Note: See calendar for more info about upcoming chess events.
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June-July - Advertised Chess Events
- See calendar for more info about upcoming chess events, including ad links.
- Jun 28 SCC It’s Summertime! (close ratings) (Rd 4), Seattle, WA
- Jun 29-30
WA vs BC Challenge Match, Richmond, BC
- Jul 5, 12, 19, 26 SCC Hot as Hades, Seattle, WA
- Jul 6 SCC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Jul 13-14 Seattle Seafair Open, Seattle, WA
- Jul 13 Seafair Hand-and-Brain Blitz, Seattle, WA
- Jul 14 Seattle Seafair Blitz, Seattle, WA
- Jul 20-21 Vancouver Open, Vancouver, WA
- Jul 21 SCC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
- Jul 27 Simul with GM Emil Anka at SCC, Seattle, WA
July-August - Scholastic Events
Important note: All extra copies of
Northwest Chess 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.
International Exchange Students -
Youth for Understanding has a few international exchange
students needing a host family this upcoming school year beginning in August.
See
the flyer with a resume for each availble student, or contact Olive
Elwell, oelwell@yfu.org.
July magazine!
The July 2024 issue of Northwest Chess
should be mailed on Friday, June 28. It's a 32-page issue with
"Ted Wang Becomes Washington’s Youngest Ever NM" by Josh Sinanan,
"2024 Oregon Senior Open" by Wilson Gibbins,
"2nd Annual Eastside Open," "Second Annual Bellingham Open" and "Rockefeller + Barber Closed" by Josh Sinanan,
"SCC 2nd Annual Friday Night Championship Invitational" by John Selsky and Fred Kleist,
"Surreal" by Glen O’Harra,
"Western States Regional CC For Woman And Girls" by Chouchan Airapetian,
"Building Community Through Chess" by Ken Lee,
and a back-cover photo of Megan Lee by Meiling Cheng.
Cover: Dominic Colombo by Josh Sinanan.
June magazine!
The June 2024 issue of Northwest Chess
should have been mailed on Friday, May 31. It's a 32-page issue with
"2024 Idaho Scholastic Chess Champion James Wei" by Jeffrey Roland,
"Yiding Lu (Washington’s Newest National Master)" by Ani Barua,
"Washington President’s Cup" by Josh Sinanan,
"Interview With Bruce Pandolfini" by Ken Lee,
"2024 Harmon Memorial," "2024 Washington State Barber And Rockefeller Open,"
"St. Anne Celtic Challenge Spring 2024," "Lakeside Spring Fling" and
"Second Annual Detective Cookie Chess Classic" by Josh Sinanan,
and a back-cover photo of "Selina Cheng With Her New Best Friend" by Meiling Cheng.
Cover: Yiding Lu at The Harmon Memorial by Meiling Cheng.
See the teaser edition (selected pages). The teaser edition contains the Bruce Pandolfini interview, but
it's also available as a separate PDF file here.
Newest National Master!
Congratulations to Yiding Lu of Bellevue, Wash., who
recently became Washington State's newest National Master! Yiding achieved a
US Chess rating of 2227 as a result of winning Scheveningen Group 3 of the
1000GM April BonaFIDE and Scheveningen Tournament, held in San Jose, Calif.,
April 20-21, 2024. Along the way, Yiding scored clutch wins against Cesar
Zuluaga (2268), Diego Blandon (2228), Luis Rodi (2257), and Arturo Morales
(2214). Congratulations, Yiding! See the US Chess crosstable.
Photo: Yiding Lu at the San Jose event (taken by Juan Cendejas,
organizer of the tournament, and supplied by Ani Barua).
May magazine!
The May 2024 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Monday, April 29. It's a
32-page issue with "Siddharth Bhaskaran and Aarav Bharathy Mohan" (photo) by Meiling Cheng,
"Interview with Alexandra Botez" by Ken Lee,
"Washington State Championship" by Josh Sinanan,
"The Late August Piper" (September 2010 Issue Cover) by Philip Peterson, Photographer & Ralph Dubisch, Editor,
and a back-cover photo of Siddharth Bhaskaran by Meiling Cheng.
Cover: Josh Sinanan and Daniel He by Meiling Cheng.
See the teaser edition (selected pages). The teaser edition contains the Alexandra Botez interview, but
it's also available as a separate PDF file here.
April magazine!
The April 2024 issue of Northwest Chess
was mailed on Friday 3/29. It's a 32-page issue with
"2024 Inland Classic" by Kevin Korsmo,
"2024 Oregon Girls Championship" by Wilson Gibbins,
"2024 Idaho Closed" by Jeffrey Roland,
"Interview With Attorney General Bob Ferguson" by Ken Lee,
"2024 Oregon Closed" by Wilson Gibbins,
"Washington Junior Open & Reserve," "Washington High School Individual,"
"Washington WInter Game/60" and "Presidential Scholastic" by Josh Sinanan,
"Howard Chin (1947-2021)" by John Donaldson,
and a back-cover photo of Walter van Heemstede Obelt by James Stripes.
Cover: Brian Lee by James Stripes.
See the teaser edition (selected pages).
The teaser edition contains the Bob Ferguson interview, but
it's also available as a separate PDF file here.
March magazine!
The March 2024 issue of Northwest Chess
was mailed on Friday 2/23. It's a 48-page issue with
"NWC Hall Of Fame Inductee (Clark Harmon)" by Ralph Dubisch,
"Remembering August Piper" by John Selsky with Fred Kleist,
"Bryce Tiglon Interview" by Ken Lee,
"2023 Washington Class Championships" by Josh Sinanan,
"2024 East Idaho Regional Scholastic Qualifier" by Jay Simonson,
"IM Eric Tangborn Simul" by Josh Sinanan,
"2023 Washington Junior Invitational" and "2023 Washington Winter Classic" by Josh Sinanan,
and a back-cover photo of John Selsky by Meiling Cheng. Cover: Kyle Haining by Meiling Cheng.
See the teaser edition (selected pages).
Three New National Masters!
![Ryan Min at North American Open](articles/events/2023/images/RyanMin_20231227_small.jpg) (1) Congratulations to Ryan Min of Bellevue, Washington, who recently became
Washington State's newest National Master! Ryan achieved a US Chess rating
of 2206 by winning three games in a row at the North American
Open, held in Las Vegas, Nev., Dec. 26-30, 2023. Along the way, Ryan scored
clutch wins against NM Nathan Yan (2277) and GM Dmitry Gurevich (2475), with
the victory against the Grandmaster officially sealing the title. See:
US Chess crosstable,
Game which made Ryan Min a National Master.
Photo (left): Ryan at the North American Open on Dec. 27.
(2) Advaith Vijayakumar of Bothell, Washington, was recognized
as a National Master by U.S. Chess, in Sept. 2023. He achieved his NM title
at a PNWCC norm event. Photo (right): Advaith at the HS State Individual
tournament (Jan. 2024), taken by Ani Barua.
(3) Congratulations to Yu-Cheng Liang
of Camas, Washington, who became one of Washington State's newest National
Masters in 2023. Yu-Cheng achieved a US Chess rating of 2214 as a result of
scoring 4/9 at the Independence Day IM Norm tournament, hosted by 1000GM in
Sunnyvale, Calif., June 30-July 4, 2023. Along the way, Yu-Cheng scored
clutch victories against NM Alejandro Maass (2254) and WGM Martha Fierro
(2353). See: US Chess crosstable.
Yu-Cheng maintained a rating of 2213 by scoring 5/9 at the North American Open,
defeating Yesun Kate Lee (2046), Vincent Yang (2055), and Steve Wongso (2275).
See one of Yu-Cheng's games from the SPICE Cup Open.
Photo (left): Yu-Cheng at a 2023 chess event.
See old news previously appearing on this page.
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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.
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Scholastic Events (May-June):
- Jun 15-16 Mid-Year Scholastic Cup, Seattle, WA
- Jun 15 Seattle Summer Kickoff, Seattle, WA
- May 25 Washington Open Abdusattorov Scholastic, Redmond, WA
- May 18-19 WA Girls Championship, OCA Greenlake, Seattle, WA
- May 11 Roshen’s Chess Academy Scholastic K-12 Chess Tournament, Portland, OR
- May 4 Elementary & Middle School State, Kennewick, WA
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Open or Invitational Events (May-June):
- Jun 22-23 Emerald City Open, Seattle, WA
- Jun 16 Seattle Father's Day Open, Seattle, WA
- Jun 16 Seattle Father's Day Blitz, Seattle, WA
- Jun 15 SCC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Jun 15 WA Summer Bughouse Championship, Seattle, WA
- Jun 2 SCC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
- May 3-31 SCC May Flowers, Seattle, WA
- May 26-27 2nd Annual Carol Kleist Memorial Adult Swiss at Washington Open, Redmond, WA
- May 25-27 Washington Open, Redmond, WA
- May 22 (6-9 p.m.) NMs Daniel & Samuel He Twin Exhibition Tandem Simul, Issaquah, WA
- May 17-19 WA Senior Championship, Redmond, WA
- May 18 Dan Rogers Memorial Open Chess Tournament, Albany, OR
- May 12 SCC Adult Quads, Seattle, WA
- May 5 SCC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
- May 4-5 3rd Annual Sheridan Wyoming Open, Sheridan, WY
- May 3-5 11th Annual Reno Larry Evans Memorial Open, Reno, NV - see March NWC magazine.
- May 3 2nd Annual Sheridan Wyoming Blitz Open, Sheridan, WY
- May 2 Simul with GM Jimenez, Sheridan, WY
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![Miranda Meng at 2024 All-Girls Nationals](articles/events/2024/images/Meng_at_2024_All_Girls_small.jpg)
Photo: Miranda Meng, a 4th grader at Open Window School in Bellevue, who
won 1st Place (on tie break) at the 2024 All-Girls Nationals in Chicago.
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Scholastic Events (March-April):
- Apr 20 WA vs BC Intermat, Microsoft, Redmond, WA
- Apr 20 Cascadia Chess Tournament (K-8), Ferndale, WA
- Apr 12-14
2024 All-Girls National Championship, Chicago, IL
- Apr 6 Barber/Rockefeller Closed, Greenlake OCA Office, Seattle, WA
- Mar 30
Roshen’s Chess Academy Scholastic K-12 Chess Tournament, Portland, OR
- Mar 24 Det. Cookie Tournament, Rainier Beach CC, Seattle, WA
- Mar 23 Lakeside Spring Fling, Lakeside, Seattle, WA
- Mar 17 St. Anne Celtic Spring Challenge, St. Anne School, Seattle, WA
- Mar 16 Barber/Rockefeller Open, Chinook, Bellevue, WA
- Mar 10 Jing Mei Phoenix Sscholastic Chess Tournament, Bellevue, WA
- Mar 2 Intermat Candidates Tournament, Lakeside, Seattle, WA
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![Bellingham Open 2024](articles/events/2024/images/Bell_2024_6136_small.jpeg)
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Open or Invitational Events (March-April):
- Apr 28 SCC Novice, Seattle, WA
- Apr 27 SCC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Apr 26 SCC April Showers (Rd 4), Seattle, WA
- Apr 21 Bellingham Open, Western Washington Univ., Bellingham, WA
- Apr 20-21 SCC Adult Swiss, Seattle, WA
- Apr 14 SCC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
- Apr 13-14
Western States Regional for Women and Girls, Seattle, WA
- Mar 30 Eastside Open, IHCC, Issaquah, WA
- Mar 30 SCC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Mar 23-24 Seattle Spring Open, Seattle, WA
- Mar 23 Al Forthan Memorial Scholarship Chess Tournament Fundraiser, Portland, OR
- Mar 17 SCC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
- Mar 16 SCC Novice, Seattle, WA
- Mar 10 SCC G/20 Hexes, Seattle, WA
- Mar 9 SCC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Mar 2-3 Harmon Memorial, Lakeside, Seattle, WA
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Scholastic Events (January-February):
- Feb 19 Presidential Scholastic, Bellevue, WA
- Feb 3 Southwest WA Scholastic Chess Championships, Centralia, WA
- Jan 27 FPHRC "Middle Game" Regional State Qualifying Tournament, Vancouver, WA
- Jan 19-20 HS State Individual, Seattle, WA
- Jan 15 Washington Junior Open & Reserve, Bellevue, WA
- Jan 13 Pierce County High School (and Middle School) Chess Championships, Eatonville HS, WA
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Open or Invitational Events (January-February):
- Feb 25 Presidential Blitz, Seattle, WA
- Feb 24-25 President's Cup, Seattle, WA
- Feb 24-25 The Inland Classic, presented by the Spokane Chess Club, Rathdrum, ID
- Feb 23 Blitz Tournament, Spokane, WA
- Feb 23 IM John Donaldson Simul & Lecture, Spokane, WA
- Feb 10-11, 17-19 Washington State Championship, Microsoft campus, Redmond, WA
See list of former Washington State Chess Champions.
- Feb 4 SCC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
- Feb 3 SCC Saturday Quads, Seattle, WA
- Jan 27-28 SCC Adult Swiss, Seattle, WA
- Jan 5-26 SCC January Thaw (close ratings), Seattle, WA
- Jan 21 SCC G/20 Hexes, Seattle, WA
- Jan 20 SCC Novice, Seattle, WA
- Jan 20 Washington Winter G/60 Championship, Seattle, WA
- Jan 13-14 SCC Seattle City Championship, Seattle, WA
- Jan 7 SCC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
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