2018 DuHawk Open
Congratulations to Daniel Brashaw for winning the Duhawk Open and Ishan Harwani for winning the Duhawk rated beginners open. Both players...
En Passant
The October edition of En Passant is now available here.
Bergamo 2018
My quest for a FIDE rating led me to Bergamo Italy. I had tried to get one playing in the United States but never could win against a...
2018 Lee County Fair Chess Tournament
Nick Hantzeas from Ft Madison,IA won with 4 wins at the 2018 Aulden VanWinkle Chess Tournament was held on July 8, 2018, at the Lee...
2018 US Open Champion GM Timur Gareyev coming to Iowa Open
2018 US Open Champion GM Timur Gareyev will be coming to the Iowa Open. He will be teaching three mini classes on Wednesday Thursday and...
Iowa Open Hotel
The Marriott has extended the chess block till 8/15 and added more rooms. Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 300 E 9th St. (I-80, SE...
Report from the US Open: Denker, Barber, NGTOC & NSTOC
The 119th Annual U. S. Open Chess Championship is being held July 28 through August 5 in Middleton, WI. Concurrent with the start of the...
IM Shtembuliak Earns Second GM Norm
The 2018 Minnesota GM Norm Tournament was held at the Crowne Plaza Minneapolis West, Plymouth, Minnesota, USA. This is the second...
Jackson Open Super Reserve cancelled
The Jackson Open Super Reserve has been cancelled for August 2018.
The Return of the Des Moines Open
The 2018 Des Moines Open was held July 7-8 at the Holiday Inn in Des Moines, Iowa. The five round Swiss System tournament was the third...
