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The New Zealand Chess Federation will now be paying all FIDE title and licence fees on behalf of all NZL players, arbiters, trainers and organizers. Historically, the NZCF has invoiced individuals or clubs for these charges, but will now absorb the costs on your behalf. This initiative will be backdated

The Bledisloe and Blackburn Cup interclub competitions are set to be revived. 2024 sees the re-introduction of these competitions – The Bledisloe Cup for teams from the major metropolitan areas and the Blackburn Cup for those clubs outside the major metropolitan areas. The 2024 edition will be run as a

In December 2023, FIDE announced a new tiered system for organizers. There are now 3 official organizer titles: The 1st of these, the FIDE Associate Organizer, can be awarded to those who have organized at least 5 FIDE rated competitions (standard time control) and who have at least 3 years

FIDE TRAINERS’ ONLINE SEMINAR – 26-28 April 2024 (English) Hi All Apologies for the late notice – we have 2 free places for this trainers seminar (normal cost EURO 200). So if anyone who currently coaches is looking to get an official FIDE trainers title, this may be an opportunity

Budapest Olympiad, 10-23 September 2024 Current Olympiad Appeal (updated 13/4/2024) Total $1,900 Any money raised via this appeal goes directly to the players travelling to Budapest to help with their travel costs. Your support is greatly appreciated. Donations should be made directly to NZCF bank account with notation ‘Olympiad’: Account

The NZCF is happy to announce a weekend of arbiter training for those wanting to become National Arbiters The lecturer will be IA Dr Peter Tsai (AUS – see bio at end). National Arbiter under the New Zealand Federation: 1.     Attend an New Zealand endorsed National Arbiter seminar 2.     Must

Dear Chess Federations, We are excited to extend an invitation to participate in a groundbreaking initiative to promote gender diversity within the realm of chess. FIDE and World Chess have recently launched the Swiss Queens Wednesday tournament series, and we cordially invite you and members of the federation to be

FIDE WORLD JUNIOR (OPEN & GIRLS) CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS-2024 1st to 14th June 2024 Venue: Radisson GIFT City, GIFT City, Gandhinagar Gujarat, India Regulations: https://www.fide.com/docs/regulations/World_Junior_Gujarat.pdf The NZCF can select one player per section (2 players in total) as official representatives (see regulations). To apply for selection, please complete this form: https://forms.office.com/r/vYaHYF1d7e

26th Asian Youth Chess Championships 2024 9-21 June 2024, Almaty, Kazakhstan Regulations: Asian-Youth-Chess-Championship-Regulations-2024-Almaty-1.pdf The NZCF can select one player per section (12 players in total) as official representatives (see regulations). To apply for selection, please complete this form: https://forms.office.com/r/G9a03XdfUH Additional players (other than those selected) may still enter, but at

World Seniors Team Chess Championships, Krakow, Poland. 1-12 July 2024. Grant Kerr (NZCF Patron) writes: NZ has only once entered a team in these championships and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of FIDE we are again looking to see if there is sufficient interest from players in the 65 plus