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All National Federations in Asia are invited to nominate two players (Open U-20) from each federation to attend the upcoming Asian Online Chess Workshop (Open U-20, in English), which will be organized by the ACF from 12 to 14 December 2025. If any juniors (anyone under 20 as at 31/12/2024)

Paul Macdonald has contacted the NZCF regarding this great training opportunity.” “We’re excited to share a fantastic free training opportunity for improving players across New Zealand! On Sunday 14 December 2025, from 10:30am to 12:00pm, International Master Vlad Larkin will be hosting an online Master Coaching Clinic—completely free of charge.

At a meeting on 30 November 2025, the NZCF Council upheld two complaints against the Auckland Chess Centre (ACC) regarding conduct around the 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM), and as a consequence, will be putting forward a motion to expel ACC from the NZCF at the next AGM (2026) if

The NZCF Council has concerns about Auckland Chess Centre (ACC) membership (and how players become members of ACC) and the definition of open vs internal club tournaments at ACC. As a consequence, and effective from 1 January 2026, no ACC chess tournaments will be rated by the NZCF, until such

GM Michael Adams won his first British Championship at the age of 17 and has now accumulated a further eight victories (including 2025). By the early 1990s, Mickey was establishing himself as one of the world’s leading players. He would spend many years in the world’s top five, coming very

Training Opportunity for NZL Juniors (aged 8-16) There are two parts to this – the first is online training during December and possibly early January (at this stage we do not have times or dates) – followed by an in-person camp in the UAE for a smaller selected group of

The 2025 NZ Seniors & Veterans (and Legends!) Chess Championships are underway in Napier. The event runs until Sunday and there is an awesome field of 26 competing. Results and Pairings here: https://compete.newzealandchess.co.nz/tournaments/kapiti/www2025NZSeniorsChampionship/pairs1.php Live Boards here: https://lichess.org/broadcast/nz-seniors–veterans-chess-championships-2025/round-1/c3IJt0t0/92BT1wW8 The photo is from last year’s event run by Papatoetoe CC

Forms have been sent to all NZCF clubs. These forms are due back by 15 November 2025 if possible (30 November 2025 at the latest, please). Payment is due by 31 December 2025 and invoices will be issued once the forms have been received. Please note that associate clubs are

The 2025 Oceania Junior & Youth Chess Championships take place in Brisbane, Australia in December. Official NZL places have been awarded to: Girls Linyu Wang Under 8 Anne Xuduo Guo Under 10 Rebecca Zhao Under 12 Emily Cathay Gan Under 16 Wanyao Sarah Sun Under 18 Isabelle Yixuan Ning Under