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For NWC magazine contents and PDF files, see the magazine back issues page.
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Scholastic Events (July-August):
- Aug 23
Covington Library Chess Tournament (K-8), Covington, WA
- Aug 19 Dog Days of Summer Grand Prix 4, Ferndale, WA
- Aug 17
Seattle Classic Scholastic, Bellevue, WA
- Aug 16
Sizzling Summer Rapid Scholastic, Bellevue, WA
- Aug 13 Dog Days of Summer Grand Prix 3, Ferndale, WA
- Aug 6 Dog Days of Summer Grand Prix 2, Ferndale, WA
- Jul 30 Dog Days of Summer Grand Prix 1, Ferndale, WA
- Jul 15 Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix 4, Ferndale, WA
- Jul 7 Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix 3, Ferndale, WA
- Jul 1 Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix 2, Ferndale, WA
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Open or Invitational Events (July-August):
- Aug 30-Sep 1 75th Oregon Open, Portland, OR
- Aug 29 Seattle CC Fifth Friday G/15, Seattle, WA
- Aug 23 2nd Annual Snohomish County Open, Mukilteo, WA
- Aug 1-22 Seattle CC Dog Days, Seattle, WA
- Aug 16-17
Seattle Chess Classic, Bellevue, WA
- Aug 16
Sizzling Summer Rapid, Bellevue, WA
- Aug 10 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
- Aug 2 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Jul 26-27 Big Summer Adult Swiss, Seattle, WA
- Jul 26-27
Seattle Summer WaldowChess Championship, Seattle, WA
Note: This is a chess variant with special opening rules.
- Jul 26
Monroe YMCA Summer Chess Championship, Monroe, WA
- Jul 11-25 Seattle CC Hot as Hades, Seattle, WA
- Jul 19-20 Vancouver Open, Vancouver, WA
- Jul 12-13
Seattle Seafair Open, Bellevue, WA
- Jul 5 Seattle CC Quads, Seattle, WA
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Scholastic Events (May-June):
- Jun 28-29 Mid-Year Scholastic Cup, Bellevue, WA
- Jun 25 Hot Summer Chess Grand Prix 1, Ferndale Library, Ferndale, WA
- Jun 8 WA vs BC Intermat (K-12), Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- May 24 Washington Open Scholastic, Redmond, WA
- May 17-18 WA Girls Championship, OCA Greenlake, Seattle, WA
- May 9-11 SuperNationals VIII, Orlando, FL
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Open or Invitational Events (May-June):
- Jun 29
Summer
Hand & Brain Blitz, Grand Knights Chess Academy, Bellevue, WA
- Jun 6-27 Seattle CC It’s Summertime, Seattle, WA
- Jun 21-22 Emerald City Open, Seattle, WA
- Jun 15 Washington Father’s Day Blitz, Bellevue, WA
- Jun 14-15 Washington Father’s Day Open, Bellevue, WA
- Jun 7 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- May 30 Seattle CC May Flowers (Rd 4), Seattle, WA
- May 25-26 Carol Kleist Memorial Adult Swiss (at WA Open), Redmond, WA
- May 24-26 Washington Open (and side events), Redmond, WA
- May 16-18 WA Senior Championship, Redmond, WA
- May 10 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- May 3-4 Seattle University Chess Club Chess Classic, Seattle, WA
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Scholastic Events (March-April):
- Apr 26 Wash. State Elementary, MS State Championships, Tacoma, WA
- Apr 13 Spring Mini-teams tournament, Bellevue, WA
- Apr 12-13 Western States Regional Chess Championship for Girls & Women, Seattle and Bellevue, WA
- Apr 6 Det. Cookie Chess Classic, Rainier Beach Community Ctr., Seattle, WA
- Apr 4-6 2025 All-Girls National Championship, Chicago, IL
- Apr 5 Thornton Creek Chess Tournament, Thornton Creek ES
- Mar 30 Barber + Rockefeller Closed Championship, OCA Greenlake, Seattle, WA
- Mar 29 OWS Spring Tornado, Open Window School
- Mar 23 Barber + Rockefeller Open, Bellevue, WA
- Mar 21 From Pawns to Queens
(fundraising) Gala (6:30-9:30 p.m.), Bellevue, WA
- Mar 16 St. Anne Celtic Challenge (Spring 2025), St. Anne School, Seattle, WA
- Mar 8 Custer Chessfest, Custer, WA
- Mar 8 Evergreen Knightmare Gauntlet, Evergreen School
- Mar 2 Intermat Candidates Tournament, Bellevue, WA
- Mar 1
WA Spring Fling Scholastic Rapid Cup, Bellevue, WA
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Open or Invitational Events (March-April & 1st of May):
- May 1 GM Kayden Troff Lecture / Simul, Grand Knights Chess Academy, Bellevue, WA
- Apr 30 GM Kayden Troff Lecture / Simul, Issaquah Highlands CC, Issaquah, WA
- Apr 29 GM Kayden Troff Lecture / Clock Simul, Seattle CC, Seattle, WA
- Apr 27 SCC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
- Apr 4-25 SCC April Showers, Seattle, WA
- Apr 20 Bellingham Open, Bellingham, WA
- Apr 18-20 12th Annual Reno Larry Evans Memorial Open, Reno, NV
- Apr 12-13 Western States Regional Chess Championship for Girls & Women, Seattle and Bellevue, WA
- Apr 5 SCC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Mar 7-28 SCC March Winds, Seattle, WA
- Mar 22-23 Seattle Spring Open, Seattle, WA
- Mar 9 SCC March Tornado, Seattle, WA
- Mar 1-2 Eastside Open, Bellevue, WA
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Scholastic Events (January-February):
- Feb 28-Mar 1 Wa. State HS Chess Team Championship and All Comers Tournament, Stanwood, WA
- Feb 17 Presidential Scholastic, Chinook MS, Bellevue, WA
- Feb 15 HS-MS South King County Regional, Auburn, WA
- Feb 8 HS-MS Olympic Regional, Poulsbo, WA
- Feb 1 HS-MS Southwest Washington Regional, Olympia, WA
- Feb 1 Wade King K-8 Qualifier, Bellingham, WA
- Feb 1 HS-MS Vancouver Regional, Vancouver, WA
- Feb 1 Chess Mates Winter Fest, Cascadia ES
- Jan 25 HS-MS Eastern Washington Regional, Cheney, WA
- Jan 25 Decatur Gatorfest, Decatur ES
- Jan 20 WA Junior Open, Interlake HS, Bellevue, WA
- Jan 18 HS-MS Pierce County Regional, Tacoma, WA
- Jan 18 Husky Scholastic Chess Tournament, Moro, OR
- Jan 17-18 HS State Individual Championship, Lakeside, Seattle, WA
- Jan 11 Cascade Enrichment Casual Night Chess, Snoqualmie, WA
- Jan 11 Islands Middle School, High School Chess Championships, Anacortes, WA
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Open or Invitational Events (January-February):
- Feb 7-28 Seattle CC Cabin Fever, Seattle, WA
- Feb 22-23 Seattle CC Winter Adult Swiss, Seattle, WA
- Feb 22-23 The Inland Classic (presented by the Spokane Chess Club), Lakeland Junior HS, Rathdrum, ID
- Feb 21 The Inland Classic Simul & Blitz events, West Central Abbey fellowship hall, Spokane, WA
- Feb 8-9 and 15-17 Washington State Championship, Lakeside Upper School, Seattle, WA
- Feb 1 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Feb 1 Monroe Rapid Knights Challenge, Monroe Senior Center, Monroe, WA
- Jan 31 Fifth Friday G/15 (at SCC), Seattle, WA
- Jan 26 WA Presidential Blitz, Blakeley Hall, Issaquah, WA
- Jan 25-26 WA President's Cup, Blakeley Hall, Issaquah, WA
- Jan 25 2nd Free Chess Tournament at Mukilteo Library!, Mukilteo, WA
- Jan 3-24 January Thaw (at SCC), Seattle, WA
- Jan 11-12 Seattle City Championship (at SCC), Seattle, WA
- Jan 4 Seattle CC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
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