Author: Timothy Ha

The 2023 Club Champs will start next Monday, the 21st of August. Entries are posted on https://www.vegaresult.com/vega/index.php?id=2435

Please check your name and let the captain know if you want to withdraw or play.

Upcoming classical weekenders at ACC are

Auckland Chess Weekend, August 26-27

Auckland Chess Weekend, September 23-24

Merv Morrison Memorial, October 21-23 (there’s a space limit)

Click the links to register online.

Do you want to celebrate International Chess Day 20/7 or the month of July with chess? Auckland Chess Centre will be quite busy in July running classical chess events 🙂

Sunday, July 2 – Auckland Interclubs A-grade, round 2
Sunday, July 9 – Auckland Interclubs A-grade, round 3
Thu-Sun, July 13-16 – North Island Championships
Sat-Sun, July 22-23 – Auckland Chess Weekend July
Sunday, July 30 – Auckland Interclubs A-grade, round 4

There’ll be chess for everybody!

Update: We have our own casual Thursday night now! See Adult Improve Night page

Old text: If you are an adult looking for a beginner-friendly, casual environment to play chess in Auckland, we recommend the Auckland Central Chess Club which meets every Wednesday night from 6 to 9 pm in Auckland CBD in the Ellen Melville Centre, 2 Freyberg Place.

When you are ready for the more challenging tournament games, please join our very popular Monday nights or our monthly series, Auckland Chess Weekends.

Juniors can join the Saturday Junior Night in ACC, please see the information posted at https://www.aucklandchess.nz/saturday-night-junior-chess/

We’ve moved the publishing of the ACC Winter Cup (and potentially, our future events, too) to VegaResult.com, please update your bookmarks https://www.vegaresult.com/vega/index.php?id=2299

Links to previous tournament Vega files are on https://www.aucklandchess.nz/monday-chess-night/2023-tournaments/

The June edition of the Auckland Chess Weekend series will be run this Saturday and Sunday, 24-25/06. Register online at https://newzealandchess.nz/auckland-chess-weekend-june-2023/

More info about the whole series: https://www.aucklandchess.nz/auckland-chess-weekends/

Why travel very far when you can get an intense tournament experience at home at a very low cost?

ACC Winter Cup (9 rounds, FIDE- and NZCF-rated, single-grade accelerated Swiss) starts on Monday, 19/6. Please check your registration here https://www.vegaresult.com/vega/index.php?id=2299 and let the captain know if you’re forgotten or if you want to skip this tournament. Thanks!

The Auckland Chess Association is resuming interclub matches, starting with the A-grade. The first match is on the 18th of June, so please contact Timothy ASAP, if you want to represent ACC.

Full schedule and more details on https://chessauckland.nz/2023-aca-a-grade-interclubs/

Start Time	Day	Date
6.15pm	Sunday	18th June 2023	A-grade round 1
6.15pm	Sunday	2nd July 2023	A-grade round 2
6.15pm	Sunday	9th July 2023	A-grade round 3
6.15pm	Sunday	30th July 2023	A-grade round 4
6.15pm	Sunday	20th August 2023	A-grade round 5

Autumn Rapid will be run over two nights — tomorrow, Monday, 29/5, then two weeks later, Monday, 12/6. The club is closed during the King’s Birthday weekend.

We’ve added club members who signed up in the club last Monday and some who contacted the captain later. Other members can join the event in the club on the night.

Please note that we’re expecting players to have paid the club fee to continue playing after this Rapid event. Please contact the captain if you have questions about that.

https://www.aucklandchess.nz/vega/2023/wwwACCAutumnRapid/playersname.html

The May event of our club’s weekend classical tournament series will be held on Sat-Sun, 20th and 21st of May. Register online at https://newzealandchess.nz/auckland-chess-weekend-may-2023/ (current list of those registered on Vega)

• ACW events take only two days, just a normal weekend, and you can leave long weekends for bigger plans such as travelling
• ACW events are played in a slightly faster time control of 60 minutes plus 30 seconds increment, which is still considered classical by FIDE
• Unrated players in ACW events will not have to play each other, which provides an opportunity for more players to get FIDE-rated quicker.

The full list of ACW events is on the Auckland Chess Weekends page.