Ladies and girls, just a reminder that this national championship starts this weekend – Saturday 9 to Monday 11. Entries close : 8 November 2024 at 8pm Current entries here: https://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/tournaments/bp/2024/wwwNZWomenOpen2024/ Please note that there is now just one section, no Reserve section, just the championship.
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The latest issue of Chess Aotearoa is out! It has been a whole year since we first began this magazine, and we would like to thank you, the readers, for your continuous support! In this issue, you will find Q&As with Olympiad team players, captains, and the head of delegation.Read
Read MoreFMs Felix Xie and Alexei Kulashko are joint NZ champions in the 2024 NZ Fischer-Random Championship. Senior champion – FM Leonard McLaren. Junior champion – CM Kendrick Zhang. Joint Women’s champion – Sarah Sun and WCM Luna Xu. The winner of the A-grade was IM Omer Reshef (Israel) and the
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Twenty-three standard rated tournaments have been processed involving 431 players and 1782 games. The open tournaments are New Zealand Seniors, South Island and Canterbury Junior Championship. The club tournaments are North Shore Championship, Auckland Weekend July, August, September and Winter Cup, Summit Winter Cup, Papatoetoe Winter Cup, Mount Maunganui Main
Read MoreTournament report by Gordon Lyall Wellington College justified their top seeding when they edged out Takapuna Grammar School to become this years national school champions. The key match up came in round 5, with both teams on maximum points, Wellington College prevailed with a solid 3-1 win. This was the
Read MoreOlympiad 2024 Final Results and Standings Just an interim report for now. Open Team – 12 match points with 6 wins, 5 losses. NZ were seeded 77th and placed 57th=, 70th on tiebreak with 25.5/44 game points. NZ were in Category C and placed 5th out of 38 teams. FM
Read MoreThe North Island Rapid Championship (incorporating the second annual Estonian Rapid) will be held at the Wellington Bridge Club, 17 Tinakori Road, Thorndon in Wellington on Saturday 16th November 2024. Full details on the Entry Form. Vega
Read MoreThe Thailand Chess Association, under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) and the International Chess Federation (FIDE), has the honor to invite all Asian National Chess Federations to participate in the 17th Asian Schools Chess Championships to be organized in Bangkok, Thailand from 1st (arrival) to 11th December
Read MoreRemember to check out our updated Olympiad page – with plenty of information and links.
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