14 Northwest Juniors qualify for 2018 World Youth & Cadets!
Congratulations to the Northwest chess players who qualified for the 2018 World Youth & Cadets! The following local players have qualified for the World Youth (ages 12-18), which will be held in...
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American Teams Falter in Seattle Summer Team Matches
Here are the final results of the Seattle Summer Team Matches between Teams Carlsen vs Caruana and Spassky vs Fischer. Pictures from the match can be found on the WCF FB page. Seattle Summer Team...
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Velea Sisters & Team USA Golden at Pan-American Youth!
By Monica Olaru Sophie Velea and Anne-Marie Velea won gold medals at girls under 10 and girls under 14 in 2018 Pan-American Chess Championship in Santiago, Chile.Anne-Marie received also the title of...
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Jason Yu becomes National Master
Congratulations to Jason Yu of Bellevue, Washington, who achieved a U.S. Chess rating of 2203 as a result of scoring 5 out of 9 points at the 2nd Annual Seattle Chess Classic, held at Seattle Chess...
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National Chess Day in Vancouver WA
National Chess Day was Saturday October 13, 2018. On that day a Simultaneous Exhibition by Grandmaster James Tarjan was held at the Vancouver Mall, 8700 NE Vancouver Mall Drive, Vancouver WA near...
View ArticleReturn to Blog World
Looks like it’s been awhile since the NWC blog has been active, and even longer since I posted anything. Time to fix that!Two posts I’ll detail shortly:1) Free Master lectures for Northwest Chess...
View ArticleChess Webinars
At the most recent Northwest Chess board meeting, we decided to do some things to add value for NWC subscribers. Free chess webinars? Check! Of course we’re talking about on-line events, since our...
View ArticleNW Regional Scholastic
On 16 May, the grand on-line chess experiment continues with a new event, the Northwest Regional Scholastic Championships! When shelter-in-place orders forced the delay or outright cancellation of...
View ArticleNorthwest Chess Open
A fundraising event for Northwest Chess, a six-round tournament on chess.com, will be held May 9-10 in memory of Mike Neeley, former NWC editor. Prizes are subscriptions or subscription extensions....
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Ted Wang wins National K-12 3rd Grade Section
This year’s National K-12 Grade Chess Championship was held Dec. 9th to 11th at National Harbor, MD. Over 2,400 K-12 grade students across the country played in this annual national tournament,...
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Joseph Levine achieves third IM Norm
Congratulations to Washington State junior chess player Joseph Levine, who recently achieved the third and final norm required for the FIDE International Master (IM) title, at a tournament in...
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