THunder Kings

There were 17 students participating in this week’s Thunder Quick. This week we were a little light which could have had a lot to do with...

Thunder Quick 7 fields 27 players. The interesting start of this event was seeing Austin, former Wickham student, in chess.com trying to...

Thunder Quick VIII fields 25 players. This event started off like any other tournament but as we approached the starting time, it...

This Thunder Quick event featured 21 players. The turnout was lower than expected but this was probably due to the start of Spring Break....

There were 28 participants in Saturday’s Thunder Quick event. The new player was Kevin from Weber Elementary. He did not have a...

Thunder Quick IV fields 29 players. I was expecting a top player from Central to be present at this event. Wyatt had competed with a few...

Thunder Quick III took place on chess.com. There were 24 participants with the prevailing majority of these players being from either...

This tournament fielded a group of 20 players with a few new, and noticeable, faces: stan_b (1226)(from Central) and Ashvid_s (1200)...

Pairing Formula for the Regular Season The above table will be the formula used to calculate the matchups throughout the season. There...

Last weekend I traveled to Burlington, my hometown, at the south east corner of Iowa. Now, I wouldn’t travel there just for sightseeing...

September 13th - 15th featured the Iowa Open that was being held at the IMU (Iowa Memorial Union) this year. The tournament had been...

Gokul Thangavel (2086) goes on a tear through a field of 26 other players. He had just come off a 5 game sweep in the Thunder Quick XIII...