The IASCA Annual meeting was held on Sunday April 20th at the Microbiology Building on the ISU Campus in Ames.   Outgoing IASCA secretary Craig Brophy was named 2008 Member of the year and was presented with a plaque of recognition.   Ron Nurmi was elected to a 3 year term as IASCA Secretary. ... [More]
 

  34 players competed for state championships at the 2008 Iowa Class Championships held the 19th and 20th of April at the Microbiology building on the Iowa State University campus in Ames. Pictures can be found More]
 

  Chris Rogers, playing in his first tournament, swept through a field of 29 to win the 2008 Iowa Class E Championship/West Des Moines RBO held at the Golden Teapot on April 5th. The tournament was directed by Hank Anzis and IASCA president Tim McEntee. Rogers, a native of Linden, has been playing c... [More]
 

Tim Crouse of Boone was undefeated at 3-0-0 to earn clear first place in Sunday afternoon action on the Iowa State campus. It was the second Cychess win for Crouse as he was part of a 4-way tie at the top of XIX in March 2002.

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  2 time Iowa High School Champion Dan Brashaw defeated Matt Anzis 1.5-0.5 in a 2 game match to determine Iowa's representative to the Arnold Denker Tournament of High School Champions in Dallas this August. The match was arranged after Dan and Matt shared first place at January 19th's Iowa High Sch... [More]
 

The April Scholastic Side is now available. This month I discuss our recently conlcluded Scholastic Team Championship event, let you know about 4 upcoming tournaments, and say farewell as IASCA Scholastic Director.... [More]
 

   Ames High School used their superior depth and steady top board play to win the 2008 Iowa High School Team Championship held at Prairie High School on March 29th. While Iowa 5th Grade and Elementary Champion Kushan Tyagi and former Ames Middle School Champion top board Sam Frishman more than held... [More]
 

  Iowa City’s Northwest Junior High School’s ‘A’ team won the 2008 Iowa Junior High School Team Championship by sweeping all 4 matches in the tournament held at Cedar Rapids’ Prairie High on March 29th. Making maximum use of the provision allowing schools to use students from feeder schools, 4 of ... [More]
 

   Winterset’s Kristian Stephens of the Madison Area Home School Chess Club won the 42 player Cedar Rapids Youth Trophy Tournament held March 29th at Prairie High School with a perfect 5-0 score. Second Place though 5th place were taken by members of Cedar Rapids Coolidge Elementary ‘s K-3 and K-6 ... [More]
 

  The 2008 Dysart Spring Chess tournament was held at Dysart's Norma Anders Public Library on March 15th. The tournament marked Dysart Chess Club director Lee Gordon Seebach's first organized tournament. IASCA Scholastic Director Hank Anzis was on hand to lend assistance. The 12 players were divided... [More]