Iowa State Chess Association

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...

Ok I wasn't planning on posting again today, but this deserves a post. Irene Fei wins the Haring National Tournament of Girls State...

Irene Fei was awarded a five year appearance award by Maureen Grimaud of the US Invitationals Committee. It is an inspirational chess...

Team Iowa from the National Invitationals, Valarie Kosokin Irwin Rep, Niko Nixon Denker , Nehanraj Ramesh Barber, Kelton Holm...

A crazy day of Chess. Another newcomer Kaiden Gomez sweeps the Evening Swiss (not pictured) Afternoon Swiss Winners Miles Howard 1st...