and Publications
Includes "Best of Northwest Chess" collection of articles.
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Instructional

• Interesting series of instructional articles by former Washington State Chess Champion James Hurt, republished from 1938: (PDF files)

  The Martian System in Chess, Part 1

  The Martian System in Chess, Part 2

  The Martian System in Chess, Part 3

• More instructional articles are appearing in Northwest Chess every month. See the magazine back issues page for available online issues.

Meeting Minutes

Miscellaneous

Press Releases

• NWC Press Release 2008-01 Northwest Chess combined February-March magazine

• NWC Press Release 2008-02 Northwest Chess advertises in Verizon Yellow Pages

• NWC Press Release 2008-03 Northwest Chess Business Manager to move to Oregon

• NWC Press Release 2008-04 Northwest Chess to begin collecting WA sales tax in July

• NWC Press Release 2008-05 Ralph Dubisch named as new Northwest Chess Editor

• NWC Press Release 2008-06 Washington State Chess Hall of Fame Committee Established

• NWC Press Release 2009-01 Special Prizes Announced for Women Chess Players

• NWC Press Release 2010-01 Northwest Chess combined June-July 750th Issue

Reviews

• TWO MASTERS FROM SEATTLE on a CD by IM John Donaldson,
  review by Russell Miller.

• GAME THEORY by Louis Menand (Spassky vs. Fischer revisited)

Rules

• Blitz chess rules

• Bughouse chess rules

• Chess 960 rules (courtesy of Chess Tigers and chess960.com)

Scholastic Chess

Videos

• New! Dr. Joseph Wagner (former chairman, USCF Senior Committee), "The Beauty of Chess" lecture from May 2010 covering many interesting subjects including chess art, chess sets, and historical chess masters. (224MB file)

• Columbia University School of Journalism student production:
  Masters & Hustlers (including interviews with Josh Waitzkin and Hikaru Nakamura)

• Of course a large number of chess videos are available at youtube.com! Examples:

  • Rusty Miller found a video of American GM Isaac Kashdan (1905-1985) appearing on the TV show You Bet Your Life in the 1950's. See the video (Kashdan appears in the first half). | See Kashdan's wikipedia page.

  • Dr. Leo (Leo Stefurak) on Chess History.

  • 2003 US Chess Championships Closing Ceremony in Seattle –
    Awards Presentations for Alexander Shabalov and Anna Hahn.