2026 New Zealand Chess Championships – Invercargill

133rd New Zealand Chess Congress

New Zealand Chess Championships Prizewinners

1^st= GM Daniel Fernandez, GM Jacek Stopa & FM Felix Xie

4^th William Rui Liu

5^th Hayden Steele, Haran Salasan, CM Edward Rains, CM Justin Zhide Wang

Under 1900

1^st= Hayden Steele, Haran Salasan, CM Justin Zhide Wang

2026 New Zealand Chess Champion Felix Xie