It is with sadness that the NZCF passes on the news that Malaysian FM Peter Long passed away suddenly over the weekend. NZCF Vice-President Paul Spiller writes: Tragically FM Peter Long suddenly passed away yesterday and I thought that it would be appropriate to write a short obituary since Peter
Read MoreA reminder to clubs and others that submissions are due by 23:59 on Friday, 28 February. More information, including the submission form, is available here: https://newzealandchess.co.nz/2024/12/nzcf-constitution-review-first-stage-consultation/
Read MorePlease be aware that there are some emails going round claiming to be from NZCF President Nigel Metge. These usually involve ‘him’ asking you for a favour involving gift cards or the like. Please treat these with caution and protect yourselves online. If you think an email from Nigel might
Read MoreQueens’ Online Chess Festival 2025 returns in March for the 5th edition! To quote FIDE: The Queens’ Online Chess Festival is a series of continental women’s online blitz tournaments, open to all women chess players from around the world. In the last edition over 600 participants took part in the
Read MoreTRAFFIC UPDATE Howick Pakuranga Chess Club is proudly hosting this event on 15 March. There is major construction around Pakuranga with the bus lanes and construction of the Waipuna Bridge flyover. Please see the following for updates and for the best way to get to the venue: https://newzealandchess.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CCF_000207-2.pdf https://newzealandchess.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CCF_000208.pdf
Read MoreNZCF Councillor, Jennya Charomova is involved in the FIDE Infinite Project including a local trial as part of her work, and recently presented at a FIDE international conference held in Abu Dhabi from 2 to 6 February 2025. (Added 17/2/25) Jennya reports: I had the honour of conducting workshops at
Read MoreThe 2025 Congress edition of Chess Aotearoa is out! As usual, expect to find tournament reports and game analyses. In addition, read on for an exclusive interview with NZ’s brand new Classical Champion FM Felix Xie!Happy reading! Click here to download!
Read MoreHappy New Year! In this issue, you will find reports on recent tournaments, contributions from guest writers, and more. To help us improve the magazine, we’d like to ask you to take five minutes to fill out the Google form hyperlinked in the content page. You can also sign up
Read Moreby Rowan Wood Twenty- standard rated tournaments have been processed involving 400 players and 1660 games. The open tournaments are New Zealand Women’s Championship, Merv Morrison Memorial and Southern Classic. The club tournaments are Auckland Spring and Championship and Spring, North Shore Spring, Howick-Pakuranga Booth Shield, Papatoetoe Championship, Mount Maunganui
Read MoreThe 132nd New Zealand Chess Congress ran from 2-12 January. A full report will follow, for now here are the prize winners: NZ Open Championship 1st=: GM Gabor Nagy, FM Felix Xie. Felix also the NZ Champion and name on the Silver Rook, to go with his previous NZ Rapid
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