2025 Iowa City Block Party Blitz

Hundreds of chess Players enjoyed the chess at the 2025 Iowa Block Party

Although only 20 participated in the rated portion of the chess tournament. They chess tables were full from 3pm when we wet up until 8:30pm when we started to take down the event. Lack of daylight was about the only thing that helped us clean out the chess players.

Gokul Thangavel reclaimed his title after a 2 game bullet match with Michael Takahashi.