New Zealand Champions

Our national (and other) champions

Current titleholders

New Zealand Champion (2025)

FM Felix Xie

New Zealand Women’s Champion (2025)

WFM Nadia Braganza

WCM Sophia Feng

WCM Sarah Wanyao Sun

WCM Emily Cathay Gan

WCM Luna Yuexiu Xu

New Zealand Rapid Champion (2025)

IM Russell Dive

FM Alphaeus Ang

FM Daqi Mao

New Zealand Lightning Champion (2025)

IM Sravan Renjith

FM Felix Xie

New Zealand Seniors Champion 50+ (2024)

FM Leonard McLaren

New Zealand Veterans Champion 65+ (2024)

Anthony Booth

Ken Burgess

New Zealand Junior Champion (2025)

Kayden Loke

New Zealand Schoolpupil Champion (2025)

Kayden Loke

New Zealand Girls Champion (2025)

WCM Luna Yuexiu Xu

New Zealand Under 16 Champion (2025)

Dion Wilson

New Zealand Under 14 Champion (2025)

Zi Yao (Kelvin) Wang

New Zealand Under 12 Champion (2025)

Sai Vivan Karthikeya Somaraju

Luna Yuexiu Xu

New Zealand Under 10 Champion (2025)

Huankai (Eden) Xu

Lucas Zhang

New Zealand Under 8 Champion (2025)

Vera Jintian Xu

New Zealand Junior Under 1000 Champion

Junhao Wang

North Island Champion (2025)

FM Alphaeus Ang

South Island Champion (2025)

CM Edward Rains

Bledisloe Cup – Club Champions – Metropolitan Clubs (2024)

Wellington Chess Club

Blackburn Cup – Club Champions – Regional Clubs (2024)

Hawke’s Bay Chess Club

National Interschool Champions – Primary (2025)

ACG Parnell

National Interschool Champions – Intermediate (2025)

ACG Sunderland

National Interschool Champions – Secondary (2025)

Wellington College

New Zealand Major Open Champion

Alexander Hanrui Pan

Ceferino Isaac

Chess960 Champion (2024)

FM Felix Xie

FM Alexei Kulashko