Every School Every Thursday — West Des Moines, Clive, WaukeeSeptember 24, 2009 Hillside Dhrooti Vyas, a senior at Valley High School, will be teaching a free chess class titled “The Hoover Chess Initiative.” This class is for fourth-, fifth-...
3rd annual Okoboji Open
Brief: Chess event is this weekendWorthington Daily Globe – Worthington, MN, USA OKOBOJI, Iowa — The third annual Okoboji Open, the first major chess tournament in northwest Iowa, is continuing today and Sunday at Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center...
Exellent tournament: 3rd Annual Okoboji Open
The 3rd Annual Okoboji Open represents the first major chess tournament to be held in northwest Iowa. It will be held from April 24-26, 2009, at Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center in Okoboji, Iowa. The tournament is a World...
Renaissance man or Luddite?
Bookworm doctor skips being linked to gadgetsMARC HANSEN • April 16, 2009 Des Moines anesthesiologist Jon Quinn has no cell phone and no home computer. Renaissance man or Luddite? Let’s go with Renaissance man. It isn’t that Quinn, 44,...
Giving back to the community
You should get to know … Mike LangMarch 2, 2009 President and chief executive, Alliance Technologies, Des Moines Background: I founded my first information technology company, Modern Solutions Inc., in 1997. The firm grew an average of 50 percent...
More than a game
Chess Club at Kalona Elementary-more than a game, develops critical thinking skillsBy: Susan Pettrone01/08/2009Chess brings to mind for most, America’s first official World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer winning the title in 1972 and in doing so bringing the game...
Iowa Chess Center Peter
chicagotribune.comAmes 11-year-old rising in national chess rankingsBy BOB ZIENTARAThe Tribune9:01 AM CDT, June 2, 2008AMES, IowaIt was late on a sunny May afternoon, and there was plenty of lively conversation at the Downtown Deli. But upstairs, where Peter Karagianis...
A perfect match
Checkmate near checkout aisle: Chess club finds home in grocery store By Steven Martens Monday, February 04, 2008 CLINTON, Iowa — Most people who shop at Hy-Vee in Clinton on Tuesday and Thursday nights probably don’t even notice them...
150 year old chess club
The King of ClubsDubuque Chess Club has met for 150 yearsBy rebecca carton For the TH The Dubuque Chess Club will celebrate 150 years of history this year. The club was founded Jan. 5, 1858, by German immigrant Louis...
Iowa FIDE Swiss Invitational
Jan 11 – 13, 2008Iowa FIDE Swiss InvitationalTD: Roger W Gotschall 6SS, Game/90 w/30 sec increment. Open to any Iowan with USCF 2000+ or any FIDE rated player.Where: at the Memorial Union, Iowa State University campus, Ames, IA 50011Reg:...