New Zealand Chess Championship

The 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 (twice champion in 1929 and 1935) was born in Invercargill and was therefore eligible although he was domiciled in Melbourne, Australia.

The event is organised by the New Zealand Chess Federation.

New Zealand Champions and Premier Reserve / New Zealand Major Open Champions[]

	Location	Year	NZ Champion	City	Premier Reserve / NZ Major Open Champion	City
1	Christchurch	1879		Christchurch
2	Christchurch	1888/89	Arthur Ollivier	Christchurch
3	Dunedin	1890	Henry Hookham	Christchurch
4	Wellington	1890/91		Wellington
5	Auckland	1891/92		Dunedin
6	Christchurch	1892/93	Franz Vaughan Siedeberg	Dunedin
7	Dunedin	1893/94		Wellington
8	Wellington	1894/95		Wellington
9	Wanganui	1895/96		Rangitikei
10	Christchurch	1896/97	Richard James Barnes	Wellington
11	Auckland	1897/98	Richard James Barnes	Wellington
12	Dunedin	1898		Dunedin
13	Wellington	1900		Wellington
14	Christchurch	1901	David Forsyth	Dunedin
15	Auckland	1901/02	Richard James Barnes	Wellington
16	Dunedin	1902/03		Auckland
17	Wellington	1903/04	William Edward Mason	Wellington
18	Oamaru	1904/05		Wellington
19	Auckland	1905/06	Richard James Barnes	Wellington
20	Christchurch	1906/07	William Samuel Viner	Perth
21	Wellington	1908	Arthur William Oswald Davies	Wellington
22	Dunedin	1908/09		Wellington
23	Auckland	1909/10		Wellington
24	Timaru	1910/11	William Edward Mason	Wellington
25	Napier	1911/12	William Edward Mason	Wellington
26	Nelson	1912/13	John Cresswell Grierson	Auckland
27	Auckland	1913/14	William Edward Mason	Wellington
28	Christchurch	1914/15	Fedor Kuskof Kelling	Wellington
29	Wellington	1919/20	William Edward Mason	Wellington
30	Dunedin	1920/21	John Dunlop	Oamaru
31	Auckland	1921/22	John Dunlop	Oamaru
32	Christchurch	1922/23	John Dunlop	Oamaru
33	Wellington	1923/24	Spencer Crakanthorp	Sydney
34	Nelson	1924/25	Cecil Purdy	Sydney
35	Dunedin	1925/26	Spencer Crakanthorp	Sydney
36	Auckland	1926/27	Arthur William Oswald Davies	Auckland
37	Christchurch	1927/28	Arthur William Oswald Davies	Auckland
38	Wellington	1928/29	John Angus Erskine	Melbourne
39	Wanganui	1929/30	Gunnar Gundersen	Melbourne
40	Rotorua	1930/31	Alfred William Gyles	Wellington
41	Napier	1931/32	Gunnar Gundersen	Melbourne
42	Auckland	1932/33		Sydney
43	Dunedin	1933/34	John Dunlop	Dunedin
44	Christchurch	1934/35	John Angus Erskine	Invercargill
45	Wellington	1935/36	Alfred William Gyles	Wellington
46	Auckland	1936/37		Christchurch
47	Dunedin	1937/38		Christchurch
48	Wanganui	1938/39	John Dunlop	Dunedin
49	Wellington	1939/40	John Dunlop	Dunedin
50	Timaru	1940/41		Wellington
51	Wellington	1943/44	Robert Wade	Wellington
52	Auckland	1944/45	Robert Wade	Wellington	N T Fletcher
53	Christchurch	1945/46		Wellington	B S Wood
54	Palmerston North	1946/47	Tom Lepviikman	Wellington	G E Trundle
55	Dunedin	1947/48	Robert Wade	Wellington	N S Henderson
56	Wanganui	1948/49		Auckland	W E Moore
57	Auckland	1949/50	Philipp Allerhand	Wellington	none
58	Christchurch	1950/51		Hastings	V Lushcott
59	Napier	1951/52	Ortvin Sarapu	Christchurch	T G Paterson
60	Timaru	1952/53	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland	N E H Fulton
61	Wellington	1953/54	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland	R F Cuthbert
62	Auckland	1954/55	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland	F A Foulds
63	Dunedin	1955/56		Auckland	T Van Dijk
64	Wellington	1956/57	James Rodney Phillips	Wellington Auckland	W Rainner
65	Christchurch	1957/58	James Rodney Phillips	Auckland	B H P Marsick
66	Hamilton	1958/59	Frederick Alexander Foulds	Auckland Auckland	B Douglas
67	Dunedin	1959/60	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland	W B Petrie
68	Auckland	1960/61	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland	R A Court
69	Wellington	1961/62		Dunedin	D J Cooper
70	Christchurch	1962/63	Ortvin Sarapu Richard John Sutton	Auckland Auckland	N M Cooper B J Halpin
71	Auckland	1963/64		Wellington	B E Howard
72	Wellington	1964/65	James Rodney Phillips	Auckland	R T Metge
73	Hamilton	1965/66	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland	D J Cooper
74	Christchurch	1966/67	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland	L E Whitehouse
75	Dunedin	1967/68		Christchurch	G M Hall
76	Wellington	1968/69	Bruce R. Anderson Ortvin Sarapu	Christchurch Auckland	B A Carpinter
77	Auckland	1969/70	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland	P M Daly
78	Nelson	1970/71	Richard John Sutton	Auckland	C Laird M G Whaley
79	Hamilton	1971/72	Richard John Sutton	Auckland	R Craig
80	Wellington	1972/73	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland	P Hensman
81	Christchurch	1973/74	Paul Anthony Garbett Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland Auckland	N Metge
82	Dunedin	1974/75	Paul Anthony Garbett	Auckland	Philip O. Paris Grant K. Russell	Otago Wanganui
83	Upper Hutt	1975/76	Lev Aptekar Murray Chandler Ortvin Sarapu	Wellington Wellington Auckland	Robert W. Smith	Auckland
84	North Shore	1976/77	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland	Philip A. Clemance Peter B. Goffin	New Plymouth Auckland
85	Wellington	1977/78		Tauranga	David H. Beach	Wellington
86	North Shore	1978/79	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland	Paul K. Beach Peter Mataga J. Nigel Metge	Auckland Auckland Auckland
87	Upper Hutt	1979/80	Ewen McGowen Green Ortvin Sarapu Vernon A. Small	Auckland Auckland Christchurch	Patrick L. Cordue Peter Green	Wellington Auckland
88	Lincoln	1980/81	Roger I. Nokes Ortvin Sarapu Vernon A. Small	Christchurch Auckland Christchurch	R.A. (Tony) Dowden	Dunedin
89	North Shore	1981/82	Vernon A. Small	Christchurch	Bernard Carpinter David A. Gollogly	Napier Auckland
90	Dunedin	1982/83	Paul Anthony Garbett	Auckland Auckland	Benjamin J. Alexander Anthony F. Ker	Christchurch Wellington
91	Auckland	1983/84	Paul Anthony Garbett	Auckland	Michael R. Freeman	Christchurch
92	Upper Hutt	1984/85	Vernon A. Small	Christchurch	Patrick L. Cordue Mark Noble	Wellington Wellington
93	Christchurch	1985/86	Ortvin Sarapu	Christchurch Auckland	Peter McKenzie Benjamin Martin	Christchurch Dunedin
94	Wanganui	1986/87	Russell J. Dive	Wellington	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington
95	North Shore	1987/88	Jonathan Sarfati	Wellington	Leonard J. McLaren	Wellington
96	Dunedin	1988/89	Paul Anthony Garbett Anthony F. Ker	Auckland Wellington	Martin Dreyer (Reserve) Bruce Marsick (Major)	Auckland Hamilton
97	Wellington	1989/90	Benjamin Martin Ortvin Sarapu	Dunedin Auckland	Kendall Boyd (Reserve) John Robinson (Major) Mark van der Hoorn (Major)	Dunedin Auckland Wellington
98	Auckland	1990/91	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington	John Robinson (Reserve) Matthew Barlow (Major)	Auckland Auckland
99	Dunedin	1991/92	Martin P. Dreyer	Auckland	Charles Ker (Reserve) Simon Grainger (Major)	Wellington Wellington
100	Wellington	1992/93	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington	Philip Abrahamson (Reserve) Charles Ker (Reserve) Prince Vetharaniam (Major) Mark van der Hoorn (Major)	Christchurch Wellington Wanganui Wellington
101	Invercargill	1993/94	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington Christchurch	Mark Sinclair (Reserve) Matthew Edmonds (Major)	Wellington Christchurch
102	Wanganui	1994/95	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington	Paul Tuffery (Reserve) Benjamin Giles (Major) Kent Wong (Major)	New Plymouth Maruia Wellington
103	Wellington	1995/96	Russell J. Dive Martin P. Dreyer Robert W. Smith	Wellington Auckland Auckland	J. Nigel Metge (Reserve) Russell Metge (Major)	Auckland Auckland
104	North Shore	1996/97	Alexei Kulashko	Auckland	Tim G. Hare	Auckland
105	Hamilton	1997/98	Alexei Kulashko	Auckland	Chris J. Burns	Wanganui
106	Dunedin	1998/99	Russell J. Dive	Wellington	Matthew McNabb	Auckland
107	Auckland	1999/00	Alexei Kulashko	Auckland	Paul K. Beach	Auckland
108	Waitakere City	2000/01	Scott Wastney	Nelson	Benjamin Giles	Maruia
109	Christchurch	2001/02	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington	Barry Martin-Buss	Auckland
110	Wanganui	2002/03	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington	John McDonald	Wellington
111	Wellington	2003/04	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington	Brendan Reedy	Wellington
112	Wanganui	2004/05	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington	William (Bill) Forster	Wellington
113	Queenstown	2006	Murray Chandler	Queenstown & London	Maciej Wojnar	Wellington
114	Wanganui	2007	Puchen Wang	Auckland	Neil Gunn	Auckland
115	Auckland	2008	Murray Chandler	Auckland	Daniel Shen	Auckland
116	Queenstown	2009	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington	Gavin Marner	Wellington
117	Auckland	2010	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington	Alan Ansell	New Plymouth
118	Auckland	2011	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington	Roy Seabrook	Auckland
119	Queenstown	2012		Auckland	Nathan Goodhue	Auckland
120	Wellington	2013	Scott Wastney	Wellington	Max Chew Lee	Australia
121	Auckland	2014	Puchen Wang	Auckland	Paul Macdonald Sean Martin-Buss	Auckland Auckland
122	Auckland	2015	Russell J. Dive Paul A Garbett Anthony F. Ker Robert W. Smith	Wellington Wellington Auckland Auckland Wellington Auckland Mount Maunganui Auckland Australia Auckland	Antonio Krstev Helen Milligan	Auckland Auckland
123	Auckland	2016	Alexei Kulashko	Auckland Auckland	Fuatai Fuatai Vinod Kumar	Auckland Auckland
124	Wellington	2017	Scott Wastney	Wellington	William (Bill) Forster Yogesh Kulkarni	Wellington Wellington
125	Palmerston North	2018	Russell J. Dive Alphaeus Ang	Wellington Auckland	Stanley Yee	Auckland
126	Auckland	2019	Anthony F. Ker Russell J. Dive	Wellington	Robert E. Gibbons	Auckland
127	Tauranga	2020	Kirill Polishchuk Ben Hague]] Paul Anthony Garbett Russell J Dive	Mount Maunganui Auckland Auckland Wellington	Hao Tang	Auckland
128	Palmerston North	2021	Nicolas Croad	Wellington	Clinton A. Wells	Auckland
129	Christchurch	2022	Daniel Hanwen Gong	Auckland	Euan McDougall	Auckland

Championship Multiple Winners[]

Number	Name
20	Ortvin Sarapu
14	Anthony F Ker
7	Paul F Garbett, Russell J Dive
6	John Dunlop,
5	Richard James Barnes
4	Arthur William Oswald Davies, Vernon Small, Alexei Kulashko
3	Robert Wade, Rodney Phillips, Richard J Sutton, Murray Chandler, Scott Wastney
2	Henry Hookham, Franz Siedebeg, John Grierson, Fedor Kelling, Spencer Crakanthorp, John Erskine, Gunnar Gundersen, Alfred Gyles, Philipp Allerhand, Tom Lepviikman, Frederik Foulds, Bruce Anderson, Martin Dreyer, Puchen Wang, Robert W Smith; Michael V.R. Steadman, Ben Hague, Nicolas Croad

The New Zealand Rapid Chess Championship was first conducted in 1993.

The event is organised by the New Zealand Chess Federation.

New Zealand Rapid Champions[]

	Location	Year	Champion	City
1	Wellington	1993	Russell Dive	Wellington
2	Invercargill	1994		Dunedin
3	Wanganui	1995	Martin Dreyer Mark Noble	Dunedin Auckland Wellington
4	Wellington	1996	Russell Dive	Wellington
5	North Shore	1997	Russell Dive	Auckland
6	Hamilton	1998	Alexei Kulashko	Auckland
7	Dunedin	1999	Anthony Ker	Wellington
8	Auckland	2000	Russell Dive Robert Smith	Auckland Wellington Auckland Dunedin
9	Waitakere City	2001	Murray Chandler	London
10	Christchurch	2002	Russell Dive	Wellington
11	Wanganui	2003	Russell Dive	Wellington
12	Wellington	2004	Paul Garbett	Auckland Wellington
13	Wanganui	2005	Russell Dive	Wellington
14	Queenstown	2006	Puchen Wang	Auckland
15	Wanganui	2007	Puchen Wang	Auckland
16	Auckland	2008	Robert Smith Michael Steadman	Auckland Auckland
17	Queenstown	2009	Anthony Ker	Wellington
18	Auckland	2010		Wellington
19	Auckland	2011	Anthony Ker	Wellington
20	Auckland	2012	Bruce Watson	Wanganui Auckland
21	Wellington	2013	Paul Garbett Anthony Ker	Auckland Wellington
22	Auckland	2014	Puchen Wang	Auckland
23	Auckland	2015	Russell Dive	Wellington Auckland
24	Auckland	2016	Paul Garbett Mark Noble Robert Smith Puchen Wang	Auckland Palmerston North Mount Maunganui Auckland
25	Wellington	2017	Hans Gao Anthony Ker	Auckland Wellington
26	Palmerston North	2018	Michael Steadman	Auckland
27	Auckland	2019	Ralph Hart	Auckland
28	Tauranga	2020	Anthony Ker	Wellington
29	Auckland	2021	Felix Xie	Auckland
30	Christchurch	2022	Russell Dive	Wellington

Rapid Championship Multiple Winners[]

Number	Name
9	Russell J. Dive
6	Anthony F. Ker
4	Puchen Wang
3	Robert Smith, Paul Garbett
2	Mark Noble, Hans Gao, Michael Steadman

Championship Double Winners[]

Year	Name
1995/96	Russell J. Dive
1997/98	Alexei Kulashko
2007	Puchen Wang
2009	Anthony F. Ker
2011	Anthony F. Ker
2014	Puchen Wang
2015	Russell J. Dive

The New Zealand Women's Championship is played for the Mabel Abbott Trophy.

Women's Championship Winners[]

Year	Name
1938	M E Abbott
1940	E L Short
1967	M McGrath
1978	F Foster W Stretch
1980	F Foster
1981	J Sievey
1982	V Burndred
1983	K Metge
1985	J Sievey
1991	R Foster
1992-93	V Smith F Foster
1994	V Smith
1995	V Smith
1996	W Ong
1997	R L Sheehan
1998	Vivian Smith
1999	Vivian Smith
2000	Vivian Smith
2001	E Mikhailik
2002	Edith Otene Vivian Smith
2003	Vivian Smith
2004	Vivian Smith
2005	E Charomova
2006	Sue Maroroa
2007	Shirley Wu Judy Gao
2008	Natasha Fairley Judy Gao Helen Milligan
2009	Judy Gao
2010	Shirley Wu

North Island Champions[]

The North Island Chess Championship was first conducted in 1954. Players compete for the Charles Belton Trophy. The event is organised by the New Zealand Chess Federation.

	Location	Year	Champion
1		1954
2		1955
3		1956
4		1957
5		1958	James Rodney Phillips Ortvin Sarapu
6		1959	James Rodney Phillips
7		1960	James Rodney Phillips
8		1961	Roger Chapman
9		1962
10		1963
11		1964
12		1965	Ortvin Sarapu
13		1966
14		1967	David J. Cooper
15		1968
16		1969
17		1970
18		1971
19		1972	Ortvin Sarapu
20		1973
21		1974
22		1975
23		1976
24		1977
25		1978	Lev Aptekar
26		1979
27	Tauranga	1980	Mark Levene Ortvin Sarapu
28	New Plymouth	1981
29	Wanganui	1982	Robert W. Smith
30	Hamilton	1983	Jonathan Sarfati
31		1984	Robert W. Smith
32	Napier	1985	Jonathan Sarfati
33	New Plymouth	1986	Jonathan Sarfati Ortvin Sarapu
34		1987	Anthony F. Ker
35	Wanganui	1988	Anthony F. Ker
36	Wellington	1989	Anthony F. Ker Jonathan Sarfati Robert W. Smith
37		1990	Martin P. Dreyer
38	New Plymouth	1991	Anthony F. Ker
39		1992	Russell J. Dive
40		1993	Robert W. Smith Mark Noble
41		1994	Robert W. Smith
42		1995	Robert W. Smith Anthony F. Ker
43		1996
44		1997	Anthony F. Ker
45		1998	Russell J. Dive
46		1999	Robert W. Smith
47		2000	Anthony F. Ker
48		2001
49		2002	Daniel Han
50		2003
51		2004
52		2005	Puchen Wang
53		2006	Scott Wastney
54	Auckland	2007
55	Tauranga	2008	Anthony F. Ker
56	Wellington	2009	Russell J. Dive
57	Auckland	2010	Robert W. Smith
58	Wellington	2011	Robert W. Smith
59	Auckland	2012	Luke Li
60	Wellington	2013	Russell J. Dive
61	Auckland	2014
62	Palmerston North	2015	Mark Noble
63	Palmerston North	2016	Mark Noble
64	Auckland	2017
65	Palmerston North	2018
65	Wellington	2019
66	Wellington	2021

North Island Championship Multiple Winners[]

Number	Name
9	Robert Smith
8	Anthony F Ker
6	Paul Garbett
5	Ortvin Sarapu
4	Jonathan Sarfati, Russell Dive
3	Rodney Phillips, Mark Noble, Leonard McLaren
2	Charles Belton, Roger Court, David Lynch, Richard Sutton, Peter Green, Mark Levene, Peter Stuart, Michael Steadman

South Island Champions[]

The South Island Chess Championship was first conducted in 1950. The event is organised by the New Zealand Chess Federation.

	Location	Year	Champion
1		1950
2		1951	Ortvin Sarapu
3		1952
4		1953
5		1954
6		1955
7		1956
8		1957
9		1958
10		1959
11		1960	Ortvin Sarapu
12		1961
13		1962
14		1963
15		1964
16		1965
17		1966
18		1967
19		1968
20		1969
21		1970
22		1971
23		1972
24		1973
25		1974
26		1975	Vernon A. Small
27		1976	Roger I. Nokes
28		1977
29		1978
30	Dunedin	1979	Vernon A. Small
31	Nelson	1980	Roger I. Nokes
32		1981	Peter van Dijk
33	Dunedin	1982
34		1983	Vernon A. Small
35	Christchurch	1984	Vernon A. Small
36	Dunedin	1985
37		1986
38		1987	Benjamin M. S. Martin
39		1988	Benjamin M. S. Martin
40		1989	Richard John Sutton
41		1990	Benjamin M. S. Martin
42		1991	Benjamin M. S. Martin
43		1992
44		1993
45		1994
46	Blenheim	1995
47		1996
48	Christchurch	1997
49	Ashburton	1998
50	Blenheim	1999
51	Dunedin	2000
52	Dunedin	2001
53	Christchurch	2002
54	Ashburton	2003
55	Dunedin	2004	Richard John Sutton
56	Christchurch	2005
57	Ashburton	2006
58	Nelson	2007
59	Kaikoura	2008	Roger I. Nokes
60	Duendin	2009
61	Ashburton	2010
62	Christchurch	2011
63	Dunedin	2012
64	Nelson	2013
65	Ashburton	2014
66	Christchurch	2015
67	Christchurch	2016
68	Dunedin	2017
69	Christchurch	2018
70	Hanmer Springs	2019
71	Dunedin	2020

South Island Championship Multiple Winners[]

Number	Name
10
9	Robert Anderson
5	Vernon Small
4	R A Rasa, Benjamin Martin
3	L Esterman, Roger Nokes, Adrian Lloyd, Quentin Johnson
2	J F Lang, Ortvin Sarapu, Tom Van Dijk, A Wilkinson, Grant Kerr, Jon Jackson, Robert Wansink, Richard Sutton, Anthony Dowden, Arie Nijman, Andy Machdoem, John van Ginkel, Matthew McNabb

New Zealand Correspondence Champions[]

Winners of the New Zealand correspondence chess Championship (start year given):

• 1933 R.O. Scott
• 1934 ---
• 1935 E.F. Tibbetts
• 1936 J.T. Burton
• 1937 S. Hindin
• 1938 S. Hindin
• 1939 S. Hindin
• 1940 G.C. Cole
• 1941 J.A. Cunningham
• 1942 G.C. Cole
• 1943 G.C. Cole
• 1944 F.H. Grant, T. Lepviikman, N.M. Cromarty
• 1945 C.J. Taylor
• 1946 R.W. Lungley
• 1947 D.I. Lynch
• 1948 D.I. Lynch
• 1949 N.M. Cromarty
• 1950 N.M. Cromarty
• 1951 H.G. King, J.A. Cunningham
• 1952 H.P. Whitlock
• 1953 R.W. Park
• 1954 J.A. Cunningham
• 1955 E.J. Byrne
• 1956 A.E. Turner
• 1957 D.I. Lynch
• 1958 R.A. Court, L. Esterman
• 1959 R.A. Court, J. Eriksen, J.A. Cunningham
• 1960 J.A. Cunningham
• 1961 F.A. Foulds
• 1962 R.A. Court
• 1963 J. Eriksen
• 1964 F.A. Foulds
• 1965 Ortvin Sarapu
• 1966 R.S. Wilkin, R.A. Court
• 1967 J.H. Patchett
• 1968 Ortvin Sarapu
• 1969 Ortvin Sarapu
• 1970 Richard John Sutton
• 1971 Paul Anthony Garbett
• 1972 K.W. Lynn
• 1973 D.A. Flude
• 1974 T. van Dijk
• 1975 L.J. Jones
• 1976 P.A. Clemance
• 1977 L.J. Jones
• 1978 R.W. Smith
• 1979 M.R. Freeman
• 1980 R. Chapman
• 1981 R. Chapman
• 1982 Paul Anthony Garbett, T. van Dijk
• 1983(50)M.R. Freeman
• 1984 M.R. Heasman
• 1985 P. van Dijk
• 1986 G.M. Turner
• 1987 P. van Dijk
• 1988 H.P. Bennett, M.F.Noble (IM)
• 1989 H.P. Whitlock
• 1990 P.W. Stuart
• 1991 R.J. Dive, P.W. Stuart
• 1992 M.G. Hampl
• 1993(60)R.J. Dive
• 1994 G.B. Banks
• 1995 M.G. Hampl
• 1996 B.F. Barnard
• 1997 B.F. Barnard
• 1998 B.F. Barnard
• 1999 T.J. Doyle
• 2000 A.J. Short
• 2001 M.L. Dunwoody
• 2002 M.L. Dunwoody
• 2003(70)P.B. Goffin
• 2004 R.E. Gibbons
• 2005 R.E. Gibbons, M.F. Noble (SIM)
• 2006 H.P. Bennett
• 2007 H.P. Bennett, M.F. Noble (SIM)
• 2008 M.F. Noble (SIM)
• 2009 M.F. Noble (SIM)
• 2010 M.F. Noble (GM)
• 2011 M.F. Noble (GM), P.B. Goffin
• 2012 M.F. Noble (GM)
• 2013(80)M.F. Noble (GM)
• 2014 M.F. Noble (GM), Mathew King, Malia Donnelly/King, John Eide
• 2015 M.F. Noble (GM)
• 2016 M.F. Noble (GM)
• 2017 M.F. Noble (GM)
• 2018 M.T. Sims
• 2019 M.D. McNabb
• 2020 M.D. McNabb
• 2021 M.F Noble (GM), M D McNabb, M.T. Sims, R.E. Gibbons

• M.F. Noble (GM) 14 Titles
• J.A. Cunningham & R.A. Court 4 Titles
• G.C. Cole , S.Hindin , O.Sarapu , D.I. Lynch , B.F. Barnard & H.P. Bennett, M D McNabb, R E Gibbons 3 Titles

New Zealand Veterans Champions[]

Winners of the New Zealand Veterans Championship (start year given):

• 2014 R. E. Gibbons, A. Booth, N. Cooper
• 2015 R. E. Gibbons, N. Cooper
• 2016 G. Kerr
• 2017 W. Lynn
• 2018 G. Kerr
• 2019 P. Garbett
• 2020 R. E. Gibbons
• 2021 Covid Lockdown

References[]

• List of titles at NZCF website
• O'Connell, Kevin (1977), "New Zealand", in Golombek, Harry (ed.), Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishers, p. 212, ISBN 0-517-53146-1 (winners list through 1975/6)
• Whyld, Ken (1986), Guinness Chess, The Records, Guinness Publishing Ltd, ISBN 0-85112-455-0 (Winners through 1984)
• Stuart, Peter (5 August 2005), The New Zealand Championships: A Brief History (PDF), ChessCafe.com, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2011

External links[]

• Official NZCF Website
• NZ Chess History Website