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.
Reporting about mainly New Zealand chess activity that is affected by COVID-19 through being suspended, cancelled or postponed.
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Summit Junior Rapid is a monthly 6 round chess tournament for juniors comprising an Open division that is FIDE rated and an Under 1000 division.
Merv Morrison Memorial 2021 is a 6 round chess tournament held from 23rd to 25th October at the Auckland Chess Centre.
Oceania Senior Chess Championship 2021 will be played in Queensland’s premier tourism resort, Noosa, POSTPONED to November 2022.
Summit Rapid Championships 2021 comprise 3 separate chess tournaments of 6 rounds at Alexandra Park, Greenlane, Auckland.
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