Rating News 2024 Period 3
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 MoreNZCF Interschools 2024 Report
Tournament 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 MoreBudapest Olympiad Report
Olympiad 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 MoreNorth Island Rapid Championship
The 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 MoreAsian Schools Chess Championships 2024
The 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 MoreOlympiad 2024
Remember to check out our updated Olympiad page – with plenty of information and links.
Read MoreDATE CHANGE – NZ Women’s Chess Championships
Please note the revised dates for this event are now: Saturday 9 November to Monday 11 November 2024
Read MoreFIDE100 Olympic Torch Ceremony – Videos
2 short videos from the events on Saturday the 10th of August 2024.
Read MoreFIDE100 Olympic Torch Ceremony
Auckland Saturday 10 August 2024 FIDE introduced an Olympic torch at the 2022 Chennai Olympiad and to celebrate FIDE’s 100th anniversary this torch went on a global journey spanning 5 continents, going from Chennai, India all the way to Budapest, Hungary where the 45th Chess Olympiad will take place in
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