Iowa Chess Open Championship 2025 LIVE, with Hikaru Nakamura
The 70th Iowa Open Chess Championship is an annual tournament organized by the Iowa State Chess Association (IASCA), a non-profit dedicated to promoting chess in Iowa. It serves as the state’s premier open chess event and is both USCF and FIDE rated, attracting players of various skill levels. This year’s edition is notable for the participation of GM Hikaru Nakamura in his quest for Candidates 2026.
The event takes place September 6-7, 2025, in the Graduate Hotel, 210 S Dubuque St, Iowa City. The event is 5-round Swiss system G/90 with 30-second increment from move 1.
Live games from the 70th Iowa Open Chess Championship will be daily on Chessdom.com
Schedule: Saturday: 9:30 AM, 2:30 PM, 7:00 PM Sunday: 9:30 AM, 2:30 PM
Iowa Chess Open participants
Here’s the table with the full name in a single column, along with Rating and Country:
| Name | Rating | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Hikaru Nakamura | 2871 | USA |
| Anjaneya Sripathy Rao | 2276 | USA |
| Valeriy Kosokin | 2232 | UZB |
| Tim R McEntee | 2200 | USA |
| Alec Daniel Aimdilokwong | 2174 | USA |
| Kyler Weatherspoon | 2151 | USA |
| Dane Bruno Zagar | 2103 | USA |
| Luke O Hengen | 2093 | USA |
| Edward Shen | 2071 | USA |
| Gurugrahan Gurumoorthi | 2064 | USA |
| Elijah Logozar | 2057 | USA |
| Matthew Kent Pikus | 2051 | USA |
| Anish Lodh | 2048 | USA |
| Niko R Nixon | 2043 | USA |
| Aaron Jing | 2018 | USA |
| Joseph Jeffery Pregon | 1998 | USA |
| Oliver Ohly | 1986 | USA |
| Ryan McCrea | 1924 | USA |
| Volodymyr Baranovskyi | 1912 | UKR |
| Rakshith Seetharaman | 1905 | USA |
| George S Eichhorn | 1900 | USA |
| Robert Louis Reynolds | 1900 | USA |
| Timur Turba | 1900 | USA |
| Jasmin Zulic | 1900 | USA |
| Veronique Joseph | 1895 | USA |
| Ben J Darr | 1865 | USA |
| Srikar Jayam | 1828 | USA |
| Tim Crouse | 1807 | USA |
| Shawn Douglas Kmetz | 1803 | USA |
| Andrew Pennell | 1777 | USA |
| John Linscott | 1770 | USA |
| Cade Sigl | 1744 | USA |
| Cole Veeder | 1727 | USA |
| Dustin Bosch | 1724 | USA |
| Advaith Reddy Sama | 1664 | USA |
| Jake Ebersole | 1640 | USA |
| Sergey Popov | 1635 | USA |
| Mansi Adduri | 1596 | USA |
| Anay Bhargava | 1585 | USA |
| Kavinvel Durai Murugan | 1542 | USA |
| Aarud Ajoykumar | 1529 | USA |
| Thirukkumaran Durai Murugan | 1505 | USA |
| SHRAVANTH NAIDU Ravuthu | 1497 | IND |
| Arron Singh | 1476 | |
| Avidha Biswas | 1465 | USA |
| Ayaan Desai | 1464 | USA |
| Shravan Sabarish | 1390 | USA |
| Clover Hengen | 1295 | USA |
| Vivaan Parameswaran | 1279 | USA |
| Shashwath Sabarish | 1260 | USA |