Author: Alex Huang

Hi everyone, The ACC I Love Chess Rapid Tournament starts on Sunday 28th September. Here are the information and poster.

Event: The ACC I Love Chess Rapid Tournament (September Edition)
Date: Sunday 28th September
Time: 9:30AM to 2PM
Rounds: 6 Rounds
Time Control: 15 mins, + 5 sec per move
Venue: Auckland Chess Centre
Cost: $20 per player
Rated: All games are NZCF nationally rated where possible.
Registered Entries: Link (To Be Created)

If you would like to enter, please email Alex or message Alex through Wechat.

Hi everyone, we are running a school holiday program here at the Auckland Chess Centre during the Term 3 school holidays from September 22nd to September 26th.

Usually our holiday programs are a mix of excitement and fun, but also a lot of valuable learning for the kids.

Our program is suitable for students of two different levels:
Club Player’s Program: 500-1200 NZCF rating
Advanced Player’s Program: 1200-1800 NZCF rating

I Love Chess Term 3 Holiday Program 2025
Date: Sep 22nd to Sep 26th
Time: Each Day from 9AM to 3PM
Organiser: The Sky Dragon Chess Club
Lecturer: FIDE Candidate Master Alex Huang
Holiday Program Schedule:
Sep 22nd Club Players Day 1
Sep 23rd Club Players Day 2
Sep 24th Club Players Day 3
Sep 25th Advanced Players Day 1
Sep 26th Advanced Players Day 2
Cost: $50 per person for each day

If you have any enquiries or would like to register, please contact Alex. His details are:
Wechat ID: CrystNovA | Email: mcr.flw@hotmail.com | Mobile (TXT): O21-O54-3891

Cheers. Alex

The ACC I Love Chess Rapid Tournament (July Edition)
Date: 6th July 2025
Time Control: 15+5
Main Organiser: The Sky Dragon Chess Club
Referee/Arbiter: National Arbiter Alex Huang
Winners:
1st Maksim Korolev 6.0/6
2nd= Aleksei Korolev, Asher Kirschbaum 5.0/6
4th Robin Xiao 4.5/6
5th= Ethan Tai, Amy Hawke, Minh Nguyen, Mitchell Wang 4.0/6
Grade Prizes:
Best U-800: Khang Bui 3.0/6
Best U-500: Adishanker Menon 3.0/6
Best U-200: Benjamin Ng 3.5/6
Full Results: https://www.vegaresult.com/vega/5105

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Congratulations to our winners! See you again on September 28th for The ACC I Love Chess Rapid Tournament (September Edition).

Hi everyone, we are continuing to run our series of Rapid chess tournaments this year. The next one is coming up on Sunday 6th July. Here are the info and poster.

Event: The I Love Chess Rapid Tournament (July Edition)
Date: Sunday 6th July
Time: 9:30AM to 2PM
Rounds: 6 Rounds
Venue: Auckland Chess Centre
Cost: $20 per player
Rated: All games are NZCF nationally rated where possible.
Registered Entries: Link

If you would like to enter, please email Alex or message him through Wechat.

I Love Chess Rapid Tournament
Apr 20th Results:

Winners:
1st Vihaan Bala 6.0/6
2nd= Ethan Tai & Maksim Korolev 5.0/6
4th= Aleksei Korolev, Claytin Su, Dylan Sun & Amy Hawke 4.0/6

Grade Prizes:
Best U800: Dylan Sun
Best U500: Riyansh Mehta
Best U200: Pragyan Shashidhara

Easter Raffle Winner (Book Prize): Mario Huang

Full Results: https://www.vegaresult.com/vega/5104

Our next event is on Sunday 6th July. Hope to see you there! Alex

Hi everyone, we are running our junior club next week on Friday 21st March at 5:00pm to 6:15pm instead of the usual Saturday session. This is due to a clash with a chess event held at our chess centre this weekend. If you are unable to make it to our Friday session, there will be a video recording available online later after the session.

Term 1 Schedule: https://www.aucklandchess.nz/junior-club/

Hi everyone, here’s an update about the junior chess tournaments that we ran last year. We are going to continue with running these this year in 2025.

The ACC I Love Chess Rapid Tournaments 2025 will be running on Apr 20th, Jul 6th, Sep 28th and Nov 16th. All dates are on a Sunday during the school holidays (except Nov 16th, which is during Term 4). If you would like to enter please let me know. Here is the entry form:

Cheers. Alex

Hi everyone, we are running our junior club this week on Friday 7th March at 5:00pm to 6:15pm instead of the usual Saturday session. This is due to a clash with a chess event held at our chess centre this weekend. If you are unable to make it to our Friday session, there will be a video recording available online later after the session.

Term 1 Schedule: https://www.aucklandchess.nz/junior-club/

Hi everyone, just a reminder that our junior club meets on a Friday this week (Feb 7th at 5pm to 6:15pm) instead of our usual Saturday, due to a chess tournament (Waitangi Weekender) being held at our centre this weekend. If you can’t make it don’t worry, there will be an video recording available later. Alex

We have published the (draft) schedule for Term 1. The dates are correct but however not completely confirmed due to the dates of our internal chess events (ABR and ADW chess tournaments held here at the ACC) are yet to be established. Same as last year, when there is a clash between the session and an internal tournament, we will run that session on a Friday (instead of Saturday) for that week.

We are starting on Saturday 1st February. I have opened the sign-ups via Trybooking. The cost is $40 per term.

Schedule: https://www.aucklandchess.nz/junior-club/
Sign-ups via Trybooking: https://www.trybooking.com/nz/VML