$3.95 Volume 66 No. 9 Issue No. 776 September 2012 Northwest Chess COVER PHOTO: Photo taken by Jeff Roland at the 2012 U.S. Open in September 2012, Volume 66-9 Issue 776 Vancouver, WA, a re-shoot of a well known image of Viktors Pupols (stand- ISSN Publication 0146-6941 ing) and Yasser Seirawan (sitting) originally snapped in 1974 by Larry Parr at a Washington Championship event. The photo op was suggested by Michael Published monthly by the Northwest Chess Board. Morris of the Portland Chess Club. It took a little persuasion, but the two Office of record: 3310 25th Ave S., Seattle, WA 98144 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: players reenacted the scene to the delight of the 500+ players and spectators Northwest Chess, PO Box 84746, in the tournament room prior to the start of Round 9. The original photo ap- Seattle WA 98124-6046. Periodicals Postage Paid at Seattle, WA peared on the cover of the January 1975 Northwest Chess (see facing page) and USPS periodicals postage permit number (0422-390) again in the pages of Viktors Pupols, American Master, published by Thinkers Press in 1983. Versions of the new photo, taken by Jeff Roland, Al Lawrence NWC Staff Editor: Frank Niro, and others, have already made the USCF website (Chess Life Online) and the
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