Reports | ThunderKingChess

Feb 10

Port of Burlington 2020

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

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James Neal

Sep 24, 2019

Scholastic Clubs Predictions (9.24)

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

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James Neal

Jul 1, 2019

Gokul Wins Thunder Quick XIV

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 ...

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James Neal

Jan 29, 2019

Team Chess Wars

Scholastic Chess Tournament Team Chess Wars January 30th 2019 The cold weather has kept a great few of us from playing chess but this wee...

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James Neal

Jan 13, 2019

Prairie Winter Classic 2019

by James Neal (Iowa City Chess Coach) I woke up this morning disturbed, I realized there was a good 6 inches of snow on the ground. Today...

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James Neal

Nov 17, 2018

6 Reasons Fabi will BEAT Carlsen!

I believe it will be Fabiano Caruana that will become the new World Champion of Chess. My reasons for his success are not on the basis of...

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Central Wins the Coralville K-6 Team Championship!

James Neal

Nov 13, 2018

Central Wins the Coralville K-6 Team Championship!

The Coralville Team Championship was created to get the schools motivated to compete. There were 5 teams that competed though 1 of the te...

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