2027 Oceania Zonal Chess Championships
2027 Oceania Zonal Chess Championships
Venue: Christchurch Town Hall
86 Kilmore Street
Christchurch
New Zealand
22-27 January 2027
Open and Women’s Zonal, Zonal Blitz
Direct titles available (players from 5 federations required)
Official hotel is Carnmore Hotel Christchurch (https://carnmore.co.nz/carnmore-hotel-christchurch/), 840-848 Colombo Street (corner of Salisbury Street), Christchurch. Book directly on the hotel website to get a discount – discount code is OCZNZ27. This is approx. 300m or about 5-10 minutes walk to the venue, has an on-site restaurant, or is 5-10 minutes walk from a range of other restaurants.
Official website: https://sites.google.com/view/oceaniazonal2027
Entries open 1 May via Trybooking – https://www.trybooking.com/nz/BCVX
Note that the Open Zonal is limited to 160 general entries (official entries are additional) so get in quick.
Additional Details
Organiser/s - AO Craig Hall
Format - 9 Round Swiss
Time Control - 90 minutes + 30 secs/move per player, per game
Schedule
22 January
Check-in: 1pm
Players Meeting: 2pm
Round 1: 3pm
23 January
Round 2: 9:30am
Round 3: 3pm
24 January
Blitz: 9:30am
Round 4: 3pm
25 January
Round 5: 9:30am
Round 6: 3pm
26 January
Round 7: 9:30am
Round 8: 3pm
27 January
Round 9: 9:30am
Prizegiving: After round 9 but likely to be 3pm (approx.)
Eligibility
Players must have a FIDE ID and be registered with FIDE under a Zone 3.6 federation (https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/ZonalDivisions052023). Entries from players registered as FID or under a federation outside Oceania/Zone 3.6 will not be accepted.
Prizes
NZ$10,000 prize fund.