NZCF Directory

N.Z. Chess Federation Inc, P.O.Box 216, Shortland Street, Auckland 1140, New Zealand. Official website: www.newzealandchess.co.nz

Officers of the New Zealand Chess Federation Inc.

President: Murray Chandler, email [email protected] Vice-president: Paul Spiller, email [email protected] Secretary/Treasurer: Winsome Stretch [email protected] Auckland Councillors: Tony Carpinter, Bob Gibbons, Grant Kerr, Mike Steadman, Ying Wang.

Regional Councillors: Hilton Bennett (Central North Island), Russell Dive (Wellington), Craig Hall (Canterbury), Ross Jackson (Wellington), Quentin Johnson (Otago).

Patron: Jim Benson. Vice-patrons: Tony Booth, Chris Benson.

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Website: Bill Forster, email [email protected] FIDE (World Chess Federation) Delegate: Michael Freeman, email [email protected] Grand Prix: Michael Freeman, email [email protected] Interschools Coordinator: Craig Hall, email [email protected] NZCF Ratings Officer: Rowan Wood, email [email protected] Selectors: Michael Freeman (convenor), Bernard Carpinter, Bob Gibbons, Quentin Johnson. President Oceania Chess Confederation: Paul Spiller - http://oceaniachess.com/

Affiliated Clubs Auckland CC, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt Eden, Auckland 1024. Meets Mondays 6:45pm & Fridays (Junior nights, lesson & then games) 6:30-8:00pm during school terms. Contacts: (09) 630 2042. Website: www.aucklandchesscentre.co.nz Canterbury CC, PO Box 16-0063, Hornby, Christchurch 8441. Meets Wednesdays 7:30pm (Juniors 6:15pm) at Unit 9, 27 Tyne St (off Mandeville St). Secretary: Craig Hall, tel. (021) 1289 543; email [email protected] Website: www.chess.org.nz

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Hamilton Chess Club, c/- P.O. Box 604, Hamilton 3240. Meets at 7pm every Tuesday at Room E2, Hamilton Boys High School, enter off Argyle St. Contact Ian Kennedy, email: [email protected], Website: hamiltonchess.net/. President: Hilton Bennett; Secretary: Ian Kennedy. Hawkes Bay Chess, 506A Ellison Road, Hastings 4122 The Hawke’s Bay Chess Club meets every Wednesday at 6:00pm in the library of Havelock North High School. Secretary: Ross McKerras: [email protected]. President: Mike Earle 06 877 6027 Website: Website: www.hawkesbaychess.org.nz/ . Howick-Pakuranga CC, 14 Nelson St, Howick 2014. Meets Tuesdays 7:30pm (juniors at 6:30pm), Haseler Hall, All Saints Church, Howick. Secretary and contact: Ying Wang, phone 021 718718, email [email protected]. Website: http://www.hpchessclub.org.nz . Mt Maunganui RSA CC, c/o 61 Kaitemako South Road, RD3, Ohauiti, Tauranga 3173. Meets Mondays 6:15pm to 11:00pm at Mt Maunganui RSA, Maunganui Road. Contact: Caleb Wright (Secretary), email [email protected]. Website: www.westernbopchess.weebly.com New Plymouth CC, 11 Gilbert St, New Plymouth 4310. Meets Tuesdays 7:30pm. President, Colin Bell tel. (06) 769 9419. Contact, Errol Tuffery tel. (06) 758 2626. North Shore CC, P.O.Box 33-587, Takapuna, Auckland 0740. Meets Wednesdays 7:30pm (Juniors on Fridays during school terms 7:00-8:30pm) at Northcote Community Centre, cnr College Rd/Ernie Mays St, Northcote. Contact (President) Helen Milligan, email [email protected]. Website: www.northshorechess.org.nz Otago CC, 7 Maitland Street, Dunedin 9016. Meets Wednesdays 7:30pm; junior chess on Friday evenings. President: Bob Clarkson. Secretary: Leighton Nicholls. Enquiries: contact [email protected]. Website: home.clear.net.nz/pages/otagochess Papatoetoe CC, c/o John McRae, 1/34 Gifford Road, Papatoetoe, Auckland 2025. Meets Wednesdays 6:00pm till late (juniors 6:00pm/adults 7:45pm) at Papatoetoe RSA Bowling Club, 64 Cambridge Terrace. Contacts: John McRae tel. (09) 278 4520 or Katrine McCarthy tel. (09) 298 1413. Website: www.papatoetoechessclub.co.nz Upper Hutt CC, 16 Hildreth St, Trentham, Upper Hutt 5018. Meets Mondays 7.30pm, Hapai Club, 879-881 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt. Contact: Roger Smith (Club Captain), tel. (04) 971 6528; email [email protected] Waitakere CC, PO Box 24 072, Royal Oak, Auckland 1345. Meets Thursdays 7:30pm at Glen Eden Community Centre, 44 Glendale Rd. Contact: Bruce Pollard, email [email protected]. Wellington CC, c/o 86B The Esplanade, Raumati South, Paraparaumu 5032. Meets Thursdays 7:30pm at Wellington Bridge Club, 17 Tinakori Rd, Thorndon. Contacts: Ross Jackson (Pres.) (04) 902 1707, email [email protected] or Brian

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Nijman (Sec.) [email protected]. Website: www.nzchessmag.com/wellingtonchessclub/.

Associate Members Eden CC, 131 Dominion Road, Tuakau 2342. Meets in Eden Christian Academy, Fridays, 13:30 and 18:00. President and contact: Willem Pretorius, email [email protected]. Gisborne Eastern Knights CC, 689 Gladstone Road, Gisborne 4010. Meets Tuesdays 6:00pm until 8:00pm at Mormon Church, Cochrane St, Elgin. President & contact: Colin Albert, email [email protected]. Judkins Chess, 25 Sandford Place, Hamilton 3210. Meets at lunchtimes (except Thursdays) at St Pauls Collegiate School. President & contact: Gary Judkins, email [email protected]

Kapiti CC, c/o 51 Ames Street, Paekakariki 5034. Meets Wednesdays, 7:30pm, Paraparaumu Public Library. President and contact: Alan Winfield, email [email protected]. Website: www.kapitichess.club Manawatu Knights CC, meets Mondays 5:30pm at Feilding Intermediate School, 95 East Street, Feilding and Tuesdays 5:30-7:00pm (schoolpupils) and 7:30pm till late (adults) at Hokowhitu Bowling Club, Albert St, Palmerston North. Contact: Mark Noble, tel. (027) 338 2040 or (06) 323 7003, email [email protected]. Website: www.manawatuknights.co.nz The Mount Chess Club, 3 Acacia Court, Mt Maunganui, Tauranga. Meets Mondays 1pm to 4pm at St Thomas More Church, 17 Gloucester Rd, Mt Maunganui. $3 a session, including all equipment and refreshments. Contact Bob or Viv (07) 575 5845 (res), 027 478 6282 or 021 162 3342; email [email protected]

Nelson CC, F2/413 Suffolk Rd, Stoke 7011. Meets first Wednesday of month (except January) 7:30-9:30pm in boardroom of the office of Nelson MP Nick Smith, corner Waimea Rd/Quarantine Rd. Contact: Dan Dolejs, tel. 027 687 1447 or (03) 538 0707.

North Canterbury CC, 145 B East Belt, Rangiora 7400. Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, 7-9:30pm, Rangiora War Memorial Hall. President Scott Stringer; Secretary/Treasurer Mark Williams, email [email protected].

Otago University CC, PO Box 10240, Mount Eden, Auckland. Meets every Friday, 10am-12:30pm, Croque-o-dile Cafe, Dunedin Botanical Gardens. Contact: Samson Roman Kazakov, [email protected].

Remuera Junior Chess Club: P.O.Box 28824, Remuera, Auckland 1541. Contact: Angela Cook, tel. 021 138 5635.

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Splice Auckland Inner-city Chessmates, 74 Parau Street, Mt Roskill, Auckland 1041. Meets Mondays 6:30pm at Esquires Cafe. Contact: Stuart Vogel, 021-915- 9805.

Tauranga RSA CC, c/o 61 Kaitemako South Road, Ohauiti, RD3, Tauranga. Meets Friday nights 5pm onwards at Tauranga RSA, 1237 Cameron Road, Greerton, Tauranga. Contact: Caleb Wright – email [email protected]. Website: www.westernbopchess.weebly.com.

UChess (University of Canterbury CC), c/- Mechanical Engineering Dept, UC Warehouse, 20 Kirkwood Avenue, Christchurch. Meets Thursdays 5:30pm-7:30pm at Kirkwood Village, KD08. Contact: Arun Kumar Manickavasagam, email [email protected], websitewww.ucsa.org.nz/club/146.

Wanganui CC: P.O.Box 4347, Wanganui 4541. Meets Wednesdays at 7:00pm, 14 Ashton Tce, Castlecliff, Wanganui. Contact: Bill Maddren, tel. (06) 344 3298, email [email protected].

Other Auckland Chess Association, Secretary, Daniel Johns, 59 Raleigh Road, Northcote, Auckland 0627.

International Titles

International Grandmaster Green, Peter R (North Shore) Chandler, Murray G (Auckland) Hague, Ben (Auckland) Kulashko, Alexei (Auckland) International Master Li, Luke Zuhao (Australia) Dive, Russell J (Wellington) Love, Anthony J (Dunedin) Garbett, Paul A (North Shore) Lukey, Stephen G (Christchurch) Ker, Anthony F (Wellington) McLaren, Leonard (Auckland) Martin, Benjamin (Christchurch) Noble, Mark F (Feilding) Small, Vernon A (Wellington) Nokes, Roger I (Christchurch) Wang, Puchen (Auckland) Sarfati, Jonathan D (Australia) Smith, Robert W (Tauranga) Women’s International Master Steadman, Michael VR (Auckland) Maroroa, Sue Y (England)) Wastney, Scott C (Wellington) Meyer, Marany (Wellington) Watson, Bruce R (North Shore) Timergazi, Layla (Wellington)

FIDE Master Women's FIDE Master Ansell, Alan (New Plymouth) Fairley, Natasha (Auckland) Croad, Nicolas E (Wellington) Gao, Judy (Auckland) Dreyer, Martin P (Manukau) Milligan, Helen (North Shore) Gibbons, Robert E (Auckland) Smith, Vivian J (Tauranga) Gong, Daniel (Auckland) Tsoi, Nicole (Auckland) Green, Ewen M (Auckland) Zhang, Jasmine (Auckland)

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FIDE Instructor International Arbiter (IA) Carpinter, Tony (North Shore) Ang, Keong (Auckland) Gibbons, Robert (Auckland) Gibbons, Robert E (Auckland) Lynn, William (Hamilton) Hall, Craig (Christchurch) Macdonald, Paul (Auckland) Pollard, Bruce (Auckland) McLaren, Leonard (Auckland) Stuart, Peter W (North Shore) Milligan, Helen (North Shore) FIDE Arbiter (FA) Smith, Vivian J (Tauranga) Wheeler, Bruce (Auckland) Calitz, Marthas Maria Wang, Haiqi Victor (Auckland) Milligan, Helen (North Shore) Wang, Ying (Auckland) National Instructor National Arbiter (NA) Gao, Hans (Auckland) Hair, Philip (North Shore) Bennett, Hilton (Hamilton) Johari, Halim (Malaysia) Booth, Anthony (Auckland) McDougall, Wayne (Auckland) Freeman, Michael Roy Pollard, Bruce (Waitakere) Hooton, Barry R (Auckland) Johnson, Quentin JF (Dunedin) Nylund, Henrik (Nelson) Rossiter, Philip (Wellington) Sellen, Ian (Wellington)

International Organiser Bennett, Hilton P (Hamilton) Jackson, L Ross (Wellington) Johnson, Quentin JF (Dunedin) Smith, Robert W (Tauranga) Spiller, Paul S (Auckland) Steadman, Michael VR (Auckland) Stuart, Peter W (North Shore)

FIDE Trainer Bennett, Hilton P (Hamilton) Green, Ewen M (Auckland) Smith, Robert W (Tauranga) Wastney, Scot (Wellington)

New Zealand Titles New Zealand Master Garbett, Paul A (North Shore) 823 (Active players, MP as at 31-1-17) Green, Ewen M (Auckland) 187 Anderson, Bruce R (Christchurch) 270 Green, Peter R (North Shore) 142 Chandler, Murray G (Auckland) 178 Ker, Anthony F (Wellington) 996 Croad, Nicolas E (Wellington) 141 Kulashko, Alexei (Auckland) 176 Dive, Russell J (Wellington) 628 Lukey, Stephen G (Christchurch) 326 Dowden, R Anthony (Tasmania) 135 Martin, Benjamin MS (Christchurch) Dreyer, Martin P (Auckland) 118 189 NZCF Handbook 2018 NZCF Directory – Page 6

McLaren, Leonard J (Auckland) 151 New Zealand Candidate Master Nokes, Roger I (Christchurch) 113 Bennett, Hilton P (Hamilton) 41 Small, Vernon A (Wellington) 328 Cornford, Lindsay H (Auckland) 83 Smith, Robert W (Tauranga) 519 Johnson, Quentin JF (Dunedin) 70 Spain, Graeme A (Te Awamutu) 135 Li, Zuhao Luke (Australia) 40 Steadman, Michael VR (Auckland) 243 Love, Anthony J (Dunedin) 77 Stuart, Peter W (North Shore) 204 Noble, Mark F (Feilding) 89 Wang, Puchen (Auckland) 166 Shen, Daniel (Auckland) 64 Wastney, Scott C (Wellington) 218 Watson, Bruce R (Auckland) 88

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