A premier national chess camp is being held from July 22-27 on the campus of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Multiple sections and events are available to accommodate players of all ages and abilities. Instructors currently include GM Yury Shulman, GM Alexander Onischuk, (a potential th... [More]
 

2012 IASCA Annual Meeting April 29, 2012 1:00 PM Meeting called to order by Mark Capron A moment of silence to honor Iowa chess players who died in the past year-- Dan Rebik, Jim Silliman, and Steve Young Reports-- USCF Delegate report by Roger Gotschall Scholastic Report by James Ho... [More]
 

Congratulations to the new 2012 State Co-Champions--Amir Farnoud, Jose Gatica, and Dan Vasto. Each scored 3.5/5.0 in a very competitive field. Dan Brashaw and Jiahua Zhang won Class M/X/A (3.0/4.0); Joseph Meyer won Class B (3.5/4.0); Matthew Kriegel won Class C (3.5/4.0); and Robert Vance won Cla... [More]
 

The annual IASCA membership meeting will be held at 1:00 pm in conjunction with the Class Championship on Saturday, April 28, at the Clarion/Highlander Convention Center in Iowa City. A tentative list of topics for discussion can be found on page 30 of the April En Passant. All IASCA members are e... [More]
 

  After their 4th round draw, IM John Bartholomew and Matt Dahl won their final round encounters to share first place at the 2012 Okoboji Open. John Flores came back from his 3rd round loss to Mike Trettel to defeat Bill Broich and Riaz Khan on Sunday to take sole first in the reserve section. Ch... [More]
 

Congratulations to Lincoln Elementary School (Iowa City) the 2012 Iowa K-6 Team Champions. With a score of 18 out of 20, Lincoln edged out the favored Weber Elementary School by one-half point. Weber (Iowa City) finished in second place, 2.5 points ahead of Fellows Elementary School (Ames). Cedar... [More]
 

The location for the Elementary Team Championship has moved to the Ames Middle School at 3915 Mortensen Road in Ames, IA. This is due to a scheduling conflict at the Ames High School. Click for Google Map... [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]