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• Now 493 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 for more info about upcoming chess events.

December - Advertised Chess Events

• See calendar for more info about upcoming chess events, including ad links.
• There are no more GP events. The GP is discontinued as of 2023.

• Dec 9 SCC G/20 Hexes, Seattle, WA
• Dec 10 SCC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
• Dec 13 (6-9 p.m.) IM Eric Tangborn Simul + Raffle, presented by Issaquah Highlands Chess Club, Issaquah, WA
• Dec 16-17 WA Winter Classic, Lakeside School, Seattle, WA
• Dec 30 SCC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
• Dec 31-Jan 1 SCC Insanity, Seattle, WA

December - Scholastic Events

• Chess4Life is offering live virtual chess classes/camps.
• Dec 16-17 WA Junior Invitational, Lakeside School, Seattle, WA

Important notes: Beginning with the January 2022 issue of Northwest Chess, all extra copies 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.

December magazine! The December 2023 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday 11/24. It's a 32-page issue with "Plateau Youth Chess Club" by Anna Jonson and Susanna Lim, "A Tribute To Ignacio Perez" by Josh Sinanan, "Do Brown Cows Make Chocolate Milk?" by Ken Lee, "Open Window School Fall Tornado" by Josh Sinanan, "Southern Idaho Open Veterans Day" by Barry Eacker, six more Washington chess stories by Josh Sinanan - "2023 National Chess Day Scholastic," "Washington National Chess Day Blitz," "Washington G/60 Championship," "Washington Bullet Championship," "CM Nikash Vemparala Clock Simul," "2023 Lakeside Fall Classic," and a back-cover photo of Juan Larios with Jace Liu and Kyle Liu spectating by Justin Johnson. Cover: Handshake between Sahan Katipally and Alice Li, by Justin Johnson. See the teaser edition (selected pages).

November magazine! The November 2023 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday 10/27. It's a 32-page issue with "Chess In A Nutshell" by Glen O’Harra, "2023 Oregon Open" by Wilson Gibbins, "Jeremy Silman" (August 28, 1954 - September 21, 2023)" by John Donaldson, "2023 Eastern Idaho Open" by Jay Simonson, "Washington Women’s Championship," "Seattle Classic Scholastic" and "Washington G/15 Open" by Josh Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of Vikram Srivastava by Wilson Gibbins. Cover: Stephen Willy by Salome Jacob. See the teaser edition (selected pages).

October magazine! The October 2023 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday 9/29. It's a 32-page issue with "Seattle Chess Classic" by Josh Sinanan, "Penguin Extravaganza Drei" by David Murray, "About This Photo" (of penguins) by Steven Breckenridge, "USPS Statement of Ownership," "Randy Dean Remembered" by John Donaldson, "NM Derek Zhang Simul" by Josh Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of "Blue Silicon King" by Josh Sinanan. Cover: Siddarth Sundaram by Josh Sinanan. See the teaser edition (selected pages). Note: The online version of the October magazine has been updated with a new ad for the Inaugural Veteran’s Day Open (Nov. 11), giving a new location (the Centilia Cultural Center), and a higher prize fund. If you have a print copy with the old location, please disregard it.

September magazine! The September 2023 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 9/1. It's a 32-page issue with "Joseph Levine – FIDE International Master" by Lisa Levine, "Vancouver Open" by Josh Sinanan, "NWC Hall Of Fame Inductee (Richard S. Vandenburg)" by Jeffrey Roland, "2023 ICA Summer Classic" by Jeffrey Roland, "Facing a Hedgehog" by Glen O’Harra, "Washington Annual Chess960 and Summer Bughouse" by Josh Sinanan, "Seattle Honored: 2023 Chess City of the Year" by Josh Sinanan, "Seattle Chess Club GM Vinay Bhat Simul" by John Selsky and Fred Kleist, "Washington Summer Sizzler" by Josh Sinanan, "CJA Awards – Ten Consecutive Years as Best State Magazine/Newsletter" and a back-cover photo of (L-R) John Bueno, Caleb Kircher, and Eric Hon by Jeffrey Roland. Cover: L-R: Josh Sinanan, Isaac Vega, and Rekha Sagar by Sridhar Seshadri. See the teaser edition (selected pages).

Joseph Levine achieves third IM Norm! - See the blog post (with photos) or visit @wachessfed on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/wachessfed/) or @ChessWashington on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ChessWashington).

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.