Iowa State Chess Association

Irene has punched her ticket to the big dance. In the last 7 days she has won the Iowa Girls Championship (Haring Qualifier for the tournament of state champions) but also earned her National Master title. Is there no stopping her. Strong Work Irene way to make Iowa proud.

Hello everyone! We officially have dates for the class and closed this year. The Class E Championship will be held Saturday April 4 at Hampton Inn & Suites, 6210 SE Convenience Blvd in Ankeny Iowa. Details will be posted soon. The Class Master/A, B, C and D Championships will be held Saturday April 18 at Hampton Inn & Suites, 6210 SE Convenience Blvd in Ankeny Iowa. Details will be posted soon. Annual Meeting will be held at 1pm at Hampton Inn & Suites, 6210 SE Convenience

Last time the Hawkeye Mind Challenge WIV was held was 2008. It was won by non other than Director of National Events Pete Karagianis. Running the event was Mark Capron. 18 years later, with a revived University of Iowa Chess Club we are back to run it again. We started on Friday evening with a 960 blitz event. 960 is the random back row settings that is gaining in popularity in recent days. It is wild with almost no opening preparation, pure tactics. Rei Zhang Univerity

Let There Be Light XVI was held on December 20th. Origionally was planned for November but was cancelled due to weather. Volodymyr Baranovskyi Wins the afternoon swiss defeating his traveling buddy Professor Ben J Darr in a fierce matchup. Ben returned the favor by defeating Volodymyr in the evening swiss. However Robert Reynolds was the big winner and went 3-0 and walked away with the win.

Bill Broich, NTD, IA Milwaukee ten-year-old Gurugrahan Gurumoorthi, a frequent visitor to Iowa chess events, secured a draw with...

Nadezhda Dabaeva wins Let there Be light XIV on tiebreaks. Also with 4 points were Jacob Vigil, Miles Howard and Nadezhda's sister Arina....

OK the Iowa Open is coming up at the Graduate Hotel. Where to park? How much is it going to cost? OK here is the skinny, The City...

Felix Cook is on a roll!!!!! He won the Afternoon Swiss with a perfect 5-0 and in the evening he squeezed out a draw with Robert Reynolds...

Photo by Dr. G. Vigil Well here I am tooting my own horn. It came as quite a shock when I first received the email telling me I had won...

By Bill Broich “The Chess Traveler and Pioneer” Michael Abron When I moved to St, Louis in July of 2024, one of the first chess...