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February magazine! The February 2026 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 1/30. It's a 48-page issue with "Love, Chess" by The Chess Friends, "Oregon Junior Closed" by Wilson Gibbins, "2025 Washington Challenger’s Cup" by Josh Sinanan, "National Chess Day Scholastic Chess" and "Challenger’s Cup Scholastic" by Rekha Sagar, "A Conversation With Ted Wang" by Ken Lee, "NW Players at 2025 US Senior Women’s Championship" by Mary Kuhner and Chouchanik Airapetian, "19th SPICE Cup" by Josh Sinanan, "Mount McKinley was named by William A. Dickey" by John Donaldson, and a back-cover photo of Susan Polgar (L) and GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez by Ani Barua. Cover: Vinesh Ravuri by Meiling Cheng.

January magazine! The January 2026 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 12/26. It's a 32-page issue with "Vihaan Jammalamadaka becomes National Master" by Josh Sinanan, "Chess Resolutions" by The Chess Friends, "A Conversation With Jacob Mayer" by Ken Lee, "Oregon Class Championship" by Wilson Gibbins, "Daniel He Becomes FIDE Master" by Josh Sinanan, "Washington Women’s Championship" by Rekha Sagar, "Washington Women’s Championship" by Ian Holden, Ann Jem, Saiya Karamali, Eliza Wheeler, "Andrew Fletcher Becomes National Master" by Josh Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of of Jason Cigan by Wilson Gibbins. Cover: Zoey Tang by Wilson Gibbins.