News

The Auckland Chess Weekends series continues on 20-21/5

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.

Autumn Cup continues on 17/4; register for the ANZAC weekender

The Autumn Cup will resume on 17/4. Please let the captain know if you cannot come, all as usual.

During the ANZAC weekend, the traditional 3-day, 6-round Swiss tournament with 90+30 chess will be held at ACC. ANZAC day will be Tuesday 25/4, so the tournament days will be on the 22nd, 23rd, and 25th of April. Register online https://newzealandchess.nz/auckland-anzac-weekender-2023/

The club night will happen on 24/4 (Monday is a working day), as usual.

Brogan Powlesland wins ACW March

Brogan Powlesland didn’t make the cut to join the ACC Summer Cup on Mondays, but participated in the inaugural Auckland Chess Weekend (ACW) event at ACC and won it, collecting a nice ACW T-shirt! The next event will be in May (see the ACW section on our website for details).

https://www.vegaresult.com/vega-trn/index.php?page=standing&id=1602

Top boards were broadcast live on Lichess https://lichess.org/broadcast/auckland-chess-weekend-march-2023/9cRYFVKN

George Trundle round-robin 2023 (12-21/4)

Don’t forget to enter the George Trundle round-robin event, which will be held from the 12th to the 21st of April during the school holidays at ACC. It’s a rare chance to play with equal players in one of the four rating groups. Only 40 seats are available.

The time control being used is the same as in FIDE Olympiads and New Zealand Congress. One classical game per day.

Enter online: https://newzealandchess.nz/george-trundle-2023/

Monday nights are full, please check our other options

We want to give everybody a game on Mondays but some nights we are just 100% full like last Monday, all three rooms were packed like sardines in round 2 of the Summer Cup, and some people had to be turned away.

The club captain isn’t playing though so if you didn’t get a game, play with the captain outside (weather permitting). Please bring your own board just in case we run out of them, too 🙂

If you’re a junior player, please join the Saturday programme.

We’ll also start Auckland Chess Weekends in March for all ages. Stay tuned and follow our webpage and Facebook account.

Club Mondays resume 13/2

A quick heads up to those who filled the registration form for ACC 2023 – Monday nights will resume after the Waitangi weekend, on the 13th of February. We will publish a detailed calendar for 2023 soon next week.

So far there is no change of plans to the Auckland Anniversary and Waitangi weekenders. Please use the contact email you received during registration if you have questions for organisers, not the usual ACC contacts.

Stay safe during the Auckland flood.

Club registration form for 2023

Please use the following registration form to register yourself or your child for 2023. This is a preliminary registration form.  The club captain will confirm your place.  Please don’t make any payments yet!

https://forms.gle/tykoNGs1xuz4Q3k78

The club will be open every Monday, from 13/2 to the week before Christmas, except public holidays, but without any gaps for school holidays. Whenever you know your travel plans or have long breaks from the chess club, please let us know. We also ask you to notify us on Mondays before 6:30 pm if you’re not coming. If you’re sick, please do not come and inform us about that, too. Thanks.