10 players competed in this year's Midwinter Blitz competition. Seven rounds were played with games timed at five minutes-per-player-per-game.
Five unrated players earned their first NCC Blitz rating and Dean gained his full Blitz rating

Congratulations to Akash and Bob who shared first place.

Champions: Akash Patel & Bob van den Bergh (5.5/7)

Final Results » 2024 Mid Winter Blitz…

Winner » Bob van den Bergh (6.0/7)

Our year ending tournament was the annual End-Of-Year-Blitz played at 5 minutes per player per game.

Congratulations to returning member Bob van den Bergh for winning the competition. Bob returns to the club after a few years away. He proved he has lost none of his skills!

Full Results » 2023 End of Year Blitz…

This was an extended competition, played over three nights. Wesley Kessack showed impressive skills sharing first place.

A three unrated players took part. Congratulations to Ric for earning his first provisional rating!

Joint Winners » Wesley Kessack & Scott Stringer

Full Results » 2023 King's Gambit…

Ladies & Gentlemen we have a new Club Champion: Tony Kesseler!

Tony proved too strong for defending Champion Scott Stringer in the final last Tuesday. The game was a fitting final with both players having chances after a Sicilian Opening. Tony won with a finely crafted pawn endgame.

Full Results » 2023 Club Ladder…

Overall winner: Nathan Houghton

Our 2018 Junior tournament was the same size as last year, wth only four players taking part. The small number didn't dilute the quality of chess played!

Defending junior champion Nathan Houghton successfully defended his title.

Congratulations Nathan!

Full results » 2018 Junior Competition…

2018 Champions

• West Eyreton Wizards

2016 Most Valuable Player

• William Bretherton (West Eyreton Wizards)

Team Placings

Place Name                   Score
  1   WEST EYRETON WIZARDS   20   
  2   ASHGROVE ACES          15   
 3-4  NORTH LOBURN KNIGHTS   13   
      LEITHFIELD LEGENDS     13   
  5   AMBERLEY KNIGHTS       12.5 
  6   ASHGROVE ARCHERS       10   
 7-8  WEST EYRETON WARRIORS  8.5  
      AMBERLEY ROOKS         8.5  
  9   WEST EYRETON WILD CATS 7.5  
 

North Canterbury Chess' regular meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday of each month

7pm - 9.30pm
Rangiora War Memorial Centre
Corner of High Street & Albert Street, Rangiora.

Special events and competitions may be held at other times and venues.  See the Calendar above for dates of these events.

North Canterbury Chess is a chess club which operates out of Rangiora, New Zealand.  We are run by an elected executive comprising President, Vice-President and Secretary/Treasurer with up to two additional untitled councilors.

Our club is a non-profit organization.  This status is detailed in our constitution and is recognised by New Zealand's sole taxation agency - the Inland Revenue Department.

We formed 12 September 2001, and since 2002 have been affiliated with the New Zealand Chess Federation (NZCF) the governing body for chess in New Zealand.

From our constitution…

2.0 OBJECTS
2.1 To encourage & foster the game of chess, with emphasis in the North Canterbury area.
2.2 To arrange and run matches, tournaments & competitions and other chess events.

We also organize school lectures, tuition, as well as our social & competitive chess events.

We are governed by New Zealand law, our constitution, NZCF regulations and FIDE rules.  So long as we don't act outside these constraints we are free to organize chess (and other) events as we see fit.

We operate a democratic policy toward decision making.