2026 ICPL

Totally Tweens Chess Tournament

In Memory of Steve Young

November 07 2026

 

Iowa City Public Library

123 S Linn Street Iowa City, IA 52240

 

It will consist of 5 rounds (Swiss System), G/15; d2 (each side has 15 minutes to make all moves, with a 2-second delay before each move).  Players will be in sections of their own grade.  Exception to this will be if one section has very few players will be added to another section, if this does occur prizes will be only for that grade.

 

Rounds Times:

 

Round 1          1:00pm

All remaining rounds will happen as soon as possible, Don’t go anywhere

We will start at 1:00pm or a little after, and then play until about 4pm at the latest.

Prize info:   

Trophies 1st, 2nd, 3r place each grade 3rd thru 6th grade and one trophy for the best “Young” player.

Registration:  

Entry fee:  FREE online Registration.  Register at https://www.kingregistration.com   Or Onsite .  USCF membership is NOT required But will be used for pairing purposes.  Players above 1000 US Chess Rating are encouraged not to play.  This is a beginners tournament.

Additional information: 

Boards and clocks will be provided.  Spectator rules are subject to change.  

Contact

 Eric Vigil evigil@gmail.com or 319-621-3116

Shawn Kmetz  shawnkmetz@gmail.com   319-210-4820