Chess History for the Pacific Northwest

All Things Chess
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Several people in Washington and Oregon have started a major project. The project is to scan ALL the issues of WASHINGTON CHESS LETTER, NORTHWEST CHESS LETTER and NORTHWEST CHESS magazines into PDF files. The publication started in 1947 and has been published monthly ever since. Issues run in size from 2 pages to 40 pages. The paper on which some issues were printed is starting to fade. This project will take several years to complete.
Click here for the website on which issues can be found
http://www.nwchess.com/articles/history/history_articles.htm . Not only scans of magazines but lists of champions of Washington and Oregon, list of editors over the years can be found there. The magazines over the years printed articles, games, pictures, postal chess, ratings for chess events in Washington, Oregon mainly plus British Columbia and Idaho. The website also has a games section with a viewer so one can play over the games.

Russell Miller, Camas WA

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You’re right, that’s a major project! Sounds great, though.

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I would be curious to see some of the games of Uncle Vik. Especially in his favorite Latvian Gambit. Good luck with your efforts.

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Great project! Put it on DVD and sell them as a source of funds.

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Arthur William Dake vs Alexander Alekhine