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Scholarships
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Iowa Scholastic Scholarship
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Scholarship amount
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Two scholarships - $150 each
Eligibility Requirements
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Must be between a Junior in High School up to a Junior in college as of September 1st, 2022
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This applies to both traditional and non-traditional students
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US Chess Rating of at least 1500
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Have played in at least 1 Iowa event in the last calendar year
Entry Requirements
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The judges would like to see your most Challenging tournament chess game
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“Challenging” could be a win, loss, or a draw
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“Challenging” could also be tournament circumstance or however you define ‘challenging’
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Provide an annotated game (winning scholarships will be featured in the En Passant)
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Include diagrams and sub variations where applicable
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Include your lessons learned and your growth as a chess player from that game/tournament
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Grammar, spelling, and ease of understanding will factor into the scoring
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Do not forget your name, grade, graduation year, and email address when submitting
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Accepted Formats
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Word Document or PDF file (.DOC, .DOCX, .PDF)
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Chessbase game (.CBV)
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Portable Game Notation with annotations (.PGN)
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Forsyth-Edwards Notation file formats will NOT be accepted (.FEN)
Deadline
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Deadline date: December 31st, 2022 11:59pm
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Please submit your annotated game to the En Passant Editor:
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Cassidy Noble – noblecass@gmail.com
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Please include “Iowa Chess Scholarship – YOUR NAME” in the header of the email
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Late entries will not be accepted
Winner
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The winners will be contacted prior to the 2023 IASCA Annual Meeting
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The scholarships will be delivered to the winners at the IASCA Annual Meeting
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Winning Scholarships will be entered in the July 2023 edition of the En Passant