CLATSKANIE CHESS CLUB

PLACES TO PLAY!

	ONGOING PLACES TO PLAY...   Mondays - 6 pm Peninsula Chess Club 21603 Pacific Highway, Ocean Park WA Mondays - 5-9 pm Vancouver Chess Club - Vancouver Regional Library I-5 and Mill Plain - Vancouver WA - Don Schlabach 360-695-6580          Tuesdays - evenings The Lucky Labrador Beer Hall 1945 NW Quimby Street Portland, OR (Kids can play until 9 pm when the bar opens) Tuesdays - 6 pm Redwing Coffee at SE 6th and Market in Portland Thomcraft@comcast.net Tuesdays - 6:30-9:30 pm Winchells Donuts, 1560 15th Ave - Longview WA Tuesday Quads  Portland Chess Club, 8205 SW 24th Ave. 503-246-2978 Wednesdays 2:5-5pm East Portland Community Center, ages scholastic players age 8+.  Call 503-823-3450 for more information Wednesdays - 4-7 pm Clatskanie Chess Club 555 SW Bryant St. - Clatskanie OR (4-5 pm Kids Club / 5-7 pm Advanced) Wednesdays - 6-9 pm Chess on the Hood Wy'east Book Shoppe & Art Gallery, 67195 Hwy 26 in the Rendezvous Center d.fulton@att.net 503.622.6387 Thursdays - 6 pm Peninsula Chess Club-  122 SE Lake Street Ilwaco WA Thursdays - 7:30 pm Blitz at Portland Chess Club, 8205 SW 24th Ave.   1st Thursdays - 7-9 pm Borders Books in Tigard, OR hosted by Mike Pendergast 4th Thursdays - 7-9 pm Borders Books in Cedar Hills, OR Fridays - 2 pm  Portland State University Chess Club, science building #2 Saturdays - 3 pm St Honore Bakery. 2335 NW Thurman St Portland, OR 97210 Saturdays 1-5:30 pm Holgate Library - SE 74th & Holgate - Portland OR Saturdays after 1 pm - Cafe Paradiso - 128 Broadway - Eugene OR Saturdays 12-6 pm - Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church - NE 32nd & NE Glisan. Use the street entrance on north side of building.  Sundays 12:30-3pm - Fleur de Lis Bakery and Cafe, 3930 NE Hancock, Portland OR Every Day/Evening: Clatskanie Restaurants:  Hump's on Hwy 30, Fultano's Pizza on Hwy 30 and Colvin's on Nehalem.  Chess sets available for customer's use any time!  Coffee Bar & Eatery 33444 Havlik Dr - Scappoose OR (behind McDonalds) Fantasia Coffee 1322 Cornwall, Bellingham, WA every day from 3-6 pm Bella Espresso 2185 NW Allie Ave - Hillsboro OR Powells Books Coffee Shop - 1005 W Burnside - Portland OR Crossroads Mall - 15600 NE 8th St. Bellevue WA (enter near library) Powells Technical Books - 33 NW Park Avenue - Portland OR The Portal Cafe - 2007 E 12th Street - Vancouver WA Coffee Time 710 NW 21st - Portland OR Pioneer Square - Daylight hours/nice weather - NW Corner by Starbucks - Portland Laurelwood Park SE Foster Road, Portland OR  Summer evenings 4-8 pm Cafe Paradiso - Olive & Broadway - Eugene OR Do you know of a place to play chess?  Email clatskaniechessclub@yahoo.com and we'll add it to the list!

	CLATSKANIE SPECIAL EVENTS/TOURNAMENTS (Everyone is invited to our club activities - Contact Kate for additional info) Tournaments & How they work! October 10 Promotion Party October 28 Bishops Booooonanza Tournament December 5 Club quad tournament December 12 Chess Set Design Contest entries due February 13 Club quad tournament February 21 CES Family Chess Night March 1 Leapin' Leprechauns Tournament March 6 CES Giant Chess Day March 15 OSCF State Championship in Salem April 16 Chess Oddity Day May 14 Promotion party May 29 CES in-school Chess Marathon July 12 Sizzling Summer Tournament For other events visit www.calendarwiz.com/nwsrsevents

	HELPFUL HINTS! Tournaments & How they work!     TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS Before scheduling a date for your tournament, contact Rusty Miller (Tournament Coordinator & USCF Clearing House for the Pacific Northwest).  Rusty can let you know of potential conflicts.  Join the director's discussion group PNWChessTD and visit www.nwchess.com to get the word out about your upcoming events!   CHESS PLAYING FAMILIES Visit the following websites to see all of the events in the Pacific Northwest!  Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation www.oscf.org , NWSRS www.nwsrs.org , Northwest Chess www.nwchess.com.  To stay up to date on chess happenings, join the Pacific Northwest Email list Click here!   NOVICE PLAYERS Before attending your first tournament you should learn the defense to "Scholar's Mate".  To find out more click here... The Dreadful Scholar's Mate!