Cedar Rapids Chess Club

06/18/2026

After last night's BUGHOUSE quads, we now have a whopping 15 players qualified for our year end tournament!!

Note that there are 2 more big Swiss tournaments with direct entry (July, November) if you have the minimum 20 participation points (winning that is worth 8 so it should be easy.

Nehan has an easy path in as defending champ of just securing 20 participation points.

Entries are capped at 16 so keep scoring those points if you want to hold onto your spot.

06/17/2026

A reminder that this is the third Wednesday of the month!! That means tournament at 6PM!!! WOOT WOOT

This month we will be playing BUGHOUSE. If you don't know how to play, don't worry I will give a brief introduction at 5:50 and we will start the tournament at 6. Format will be Quads with a double round robin in each.

06/07/2026

Hi CR Chess club.

Please note that Shawn is on vacation this week so if you get there feel free to ask a friendly librarian to open the room and you can set up and play.

There will be no ladder challenges or lecture this week.

06/03/2026

Normal Meeting tonight in Whipple, free, arrive at any time. Cedar Rapids Public Library
5:30 - 6 Free play
6-6:15 announcement, short lesson
6:15 Issue ladder challenges*.
6:20-7:45 Free play or Ladder games.

See https://www.chessiniowa.org/crchess for current ladder standings.

About Us The Cedar Rapids Chess Club meets Wednesday evenings from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. We meet at the Downtown Public Library in Beems A Auditorium. May 20 at 5:45 PM will will hold our second swiss tournament of the year! This is your big chance to get a guaranteed spot in the CR Championships

05/18/2026

Hey CR Chess Club! This is your second chance to auto-qualify for the CR Championship. We will have an (unrated, free) G15+10 swiss tournament starting at 6PM (please arrive before and register). We will likely only get 3 rounds in so any ties in the top score bracket will be resolved in a blitz playoff.

Shawn will be at his son's choral conert so Ryan M will be running the tournament!

As always, if you're not in the mood for a tournament feel free to just hang around and play anyone who is available.

05/13/2026

We are meeting in the Children's Programing room at the Cedar Rapids Public Library today at 5:30!

05/06/2026

We are meeting in the Commons today. Floor 1 of the Cedar Rapids Public Library near the coffee shop.

04/15/2026

Reminder: tournament today at 6pm. Duck chess!

04/07/2026

Hey all we will be meeting in the Children's Programming Room on the first floor tomorrow 5:30-7:30. Cedar Rapids Public Library

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04/01/2026

Hey chessplayers, I hope to see you all tonight. Today we will be in Whipple auditorium. We have a short lecture at 6 and an opportunity to make ladder challenges. See the current standings at

About Us The Cedar Rapids Chess Club meets Wednesday evenings from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. We meet at the Downtown Public Library in Beems A Auditorium. Feb 18 at 6PM will will hold a Fisher Random tournament (free, unrated)! This is an All-Ages Club. Adults and school-age chess players are all