GM-elect Stanislav Smetankin of Madison, Wisconsin and 2003 Iowa State Champion Pete Karagianis of Ames took home equal shares of first place at the 2nd Annual William Sandbothe Memorial held in Rock Island, Illinois on April 3rd & 4th, 2004. The tournament was organized and hosted by the Illowa C... [More]
 

In a meeting conducted in Iowa City on April 25, 2004, the Board of Directors approved temporary amendments to the IASCA Bylaws, as well as the Qualification Rules for the Iowa Closed. Though the Qualification Rules were published in the most recent issue of En Passant, both are available for downl... [More]
 

Iowa City West took first place with a score of 3.5/4. Team members were: Board One, Dan Brashaw; Board Two, Chun-Shang Wong; Board Three, Chun-sing Huang; Board Four, Austin Link; Board Five, Jared Shaw. Jefferson High School's Blue team finished second, edging Cherokee/Aurelia on tiebreaks. Both... [More]
 

In an 8-player round-robin over the past weekend in Orland Park, Illinois just south of Chicago, Iowa players Tim McEntee of Ankeny and Pete Karagianis of Ames showed the big-city boys they came to play. The invite-only tournament featured a host of players with an average USCF rating of 2181 and a... [More]
 

Matt Nemmers of Rock Island, Illinois has been selected as one of six sailors who will represent the U.S. Navy at the Interservice Chess Championships to be held at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi from June 20-25, 2004. "Hopefully I'll play better chess than last year," Nemmers said. ... [More]
 

In an online poll conducted from April to June, it has been decided by the membership to approve a change in the Iowa Closed Championship format to a double round-robin (vice the current single round-robin format) for the 2004-2005 qualifying cycle. This change is currently set to run on a one-year... [More]
 

The IASCA Board of Directors would like to announce that there will be a special membership meeting held during the 50th Iowa Open on Sunday, September 19, 2004 in Iowa City. This meeting will be to address some of the recent changes in the Bylaws and discuss the recently approved modifications to ... [More]
 

W. J. "Skip" Cordts, Burlington, won the Double Round Robin MURDERER'S ROW tournament which concluded Saturday, June 26, 2004 in a game in which Skip defeated Carl Dunn, also of Burlington, to revenge his first-round defeat by Dunn. Skip finished with record of 7-1; Dunn was second with 5.5/8; Stan ... [More]