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The 2024 New Zealand Women’s Chess Championships were held from 9-11 November at the Chinese Presbyterian Church in Auckland – hosted by the Auckland Central Chess Club. The Chief Organiser was Stuart Vogel, with IA Bruce Pollard as Chief Arbiter. Congratulations to Sarah Sun, our new NZ Women’s Chess Champion!

Ladies and girls, just a reminder that this national championship starts this weekend – Saturday 9 to Monday 11. Entries close : 8 November 2024 at 8pm Current entries here: https://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/tournaments/bp/2024/wwwNZWomenOpen2024/ Please note that there is now just one section, no Reserve section, just the championship.

Olympiad 2024 Final Results and Standings Just an interim report for now. Open Team – 12 match points with 6 wins, 5 losses. NZ were seeded 77th and placed 57th=, 70th on tiebreak with 25.5/44 game points. NZ were in Category C and placed 5th out of 38 teams. FM

The Thailand Chess Association, under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) and the International Chess Federation (FIDE), has the honor to invite all Asian National Chess Federations to participate in the 17th Asian Schools Chess Championships to be organized in Bangkok, Thailand from 1st (arrival) to 11th December

Remember to check out our updated Olympiad page – with plenty of information and links.

Please note the revised dates for this event are now: Saturday 9 November to Monday 11 November 2024

2 short videos from the events on Saturday the 10th of August 2024.

Auckland Saturday 10 August 2024 FIDE introduced an Olympic torch at the 2022 Chennai Olympiad and to celebrate FIDE’s 100th anniversary this torch went on a global journey spanning 5 continents, going from Chennai, India all the way to Budapest, Hungary where the 45th Chess Olympiad will take place in