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• Now 546 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.

September - Advertised Chess Events

• See calendar for more info about upcoming chess events, including ad links.
• Sep 5-7 76th Oregon Open, Holiday Inn Portland Airport, Portland, OR - see NWC magazine ad
• Sep 5-7 WA vs BC Challenge Match, Richmond, BC
• Sep 5-7 (Sat.-Mon.) Seattle CC Masters Open & FIDE Blitz, Seattle, WA
• Sep 11, 18, 25 (Fri.) Seattle CC Autumn Leaves (Rds 2-4), Seattle, WA
• Sep 12 (Sat.) Seattle CC September Quads, Seattle, WA
• Sep 12-13 King County Open, Embassy Suites, Bellevue, WA
• Sep 19 Washington State Governor's Cup, The Rock Church, Olympia, WA
• Sep 22 (Tue. at 7 p.m.) Seattle CC - GM Vladimir Belous lecture via Zoom. Topic: “The Isolated Pawn.”
• Sep 26-27 Seattle Fall Open, Seattle, WA

September - Scholastic Events

• Chess4Life offers various events such as classes, camps and quad tournaments.
• Sep 5-6 Oregon Junior Open, Holiday Inn Portland Airport, Portland, OR - see NWC magazine ad
• Sep 19 Precision Masters Scholastic, Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Bothell, 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. 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.

September magazine! The September 2026 issue of Northwest Chess will be mailed on Friday, 8/28. It's a 32-page issue with "Chess Journalists of America Awards" by Ralph Dubisch, "Our Brightest Chess Hours" by The Chess Friends, "Washington Open (Part Two—the Games!)" by Josh Sinanan (and the players), "2026 Washington Father’s Day Open" by Josh Sinanan, "Waterland City Open" by Matityahu Ben-Ha’av, "Jeff Price, Northwest Chess’ newest Board Member" by Jeffrey Roland, and back-cover photos of "Elke Johnson at the 2026 Father’s Day Open," and Manunthon Atikankhotchasee. Cover: Garrett Reynolds at the Washington Open by Meiling Cheng. See the teaser edition (selected pages including all full-page ads).

August magazine! The August 2026 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 7/31. It's a 32-page issue with "WCF Membership Rates to increase September 1, 2026" by Josh Sinanan, "Under Pressure" by The Chess Friends, "Washington Open (Part One)" by Josh Sinanan, "Idaho Open" by Jeffrey Roland, and a back-cover photo of Jai Dayal and Wilson Gibbins by Meiling Cheng. Cover: IM John Donaldson and Stephen Willy by Meiling Cheng. See the teaser edition (selected pages including all full-page ads).

July magazine! The July 2026 issue of Northwest Chess was 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).

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 27-28 Emerald City Open, Seattle, WA Jun 5-26 Seattle CC It’s Summertime, Seattle, WA 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 Seattle CC June Quads, Seattle, WA May 30 Seattle CC May Quads, Seattle, WA May 1-29 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 Seattle CC May Tornado, Seattle, WA May 2-3 16th Annual Oregon Senior Open, Portland, OR