The ACC Junior Club is for young players (aged 14 and under) who are interested in playing chess. The games are fast and exciting. We have added a short tutorial at the start of the session, so kids would do a bit of learning too. We start our sessions during each school term on Saturdays at 5:00PM-6:15PM usually beginning with a short tutorial about 15mins followed by practice.
Our Junior Club is run by FIDE Instructor & FIDE Candidate Master Alex Huang.
Please reserve your spot in our club sessions via Trybooking ($40/term):
Term 4 2026 Booking: https://www.trybooking.com/nz/BFYD
The ACC Junior Chess Club Calendar Term 4 2026
Oct 17 Play Session 1 Oct 24 *Online Only* Play Session 2 Oct 31 Play Session 3 Nov 07 (6:00PM start) Play Session 4 Nov 14 (6:00PM start) Play Session 5 Nov 21 Play Session 6 Nov 28 Play Session 7 Dec 05 Play Session 8 Dec 12 Prizegiving/Play Session 9 ----------------------------------- Term 4 Ends. Term 1 2027 starts Jan 30th
Update: Delayed start on Sat 7th Nov and Sat 14th Nov we are starting (in-person) from 6:00PM-7:15PM. This is due to a venue clash.
Disclaimer: Our tickets (for our junior club registration via Trybooking) are NOT refundable. If you would like to try out our sessions, that is totally fine, but if you register a ticket via Trybooking, we don’t give refunds if you suddenly don’t want to come any more.
*Due to chess events held at our chess centre, some of our sessions are run via online only. Instructions for our online Zoom sessions will be sent via email to our registered members prior to that day (please register via Trybooking). You will need a Lichess account to participate in our online chess games. Please register a Lichess account before joining us online. You can register on Lichess here: https://lichess.org/
Parking: For our club members/club visitors, we have a lot of parking available inside our parking area. Please avoid parking on our streets when you see a pink sticker placed on signs on the side of the road (the whole road cannot be parked), it means an event is happening at Eden Park. When there is an event happening at Eden Park, the parking on our road and nearby roads are for Residents Only. Auckland Transport may issue a fine of $60-$200 for cars parked on a road that has a pink sticker on the sign.
If you’re new to our event, please txt Alex at O21-O543891 (TXT ONLY) before coming along for the first time.