James Neal
Thunder Quick IX
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...
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James Neal
- Apr 21, 2021
Thunder Quick VII
Thunder Quick 7 fields 27 players. The interesting start of this event was seeing Austin, former Wickham student, in chess.com trying to...
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James Neal
- Apr 19, 2021
Thunder Quick VIII
Thunder Quick VIII fields 25 players. This event started off like any other tournament but as we approached the starting time, it...
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James Neal
- Mar 16, 2021
Thunder Quick VI
This Thunder Quick event featured 21 players. The turnout was lower than expected but this was probably due to the start of Spring Break....
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James Neal
- Mar 9, 2021
Thunder Quick V
There were 28 participants in Saturday’s Thunder Quick event. The new player was Kevin from Weber Elementary. He did not have a...
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James Neal
- Feb 14, 2021
Thunder Quick IV
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...
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James Neal
- Feb 12, 2021
Thunder Quick III
Thunder Quick III took place on chess.com. There were 24 participants with the prevailing majority of these players being from either...
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James Neal
- Dec 13, 2020
Thunder Quick II
This tournament fielded a group of 20 players with a few new, and noticeable, faces: stan_b (1226)(from Central) and Ashvid_s (1200)...
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James Neal
- Oct 24, 2020
King's League Schedule & Playoffs
Pairing Formula for the Regular Season The above table will be the formula used to calculate the matchups throughout the season. There...
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James Neal
- Feb 10, 2020
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...
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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...
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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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