Lots of Tournaments! So many about one every week.
Here is a note from Jim Hodina the Iowa State Scholastics Chess Director.
IOWA SCHOLASTIC
CHESS NEWSLETTER
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ARE YOU READY FOR SOME
CHESS?!
While we don't have an official
chess season, I think it is fair to view these winter months as
the busiest part of our chess calendar. Our scholastic chess clubs are either
gearing up or going full bore and there are scholastic chess tournaments nearly
every Saturday through the months of December, January, February, and March.
So, let's play!
Our scholastic tournament calendar is full of great
opportunities for every interested scholastic chess player at all ages and skill
levels. First, let me suggest that you visit the Iowa State Chess Association
website, www.iowachess.org, to view
the most current list and details of scholastic chess events. If you cannot find information on the
IASCA website, then check out our Facebook Page
or my website at www.chessiniowa.org.
Here are some updates for the 2013-2014 School
Year:
- We are using www.onlineregistration.cc
for registration of most of our scholastic events this year. This site accepts online payment
and purchase or renewal of USCF memberships. You may still register as before (by mail, email, or on-site).
- The
Iowa Individual High School Championship, Iowa
Individual K-8 Championship, and Iowa Girls Championship will determine
the
Iowa representatives to the US Denker (High School), US Barber (K-8),
and US
Girls Championships held concurrent with the 2014 US Open. While we have
held these qualifying events in the past, the name of the tournaments
have changed a bit. As in the past, each representative
receives an IASCA stipend (usually $250, subject to approval by the
Board of Directors) to attend this tournament representing our state.
- The K-12 Open Championship (and K-9, K-6, and K-3
sectionals) will be the concluding IASCA scholastic championship tournament of the year, highlighting the
overall state scholastic champion. Traditionally, this tournament has been in
the early part of the scholastic chess calendar.
There are many details which simply must be viewed
on the IASCA website, but here are the highlights of what is in store. See www.iowachess.org for current
information. Flyers are available where noted (check back for updates).
- Nov 23, 2013, Ames, 1st Annual Ames
Scholastic Chess Tournament (Click
for Flyer)
- Dec 7, 2013, Cedar Rapids, Prairie Chess
Series Tournament #1 (Click for Flyer)
- Dec 14, 2013, Ames, Individual Grades
Championship
- Jan 11, 2014, Iowa City, Iowa Girls State
Championship
- Jan 18, 2014, Cedar Rapids, Prairie Chess
Series Tournament #2 (Click for Flyer)
- Jan 25, 2014, Iowa City, Weber Borlaug 8th Annual Chess
Tournament
- Feb 1, 2014, West Des Moines, Iowa High School
Individual Championship and K-8 Individual State Championship
- Feb 8, 2014, Iowa City, Iowa Elementary Team
Championship
- Feb 15, 2014, Cedar Rapids, Prairie
Chess Series Tournament #3 (Click for Flyer)
- Feb 22, 2014, Iowa City, Iowa High School
and Junior High School Team Championships
- Mar 8, 2014, Cedar Rapids, Iowa K-12 Open
Championship and K-9, K-6 & K-3 Sectional
Championships
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and then last weeks chess ladder
1 +2 6 0 Peter Adams
2 +10 4 0 Carter Phillips
3 -2 8 0 Caroline Mascardo
4 +2 5 0 Parker Imborek
5 +6 5 0 Barry Vigil
6 +18 7 0 Arun Dixit
7 +20 3 0 Lucy Westermeyer
8 -6 7 0 Julianna Mascardo
9 -5 3 0 Dominic Rutkowski
10 -3 6 0 Sebastian Rutkowski
11 -2 10 0 Joseph Vigil
12 +9 7 0 Yusef Alaya
13 -8 3 0 Brendan Klutts
14 -6 10 0 Patrick Selby
15 +4 7 0 Tommy Kerns
16 -6 4 0 Jacob Vigil
17 +13 6 0 Elias Davis
18 +15 2 0 BJ Wolfe
19 -1 4 0 Keenai Fender
20 -7 6 0 Teddy Kim
21 -7 7 0 Eleanor Weitz
22 +10 5 0 Max Gerke
23 +6 6 0 Sam Callahan
24 -9 2 0 Sam Weitz
25 -5 8 0 Teya Kerns
26 -10 7 0 Caroline Netolicky
27 -10 0 1 Brady Gromacki
28 +6 1 0 Luca Chackalackal
29 -7 0 1 Nickolas Ferrel
30 -7 4 0 Aiden Jacobsen
31 -6 1 0 Jackson Seering
32 -6 1 0 Davis Nepple
33 -5 1 0 Tyler Lieberman
34 -3 0 0 Sam Showers
35 0 0 0 Ethan Truman
