Titled Players

Living New Zealand FIDE titled players. These international titles are awarded by FIDE, the World Chess Federation, based on meritorious performance in international events. There is a fee charged by FIDE before a title is awarded. The current policy of NZCF is to pay the fee on behalf of New Zealand players who qualify for GM, IM, FM, WGM, WIM and WFM titles. NZCF does not cover the cost of CM or WCM titles – this is up to individual players, should they wish to accept the award. Please report any omissions or other errors to the Web Administrator (see Contact Us page)

Grandmasters (GM)

Chandler, Murray

International Masters (IM)

Dive, Russell
Garbett, Paul
Ker, Anthony
Martin, Ben
Middelburg, Tom
Renjith, Sravan
Small, Vernon
Wang, Puchen

FIDE Masters (FM)

Ang, Alphaeus
Ansell, Alan
Archer, Ollie
Croad, Nicolas
Dreyer, Martin
Duneas, John
Fan, Allen
Gibbons, Robert
Gong, Daniel
Green, Ewen
Green, Peter
Hague, Ben
Kulashko, Alexei
Li, Luke
Love, Anthony
Lukey, Stephen
Mao, Daqi
McLaren, Leonard
Noble, Mark
Nokes, Roger
Sarfati, Jonathan
Smith, Robert
Steadman, Michael
Wastney, Scott
Watson, Bruce
Xie, Felix

Candidate Masters (CM)

Dowden, Tony
Dordevic, Ivan
Eade, Don
Forster, Bill
Freeman, Michael
Huang, Alex
James, Jack
Lee, Miles
Lim, Benjamin
Liu, William Rui
Meng, Richard
Milligan, Helen
Nagorski, Alex
Nicholls, Leighton
Ning, Isabelle Yixuan
Picken, Oliver
Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan
Rains, Edward
Rains, Timothy
Shen, Daniel
Spiller, Paul
Stark, John (Gino)
Tang, Hao
Taylor, Richard
Wang, Tony
Wheeler, Bruce
Yee, Stanley
Young, Cohen
Yu, Zachary
Zhang, Kendrick
Zhang, Leo
Zhang, William Jie Wen

Woman International Masters (WIM)

Meyer, Marany
Timergazi, Layla
Zhang, Jasmine

Woman FIDE Masters (WFM)

Braganza, Nadia
Chang, Yolanda
Fairley, Natasha
Gao, Judy
Punsalan, Vyanla M
Smith, Vivian J
Tsoi, Nicole

Woman Candidate Masters (WCM)

Chen, Eachen
Feng, Sophia
Gan, Emily Cathay
Ghadiali, Renae
Lourenco, Eva
Lu, Xiahan (Luna)
Ning, Isabelle
Qin, Joy Shu Yan
Qin, Nicole Shu Yu
Song, Kate
Sun, Wanyao Sarah
Wu, Shirley
Xu, Luna Yuexiu

National Masters

The New Zealand National Master title is an official title awarded by the New Zealand Chess Federation. To apply for the title players need to score a total of 100 Master points in events in New Zealand. Players who reach 40 Master Points are automatically awarded the New Zealand Candidate Master title.

Once achieved the titles are valid for life. The regulations (last updated 7th July 2019) can be seen here.

The most recent NZ Master points calculation (last update 31st January 2025) is here, this version only includes active players.

Thanks to Quentin Johnson for maintaining the National Master register. A full database with active/inactive/deceased masters is available on Google Docs.