Registration for the Winter Cup is open

Please use the TryBooking link on the club calendar to register for the Winter Cup. It’s a 9-round Swiss tournament from June 16 to August 11. If you plan to take more than 3 byes due to exams or travelling, please consider NOT registering to give space to others. An exception is given to those who represent NZL in international events. They need practice at ACC.

If you can’t play on Mondays, you can still play in the ACC Double Weekends series, which will run in July, August, and September this year.

The list of Winter Cup players who have registered is here https://www.vegaresult.com/vega/5844

The ACC I Love Chess Apr 20th Rapid Tournament Results

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

FM Alphaeus wins ADW March; the next one in May

FM Alphaeus Ang won the first ACC Double Weekends (ADW) event of March 2025 on 7.5/8, conceding only one draw to Justin Wang. Justin Wang, Markis Tew, and Maximilian Fang finished 2nd= on 5.5/8.

The double weekend model, an add-on to our Monday meets, proved convenient for more than 30 players to play comfortably on normal weekends with a slow time control like in big tournaments. The next event will be held in May (10th, 11th, 17th, 18th of May). If you want to play at ACC but are busy on weekdays, consider playing on weekends. There is currently no limit on the number of “byes” in the ADW, so you don’t have to play all 8 rounds, and yet it’s a great opportunity to get up to 8 rated games in just two weeks inside a calendar month and a FIDE rating period.

Registration details can be found here https://newzealandchess.nz/auckland-double-weekends-2025/

Launching the Adult Improvers Night!

Starting 7pm, Tuesday evenings at Auckland Chess Centre from March 11, we’re hosting the Adult Improvers Night!

We’ll have two groups – one group will be going through the legendary coursebook ‘Build Up Your Chess 1’ by Artur Yusupov, aimed at improving players with a rating between 1400 to 1650.

Build Up Your Chess 1 is a 24-lesson chess book, covering everything from tactics to endgames. As we work through the lessons, you will naturally find yourself thinking about more possibilities over the board.

The other group can help you analyse your over-the-board classical chess games. If there is time, the group will also look at higher-level games and look at themes that can help you improve your chess.

We hope to see you there!

For more information, see our Adult Improvers Night page or email Brogan at BPowlesland@hotmail.com

The ACC I Love Chess Rapid Tournaments starts April 20th

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