

Board and webmaster position open
Candidates for the IASCA board and webmaster position are encouraged to attend the IASCA board meeting, which will be held tentatively in...


Gobbler Gambit Tournament reveals an interesting chess club history
Eleven chess players gathered the Saturday after Thanksgiving to battle it out at the Gobbler Gambit II, the Tri-State Chess Club’s 2nd...


Quad Cities Chess Open 2019
Last October 26th and 27th the Quad Cities Chess Open 2019 was celebrated at WIU in Moline. The event consisted of three categories, in...


Website down Nov. 26-30
The IASCA website will be down for maintenance Nov. 26-30. We apologize for the inconvenience.


Scholastic Chess Team Tournament 2019 in Moline
National Chess Day was celebrated at Western Illinois University in Moline last Saturday October 12th. The winners were the 42 students...


65th Annual Iowa Open
Congratulations to Anish Lodh, James Neal and FM Alex Betaneli for a three way tie in the 65th annual Iowa Open. Anish scored four...
Five tie for 2019 Des Moines Open Title
The 2019 Des Moines Open was held July 16-17 at the Holiday Inn in Des Moines, Iowa. The five round Swiss System tournament produced...


Room Block Guaranteed Rates ending Sept 1.
Block room rates expire Sept 1st, and then no more guaranteed rooms. As I last checked only 6 of the 20 have been booked. Please help...


Quad Cities Summer Chess Open 2019
On July 20th, 27 chess players gathered to celebrate the International Chess Day in Moline. The Quad Cities Summer Chess Open 2019 was...


En Passant is Back!
En Passant is back in print. The July Issue was mailed today. Please look in your mailbox. If you did not receive it please contact me....




























