Media Coverage
Coverage of New Zealand chess events, clubs, players etc. in the mainstream media – if you or your club or tournament have been featured in a local paper or an online news website etc. please let us know and we can add it here. Contact admin@newzealandchess.co.nz
2025
January – FM Felix Xie is the new NZ Chess Champion
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/538829/nz-crowns-two-new-national-chess-champions
2024
October – FM Martin Dreyer Simultaneous in New Plymouth
Young chess players put pressure on a champion | The Post
https://sportsnewstaranaki.co.nz/news-article?id=1823
September – Budapest Olympiad Report
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529139/nz-s-top-chess-players-compete-internationally
August – FIDE100 / Olympic Torch Relay Celebrations
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/524576/new-zealand-given-special-role-ahead-of-chess-olympiad
https://www.times.co.nz/news/chesss-big-guns-heading-to-auckland/
July – South Island Chess Championships – Christchurch
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-south-today/chess-players-vie-be-champion-south-island
March – Luna Lu wins in Dubai
2023
October – Dr Tony Booth honoured
https://www.times.co.nz/news/booth-recognised-for-50-years-in-chess/
September – NZ Seniors in Invercargill
https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/southland-express/nz-seniors-veterans-chess-champs-city-first-time
March – Middle Game Chess Foundation launched
https://www.times.co.nz/news/chess-foundation-launched/
2022
January – Chess growth in New Zealand
January – NZ Chess Congress – Christchurch
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-christchurch/nzs-top-chess-players-converge-christchurch
2020
January – NZ Chess Congress – Tauranga
2016
April – NZ Senior Chess Championships