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The 2026 World Youth Chess Championships are in June in Italy. Do to some late changes we have vacancies for 2 official NZL places (Girls Under 16 and Girls Under 18) – official players receive full board for the duration fo the e vent – see the full regulations here:

Oceania Youth Chess Championships – Christchurch, 9-13 April 2026. The official NZL places have been awarded to : Girls U8 – Fiona Chenxi LiGU12 – Olivia LiGU14 – Luna LuGU16 – Emily GanGU18 – Sarah SunGU20 – Anya Thurner Open U8 – Leo CordueOU10 – Michael BazanovOU12 – Eden XuOU14

The NZCF is pround to announce that the following players have been chosen to be the official NZL Players at the 2026 World Youth Chess Championships in Italy in Montesilvano, Italy in June. We wish them every success. https://www.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/FIDE-World-Youth-Chess-Championships-2026.pdf

The NZCF Online Chess School is proud to announce this short course by FIDE Trainer Tony Dowden. This two-lesson course is designed for chess trainers, coaches, and schoolteachers. It introduces key educational principles, shows how to apply them when preparing players for success in competitive chess, and concludes with practical

The New Zealand Chess Federation is proud to announce that ACG Sunderland has been officially selected to represent New Zealand at the 2026 World Schools Team Championship’s Asian Continental Championships, which will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 6–11 April 2026. Last year the championships had a large finals stage

The New Zealand Chess Federation is delighted to announce the national teams for the 2026 Chess Olympiad to be held in Samarkand in Uzbekistan in September later this year. Open Team (in board order) 1/ IM Felix Xie2/ IM Sravan Renjith3/ IM Tom Middelburg4/ FM Daniel Gong5/ FM Daqi Mao

2026 Commonwealth Chess Championships – Sri Lanka May 16-26 There are still some official spots available after the intitial seleciton process. Applications for THESE CATEGORIES ONLY have been reopened for 3 days: Women, Junior Girl (U20), Girls U8, Girls U10, Girls U12, Girls U16, Girls U18, Open U14, Open U18

2026 Commonwealth Chess Championships – Sri Lanka May 16-26 There are still some official spots available after the intitial seleciton process. Applications for THESE CATEGORIES ONLY have been reopened for 3 days: Women, Junior Girl (U20), Girls U8, Girls U10, Girls U12, Girls U16, Girls U18, Open U14, Open U18

Kia ora clubs, Hope everyone has enjoyed their long weekend! Apologies for the long email that follows, but this is important information (for most clubs at least). The main request is for clubs to start registering club members with NZCF, which means getting their agreement/consent if you haven’t already, and

The NZCF Council would like to remind all players, organisers and clubs of the following decisions made in recent months and the implications thereof. Note that as per the NZCF Rating Regulations section 6.4, if Mr Keong Ang or Mr Timothy Ha plays in or acts as an organizer, arbiter