New Zealand Chess Federation
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The first
chess
club
in New Zealand
was formed in September 1863 in Dunedin
The New Zealand Chess Association came into being in the 1870s. The association, refounded in 1892, conducts the annual championship, usually held in the Christmas – New Year period. The Australian master, C. J. S. Purdy
, stated in 1955 that New Zealand holds the record for annual tourneys for a national chess championship.
New Zealand was one of the earliest countries to make use of telegraphic interclub chess as a method of play. Christchurch beat Nelson in two consultation games in 1866. The first interclub match was played between Canterbury and Otago in 1869. The Bledisloe Cup, presented by the Governor-General in 1933, was until recently competed for annually in this way.
Officers of New Zealand Chess Federation Inc.
First
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chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
club
Club
A club is an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal. A service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities; there are clubs devoted to hobbies and sports, social activities clubs, political and religious clubs, and so forth.- History...
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
was formed in September 1863 in Dunedin
The New Zealand Chess Association came into being in the 1870s. The association, refounded in 1892, conducts the annual championship, usually held in the Christmas – New Year period. The Australian master, C. J. S. Purdy
Cecil Purdy
Cecil John Seddon Purdy was an Australian chess International Master and inaugural World Correspondence Chess champion. Purdy earned the Grandmaster title at Correspondence Chess in 1953...
, stated in 1955 that New Zealand holds the record for annual tourneys for a national chess championship.
New Zealand was one of the earliest countries to make use of telegraphic interclub chess as a method of play. Christchurch beat Nelson in two consultation games in 1866. The first interclub match was played between Canterbury and Otago in 1869. The Bledisloe Cup, presented by the Governor-General in 1933, was until recently competed for annually in this way.
Officers of New Zealand Chess Federation Inc.
- Postal Address PO Box 216, Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand
- Patron Jim Benson
- Vice-patrons Graham Haase, Bill Poole, George Trundle
- Life Members Peter Stuart, Bob Smith, Viv Smith, Ari Nijman, Gordon Hoskyn, Ted Frost
- President Paul Spiller
- Vice-president Peter Stuart
- Secretary Bob Mitchell
- Treasurer Anthony Whitehouse
- Councillors (Auckland) Murray ChandlerMurray ChandlerMurray Graham Chandler is a New Zealand chess grandmaster who has played internationally for that nation and for England, after gaining citizenship there in the early 1980s...
, Michael Steadman, Helen Milligan, Bob Gibbons - Councillors (Regional) Quentin Johnson, Michael Freeman, Craig Hall, Ross Jackson, Hilton Bennett
- Rules Revision Peter Stuart
- Tournament Paul Spiller, Hilton Bennett, Peter Stuart, Bob Gibbons
- Junior Michael Steadman, Quentin Johnson, Jacinta Buist, Gary Judkins, Martin Sims, Craig Hall
- Sponsorship and Publicity Paul Spiller, Murray Chandler, Michael Steadman
- Ratings Peter Stuart, Bob Gibbons (Rating Administrator), Rowan Wood (Rating Officer) , Michael Freeman (FIDE)
- Grand Prix Bob Smith, Hilton Bennett, Helen Milligan
- Women's Chess Gerri Judkins, Jacinta Buist
- Registrar of Master Points Bob Mitchell
- Editor, NZ Chess Magazine Alan Aldridge
- Selectors Michael Freeman, Bob Gibbons, Scott Wastney, Richard SuttonRichard John SuttonRichard John Sutton was a New Zealand legal academic and chess player. He was twice the dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Otago and was the New Zealand national chess champion in 1962–63 and 1970–72....
- Delegate to FIDE Michael Freeman
See also
- New Zealand Chess ChampionshipNew Zealand Chess ChampionshipThe New Zealand Chess Championship was first conducted in 1879.Note: Up until 1934 foreign players were eligible for the title. The eligibility rules were changed in 1935 to preclude this; John Angus Erskine was born in Invercargill and was therefore eligible although he was domiciled in...
- Fédération Internationale des ÉchecsFédération Internationale des ÉchecsThe Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world and acts as the governing body of international chess competition. It is usually referred to as FIDE , its French acronym.FIDE...
(FIDE) - International Correspondence Chess FederationInternational Correspondence Chess FederationInternational Correspondence Chess Federation was founded in 1951 as a new appearance of the ICCA , which was founded in 1945, as successor of the IFSB , founded in 1928....
(ICCF)