The 54th Iowa Open, Iowa Reserve, and Rated Beginner Open Chess Championships were held in Cedar Rapids Labor Day Weekend. Last minute entry Sean Nagle (2425) from Minnesota swept into and out of Iowa with the Iowa Open 1st Place Trophy. He went through Iowa’s best players to do it, de... [More]
 

The Iowa Chess News En Passant has won honorable mention in three categories of the Chess Journalists of America Awards handed out recently. For Best Tournament Report, Tim McEntee and Mark Capron jointly wrote: "2007 Closed & Class Champs" , Volume 47, Issue 3. For Best Analysis, Pete Karagianis... [More]
 

The number of chess players with Iowa ties was a real highlight of this year's activities at the US Open and related events hosted by the USCF in Dallas.

Dan Brashaw started things off with a bang by drawing top-rated Daniel Yeager of Pennsylvania in the opening round of the Denker Tournament of S... [More]
 

Nine chess players traveled from Iowa City and Cedar Rapids to join four members of the Dysart Chess Club in the 2008 Dysart Summer Chess Wars U1200 tournament. The all-day, 5-round event was held on Saturday, July 19, at the Norma Anders Public Library. Jacob J. Ulrich of Cedar Rapids took first ... [More]
 

  Marshalltown residents Matt Anzis and Tom Gaul took the top 2 places in a field of 12 at the Marshalltown Open held July 26th at the Salvation Army in Marshalltown. After Anzis defeated Gaul with black in their 3rd round matchup, Matt secured sole first place with a last round 8 move draw against ... [More]
 

Saturday, June 21, 20 players competed in the 2008 June Swiss CCCP. After the 3 rounds, Dan Vasto, Tim Harrington-Taber, Tom Hesse and Charles Li tied for 1st with 2.5. John Herr won the Under 1400 prize. Dan and Tim drew each other in the last round in a difficult rook and pawn ending where Da... [More]
 

The Ames Chess Club meets on Saturday afternoons at 508 Douglas Avenue across from the main Post Office. The usual meeting time is 12:30-4:00 pm. Play is casual and players of all strengths are welcome.

The club's first annual championship was won by John Vachris of Ames. Second place was share... [More]
 

Edin (Eddie) Divanovic went 3-0 in the 2008 May CCCP Swiss held at the Urbandale Public Library on May 31st. Ten players competed, only one finished undefeated. Divanovic defeated Kushan Tyagi in the 2nd round and Hank Anzis in the 3rd round to finish 3-0. Tyagi and Anzis were both 3-0 at Cychess... [More]
 

Ron Nurmi and I met at Border's Books in West Des Moines in December of 2007 to discuss forming a new USCF affiliate in the Des Moines area. I filled out the affiliate application and sent $40.00 to the USCF. Ron and I serve as board members. Tim Harder and I have Club TD designations. We had a f... [More]
 

Ron Nurmi and I met at Border's Books in West Des Moines in December of 2007 to discuss forming a new USCF affiliate in the Des Moines area. I filled out the affiliate application and sent $40.00 to the USCF and this completed the formation of the Capital City Chess Players (CCCP). Ron and I serve... [More]