Congratulations to Matt Anzis who went 3-0 in the CCCP August Swiss. The turnout was very good due to 12 players including me showed up and the prizes were paid 100%. The Grand Prix at Dahl's Foods is over because it was four tournaments this year.... [More]
 

The Hawkeye Chess Club has made a new adjustment to the tournament in order to encourage a higher turnout and attract new players. The rounds have been adjusted and due to the announcement notice, there will be no late fees but make sure to show up during the registration time. The prizes will st... [More]
 

The first season of the Mashalltown Chess Club's Thursday Night Blitz concluded August 5th with 27 players competing over the 40 tournaments. Season 1 statistics are as follows:

					                  Tmnt	
Name			Wins	Draws	Losses	  Pct	Wins	
Matt Anzis		  41	    1	     1	 .965	  14	
H... [More]
 

Seven Iowa players competed in the Chicago Class Championships, Expert section the weekend of July 17 & 18. The Iowans did well. Daniel Goffstein won the Expert section out-right with 4.5 points out of five points. Andy Applebaum and Dan Vasto tied with three other players for 2nd – 6th place wit... [More]
 

Congratulations to Dave Wolz who won the CCCP July Swiss on Saturday, July 17, 2010. There were eight players showed up including me and there were two youths compete while six adults played.... [More]
 

Dan Vasto won the CCCP June Swiss which was held June 26, 2010. The tournament was the 2nd in a series of four tournaments, the 2010 Grand Prix Series at Dahl’s. All game will be played at the Dahl’s Grocery Store in Ankeny, Iowa. The event was directed by Matt Jacob. Vasto also won 2nd Annual... [More]
 

Dear Chess Families,

The Iowa State Chess Association is seeking your input on whether to make some changes in the format of a few of the Iowa Scholastic Championship Events for 2011. In the latest school year, the championship events were:

Over the past weekend, Kushan Tyagi of Ames participated in the Chess.MN inaugural FIDE Open, held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The event featured four masters and ten experts. After beating experts in the first two rounds, Kushan faced masters in rounds 3 and 4 and drew both NM Matt Dahl and NM Okech... [More]
 

I have decided to go back into semi-retirement in chess and will be stepping down as President of IASCA. Since being in Iowa since 2002, I have met several great people through chess and have enjoyed playing in many tournaments. Unfortunately, work has become extremely busy over the last few years... [More]
 

Iowa chess champion Pete Karagianis successfully defended his title against an unusually strong field of opponents in the 2010 Closed Chess Championship. The event was held April 10th & 11th in the Cardinal room in the Memorial Union on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames Iowa. Karagiani... [More]