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]
 

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]
 

Prairie Summer Chess Camp Prairie Middle School August 14 & 15, 2008 Open to all players ages 9-15, all schools, and all skill levels. Presented by the Wisconsin Chess Academy's National Master ALEX BETANELI www.wichessacademy.com Camp Schedule Thursday (8/14) 8:00 Check-in 8:15 L... [More]
 

The 2008 Dysart Chess Festival was held at Dysart's Norma Anders Public Library on May 17th. The tournament is the continuing Dysart tournament series by Dysart Chess Club director (and new USCF TD) Lee Gordon Seebach. 10 players were in attendance and were divided into 2 - 5 player round robin se... [More]
 

  The Altoona Kids Klub after school program hosted a 3 round unrated K-6 tournament at Clay Elementary School in Altoona on May 14th. All students in grades K-6 from the Southeast Polk School district were invited and there were 51 players in 3 sections.

  Tournament host Tori Hanson and the... [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]
 

We had an amazing turnout at the second tournament of our chess tournament series. Some said that it was perhaps due to the more cooperative weather. I think it is because of the growing organization for chess in our schools (23 schools were represented) and the kids and parents’ recognition of th... [More]