Okoboji Open organizer Jodene Kruse has announced that the International Master John Bartholemew will be conducting a simultaneous exhibition on April 20th, 2012 at the 6th Annual Okoboji Open and Reserve. The simul will start at 4:00 in the afternoon.

  In addition to conducting the ... [More]
 

When players ask the question, “Why FIDE?” my response is “It’s a long story.” This is the story, but I’ll keep it short. While playing in the Minnesota Class Championship in fall of 2009, the assistant TD asked if I would be interested in becoming a FIDE arbiter. The assistant TD was Dr. Sisira ... [More]
 

Dr. Robert Keating went 5-0 with victories over Bed Gradsky (2107), Jim Ellis (2100), George Eichhorn (1903), Tony Dutiel (1856),and Tim Crouse (1800) to win FIDE Round Robin #1 held at the Holiday Inn Express in Ames, Iowa on December 10th & 11th. The top two players in this 6-player round rob... [More]
 

Dan Vasto and Bethany Carson repeated as champions in the 3rd Annual Des Moines Classic. The event was in the Des Moines Botanical Center on November 19th. A total of 53 players competed in three sections, the Open, Reserve and U1000 RBO. Dan won the Open section this year out-right with 4-0 ... [More]
 

  7 players swept their way to victory in the West Des Moines Youth Chess DoubleHeader held at the St. Francis of Assisi school cafeteria on November 5th 2011.

  The 11 player morning rated section saw West Des Moines' Frank Li and Omaha's Trevor Leone take the only 2-0 scores into a ... [More]
 

2012 Iowa Girls Championship

Congratulations to Bethany Carson, 2012 Iowa Girls Chess Champion

Bethany Carson repeated as the Iowa Girls Chess Champion, successfully defending her title for the second year in a row. Twenty-three girls participated from Ames, Ackely, Ceda... [More]
 

The 2011 Iowa Grades Championship was held at Ames High School on Saturday, December 3rd. It was back in Central Iowa, after three years at the Wasserbahn Waterpark in the Amana Colonies near Iowa City. There were 129 players, the highest in three years. The tournament was hosted by the Fellows Elem... [More]
 

Jiahua Zhang (Iowa City) won the Iowa K-12 Championship on Saturday November 5. Jiahua went undefeated in a section of Iowa's top scholastic players. Bethany Carson, Arshaq Saleem, and Cub Nobel finished 2nd - 4th, respectively, with 3 points out of 4. Gokul Thangavel took the 5th place trophy, Ch... [More]
 

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 - PLEASE READ
The following list provides modification to the locations for the 2011-2012 IASCA Scholastic Championship Events. The K-12 Open Championship originally scheduled for December 3, will now be held November 5 at Cedar Rapids Prairie. The Individual ... [More]
 

Thirty two players participated in the Cedar Rapids Youth Summer Round Robin on July 16. The event was held at the Cedar Rapids Public Library, an excellent venue that offered plenty of space for the crowd.

Players were organized into groups of 4 (quads) and 6 (sextets?) by rating to play... [More]