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Note: See calendar for more info about upcoming chess events.
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Northwest Chess subscription includes a state chess
membership. For WCF (Washington) membership options, please continue to use this website.
All WCF memberships are considered "Premium," and include
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- For new subscriptions and renewals,
NWC no longer guarantees that there will continue to be 12
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for all 2025-dated editions.
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- In 2018, the NWC board decided to add "Foundation" to its corporate
name, becoming the Northwest Chess Foundation. We will completely update the
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and the IRS. This does not affect the name of the magazine - it's still Northwest Chess!
(The board will review the status of the "Foundation" name due to the implementation delay.)
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July - Advertised Chess Events
- See calendar for more info about upcoming chess events, including ad links.
- Jul 11, 18, 25 Seattle CC Hot as Hades, Seattle, WA
- Jul 12-13 Seattle Seafair Open, Bellevue, WA
- Jul 19-20 Vancouver Open, Vancouver, WA
- Jul 26 Monroe YMCA Summer Chess Championship, Monroe, WA
- Jul 26-27 Big Summer Adult Swiss, Seattle, WA
- Jul 26-27 Seattle Summer WaldowChess Championship, Seattle, WA
Note: This is a chess variant with special opening rules.
July - Scholastic Events
- Chess4Life offers various events such as classes, camps and quad tournaments.
- Jul 7 Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix 3 (10:00am), Ferndale, WA
- Jul 15 Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix 4 (4:00pm), Ferndale, WA
- Jul 30 Dog Days of Summer Grand Prix 1 (4:00pm), 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.
Chess Survey! At your convenience,
consider taking this chess product survey by NM Nikash Vemparala,
who is conducting some research about chess game broadcasting
to reach wider audiences: https://forms.gle/hoMUsD59uangQgrZA.
The survey takes about 5 minutes to complete.
Note! Online distribution of
the July NWC magazine has been delayed for anyone new (not
on the list the past month or two). We'll let you know when distribution is
complete.
 July magazine!
The July 2025 issue of Northwest Chess
was mailed on Friday, 6/27. It's a 48-page issue with
"2025 Seattle City Championship" by John Selsky,
"2025 Oregon Senior Open" by Wilson Gibbins,
"Sridhar Seshadri Goes To Iceland" by Sridhar Seshadri,
"2025 Washington State Barber + Rockefeller Open" by Josh Sinanan,
"A Game From The Franklin Charles International" by Alex Machin,
"St. Anne Celtic Challenge Spring 2025" and "2025 Washington State Barber + Rockefeller Closed" by Josh Sinanan,
"A Conversation with Mani, FIDE Arbiter" by Ken Lee,
"McMinnville Chess Tournament At Evergreen Museum" by Christefano Reyes,
"Detective Cookie Chess Classic" by Josh Sinanan,
"2025 Western States Regional For Women And Girls" by Chouchanik Airapetian,
"2025 Washington Spring Mini-Teams Championship," "Third Annual Bellingham Open"
and "GM Kayden Troff Clock Simul" by Josh Sinanan,
and a back-cover photo of Sophia Michael by Meiling Cheng.
Cover: Carl Haessler by Wilson Gibbins.
See the teaser edition
(selected pages including all full-page ads). The teaser edition contains the "Mani" (FIDE Arbiter) interview, but
it's also available as a separate PDF file here.
 June magazine!
The June 2025 issue of Northwest Chess
was mailed on Friday, 5/30. It's a 32-page issue with
"News Flash: Vignesh Anand National Master" by Josh Sinanan,
"Oregon Closed" by Wilson Gibbins,
"Meiling Cheng (Reframing the Game of Chess...)" by Ken Lee,
"Seventh Buckendorf Senior Championship" by Jeffrey Roland,
"Monroe Rapid Knights Challenge" and "2025 Presidential Scholastic" by Josh Sinanan,
"A Game From Degenbaev" by Aziz Degenbaev,
"3rd Annual Eastside Open" by Josh Sinanan,
"2025 Washington Spring Fling Rapid Scholastic Cup" by Josh Sinanan,
"2025 Intermat Candidates" by Josh Sinanan,
"Washington State Championship CODA (following up),"
and a back-cover photo of "Old School" by Jeffrey Roland.
Cover: Steven Breckenridge by Lilly Tang.
See the teaser edition
(selected pages including all full-page ads). The teaser edition contains the Cheng interview, but
it's also available as a separate PDF file here.
 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).
See old news previously appearing on this page.
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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.
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Scholastic Events (July-August):
- Jul 1 Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix 2, Ferndale, WA
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Open or Invitational Events (July-August):
- Jul 5 Seattle CC Quads, Seattle, WA
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Scholastic Events (May-June):
- Jun 28-29 Mid-Year Scholastic Cup, Bellevue, WA
- Jun 25 Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix 1, Ferndale Library, Ferndale, WA
- Jun 8 WA vs BC Intermat (K-12), Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- May 24 Washington Open Scholastic, Redmond, WA
- May 17-18 WA Girls Championship, OCA Greenlake, Seattle, WA
- May 9-11 SuperNationals VIII, Orlando, FL
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Open or Invitational Events (May-June):
- Jun 29
Summer
Hand & Brain Blitz, Grand Knights Chess Academy, Bellevue, WA
- Jun 6-27 Seattle CC It’s Summertime, Seattle, WA
- Jun 21-22 Emerald City Open, Seattle, WA
- Jun 15 Washington Father’s Day Blitz, Bellevue, WA
- Jun 14-15 Washington Father’s Day Open, Bellevue, WA
- Jun 7 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- May 30 Seattle CC May Flowers (Rd 4), Seattle, WA
- May 25-26 Carol Kleist Memorial Adult Swiss (at WA Open), Redmond, WA
- May 24-26 Washington Open (and side events), Redmond, WA
- May 16-18 WA Senior Championship, Redmond, WA
- May 10 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- May 3-4 Seattle University Chess Club Chess Classic, Seattle, WA
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Scholastic Events (March-April):
- Apr 26 Wash. State Elementary, MS State Championships, Tacoma, WA
- Apr 13 Spring Mini-teams tournament, Bellevue, WA
- Apr 12-13
Western States Regional Chess Championship for Girls & Women, Seattle and Bellevue, WA
- Apr 6 Det. Cookie Chess Classic, Rainier Beach Community Ctr., Seattle, WA
- Apr 4-6 2025 All-Girls National Championship, Chicago, IL
- Apr 5 Thornton Creek Chess Tournament, Thornton Creek ES
- Mar 30 Barber + Rockefeller Closed Championship, OCA Greenlake, Seattle, WA
- Mar 29 OWS Spring Tornado, Open Window School
- Mar 23 Barber + Rockefeller Open, Bellevue, WA
- Mar 21 From Pawns to Queens
(fundraising) Gala (6:30-9:30 p.m.), Bellevue, WA
- Mar 16 St. Anne Celtic Challenge (Spring 2025), St. Anne School, Seattle, WA
- Mar 8 Custer Chessfest, Custer, WA
- Mar 8 Evergreen Knightmare Gauntlet, Evergreen School
- Mar 2 Intermat Candidates Tournament, Bellevue, WA
- Mar 1 WA Spring Fling Scholastic Rapid Cup, Bellevue, WA
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Open or Invitational Events (March-April
& 1st of May):
- May 1 GM Kayden Troff Lecture / Simul, Grand Knights Chess Academy, Bellevue, WA
- Apr 30 GM Kayden Troff Lecture / Simul, Issaquah Highlands CC, Issaquah, WA
- Apr 29 GM Kayden Troff Lecture / Clock Simul, Seattle CC, Seattle, WA
- 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
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Scholastic Events (January-February):
- Feb 28-Mar 1 Wa. State HS Chess Team Championship and All Comers Tournament, Stanwood, WA
- Feb 17 Presidential Scholastic, Chinook MS, Bellevue, WA
- Feb 15 HS-MS South King County Regional, Auburn, WA
- Feb 8 HS-MS Olympic Regional, Poulsbo, WA
- Feb 1 HS-MS Southwest Washington Regional, Olympia, WA
- Feb 1 Wade King K-8 Qualifier, Bellingham, WA
- Feb 1 HS-MS Vancouver Regional, Vancouver, WA
- Feb 1 Chess Mates Winter Fest, Cascadia ES
- Jan 25 HS-MS Eastern Washington Regional, Cheney, WA
- Jan 25 Decatur Gatorfest, Decatur ES
- Jan 20 WA Junior Open, Interlake HS, Bellevue, WA
- Jan 18 HS-MS Pierce County Regional, Tacoma, WA
- Jan 18 Husky Scholastic Chess Tournament, Moro, OR
- Jan 17-18 HS State Individual Championship, Lakeside, Seattle, WA
- Jan 11 Cascade Enrichment Casual Night Chess, Snoqualmie, WA
- Jan 11 Islands Middle School, High School Chess Championships, Anacortes, WA
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Open or Invitational Events (January-February):
- Feb 7-28 Seattle CC Cabin Fever, Seattle, WA
- Feb 22-23 Seattle CC Winter Adult Swiss, Seattle, WA
- Feb 22-23 The Inland Classic (presented by the Spokane Chess Club), Lakeland Junior HS, Rathdrum, ID
- Feb 21 The Inland Classic Simul & Blitz events, West Central Abbey fellowship hall, Spokane, WA
- Feb 15-17 Washington State Championship
(final weekend), Lakeside Upper School, Seattle, WA
- Feb 1 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Feb 1 Monroe Rapid Knights Challenge, Monroe Senior Center, Monroe, WA
- Jan 31 Fifth Friday G/15 (at SCC), Seattle, WA
- Jan 26 WA Presidential Blitz, Blakeley Hall, Issaquah, WA
- Jan 25-26 WA President's Cup, Blakeley Hall, Issaquah, WA
- Jan 25 2nd Free Chess Tournament at Mukilteo Library!, Mukilteo, WA
- Jan 3-24 January Thaw (at SCC), Seattle, WA
- Jan 11-12 Seattle City Championship (at SCC), Seattle, WA
- Jan 4 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
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