The 2024 ACC Winter Cup Vega listing is up – https://www.vegaresult.com/vega/index.php?id=2901 – please check your names. FIDE ratings will be updated again after June 1, as our tournament is played with June ratings.
Author: Timothy Ha
Where to go on winter weekends in June: chess events at ACC
ACC Autumn Cup is over, and winter is arriving. If you were wondering how to spend upcoming cold weekends in June, do come to play chess at the Auckland Chess Centre!
Our June schedule is:
June 15-16, ACC Blitz & Rapid June edition
June 28-30, Peter Stuart Memorial during the Matariki holiday (organised by the North Shore Chess Club, held at ACC)
2024 Autumn Rapid Vega link is published
The 2024 ACC Autumm Rapid will be played on two Mondays, 27/5 and 10/6. We are closed on 3/6. The Vega link is https://www.vegaresult.com/vega/index.php?id=2900 – please check your registration.
Tournaments: Blitz & Rapid on 11-12/5 and Classical on 25-26/5
Two tournaments are happening soon at ACC – register online with the links below:
This weekend – Blitz and Rapid – https://newzealandchess.nz/auckland-blitz-rapid-may-2024/
25-26 of May – Classical – https://newzealandchess.nz/auckland-chess-weekend-may-2024/
Auckland Blitz & Rapid start April 13-14
ACC is starting a new series of regular Blitz & Rapid events so our players can get practice in faster time controls, too. The first event is in about two weeks, 13 and 14 of April. 9 rounds of blitz 3+2 followed by 9 rounds of rapid 25+5.
Register online here https://newzealandchess.nz/auckland-blitz-rapid-april-2024/
ACC Autumn Cup Vega published
The Vega page for the ACC Autumn Cup (April 8 – May 20) is https://www.vegaresult.com/vega/index.php?id=2899
Please check your registration on the page. We will update some missing FIDE IDs and April ratings before the tournament starts.
CM Isabelle Ning wins the Summer Cup; Autumn Cup starts 8/4
Congratulations to CM Isabelle Ning who won the Summer Cup with 6.5 points – one half-point bye and six wins in the six games she played! https://www.vegaresult.com/vega/index.php?id=2898
The Autumn Cup will start on the 8th of April. The club is closed on Easter Monday, 1/4.
Good luck to all ACC players participating in the 2024 North Island Champs in Wellington! (29/3-1/4) https://nzchessmag.com/wellingtonchessclub/tournaments/wwwNorthIsland2024/index.html
Auckland Chess Weekends resume in March
If you missed out on the now fully booked ACC Summer Cup, please don’t forget we also run the Auckland Chess Weekends as an extension of our Monday nights. Every month you can get six FIDE- and NZCF-rated games in a normal weekend, so no vacation needs to be planned. These events are also a great training ground for players keen to improve.
You can register online here – the first event will be held on 23-24 March. https://newzealandchess.nz/auckland-chess-weekend-march-2024/
ACC Summer Cup Vega published
All registrations for the ACC Summer Cup (starting Feb 12) are processed.
Please check your names and gender (if you’re not FIDE-listed yet) and let us know if there are mistakes. Thanks, and good luck!
How to register for ACC Monday nights in 2024
Happy New Year! ACC calendar for 2024 is now up, and we have opened registrations for Monday nights on TryBooking – click here.
The club will start with a FIDE-rated blitz tournament on Feb 5, Waitangi Blitz. It’s free to register. Summer Cup will start on Feb 12 and costs 20 NZD to play in (see below).
All the usual rules of conduct apply — notify the captain via email/SMS/Messenger before 6:30 pm to not forfeit your game. Games are FIDE-rated and NZCF-rated (except for the Spring Cup at the end of the year, which is only NZCF-rated), so every Monday is a round of an official chess tournament.
Our club has a limit of 80 seats, so please show courtesy by NOT registering for an event if you know you’ll skip 3 rounds or more due to exams or travel. That will help other people get to play at ACC, which is arguably the best training ground for keen chess players in Auckland, both kids and adults.
We priced our club tournaments at 20 NZD each, and by paying for separate events you may save some money compared to paying an annual fee of 120 NZD like in previous years (we won’t collect the 120 NZD amounts anymore). This also allows more players to fill the club when there are absentees.
The full list of Monday night tournaments is below (see Calendar for more details). Each tournament, except for the Waitangi Blitz, costs 20 NZD (all rounds).
- Waitangi Blitz (one night)
- Summer Cup (7 rounds)
- Autumn Cup (7 rounds)
- Autumn Rapid (two nights, 6 rounds)
- Winter Cup (9 rounds)
- Club Champs (9 rounds)
- Spring Cup (7 rounds)
Have a good chess year ahead!