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Idaho Chess History

Idaho Chess History is an ongoing project to try to preserve the rich history of chess in the state of Idaho.

Newspaper coverage and other miscellaneous articles

1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 (more 1955 coming),

Obituary, Roy Samuel Parker - April 12, 1968

Idaho Chess Bulletin (1956-1966)

Forty-three (43) issues of the Idaho Chess Bulletin were produced between 1956 and 1966. It is remarkable what an old manual typewriter, a ruler, paper, ink, and a mimeograph machine (manual, not electric), can do when you combine that with a person like Dick Vandenburg, Editor of the publication for its entire run.

Original Scans

The following scans are taken from the original documents that were preserved for many years by Dick Vandenburg and that were given to Jeff Roland personally on April 1, 2010.

1956	1956-09
1957	1957-01	1957-04	1957-07	1957-10
1958	1958-01	1958-04	1958-07	1958-10
1959	1959-01	1959-04	1959-06	1959-10	1959-12
1960	1960-02	1960-04	1960-06	1960-10	1960-12
1961	1961-02	1961-04	1961-06	1961-10	1961-12
1962	1962-02	1962-04	1962-06	1962-10	1962-12
1963	1963-02	1963-04	1963-06	1963-10	1963-12
1964	1964-02	1964-04	1964-06	1964-10	1964-12
1965	1965-03	1965-06	1965-09
1966	1966-03

Digital Re-masters

Jeff Roland is typing the information from the original sources into html code using a format and style that strikes a balance between the original paper layout and the ICA website. Jeff is also correcting clerical errors from the original publication (i.e. spelling errors, typos), and preserving the official record as accurately as possible for the digital age.

1956

State Chess Bulletin - September, 1956 Source Document

1957

Results (1966-1981)

After the Idaho Chess Bulletin stopped in the Spring of 1966, results were primarily sent to members in the form of miscellaneous mailings or covered in Northwest Chess via articles submitted by contributing editor, Richard S. "Dick" Vandenburg. This information is being retyped into html language here from the original (or best) sources by Jeff Roland and will be presented here along with the images of the original (or best) source materials available.

It should be noted that over the years, Dick Vandenburg graciously shared these historic materials with anyone who asked and showed an interest. Dick even loaned the materials out to various chess leaders such as John Letterman in 1981, Jeff Roland in 1984, and Stewart Sutton in 1996, for the purpose of photocopying.

Dick Vandenburg was, among other things, a fantastic record keeper and it is directly thanks to his diligence, foresight, production, and organizational skills, plus his generosity in sharing those records, that we now have what we have today. It was no accident that Dick Vandenburg was elected Secretary/Treasurer of the ICA following a year as ICA President in 1956, from 1957-1988, for an incredible thirty-two (32) consecutive years. And it is a rare and valuable treasure that we now have thanks in large measure to him.

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982-1989 Section

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

Idaho Chess News - May, 1986

1987

1988

Idaho Chess News - February, 1988

1989

1990-2004 Section

1999

Idaho Chess News - November, 1999