2019
This year, Auckland Chess Association is supervising and coordinating
the regional qualifiers for Central, East, and South Auckland. Note
that North Shore CC and Waitakere CC are running North and West,
respectively.
The information below applies to Central, East, South, and also
North Shore. Specific information for West Auckland events can be
obtained from Waitakere CC.
- May 13th, Central Primary,
Ponsonby Primary School
Dedicated webpage: Central
Primary.
Gold: Hillsborough A (Abraham
Chanwong, Hunter Po'e-Tofaeono, Ayaan Vasudeva, Tyleah
Po'e-Tofaeono)
Silver: Cornwall Park District
School (Oscar Shu Xuan Qin, Zihan Mei, Zanlin Shao, Miqi Lu)
Bronze: Hillsborough C (Allie
O'Callaghan, Bailey Nagel, Naitik Sharma, Caleb Wong, Nithya
Anegondi)
Medals for 6/6 go to:
Oscar Shu Xuan Qin
Hunter Po'e-Tofaeono
Ayaan Vasudeva
Tyleah Po'e-Tofaeono
Ryan Zhou
Hillsborough and Cornwall Park
District School qualify for the National Finals.
Hillsborough qualifies for the Auckland
Finals.
Photos can be found at NZ
Chess News Facebook Page.
- May 16th, Central
Secondary, Mt Roskill Grammar
Dedicated webpage: Central
Secondary.
Gold: Auckland Grammar A (FM Daniel
Gong, CM Allen Fan, James Liu, Daljit Dhillon)
Silver: Auckland Grammar B (Aaron
Wang, John Liu, David Xu, Alexander Coates)
Bronze: Mt Roskill Grammar A (Euan
McDougall, Joe Wang, Neil Mario, Parthi Navaratan)
Medals for 6/6 go to:
FM Daniel Gong
CM Allen Fan
David Xu
Auckland Grammar qualifies for the
National Finals and the Auckland Finals.
Photos can be found at NZ
Chess News Facebook Page.
- May 17th, Central
Intermediate, Mt Roskill Intermediate
Dedicated webpage: Central
Intermediate.
Gold: Mt Roskill A (Nicholas
McKinlay, Adam Ali, Saahir Saheb, Baraa Al-Afaghani)
Silver: ACG Parnell A (Felix Xie,
Allen Weng, Ethan Zhang, Cheng Hao Li)
Bronze: Mt Roskill B (Sourav
Dhungel, Ansh Trivedi, Kevin Dai, Pratyush Khatiwada)
There was a multiple tie for 3rd place and
Mt Roskill B won bronze on tie-break (highest game points).
Medals for 6/6 go to:
Felix Xie
Adam Ali
Kailen Apa
Saahir Saheb
Mt Roskill and ACG Parnell
qualify for the National Finals.
Mt Roskill qualifies for the Auckland
Finals.
Photos can be found at NZ
Chess News Facebook Page.
- May 21st, South Secondary,
Papatoetoe High School
Dedicated webpage: South
Secondary.
Gold: Papatoetoe High A (Anuj
Semwal, Kevin Guan, Lloyd Williams, Liyork Liao)
Silver: King's College A (Darrick
Pan, Brian Qi, Ryan Nguyen, Fa'afuhia Fia)
Bronze: King's College C (Bill Wen,
Jason Xu, Robin Teng, Brandon Koh)
Medals for 6/6 go to:
Darrick Pan
Kevin Guan
Liyork Liao
Papatoetoe High School qualifies
for the National Finals and the Auckland Finals.
Photos can be found at NZ
Chess News Facebook Page.
- May 28th, East
Intermediate, Bucklands Beach Intermediate
Dedicated webpage: East
Intermediate.
Gold: King's School A (Winston
Weng, Vincent Cai, Jacob Chai, Mithun Ramassh)
Silver: Somerville Intermediate A
(Jay Zhao, Lucas Xiao, James Chen, Tejasvi Kichavadi)
Bronze: King's School B (Philbert
Zhai, Sam Moffitt, Charles Sang, Ryan Xie)
The only medal for 6/6 goes to:
Arvinth Sathiyasheelan of Mission Heights
King's School qualifies for the National
Finals and the Auckland Finals.
Photos can be found at NZ
Chess News Facebook Page.
- June 7th, South
Intermediate, Papatoetoe Intermediate
Dedicated webpage: South
Intermediate.
Gold: Papatoetoe A (Eason Yang,
Viet Nguyen, Likent Liao, Darshil Jangra)
Silver: The Gardens A (Minje Kim,
Kurt Pasturan, Arnav Shandil, Tu Tran)
Bronze: Holy Cross (Crystal Hart,
Charlotte Fuimaono, Phuong Do, Deijah Tanuvasa)
Medals for 6/6 go to:
Minje Kim
Likent Liao
Darshil Jangra
Papatoetoe Intermediate qualifies
for the National Finals and the Auckland Finals.
Photos can be found at NZ
Chess News Facebook Page.
- June 12th, South Primary,
Everglade Primary
Dedicated webpage: South
Primary.
Gold: Holy Cross (Demetrius
Ah-Chong, Kimberley Williams, Luke Do, Maire Kingi)
Silver: Puhinui A (Cody Doan,
Shahzaib Shahzaib, Israel Tanielu, Troy Le)
Bronze: Manukau Christian School
(Darius Jin, Devin Du, Rain Haoyv Guo, Jonathan
Filimoehala-Burling)
Medals for 6/6 go to:
Kimberley Williams
Maire Kingi
Troy Le
Holy Cross and Puhinui
qualify for the National Finals. Holy Cross qualifies for
the Auckland Finals.
Photos can be found at NZ
Chess News Facebook Page.
- June 18th, East Secondary,
Macleans College
Dedicated webpage: East
Secondary.
Gold: Macleans A (WFM Jasmine
Zhang, Richard Jiang, Kevin Guan, Oliver Dai)
Joint Silver:
Macleans B (Terry Shen, Eugene Ngoi, Daniel Qiu, Kevin Lin)
and
Pakuranga A (Benjamin Agnew, Max Chen, JP
Goddard, Samuel Yan)
The only medal for 6/6 went to:
Richard Jiang
Macleans College qualifies for the
National Finals and the Auckland Finals.
Photos can be found at NZ
Chess News Facebook Page.
- July 29th, North
Shore Intermediate, Wairau Intermediate
See also North
Shore CC Interschools page
Dedicated webpage: North
Shore Intermediate.
Gold: Takapuna A (CM Richard Meng,
Jeffrey Yu, Matthew Chen, Eddie Kim)
Silver: Northcross A (David Huang,
Zachary Yu, Yaoyuan Zhang, Daniel Wei)
Bronze: Kristin School (Randal Chi
Li, Leo Zhou, Ryan Fan, Lucas Liu)
The only medal for 6/6 went to:
CM Richard Meng
Takapuna Normal Intermediate, Northcross
Intermediate and Kristin School qualify for the National
Finals.
Takapuna Normal Intermediate qualifies for the Auckland
Finals.
Photos can be found at NZ
Chess News Facebook Page.
- July 30th, North
Shore Primary, Wairau Intermediate
See also North
Shore CC Interschools page
Dedicated webpage: North
Shore Primary.
Gold: Milford A (Jack Chen, Emily
Gan, Bevis Jiang, Peter Zhou, Isaac Wang)
Silver: Pinehurst A (Kendrick
Zhang, Nicholas Xu, Jerry Yang, Eric Sun)
Bronze: Kristin A (Isabelle Ning,
Richie Liu, Cooper Ashley, Ethan Yin)
Medals for 6/6 go to:
Isabelle Ning (Kristin A)
Harrison Xiao (Forrest Hill A)
Andrew Law (Takapuna)
Emily Gan (Milford A)
Bevis Jiang (Milford A)
Milford Primary, Pinehurst
School and Kristin School qualify for the National
Finals.
Milford Primary qualifies for the Auckland Finals.
Photos can be found at NZ
Chess News Facebook Page.
- August 1st, East Primary,
Point View Primary
Dedicated webpage: East
Primary.
Gold: Pigeon Mountain A (Eric
Zhang, Alexander Pan, Kenneth Liu, Anthony Hu)
Silver: Willowbank A (Pasindu
Jayawickrama, Eric Liu, Terrence Huang, Justin Feng)
Bronze: Star of the Sea A (Wesley
Lau, Aaron Santoso, Emily Chan, Joseph Chen)
Medals for 6/6 go to:
Charles Zhang (Owairoa A)
Kenneth Liu (Pigeon Mountain A)
Emily Chan (Star of the Sea A)
Annie Yue (Pigeon Mountain D)
Vaughan Evenson (ELIM C)
Pigeon Mountain Primary, Willowbank
Primary and Our Lady Star of the Sea School qualify
for the National Finals.
Pigeon Mountain Primary qualifies for the Auckland
Finals.
Photos can be found at NZ
Chess News Facebook Page.
- August 15th, North
Shore Secondary, Westlake Boys High School
More information at North
Shore CC Interschools page
Dedicated webpage: North
Shore Secondary.
Gold: Rangitoto A (Andrew Li, Quan
Nam (Ted) Nguyen, Nhi Yen (Nina) Nguyen, Raymond Huang)
Silver: Kristin A (Boyuan Zhang,
Rodney Xiang Rei Li, Leo Xiang Yu Li, James Xu)
Bronze: Westlake A (Pridiyathon
Kulchayodom, Nathaniel Williamson, George Yang, Ian Qiu)
The only medal for 6/6 went to:
Rodney Xiang Rei Li (Kristin A)
Rangitoto College qualifies for the
National Finals and the Auckland Finals.
Photos can be found at NZ
Chess News Facebook Page.
These are qualifying events for the 2019 NZCF National Interschool
Championships, to be held in Palmerston North, September 28th-29th.
The winner of each regional event will represent that region in the
appropriate division (Primary, Intermediate, or Secondary). If 20 or
more teams compete, a second school will qualify; if 30 or more teams,
a third school will qualify. Schools may enter as many teams as they
like, but can only win one qualifying place.
Tournament Format: Matches are played on four boards (two
with white and two with black pieces), so four players are required
for each team. We will allow teams with 3 players but not fewer. Teams
may have 5 players (with one resting each round) but the rule about
staying in the same order applies. There will be six rounds using the
Swiss pairing method (Orion or VegaTeam software).
Teams and Board Order: The players in each team should be
ranked as closely as possible in order of playing strength, with the
strongest player on board one, the second strongest on board two, etc.
This order must remain unchanged throughout the day. Please indicate
the order on the entry form and confirm with the arbiter on arrival.
Furthermore, a school’s A-team should be stronger than its B-team,
etc. It is permissible for a school's reserve player to float between
teams but he/she must be listed as the fifth player for all relevant
teams before the event starts. No team may have more than 5 players
listed.
Playing Times: In general, teams need to register their
presence before 9:00am on the day of the tournament. A players’
meeting will follow and the first round should commence about 9:15am.
There will be a break for lunch and we aim to finish by 2:30pm.
Digital chess clocks will be used with each player having 15 minutes
base time for the game plus additional time of 5 seconds added per
move. This time control is similar to that used in the National
Finals.
Adult Support: Visiting school teams must have an adult
(teacher, parent, or guardian) present to supervise them. We will
provide arbiters and make the pairings - anyone who is interested in
learning how to do this is during the event should let us know in
advance.
Entries: The entry fees must be paid before the start of the
event, by cheque or by online payment, to the appropriate account. All
entries will be acknowledged and more detailed information will be
circulated as soon as possible after the closing date for entries.
Entries will be listed here, in Orion (or VegaTeam) links.
Prizes: There will be no prize-giving at these events -
teams are free to leave as soon as all their games are finished. The
first three teams will receive gold, silver, and bronze medals, which
will be individually engraved with the students' names and sent to
schools after the event, for presentation at Assembly. Some regions
have trophies which are awarded annually - if you are in possession of
such a trophy, please remember to bring it to the event!
Queries: Please email Helen
Milligan
Further information
Auckland Chess
Association's Calendar page
NZCF
Interschools Calendar page
NZCF Interschools Rules for 2019 (pdf)