131st NZ Chess Congress

Schedule

2024 NZ Championship & Major Open

Check-in: Players must check in between 10:00am and 1:30pm on the 2nd of January either in person or by text message to the organiser or not be paired in the first round.
Players Meeting: 1:30pm on 2 January
Round Times: 2:00pm every day

2024 NZ Junior and Age Group Championship

Players Meeting: 8:30am on 3 January
Round Times: 9:00am every day

2024 NZ Rapid Championship

Entries Close: 11:45am on 11 January
Player's Meeting: 1:00pm on 11 January
Round 1: 1:30pm on 11 January
Round 2: 2:45pm on 11 January
Round 3: 4:00pm on 11 January
Round 4: 5:15pm on 11 January
Round 5: 9:00am on 12 January
Round 6: 10:15am on 12 January
Round 7: 11:30am on 12 January
Lunch: 12:45pm on 12 January
Round 8: 1:30pm on 12 January
Round 9: 2:45pm on 12 January
Prizegiving: Approx 4:30pm on 12 January

2024 NZ Lightning Championship

Players Meeting: 8:45am on 11 January
Round Times: First round at 9:00am, subsequent rounds will be paired after the last game finishes. Prizegiving will follow round 9 at approximately 11:30am.

Eligibility

NZ Championship & Major Open

Players must have an NZCF rating below 2100 or FIDE rating below 2000 to enter the Major Open. The NZ Championship is open to all players but organisers reserve the right to move players rated less than NZCF or FIDE 2000 to the Major Open where they consider it appropriate, in which case the difference in entry fees will be refunded. Open to entries from players of all nationalities. The highest-placed NZ players in each tournament will be the 2024 New Zealand Champion and Major Open Champion.

NZ Junior & Age Group Championships

The NZ Junior and Age Group Championships are open only to juniors i.e. players born on or after 1/1/2004. The highest-placed NZ player in each age group will be the 2024 New Zealand Champion for that age group. The highest-placed NZ player and female NZ player enrolled at and attending primary or secondary school in 2023 will be the 2024 NZ Schoolpupil Champion and NZ Schoolgirl Champion respectively. The highest-placed player overall will be the 2024 NZ Junior Champion and highest-placed female player over will be the 2024 NZ Junior Girls Champion. Age group eligibility is based on the player’s age on 31 December 2023, and only in the age group closest to the player’s age e.g. a 13 year old player is eligible for the under 14 title but not the under 16 title.

NZ Lightning Championship

Open to entries from players of all nationalities. The highest-placed NZ player will be the 2024 New Zealand Lightning Champion.

NZ Rapid Championship

Open to entries from players of all nationalities. The highest-placed NZ player will be the 2024 New Zealand Rapid Champion.

Prizes

NZ Championship
First $1,200
Second $800
Third $600
Fourth $400
Fifth $300
<2200 $200
NZ Champion automatically qualifies for the NZ Olympiad team if they are the outright champion (i.e. not shared) and eligible.

Major Open
First $1,000
Second $700
Third $400
<1700 $200
<1400 $200

NZ Lightning
First $200
Second $150
Third $100
<2000 $50
<1700 $50
<1400 $50

NZ Rapid
First $400
Second $300
Third $200
<2000 $100
<1700 $100
<1400 $100

NZ Junior and Age Groups
First $300
Second $200
Third $100
U16 $100
U14 $100
U12 $100
U10 $100
U8 $100
Best Girl $100

PGN Link

Results

New Zealand Championship

New Zealand Champion,
Croad, Nicolas
2nd Middelburg, Tom
3rd =
Hague, Ben
RenJith, Sravan
Dive, Russell

Best U2200
Fulo, Nunilon III

Vega

PGN (Supplied by Bill Forster)

Major open

New Zealand Major Open Champion,
Wilson, Dion
2nd Coates, Alex
3rd =
Malcolm, Aidan
Tang, Tracy
Holdo, Karl
Paxton, Levi
Ulm, Joy

Best U1700
Tang, Tracy
Ulm, Joy

Best U1400
Xu, Jeremy

Vega

Junior Championships

Overall NZ Junior Champion
Best School Pupil
Loke, Kayden

NZ Girls Champion
Best School Girl
Xu, Luna

2nd= Overall, Young, Cohen
2nd= Overall, Van der Hoorn, Thomas

U16 Champion,
Loke, Kayden

U14 Champion (Won by tiebreak)
Hwang, Ryan
1st = U14
Tang, Tracy

U12 Champion (Won by tiebreak)
Xu, Luna
1st = U12
Liu, Richard

U10 Champion
Zhou, Martin

U8 Champion (Won by tiebreak)
Lau, Great
1st = U8
Guo, Anne

Vega

Rapid Championship

1st, Jones, Gawain
2nd, New Zealand Rapid Champion,
Dive, Russell
3rd, Ker, Anthony

Best U2000=
Lee, Miles
Liu, William
Dare, Richard

Best U1700
Zhu, David
Chang, Yolanda

Best U1400
Hookings, Jonathon

Vega

PGN (Supplied by Bill Forster)

Lightning Championship

1st=, New Zealand Lightning Champion,
Renjith, Sravan
1st=, Jones, Gawain
3rd=, Hart, Ralph
3rd=, Van der Hoorn, Thomas

Best U2000=
Zhang, Kendrick
Ning, Isabelle

Best U1700
Praveen, Jeeva

Best U1400
Xu, Eden

Vega