The latest edition of Chess Aotearoa is out! Fresh off the excitement of NZ Congress in Invercargill and Bob Wade Memorial Masters in Auckland, chess players already have plenty to look forward to in the next few months. Read on to find your usual reports and other announcements! Click here
Read MoreThe NZCF is pround to announce that the following players have been chosen to be the official NZL Players at the 2026 World Youth Chess Championships in Italy in Montesilvano, Italy in June. We wish them every success. https://www.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/FIDE-World-Youth-Chess-Championships-2026.pdf
Read MoreThe NZCF Online Chess School is proud to announce this short course by FIDE Trainer Tony Dowden. This two-lesson course is designed for chess trainers, coaches, and schoolteachers. It introduces key educational principles, shows how to apply them when preparing players for success in competitive chess, and concludes with practical
Read MoreThe New Zealand Chess Federation is proud to announce that ACG Sunderland has been officially selected to represent New Zealand at the 2026 World Schools Team Championship’s Asian Continental Championships, which will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 6–11 April 2026. Last year the championships had a large finals stage
Read MoreThe New Zealand Chess Federation is delighted to announce the national teams for the 2026 Chess Olympiad to be held in Samarkand in Uzbekistan in September later this year. Open Team (in board order) 1/ IM Felix Xie2/ IM Sravan Renjith3/ IM Tom Middelburg4/ FM Daniel Gong5/ FM Daqi Mao
Read More2026 Commonwealth Chess Championships – Sri Lanka May 16-26 There are still some official spots available after the intitial seleciton process. Applications for THESE CATEGORIES ONLY have been reopened for 3 days: Women, Junior Girl (U20), Girls U8, Girls U10, Girls U12, Girls U16, Girls U18, Open U14, Open U18
Read More2026 Commonwealth Chess Championships – Sri Lanka May 16-26 There are still some official spots available after the intitial seleciton process. Applications for THESE CATEGORIES ONLY have been reopened for 3 days: Women, Junior Girl (U20), Girls U8, Girls U10, Girls U12, Girls U16, Girls U18, Open U14, Open U18
Read MoreKia ora clubs, Hope everyone has enjoyed their long weekend! Apologies for the long email that follows, but this is important information (for most clubs at least). The main request is for clubs to start registering club members with NZCF, which means getting their agreement/consent if you haven’t already, and
Read MoreOn this special day, celebrate the prizewinners from the recent NZ Chess Congress with Chess Aotearoa! Notably, a huge congratulations to IM-elect Felix Xie for becoming the NZ Champion the second year in a row, as well as claiming a triple crown by winning the Lightning and Rapid titles too!
Read MoreBy Rowan Wood Twenty-two standard rated tournaments have been processed involving 481 players and 1884 games. The open tournaments are New Zealand Women’s Championship, New Zealand Senior Championship, Merv Morrison Memorial and Wellington Capital Classic. The club tournaments are Auckland Championship and Spring, North Shore Spring, Howick-Pakuranga Booth Shield, Waitakere
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