See the Tournaments page for details and links for each tournament. Registration will be done on TryBooking for Monday events that run one round per week, and registration usually opens two weeks before the event starts. For ACC Double Weekends (ADW) you can register on TryBooking any time. Other events will have separate pages, so click through the links and register.
⭐ 2026 starts with the ACC Chess Festival 2026 (Jan 2-11), Auckland Anniversary Weekender (Jan 24-26), and Waitangi Weekender (Feb 6-8). The rest of the tournaments are TBC.
Jan 2 ACC Closed Blitz (R1-9)
ACC Closed Rapid (R1-4)
Jan 3 ACC Closed Rapid (R5-7)
ACC Closed Classic R1
Jan 4 ACC Closed Classic R2
Jan 5 ACC Closed Classic R3
Jan 6 ACC Closed Classic R4
Jan 7 ACC Closed Classic R5
Jan 8 ACC Closed Classic R6
Jan 9 ACC Closed Classic R7
Jan 10 ACC Closed Classic R8
Jan 11 ACC Closed Classic R9
Jan 12 Closed
Jan 19 Closed
🏆 Auckland Anniversary Weekender 2026
Jan 24 - Jan 26, three-day open tournament at ACC
Jan 26 Closed
Feb 2 Summer Cup Round 1
🏆 Auckland Waitangi Weekender 2026
Feb 6 - Feb 8, three-day open tournament at ACC
Feb 9 Summer Cup Round 2
Feb 16 Summer Cup Round 3
Feb 23 Summer Cup Round 4
🏆 Bay of Plenty Rapid 2026 (20th time!)
Feb 28, one day rapid (not at ACC)
Mar 2 Summer Cup Round 5
Mar 7 ACC Double Weekend March R1,R2
Mar 8 ACC Double Weekend March R3,R4
Mar 9 Summer Cup Round 6
Mar 15 ACC Double Weekend March R5,R6
Mar 16 Summer Cup Round 7
Mar 22 ACC Double Weekend March R7,R8
Mar 23 Autumn Cup Round 1
Mar 30 Autumn Cup Round 2
Apr 6 Closed, Easter
Apr 13 Autumn Cup Round 3
Apr 20 Autumn Cup Round 4
🏆 Auckland Anzac Day Weekender 2026
Apr 25 - Apr 27, three-day open tournament at ACC
Apr 27 Closed, Anzac Day
May 4 Autumn Cup Round 5
May 9 ACC Double Weekend May R1,R2
May 10 ACC Double Weekend May R3,R4
May 11 Autumn Cup Round 6
May 16 ACC Double Weekend May R5,R6
May 17 ACC Double Weekend May R7,R8
May 18 Autumn Cup Round 7
May 25 Autumn Rapid Round 1-3
🏆 Auckland King's Birthday Weekender 2026
May 30 - Jun 1, three-day open tournament at ACC
Jun 1 Closed, King’s Birthday
Jun 8 Autumn Rapid Round 4-6
Jun 15 Winter Cup Round 1
Jun 22 Winter Cup Round 2
Jun 29 Winter Cup Round 3
Jul 6 Winter Cup Round 4
Jul 13 Winter Cup Round 5
Jul 20 Winter Cup Round 6
SGM For the Presentation of Accounts
Jul 27 Winter Cup Round 7
Aug 3 Winter Cup Round 8
Aug 8 ACC Double Weekend August R1,R2
Aug 9 ACC Double Weekend August R3,R4
Aug 10 Winter Cup Round 9
Aug 17 Club Champs Round 1
Aug 22 ACC Double Weekend August R5,R6
Aug 23 ACC Double Weekend August R7,R8
Aug 24 Club Champs Round 2
Aug 31 Club Champs Round 3
Sep 5 ACC Double Weekend September R1,R2
Sep 6 ACC Double Weekend September R3,R4
Sep 7 Club Champs Round 4
Sep 12 ACC Double Weekend September R5,R6
Sep 13 ACC Double Weekend September R7,R8
Sep 14 Club Champs Round 5
Sep 21 Club Champs Round 6
Sep 28 Club Champs Round 7
Oct 5 Club Champs Round 8
Oct 12 Club Champs Round 9
Oct 19 Spring Cup Round 1
Oct 26 Closed, Labour Weekend
🏆 Merv Morrison Memorial 2026
Oct 24 - Oct 26, three-day open tournament at ACC
Nov 2 Spring Cup Round 2
Nov 7 ACC Double Weekend November R1,R2
Nov 8 ACC Double Weekend November R3,R4
Nov 9 Spring Cup Round 3
Nov 14 ACC Double Weekend November R5,R6
Nov 15 ACC Double Weekend November R7,R8
Nov 16 Spring Cup Round 4
Nov 23 Spring Cup Round 5
Nov 30 Spring Cup Round 6
Dec 7 Spring Cup Round 7
Dec 14 Annual General Meeting, Prize Giving
End of Year Function
Dec 21 Closed, Christmas and New Year
Dec 28 Closed