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Weiyang Yu Wins Trusts Open Best Game

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By Tournament Organiser FM Bob Smith Grandmaster Murray Chandler has chosen Weiyang Yu’s win over Leo Baker as the best game of the recent 46th Trusts Chess Open. 14-year-old Weiyang has a habit of picking up best game prizes; she also won this prize at the New Zealand Women’s Championships in 2022. Her winning effort this year follows, with Murray’s comments. “YU v BAKER, French Defence, 1-0 (31 moves) Early on White speculatively sacrifices her d-pawn for open lines and

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Rating News 2024 Period 1

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Post republished from Rowan Wood’s ‘Rating News‘. Updated rating lists available on the New Zealand Ratings page, files for arbiters and organisers available on the Arbiters & Organisers page. Twelve standard rated tournaments have been processed involving 339 players and 1753 games. The open tournaments are the New Zealand Championship, New Zealand Major Open, New Zealand Junior Open, Auckland Anniversary and Waitangi. The club tournaments are Auckland Summer and March, North Shore Summer, Waitakere Summer, Papatoetoe Summer, Mount Maunganui First

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Rating News 2023 Period 4

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Post republished from Rowan Wood’s ‘Rating News‘. Updated rating lists avaliable on the New Zealand Ratings page, files for arbiters and organisers avaliable on the Arbiters & Organisers page. Rating lists are now published quarterly. The four rating periods cover the calendar year, from January 1st to December 31st. Period 4 includes tournaments from October, November and December. Twenty-four standard rated tournaments have been processed involving 396 players and 1562 games. The open tournaments are Merv Morrison Memorial, Summit Christmas

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From the President: Greetings Fellow Chess-players!

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First, I wish all chess players and their families Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings! For those playing at Congress in Palmerston North – good luck! 2023 has been an excellent year for NZ chess with resumption of all tournaments after ending of Covid restrictions. Many Clubs have increased membership, and we have record numbers of players with NZCF ratings and rated games! I specially note the outstanding achievement of: We look forward to Congress in Palmerston North in the New

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Commonwealth Chess Championships 2023-24

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Update: Applications have closed, and selections made as follows: Congratulations to the players and best wishes in the event! Players are invited to apply for selection to the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2023-24 in Melaka, Malaysia from 19-28 February 2024. These events have official places for NZ players (i.e. registered with FIDE as NZL) which means cheaper registration fees and free shared accommodation for the player (but not accompanying persons/parents). If selected, NZCF will offer to register you/your child as an official

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NZCF Website Facelift

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The NZCF website has undergone a facelift. We ask that you bear with us as we migrate old content to the new site while keeping the new site up to date. Please report any issues you find to webmaster@newzealandchess.co.nz and I will sort it out as quickly as I can. For the next couple of weeks expect to see old content being moved over, in the meantime you can view the old website at http://old.newzealandchess.co.nz.

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