FM Nicolas Croad has won the New Zealand Chess Championships which recently finished in the city of Palmerston North. There are full details on the New Zealand Chess Federation website www.newzealandchess.co.nz.
The Winners of the NZ Championship are:
1st FM Nic Croad 7.5/9
2nd IM Tom Middleburg 7.09/9
3rd FM Ben Hague, IM Sravan Renjith, IM Russell Dive 6.5/9
Major Open Championship (under 2100 elo)
1st Dion Wilson 7.5/9
NZ Rapid Championship
1st GM Gawain Jones 9/9
2nd IM Russell Dive 7.5/9
3rd IM Anthony Ker 7.0/9
NZ Lightning (Blitz) Championship
1st = GM Gawain Jones & IM Sravan Renjith 8.5/9
Congratulations to FM Nicolas Croad, New Zealand Champion for 2024! As outright NZ champion, he has also earned automatic selection for the Olympiad Team if available.
Congratulations also to Dion Wilson, New Zealand Major Open Champion, to Kayden Loke, New Zealand Junior Champion and to Luna Xu, New Zealand Girls Champion.