Hi everyone, the ACC Junior Club starts next Saturday 2nd May, as this weekend is ANZAC Weekend. Our term schedule will be updated on our webpage by tomorrow (Apr 21st): https://www.aucklandchess.nz/junior-club/
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I Love Chess Term 1 Holiday Program Apr 6th-10th
Hi everyone, The I Love Chess Holiday Program Term 1 Holidays 2026 starts on Monday 6th April to Friday 10th April.
The I Love Chess Holiday Program Term 1 Holidays 2026
Dates: April 6th to April 10th
Time: 9AM to 3PM each day
Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, Mt Eden
Lecturer: CM Alex Huang
Levels: Club Player (Mon to Wed), Advanced (Thurs and Fri)
Cost: $50 for each day
To Register: Please email Alex at mcr.flw@hotmail.com or message him via Wechat ID: CrystNovA. You can scan the barcode (via Wechat) on the poster.
More information is available by request. Alex
ACC Double Weekends return for 2026
In 2025, we introduced a double-weekend format where eight games are played over two standard Saturday-Sunday weekends. This is convenient for planning as it requires no annual leave and avoids the complications of long weekends or public holidays. These are run as internal club events, allowing players to take as many half-point byes as needed. The time control is also 90+30, unlike evening games of 60+30.
Please use our calendar to see the dates, or click the following links to register for ACC Double Weekends 2026
- 7th, 8th, 15th, 22nd March 2026 (special case of 3 Sundays, to allow for some big rapid chess events)
- 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th May 2026
- 8th, 9th, 22nd, 23rd August 2026
- 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th September 2026
- 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th November 2026
Adult Improvers Starting Feb 3
The Adult Improvers will be starting up again from Tuesday, Feb 3 at 7pm.
Our first session will start with a guest lecture from Elena (Helen) Moshakova, an adult improver who recently won the NZ Major Open 2026.
For more information about our programme this year, see our Adult Improvers Page.
Registration started for Summer Cup (Feb 2-Mar 16)
Our first Monday night tournament of 2026 will be the Summer Cup (Feb 2 – Mar 16), seven rounds of 60+30 games.
Registration has started on Jan 8, at 9:00 am. Please use the link https://www.trybooking.com/nz/events/landing/18343 — and as usual, if you have travel plans or exams that will force you to skip 3 or more rounds, please consider not registering to give space to others.
The full calendar for the year is still being updated at https://aucklandchess.nz/calendar, but we already published the dates for the long weekenders, starting with Auckland Anniversary (Jan 24-26) and Waitangi Weekender (Feb 6-8). Please follow the calendar link to register for those.
Open tournaments of 2026
Registration is already available for the open tournaments at the Auckland Chess Centre. Please use the links to each event to register.
Jan 24-26, Auckland Anniversary Weekender
Feb 6-8, Waitangi Weekender
Apr 25-27, Anzac Day Weekender
May 30-Jun 1, King’s Birthday Weekender
Oct 24-26, Merv Morrison Memorial
Auckland Chess 2025
Last night at the Club Prize Giving, we launched Auckland Chess 2025, our year book containing some of the best club games across a range of rating groups, as well as puzzles from games played throughout the year.
The PDF can be found below and a lichess study can be found here.
A big thank you to everyone who contributed or otherwise supported the book. We hope that you enjoy it!
I Love Chess Holiday Program Summer 2026
Hi everyone, The I Love Chess Holiday Program Summer 2026 starts on Monday 19th January to Friday 23rd January. The poster and details are as follows:
The I Love Chess Holiday Program Summer 2026
Dates: Jan 19th to Jan 23rd
Time: 9AM to 3PM each day
Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, Mt Eden
Lecturer: CM Alex Huang
Levels: Club Player (Mon to Wed), Advanced (Thurs and Fri)
Cost: $50 for each day
To Register: Please email Alex at mcr.flw@hotmail.com or message him via Wechat ID: CrystNovA . As he may not be available to return your TXT message.
More information is available by request.
Cheers. Alex
The ACC Junior Club 2025 Prizegiving Winners
Hi everyone, it’s been a wonderful year with our students learning, having fun enjoying playing and improving at chess. Today we celebrate their achievements. Here are the list of all the awards given out today:
The ACC Junior Club Prizegiving 2025 Winners:
Player of the Year: Tyler Rust
Most Valuable Player: Sheldon Fan
Most Improved Player: Ethan Ruoqing Chen
Most Improved Player: Cici Yu
Most Improved Player: Reddington Chen
Summer Rapid 1 1st : Tyler Rust
Summer Rapid 1 2nd : Alex Sha
Summer Rapid 2 1st : Ethan Ruoqing Chen
Summer Rapid 2 2nd : Alex Sha
Summer Blitz 1st : Sheldon Fan
Summer Blitz 2nd : Claytin Su
Autumn Rapid 1 1st= : Tyler Rust, Sheldon Fan
Autumn Rapid 2 1st : Sheldon Fan
Autumn Rapid 2 2nd : Tyler Rust
Autumn Blitz 1st= : Cici Yu, Alex Sha
Winter Rapid 1 1st : Tyler Rust
Winter Rapid 1 2nd : Khang Bui
Winter Rapid 2 1st : Tyler Rust
Winter Rapid 2 2nd : Ethan Ruoqing Chen
Winter Rapid 3 1st : Alex Sha
Winter Rapid 3 2nd : Tyler Rust
Spring Rapid 1 1st= : Ethan Ruoqing Chen, Jordan Carter
Spring Rapid 2 1st : Sheldon Fan
Spring Rapid 2 2nd : Cici Yu
Gallery:
Congratulations to all our prizewinners!
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We are resuming on Saturday 31st January. See you then. Alex
Results of The ACC I Love Chess Rapid Nov 16th
Hi everyone, Here are the results and photos from our tournament yesterday.
The ACC I Love Chess Rapid Tournament November 16th:
Winners:
1st Tyler Rust 5.5/6
2nd Vihaan Bala 5.0/6
3rd= Fiona Li (by Tiebreak), Reddington Chen, Oliver Mok, Jordan Carter & William Moore 4.0/6
Grade Prizes:
U-800 Aaryan Mohan (by Tiebreak) 3.0/6
U-500 Zach Inverarity 2.0/6
U-200 Jordan Carter 4.0/6
Full Results: Link
Gallery:
Great job to our winners. See you all next year! Alex