Budapest Olympiad, 10-23 September 2024 Current Olympiad Appeal (updated 31/7/2024) Total $4,410.90 Updated 10/9/2024 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’:
Read MoreSaturday August 10th 2024 – Waipuna Conference Centre – Auckland New Zealand has been asked to be the representative country from Oceania for this prestigious torch ceremony as part of the celebrations and preparations for the Olympiad in Budapest Hungary in September. Not to mention it is also part of
Read More50+ (born 1974 or earlier) players, please don’t forget to join the NZ Senior Championship, which runs from the 8th to the 11th of August, in Auckland. Two champion titles on offer, Senior and Veteran. More details here .
Read MoreThe International Chess Federation (FIDE), the Confederation of Chess for Americas (CCA) and the Brazilian Chess Federation (CBX), invite all the national chess federations members of FIDE to participate in the World Youth Chess Championships 2024. The event will be held in Florianópolis (SC), Brazil, from October 28th, 2024 (arrival)
Read MoreWorld Cadets Chess Championships (U8, U10, U12) – Montesilvano, Italy 14-27 November 2024 The organizers, International Chess Federation FIDE and Italian Chess Federation together with UniChess, and Le DueTorri srl are inviting all national chess federations of FIDE to participate in the World Cadet Chess Championships 2024. The dates are 14 November
Read MoreRatings and report supplied by Rowan Wood. Ratings | Organisers & Arbiters Twenty-seven standard rated tournaments have been processed involving 474 players and 2396 games. The open tournaments are North Island, Auckland Anzac, Waitakere Trusts (A – C, Junior), North Shore Peter Stuart Memorial, and Canterbury Arie Nijman Memorial. The
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreThe team along with NZCF President Nigel Metge and Vice-President Paul Spiller A team of 5 is off to Krakow, Poland to play in the World Seniors Teams event from 1 to 12 July this year. FM Bob Gibbons, Grant Kerr, Anthony Booth, Nigel Cooper and Thomas Beier will be
Read MoreDear Chess players! We are saddened to learn of the sudden deaths of well-known chess players Peter Weir (b.1952) of Auckland and Bruce Gloistein (b.1938) of Otago. Chess players everywhere express their condolences to their families. Obituaries will follow but we have been advised that Peter’s funeral will be:St George’s
Read MoreA wonderful opportunity has arisen for NZL players to join International Master Herman van Riemsdijk for 4 online chess lessons for just $20. The NZCF will be subsidising the balance of the costs! Starts this Sunday the 19th of May. Full schedule: The sessions will be on Zoom. Course Outline
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