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• Now 544 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.

June/July - Advertised Chess Events

• See calendar for more info about upcoming chess events, including ad links.
• Jun 26 (Fri.) Seattle CC It’s Summertime (Rd 4), Seattle, WA
• Jun 27-28 (Sat.-Sun.) Emerald City Open, Seattle, WA
• Jul 3, 10, 17, 24 (Fri.) Seattle CC Hot at Hades, Seattle, WA
• Jul 18 (Sat.) Seattle CC July Quads, Seattle, WA
• Jul 18-19 Corvallis Chess Club's 3rd Annual Dan Rogers Memorial Chess Tournament, Albany, OR
• Jul 18-19 Eastgate Cup, Embassy Suites, Bellevue, WA
• Jul 19 Eastgate Blitz, Embassy Suites, Bellevue, WA
• New Dates! Jul 25-26 Vancouver Open, Hampton Inn & Suites, Vancouver, WA
• Jul 27 (Mon.) Simul with GM Samy Shoker, Seattle, WA
• Jul 31 (Fri.) Seattle CC Fifth Friday G/15, Seattle, WA

June/July - Scholastic Events

• Chess4Life offers various events such as classes, camps and quad tournaments.

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. Please mail all checks and other written items to the Orlov Chess Academy address at the top of this page.

Articles with links (in the magazine contents below) are available as separate PDF files.

July magazine! The July 2026 issue of Northwest Chess will be mailed on Friday, 6/26. It's a 32-page issue with "250 Years of Chess" by The Chess Friends, "Oregon Senior Open" by Wilson Gibbins, "Harmon Memorial" by Josh Sinanan, "Washington Senior Championship" by Ani Barua, "A Diary of a Chess Pawn" by Skyler (eight years old; second grade), and a back-cover photo of "Washington State Senior Champion Leonid Gavrysh" by Meiling Cheng. Cover: Peshka says, “Happy 250th Birthday.” Thanks especially to Sasha as the illustrator and The Chess Friends: Benji, Sarang, and Vivaan. See the teaser edition (selected pages including all full-page ads).

June magazine! The June 2026 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 5/29. It's a 32-page issue with "More Games from the Washington State Championship" by Stephen Willy, "To OTB or Not to OTB" by The Chess Friends, "Buckendorf Senior State Championship" by Jeffrey Roland, "Washington State Scholastic Chess Champmionship" by WSSCC Organizers, "35th Annual WA vs BC Intermat" by Josh Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of "Chessboards at the Intermat" by Meiling Cheng. Cover: Liam Pham by Meiling Cheng. See the teaser edition (selected pages including all full-page ads).

May magazine! The May 2026 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 5/1. It's a 48-page issue with "Elina Khudyev result at All-Girls Nationals in Chicago" and "2025 National K-12 Championships" by Josh Sinanan, "A Conversation with Stephen Willy" by Ken Lee, "A Book Review from our Publisher!" by Duane Polich, "Travel Time: Reykjavík Edition!" by Chess Friends, "2026 Washington State Championship" by Josh Sinanan, "A Conversation with Chad Fondren" by Ken Lee, andf a back-cover photo of Siana Razmov by Meiling Cheng. Cover: Stephen Willy by Ani Barua. See the teaser edition (selected pages including all full-page ads). Some teaser editions such as this one don't contain any annotated chess games, but you can view and download the games in the published games section.

Survey Request - Oliver Wakeman has created a research project survey, previousy posted to both Lichess and Chess.com, to get a sense of how people feel about being protected against public accusations (presumably, for example, regarding cheating in chess) Click here for the link to the Google form, if you are interested. (Posted 3/15)

April magazine! The April 2026 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 3/27. It's a 48-page issue with "Derek Heath Becomes National Master" by Josh Sinanan, "Judgment in Chess (A Senior Project)" by Nihanth Tatikonda, "Idaho Chess Association Board Announcement" by ICA Board of Directors, "A Conversation with Vignesh Anand" by Ken Lee, "Chess Smiles" by The Chess Friends, "2026 Oregon Closed" by Wilson Gibbins, "Solutions to 2025 Washington Class Puzzles" by Gabriel Razmov, and a back-cover photo of Karthik Bimod by Wilson Gibbins. Cover: Nick Raptis and Matt Zavortink by Wilson Gibbins. See the teaser edition (selected pages including all full-page ads).

Another new NM! Congratulations to Derek Heath, a 10th grader from Camas, Wash., who recently became Washington State's newest National Master! Derek achieved a US Chess rating of 2201 as a result of winning his first three games in the 9th Annual Neil Dale Memorial, hosted by the Portland Chess Club January 3-4, 2026 in Portland, Ore. Along the way, Derek scored victories against Elijah Barish (1705), Santiago Tenesaca Argudo (1905), and NM Jason Cigan (2217). Here is the link to the 2026 Neil Dale Memorial rating report: https://ratings.uschess.org/event/202601040253?section=0.

See old news previously appearing on this page.

Links are usually to the tournament flyers or ads. For tournament reports where available, see the magazine.

Action at the Oregon Senior Open. Contributed by Wilson Gibbins.

Open or Invitational Events (May-June): Jun 20-21 Washington Father's Day Open, Hotel 116, Bellevue, WA Jun 14 Summer Hand and Brain Blitz, Grand Knights Chess Academy, Bellevue, WA Jun 13 (Sat.) Seattle CC June Quads, Seattle, WA May 30 (Sat.) Seattle CC May Quads, Seattle, WA May 1-29 (Fri.) Seattle CC May Flowers, Seattle, WA May 24-25 Carol Kleist Memorial Adult Swiss (at WA Open), Redmond, WA May 23-25 Washington Open, Redmond Marriott, Redmond, WA May 22 IM John Donaldson Simul & Workshop, Grand Knights Chess Academy, Bellevue, WA May 16 Seattle University Chess Club Chess Classic, Seattle, WA May 16 Bellingham Open, Western WA University, Bellingham, WA May 12 Dr. Alexey Root Lecture, Simul and Book Signing, Grand Knights Chess Academy, Bellevue, WA May 9-10 Eastside Open, Hotel 116, Bellevue, WA May 3 (Sun.) Seattle CC May Tornado, Seattle, WA May 2-3 16th Annual Oregon Senior Open, Portland, OR