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Ascot Park Hotel, Invercargill 2-12 January 2026 A reminder that this festival of chess is just 4 months away! GM Daniel Fernandez (ENG) who has entered, will hopefully be joined by NZ’s leading players, plus those who just love to play chess. And with 7 events over the 11 days,

The NZCF is delighted to announce that FIDE Trainer Tony Dowden will be presenting a 5 lesson course (over 2 Saturdays) titled Attack, Attack, Attack! Want to sharpen your attacking play? Join FIDE Trainer Tony Dowden for a practical online course designed for players rated 1200–1600. Lesson Topics: Course details:

The NZCF is delighted to announce that the Oceania Chess Confederation (OCC) has approved the bids from the Canterbury Chess Club in Christchurch for the Oceania Junior & Youth in April 2026 & Oceania Zonal in January 2027 More information to follow when available.

An exciting training opportunity for our female players offered by FIDE ”Dear member federations, FIDE and WOM are excited to announce that registration for Stage 2 of the Queen’s Gambit Challenge – Intermediate Training is now open! Following a hugely successful first stage, which brought together 380 female players from

Invitation: Churchie Chess on behalf of the Oceania Chess Confederation, and FIDE have the honour to invite all Oceania National Chess Federations and associated members to participate in the 2025 Oceania Youth Chess Championship to be held in Brisbane, Australia from the 13th to the 17th December 2025.  Divisions: 14 Divisions

The New Zealand Chess Federation (NZCF) is delighted to announce that it has received a generous grant from Pub Charity. In 2024 we received $6,300 to go toward the costs of our webmaster and administrator. This year we have been awarded $11,200 to go towards the costs of our webmaster

The 2026 Chess Olympiad with take place in Uzbekistan. In preparation for this, the NZCF has selected two training squads, who will receive training from our national team coaches, GM Dejan Bojkov and IM Herman van Riemsdijk, ahead of the final team selections early in 2026. Congratulations to the following

I was delighted to receive a review copy of Gambit’s latest publication recently and thought I’d share my thoughts on it with you all (look out for another post coming shortly…). I have long been a fan of Fundamental Chess Openings by GM Paul van der Sterren. FCO, published in

The organizers, International Chess Federation (FIDE) and Albania Chess Federation (ACHF), are inviting all National Chess Federations affiliated to FIDE to participate in the World Youth Chess Championships 2025. The event will be organized in Durres, Albania, from October 3rd (arrivals) to October 16th, 2025 (departures). Official website (includes full regulations) https://fideworldyouth.achf.org.al/