Results
NZ Chess Results
Auckland Girls Championship 2024
June 18th 2024
Open section (12 years old and Over)
Champion Overall:
1st equal
Sophia Feng (St Cuthbert’s College (Epsom))
Emily Cathay Gan (St Cuthbert’s College (Epsom))
Nicole Xiaoyin Zhao (Avondale College)
Charlotte Ray (King’s College)
Sarah Sun (Rangitoto College)
Kavin Nila Vignesh Kumar (Westlake Girls’ High School)
Under 18 Medal Winners:
1st equal
Jojo Wang (Pakuranga College)
Cathy Kang (Pakuranga College)
3rd equal
Jacqueline Oh (Pakuranga College)
Yolanda Huang (One Tree Hill College)
Ezanda Green (Pakuranga College)
Under 16 Medal Winners:
1st Ziyu Huang (Pakuranga College)
2nd Allie O’Callaghan (Mt Roskill Grammar)
3rd equal
Karen Tian (Pakuranga College)
Tracy Trinh (Pakuranga College)
Lilian Wang (Pakuranga College)
Fritz Due (One Tree Hill College)
Under 14 Medal Winners:
1st Annie Yue (Saint Kentigern College)
2nd equal
Adele Zhou (St Cuthbert’s College (Epsom))
Melody Wei (Northcross Intermediate)
Ann Mariya Joseph (John Paul College)
Alyssa Yuan (St Cuthbert’s College (Epsom))
Qitong Li (Farm Cove Intermediate)
Mallory Eng (Remuera Intermediate)
Ellie Shi Han Wang (Bucklands Beach Intermediate)
Under 12 years section
Under 12 Champion:
1st Luna Lu (Sherwood School (Auckland))
2nd equal
Claire Gu (Northcross Intermediate)
Celine Yuxin Pan (Saint Kentigern College)
Under 12 Medal Winners:
1st equal
Claire Gu (Northcross Intermediate)
Celine Yuxin Pan (Saint Kentigern College)
3rd equal
Chenyi (Hannah) Yang (Cornwall Park District School
Amy Hawke (Waikowhai Intermediate
D P Sayuni Vonara Rehansi (Takapuna Normal Intermediate)
Ayuni Rajapaksha (Takapuna Normal Intermediate)
Under 10 years section
Under 10 Champion:
1st Olivia Li (Point View School)
2nd equal
Kayley Xinyan Lin (Pigeon Mountain School)
Cynthia Zhang (Willow Park School)
Dora Wang (St Cuthbert’s College (Epsom))
Nancy Liang (Kristin School)
Ariel Fu (Point View School)
Under 10 Medal Winners:
1st equal
Kayley Xinyan Lin (Pigeon Mountain School)
Cynthia Zhang (Willow Park School)
Dora Wang (St Cuthbert’s College (Epsom))
Nancy Liang (Kristin School)
Ariel Fu (Point View School)
Under 8 Medal Winners:
1st equal
Linyu Wang (Cornwall Park District School)
Miranda Fu (Diocesan School For Girls)
Jasmin Jiang (Pinehurst School)
Summit Rookie/Junior Rapid (June)
June 9th 2024
U2000
1st= Pei, Yanshuo
1st= Lau, Brillion Yan Jun
3rd= Lu, Xiahan (Luna)
3rd= Steele, Hayden
3rd= Willoughby-Ansell, Xxavier
3rd= Huang, Ziyi
U1600
1st Leon, Marco
2nd= Gu, Isaac
2nd= Truong, Minh Nhat (Sunny)
2nd= Han, Eunkyeol
Best U1500
Yuan, Paul
Best U1400
Zhang, Leon
U1000 (Junior)
1st= Huang, Michael
1st= Welikala, D Vidun Dulnim
3rd= Wang, Linyu
3rd= Aaryan Anup Pillai
3rd= Pan, Celine Yuxin
3rd= Jie, Jeffrey
3rd= Li, Bohan Bria
3rd= Pan, Brendan
Best U500
Zhang, Shiduo (Donnie)
Best U300
Lu, Vincent
Otago Winter Rapid 2024
June 9th 2024
The Otago Winter Rapid Open 2024 was held on 9 June with 26 players from Oamaru to Invercargill. Top seed Alex Nedyhalov shared first place with Leo Malcolm on 5.5/6 after these two drew their round three game and defeated all other comers. Third was shared by Azim Ismail and Jonno Christie on 4.5. The Under 1500 grade was shared by Paul Gudoy and John Tran on 3.5.
Kapiti Rapid 2024
June 8th 2024
Open / A-grade:
1st Cohen Young (6/6)
2nd= Layla Timergazi (5/6)
2nd= Nicholas Winsley (5/6)
B Grade 1300-1600
1st= Lucas Qu (4/6)
1st= Daniel Winsley (4/6)
1st= Abinhand Rajendran (4/6)
C Grade <1300
1st= Brock Clement (3/6)
1st= Jin Tan (3/6)
1st= Zachary He (3/6)
1st= Roy McKay (3/6)
1st= James Patterson (3/6)
Junior >14+
1st Cohen Young (6/6)
2nd= Ollie Archer (4/6)
2nd= Luke Chang (4/6)
Junior 10-13
1st= Lucas Qu (4/6)
1st= Abinhand Rajendran (4/6)
Junior Under 10
1st= John Hao
1st= Vrajesh Ravi
1st= Jacob He
1st= Long Minh Le
Junior Results: By age group, by rating
Leading Kapiti Player and recipient of the Flora Paul Trophy: David Paul
PGN Round 1
PGN Round 2
PGN Round 3
PGN Round 4
PGN Round 5
PGN Round 6
46th Trusts Open 2024
June 1st – June 3rd 2024
A Grade
1st: 5.5/6 – FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang
2nd equal: 4.5/6 – IM Russell J Dive
2nd equal: 4.5/6 – IM Anthony F Ker
2nd equal: 4.5/6 – Cohen Young
2nd equal: 4.5/6 – IM Paul A Garbett
Grade 1 1st: 4/6 – Zachary Yu
Grade 2 1st: 3.5/6 – Winston Weng
Grade 3 1st equal: 3.5/6 – WCM Nadia Braganza
Grade 3 1st equal: 3.5/6 – Justin Zhide Wang
Grade 3 1st equal: 3.5/6 – Yanbo Jin
Grade 3 1st equal: 3.5/6 – Karthik Sethuramalingam
B Grade
1st: 5.5/6 – Xxavier Willoughby-Ansell
2nd equal: 5/6 – Buthsara Hettiarachchi
2nd equal: 5/6 – Huang, Ziyi
Grade 1 1st equal: 4.5/6 – Sophia Feng
Grade 1 1st equal: 4.5/6 – Huankai (Eden) Xu
Grade 2 1st: 5/6 – Francisco Nascimento
Grade 3 1st equal: 3.5/6 – Tom Nicholson
Grade 3 1st equal: 3.5/6 – Elena Moshakova
Grade 3 1st equal: 3.5/6 – Jeremy Xi Xu
Grade 3 1st equal: 3.5/6 – Thomas Beier
C Grade
1st: 5.5/6 – Brillion Yan Jun Lau
2nd equal: 5/6 – Huiyi (Janice) Shi
2nd equal: 5/6 – Yanshuo Pei
2nd equal: 5/6 – Marco Leon
Grade 1 1st: 4.5/6 – Troy Matich
Grade 2 1st: 4.5/6 – Ziyang (Jayden) Huang
Grade 3 1st equal: 3/6 – Amrish Khanolkar
Grade 3 1st equal: 3/6 – Quinn Song
Grade 3 1st equal: 3/6 – Mario Jingnan Huang
Junior Grade
1st: 5.5/6 – Conghan (Kirby) Shao
2nd: 5/6 – Oliver Sun
3rd equal: 4.5/6 – Chenyi (Hannah) Yang
3rd equal: 4.5/6 – Leon Zhang
3rd equal: 4.5/6 – Andrey Ding
Under 10 years old 1st: 4/6 – Eddie Yixuan Han
Under 10 years old 2nd: 3.5/6 – Cynthia Zhang
Under 8 years old 1st: 4/6 – Vera Jintian Xu
Under 8 years old 2nd: 4/6 – Linyu Wang
Vega: A Grade, B Grade, C Grade, Junior Grade
Event page: https://newzealandchess.co.nz/event/46th-trusts-open/
Arie Nijman Memorial 2024 (Christchurch)
25-28 April 2024
1st FM Roger Nokes 5.5/6
2nd= Matt McNabb, CM Ed Rains, Zachary Yu
U2000 1st= Luna Lu and Justin Zhide Zhang
U1700 1st Louis Lim
U1700 2nd= Sriram Muthukumaran
U1700 2nd= Cory Broad
U1400 1st Christian Cosgrove
U1400 2nd= Giann van Heerden and William Vagg
All Canterbury Champions – Matt McNabb and CM Ed Rains
Canterbury U2000 – Blake Gilmore
Auckland ANZAC Weekender
25-28 April 2024
Open
1st 6/6 FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang
2nd 5/6 Daniel Wang
3rd equal 4.5/6 Yolanda Chang
Open, Under 1800 and Above 1650
3rd equal 4.5/6 Buthsara Hettiarachchi
Open, Under 1800 and Above 1650
3rd equal 4.5/6 Karl Holdo
Open, Under 1800 and Above 1650
3rd equal 4.5/6 Junqing Jerome Tao
Under 1650 and Above 1500
1st equal 3.5/6 Huankai (Eden) Xu
Under 1650 and Above 1500
1st equal 3.5/6 Zi Yao (Kelvin) Wang
Under 1650 and Above 1500
1st equal 3.5/6 Martin Zhou
Under 1500
1st 4/6 Rex Xiaoyu Chen
Canterbury Chess Club Junior Series #4
14 April 2024
1st Sriram Muthukumaran (5/5)
2nd Alex Manson (4/5)
3rd= Christian Cosgrove (3.5/5)
3rd= Amanjeet Riar (3.5/5)
Summit Rookies/Junior Rapid
7 April 2024
Open (U2000)
1st= 5.5/6
Wang, Justin Zhide
Huang, Ziyi
3rd= 5/6
Cui, Oscar
Meng, Harrison Xiang Zhi
Wang, Zi Yao (Kelvin)
Weng, Winston
Best U1600 4.5/6
Li, Olivia
Best U1500 3.5/6
Wang, Ziyi(Jeremy)
U1000
1st 6/6
Aaron prince
2nd= 5/6
Wang, Tingyu
Yam, Vincent
Jiang, Charlie
Wang, Ethan Zhirui
Best U500 4/6
Huang, Michael
Best U300 4/6
Zhang, Shiduo
Vega link
Open (U2000)
https://newzealandchess.co.nz/tournaments/misc/2024/wwwSummit_20240407_U2000/
U1000
https://newzealandchess.co.nz/tournaments/misc/2024/wwwSummit_20240407_U1000/
North Island Championship 2024
29th March – 1st April 2024
1st Anthony Ker, 8/8
2nd= Russell Dive, Layden Loke, Ollie Archer, Justin Wang, Luke Chang 6/8
U1800
1st= Leo Malcolm, Emily Gan, Ziyi Huang 5.5/8
4th= Dion Wilson, Jacob Barry, Ziyu Huang, Oscar Cui, Karthik Sethuramalingam, Geoffrey Gunawan 5/8
Canterbury Chess Club Junior Series #2
3 March 2024
1st Didi Xue (5/5)
2nd Sriram Muthukumaran (4/5)
3rd = Joel Patterson (3/5)
3rd = Raphael Serafico (3/5)
3rd = Raenv Senak (3/5)
3rd = Eli Butcher (3/5)
3rd = Roscoe Dee (3/5)
Otago Autumn Rapid Open
3rd March 2024
The Otago Autumn Rapid Open was held on Sunday 3 March – A healthy 21 players turned up despite only Rommel Ong and Juni Aguilar coming from outside Dunedin. The event was won by Quentin Johnson on 5½/6, after he upset top seed Alex Nedyhalov in round 3 and survived a blunder against Ong in round 5. Second was shared by Nedyhalov and Oscar Lobb on 5 points. The U1500 Grade was won by Tyne Grant on 4, with second shared by Naoki Kozakai, Samson Kazakov, Conor Kerr, Aidan Dixon and Noah Wilson. See the Results on Vega.
Summit Junior Rapid
3 March 2024
U2000 Division
1st, Cui, Oscar
2nd=, Jin, Yanbo
2nd=, Xu, Luna Yuexiu
2nd=, Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)
Best U1600
Zhao, Oliver
Best U1500
Sun, Oliver
U1000 Division
1st=, Zhang, Leon
1st=, Barnes, Jack
3rd=, Lee, Jaden Jhia Xing
3rd=, Liang, Nancy
3rd=, Wang, Matt
3rd=, Jiang, Charlie
Best U500,
Zhou, Caius
Best U300
Thein-Xie, Jake
18th Bay of Plenty Rapid
24th February 2024
A tournament
1st & BoP Rapid Champion: FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang (6/6)
2nd: Kayden Loke (5/6)
=3rd & Joint BoP Rapid Local Champion: Nunilon III Fulo (4/6)
=3rd: Justin Zhide Wang (4/6)
=3rd & Joint BoP Rapid Local Champion: Scott Kenneth Macleod (4/6)
Full Results
B tournament
1st: Brian Liu (6/6)
2nd: Kyle Hall (5/6)
3rd: Alexander Carter (4.5/6)
Full Results
Canterbury Chess Club Junior Series #1
11 February 2024
1st = Sriram Muthukumaran (4.5/5)
1st = Didi Xue (4.5/5)
3rd = Liam Zhang (3/5)
3rd = Cici Chen (3/5)
3rd = Raenv Senak (3/5)
Summit Rapid
4th February 2024
U2000 (Open)
1st Justin Wang 6/6
2nd= Jin, Yanbo 5/6
2nd= Tew, Markis 5/6
2nd= Membrere, Briene 5/6
2nd= Sun, Sarah 5/6
Best U1200
Liang, Xibing 4/6
U1000/Junior
1st Song, Quinn 5.5/6
2nd= Shao, Kirby 5/6
2nd= Wang, Tingyu 5/6
2nd= Jiang, Charlie 5/6
2nd= Wang, Matt 5/6
Best U500
Sha, Alex 4.5/6
Best U300
Mok, Oliver 4/6
Open
https://newzealandchess.co.nz/…/wwwSummit_20240204_U1800/
U1000
https://newzealandchess.co.nz/…/wwwSummit_20240204_U1000/
Hawkes Bay Rapid
10th February 2024
A tournament
1st equal 5/6 Briene Membrere
1st equal 5/6 Kayden Loke
3rd equal 3.5/6 Stephen G Lukey
3rd equal 3.5/6 Fuatai Fuatai
B tournament
1st 6/6 Asher Riley
2nd 4.5/6 Adam Harris
3rd equal 3.5/6 Ashlee-Deanna McNabb
3rd equal 3.5/6 Magnus MacFarlane
3rd equal 3.5/6 Michael Ashe
3rd equal 3.5/6 Rayyan Hafiji
3rd equal 3.5/6 Ariel A Patdu
Junior tournament
1st equal 5/6 Ethan Evans
1st equal 5/6 Aarush Khanolkar
1st equal 5/6 Eunkyeol Han
Auckland Waitangi Weekender 2024
3rd to 6th February 2024
Open 1st equal 5.5/6 FM Leonard McLaren
Open 1st equal 5.5/6 FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang
Open 3rd equal 4/6 Alex Coates (receiving 1st equal Under 1600 and Above 1400 prize)
Open 3rd equal 4/6 Luna Yuexiu Xu (receiving 1st equal Under 1600 and Above 1400 prize)
Open 3rd equal 4/6 Jessie De Guzman (receiving 1st equal Under 1600 and Above 1400 prize)
Open 3rd equal 4/6 Junqing Jerome Tao (receiving 1st equal Under 1600 and Above 1400 prize)
Open 3rd equal 4/6 Baraa Zara (receiving 1st equal Under 1600 and Above 1400 prize)
Open 3rd equal 4/6 Richard Jingjie Liu (receiving 1st equal Under 1600 and Above 1400 prize)
Open 3rd equal 4/6 Sophia Feng (receiving 1st equal Under 1400 and Above 1300 prize)
Open 3rd equal 4/6 Taylor Sussex (receiving 1st equal Under 1400 and Above 1300 prize)
Open 13th equal 3/6 Yehara Yethmini Epa (receiving 1st equal Under 1300 prize)
Open 13th equal 3/6 Harrison Xiang Zhi Meng (receiving 1st equal Under 1300 prize)
Summit Rapid
4th February 2024
U2000 (Open)
1st Justin Wang 6/6
2nd= Jin, Yanbo 5/6
2nd= Tew, Markis 5/6
2nd= Membrere, Briene 5/6
2nd= Sun, Sarah 5/6
Best U1200
Liang, Xibing 4/6
U1000/Junior
1st Song, Quinn 5.5/6
2nd= Shao, Kirby 5/6
2nd= Wang, Tingyu 5/6
2nd= Jiang, Charlie 5/6
2nd= Wang, Matt 5/6
Best U500
Sha, Alex 4.5/6
Best U300 Mok, Oliver 4/6
Auckland Anniversary Weekender 2024
27th-29th January 2024
Open, 1st:
6/6 – FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang
Open, Under 1900 and Above 1500, 2nd:
5/6 – Kayden Loke
Open, Under 1900 and Above 1500, 3rd equal (receiving under 1900 and above 1500 1st prize):
4.5/6 – Ryan Hwang
Open, 3rd equal (receiving under 1500 and above 1300 1st prize):
4.5/6 – FM Leonard McLaren
Open, Under 1500 and Above 1300, 3rd equal:
4.5/6 – Alan Gaynor
Open, Under 1500 and Above 1300, 3rd equal (receiving under 1500 and above 1300 1st prize):
4.5/6 – Richard Jingjie Liu
Open, Under 1300 and Above 1200, 7th equal (receiving under 1300 and above 1200 1st equal prize):
4/6 – Great Boyou Lau
Open, Under 1300 and Above 1200, 7th equal (receiving under 1300 and above 1200 1st equal prize):
4/6 – Sophia Feng
Open, Under 1200, 7th equal (receiving under 1200 1st prize):
4/6 – Brett Warman
131st New Zealand Chess Congress 2024
2nd-12th January 2024
New Zealand Championship
New Zealand Champion,
Croad, Nicolas
2nd Middelburg, Tom
3rd =
Hague, Ben
RenJith, Sravan
Dive, Russell
Best U2200
Fulo, Nunilon III
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
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
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
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
Otago Summer Rapid Open
3rd December 2023
Venue: Otago Chess Club, 7 Maitland Street, Dunedin
The Otago Summer Rapid Open was on Sunday 3rd December with a record field of 42 players from Dunedin, Oamaru, Queenstown, Wanaka, Invercargill and Christchurch. Alex Nedyhalov won with an unbeaten 5½/6. Second was shared by Alexander Sun and Daniel Bell on 5 points. The U1500 Grade was shared by Raymond Yang, Tyne Grant and Scott Samuel on 4 points, with Samuel taking the U1200 prize. Second in the U1200 grade was Samuel Mitchell on 3 points.
36th Papatoetoe Rapid Open & 7th Papatoetoe Junior Rapid 2023
2nd-3rd December 2023
Venue: Hunters Corner Bowling Club
Estonian Rapid
25th November 2023
Venue: Wellington Bridge Club, 17 Tinakori Road, Thorndon, Wellington
1st Young, Cohen 5.5
2nd= IM Ker, Anthony 5.0
2nd= Winter, Ryan 5.0
2nd= FM Hague, Ben 5.0
2nd= Van der Hoorn, Thomas 5.0
Summit & North Island Rapid Champinships 2023
12th November 2023
Open
1st FM Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern
North Island Rapid Champion 2023
Summit Rapid Champion 2023
2nd = FM Xie, Felix
2nd = Jin, Yanbo
U1800 Tournament
1st Willoughby-Ansell, Xxavier
North Island Rapid U1800 Champion 2023
Summit Rapid U1800 Champion 2023
2nd = Membrere, Briene
2nd = Xu, Huankai (Eden)
Junior Tournament
1st Bala, Vihaan
North Island Rapid Junior Champion 2023
Summit Rapid Junior Champion 2023
2nd = Pan, Alexander Hanrui
2nd = Chen, Alex
2nd = Wang, Yinuo (Noah)
Best U900
Fu, Grace
Best U600
Sun, Oliver
Merv Morrison Memorial 2023
21st-23rd October 2023
Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt. Eden, Auckland.
The Merv Morrison trophy for U1800 is won by Victor Coen and Leo Baker.
1st 6/6 FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang
2nd 5/6 Daqi Mao
3rd equal 4.5/6 FM Leonard McLaren
Under 1800 1st equal (Open 3rd equal) 4.5/6 Victor Coen
Under 1800 1st equal (Open 3rd equal) 4.5/6 Ilias Angelo (Leo) Baker
Under 1500 and Above 1400 1st equal 4/6 Anderson Chen
Under 1500 and Above 1400 1st equal 4/6 Philip Mukkattu
Under 1500 and Above 1400 1st equal 4/6 Ting Liang
Under 1400 and Above 1200 1st 4/6 Dion Wilson
Under 1200 1st 3/6 Martin Zhou
Event webpage and Facebook photoalbum by NZChessNews
Summit Rookie/Junior Rapid
15th October 2023
Venue: Alexandra Park, Epsom, Auckland.
U1800 (Open)
1st, Olivia Li, 5.5/6
2nd= Briene Membrere and Yanshuo Pei, 5/6
Best U1200 – Ta Cong Minh Nguyen
U1000 (Junior).
1st, Neo Liang, 6/6
2nd= on 5/6 – Mason Khong, Mark Zou, Oliver Sun, Sunny Truong, Lucas Khong, Wilson Liu
Best U500 – Vincent Yam 4.5/6
Best U200 – Eunkyeol Han 4.5/6
Taranaki Open Rapid
7th October 2023
Venue: New Plymouth Bridge Club rooms, 70 Hobson Street, New Plymouth
Congratulations to NPCC and club president, John Ansell for organising a very successful tournament.
1st= FM Ben Hague and Kayden Loke
3rd= CM David Notley, Brayden Ross, Bernard Pfister
1st= U1500 Freddie Weeks, Karl Holdo (both also 3rd=)
1st= U1300 Ariel Patdu, Joshua Barnes
U15 Gold medal: Matthew Keith
U15 Silver medal: Delavan Domney Mackey
U12 Gold medal: Joshua Barnes
U12 Silver medal: Dang Khoi Pham
U10 Gold medal: Geetham Addagada
U10 Silver medal: Janvi Addagada
South Island Chess Championship 2023
27th September – 30th September 2023
Venue: Brydone Hotel, Oamaru
South Island Champion 2023: Eddie Lee
Open
1st: Eddie Lee (6.5/8)
2nd=: FM Stephen Lukey, Matthew McNabb, CM Kendrick Botong Zhang (6/8)
U2000
1st: Atlas Kerr, Rommel Ong, Timothy Ha (5.5/8)
1650
1st: Karl Holdo, Angelito Ingan
Best junior: CM Kendrick Botong Zhang (6/8)
Best girl: Abigail Rowe (4.5/8)
Vega – Games in PGN – Lichess – Photos – David Boyle, set 1 – David Boyle, set 2
South Island Rapid Championship 2023
1st October 2023
Venue: Brydone Hotel, Oamaru
South Island Rapid Champions 2023: Atlas Kerr, Olefsandr Nedyhalov, Thomas Koentges
Open
1st: CM Kendrick Botong Zhang (5.5/6)
2nd=: Atlas Kerr, Olefsandr Nedyhalov, Thomas Koentges, WFM Nikola Mayhuber, Jack McConnell (5/6)
U1800
1st: Jack McConnell (5/6)
2nd: Artem Anikonov (4.5/6)
U1200
1st: Dion Wilson (4/6)
2nd=: Abigail Rowe, Caleb McDonald, Charles Prebble, Abel van Booma (3/6)
NZ Women’s Championship 2023 / Sue Maroroa-Jones Memorial
NZ Women’s Champion 2023: WCM Isabelle Ning
1st: WCM Isabelle Ning (6.5/7)
2nd: Wanyao Sun (5/7)
3rd=: Luna Xu, Emily Gan, Jennya Charamova, Annie Yue, Weiyang Yu (4.5/7)
NZ Fischer-Random Championship 2023
16th September 2023
Venue: Northcote Community Centre, corner College Rd and Ernie Mays Str, Northcote, Auckland
NZ Fischer-Random Championship 2023 was the first national chess championship played according to Chess 960 rules.
A-grade
NZ Fischer-Random Champion 1st 6/6 FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang
Junior Champion 2nd equal 4.5/6 FM Felix Xie
Senior Champion 2nd equal 4.5/6 FM Leonard McLaren
Under 1780 4/6 Zachary Yu
Under 1780 4/6 William Rui Liu
Under 1780 4/6 Miles Lee
Under 1580 3/6 Xxavier Willoughby-Ansell
Under 1580 3/6 Samuel Moffitt
Veteran Champion 3/6 Ceferino Isaac
Women’s Champion 2.5/6 Wanyao Sarah Sun
B-grade
1st equal 5/6 Lawrence Wen
1st equal 5/6 Senuk Rathnayake
1st equal 5/6 Duncan McDonald
Under 20 4/6 Lucas Wang
Under 12 4/6 Joshua Barnes
Under 12 4/6 Taoran Ethan Sun
Under 12 4/6 Paul Yuan
Under 10 3/6 Mason Khong
Under 10 3/6 Carol Huixin Wang
Event webpage – Facebook photoalbum
Central Auckland Sarapu Cup
3rd September 2023
Venue: Eden Rugby Football Club, 225 Sandringham Road, Kingsland, Auckland 1025
Pawns division
1st place – Dhriti Chakrapu
Bishops division
1st place – Jayden Xin
10 and under age group winner – Sanjay Narayan
Kings division
1st place – Buthsara Hettiarachchi
2nd place (on tiebreak) Kisara Hettiarachchi
3rd place (on tiebreak) Great Boyou Lau
Otago Spring Rapid Open 2023
3rd September 2023
Venue: Otago Chess Club, 7 Maitland Street, Dunedin 9016.
The Otago Spring Rapid Open was held on Sunday 3 September, with 30 players from all over New Zealand plus WFM Niki Mayrhuber an Otago exchange student from Austria. There was a four-way tie for first on 5/6 between Alex Nedyhalov, Quentin Johnson, Atlas Kerr and Ben Suazo. The Under 1500 grade was won by Tyne Grant on 4 points with Paul Gudoy, Ryan Zhou and Roam Penwarden sharing second on 3 points.
Canterbury Junior Chess Championships 2023
2nd-3rd September 2023
Venue: Canterbury Chess Club, 9/27 Tyne St, Addington, Christchurch
Open/Under 16
1st – Bill Li
2nd – Rudra Parthak
3rd – Charles Prebble
Under 14
Under 14 1st – Corby Allison
Under 14 and Open 1st Girl – Ritika Joseph
Under 14 2nd – Sriram Muthukumaran
Under 14 3rd – Sayan Samarawickrama
Combined Under 10 and Under 12
Under 12 1st – Shihiran Samarawickrama
Under 12 2nd – Vidit Bhatt
Under 12 3rd – Raphael Serafico
Open Under 10 – Richard Jingjie Liu
Canterbury Under 10 and Under 10 Girl – Shihara Samarawickrama
2023 New Zealand Seniors and Veterans Championships
24th-27th August 2023
Venue: Ascot Park Hotel, Invercargill
Senior champion: Ben Hague
Veteran champions: Anthony Carpinter and Gordon Morrell
Seniors
1st Ben Hague 5/6
2nd= Nick Cummings, Timothy Ha, Anthony Carpinter & Gordon Morrell 4/6
6th= Edward Lee, Hamish Gold & Tim McPherson 3.5/6
9th= Gary McLean, Anthony Booth, Robert List & Phil Coleman 2.5/6
13th= Bob Clarkson & Barry Hooton 2/6
15th Andrew Brockway 1.5/6
Veterans
1st= Anthony Carpinter & Gordon Morrell 4/6
3rd Tim McPherson 3.5/6
4th= Gary McLean, Anthony Booth & Robert List 2.5/6
7th Barry Hooton 2/6
8th Bob Clarkson 1.5/6
Event website – Vega listing – Facebook photos – DGT broadcast: Lichess
Chess Power SuperChamps
27th August 2023
Venue: Eden Rugby Football Club, 225 Sandringham Road, Kingsland, Auckland 1025
A+B grade (combined) FIDE & NZCF rated
1st= Patrick Di Jiang & Luna Yuexiu Xu (4.5/6)
3rd= Ryan Yiheng Zhou & Karthik Aetukuru (4/6)
Biggest upset: Ryan Yihang Zhou
Biggest rating gainer: Ryan Yihang Zhou
Powerplay: Ryan Yihang Zhou
C grade
1st Daniel Noronha (6/6)
2nd Cynthia Zhang (5/6)
3rd Sahasra Aetukuru (4/6)
Biggest upset: Sanjay Narayan
Biggest rating gainer: Cynthia Zhang
Powerplay: Daniel Noronha
Summit Rookie/Junior Rapid
13th August 2023
Venue: Alexandra Park, Epsom, Auckland.
Organised by the Summit Chess Club
Open Division
1st=,
Xu, Huankai (Eden) 5/6
Hettiarachchi, Buthsara 5/6
Tew, Yao Zen Markis 5/6
Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo) 5/6
Tamimi, Naser 5/6
Tao, Junqing Jerome 5/6
Best U1300 – Weng, Stephen 4/6
Best U1100 – Gu, Claire Yuqi 4/6
U1000 Division
1st, Egorovtsev, Artem E 7/7
2nd=, 6/7
Lin, Zexin (Chris)
Bala, Vihaan
Zhang, Leo Haoran
Guan, Dian
Best U500
Shao, Conghan (Kirby) 5.5/7
Lee, Jaden Jhia Xing 5/7
Best U300
Wang, Jeremy 5.5/7
Han, Eunkyeol 5/7
Kapiti Junior Rapid
12th August 2023
Venue: Raumati Beach School, 26-34 Raumati Road, Raumati Beach
Organised by Kapiti Chess Club
Junior Open: 1st: Ryan Winter (5.5), 2nd: Josh Langford (4.5), 3rd=: Cohen Young, Kayden Loke, Levi Paxton, Alex Coates (3.5)
Secondary Age Division: Gold: Luke Chang (5.5), Silver: Toby Shannon, (5), Bronze: Jacob Bayler (4.5)
Intermediate Age Division: Gold (on tie-break): Timothy Wang (5), Silver: Samual Coles (5), Bronze: Ushnishi Chakraborty, Alistair Brownie, Marcel Milson (4)
Primary Age Division: Gold (on tie-break): Mark Wu (5) Silver: Leo Lawton (5), Bronze: Zachery He, Niranjana Sethuramlingam, Jingwei Xu (4.5)
School Trophy for best Kāpiti-Horowhenua School: Levin Intermediate (Top 4: Alistair Brownie, Roy McKay, Blake Bortha, Oscar Hyndman). Photo: Full team, plus teacher Lars Dobbertin-King).
Full report with photos
Vega: Open | Primary | Intermediate and Senior
Central Auckland Sarapu Cup
6th August 2023
Venue: Eden Rugby Football Club, 225 Sandringham Road, Kingsland, Auckland 1025
TBA
Peter Stuart Memorial / North Island Championship
13th-16th July 2023
Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Str., Mt. Eden, Auckland
North Island Champion and 1st 7/8 FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang
2nd equal 6/8 IM Tom Middelburg
2nd equal 6/8 CM Alex Nagorski
2nd equal 6/8 Miles Lee
Under 1800 equal 4.5/8 Yolanda Chang
Under 1800 equal 4.5/8 Duncan McDonald
Under 1800 equal 4.5/8 Jenny Qi
Under 1800 equal 4.5/8 David Junyang Zhu
Under 1800 equal 4.5/8 Preeyansh Roul
Under 1520 equal 4.5/8 Leo Baker
Under 1520 equal 4.5/8 Karl Holdo
North Island Championship
North Island Champion 1st 7/8 FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang
North Island Women’s Champion 5th equal 5.5/8 WCM Nadia Braganza
North Island Girls Champion 5th equal 5.5/8 WCM Isabelle Yixuan Ning
North Island Boys Champion 5th equal 5.5/8 Philli Park-Tamati
North Island Senior Champion 5th equal 5.5/8 FM Leonard J McLaren
North Island Veteran Champion 44th equal 2.5/8 J Nigel Metge
Upset Prize Round 1/8 Philip Mukkattu (beat Nigel Metge)
Upset Prize Round 2/8 Duncan McDonald (beat Leonard McLaren)
Upset Prize Round 3/8 Dion A Wilson (beat Timothy Ha)
Upset Prize Round 4/8 Brogan Powlesland (beat Hunter Po’e-Tofaeono)
Upset Prize Round 5/8 Harrison Xiang Zhi Meng (beat Annie Yue)
Upset Prize Round 6/8 Grayson Po’e-Tofaeono (beat Nigel Metge)
Upset Prize Round 7/8 Patrick Di Jiang (beat Nigel Metge)
Upset Prize Round 8/8 Dion A Wilson (beat Nigel Metge)
Event website – Vega – Lichess broadcast – Photo album
Southern Chess Classic (incorporating the All-Southland title)
14th-16th July 2023
Venue: Invercargill Bridge Club, Invercargill
1st = 5/6 Eddie Lee and Mike Steadman
3rd Quentin Johnson
U1700
1st Daniel Bell 3.5/6
2nd = Alex Tamuina and Gary McLean 3/6
U1300
1st= Misha Zernov, Samantha Coleman and Dylan Lee 2.5/6
All Southland Champion Eddie Lee 5/6
All Southland Junior Champion Atlas Kerr 3.5/6
Biggest Upset Dylan Lee for his win over Emanuel Santiago
Summit Rookie/Junior Rapid
16th July 2023
Venue: Alexandra Park, Epsom, Auckland.
Open U1800
1st Zhao, Oliver 5.5/6
2nd= Membrere, Briene 5/6
2nd= Cui, Oscar 5/6
2nd= Liu, Richard Jingjie 5/6
2nd= Hettiarachchi, Buthsara 5/6
Best U1200 – Ye, Annie Ziyue
Best U1000 – Yu, Rex
U1000 (Junior)
1st Xu, Rory Haoxuan 6.5/7
2nd= Hou, Lucas 6/7
2nd= Ferenback, Sebastian 6/7
2nd= Qi, Kevin 6/7
2nd= Guan, Dian 6/7
Best U500 – Shao, Conghan (Kirby); Wu, Lindsay Lingxi
Best U201 – Wintle, Jackson; Wu, Lindsay Lingxi
Howick Chess Centre Autumn Junior Rapid
9th July 2023
Venue: Howick Chess Centre, 12 Central Terrace, Howick, Auckland
TBA
2023 Poppies Chess Challenge
8th July 2023
Venue: Poppies bookstore in Picton Street, Howick
TBA
Howick Chess Centre Junior Winter Rapid
18th June 2023
Venue: Howick Chess Centre, 12 Central Terrace, Howick, Auckland
1st= Paul Yuan and Olivia Li
2nd Great Boyou Lau
3rd= Luna Lu and Ryan Hwang
Upper Hutt Chess Club Open Rapid Tournament 2023
17th June 2023
Venue: Hutt International Boys School, Granville Street, Trentham
Vega listings: Open and Junior
Otago Winter Rapid Open 2023
11th June 2023
Venue: Otago Chess Club, 7 Maitland Street, Dunedin 9016.
The Otago Winter Rapid Open was held on Sunday 11th June 2023 with 34 players turning out from Dunedin, Oamaru, Christchurch, Invercargill and Queenstown – Alex Nedyhalov was the winner on 5.5/6 ahead of Ben Suazo 2nd on 5 and FM Mike Steadman 3rd on 4.5. The U1600 Grade prize was shared by Emmanuel Santiago, Daniel Bell, Oscar Lobb and Tyne Grant on 4 points. The U1300 Grade prize was shared by Paul Gudoy and Benjamin Roberts on 3 points.
Summit Rookie/Junior Rapid
11th June 2023
Venue: Alexandra Park, Epsom, Auckland.
Open(U1800)
1st, Membrere, Briene 5.5/6
2nd=, Sun, Taoran Ethan 5/6
2nd=, McDonald, Duncan 5/6
2nd=, Tao, Junqing Jerome 5/6
2nd=, Hettiarachchi, Buthsara 5/6
Best U1250,
Beier, Thomas 4/6
Best U1000
Yang, Aoyun 3.5/6
U1000
1st, Moh, James 7/7
2nd=, Wang, Tairan (George) 5/7
2nd=, Wang, Ruoming(Austin) 5/7
2nd=, Jie, Jeffrey 5/7
Best U500,
Liang, Neo Bohan
Wang, Tingyu
Best U200
Wen, Lawrence
Pai, Sanay Sainath
Photos and more photos
45th Trusts Open 2023, Auckland
3th-5th June 2023
Venue: Te Pai Centre (opposite Quality Hotel Lincoln Green), Henderson, Auckland
A Grade
1st 5.5/6 FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang
2nd 5/6 FM Robert W Smith
3rd equal 4.5/6 FM Ben Hague
3rd equal 4.5/6 Philli Park-Tamati
Under 2150 equal 4/6 Daniel Wang
Under 2150 equal 4/6 WCM Isabelle Yixuan Ning
Under 1950 equal 4/6 Winston Weng
Under 1950 equal 4/6 Richard J Dare
Under 1860 3.5/6 Zikun Kenneth Liu
B Grade
1st equal 5/6 Eric Mironov
1st equal 5/6 Jessie De Guzman
3rd equal 4.5/6 Samuel Moffitt
3rd equal 4.5/6 Alex Coates
Under 1740 equal 3.5/6 Charles Zhang
Under 1740 equal 3.5/6 Afique M Nazeer
Under 1740 equal 3.5/6 Qixuan Liang
Under 1660 4/6 Hayden Steele
Under 1660 4/6 Annie Yue
Under 1550 3/6 Brogan Powlesland
C Grade
1st 5.5/6 Dion Wilson
2nd 5/6 Thomas Beier
3rd equal 4.5/6 Zi Yao (Kelvin) Wang
3rd equal 4.5/6 Hong Yuan
3rd equal 4.5/6 Lucas Boyu Zhang
3rd equal 4.5/6 Oscar Cui
Under 1400 equal 4/6 Stephen Weng
Under 1400 equal 4/6 William Si
Under 1200 equal 3.5/6 Huiyi Shi
Under 1200 equal 3.5/6 Nyla Fulo
Under 1000 equal 3.5/6 Jayden Huang
Under 1000 equal 3.5/6 Elvin Sun
Junior Grade
1st equal 5/6 Paul Yuan
1st equal 5/6 Ronnie Jiang
1st equal 5/6 Anne Guo
1st equal 5/6 Huankai (Eden) Xu
Under 10 years old 1st equal 4/6 Tilden Wang
Under 10 years old 1st equal 4/6 Hugh Wang
Under 10 years old 1st equal 4/6 Kisara Hettiarachchi
Under 10 years old 1st equal 4/6 Eddie Yixuan Han
Under 8 years old 1st 4/6 Leon Zhang
Under 8 years old 2nd 3.5/6 Lucas Zhang
Lichess broadcast – Event page – Vega: A-Grade – B-Grade – C-Grade – Junior
Photos: NZCF – NZChessNews – Waitakere CC set 1 / set 2 / set 3 / prizegiving – Bonus set 1 – Bonus set 2
Kapiti Rapid
27th May 2023
Venue: Salvation Army, rear Hall, 41 Bluegum Rd, Paraparaumu Beach
Open – A Grade:
1st= Russell Dive and Anthony Ker – 5.5/6
B Grade:
1st= Ali Katkodia and Zachary Thirkell – 4/6
C Grade:
1st Lucas Qu – 4/6
2nd= Zac Li and Farqad Yuseif – 3/6
Junior 12+:
1st= Ollie Archer and Cohen Young – 5/6
Junior U12:
1st Lucas Qu
2nd Abigail Rowe
Flora Paul Memorial Trophy (Highest placed Kapiti Player) – David Paul 4/6
Event report – Photo album – Vega
2023 Arie Nijman Memorial
19th-21st May 2023
Venue: Canterbury Chess Club, 9/27 Tyne Street, Addington, Christchurch.
1st 5/6 Kendrick Zhang
2nd= 4.5/6 Tony Carpinter & Matt McNabb (joint All Canterbury Champs) & William Liu
1st= Under 2000 4/6 Zachary Yu & Richard Christie
1st Under 1700 Luna Lu
2nd Under 1700 Artem Anikonov
1st Under 1400 Akash Patel
2nd= Under 1400 Rowan Blair & Vihaan Sharma
Vega – Event website with PGN – Canterbury CC photos and Oamaru CC photos
Summit Rookie/Junior Rapid
7th May 2023
Venue: Alexandra Park, Epsom, Auckland.
Open Division
1st, 5.5/6 Cui, Oscar
2nd=, 5/6 De Guzman, Jessie; McDonald, Duncan; Tew, Yao Zen Markis; Tao, Junqing Jerome
Best U1200 – Wang, Lucas
Best U1000 – Anson Li
U1000 Division
1st, 6.5/7 Zhang, Leon
2nd= 6/7 Wen, Alan; Cui, Justin Jiaming; Egorovtsev, Artem E
Best U500 – Xia, Jonathan; Liang, Neo Bohan
Best U200 – Cui, Justin Jiaming; Huang, Ziqian
Central Auckland Sarapu Cup
7th May 2023
Venue: Eden Rugby Football Club, 225 Sandringham Road, Kingsland, Auckland 1025
TBA – Event page
Howick Chess Centre Autumn Junior Rapid
30th April 2023
Venue: Howick Chess Centre, 12 Central Terrace, Howick, Auckland
Winners: Luna Lu and Tejasvi Kichavadi
Auckland ANZAC Weekender 2023
22nd-23rd, 25th April 2023
Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt. Eden, Auckland.
Open
1st equal 5.5/6 Daqi Mao
1st equal 5.5/6 Hao Tang
3rd 5/6 FM Leonard McLaren
Under 1800 and Above 1450
1st equal 4/6 Patrick Di Jiang
1st equal 4/6 Jessie De Guzman
1st equal 4/6 Luna Yuexiu Xu
Under 1450 and Above 1250
1st 4/6 Sai Vivan Karthikeya Somaraju
Under 1250 and Above 1100
1st 3.5/6 Branden Zhuojun Li
Under 1100
1st equal 3/6 Lucas Boyu Zhang
1st equal 3/6 Olivia Li
Vega – Lichess broadcast – Facebook photoalbum – Event webpage
George Trundle 2023 Round-robins
12th-21st April 2023
Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, Mt Eden, Auckland.
Masters
1st 7.5/9 FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang
2nd equal 6.5/9 Zachary Yu
2nd equal 6.5/9 Cohen Young
Qualifiers
1st equal 6.5/9 Preeyansh Roul
1st equal 6.5/9 Alex Coates
1st equal 6.5/9 Jacob Barry
NZChessNews photos – AKLChess portraits – Event webpage
Oceania Youth 2023
11th-15th April 2003
Many medals, norms, and direct titles from the Oceania Youth 2023 event! Congratulations to all winners! Please also check many photos from the event on Facebook (New Zealand Chess News, by IA Helen Milligan)
Under 20 Open
???? FM Cameron McGowan AUS (IM title – rating already achieved; GM norm)
???? FM Daniel Hanwen Gong NZL (already has FM; IM norm achieved)
???? CM Hamish Bassig (FM title and IM norm)
Under 20 Girls
???? Lillian Lu AUS (WIM title and WGM norm)
[2nd but taking U18 medal: WFM Alaina Vincent AUS (WIM norm)]
???? WCM Nadia Braganza NZL (WFM title and WIM norm)
???? WCM Judy Middleton AUS
Under 18 Open
???? FM Sravan Renjith NZL (IM title)
???? Randheer Thogata AUS (FM title)
???? Josh Langford NZL (FM title)
Under 18 Girls
???? WFM Alaina Vincent AUS
[2nd WCM Nadia Braganza taking G20 ???? medal)]
???? Ekaterina Gratchev AUS
???? Athena-Malar Retnaraja AUS
Under 16 Open
???? Rui Gen Teh AUS (with a remarkable 9/9) (FM title and IM norm)
???? Eric Liu AUS (CM title)
???? Xavier Hong (CM title)
Under 16 Girls
???? Om O’Carroll AUS
???? Elaina Qiang AUS
???? Mia Jigando AUS
Under 14 Open
???? (on tiebreak) Jean Rusakov AUS (FM title)
???? (on tiebreak) Tedric Li AUS (FM title)
???? Elizaveta Gratchev AUS (CM title)
Under 14 Girls
???? Angel Feng AUS
???? Joy Liu AUS
???? Isabella Guan AUS
Under 12 Open
???? Hu Yifei AUS (FM title)
[2nd place but no medal: Sai Vivan Karthikeya Somaraju NZL (CM title)]
???? Joel Leong AUS (CM title)
[4th Reyaansh Chakrabarty – took U10 medal]
???? Adam Halabe AUS
Under 12 Girls
???? Xiahan (Luna) Lu NZL
???? Lok Jim (Lauren) Ng NZL
???? Chloe Wang AUS
Under 10 Open
???? Sai Vivan Karthikeya Somaraju NZL
???? Reyaansh Chakrabarty AUS
???? Callan Arav AUS
Under 10 Girls
???? Luna Yuexiu Xu NZL
???? Stephanie Yuan AUS
???? Charlotte Chen AUS
Under 8 Open
???? Terrence Li AUS (on direct encounter tiebreak; he beat the ???? medallist)
???? Zane Zhu AUS
???? Great Boyou Lau NZL
Under 8 Girls
???? Echo Feng AUS
???? Iris Wang AUS
???? Anne Guo NZL
Wellington Open
7th-9th April 2023
Venue: Wellington Bridge Club, Thorndon.
1st 5.5 FM Nic Croad (also winner of the 2022 event)
2nd= 5.0 WCM Isabelle Ning, Ryan Winter, and IM Anthony Ker
U2000 B-grade
1st= 4.5 Zachary Yu and Kayden Loke
3rd 4.0 Brent Perrin
U1700 C-grade
1st 4.0 Sarah Sun
2nd= 3.5 Jessie de Guzman, Matthew Keith, and Robert Hurndell
Best Junior – Ollie Archer on 4.5
Facebook photoalbum – Hi-res photos – Event website with PGN
Central Auckland Sarapu Cup
2nd April 2023
Venue: Eden Rugby Football Club, 225 Sandringham Road, Kingsland, Auckland 1025
TBA
Summit Rookie/Junior Rapid
2nd April 2023
Venue: Alexandra Park, Epsom, Auckland.
U1800 Division
1st De Guzman, Jessie 5.5/6
2nd= Vital, Henry 5/6
2nd= Xia, Yuehan (Max) 5/6
2nd= Holdo, Karl 5/6
Best Under 1200 – Manogaran, Venkat 4.5/6
U1000 (Junior)
1st= Chen, Ryan Yueyan 6/7
1st= Going, Morton Alexander 6/7
1st= Borsh, Maria 6/7
Best Under 500 – Xia, Jonathan 5.5/7
Best Under 200 – Singh, Japneet 5.5/7
Latvian Rapid
Saturday, 18th March 2023
Venue: Te Tuhi Arts Centre, Auckland.
A Grade
1st 5.5/6 FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang
2nd 5/6 FM Leonard McLaren
3rd 4.5/6 Daqi Mao
4th 4/6 William Rui Liu
Under 1800 and Over 1600 equal 3.5/6 CM Alex Nagorski
Under 1800 and Over 1600 equal 3.5/6 Daniel-Ioan Runcan
Under 1800 and Over 1600 equal 3.5/6 Caleb Wright
Under 1800 and Over 1600 equal 3.5/6 CM Benjamin U Lim
Under 1600 3.5/6 Yolanda Chang
B Grade
1st equal 4.5/6 Jessie de Guzman
1st equal 4.5/6 Timothy Huy Minh Ha
1st equal 4.5/6 Hayden Steele
1st equal 4.5/6 Henry Vital
Under 1500 and Over 1350 4/6 Max Yuehan Xia
Under 1350 4/6 Oliver Zhao
C Grade
1st 5.5/6 Karl Holdo
2nd 5/6 Oscar Cui
3rd equal 4.5/6 Duncan McDonald
3rd equal 4.5/6 Hamish Chan
D Grade
1st 5.5/6 Isaac Lobo
2nd 5/6 Vicky Yu
3rd equal 4.5/6 Oscar Gu
3rd equal 4.5/6 Kisara Hettiarachchi
Event website – NZCF Photos – NZChessNews Photos
Central Auckland Sarapu Cup
12th March 2023
Venue: Eden Rugby Football Club, 225 Sandringham Road, Kingsland, Auckland 1025
Kings Division
1st 5.5/6 JM Richard Jingjie Liu
2nd 5/6 Buthsara Hettiarachchi
3rd 4.5/6 Olivia Li
Bishops Division
1st 5.5/6 Daniel Zhang
12 and Under Kisara Hettiarachchi
10 and Under Jemima Brown
8 and Under Robbie Willmott
Pawns Division
1st 5.5/6 Cynthia Zhang
12 and Under Daniel Wilson
10 and Under Akos Csizmadia
8 and Under Jasper Qu
6 and Under Helton Hou
Summit Rookie/Junior Rapid
Sunday, 5th March 2023
Venue: Alexandra Park, Epsom, Auckland.
U1800 Division
1st= Duncan Mcdonald 6/6
2nd= Markis Tew 5/6
2nd= Great Lau 5/6
2nd= Michael Ma 5/6
Best Under 1200 – Jayden Huang 4/6
U1000 Division
1st Roy Ma 7/7
2nd Vihaan Bala 6/7
3rd= Theodore Zhang 5.5/7
3rd= Ryan Chen 5.5/7
3rd= Qixiang Ni 5.5/7
3rd= Milton Wang 5.5/7
3rd= Brian Li 5.5/7
Best Under 500 – Qixiang Ni 5.5/7
Best Under 200 – Alan Wen 5/7
Otago Autumn Rapid Open, Dunedin
5th March 2023
Venue: Otago Chess Club, 7 Maitland Street, Dunedin.
Open Grade
1st 5.5/6 Qi Le Kong-Lim
2nd equal 5/6 Atlas Kerr
2nd equal 5/6 Jens Paulsen
Under 1600 Grade
1st equal 4/5 Emmanuel Santiago
1st equal 4/5 Conor Kerr
1st equal 4/5 Hamish Gold
Under 1200 Grade
1st equal 3/5 Yurri Viray
1st equal 3/5 Leo Devlin
1st equal 3/5 Haru Kuroe
17th Bay of Plenty Rapid 2023
25th February 2023
Organised by the Mount Maunganui RSA Chess Club
A and B tournaments
1st – BoP Rapid Champion 5.5/6 FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang
2nd equal – BoP Rapid Local Champion 4.5/6 Noel Pinic
2nd equal 4.5/6 Daqi Mao
4th equal 4/6 Nunilon III Fulo
4th equal
1st Under 1800 4/6 Nrusingha Rath
Under 1800 2nd equal 3/6 Karl Holdo
Under 1800 2nd equal 3/6 Caleb Wright
Under 1800 2nd equal 3/6 Tom Nicholson
Under 1800 2nd equal 3/6 Roy Uta’i
Grade One 2.5/6 David Holland
Grade Two 3/6 Russell Holland
C tournament
1st 6/6 Brian Liu
2nd 5/6 Simon Maiava
3rd 4.5/6 Kevin Tang
4th equal 4/6 Daniel Guinto
4th equal 4/6 Jo Gentle
4th equal 4/6 Michael de Lore
Vega A+B – Vega C – Event website – Photoalbum
Howick Chess Centre New Year Junior Rapid
19th February 2023
Venue: Howick Chess Centre, 12 Central Terrace, Howick
Winners: Max Xia, Duncan McDonald, Olivia Li – 4.0/5
11th Hawke’s Bay Rapid, Napier
11th February 2023
Venue: Greenmeadows East Community Hall, 83 Tait Drive, Taradale, Napier
A Grade
1st Ben Hague
2nd Briene Membrere
3rd Kayden Loke
B Grade
1st Lockie Moriarity
2nd Asher Riley
3rd= Benjamin Firestone, David Prebble, Alexander Borawski, Robert Hurndell
Junior Grade
1st Amanjot Singh
2nd Alfie Jones
3rd Hamish Milne
Vega: A Grade – B Grade – Junior
Auckland Waitangi Weekender 2023
4th-6th February 2023
Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt. Eden, Auckland.
1st 5/6 Matheson McEwen
2nd equal 4.5/6 Blake Gilmore
2nd equal 4.5/6 Timothy Huy Minh Ha
2nd equal 4.5/6 FM Leonard McLaren
2nd equal 4.5/6 Ryan Hwang
Under 1600 7th equal (receiving 1st equal Under 1600 prize) 3.5/6 Daksh Bhatt
Under 1600 7th equal (receiving 1st equal Under 1600 prize) 3.5/6 Mantra Bhatt
Under 1600 7th equal (receiving 1st Under 1400 prize) 3.5/6 Annie Yue
Under 1600 7th equal (receiving 1st Under 1200 prize) 3.5/6 Zac Bennett
Vega – Event webpage – Facebook photoalbum – Lichess broadcast
Summit Rookie/Junior Rapid
5th February 2023
Venue: Alexandra Park, Epsom, Auckland.
Open (U1800) Division
1st Markis Tew 5.5/6
2nd= Ariel Patdu 5/6
2nd= Oscar Cui 5/6
2nd= Richard Liu 5/6
Best U1100，Michael Ma，4/6
U1000 Division
1st Zack Wang 5.5/6
2nd= Ryan Yeh 5/6
2nd= Ark Ding 5/6
2nd= Artem Egorovtsev 5/6
2nd= Ryan Chen 5/6
2nd= Jayden Chen 5/6
Best U500，Andrey Ding 4.5/6
Best U200，Peter Shi 4/6
Auckland Anniversary Weekender 2023
28th-30th January 2023
Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt. Eden, Auckland.
1st 6/6 GM Samy Shoker
2nd 5/6 FM Leonard McLaren
3rd equal 4.5/6 Anya Thurner (receiving 1st equal Under 1800 prize)
3rd equal 4.5/6 Buthsara Hettiarachchi (receiving 1st equal Under 1800 prize)
5th equal 4/6 Nigel Metge (receiving 3rd equal Open prize)
5th equal 4/6 WCM Nadia Braganza (receiving 3rd equal Open prize and 3rd equal Under 1800 prize)
5th equal 4/6 Leon Liu (receiving 1st Under 1200 prize)
5th equal 4/6 Duncan McDonald (receiving 3rd equal Open prize and 3rd equal Under 1800 prize)
5th equal 4/6 Ilias Angelo (Leo) Baker (receiving 3rd equal Open prize and 3rd equal Under 1800 prize)
5th equal 4/6 Yao Zen Markis Tew (receiving 3rd equal Open prize and 3rd equal Under 1800 prize)
5th equal 4/6 Alan Gaynor (receiving 1st Under 1300 and Over 1200 prize)
Vega – Event webpage – Facebook photoalbum – Lichess broadcast
2023 Oceania Zonal, Melbourne, Australia
23rd-28th January 2023
Organised by Chess Victoria, IM Leonid Sandler
Venue: NewHope Community Centre. 3 Springfield Rd, Blackburn North, Victoria, Australia.
Event website; registration; entries
Results to be posted.
2023 Bob Wade Masters and Challengers
14th-20th January 2023
Venue: 116 Picton Street, Howick; part of the Howick Community Church complex
2023 Bob Wade Masters
1st GM Shoker, Samy
2nd GM Moradiabadi, Elshan
3rd= CM Xie, Felix
3rd= IM Lane, Gary
2023 Bob Wade Challengers 1
1st Tang, Hao
2nd= Punsalan, Vyanla
2nd= Mao, Daqi
4th Qin, Oscar
2023 Bob Wade Challengers 2
1st Wang, Daniel
2nd Chang, Yolanda
3rd McDonald, Duncan
4th= Fuatai, Fuatai
4th= Xu, Luna
Vega pages: Masters; Challengers 1; Challengers 2
Game broadcast: DGT and Lichess
PGN download: PGN
Photos to come (please check NZCF and ChessVentures Facebook pages for now).
130th NZ Chess Congress, Wellington
2nd-12th January 2023
Organised by Wellington Chess Club – in association with Chessable
NZ Championship
NZ Champion, FM Daniel Gong
1st= GM Elshan Moradiabadi, GM Samy Shoker, FM Daniel Gong 7/9
4th= CM Edward Rains, IM Herman van Riemsdijk, IM Anthony Ker, Ryan Winter 6/9
U2200 Rating prize CM Edward Rains
Chessable Bonus Prizes (Open) 1st GM Elshan Moradiabadi, 2nd GM Samy Shoker, 3rd FM Daniel Gong; (Women) 1st WIM Jasmine Zhang, 2nd Isabelle Ning, 3rd Nadia Braganza
NZ Major Open
1st Kayden Loke 8/9
2nd= Jie Gong, Romero Suggate 7/9
U1700 Rating prize Jie Gong 7/9
U1400 Rating prize Zeqi Xing 5/9
Chessable Bonus Prizes (Open) 1st Kayden Loke, 2nd Jie Gong, 3rd Romero Suggate; (Women) 1st Emily Gan, 2nd Jenny Qi, 3rd Sarah Sun
NZ Junior
1st= FM Daniel Gong, Daqi Mao 6/7
3rd= Cohen Young, Leo Malcolm 5.5/7
U16 1st= Lucas Barnett-Harris, Bill Li 5/7
U14 1st Sarah Sun 4.5/7
U12 1st Daqi Mao 6/7
U10 1st= Luna Lu, Richard Jinjie Liu, Carol Huixin Wang 4/7
U8 1st= Long Minh Le, Kevin Qi 2/7
Best Girl Sarah Sun 4.5/7
School Pupils Champion Daqi Mao
Girl School Pupils Champion Sarah Sun
Chessable Upset Prizes: Martin Zhou, Zhou (1061) – Kerr (1953) 1-0, round 1.7; Bill Li, Suggate (2049) – Li (1384) 0-1, round 5.9; Luna Lu, Suggate (2049) – Lu (1480) 0-1, round 3.7; Anderson Chen, Chen (1487) – Loke (1972) 1-0, round 2.6
NZ Rapid
Joint NZ Rapid Champion; IM Anthony Ker, FM Nicolas Croad, CM Felix Xie
1st GM Samy Shoker 8.5/9
2nd= IM Anthony Ker, FM Nicolas Croad, CM Felix Xie, IM Herman van Riemsdijk 7/9
U2000 Philli Park-Tamati 6.5/9
U1700 Justin Zhide Wang 6.5/9
U1400 Matthew Keith 6.0/9
NZ Blitz
1st GM Samy Shoker, 8.5/9
2nd FM Ben Hague 8/9
3rd IM Anthony Ker 7.5/9
U2000 Thomas van der Hoorn 7/9
U1700 Leo Malcolm 6.5/9
U1400 Kayden Loke 7/9
Links: Wellington Chess Club Congress Page (one stop shop)
Championship: Standings, Live, Lichess, PGN
Major Open: Standings, PGN
Junior: Standings, Live, PGN
Rapid: Standings, Live, PGN
Blitz: Standings
Photos: NZCF Facebook album and some posts on Summit CC Facebook
Howick Chess Centre Junior Christmas Rapid, Auckland
18th December 2022
Venue: Howick Chess Centre, 12 Central Terrace, Howick, Auckland
1st place – Zi Yao (Kelvin) Wang – 5.5/6
2nd= place – Samuel Moffitt – 4.5/6
2nd= place – Great Boyou Lau – 4.5/6
2nd= place – Lucas Wang – 4.5/6
Detailed Vega page