Iowa Pawn Stomers Strike US Class Championships
Iowa Pawn Stomers Strike US Class Championships
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The Iowa Pawn Stormers, a scholastic chess team from the CR/IC Corridor, made lightning and thunder at the 2018 US Class Championships in Minnesota last weekend. Fifteen players participated in the 150 player field capturing 6 individual prizes in total.
Anish Lodh went 5-0 winning the US Class A Championship
AJ Kozich went 5-0 winning the US Class B Championship
Kian Thompson, 3-1-1, tieing for 3rd in the US Class B Championship
Aadarsh Kumar, Audrey Sellon, and Cameron Gilbertson, each going 4-1 and tieing for 2nd-4th, in the US Class E Championship.
The team on whole brought over 200 US Chess rating points back to Iowa. When not considering Pawn Stormer head-to-head matchups, the players scored over 60% in their games.
The Iowa Pawn Stormers are a team of scholastic players from the Iowa City-Cedar Rapids Corridor. The team meets weekly for practice, has weekly home-study challenges, and travels as a team across the Midwest with coaches Dan Brashaw and Jim Hodina. Arshaq Saleem and Jim White also volunteer their time with the weekly practices and traveling to the tournaments.
![Anish Lodh, 2018 US Class A Champion](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/61dac0_607763b113024a48aff03251a5cee355~mv2_d_4032_2268_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_83,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/61dac0_607763b113024a48aff03251a5cee355~mv2_d_4032_2268_s_2.jpg)
![AJ Kozich, US Class B Champion](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/61dac0_ab0d4a78620047189025aeffbf47c0a2~mv2_d_4032_2268_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_83,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/61dac0_ab0d4a78620047189025aeffbf47c0a2~mv2_d_4032_2268_s_2.jpg)