National Interschool Finals 2025 – Results

Congratulations to New Zealand Interschool Champions for 2025, ACG Parnell (primary), ACG Sunderland (intermediate) and Wellington College (secondary)! Photos from prizegiving available on the NZCF Facebook page – thanks to Richard Christie for the photos.

Champions and Board Prizes

Primary/Years 1-6
Board 4 – Hayden He Meng, Pigeon Mountain Primary School 7/7
Board 3 – Eric Chen, Murrays Bay School 6.5/7
Board 2 – Andy Xie, Amesbury School and Jinyi (Andy) Shi, Southwell School 6.5/7
Board 1 – Lucas Zhang, ACG Parnell, Geetham Addagada, Mangorei 6/7

South Island Champion – Tūora Fendalton School 7/14
Tied for 2-5th= but missed out on tiebreaks – Amesbury School and Pigeon Mountain Primary School 10/14
3rd – Murrays Bay School 10/14
2nd – Kristin 10/14
1st and North Island Champion – ACG Parnell 11/14

Intermediate/Years 7-8
Board 4 – Aleksei Korolev, Northcross Intermediate and Nitish Pranev Ramasamy Sivakumar, Palmerston North Normal Intermediate 6.5/7
Board 3 – Eric Jianchi Liu, Takapuna Normal Intermediate School and Xiahan (Luna) Lu, ACG Sunderland 6/7
Board 2 – Junqing Jerome Tao, ACG Sunderland 6.5/7
Board 1 – Srirama Vikhyath Nimmakayala, Rosehill Intermediate 7/7

South Island Champion – Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate 6/14
Tied for 3-4th= but missed out on tiebreaks – Takapuna Normal Intermediate School 10/14
3rd – Somerville Intermediate 10/14
2nd – Northcross Intermediate 12/14
1st and North Island Champion – ACG Sunderland 13/14

Secondary/Years 9-13
Board 4 – Roul Preeyansh, Rangitoto College 6.5/7
Board 3 – Alexander Hanrui Pan, MacLeans College 6/7
Board 2 – Matthew Keith, Wellington College 7/7
Board 1 – Yao Zen Markis Tew, Auckland Grammar School 6.5/7

South Island Champion – Logan Park High School 7/14
Tied for 3-4th= but missed out on tiebreaks – Takapuna Grammar School 10/14
3rd – Auckland Grammar School 10/14
2nd – Macleans College 11/14
1st and North Island Champion – Wellington College 11/14

Final Results and Standings on Orion:

Primary Section (years 1-6)
Intermediate Section (years 7-8)
Secondary Section (years 9-13)

Other Information

National Final Information Pack
Interschool Rules 2025

Timetable

Day 1: 20 September 2025

Round 1: 10am
Round 2: 11:20am
Lunch: After round 2, back in the school hall by 1:10pm
Round 3: 1:20pm
Round 4: 2:40pm
Round 5: 4pm

Day 2: 21 September 2025

Assembly in school hall: 9:30am
Round 6: 9:40am
Round 7: 11:00am
Prizegiving: 12:30pm (approx.)
Depart, pack up etc. 1pm (approx.)

Prizes – Teams

Miniature trophies for national and island school team champions
Gold, silver, bronze medals for players in top 3 teams in each section
Tie breaks will be used as per interschool rules.

Individual Board Prizes

Gold medals for top player at each board in each section (does not include reserves)
Ties will not be broken