Team Iowa Streaming October 1st
Follow Team Iowa as they take on Illinois in the States Chess Cup, Thursday, 10/1. Both teams are 3-0 in Central Division. Playing for...
Team Iowa Begins Competition in the States Chess Cup.
The States Chess Cup will be a chess tournament between the states. Thirty-two states are represented in four divisions for this...
US Chess / ChessKid Elementary Championship
Dear Parents, Coaches, and Players, US Chess and ChessKid.com are partnering later this summer on their first country-wide event for all...


The Iowa Closed 2020
This weekend we are holding the Iowa Closed. We had to cancel the class and Closed tournament in April because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. ...
US Chess Executive Board Elections
I have been asked by members of Iowa's Chess Community who I support in this years US Chess Executive Board Election. 1. David Hater. I...


Noble appointed editor; Volz appointed webmaster
The Iowa State Chess Association Board of Directors has voted to appoint Cassidy "Cub" Noble as En Passant Editor and Mike Volz as...
A word From the President COVID-19
Hello, as you may be aware the Class and Closed is not being held tomorrow April 18th. I do plan to hold them. Just when things are...


All Events Postponed
Sorry Chess Players, we are stuck. As COVID-19 spreads through our community we are taking measures to halt it's progress. Just like...


Did you feel chess shockwaves on the Richter Scale!!!
Alex Richter defeated GM Timur Gareyev in Round 4 of the Carl Dunn Memorial AKA the 6th annual Port of Burlington Open. Alex went on to...