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I Love Chess Term 3 Holiday Program 2025

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

ACC Double Weekends September (6-7 and 13-14)

The last event in the ACC Double Weekends series of this year will be held on Sept 6-7 and 13-14. In two consecutive weekends, you can get up to eight FIDE- and NZCF-rated classical games at the normal tournament time control of 90+30. Game times are 9:30 am and 2:30 pm on the days.

You can also be flexible and take any number of byes as long as you let us know in advance (before 9:00 am for the morning round, and before the last game of the morning round for the afternoon game).

Online registration link with all the information: https://newzealandchess.nz/auckland-double-weekends-september-2025/

ACC Double Weekends August 16-17, 23-24

The August edition of the ACC Double Weekends will run on two consecutive weekends of August 16-17 and August 23-24. Register online here: https://newzealandchess.nz/auckland-double-weekends-august-2025/

Unlike Mondays, you can be more flexible here, and take as many byes as you need, as long as you let us know in advance. This is a great chance to get up to eight rated games with a standard 90+30 time control in just two weekends, without taking leave or travelling.

FM Alphaeus Ang is the 2025 North Island Champion

Congratulations to FM Alphaeus Ang, who became the 2025 North Island Champion, with a score of 7.0/8. FM Daqi Mao came in clear second on 6.5/8.

Among regular ACC players, CM Justin Wang scored 5.5/8 and “CM-elect” Leo Baker, who recently crossed 2000 in July rating list, scored 5.0/8, including another win against IM Anthony Ker!

Anne Guo shared 1st= in the U1800 grade, also scoring 5.0/8

More details, including a photoalbum, on https://newzealandchess.nz/north-island-championship-2025/

The ACC I Love Chess Rapid Tournament July 6th Results

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

Gallery:

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

2025 Auckland Interclubs results: 1st in A- and B-, 2nd in blitz and Junior

The 2025 Auckland Interclubs season has just finished. Auckland Chess Centre won the A-grade classical and B-grade classical tournaments. We came second in the blitz event and junior (U14) rapid event. Summit CC was the winner of these two.

Big thanks to all of our players:

A-grade: (two teams, listed in board order)
Alphaeus Ang, Daqi Mao, Cohen Young, and Leo Baker;
Isabelle Ning, Sarah Sun, Sophia Feng, Luna Lu, and Emily Gan.

B-grade: (board order) Timothy Ha, Huw Dann, Alex Pan, and Brogan Powlesland.

Blitz: (alphabetical order) Alphaeus Ang, Benjamin Guo, Bruce Wheeler, Daqi Mao, Isabelle Ning, Jordan Lewis, and Leo Baker.

Junior: (board order) Daqi Mao, Grayson Po’e-Tofaeono, Yanshuo Pei, and Ryan Hwang.

ACC Double Weekends resume in July (12-13, 19-20)

With the Winter Cup already ongoing (still a few spots open), the next big thing at ACC is the July edition of the ACC Double Weekends, when you can get up to 8 classical rated games with a regular time control of 90+30, played on two consecutive weekends. You can also take any number of byes.

All details about ADW (this year we have July, August, and September left) – https://newzealandchess.nz/auckland-double-weekends-july-2025/

The ACC I Love Chess Rapid Tournament July 6th 2025

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.