Alphaeus had created a remarkable record in New Zealand chess history by having an unbroken perfect winning score streak through all 11 years of participation in West Auckland Interschools playing as board 1 for his school’s best chess team through the Primary (St. Paul’s Primary School), Intermediate (Liston College) and Secondary (Liston College) divisions.
Former New Zealand Champions, FM Martin Dreyer and FM Ewen Green, had a match of 6 games of Blitz chess at Poppies Bookshop in Howick, Auckland. After the match, FM Ewen Green took on his students blindfolded. An event in the lead up to International Chess Day, 20th July 2020.
NZL New Zealand team selected for FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 starting 22nd July.
FIDE Online Olympiad 2020 is a national teams event in which all federations affiliated to FIDE have the right to participate. Each team consists of six players, in a mixed format with a minimum quota of three female players and two junior players.
Chess in New Zealand would resume under COVID-19 alert level 1 starting 12am Tuesday 9th June 2020.
From May 18 until June 16, FIDE will join forces with major internet chess platforms in organizing more than 2,000 online tournaments. “Checkmate Coronavirus” tournaments will be played at lichess.org, chess.com, chess24.com, and FIDE Online Arena. There will be almost 80 tournaments a day aimed at all chess players, regardless of age, country, or level of play.
Share
Papatoetoe Rapid 2024 is a chess event incorporating the 37th Papatoetoe Rapid Open and 8th Papatoetoe Junior Rapid tournaments.
NZ Chess Congress 2025 held in Waipuna Conference Centre, Auckland from 2nd to 12th January is the 132nd New Zealand Chess Congress.
Bob Wade Masters 2025 comprise the Bob Wade Memorial Masters, Hilton Bennett Memorial Masters, Middle Game Chess Foundation Challengers.
Hawkes Bay Rapid 2025 comprise 3 separate swiss system chess tournaments of 6 rounds on 8th February 2025 at Taradale, Napier.
Chess News and Views from a New Zealand Perspective
New Zealand Chess News
