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• Online Registration – Available for some upcoming open and scholastic events.

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• Northwest Chess blog - See reports on local chess events and occasional comments and discussion from NWC officers and editors.

• Now 514 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. Games published in the magazine are also included. See the games page.

Note: See calendar for more info about upcoming chess events.

September - Advertised Chess Events

• See calendar for more info about upcoming chess events, including ad links.
• Sep 19, 26 Seattle CC Autumn Leaves (Rds 3-4), Seattle, WA
• Sep 21 Seattle CC Sunday Tornado, Seattle, WA
• Sep 27-28 King County Open, Bellevue, WA
• Sep 28 King County Blitz, Bellevue, WA
• Sep 28 My Chess World Gala, Bellevue, WA

September - Scholastic Events

• Chess4Life offers various events such as classes, camps and quad tournaments.
• Sep 27 New Adventure Scholastic, Bellevue, WA
• Sep 28 King County Scholastic, Bellevue, WA

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.

Chess Survey! At your convenience, consider taking this chess product survey by NM Nikash Vemparala, who is conducting some research about chess game broadcasting to reach wider audiences: https://forms.gle/hoMUsD59uangQgrZA. The survey takes about 5 minutes to complete.

September magazine! The September 2025 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 8/29. It's a 32-page issue with "Answers to the puzzles in last month’s issue (from page 35 in the August 2025 issue)," "GM Kayden Troff Simul (Bellevue, May 1) by Josh Sinanan," "A Conversation With FIDE Master Aziz Degenbaev by Ken Lee," "Washington Father’s Day Open (The Galactic Report) by Mani Atikankhotchasee," "Washington Father’s Day Open by Josh Sinanan," "A Game From Charles Edward (FIDE) by Alex Machin and Ralph Dubisch," "Our Darkest Chess Hours by The Chess Friends," "Washington vs. British Columbia Intermat by Josh Sinanan," and a back-cover photo of Odbayar Yondon by Meiling Cheng. Cover: Owen Xu by Meiling Cheng. See the teaser edition (selected pages including all full-page ads). The teaser edition contains the Degenbaev interview interview, but it's also available as a separate PDF file here.

August magazine! The August 2025 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 7/25. It's a 48-page issue with "Elementary Chess Championships" by WSECC Organizers, "GM Kayden Troff Simul (Issaquah, April 30)" by Josh Sinanan, "3rd Annual Friday Night Championship Invitational" by John Selsky, "2025 Washington Girls Championship," "2025 Washington Senior Championship," and "Washington Open" by Josh Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of Selina Cheng, Josh Sinanan, and Duane Polich by Meiling Cheng. Cover: Odbayar Yondon (L), Zane Wirkkala and others by Meiling Cheng. See the teaser edition (selected pages including all full-page ads).

Note! Online distribution of the July NWC magazine was delayed for anyone new (not on the list the past month or two). The August online distribution should have brought everyone up to date, but let us know if you think you should have been invited to view the online edition, but don't receive the invitation.

July magazine! The July 2025 issue of Northwest Chess was mailed on Friday, 6/27. It's a 48-page issue with "2025 Seattle City Championship" by John Selsky, "2025 Oregon Senior Open" by Wilson Gibbins, "Sridhar Seshadri Goes To Iceland" by Sridhar Seshadri, "2025 Washington State Barber + Rockefeller Open" by Josh Sinanan, "A Game From The Franklin Charles International" by Alex Machin, "St. Anne Celtic Challenge Spring 2025" and "2025 Washington State Barber + Rockefeller Closed" by Josh Sinanan, "A Conversation with Mani, FIDE Arbiter" by Ken Lee, "McMinnville Chess Tournament At Evergreen Museum" by Christefano Reyes, "Detective Cookie Chess Classic" by Josh Sinanan, "2025 Western States Regional For Women And Girls" by Chouchanik Airapetian, "2025 Washington Spring Mini-Teams Championship," "Third Annual Bellingham Open" and "GM Kayden Troff Clock Simul" by Josh Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of Sophia Michael by Meiling Cheng. Cover: Carl Haessler by Wilson Gibbins. See the teaser edition (selected pages including all full-page ads). The teaser edition contains the "Mani" (FIDE Arbiter) interview, but it's also available as a separate PDF file here.

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.