CALLING ALL CHESS PLAYERS: The Sibley Chess Club officially meets at 2:30 pm today, Sunday, Feb. 15, at Pizza Ranch, 316 9th St, Sibley, IA 51249.

Our gatherings are open for quad play, instruction or simply playing for the enjoyment of the royal game. It is open to t... [More]
 

Dear Parents and Participants, As of Friday, the Elementary Team Championship WILL PROCEED as scheduled. If the weather worsens and a cancellation is necessary, I will post that cancellation notice on the main page of iowachess.org as a news item. See you this weekend! ... [More]
 

IASCA's annual meeting will be held at 8am, Sunday April 26 at the Okoboji Open. ... [More]
 

An update on the State Elementary Team Championships next Saturday 2/14/09 in Des Moines, IA: First, the event has been changed to five rounds to accommodate a larger number of players and continue the tradition of a five round tournament. The new schedule will be: Registration 9-945am. Round 1: ... [More]
 

The 1st Annual CCCP Holiday Swiss was held Monday January 19, 2009 at my home in Windsor Heights, Iowa. Tim Crouse bested a field of 10 players with a perfect score of 3-0 to win the event. Will Polzin captured 2nd place with 2.5 points and Tim Harder scored well with 2 points to take 3rd place.... [More]
 

I am saddened to inform you that Hugh Myers has passed away. He was former state champion and a prolific writer. I had the honor of meeting him once a couple years ago at a chess tournament in Davenport. There is an excellent article on chessbase.com that I have attached a link to below. h... [More]
 

There were 81 chess players at Ames High School on December 6th to compete at the Iowa Scholastic Individual Championships. This was the largest turnout this tournament had had in four years! Thankfully, the weather held out, though there had been predictions of snow. The well-lit Ames High cafeteri... [More]
 

In January of 2008 Ron Nurmi and I founded the Capital City Chess Players (CCCP) affiliate in an effort to have more USCF rated events in the Des Moines area and the response has been positive. We have had several quads and some Swiss tournaments. With little advertising we had 20 players compete ... [More]
 

The 2008 edition of the Ames Futurity is being replaced with Ames FIDE Festival due primarily to the difficulty of getting groups of 8 together. After talking to all the Iowans, I think this event will be equally exciting and provides them an excellent training opportunity. The event takes place f... [More]
 

Jacob Ulrich of Cedar Rapids won all five of his games at the 2008 Dysart Chess Championships to earn first place. In July, Ulrich won the Dysart Chess Club's "Chess Wars" tourney. Second place went to Christopher Weisbein also of Cedar Rapids, while six-year-old Clive Power of Iowa City came th... [More]