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| 2018 (all in full color!) |
| Note: Most 2018 issues also feature a
Northwest Chess Grand Prix report by
Murlin Varner, and "From the Editor’s Desk" by Jeffrey Roland. |
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December
NWC_201812_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Josep Companyo at Norman Friedman Memorial by Adam Porth. |
32-page issue with "2018 PCC Club Championship,"
"Portland Fall Open" and "October 2018 PCC Game 60" by Brian Berger,
"Norman Friedman Memorial" by Jeffrey Roland, "Three Washington Players
at 2018 WYCC" by Igor Shubin, "2018 Washington Challenger’s Cup" by Josh
Sinanan, "GM James Tarjan Simultaneous Exhibition" by Russell (Rusty)
Miller, and a back-cover photo of "Chess Set at Pawns and Pints Meetup"
by Jeffrey Roland. |
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November
NWC_201811_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Matt Zavortink and Owen McCoy by Josh McCoy. |
48-page issue with "Ora Annette Buckendorf
(1928-2018)" from the Times News, "68th Annual Oregon Open" and
"September 2018 PCC Game 60" by Brian Berger, "CJA Award For Best State
Magazine," "Oregon Closed State Championship" by Sarah McCoy,
"Washington Women’s Championship" by Mary Kuhner, More Washington
Women’s Championship" by Anne-Marie Velea, "Even More Washington Women’s
Championship" by Stephanie Velea, and a back-cover photo of "Students
Learn To Play In Rathdrum, Idaho" by Adam Porth. |
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October
NWC_201810_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Bill Rottmayer at Spokane Falls Open by James Stripes. |
32-page issue with "Upset Drama At Spokane Falls
Open" by James Stripes, "August 2018 Unrated Rapids" by Brian Berger,
"Boise Chess Club #20" by Jeffrey Roland, "2018 Vancouver Open" by Jacob
Mayer, "2018 Vancouver Open Sacrifices" by Phillip Seitzer, "Seattle
Classic" by Jacob Mayer and Josh Sinanan, "Truelson At The Seattle
Classic" by Joseph Truelson, "More Seattle Classic" by Eric M. Zhang,
"Jason Yu Becomes National Master" by Josh Sinanan, "Mini-Tournament No.
7, Return Of The Mouse Trophy" by Jeffrey Roland, "Coquille Summer Of
2018" by Nancy Keller, "Seattle GM Summer Camps And Flood" by Jacob
Mayer and Josh Sinanan, "August 2018 PCC Game 60" by Brian Berger, and a
back-cover photo of Dustin Herker at Las Vegas International Festival by Nancy Keller. |
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September
NWC_201809_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Jerrold Richards and Morgan the Dog by Brian Berger. |
32-page issue with "ICA Summer Classic" by
Jeffrey Roland, "4th Annual Rose City Sectionals" by Brian Berger, "US
Chess National Senior Invitational" by Michael Presutti, "2018 Players
Memorial" by Adam Porth, "East Idaho Senior Games" by Jay Simonson,
"July 2018 PCC Game 60" by Brian Berger and Isaac Vega, "2018 Washington
State Championship Brilliancy Prize" by Josh Sinanan/Curt Collyer/Jacob
Mayer, "Aaron Grabinsky Third IM Norm In Philadelphia" by Aaron
Grabinsky, "Photo of past CJA Awards" by Adam Porth, and a back-cover
photo of Drew Machin by Jeffrey Roland. |
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August
NWC_201808_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Hans Morrow, winner of 2018 Senior Open, by Jeffrey Roland. |
32-page issue with "Idaho Senior Open" by
Jeffrey Roland, "Portland Summer Open" and "June 2018 Unrated Rapid" by
Brian Berger, "Summer Chess Barbeque at Presutti’s" and "Boise
Chess Club #19" by Jeffrey Roland, "June 2018 PCC Game 60" by Brian
Berger, "More Games From The Washington Open" by Various Players, "The
Brian Black Dedication Event" by Gary Dorfner & Vivi Barton, and a
back-cover "Group Photo at Idaho Senior Open" by Janos Fucsko. |
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July
NWC_201807_opt_color.pdf
Cover: 2018 Washington Open Winner GM Andrey Gorovets by Jeffrey Roland. |
32-page issue with "Friday Night Blitz In Twin
Falls" by Adam Porth, "GM Hou Yifan Visits Seattle" by Josh Sinanan &
Xuhao He, "Washington Open (A Personal Account)" by Andrey Terekhov,
"Raelund Wins Inland Empire Open" by Kevin Korsmo, "The Anatomy Of A
Blunder" by Cleveland Ray Johnson, "Penguin Extravaganza" and "May 2018
PCC Game 60" by Brian Berger, "2018 BCC #18" and "Northwest Chess
Scanning Project" by Jeffrey Roland," and a back-cover photo expressing
that "Isaac Vega really likes penguins" by Josh Sinanan. |
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June
NWC_201806_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Michael Abron at the Idaho Open by Jeffrey Roland. |
32-page issue with "Letters To The Editor" by
Jerrold Richards & Cleve Johnson, "2018 Idaho Open" by Jay Simonson,
"Oregon Senior Open" by Brian Berger, "2018 OSCF State Championship" by
Owen McCoy, "Jack Schrader (1935-2018)" by Russell Miller, "April 2018
PCC Game 60" by Brian Berger, "US National Junior Congress 2018" by
Vijay Sankaran, Igor Shubin, and Stephan Jiang, "2018 WA State Middle
School Chess Champion Mahalakshmi Arasu," "Grand Pacific Open" by Naomi
Bashkansky, and a back-cover photo of "Rusty’s Socks" by Russell Miller. |
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May
NWC_201805_opt_color.pdf
Cover: US Chess Master Owen McCoy by Sarah McCoy. |
32-page issue with "Letter To The Editor" and
"Letter To The Northwest Chess Board" (with various responses) by Micah
Smith, "2018 PCC Spring Open" and "PCC March Game 60" by Brian Berger,
"Kings vs Princes Match V," "2018 Intermat Candidates Tournament" and
"Seattle Super Masters" by Josh Sinanan, "2018 Washington President’s
Cup" by Jacob Mayer, "Annotated Game" by Ralph Dubisch, and a back-cover
photo of GM Julio Sadorra doing a pushup at Kerry Park by Jacob Mayer. |
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April
NWC_201804_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Roland Feng and Alex Machin, by Jacob Mayer and Jeffrey Roland. |
32-page issue with "Spokane Chess Club Officers"
by James Stripes, "2018 Idaho Closed State Championship" by Jeffrey
Roland, "Introduction to the Inman vs. Machin Game" by Garrett Reynolds,
"PCC February Game 60" by Brian Berger, a Letter To The Editor by John
P. Christy, "Dave Collyer Memorial" by Kevin Korsmo, "2018 Washington
State Girls Championship" by David Hendricks, "Megan Lee Lecture" by
Josh Sinanan, "2018 Washington Closed State Championship" by Josh
Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of Alex Machin by Jeffrey Roland. |
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March
NWC_201803_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Kevin Xu, Idaho State Blitz Champion by Dylan Porth. |
32-page issue with "Shah Mat" by Glen O’Harra,
"John (Johnny) D. Walker (1948-2018)" by John Donaldson, et.al., "2018
Washington Junior Closed" by David Hendricks, "Neil Dale Memorial" and
"PCC January Game 60" by Brian Berger, "2018 BC vs WA Challenge Match"
by Josh Sinanan, "Chess Poem from the Idaho Closed - Peace" by David
Zaklan, Miscellaneous Games, "2018 Washington Junior Open" and "2018 WA
State High School Individual Championship" by Gary Dorfner and Josh
Sinanan, "Tacoma News" by Gary Dorfner, et.al., "Washington Closed
Bios," "2018 Idaho Blitz Championship" by Jeffrey Roland, and a
back-cover photo of Bryce Tiglon and Roland Feng by Jacob Mayer. |
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February
NWC_201802_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Stephanie Velea and Sophia Velea by Duane Polich. Note the matching front and back cover colors! |
32-page issue with "Northwest Chess Open" by
Duane Polich, Letters To The Editor, "PCC Winter Open" and
"December 2017 PCC Game 60" by Brian Berger, "Chess4Girls Strategy
Session Report" by Shifi Somji, "Another Washington Class Game" by
Viktors Pupols, "December 2017 Seattle Masters" by Josh Sinanan,
"Pan-American Intercollegiate" by Walter Borbridge assisted by Benjamin
Mukumbya, "Washington Winter Classic" by Josh Sinanan, "Aaron Grabinsky
at Pan-American Intercollegiate" by Aaron Grabinsky, "January 2018
Seattle Masters" by Josh Sinanan, "A Piece Of Idaho Chess History" by
Mark McAllister, "2018 BCC #17" by Jeffrey Roland, and a back-cover
photo of David Zaklan by Jeffrey Roland. |
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January
NWC_201801_opt_color.pdf
Cover: DeWayne Derryberry and Larry Parsons by Jeffrey Roland. |
32-page issue with "What’s In A Logo?" and
"Western Idaho Open" by Jeffrey Roland, a Letter To The Editor by Cleve
Johnson, "World Senior Chess Championship" by David Rupel, "Norman
Friedman Memorial," "Southern Idaho Open" and "2017 South Central
Regional Scholastic Tournament" by Adam Porth, "WA Challenger’s Cup/WA
Challenger’s Cup Scholastic" and "WA Class Championships" by Josh
Sinanan, "Oregon Class Championship" and "PCC November 2017 Game 60" by
Brian Berger, "Coquille at National K-12 Championship" by Nancy Keller,
and a back-cover photo of Gaby Dagher by Jeffrey Roland. |
| 2017 (all in full color!) |
| Note: Most 2017 issues also feature a
Northwest Chess Grand Prix report by
Murlin Varner, and "From the Editor’s Desk" by Jeffrey Roland. |
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December
NWC_201712_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Merry Christmas cartoon from Northwest Chess by Brian Berger. |
32-page issue with 8 color pages! Includes "From
The Publisher’s Desk" by Duane Polich, "2017 BCC #15" (and also #16) by
Jeffrey Roland, "2017 Eastern Washington Open" by Kevin Korsmo,
"Microsoft vs. Amazon 2017 Rivalry Match" by Josh Sinanan, color photos
by Philip Peterson, "2017 Portland Fall Open" by Brian Berger, "My
Dallas Trip" by Abbie Wu, "2017 Washington Women’s Championship" and
"September 2017 Seattle Masters" by Josh Sinanan, "2017 PCC Club
Championship" and "PCC October 2017 Game 60" by Brian Berger, "Hayhurst
Halloween K-12 Scholastic Chess Tournament" by Chad Lykins, "October
2017 Seattle Masters" and "2017 WA G/60 + Blitz Championship" by Josh
Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of Eli Sanders by Adam Porth. |
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November
NWC_201711_opt_color.pdf
Cover: GM Jim Tarjan at the 2017 Oregon Open by Jeffrey Roland. |
32-page issue with "Feldman’s Folly" by Ralph
Dubisch, "Oregon Open" by Brian Berger, "More Jim Tarjan" by Jim Tarjan,
"PCC September 2017 Game 60" by Brian Berger, "Inaugural Seattle
Chess Classic" by Josh Sinanan, "Game From Recent Event" by Brian Lange,
and a back-cover photo entitled “I’ve Just Seen A Face” by JR & AM. |
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October
NWC_201710_opt_color.pdf
Cover: WCF President Josh Sinanan (L) and FM Steven
Breckenridge, winner of the 2017 Vancouver Open. Photo Credit: Jacob Mayer. |
32-page issue with "Vancouver Open" by Sarah
McCoy, "July 2017 PCC Game 60," "2017 Oregon Senior Open" and "August
2017 PCC Game 60" by Brian Berger, "East Idaho Senior Games" by Jay
Simonson, "Portland Rapid and Blitz Championships" by Micah Smith,
"Spotlight On Roshen Nair" by Brian Berger, "BCC #14" by Jeffrey Roland,
"2017 Inaugural Hall of Fame" by Adam Porth, and a back-cover photo of
"Roshen Nair holding U.S. Junior Open trophy" by Sanjay Nair. |
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September
NWC_201709_opt_color.pdf
Cover: James Schroeder circa late 1950s/early 1960s, by James Schroeder. |
32-page issue with "Remembering James Shroeder
(1927-2017)" by John Donaldson, "2017 ICA Summer Classic" by Jeffrey
Roland, "Rose City Sectionals" by Brian Berger, "N.W. Represented Well
at National Scholastic" by Owen McCoy, "July 2017 PCC Quad 45" by Brian
Berger, "CJA Award for 2017 Best State Magazine," "A Little Chess
Nostalgia from 1979" by Philip Peterson, "2017 Washington State
Championship Brilliancy Prizes (Part 2 of 2)" by Michael Hosford and
Eric Tohni, and a back-cover photo of James Schroeder at 2012 US Open in
Vancouver by Jeffrey Roland. |
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August
NWC_201708_opt_color.pdf
Cover: GM Timur Gareyev by Adam Porth. |
32-page issue with "Letter to Editor" by David
Lucky, "GM Timur Gareyev Comes to Iowa...I Mean Idaho!" by Adam Porth,
"2017 PCC Summer Open," "June 2017 PCC Quad 45" and "June 2017 PCC Game
60" by Brian Berger, "Helping Chess in Equatorial Guinea" by Avi Gupta
and Seth Talyansky, "The Xu Open" by Jeffrey Roland, "Northwest Players
at the 2017 Women’s Open" by Mary Kuhner, "2017 Washington State
Championship Brilliancy Prizes (Part 1 of 2)" by Michael Lee and Curt
Collyer, and a back-cover photo of Fred Kleist by Jim Berezow. |
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July
NWC_201707_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Georgi Orlov at 2017 Washington Open by the WCF. |
32-page issue with "Orlov Triumphs at Washington
Open" by Josh Sinanan, "Idaho Scholastic Champion Of Champions" by
Jeffrey Roland, "Minda Chen at Chicago All-Girls National Champ" by Zhou
Chen, "Susan Polgar National Open" by Monica Olaru, "Spokane Chess Club
Elections" by Kevin Korsmo, "May 2017 PCC Game 60" by Brian Berger, "May
2017 PCC Quad 45" by Micah Smith, "Miscellaneous Game from Seattle
Masters 8" by Curt Collyer, "Aaron Grabinsky achieves second IM Norm" by
Aaron Grabinsky, and a back-cover photo of "Isaias Oregel and other
players at Washington Open" by the WCF. |
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June
NWC_201706_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Alex Machin at 2017 Idaho Open by Jeffrey Roland. |
32-page issue with "2017 Idaho Open" by
Jeffrey Roland, "11th Annual Clark Harmon Memorial" by Brian Berger,
"2017 Grand Pacific Open" by Mike Murray, "Congrats to NM Derek Zhang!"
by Josh Sinanan, "BCC #13" by Jeffrey Roland, "MVCC Championship" by
Adam Porth, "District 91 Scholastic Chess Tournament" by Jay Simonson,
"April 2017 PCC Quad 45" and "April 2017 PCC Game 60" by Brian
Berger, "12th Annual OSCF State Championship" by Owen McCoy, "2017 Girls
State Scholastic Championship" and "2017 Wood River Elementary Chess
Championship" by Adam Porth, and a back-cover photo of "Corey Longhurst
at Boise Chess Club" by Jim Berezow. |
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May
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Cover: Seth Talyansky at Glacier National Park, by Roza Kotlyar. |
32-page issue with "Nikolay Minev
(1931-2017)" by John Donaldson, "Honors at Scholastic 9-12 Championship"
by Jeffrey Roland, "Idaho Scholastic Chess" by Adam Porth and Alise
Pemsler, "Ethan Bashkansky Earns National Master Title" by Guy
Bashkansky, "Chess Bio - Advaith Vijayakumar," "Washington State Girls
Championship" by David Hendricks, "1st Annual Neil Dale Memorial"
by Brian Berger, "American Chess Magazine #1 Review" by Ralph Dubisch,
"Oregon High School Team State Championships" by Nancy Keller, "March
2017 PCC Quad 45" and "March 2017 PCC Game 60" by Brian Berger, "82nd
Montana Open" by Seth Talyansky, "The Kids’ Texas Vacation" by Ralph
Dubisch, "Anthony He Earns FIDE Master Title" by Xuhao He, and a
back-cover photo of Ralph Dubisch, Duane Polich, and Philip Peterson, by Philip Peterson. |
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April
NWC_201704_opt_color.pdf
Cover: 2017 State Champions (photos by Alpernas, Porth and Sinanan). |
Special 48-page issue with "Nikolay Minev
(1931-2017) Initial Report," "Oregon State Championship" by Grisha
Alpernas, "Washington State Championship" by Josh Sinanan,
"Washington Closed Player Bios," "Idaho Closed State Championship" by
Barry Eacker, "Changes In The ICA Point To A Bright Future" by Adam
Porth, "Become A Prison Chess Volunteer" by Tom Booth, "February 2017
PCC Quad 45" by Brian Berger, "2017 Washington President’s Cup" by Duane
Polich, "Bethel February Quads" by Owen McCoy, "John Donaldson Lecture"
by Brian Berger, "February 2017 PCC Game 60" by Brian Berger, "25th Dave
Collyer Memorial" by Kevin Korsmo, "5th Annual Presidents Weekend
Tournament" by Owen McCoy, a "Miscellaneous Game," "Passing Of The Torch
for Olympic Chess Club" by William Bodnar, "Bobby Fischer’s Resting
Place" by Tom Booth, "Chess Princesses" by Mary McCoy, and a back-cover
photo of "T-Shirt of Jeffrey Bret Hall at Idaho Closed" by Jeffrey Roland. |
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March
NWC_201703_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Anthony He, a 6th grader from Sammamish, at the fourth
Seattle Masters tournament. Photo Credit: Josh Sinanan. |
32-page issue with "Ben Franklin Quote" by
Sarah McCoy, "Remembering John Braley (1944-2017)" by John
Donaldson, "Film Review: Pawn Sacrifice" by Mike Hasuike, "Anthony
He wins 2017 Washington Jr. Closed" / "Washington Junior Open & Reserve"
by Gary Dorfner and Josh Sinanan, "Eugene Winter Carnival" by Owen
McCoy, a corrected game, "January PCC Quad 45" by Brian Berger, "Bethel January Quads" by Owen McCoy, "Coeur d’Alene Chess Club"
by Greg Callen, "Washington State H.S. Individual Championship" by Gary Dorfner
and Josh Sinanan,"January PCC Game 60" by Brian Berger, "Emerald
City Chess Club Winter Open" by Owen McCoy, "BC and Washington Teams
Meet In Historic Match" by Paul Leblanc, "He & Mukumbya Victorious at
4th Seattle Masters" by Gary Dorfner and Josh Sinanan, "2016 NW Grand
Prix Final Report" by Murlin Varner, and a back-cover photo of "Adjacent
chess automobiles from WA vs. BC Match" by Josh Sinanan. |
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February
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Cover: Various photos of Neil Dale. |
32-page issue with "From the Editor’s Desk"
by Jeffrey Roland, "A Remembrance of Kornelijs (Neil) Dale" by Brian
Berger, "December 2016 PCC Quads 45" by Brian Berger, "Film Review:
Queen to Play" by Mike Hasuike, "December 2016 PCC Game 60" by Brian
Berger, "Gavin Zhang Wins in Las Vegas" by Casey Bush, "Tiglon, Raptis,
and Collyer win Second Seattle Masters" by Josh Sinanan, "Northwest
Chess Open" by Duane Polich, "FM Bryce Tiglon wins Third Seattle
Masters" by Josh Sinanan, "2016 Washington Game/60 Championship" by Josh
Sinanan, and a back-cover photo of "Nick Raptis in victory pose at
Northwest Chess Open" by Josh Sinanan. |
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January
NWC_201701_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Naomi Bashkansky, a scholastic world champion, by Guy Bashkansky. |
32-page issue with "Naomi Bashkansky takes first at World Schools
Chess Championship Girls Under 13" by Alexander Kaplunov, "Fall Quarter
at the Seattle Chess Club" by Carol and Fred Kleist, "Move Over
Steinitz" by FM David Lucky, "5th Annual Clackamas K-12 Open" by Ed
Addis, "November 2016 PCC Quads" by Brian Berger, "2016 Turkey Shoot
Results" by Adam Porth, "Breckenridge Rated Simul" by Brian
Berger, Lennart Bjorksten, and Steven Breckenridge, "Fall Classic in
Eugene" by Owen McCoy, "Explosive Growth Evident" by James Stripes,
"November 2016 PCC Game 60" by Brian Berger, "Aaron Grabinsky Games" by
Aaron Grabinsky, "2016 Washington State Blitz/Bughouse Championships" by
Josh Sinanan, "Bethel December Quads" by Owen McCoy, "Tiglon, Raptis,
and Collyer win Second Seattle Masters" by Josh Sinanan, "Portland
Winter Open" by Brian Berger, "Washington Class Championship" by Gary
Dorfner and Ralph Dubisch, "PRO Chess League" by Josh Sinanan and Jason
Cigan, and a back-cover photo of "Aaron Fischer and George Oliver at SCC
Extravaganza" by Matthew Tedesco. |
| 2016 (all in full color!) |
| Note: All 2016 issues also feature a
Northwest Chess Grand Prix report by Murlin Varner. |
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December
NWC_201612_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Aaron Nicoski vs. Jake Winkler at Vancouver Open by Josh Sinanan. |
32-page issue with "Tales Of The Latvian Gambit" by Mike
Murray, "Tacoma Chess Times (covering three events)" by Gary
Dorfner, "Bethel September Quads" by Owen McCoy, "Bend Falls Quads" by
Eric Holcomb, "Norman Friedman Memorial" by Adam Porth, "Emerald
City Chess Tournament" by Owen McCoy, "October 2016 PCC Quads" by Brian
Berger, "Aaron Grabinsky at SPICE" by Aaron Grabinsky, "Vancouver Open"
by Josh Sinanan and Gary Dorfner, "October 2016 PCC Game 60" by Brian
Berger, "Washington Challengers Cup" by Josh Sinanan and Gary Dorfner,
"Michael Lee wins Inaugural Seattle Chess Masters" by Josh Sinanan,
"Challengers Cup Scholastic" by Josh Sinanan and Gary Dorfner, "Oregon
Class Championship" by Brian Berger, "Miscellaneous Games," "2017
Newport June Open Planning Stages" by H.G. Pitre, and a back-cover photo of
"Kyle Haining observes Alikhan Irgaliyev, Curt Collyer, Michael Lee, and
Anthony He at the Seattle Masters" by Xuhao He. |
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November
NWC_201611_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Minda Chen at Kings vs. Princes/Round Robin #2, by Victoria Jung-Doknjas. |
32-page issue with "Seattle Kings vs. Princes Match III" by
Josh Sinanan, "Film Review: Wazir" by Mike Hasuike, "Casual Chess at the
Boise Chess Club," "September 2016 PCC Quad 45" by Brian Berger, "2016
Washington Women’s Championship" by Carol Kleist and Mary Kuhner,
"September 2016 PCC Game 60" by Brian Berger, "2016 Eastern Washington
Open" by Kevin Korsmo, "2016 Norman Friedman Memorial" by Adam Porth,
"Film Review: The Dark Horse" by Mike Hasuike, "National Chess Day
Portland Fall Open" by Brian Berger, and a back-cover photo of "Jason
Cigan at Kings vs. Princes Match" by Victoria Jung-Doknjas. |
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October
NWC_201610_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Gavin Zhang in St. Louis by Kristina Zhang. |
32-page issue with Oregon Chess News, Washington Chess News, "Chess
Groovies" by NM Daniel He and NM Samuel He, Idaho Chess News, and a
back-cover photo of Perry and Moshe Rachmuth at PCC Quad 45 by Brian Berger. |
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September
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Cover: The Oregon Scholastic Champions by Nancy Keller. |
32-page issue with Washington Chess Letter Historic Cover from
September, 1958, Washington Chess News, CJA Award for 2016 Best State
Magazine/Newsletter (special center-fold!), Oregon Chess News, Idaho
Chess News, and a back-cover photo of Jesse Batten at the Boise Chess
Club by Jim Berezow. |
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August
NWC_201608_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Janos Fucsko by Jeffrey Roland. |
32-page issue with Idaho Chess News, Oregon Chess News,
Washington Chess News, and a back-cover photo of Ching-E Nobel Ang by Jeffrey Roland. |
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July
NWC_201607_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Chesstoon of “Blitz The Kid” by Brian Berger. |
32-page issue with Oregon Chess News, Idaho Chess News, Washington
Chess News, and back-cover photos of John Glenn and Tom Booth at the
Boise Chess Club by Jim Berezow. |
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June
NWC_201606_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Andy Halda wearing his prize-winning fiery bughouse hat, at
the OSCF State Championship in Seaside, Oregon. Photo credit: Robert Schuff. |
32-page issue with The Ross Report (Grand Pacific Open, Victoria BC)
by IM Dave Ross, Idaho Chess News, Washington Chess News, Oregon Chess
News, and a back-cover photo of "OSCF State Championship Bughouse
trophy" by Robert Schuff. |
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May
NWC_201605_opt_color.pdf
Cover: "The Back is on the Front" ... Christopher Baumann by Jeffrey
Roland. You can also see Chris' face on the inside of the magazine. |
32-page issue with Oregon Chess News, Idaho Chess News, Washington
Chess News, "Chess Groovies" by NM Daniel He and NM Samual He, and a
back-cover photo of the “magic” chess hat of Bob Bishop (photo by Jeffrey Roland). |
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April
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Cover: The three State Chess Champions by various photographers. |
32-page issue with Washington Chess News, Oregon Chess News, Idaho
Chess News (all including the state championship) and a back-cover photo
of Viktors Pupols at the 2016 Washington Closed by Wei Feng. |
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March
NWC_201603_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Players at the Barnes & Noble Blitz Round Robin tournament in Twin Falls, ID, by Adam Porth. |
32-page issue with Idaho Chess News, Oregon Chess News, Washington
Chess News, "Chess Groovies" by NM Daniel He and NM Samuel He, and a
back-cover photo of Kyle Schwab at the Boise Chess Club by Jeffrey Roland. |
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February
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Cover: Daniel He and Samuel He by Li Wang. |
32-page issue with Washington Chess News, Oregon Chess News, Idaho
Chess News and a back-cover photo of Wesley Brimstein and Andre Murphy by Adam Porth. |
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January
NWC_201601_opt_color.pdf
Cover: Ian Cavey at the Boise Chess Club. Photo credit: Jeffrey Roland. |
32-page issue with Idaho Chess News, Oregon Chess News, Washington
Chess News, "Chess Groovies" by NM Daniel He and NM Samuel He, and a
back-cover photo of Roland Feng and Nick Raptis at the State Champions Match by Josh Sinanan. |
