An exciting training opportunity for our female players offered by FIDE ”Dear member federations, FIDE and WOM are excited to announce that registration for Stage 2 of the Queen’s Gambit Challenge – Intermediate Training is now open! Following a hugely successful first stage, which brought together 380 female players from
Read MoreInvitation: Churchie Chess on behalf of the Oceania Chess Confederation, and FIDE have the honour to invite all Oceania National Chess Federations and associated members to participate in the 2025 Oceania Youth Chess Championship to be held in Brisbane, Australia from the 13th to the 17th December 2025. Divisions: 14 Divisions
Read MoreThe New Zealand Chess Federation (NZCF) is delighted to announce that it has received a generous grant from Pub Charity. In 2024 we received $6,300 to go toward the costs of our webmaster and administrator. This year we have been awarded $11,200 to go towards the costs of our webmaster
Read MoreThe 2026 Chess Olympiad with take place in Uzbekistan. In preparation for this, the NZCF has selected two training squads, who will receive training from our national team coaches, GM Dejan Bojkov and IM Herman van Riemsdijk, ahead of the final team selections early in 2026. Congratulations to the following
Read MoreThe latest edition of Chess Aotearoa is out! The chess world recently celebrated International Chess Day on the 20th of July, and the Chess Aotearoa team hopes this edition reflects our love for the game of chess. Expect to find reports on major tournaments such as the North Island Championship
Read MoreThe New Zealand Chess Federation would like to thank the Lion Foundation for their support – a grant of $2,000 to the NZCF to go towards operational costs was awarded today.
Read MoreThe much-anticipated Poppies Chess Challenge happened last Saturday morning at Poppies Book Store in Howick. This edition of the annual event featured two of New Zealand’s most promising young stars, FM Daqi Mao and CM William Liu. After six hotly-contested, nerve-wrecking blitz games, Daqi narrowly came out on top, defeating
Read MoreI was delighted to receive a review copy of Gambit’s latest publication recently and thought I’d share my thoughts on it with you all (look out for another post coming shortly…). I have long been a fan of Fundamental Chess Openings by GM Paul van der Sterren. FCO, published in
Read MoreThe organizers, International Chess Federation (FIDE) and Albania Chess Federation (ACHF), are inviting all National Chess Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in the World Youth Chess Championships 2025. The event will be organized in Durres, Albania, from October 3rd (arrivals) to October 16th, 2025 (departures). Official website (includes full regulations) https://fideworldyouth.achf.org.al/
Read MoreThe organizers, International Chess Federation FIDE and the Kazakhstan Chess Federation and the Department of Sports of the City of Almaty with the support of the Ministry of Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Kazakhstan are inviting all national chess federations of FIDE to participate in the World Cadet
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