Results

129th NZ Chess Congress, Christchurch
January 2nd-12th 2022

Championship
1st and New Zealand Champion FM Daniel Gong 7.5/9
2nd CM Felix Xie 7/9
3rd= IM Anthony Ker, FM Nic Croad 6/9

Major Open
1st Euan McDougall 7.5/9
2nd Karl Holdo 7/9
3rd Kian Dharmasena 6.5/9

Rapid
1st IM Russell Dive 8/9
2nd= WCM Isabelle Ning, CM Felix Xie, Michael Sole 7/9

Lightning
1st CM Felix Xie 8.5/9
2nd FM Daniel Gong 8/9
3rd IM Russell Dive 7/9

Junior Championship
NZ joint junior champions - Ollie Archer, Gavith Dharmasena 6/7
Girl Champion - WCM Isabelle Ning 5/7
U16 Ollie Archer 6/7
U14 Isabelle Ning 5/7
U12 Emily Gan, William Rui Liu, and Ryan Hwang 4/7
U10 Justin Zhide Wang 4/7
U8 Leo Yitao Lian 3/7

All tournament results are on Vega: Championship, Major Open, Rapid, Lightning, NZ Junior, Canterbury Open.

Organisers: Canterbury Chess Club.
Venue: Riccarton Park, 165 Riccarton Racecourse Road, Sockburn, Christchurch
Prize fund: $10,000 Update 13th July - increased from previous $8000
Main events: 9 rounds over 9 days (January 2nd-10th), followed by Rapid and Lightning (January 11th and 12th).
Seven Round NZ Junior and Age Group championships and a Canterbury Open are scheduled during the mornings of seven days of the main tournaments so that keen players can play two significant tournaments at once.
Entry form here.

South Island Championship, Christchurch
December 8th-11th 2021 (postponed from October 13th-16th)

1st CM David Cilia Vincenti 4.5/6
2nd= Briene Membrere, Nick Cummings, FM Stephen Lukey 4/6
Nick Cummings and Stephen Lukey are South Island residents and therefore South Island Champions.

Tournament report here.

Venue: Canterbury Chess Club, 9/27 Tyne Street, Addington, Christchurch.
Format: 8 round Swiss, 2 rounds per day, time control 90+30, NZCF & FIDE-rated where possible.
Organised by Canterbury Chess Club, contact Craig Hall, Email: canterbury@chess.org.nz.
Entry form available here.
Follow on Vega here.

South Island Rapid Championship, Christchurch
December 12th 2021 (postponed from October 17th)

1st= Brent Perrin, Briene Membrere 5/6
3rd= McNabb, Matthew McNabb, Ryan Koo 4.5/6

Venue: Canterbury Chess Club, 9/27 Tyne Street, Addington, Christchurch.
Format: 6 round Swiss, time control 25+5, NZCF & FIDE-rated where possible.
Organised by Canterbury Chess Club, contact Craig Hall, Email: canterbury@chess.org.nz.
Entry form available here.
Follow on Vega here.

Summit Junior Rapid, Auckland
December 12th 2021

Open
1st= Francisco Nascimento, CM Lucas Xiao, William Rui Liu, Max Xia 5/6

U1000
1st Oscar Cui 5.5/6
2nd= Patrick Jiang, Laura Yang 5/6

This tournament is being held online. Here is a Tournament Link.
There are two 6 round 15+5, Open and U1000 divisions.
The open division players need to use an external camera. Venue: 99B Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland.
Two divisions: Open (FIDE and NZCF rapid rated) and U1000 (NZCF rapid rated).
Format: Six-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs.
Organised by Summit Chess Club, contact Ying Wang, Email: ywang@outlook.co.nz.
Follow on Vega: Open, U1000.
Entry form available here.

NZ Open Seniors Online Championships, Online
November 26th-28th 2021 (Originally scheduled as OTB September 17th-19th)

1st= FM Bob Gibbons, CM Hilton Bennett 5/6
3rd Anthony Carpinter 4/6

Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6
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  1 Gibbons, Robert E              2083  FM NZL  5.0 | +B8   +W7   =BYE  =W2   +B4   +W6
  2 Bennett, Hilton P              2056  CM NZL  5.0 | +W11  +B4   +W6   =B1   +W3   =B5
  3 Carpinter, Anthony L           2239     NZL  4.0 | =BYE  =BYE  +B5   +W7   -B2   +W9
  4 Taylor, Richard                1954  CM NZL  3.5 | +B14  -W2   +B12  =W5   -W1   +B11
  5 Spiller, Paul S                2030  CM NZL  3.0 | +W12  =B6   -W3   =B4   =W8   =W2
  6 McIntosh, Andrew D             1781     NZL  3.0 | +W10  =W5   -B2   =B9   +W7   -B1
  7 Gold, Hamish R                 1883     NZL  3.0 | +W9   -B1   +W14  -B3   -B6   +W12
  8 Joel, Chris                (W) 1859     NZL  2.5 | -W1   =B9   +W10  =BYE  =B5    --
  9 Hooton, Barry R                1597     NZL  2.5 | -B7   =W8   =B11  =W6   +W12  -B3
 10 Metge, J Nigel                 2044     NZL  2.0 | -B6   -W12  -B8   =BYE  =W11  +BYE
 11 Kerr, Grant                    1798     NZL  1.5 | -B2   -W14  =W9   =B12  =B10  -W4
 12 Cooper, Nigel                  1770     NZL  1.5 | -B5   +B10  -W4   =W11  -B9   -B7
 13 Guico, Leonides            (W) 1971     NZL  1.0 | =BYE  =BYE   --    --    --    --
 14 Booth, Anthony J           (W) 1599     NZL  1.0 | -W4   +B11  -B7    --    --    --

A PGN download is available here.
The NZCF tournament page which was a convenient portal for viewing the tournament is here.
Full results on Vega.

This tournament was originally planned as the official NZCF Senior Champs, but was played online instead in response to a Covid restrictions. There was no prize money and a reduced entry fee of $25, and no official ratings. The tournament was played in a spirit of friendship with no need for the normal rules surrounding cameras etc. Rating was Lichess only and optional.

Format: 6 round Swiss, over 3 days.
Eligibility: Players must be born before 1972.
Time control: 90 mins plus 30 sec per move.
Intl Arbiter: Bruce Pollard.
Online director: Timothy Ha.
Hosted by the Howick-Pakuranga chess club, contact Paul Spiller email: PaulSSpiller@outlook.com.
Entry Fee: $25 per player. Club Account for payment – BNZ 02 0168 0091321 01 Please state Name & NZSenior
This original entry form still has some useful information, where it conflicts with this calendar notice, the calendar notice is more up to date.
Entries and payments will still be administered by HPCC treasurer Ludi Zhang.

Summit Online U1800 & Junior Championships, Online
November 21st 2021

U1800
1st Francisco Nascimento 6/6
2nd= Emily Gan, Alice Wei, Justin Wang, Alexander Coates 4.5/6

Junior
1st Leo Xiao 6/6
2nd Adele Zhou 5.5/6
3rd= Maxwell Tu, Bruce Ay, Luna Xu 5/6

Two online tournaments, U1800 (FIDE or NZCF) and Junior, on Tornelo.com
The format is 6 rounds Swiss, 25 minutes + 5 seconds. Unrated. First round will start at 10am.
Players need to register on Tornelo website.
This is the Tornelo tournament link.
Please check all the details here.

Eastern Asia Youth Online Chess Championship
September 24th-3rd 2021

A total of 49 New Zealand players competed in this online tournament. Many NZL players achieved a plus score including WCM Isabelle Ning 6.5/9 U12 Girls, Justin Wang 6.5/9 U10 Boys, and Daqi Mao 6/9 U10 Boys. This results page includes all results of all NZL players from all groups in all rounds.

Asian Women's Online Championship, Online
August 23rd-26th, 2021

WFM Vyanla Punsalan scored 4/9 and Emily Gan scored 3/9 in the Asian Women's Online Championship.

FIDE Online Olympiad, Online
August 27-29th, 2021

NZL played in Division 3A.
Here is the 9 round 10 team, round-robin schedule. Note than NZ time is 12 hours ahead of UTC, so our games are quite conveniently scheduled for 8pm, 9pm and 10pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The player pairings appear here immediately before each round.

Our team is ably captained by the tireless Timothy Ha and comprises Allen Fan, Dylan Piwari, Sophia Feng, Yolanda Chang, Oliver Picken, Isabelle Ning, Felix Xie, Ryan Winter, Anya Thurner, Emily Gan, Alex Coates and Ritika Joseph.

Timothy has provided links for following the NZL action as follows; Here is a final PGN of New Zealand games and here are our final results;

	Player	SRI	NEP	JPN	MAS	IPCA	THA	KOR	TPE	FIJ	Sum
Boards 1-2 Open	Fan, Allen Chi Zhou	1		0	0	0.5		0	0		1.5/6
	Piwari, Dylan Tama	0						0		1	1/3
	Xie, Felix		0		1		0		1	1	3/5
	Winter, Ryan		0.5	0		0	0				0.5/4
Boards 3-4 Women	Feng, Sophia		0							0.5	0.5/2
	Chang, Yolanda	0			0		0.5	0	0		0.5/5
	Thurner, Anya	0		0	0	0			0.5	0	0.5/6
	Gan, Emily		1	0		0	0	1			2/5
Boards 5 U20 Open	Picken, Oliver	0		0.5	0	0.5		0	0		1/6
	Coates, Alex		0				0			1	1/3
Boards 4 U20 Girl	Ning, Isabelle Yixuan	0		0	0	0	0.5	1	1		2.5/7
	Joseph, Ritika		1							1	2/2
NZL	Total	1/6	2.5/6	0.5/6	1/6	1/6	1/6	2/6	2.5/6	4.5/6

FIDE Cadets and Youth Rapid World Cup, Online
August 1st - August 31st, 2021

The first stage of the tournament is complete. The following sections included NZ players.

Open U10 Open U12 Open U16 Open U18 Girls U10 Girls U12 Girls U14

Here is a NZL overview (kind of - the normally reliable chess-results website is a little confusing on this occasion).

Five different age groups (U10, U12, U14, U16, U18) and two sections, Open and Girls. Participants must have been age qualified on January 1st 2021. So for example U10 participants must have been under 10, i.e. had not yet reached their 10th birthday, at the start of this calendar year. NZCF may select up to three participants in each group and section, so up to 3 x 5 x 2 = 30 players in total.

The tournament has two stages, 10 round Swiss tournaments in the first stage (through August 20th), then a knockout stage for a limited number of qualifying players.

More details are available on the FIDE Calendar here.

Summit Junior Rapid, Auckland
August 8th 2021

Open
1st Justin Wang 6/6
2nd Francisco Nascimento 5/6
3rd= Victor Coen, William Liu, Brillion Lau, Sophia Feng 4.5/6
Best U1300 Annie Yue 4/6
Best U1200 Pranav Shenoy 4/6

U1000
1st Richard Liu 7/7
2nd= Bosco Jin, Sam Lin, Kyan Zhang 6/7
Best U500 1st Claire Gu 5/7, 2nd Isaac Gu 5/7
Best U200 1st Jeremy Xu 5/7, 2nd Luna Xu 4.5/7

Venue: Lyell Creek Lounge, Alexandra Park, Greenlane
Two divisions: Open (FIDE and NZCF rapid rated) and U1000 (NZCF rapid rated).
Format: Six-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs.
Organised by Summit Chess Club, contact Ying Wang, Email: ywang@outlook.co.nz. U1000.
Full results on Vega: Open, U1000.
Entry form available here.

Northland Open, Whangarei
July 31st-August 1st 2021

Results will hopefully be available in due course.

Venue: Henderson Reeves, 96 Bank Street, Whangarei Central.
Six-round Swiss, 30 minutes per player per game, 3 games per afternoon from 12.30pm
Free entry, koha welcomed to buy more chess sets for Whangarei Chess Club.
Online entry via the <a href=https://whangareichess.wordpress.com/">club website.

Poppies Bookshop Chess Challenge, Howick
July 24th 2021

Venue: Poppies Bookshop, 83 Picton St, Howick.
A six game blitz match between NZ rapid champion Felix Xie and CM Oliver Picken. This promotional event celebrates FIDE International Chess Day. Co-sponsored by the Howick Business Association and Howick-Pakuranga Chess Club.
Organiser Paul Spiller.
Felix Xie won the last game to win a close and exciting match, final score 3.5-2.5.

George Trundle, Auckland
July 10th-18th 2021

Masters
1st IM Paul Garbett 7/9
2nd FM Alphaeus Ang 6.5/9
3rd= FM Mike Steadman, CM David Cilia Vincenti 5.5/9

Qualifiers
1st CM Richard Meng 7.5/9
2nd CM Alex Nagorski 6/9
3rd= CM Hilton Bennett, FM Robert Gibbons 5.5/9

Reserves
1st Aaron Ziwen Wang 8/9
2nd Zachary Yu 6.5/9
3rd= Simon Lyall, WCM Nadia Braganza 5/9

Talents
1st Lucas Barnett-Harris 7/9
2nd= Emily Gan, David Junyang Zhu 6.5/9

Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt Eden, Auckland.
Format: Nine round robin, 90mins+30 secs with an extra 30mins at move 40, FIDE and NZCF rated. The George Trundle is one of the jewels in the crown of New Zealand chess. The luxuriant format is four individual nine round, ten player, classical round robin tournaments with an ideal one round per day, starting at 2pm, schedule.
The four tournaments are known as the Masters, Qualifiers, Reserves and Talents. The entry fee is $100, only 40 players can be accommodated, get your entry in early.
More details on the tournament website https://newzealandchess.nz/george-trundle-2021/
Normalised crosstables for this tournament will be archived in the tournament archives (so far only the Masters grade).

Summit Junior Rapid, Auckland
July 11th 2021

Open
1st Justin Wang 5/6
2nd= Daniel Wang, Tejasvi Kichavadi 4.5/6
Best U1300 Oliver Zhao 4/6
Best U1200 Mantra Bhatt 3.5/6

U1000
1st Harvey Zhang 5.5/6
2nd= Bosco Jin, Max Xia, Mini Nguyen, Grishma Kichavadi 5/6
Best U500
William Si, Ethan Sun 4.5/6
Best U200
Zi Yao Wang

Venue: 99B Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland.
Two divisions: Open (FIDE and NZCF rapid rated) and U1000 (NZCF rapid rated).
Format: Six-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs.
Organised by Summit Chess Club, contact Ying Wang, Email: ywang@outlook.co.nz.
Full results on Vega: Open, U1000.
Entry form available here.

Auckland Girls’ Chess Championship, Auckland
July 2nd 2021

Venue: Mt Albert War Memorial Hall, 751-761 New North Rd, Mt Albert
Time 9:00 am to 2:30 pm.
Format: Three separate 6 round tournaments in age groups: Over 12, Under 12 and Under 10 years.
Time Control: 15 minutes plus 5 seconds per move for each player.
Prizes: Age group titles awarded for Under 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, and 6 (at least 3 players required in each group for a title/medal).
Trophies and medals for place-getters, plus participation certificates for all players.
This is part of an NZCF initiative to encourage girls to try chess in an all-girl environment, organised by the Waitakere Chess Club with the support of the Auckland Chess Association.

Download entry form here.
See also the tournament website.
Crosstables are available as a spreadsheet download or as Swiss Perfect HTLMs for the separate sections: Open Section, Under 12, Under 10.

PRIZE WINNERS

Open section (over 12 years old)
Champion Overall: Nadia Braganza (Carmel College)
2nd= Tyleah Po’e-Tofaeono (St Cuthbert’s College), Sylvia McDougall (Mt Roskill Grammar), Sophia Su (Macleans College)

Under 18 Champions: 1st= Sylvia McDougall (Mt Roskill Grammar) and
Sophia Su (Macleans College)
3rd Evita Land (Rangitoto College)

Under 16 Champion: Nadia Braganza (Carmel College)
2nd Renae Ghadiali (Epsom Girls’ Grammar )
3rd= Saasha Ghadiali (Epsom Girls’ Grammar), Celia Chanwong (Mt Roskill Grammar), Anika Pattni (Macleans College), Emma Thorburn (Hauraki Plains College), Amber Neilinili (One Tree Hill College), Artemis Shuang (Diocesan School for Girls)

Under 14 Champion: Tyleah Po’e-Tofaeono (St Cuthbert’s College)
2nd= Charlotte Ray (Diocesan School for Girls), Cherry Rui Chen Wang (Takapuna Normal Intermediate)

Under 12 years section Under 12 Champions: 1st= Sophia Feng (ACG Sunderland), Sarah Sun (Carmel College)
3rd= Annie Yu (St Kentigern College), Emily Gan (Milford School), Grace Fu (Point View School), Nicole Xiaoyin Zhao (New Windsor School), Weiyang (Cadence) Yu (Diocesan School for Girls).

Under 10 years section Under 10 Champions: 1st = Tracy Tang (Botany Downs School) and Lauren Ng (Diocesan School For Girls)
3rd= Vonara Pathiranage (Willow Park School), Alice Wei (Upper Harbour Primary School), Annie Zi Yue Ye (Sunnyhills School), Alyssa Wanru Yuan (St Cuthbert’s College), Adele Zhou (St Cuthbert’s College), Claire Gu (Willow Park School), Sandra Hou (Sancta Maria Catholic Primary), Abigail Thomas (Mt Roskill Primary)

Under 8 Champion: Sandra Hou (Sancta Maria Catholic Primary)
2nd= Under 8: Luna Xu (Royal Oak School), Carol Wang (Arahoe Primary), Kayal Naya (Albany School), Lisa Shi (St Cuthbert’s College)
Jemima Brown (Home Schooled), Karina Gu (Mt Eden Normal School)

Over 12 Rankings

1	Nadia Braganza	U16	Carmel College	6
2=	Tyleah Po'e-Tofaeono	U14	St Cuthbert's College (Epsom)	5
	Sylvia McDougall	U18	Mt Roskill Grammar	5
	Sophia Su	U18	Macleans College	5
5=	Renae Ghadiali	U16	Epsom Girls Grammar School	4.5
	Charlotte Ray	U14	Diocesan School For Girls	4.5
	Cherry Rui Chen Wang	U14	Takapuna Normal Intermediate	4.5
8=	Safiya Saheb	U14	Mt Roskill Intermediate	4
	Saasha Ghadiali	U16	Epsom Girls Grammar School	4
	Kelly Chen	U14	Waikowhai Intermediate	4
	Celia Chanwong	U16	Mt Roskill Grammar	4
	Anika Pattni	U16	Macleans College	4
	Evita Land	U18	Rangitoto College	4
	Emma Thorburn	U16	Hauraki Plains College	4
	Amber Neilinili	U16	One Tree Hill College	4
	Carol Chai	U14	Elim Christian College	4
	Maya Ali	U14	Mt Roskill Grammar	4
	Artemis Shuang	U16	Diocesan School For Girls	4
19=	Emily Chan	U14	Bucklands Beach Intermediate	3.5
	Rosie Yang	U14	Farm Cove Intermediate	3.5
21=	Allie O'Callaghan	U14	Waikowhai Intermediate	3
	Vaishnavi Pillai	U14	Blockhouse Bay Intermediate	3
	Dania Sadiq	U14	Mt Roskill Grammar	3
	Rohaj Atulya	U14	Auckland Normal Intermediate	3
	Claire Phillips	U14	Rosehill College	3
	Hayley Barber-Gray	U14	Glen Eden Intermediate	3
	Riley Edwards	U16	Rangitoto College	3
	Malinda Guan	U18	Macleans College	3
	Chandulee Jayawardena	U14	Auckland Normal Intermediate	3
	Grace Field	U18	Diocesan School For Girls	3
	Jasmine Barber-Gray	U16	Green Bay High School	3
	Iriss Ced	U18	One Tree Hill College	3
	Jaishree Jayanathan	U16	Macleans College	3
	Fatemeh Karimi	U16	One Tree Hill College	3
	Sheryl Cheng	U16	Mt Roskill Grammar	3
36=	Sophia Liu	U18	Macleans College	2.5
	Samantha Kavumbura	U14	Howick Intermediate	2.5
38=	Chloe Wang	U14	Wentworth College	2
	Joyce Wang	U16	Mt Roskill Grammar	2
	Cheyenne Kirkman	U14	Waikowhai Intermediate	2
	Mika Ting	U18	Mt Roskill Grammar	2
	Lily Pearce	U14	Howick Intermediate	2
	Karen Wang	U18	Mt Roskill Grammar	2
	Peyton Sass	U14	Northcross Intermediate	2
	Amie Mao	U14	Mt Roskill Grammar	2
	Sammi Long	U16	Mt Roskill Grammar	2
47=	Meryln Seelam	U16	One Tree Hill College	1.5
	Alana McEvoy	U18	Macleans College	1.5
	Abigail Moxon	U14	Northcross Intermediate	1.5
50=	Ismay Ilisio	U14	Waikowhai Intermediate	1
	Billie McNaughton-Smale	U14	Northcross Intermediate	1
	Marcy Timoteo	U18	One Tree Hill College	1
	Sylvia Yu	U14	Northcross Intermediate	1

Under 12 Rankings

1=	Sophia Feng	U12	ACG Sunderland	5.5
	Sarah Sun	U12	Carmel College	5.5
3=	Annie Yue	U12	Saint Kentigern College	5
	Emily Gan	U12	Milford School (Auckland)	5
	Grace Fu	U12	Point View School	5
	Nicole Xiaoyin Zhao	U12	New Windsor School	5
	Weiyang (Cadence) Yu	U12	Diocesan School For Girls	5
8=	Anya Gupta	U12	Freemans Bay School	4.5
	Elyse Llewellin	U12	St Paul's School (Massey)	4.5
10=	Selina Huang	U12	Blockhouse Bay Intermediate	4
	Kavin Nila	U12	Albany Junior High School	4
	Ann Mariya Joseph	U12	St Mary's Catholic School (Rot	4
	Malaika Chand	U12	Mt Roskill Primary School	4
	Jashmitha Maddala	U12	Pinehill School (Browns Bay)	4
	Richelle Brinner	U12	Waikowhai Intermediate	4
	Joyce Xinyue Liu	U12	St Cuthbert's College (Epsom)	4
	Laura Yang	U12	Sunnyhills School	4
	Kaylie Chen	U12	Takapuna Normal Intermediate	4
	Varsha Babu	U12	Mt Roskill Intermediate	4
	Miumiu Jin	U12	ACG Sunderland	4
	Kimberley Loh	U12	Hillsborough School	4
	Hamna Khan	U12	Royal Oak Intermediate School	4
	Sofia Dimayuga	U12	St Paul's School (Massey)	4
24=	Luming (Isla) Wang	U12	Bucklands Beach Intermediate	3.5
	Shenya Jayamanna	U12	Albany School	3
	Cerisa Gu	U12	St Cuthbert's College (Epsom)	3
	Jeynee Charles	U12	Mt Roskill Primary School	3
	Felicia Chen	U12	Northcross Intermediate	3
	Isabella Lamban	U12	St Dominic's Catholic College	3
	Janeilla Ketata	U12	Waikowhai Intermediate	3
	Honey Waiwai	U12	Howick Intermediate	3
	Arene Kong	U12	Hillsborough School	3
	Lucy Rive	U12	Northcross Intermediate	3
	Sophie Herde	U12	Northcross Intermediate	3
	Chelsia Isreyanaa	U12	Mt Roskill Primary School	3
	Ranya Perera	U12	Royal Road School	3
	Janvi Bhardwaj	U12	Royal Oak Intermediate School	3
	Cher Huang	U12	Northcross Intermediate	3
	Selina Wu	U12	Kohia Terrace School	3
	Lyla Turner	U12	Northcross Intermediate	3
	Quinlee Malaque	U12	St Paul's School (Massey)	3
	Ysabella Nimo	U12	New Windsor School	3
	Lily Ross	U12	Royal Oak Intermediate School	3
	Olivia Kumar	U12	Northcross Intermediate	3
45=	Riddhi Thakor	U12	Auckland Normal Intermediate	2.5
	Jade Parata	U12	Tkkm O Piripono Te Kura Whakah	2.5
	Portia Liupuhi	U12	Pukekohe Christian School	2.5
48=	Kathleen Kampitan	U12	St Joseph's Catholic Onehunga	2
	Olivia Rose	U12	Northcross Intermediate	2
	Bella Steedman	U12	St Paul's School (Massey)	2
	Romy Jiang	U12	Kristin School	2
	Jaimie Harris	U12	Waikowhai Intermediate	2
	Felicia Tibbles	U12	Good Shepherd School (Balmoral	2
	Zoe Matchett	U12	Howick Intermediate	2
	Ellen Zhan	U12	Pukekohe Christian School	2
	Chelsea Simpson	U12	Northcross Intermediate	2
	Chloe Chen	U12	Blockhouse Bay Intermediate	2
	Brianna Fisher	U12	Northcross Intermediate	2
	Nicola Pretorius	U12	Howick Intermediate	2
	Ariana Paver	U12	Northcross Intermediate	2
	Silver Schwager	U12	Howick Intermediate	2
62=	Haeyn Shin	U12	Willow Park School	1.5
	Samadhi Samara Thunga	U12	Bucklands Beach Intermediate	1.5
	Georgina Flores	U12	St Joseph's Catholic (Onehunga	1.5
	Tilly Rotherman	U12	Waikowhai Intermediate	1.5
66=	Ana Do Espirito Santo Maciel	U12	Freemans Bay School	1
	Annabelle Louw	U12	Pukekohe Christian School	1
	Melodee Galiki-Sale	U12	Tkkm O Piripono Te Kura Whakah	1
	Arya Kaul	U12	Auckland Normal Intermediate	1

Under 10 Rankings

1=	Tracy Tang	U10	Botany Downs School	6
	Lauren Ng	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	6
3=	Vonara Pathiranage	U10	Willow Park School	5
	Alice Wei	U10	Upper Harbour Primary School	5
	Annie Zi Yue Ye	U10	Sunnyhills School	5
	Alyssa Wanru Yuan	U10	St Cuthbert's College (Epsom)	5
	Adele Zhou	U10	St Cuthbert's College (Epsom)	5
	Claire Gu	U10	Willow Park School	5
	Sandra Hou	U08	Sancta Maria Catholic Primary	5
	Abigail Thomas	U10	Mt Roskill Primary School	5
11=	Iynah Jung	U10	St Paul's School (Massey)	4.5
	Ayuni Rajapaksha	U10	Willow Park School	4.5
	Chloe Birzin	U10	Willow Park School	4.5
14=	Thanulya Perera	U10	Willow Park School	4
	Luna Xu	U08	Royal Oak School	4
	Carol Wang	U08	Arahoe School	4
	Brooke Phillips	U10	Hingaia Peninsula School	4
	Kayal Naya	U08	Albany School	4
	Mallory Zhiqi Eng	U10	Cornwall Park District School	4
	Lainia Galiki	U10	Piriponi	4
	Thiseni Gayansa Wijesooriya	U10	Sunnybrae Normal School	4
	Katie Feng	U10	ACG Sunderland	4
	Eunji Kim	U10	St Paul's School (Massey)	4
	Lisa Shi	U08	St Cuthbert's College (Epsom)	4
	Sissi Jin	U10	Cockle Bay School	4
	Michelle Dong	U10	Willow Park School	4
	Jemima Brown	U06	Home Schooled	4
	Lucy Chen	U10	Balmoral School (Auckland)	4
	Mana Bhavihal	U10	Hillsborough School	4
	Gloria Young	U10	Pigeon Mountain School	4
	Karina Gu	U08	Mt Eden Normal School	4
32=	Megan Chen	U10	Point View School	3.5
	Sophia Henderson	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	3.5
	Xinyi Xu	U08	Titirangi School	3.5
	Julia Cudicio	U08	St Joseph's Catholic School (O	3.5
	Dani Ramirez	U10	Freemans Bay School	3.5
	Katie Zhang	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	3.5
	Mindi Gallage	U08	Albany School	3.5
	Catherine Li	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	3.5
	Sophia Lin	U08	Remuera School	3.5
	Zenobia Menzies	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	3.5
	Sahithi Somaraju	U08	Point View School	3.5
43=	Adalyn Tao	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	3
	Annie Luong	U10	Freemans Bay School	3
	Angelina Yiru Pan	U08	Pigeon Mountain School	3
	Ellie Wang	U10	Bucklands Beach Primary School	3
	Herahinekio Afemata	U10	Piriponi	3
	Jessica Zhang	U10	Cornwall Park District School	3
	Jasmine Chambers	U10	Pigeon Mountain School	3
	Felicia Shen	U10	Pinehurst School	3
	Apple Lu	U10	St Cuthbert's College (Epsom)	3
	Olivia Harvey	U10	St Paul's School (Massey)	3
	Kinsley Chen	U06	Willow Park School	3
	Gabrielle Xinyu Yan	U10	City Impact Church School	3
	Anne Dai	U08	Epsom Normal School	3
	Navayah Viane	U10	Hillsborough School	3
	Melissa Xu	U10	Mellons Bay School	3
	Lindsay Lingxi Wu	U08	Cockle Bay School	3
	Kahleena Arama-Schwalger	U10	St Paul's School (Massey)	3
	Miya Zhang	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	3
	Reeya Cui	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	3
	Tessa O'Callaghan	U10	Hillsborough School	3
	Alice Jung	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	3
	Queenllion Yunzhen Lau	U08	Sancta Maria Catholic Primary	3
	Cindy Wang	U08	Diocesan School For Girls	3
66=	Patience Katipa-Nathan	U10	Piriponi	2.5
	Yina Zheng	U10	Willow Park School	2.5
	Georgia Aholima	U10	St Paul's School (Massey)	2.5
	Ariel Fu	U08	Point View School	2.5
	Elizabeth Harkison-Merrick	U10	Good Shepherd School (Balmoral	2.5
	Moka Paonga	U10	New Windsor School	2.5
	Oshadhi Godakanda Arachchige	U10	Manuka Primary School	2.5
	Elsa Feng	U10	Willow Park School	2.5
	Bianca Mcpherson	U08	Willow Park School	2.5
	Mia Mishriki	U10	Bayfield School	2.5
	Dani Chen	U10	Papakura Central School	2.5
	Luna Zhang	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	2.5
	Lola Croucher	U10	Hillsborough School	2.5
	Nina McDonald	U10	Good Shepherd School (Balmoral	2.5
80=	Monica White	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	2
	Grace Gatland	U10	St Paul's School (Massey)	2
	Daniella So	U08	Arahoe School	2
	Grace Umezaki	U10	Diocesan School For Girls	2
	Helena Fu	U08	Diocesan School For Girls	2
	Louisa Brunton	U10	Pukekohe Christian School	2
	Ava Hodgson	U10	Good Shepherd School (Balmoral	2
	Vikki Wu	U08	Remuera School	2
	Kyrene Anunuevo	U08	St Paul's School (Massey)	2
	Mei Mei Li	U08	Willow Park School	2
	Hanaia Toilalo	U10	New Windsor School	2
	Hope-Neriah Vaega	U10	St Joseph's Catholic School (O	2
	Matilda Loh	U08	Hillsborough School	2
	Valentina Diaz Segares	U10	Freemans Bay School	2
	Baoyi Chen	U08	Diocesan School For Girls	2
	Liberty Clifton	U10	Hobsonville School	2
96=	Ella Ng-Wong	U08	Freemans Bay School	1.5
	Indie Mercer	U08	Willow Park School	1.5
	Hannah Merrick	U10	Willow Park School	1.5
	Cynthia Wu	U08	Remuera School	1.5
	Lily Stebbings	U10	Willow Park School	1.5
	Saeyi Jon	U08	Freemans Bay School	1.5
102=	Olivia Wang	U08	Diocesan School For Girls	1
	Michelle Qiao	U08	Willow Park School	1
	Madison Yeoman	U08	Willow Park School	1
	Gabriella Thomas	U08	Mt Roskill Primary School	1
	Isa Bains	U08	Diocesan School For Girls	1
107	Raegan Knight	U08	Freemans Bay School	0
	Charlotte Peters	U08	Freemans Bay School	0

Upper Hutt Open, Upper Hutt Open
June 19th 2021

A Grade - 1st= Anthony Ker and Russell Dive, 4.5/6
B Grade - 1st Thomas van der Hoorn 5/6, 2nd Josh Langford 4.5/6
C Grade - 1st Ollie Archer 5/6, 2nd Cohen Young 4.5/6
Junior - =1st Lucas Qu, Adam Ord 5/6

Venue:Hutt International Boys School, Granville Street,Trentham
Format: 6 Round Swiss, rapid time control 25+5, NZCF rated.
A, B, C and Junior Grades.
All details on the entry form

Otago Winter Rapid Open, Dunedin
June 13th 2021

The Otago Winter Rapid Open took place on Sunday 13th June with 28 players from Otago and Southland. First place was a 4-way tie between Quentin Johnson, Ben Suazo, Romero Suggate and Richie Christie on 4/5. The U1700 Grade was a 5-way tie on 3 points and so was the U1300 Grade on 2 points.
Full results here.

Venue: Otago Chess Club, 7 Maitland Street, Dunedin.
Format: 5 Round Swiss, rapid time control 25+5, NZCF rated.
Tournament website.
Contact: Quentin Johnson, 021 156 6789, email otagochess@gmail.com.
Download entry form here.

Summit Junior Rapid, Auckland
June 13th 2021

Open
1st= Baraa Zara, Tejasvi Kichavadi 5/6
3rd= Anderson Chen, Sophia Feng, Lucas Barnett-Harris 4.5/6
Best U1320 Brillion Lau 4/6
Best U1200 Sarah Sun 3/6

U1000
1st Kyan Zhang 6/6
2nd= Leo Xiao, Ryan Wei, Max Xia, Grace Fu 5/6
Best U500 1st Richard Liu 4/6, 2nd William Si 3/6
Best U200 Joshua Gibbin 4.5/6

Venue: 99B Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland.
Two divisions: Open (FIDE and NZCF rapid rated) and U1000 (NZCF rapid rated).
Format: Six-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs.
Organised by Summit Chess Club, contact Ying Wang, Email: ywang@outlook.co.nz.
Follow on Vega: Open, U1000.
Entry form available here.

43rd Trusts Chess Open, Auckland
June 5th-7th 2021

A Grade
1st IM Brodie McClymont (Australia) 6/6
2nd= FM Daniel Gong, IM Russell Dive 4.5/6

B Grade
1st Allen Li 5/6
2nd= Henry Vital, Clinton Wells, Karl Holdo, Euan McDougall 4.5/6

C Grade
1st Xavier Willoughby-Ansell 6/6
2nd Justine Cortez 5/6
3rd Fergus Lee, Anderson Chen, Eric Mironov 4.5/6

Junior
1st Charles Zhang 6/6
2nd= Haoran (William) Zhang, Franklyn Zhang 5/6

Venue: Te Pai Centre, Cnr Lincoln Rd and Te Pai Place, Henderson, Auckland.
Format: Four 6 round swisses – A, B, C and Junior.
Time Control: 90 minutes each plus 30 seconds a move.
Prizefund: $4500 including $700 for the winner of the A tournament.
Entry fee: $60 for the A,B and C tournaments, $45 for the junior tournament, with a family discount of $5 each player.
More details on the entry form here.
Organised by Waitakere Chess Club.
Contact: International Organiser Bob Smith 0274786282 email caissa1530@gmail.com.
Full results on Vega: A Grade B Grade C Grade Junior.
Live boards here.

Chess Power SuperChamps, Auckland
May 30th 2021

A Grade
1st FM Allen Fan 6/6
2nd FM Daniel Gong 5/6
3rd Aaron Wang 4/6

B Grade
1st Jonathon Hookings 6/6
2nd= Nicholas McKinlay, Hayden Steele, Peter Zhou, Felix MacKenzie 4/6

C Grade
1st Matthew Kim 5.5/6
2nd Brillion Lau, John Nguyen 5/6

Organised by Chess Power in association with the Waitakere Chess Club
Venue: Eden Rugby Football Club, Gribblehurst Park, 225 Sandringham Road, Kingsland, Auckland
Eligibility: Restricted to players 18 and under.
Three 6-round swiss tournaments (grades A to C), NZCF & FIDE rapid rated where possible
Format: 6 round swiss, 25 minutes + 5 secs.
Details and Entry form here.
View the tournament flyer here.
Full results on Vega: A Grade B Grade C Grade.

​Kāpiti Rapid, Paraparaumu
May 29th 2021

Open / A Grade (over 1800)
1st Russell Dive 5½/6
2nd= Brian Nijman, Anthony Ker 5/6

B Grade (1400-1800)
1st = Andrew Brockway, Thomas Van der Hoorn, Joshua Langford, Brent Perrin 4/6

C Grade (Under 1400)
1st Mathieson Carlyle 4/6
2nd= Aidan Malcolm, Eric Zaslow 3½/6

Junior 14+
Gold: Ryan Winter 4½/6
Silver: Thomas Van der Hoorn 4/6

Junior Under 14’s
Gold: Kayden Loke 4/6
Silver: Zac Li 3½/6

Full results on Vega: Full crosstable, results by grade, results for juniors by age group.

Full report on the club website.

Venue: Salvation Army Hall, 41 Bluegum Rd, Paraparaumu.
Format: 6 round Swiss tournaments, NZCF Rapid Rated where possible.
Time Control: 25 Minutes each player plus 5 seconds increment per move.
Organised by the Kāpiti Chess Club. Contact Gordon Lyall, email gordon.lyall@outlook.com.
Full details on the Entry Form.

Auckland May Weekender 2021, Auckland
May 22nd-23rd 2021

1st FM Alphaeus Ang 22/27 (Rapid 7.5/9, Blitz 7/9, Rapid points count double)
2nd FM Mike Steadman 20/27 (6.5,7)
3rd= FM Daniel Gong 19.5/27 (6.5,6.5), Felix Xie 19.5/27 (7,5.5)
Full results on the Event website.

Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt Eden, Auckland.
Format: Two Swiss tournaments, 9 rounds Blitz (3+2) and 9 rounds Rapid (25+5). FIDE and NZCF rated where possible.
Final standings determined by combining both tournaments scores, Rapid games have double value of Blitz games.
Only first 50 fully paid player entries accepted due to space constraints.

2021 Martin Sims Memorial, Palmerston North
16th May 2021

1st= Ryan Winter, Brian Nijman & Erwin Koestanto 5/6
Under 18 1st= Henry Zaslow and Kayden Loke 5/6
Full results on Vega: Open, Under 18.

Venue: Takaro Bowling Club 2-14 Featherston St, Palmerston North.
Format: 6 round Swiss tournaments, NZCF Rapid Rated where possible.
Time Control: 25 Minutes each player plus 5 seconds increment per move.
Organised by Mark Noble, email ManawatuKnights@xtra.co.nz.
Entry form available here.

Summit Junior Rapid, Auckland
May 9th 2021

Open
1st Wiliam Liu 5.5/6
2nd Baraa Zara 5/6,
3rd= Emily Gan Victor Coen 4.5/6
Best U1250 Weiyang Yu 4/6
Best U1200 Brillion Lau 3.5/6

U1000
1st Leo Lian 6/6
2nd= Maxwell Xiao Anson Li 5/6
Best U700 Kohtaro Nozaki 4.5/6
Best U500 1st Emmanuel Marve 4.5/6, 2nd Richard Liu 4/6

Venue: 99B Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland.
Two divisions: Open (FIDE and NZCF rapid rated) and U1000 (NZCF rapid rated).
Format: Six-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs.
Organised by Summit Chess Club, contact Ying Wang, Email: ywang@outlook.co.nz.
Full results on Vega: Open, U1000.
Entry form available here.

Arie Nijman Memorial, Christchurch
May 7th-9th 2021

1st CM Edward Rains 5.5/6
2nd= FM Stephen Lukey, Gavith Dharmasena 4.5/6

U2000 1st= Kendrick Zhang, Ross Black, Andrew Masters, Karl Holdo 3.5/6
U1700 1st Kian Dharmasena 3/6

A games PGN is available here.

Venue: Canterbury Chess Club, 9/27 Tyne Street, Addington, Christchurch.
Format: 6 round Swiss, 1 round Friday evening, 3 rounds Saturday, 2 rounds Sunday, time control 90+30, NZCF & FIDE-rated where possible.
Organised by Canterbury Chess Club, contact Craig Hall, Email: canterbury@chess.org.nz.
Full results on Vega: here.
Entry form available here.

Chess Power Junior Masters, Auckland
April 27th - May 1st 2021

Group 1
1st= Peter Ladur, Anya Thurner 8/9
3rd Eric Mironov 7/9

Group 2
1st Pamiru Gallage 7/9
2nd Sean Wang 5.5/9
3rd Hayden Steele 5/9

JUNIOR MASTERS GROUP 1
  1 17768JM  Ladur, Peter                     unr   W7    bye   W8    W6    W9*   D3    W4    D2    W5      8     36
  2 16363JF  Thurner, Anya                AC 1812   W5    W7    bye   W8    W6    W9*   D3    D1    W4      8     36
  3 17399JM  Mironov, Eric                AC 1219*  bye   W8    W6    W9*   W4    D1    D2    W5    L7      7
  4 17295PF  Feng, Sophia                 AC 1305   W6    D5    W9*   W7    L3    bye   L1    W8    L2      5½
  5 16724JF  Wang, Cherry Ruichen         NS 1750*  L2    D4    W7    bye   W8    L6    W9*   L3    L1      4½
  6 17344PM  Tao, Junqing Jerome          WT  unr   L4    W9    L3    L1    L2    W5    W7    bye   L8      4     40
  7 17082PF  Zhou, Adele                  AC 1054*  L1    L2    L5    L4    bye   W8    L6    W9*   W3      4     40
  8 16790PM  Zhou, Peter                  NS 1137*  W9    L3    L1    L2    L5    L7    bye   L4    W6      3
  9 17524JM  Nguyen, Bao Le Minh          AC  unr   L8    L6    L4*   L3*   L1*   L2*   L5*   L7*    -      0


JUNIOR MASTERS GROUP 2
  1 16844JM  Gallage, Pamiru M G K           1012*  W6    W7    W4    W8     -    W9    L3    W5    W2      7
  2 17772PM  Wang, Sean                       unr   W9    L3    D5     -    W6    W7    W4    W8    L1      5½
  3 17771JM  Steele, Hayden                   unr   L5    W2    W6    W7    L4    W8    W1    L9     -      5
  4 16926JM  Kang, Bryan                  AC  974    -    W8    L1    W9    W3    D5    L2    L6    W7      4½    31½
  5 17187JM  Wang, Christopher            HP 1152*  W3     -    D2    L6    D7    D4    W8    L1    W9      4½    31½
  6 17425JM  Pal, Anish                       unr   L1    W9    L3    W5    L2     -    L7    W4    W8      4
  7 17773JM  Hayat, Yahya                     unr   L8    L1    W9    L3    D5    L2    W6     -    L4      2½
  8 17769PM  Choi, Kyan                       unr   W7    L4     -    L1    W9    L3    L5    L2    L6      2
  9 17770PM  Bhatia, Maan                     unr   L2    L6    L7    L4    L8    L1     -    W3    L5      1

Organised by Chess Power in association with the Waitakere Chess Club
Venue: Eden Rugby Football Club, Gribblehurst Park, 225 Sandringham Road, Kingsland, Auckland
Eligibility: Restricted to players 18 and under.
Six 9-round round-robin tournaments (grades A to F), NZCF & FIDE standard rated where possible
Format: 10 player round robin, 1 hour 15 minutes + 30 secs.
Details and Entry form here.
View the tournament flyer here.

Auckland ANZAC Weekender 2021, Auckland
April 24th-26th 2021

Open
1st FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang 6/6
2nd= Daqi Mao, Xintong (Winston) Weng, Alex Nagorski 5/6
5th= CM David Cilia Vincenti, FM Michael V R Steadman, CM Edward Rains 4.5/6

Under 1800
1st= Daqi Mao, Xintong (Winston) Weng, Alex Nagorski 5/6

Under 1500 and Over 1200
1st= Matthew Chen, Lucas Barnett-Harris, Narasimhan Lakshmi Ravi, Alex Coates 3.5/6

Under 1200
1st= Charlotte Ray, Weiyang Yu, Annie Yue 3/6

Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt Eden, Auckland.
Format: 6 round Swiss tournament, time control 90+30, NZCF & FIDE rated where possible.
Only first 50 fully paid player entries accepted due to space constraints.
Full details and results via Event website.

Summit Junior Rapid, Auckland
April 18th 2021

Open
1st= Daqi Mao, Hunter Po'e-Tofaeono 5/6
3rd= William Rui Liu, Nicholas Xu 4.5/6
Best U1300 Weiyang Yu 3.5/6
Best U1150 Mantra Bhatt 3.5/6

U1000
1st Dexuan (Derek) Meng 6/6
2nd= Leo Lian, Maxwell Yu 5/6
Best U500 Richard Liu, Ethan Taoran Sun 4/6
Best U200 Ruofan Sun 4.5/6

Venue: 99B Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland.
Two divisions: Open (FIDE and NZCF rapid rated) and U1000 (NZCF rapid rated).
Format: Six-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs.
Organised by Summit Chess Club, contact Ying Wang, Email: ywang@outlook.co.nz.
Full results on Vega: Open, U1000.
Entry form available here.

Bob Wade Memorial, Auckland
April 10th 2021

A Grade
1st GM Gawain Jones 5.5/6
2nd FM Mike Steadman 5/6
3rd= FM Alphaeus Ang & Felix Xie 4.5/6

B Grade
1st Zachary Yu 5.5/6
2nd= Lim, Louis Lim, Euan McDougall, Hunter Po'e-Tofaeono, Anderson Chen 5/6

Venue: Howick Bowling Club, 33 Selwyn Road, Howick
A one day tournament on the date of the 100th birthday of the great New Zealand player Bob Wade 1921-2008.
Two Tournaments: Open and B Grade (under 1800). FIDE and NZCF rapid rated where possible.
Format: Six-round Swiss, 25mins+5 secs.
Entry form here.
Full results on Vega: Open U1800.
Dinner Invitation here.

North Island Championships, Wellington
April 2nd-5th 2021

1st GM Gawain Jones 8/8
2nd= Felix Xie, Athula Kankanamge 6.5
4th= FM Scott Wastney, FM Daniel Gong, FM Michael Steadman, Gino Thornton 6
Daniel Gong was awarded Best Junior and Scott, Michael, and Gino shared the 4th= equal prize.

Felix Xie and Athula Kankanamge are North Island residents and so are joint North Island Champions for 2021.

B Grade
1st= Philli Park-Tamati, Simon Lyall 5.5
3rd Brent Perrin 5

C Grade
1st Nicholas Paetsch 5.5
2nd= Nicholas Winsley, Jamie Webster 4.5

Venue: Naumi Studio Hotel, 213 Cuba Street
Organising Club: Wellington Chess Club
Eight rounds of 90+30 classical chess, two rounds per day.
Full details on the entry form here.
Full results on Vega: here.

Asian U14 Online Championships
March 27th-29th 2021

Chess-Results official results Open Girls.

Open team: Oscar Qin / Kendrick Zhang / Baraa Zara / Sai Somaraju / Emily Gan

Round 1, Open - NZL vs Sri Lanka 'C' - 2.5 : 1.5
Round 2, Open - NZL vs Bangladesh Green - 1 : 3
Round 3, Open - NZL vs Mongolia Team 2 - 1.5 : 2.5
Round 4, Open - NZL vs Lebanon 'A' - 4 : 0
Round 5, Open - NZL vs Sri Lanka 'A' - 1.5 : 2.5
Round 6, Open - NZL vs Hong Kong - 2.5 : 1.5
Round 7, Open - NZL vs Thailand Team 1 - 0.5 : 3.5
Round 8, Open - NZL vs Maldives 1 - 3.5 : 0.5
Round 9, Open - NZL vs Malaysia Challengers - 1.5 : 2.5

Girls team: Isabelle Ning / Anya Thurner / Yolanda Chang / Sophia Feng / Ritika Joseph

Round 1, Girls - NZL vs Palestine - 3 : 1
Round 2, Girls - NZL vs Sri Lanka 'A' - 1 : 3
Round 3, Girls - NZL vs Malaysia Challengers - 2 : 2
Round 4, Girls - NZL vs Hong Kong - 1 : 3
Round 5, Girls - NZL vs Malaysia Avengers - 0.5 : 3.5
Round 6, Girls - NZL vs Thailand - 2 : 2
Round 7, Girls - NZL vs Bahrain - 3 : 1
Round 8, Girls - NZL vs Oman - 4 : 0
Round 9, Girls - NZL vs Sri Lanka 'B' - 2.5 : 1.5

Game links will be kept here (you can get PGNs and even animated GIFs from the links).

Oceania Zone 3.6 Championship, Hybrid Online
March 20th-28th 2021

Cross Table

Pos NAME               Elo   T  Fed   Pts  |  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8
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 1  Smirnov,Anton      2597  GM AUS   6.5  |  *   ½   1   1   1   1   1   1
 2  Kuybokarov,Temur   2530  GM AUS   6.5  |  ½   *   1   1   1   1   1   1
 3  Croad,Nic          2316  FM NZL   5.0  |  0   0   *   1   1   1   1   1
 4  Prudente,Elmer     1991  CM GUM   3.5  |  0   0   0   *   ½   1   1   1
 5  Sikivou,Taione     1830  CM FIJ   2.5  |  0   0   0   ½   *   0   1   1
 6  Dabuae,Thubalkain     0     NRU   2.0  |  0   0   0   0   1   *   1   0
 7  Resture,Fred       1797     SOL   1.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   0   *   1
 8  Salvadora,Angelo   1730     PLW   1.0  |  0   0   0   0   0   1   0   *

Playoff between GM Anton Smirnov (AUS) and GM Temur Kuybokarov (AUS)

25+10      Kuybokarov-Smirnov ½-½
25+10      Smirnov-Kuybokarov ½-½
10+10      Kuybokarov-Smirnov 0-1
10+10      Smirnov-Kuybokarov 0-1
5+3        Smirnov-Kuybokarov ½-½
5+3        Kuybokarov-Smirnov ½-½
Armageddon Kuybokarov-Smirnov 1-0

Armageddon rules: Time control is White 5 minutes, Black 4 minutes, 2 second increment after move 60, Black has draw odds.

Playoff won by GM Temur Kuybokarov.

Latvian Rapid, Auckland
March 20th 2021

A Grade
1st GM Gawain Jones 6/6
2nd FM Alphaeus Ang 5/6
3rd= FM Allen Fan, Daniel-Ioan Runcan 4.5/6
Best U2100 Gino Thornton 4/6
Best U1900 Jasmine Zhang, Benjamin Lim, Oliver Dai, Isabelle Ning 3/6

B Grade
1st Daqi Mao 6/6
2nd Briene Membrere 5/6
3rd= Simon Lyall, Allen Li 4.5/6
Best U1500 Josh Little 4/6
Best U1600 Mathew Steadman 3.5/6

C Grade
1st Fergus Lee 5.5/6
2nd Emily Gan 5/6
3rd Ramin Etemadipour 4.5/6
4th= Baraa Zara, Weiyang Yu, Narasimhan Lakshmi Ravi, Zikun Kenneth Liu, Scott Smith,
Lucas Xiao, Hunter Po'e-Tofaeono 4/6

D Grade
1st= Junqing Jerome Tao, Brillion Lau, Charlotte Ray 5/6
4th George Guo 4.5/6

Organised by Howick Pakuranga Chess Club
Venue: Te Tuhi Centre of the Arts, 13 Reeves Road, Pakuranga, Auckland
Four 6 round Swiss tournaments (grades A to D), both NZCF & FIDE Rapid rated where possible.
Time Control: 25 minutes each player plus 5 seconds increment per move from move one.
Full Results on Vega: A Grade, B Grade, C Grade, D Grade.
Entry form available here.

Summit Junior Rapid, Auckland
March 14th 2021

Open
1st= Daqi Mao, Jay Zhao 5/6
3rd= William Liu, Lucas Barnett-Harris 4.5/6
Best U1300 Sai Vivan Somaraju 4/6
Best U1200 Anthony Hu 3.5/6

U1000
1st= Nicole Zhao, George Guo, Lucas Zhang, Brillion Lau, Charles Zhang 5/6
Best U600 Sarah Sun 4/6
Best U500 Maxwell Yu, Leo Lian 4/6

Venue: 99B Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland.
Two divisions: Open (FIDE and NZCF rapid rated) and U1000 (NZCF rapid rated).
Format: Six-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs.
Organised by Summit Chess Club, contact Ying Wang, Email: ywang@outlook.co.nz.
Full Results on Vega: Open, U1000.
Entry form available here.

Otago Autumn Rapid Open, Dunedin
March 7th 2021

Quentin Johnson reports;
The Otago Autumn Rapid Open took place on Sunday 7 March and was NZCF rated this year. This was enabled by the change in NZCF policy making less of a barrier to casual players, who made up more than half the big turnout of 30 players ranging from from Invercargill to Oamaru.

Ben Suazo of Dunedin and Atlas Kerr of Invercargill shared 1st place on 4½/5 ahead of Qi-Le Kong-Lim and Quentin Johnson both of Dunedin equal third on 4.

Hamish Gold won the U1600 grade on 3½ ahead of a 4-way tie for 2nd on 3 between Julien Soler, Daniel Bell (both Invercargill), Naoki Kozakai (Dunedin) and Greg Familton (Oamaru).

Corbin Fraser (invercargill) and Sen Macmaster (Oamaru) shared 1st in the U1200 grade on 2½.

Full Results on Vega here.

Venue: Otago Chess Club, 7 Maitland Street, Dunedin.
Format: 5 Round Swiss, rapid time control 25+5, NZCF rated.
Tournament website.
Contact: Quentin Johnson, 021 156 6789, email otagochess@gmail.com.
Download entry form here.

16th Bay of Plenty Rapid, Tauranga
February 27th 2021

A-Grade
1st FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang 5/6
2nd= FM Daniel Gong, Nunilon III Fulo (Best Bay of Plenty Player) 4.5/6

B-Grade
1st Scott MacLeod 6/6
2nd= Isabelle Ning, Briene Membrere 5/6

Junior-Grade
1st= Yuchen (Daniel) Shen, Topia White, Justin Zhide Wang 4.5/6

Organised by the Mount Maunganui RSA Chess Club.
Venue: Bay of Plenty Masonic Centre – 33 Hairini Street, Hairini, Tauranga.
One of New Zealand's most popular annual Rapids.
Six rounds of 25+5 rapid, in three different tournaments; A (1800 and above), B and Junior. FIDE and NZCF rated where possible.
Tournament brochure here.
Tournament website, including detailed results here.

9th Hawke's Bay Rapid, Napier
13th February 2021

A Grade
1st FM Daniel Gong 5/6
2nd Felix Xie 4.5/6
3rd FM Bob Smith 4/6

B Grade
1st Briene Membrere 6/6
2nd Kayden Loke 5/6
3rd Finley Duncan 4.5/6

C Grade
1st Justin Wang 6/6
2nd Jeevanjot Singh 5/6
3rd= Amanjot Singh, Angus Potter 4/6

Organised by Hawke's Bay Chess
Venue: Greenmeadows East Community Hall, 83 Tait Drive Taradale, Napier.
Three separate (A,B, Junior grades), six round Swiss rapid 25+5 tournaments, NZCF and FIDE rated where possible.
Over $1400 prize fund ($1200 cash plus award winning Hawkes Bay wines).
Full Results on Vega: A Grade, B Grade, Junior Grade.
Full details on the entry form here.

Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup, Online
February 6th-7th 2021

A free online event for university teams. The event website is here. A Victoria University of Wellington team (Ryan Winter, Michael Sole, Nicholas Heyworth, Ben Bryant) competed despite a very hostile time zone and posted a solid mid table performance, 64th from 125, see the final standings here. NZ Games PGN here.

Auckland Waitangi Weekender 2021, Auckland
February 6th-8th 2021

Open
1st= FM Alphaeus Ang, FM Allen Fan 5.5/6
3rd= FM Bob Smith, FM John Duneas 4.5/6

Under 1800
1st= Kendrick Botong Zhang, Isabelle Yixuan Ning 4.5/6
3rd= Oscar Shu Xuan Qin, Terry Shen, Hao Tang 4/6

Under 1500 and Over 1200
1st= Baraa Zara, Matthew Chen 3/6

Under 1200
1st Emily Gan 3.5/6
2nd Harry Redwood 3/6

Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt Eden, Auckland.
Format: 6 round Swiss tournament, time control 90+30, NZCF & FIDE rated where possible.
Full details and results on the Event website.

Summit Junior Rapid, Auckland
February 7th 2021

Open
1st Daqi Mao 5.5/6
2nd Tejasvi Kichavadi 5.0
3rd= Josh Little, Grayson Po'e-Tofaeono, Sophia Feng, Oliver Zhao 4.0/6
Best U1200 Duncan McDonald 3.5/6

U1000
1st Charles Zhang 6.0/6
2nd= George Guo, Sarah Sun 5.0/6
Best U500 Emmanuel Mavre, Marcus Daiyan Yu, Maxwell Yu 4/6

Venue: 99B Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland.
Two divisions: Open (FIDE and NZCF rapid rated) and U1000 (NZCF rapid rated).
Format: Six-round Swiss, 15mins+5 secs.
Organised by Summit Chess Club, contact Ying Wang, Email: ywang@outlook.co.nz.
Full results on Vega: Open, U1000.
Entry form available here.

Auckland Anniversary Weekender 2021, Auckland
January 30th-February 1st 2021

Open
1st= FM Alphaeus Ang, Romie Lord Guerra, FM Michael Steadman 5/6

Under 1800
1st= Timothy Huy Minh Ha, Euan McDougall 4.5/6
3rd= Daqi Mao, Kendrick Zhang, Isabelle Ning, Aaron Wang, Simon Lyall, Allen Li 4/6

Under 1500 and Over 1200
1st Kenneth Liu 4/6
2nd Baraa Zara 3.5/6

Under 1200
1st= Matheson McEwen, Ahmad Khawaja, Jack Collinson, David Junyang Zhu 3/6

Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt Eden, Auckland.
Format: 6 round Swiss tournament, time control 90+30, NZCF & FIDE rated where possible.
Full details and results on the Event website.

20th Bay of Plenty Chess Open Invitational, Tauranga
January 16th 2021

A Group
1st FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang 3/3
2nd Felix Xie 2/3

B Group
1st Ar John Guan 3/3
2nd Hao Tang 2/3

C Group
1st= Thomas Gothorp, Ariel Patdu 2/3

D Group
1st Ryan Hwang 3/3
2nd Duki Stojanovic 2/3

E Group
1st Harry Redwood 2.5/3
2nd= Cole Wright, Horacio Miranda 2/3

Organised by the Mount Maunganui RSA Chess Club and Tauranga RSA Chess Club.
Venue: Tauranga RSA, 1237 Cameron Road, Greerton, Tauranga.
Three rounds, time control 50 minutes plus 30 second increment, standard rated, groups of four to six players.
Tournament brochure here.
Tournament website here.

128th NZ Chess Congress, Palmerston North
January 2nd-12th 2021

Results and grades prizes (photos below)

NZ Championship
1st FM Nicolas Croad 7.5/9
2nd FM Ben Hague 6.5/9
3rd= Felix Xie, IM Anthony Ker, FM Leonard McLaren 6/9
Under 2000 Hao Tang 5/9
Full Results on Vega here.

NZ Major Open
1st Clinton Wells 7/9
2nd= Alan Winfield, Dion Charles, Karl Holdo 6.5/9
Under 1700 Joshua Langford 6/9
Under 1400 Jonathon Hookings 5/9
Full Results on Vega here.

NZ Rapid Championship
1st Felix Xie 8/9
2nd Russell Dive 7.5/9
3rd Ralph Hart 7/9
Under 2000 Hilton Bennett 6/9
Under 1700 Hao Tang & Kendrick Zhang 6/9
Under 1400 Zikun Liu 5/9
Full Results on Vega here.

NZ Lightning (Blitz) Championship
1st IM Anthony Ker 8.5/9
2nd FM Ben Hague 7.5/9
3rd IM Russell Dive 7/9
Under 2000 Nigel Metge 5/9
Under 1700 Daqi Mao, Winston Weng & Kendrick Zhang 6/9
Under 1400 Baraa Zara 5/9
Full Results on Vega here.

NZ Junior Championship
1st Joshua Langford 6/7
2nd Winston Weng 5.5/7
3rd= Daqi Mao, Isabelle Ning, Kendrick Zhang, Euan McDougall, Paul He & Thomas Van der Hoorn 5/7
School Pupil Champion Josh Langford 6/7
School Pupil Girls Champion Isabelle Ning 5/7
U16 Champion Josh Langford 6/7
U16 Girl Champion WCM Nadia Braganza 4/7
U14 Champion Paul He 5/7
U12 Champion Kendrick Zhang & Isabelle Ning 5/7
U12 Girls Champion Isabelle Ning 5/7
U10 Champion Daqi Mao 5/7
U10 Girls Champion Tracy Tang 3.5/7
U8 Champion Sai Somaraju 3/7
Full Results on Vega here.

Manawatu Open
1st Ben Hague 6/7
2nd Hao Tang 5/7
3rd Dion Charles 4.5/7
Full Results on Vega here.

Manawatu 128 Championship
1st Ben Hague 11/12
2nd Ryan Winter 10/12
3rd Emily Gan 7.5/12
Full Results on Vega here.

Consolidated PGN files: NZ Open, Major Open, Rapid.

Organised by the Manawatu Knights Chess Club on behalf of the NZ Chess Federation.
Sponsored by the Copthorne Hotel and the Kasparov Chess Foundation
Organisers: Mark Noble & Jack James. The annual Congress features events for players of any age and any nationality – overseas participants welcome.
Main events are 9 rounds over 9 days, plus two days of Rapid and Blitz events.
Entry form here.

The photos below are all courtesy of Simon Lyall

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