Paul Spiller is proud to announce the final field for this IM Norm event to be held at the Waipuna Hotel & Conference Centre from 13-19 January 2025. This event has been made possible through sponsorship from the Middle Game Foundation and FIDE’s Planning & Development Commission. The 5 players
Read MoreThe 2024 New Zealand Women’s Chess Championships were held from 9-11 November at the Chinese Presbyterian Church in Auckland – hosted by the Auckland Central Chess Club. The Chief Organiser was Stuart Vogel, with IA Bruce Pollard as Chief Arbiter. Congratulations to Sarah Sun, our new NZ Women’s Chess Champion!
Read MoreLadies and girls, just a reminder that this national championship starts this weekend – Saturday 9 to Monday 11. Entries close : 8 November 2024 at 8pm Current entries here: https://www.newzealandchess.co.nz/tournaments/bp/2024/wwwNZWomenOpen2024/ Please note that there is now just one section, no Reserve section, just the championship.
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The latest issue of Chess Aotearoa is out! It has been a whole year since we first began this magazine, and we would like to thank you, the readers, for your continuous support! In this issue, you will find Q&As with Olympiad team players, captains, and the head of delegation.Read
Read MoreFMs Felix Xie and Alexei Kulashko are joint NZ champions in the 2024 NZ Fischer-Random Championship. Senior champion – FM Leonard McLaren. Junior champion – CM Kendrick Zhang. Joint Women’s champion – Sarah Sun and WCM Luna Xu. The winner of the A-grade was IM Omer Reshef (Israel) and the
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Twenty-three standard rated tournaments have been processed involving 431 players and 1782 games. The open tournaments are New Zealand Seniors, South Island and Canterbury Junior Championship. The club tournaments are North Shore Championship, Auckland Weekend July, August, September and Winter Cup, Summit Winter Cup, Papatoetoe Winter Cup, Mount Maunganui Main
Read MoreTournament report by Gordon Lyall Wellington College justified their top seeding when they edged out Takapuna Grammar School to become this years national school champions. The key match up came in round 5, with both teams on maximum points, Wellington College prevailed with a solid 3-1 win. This was the
Read MoreOlympiad 2024 Final Results and Standings Just an interim report for now. Open Team – 12 match points with 6 wins, 5 losses. NZ were seeded 77th and placed 57th=, 70th on tiebreak with 25.5/44 game points. NZ were in Category C and placed 5th out of 38 teams. FM
Read MoreThe North Island Rapid Championship (incorporating the second annual Estonian Rapid) will be held at the Wellington Bridge Club, 17 Tinakori Road, Thorndon in Wellington on Saturday 16th November 2024. Full details on the Entry Form. Vega
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