For NWC magazine contents and PDF files, see the magazine back issues 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.

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.

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. Note: The online version of the October magazine was 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.

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).

August magazine! The August 2023 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 7/28. It's a 32-page issue with "Solution to Last Month’s Puzzles" by Valentin Razmov, "Fred Bartell (1930-2023)" by Adam Porth, "Fred Bartell Memorial" by David Zaklan, "First SCC Invitational Tournament of 2022 Champions" by Fred Kleist and John Selsky, "Koma Kulshan Chess Club" by Ani Barua, "More Games from the Washington Open" by The Players (Annotators), "Washington Open Interview" by Ani Barua, "WCF Father’s Day Weekend Chess Festival," "2023 Mid-Year Scholastic Cup," "Washington vs British Columbia Challenge Match" and "2023 Seattle Summer Kickoff" by Josh Sinanan, "Lakeside Summer Classic" by Josh Sinanan and Valentin Razmov, "Corrections... (...to the Printed Version of the July 2023 Issue)," and a back-cover photo of Josh Sinanan by Haiyong Wang. Cover: Team Washington versus Team British Columbia, by Haiyong Wang and Victoria Doknjas.

July magazine! The July 2023 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 6/30. It's a 48-page issue with "Oregon Senior Open" by Wilson Gibbins, "2023 Detective Cookie Chess Classic" by Josh Sinanan, "Idaho Open" by Jay Simonson, "Washington Open (plus various side events)" by Josh Sinanan, "Coaching Corner" by Ralph Dubisch, "Washington Players Excel at Elementary Nationals" by Josh Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of Christian Fobian by Meiling Cheng. Cover: Wilson Gibbins by Ellen Silva.

Roshen Nair recognized! Roshen Nair of Oregon, along with other Oregon scholastic chess champions, were officially recognized by the Oregon State legislative assembly at the State Capitol in Salem. See the story on Roshen's website. Roshen was also on the KATU ABC channel 2 TV news for a short interview on June 12. See the interview on YouTube. Photo: A frame from Roshen's TV interview. Courtesy Roshen and KATU. Click on the photo to see an enlarged version.

June magazine! The June 2023 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 5/26. It's a 32-page issue with "Letter To The Editor" by Bill Elliott, "Bellingham Open" by Josh Sinanan, "Closed But Not Forgotten" by Josh Price, "Washington Barber + Rockefeller Qualifier," "Washington Girls Championship" and "Washington Senior Championship" by Josh Sinanan, "2023 Idaho Scholastic Championship" by Adam Porth, "Washington State Elementary Chess Championships" by WSECC Organizers, "Washington vs. British Columbia Intermat" and "Ted Wang Simul" by Josh Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of "William Watts, Sam Maurer, Harrison Toppen-Ryan, Alex Kaelin, TD Josh Sinanan" by William Dann. Cover: Vivienne Luo at the WA State Barber + Rockefeller Qualifier Tournament. Photo Credit: Meiling Cheng.

New World Champion! See "King Ding!" on John Henderson's First Move Chess blog (posted 5/1). Following Magnus Carlsen's decision not to defend his world championship, China’s Ding Liren is the new world chess champion, following a dramatic match ending in a playoff against Ian Nepomniachtchi, who had previously lost to Carlsen.

May magazine! The May 2023 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 4/28. It's a 32-page issue with "2023 Washington President’s Cup" and "Washington Closed" by Josh Sinanan, "Collyer Finale" and "Collyer Memories" by Kevin Korsmo, and a back-cover photo of "Washington State Chess Championship trophy" by Meiling Cheng. Cover: Brandon Jiang by Josh Sinanan.

April magazine! The April 2023 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 3/24. It's a 32-page issue with "2023 Oregon Closed" by Wilson Gibbins, "Eastside Open" by Josh Sinanan, "2023 Idaho Closed State Championship" by Adam Porth and Jeffrey Roland, "2023 Oregon Girls Championship" by Wilson Gibbins, "Washington State High School Chess Team" and "2023 Presidential Scholastic" by Josh Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of Josh Price, Kaustubh Kodihalli, James Wei and Adam Porth by Kyra Dorman. Cover: Zoey Tang and Greg Markowski by Lilly Tang.

March magazine! The March 2023 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on 2/24. It's a 32-page issue with "Answers to last month’s puzzles" by Valentin Razmov, "Washington HS Individual Championship," "Washington Junior Closed & Invitational" and "Washington Winter Classic" by Josh Sinanan, "Pan-American Intercollegiate Teams" by Pan-Am Organizers, "States Cup Semifinals and Finals" by Siva Sankrithi, "St. Anne Celtic Challenge" and "Washington Junior Open and Reserve" by Josh Sinanan, "Decatur Gator Fest" by Siva Sankrithi, "MexInsurance FIDE Open" by George Lundy, "Chico Juvenal-The Tiger Killer" by David Zaklan, "East Idaho Regional Scholastic Chess Qualifier" by Jay Simonson, and a back-cover photo of a "Facepainted Girl" by Chouchan Airapetian. Cover: Advaith Vijayakumar by Meiling Cheng.

The NWC Grand Prix for 2022 was conducted in three sections - Washington, Idaho and all others. See the GP page or the February 2023 magazine for a final report. The 2022 GP was named in honor of Ignacio Perez. There will not be a GP in 2023.

Philip Peterson 1961-2022 - With the February magazine (see below), we regret to report the accidental death of former NWC editor Philip Peterson over the Christmas holiday. Philip edited 47 issues of NWC during the 1990s and early 2000s, and was an accomplished chess photographer, with his work appearing in NWC as recently as the January 2023 cover (see below) which was edited and sent to print shortly before his passing.

February magazine! The February 2023 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday 1/20. It's a 32-page issue with "Chessable and Chess.com at the Pan-Am" by Alexey Root, "Philip Peterson 1961-2022" by Ralph Dubisch, "2022 Oregon Junior Closed" by Wilson Gibbins, "Robert “Bob” Bishop 1953-2022" by David And Ellen Baumann, "Chess, Art and the Power of Community" by Gabriela Osias, "2022 Washington Class Championships" by Josh Sinanan, "Northwest Grand Prix—Final Report" by Murlin Varner, and a back-cover photo of “Smoky Queen” by the late Philip Peterson. Cover: “Evening at the Club” by Gabriela Osias.

900th Issue! Our 750th issue was published in June-July 2010 (combined issue), and our 900th issue was just published for January 2023! The 900th issue also represents our 75th anniversary, remarkably with only a three-month delay over the years due to combined issues. See the editors page for more information and details about Northwest Chess magazine over the years. We're getting close to 500 of the 900 issues available online, and we hope to go well over 500 in 2023.

January magazine! The January 2023 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday 12/23. This is the second NWC full-color issue, and all future issues will be in full color! It's a 32-page issue with "Northwest Chess Hall of Fame" by Ralph Dubisch for the NWC Board of Directors, "Northwest Chess Hall of Fame Inductee: Viktors Pupols" by John Donaldson, "2022-2023 States Cup" by Siva Sankrithi, "2022 Turkey Shoot" by Adam Porth, "17th Susan Polgar Foundation National Open" by SPFNO Organizers, "Susan Polgar Foundation National Open" by Karen Schmidt, "Where Have All The Novices Gone" by Nobel Ang, "2022 Oregon Class Championships" by Wilson Gibbins, "2022 Washington Challenger’s Cup" and "2022 Challenger’s Cup Scholastic" by Josh Sinanan, and "900-themed artwork" by Eric Holcomb on the back cover. Cover: “Issue 900!” by Philip Peterson.