Hi everyone, The I Love Chess Holiday Program Term 1 Holidays 2026 starts on Monday 6th April to Friday 10th April.
The I Love Chess Holiday Program Term 1 Holidays 2026 Dates: April 6th to April 10th Time: 9AM to 3PM each day Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, Mt Eden Lecturer: CM Alex Huang Levels: Club Player (Mon to Wed), Advanced (Thurs and Fri) Cost: $50 for each day
To Register: Please email Alex at mcr.flw@hotmail.com or message him via Wechat ID: CrystNovA.You can scan the barcode (via Wechat) on the poster.
In 2025, we introduced a double-weekend format where eight games are played over two standard Saturday-Sunday weekends. This is convenient for planning as it requires no annual leave and avoids the complications of long weekends or public holidays. These are run as internal club events, allowing players to take as many half-point byes as needed. The time control is also 90+30, unlike evening games of 60+30.
Please use our calendar to see the dates, or click the following links to register for ACC Double Weekends 2026
Our first Monday night tournament of 2026 will be the Summer Cup (Feb 2 – Mar 16), seven rounds of 60+30 games.
Registration has started on Jan 8, at 9:00 am. Please use the link https://www.trybooking.com/nz/events/landing/18343 — and as usual, if you have travel plans or exams that will force you to skip 3 or more rounds, please consider not registering to give space to others.
The full calendar for the year is still being updated at https://aucklandchess.nz/calendar, but we already published the dates for the long weekenders, starting with Auckland Anniversary (Jan 24-26) and Waitangi Weekender (Feb 6-8). Please follow the calendar link to register for those.
Last night at the Club Prize Giving, we launched Auckland Chess 2025, our year book containing some of the best club games across a range of rating groups, as well as puzzles from games played throughout the year.
Hi everyone, The I Love Chess Holiday Program Summer 2026 starts on Monday 19th January to Friday 23rd January. The poster and details are as follows:
The I Love Chess Holiday Program Summer 2026 Dates: Jan 19th to Jan 23rd Time: 9AM to 3PM each day Venue: Auckland Chess Centre, Mt Eden Lecturer: CM Alex Huang Levels: Club Player (Mon to Wed), Advanced (Thurs and Fri) Cost: $50 for each day
To Register: Please email Alex at mcr.flw@hotmail.com or message him via Wechat ID: CrystNovA . As he may not be available to return your TXT message.
Hi everyone, it’s been a wonderful year with our students learning, having fun enjoying playing and improving at chess. Today we celebrate their achievements. Here are the list of all the awards given out today:
The ACC Junior Club Prizegiving 2025 Winners:
Player of the Year: Tyler Rust Most Valuable Player: Sheldon Fan Most Improved Player: Ethan Ruoqing Chen Most Improved Player: Cici Yu Most Improved Player: Reddington Chen
Hi everyone, Here are the results and photos from our tournament yesterday.
The ACC I Love Chess Rapid Tournament November 16th: Winners: 1st Tyler Rust 5.5/6 2nd Vihaan Bala 5.0/6 3rd= Fiona Li (by Tiebreak), Reddington Chen, Oliver Mok, Jordan Carter & William Moore 4.0/6 Grade Prizes: U-800 Aaryan Mohan (by Tiebreak) 3.0/6 U-500 Zach Inverarity 2.0/6 U-200 Jordan Carter 4.0/6 Full Results:Link
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Great job to our winners. See you all next year! Alex
You don’t have to travel anywhere in January to be able to play serious rated chess! For the first time in years, we’re running a series of club events at the start of the calendar year.
