by 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
Read MoreIt is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Arthur Pomeroy on 7 January 2025. Arthur was the Wellington Chess Club’s club captain and committee member, an NZCF Councillor, a national selector, an arbiter, strong player and all-round stalwart, and most importantly, a friend. We will all miss
Read MorePlease be aware that the is a Facebook Page out there posing as the official congress page and offering a live stream – this is a fake page and in no way connected to our NZ Congress or the NZCF. It has been reported, please treat with caution / block
Read MoreWorld Cadets & Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 202512-18 April – Rhodes, Greece (U8 – U18, Open and Girls) If any NZL players want to enter, please do so via this NZCF online form: https://forms.office.com/r/nbfe2n9E72 There are no official places, so any NZL juniors may enter, but (A) at
Read MoreParticipants in the NZ Chess Championships along with organiser Paul Spiller and arbiters Craig Hall and Ying Wang. After 4 rounds in the NZ Chess Championships and NZ major Open the leading players are: NZ Chess Championships 3.5/4 GM Gabor Nagy FM Alphaeus Ang FM Felix Xie IM Herman van
Read MoreThe 132nd NZ Chess Congress starts tomorrow (Thursday 2nd) at the Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre in Auckland. The team have been setting up today ahead of tomorrow when it all kicks off with Rounds 1 of the NZ Championships and the NZ Major Open. 168 players, from 19 countries,
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