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The starting time for Wednesday nights is 7:45pm at Takapuna War Memorial Hall, 7 The Strand.
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The Schedule for 2026 is available via the Menu link; you can also
download a copy here: 2026 Schedule.
Membership fees for 2026 are unchanged at $85 for adult, $55 for
schoolpupil (ie a junior playing on Wednesday nights) and $35 for a
Junior Club member (Friday nights).
As usual, all players in our events must be paid-up members of North
Shore Chess Club.
There is a new rule for 2026, imposed by NZCF.
ALL PLAYERS MUST ALSO BE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND CHESS
FEDERATION INC (NZCF). You may join NZCF through any club but we
recommend you join through our club – we charge no additional fee for
this, and all you need to do is fill in and sign the form we provide.
Download the application form here:
pdf version of NZCF Individual Member application form .
Starting soon - Club Championships (17th June-26th August)
Please sign up in advance, by email.
Two half-point byes are available. These must be applied for in advance
(ie at least a day before the round you want to miss). No half-point
byes in the final round. Please check the schedule carefully as there
are a couple of other one-night events during this period!
Follow on Vega: Club
Championships.
Currently running - Rapid Championship 2nd Leg (27th May-10th
June).
One half-point bye available (not in the last round). Please make sure
you email the three people listed above if you are going to miss an
evening.
Follow on Vega: Rapid
Championship, 2nd Leg .
1st Billy Heard 4½/5
2nd= Patrick Di Jiang, CM Yao Zen Markis Tew, CM Leo Baker, & CM Sai
Vivan Karthikeya Somaraju 4/5
Full results on Vega:
Autumn Tournament .
Taylor has kindly input the games and made them available on lichess -
see
2026 Autumn Tournament games
Another stunning result for one of our club members! CM William Rui
Liu picked up the $2000 first prize outright against a very strong field
(which included quite a few other North Shore club members!). Here he is
pictured with the Wellington Club President, IM Russell Dive.
On 18th March we held our AGM.
The officers elected were:
President: Helen Milligan
Vice-President: Ting Liang
Secretary: Daniel Johns
Treasurer: Neil Gunn
Club Captain: Taylor Sussex
Committee: Timothy Ha, Martin Le Brocq, and Isambard Thomas
2026 got off to a cracking start for our club, with several excellent
results at Congress in Invercargill. Star of the show was Elena
Moshakova who won her final game with a flamboyant sacrifice, and picked
up the Major Open title and trophy!
Junior Champion (Trophy)
1st Max Mo
Summer Cup (Trophy)
CM Leo Baker & JunQing Jerome Tao
Autumn Tournament
CM Leo Baker
Spring Tournament
JunQing Jerome Tao
Most Improved Player (Trophy)
CM Justin Zhide Wang
Fischer-Random Champion
CM Justin Zhide Wang
Rapid Champion (Trophy)
CM Justin Zhide Wang
Lightning Champion (Trophy)
FM Felix Xie
Club Championship
D-Grade
Raveen Maldeni
C-Grade (Trophy)
Aleksei Korolev
B-Grade (Trophy)
Christopher Xiang
A-Grade (Trophy)
CM Leo Baker
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| North Shore Club Champion: CM Leo Baker | Joint holder of the Summer Cup: CM Leo Baker |
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| Spring Tournament winner: JunQing Jerome Tao | Joint holder of the Summer Cup: JunQing Jerome Tao |
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| Junior Champion: Max Mo | |
This year we will continue to NZCF- and FIDE-rate as many events as
possible. This applies to the Lightning Championship, all the legs of
the Rapid Championship, and all the standard-rate events, ie Summer Cup,
Autumn and Spring Tournaments, and the Club Championships. Players MUST
be paid-up members of the North Shore Chess Club in order to take part
(yes, it is OK to be a member of other clubs in addition). Players who
are not NZ residents or citizens must have FIDE ID from their home
country.
Please remember the additional rule this year - you MUST be a paid-up
Individual Member of the federation, NZCF, for all rounds of any NSCC
event you take part in.
In 2026 the following will still apply:
If you have had Covid recently, then we recommend that you do not
return to chess club until your RAT test is negative. Let's keep
everybody safe.
Please scroll down to see membership fees and our bank details.
North Shore CC now has a presence on LiChess. If you wish to represent NSCC in NZCF or other online events, please register: North Shore Chess Club - Auckland NZ team .
Membership fees can be paid direct to the club's bank account, North
Shore Chess Club Inc, 123008-0301266-00.
The current fees are $85 for full membership, $55 for schoolpupil (ie a
junior who is playing on Wednesday nights), and $35 for Junior Club only
(ie a junior who attends only on Friday nights).
The North Shore Chess Club was founded in 1956 and has been supporting chess on the North Shore and the Auckland region since that date.
From our premises in the Takapuna War Memorial Hall, we hold our club
nights every Wednesday, from early January through until mid December.
Organised tournament play starts at 7.45pm. If you would like to know
more, please contact the Club President, Helen Milligan, details listed
below.
We also run a junior night on most Fridays, starting at 7pm.
North Shore CC, postal address c/o Helen Milligan, 3/7 Owens
Road, Devonport, Auckland 0624. Meets Wednesdays 7.45pm, at Takapuna War Memorial Hall, 7
The Strand, Takapuna (see map, below).
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Junior club: on Fridays from 7:00pm.
President and Contact: Helen Milligan, email heligan@heliganchess.nz.
Secretary: Daniel Johns, email danieljohns59@outlook.com.
Interesting games will be added to this play-through applet.