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• Now 463 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. See the games page.

Note: See calendar and TA pages for more info about upcoming chess events.

June - NWC Grand Prix events!

• See calendar and TA pages for more info about upcoming chess events, including the reopening of venues for over-the-board chess.
• As in 2020, the NWC Grand Prix is being conducted in two sections - Washington and all others. See the standings intended for publication in the July magazine. The 2021 GP is named in honor of Russell ("Rusty") Miller.

• All WCF, Seattle and Apropos events are US Chess Online Rated if eligible.
• Jun 19-20 Rusty Miller Memorial Chess Tournament, online via Chess.com

June - Other (non-GP) events!

• All WCF, Seattle and Apropos events are US Chess Online Rated if eligible.
• No more events.

June - Scholastic Events

• See PNWCC website for chess classes/camps and other events.
• Chess4Life is also offering live virtual chess classes/camps.

• Jun 26 Mini-Teams Summer Kickoff, online via Chess.com

Seattle Chess Club Reopening! As reported by Josh Sinanan, SCC reopened on June 14 at the Orlov Academy in Greenlake, their new temporary location. About 18 players turned out, mostly younger people, and they even had to turn away a few people at the door! It was promoted as a type of chess meet-up and spread by word of mouth.

In Memoriam - Daniel Scoones, 6 July 1952 – 11 April 2021. Dan was a two-time British Columbia champion (1977 and 1984) and a National Master since 1984. See the BCCF E-MAIL BULLETIN #409 for more information.

Chess in Art - Thanks to an agreement between the WCF and the publishers of this new book, a limited number of copies will be offered as prizes at future WCF events beginning with the 5th Annual Seattle Chess Classic (Aug. 13-15). In addition, there will be some vouchers with a 30% discount for chess players. WCF President Josh Sinanan has reviewed this book, and says it's "amazing!"

June magazine! The June 2021 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on 5/26. It's a 32-page issue with Jeffrey Roland and Duane Polich (photo) by Alex Machin, "OSCF Scholastic State Championships" by Chad Lykins, "Maryhill Museum Of Art" by Karen Schmidt, "Chess, Death, Freedom" by Nobel Ang, "Washington Scholastic Tournament" by James Stripes, "Coaching Corner" by Ralph Dubisch, "WA State Barber/Rockefeller Open," "May 8 Seattle Chess Club Quads," "May 9 Seattle Chess Club Tornado" and "Washington Senior Championship" by Josh Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of "Sandhills And Chess Kings" by Philip Peterson. Cover: Two Chess Kings At Monahans Sandhills by Philip Peterson. See the teaser edition (selected pages with color).

A windy day on some sand dunes ... short chess-themed video by Philip Peterson.

May magazine! The May 2021 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on 4/27. It's a 32-page issue with "Chess-Themed Movies: Hatley High" by Breck Haining, "Chess In A New World" by Karen Schmidt, "Washington Closed Brilliancy Prizes (by section):" Championship by Brendan Zhang, Premier by Samuel He, Invitational by Daniel He, "February 13 Seattle Chess Club Quads," "2021 Presidential Scholastic," "2021 Washington Girls Championship," "2021 Orlov Academy vs Juniors to Masters Academy," and "March 7 Seattle Chess Club Quads" by Josh Sinanan, "2021 Washington Spring Mini-Teams" by Siva Sankrithi and Josh Sinanan, "March 14 Seattle Chess Club Tornado," "2021 Intermat Candidates," "Seattle Spring Open" and "April 4 Seattle Chess Club Quads" by Josh Sinanan, "Chess Fever & The 1925 Moscow International" by Breck Haining, "Humor In Chess, Part Three" by Karen Schmidt, "Idaho Chess Roundup" by Jeffrey Roland, and a back-cover photo of Jeffrey Roland by Alex Machin. Cover: Renaissance Chess Set (photo by Jeffrey Roland). See the teaser edition (selected pages with color).

New Dake article! Casey Bush, who has written extensively about chess master Arthur Dake (1910-2000) before, just had a new article posted on a site called The Decadent Review. The article, "Marcel Duchamp Mugged by a Street Hustler," is about a game played by Arthur Dake at the Folkestone Olympiad in 1933, but it is also about the evolution of culture from the arts to the sciences as seen through the lens of chess, according to Casey.

April magazine! The April 2021 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on 3/24. It's a 48-page issue with a Letter To The Editor by Jerry Richards, "2021 Washington State Championship" by Josh Sinanan, "Chess Shorts: Geri’s game" by Breck Haining, "Readers’ Showcase" by Ryan Porter, "2021 Washington Chess960 Championship" by Josh Sinanan, "2021 Washington Junior Closed" by Jacob Mayer, "Game Of The Gods Review" by Karen Schmidt, "2021 Seattle City Championship" by Josh Sinanan, "Self-Acceptance: My Chess Story" by Nobel Ang, "2021 Washington President’s Cup" by Josh Sinanan, "Meet Xuhao He" by Breck Haining, "Washington State High School Individual 2021" and "2021 Washington Junior Open And Reserve" by Jacob Mayer, "Membership/Subscription #6000" by Eric Holcomb, "1966 US Open" by Daniel Shubin, and a back-cover photo of "The He Family with GM Miroslav Miljkovic" by Xuhao He. Cover: Anthony He by Xuhao He. See the teaser edition (selected pages with color).

See old news previously appearing on this page.

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.