Rating News 2025 Period 1
by Rowan Wood
Eighteen standard rated tournaments have been processed involving 409 players with 2835 games rated. The open tournaments are the New Zealand Championship, New Zealand Major Open, New Zealand Junior Open and Under 1000, Bob Wade Memorial, Hilton Bennett Memorial, Middle Game Challengers, Auckland Waitangi and Oceania Zonal. The club tournaments are Auckland Summer and March, North Shore Summer, Summit Summer, Waitakere Summer, Mount Maunganui First and Second Main Events, Kapiti Kingston Memorial and Wellington Summer.
Twenty-one rapid rated tournaments have been processed involving 506 players with 2644 games rated. The open tournaments are New Zealand Championship, Latvian (A – D), Summit February and March (Open, U1600, U1000), Bay of Plenty (A, B), Hawkes Bay Open (A, B) and Otago Autumn. The club tournaments are Waitakere Half-Hour, Canterbury Summer, February and March Junior and Otago’s Allan Chang Memorial.
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