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

	Location	Date	Champion	City
1	Christchurch	1879	Henry Hookham	Christchurch
2	Christchurch	1888/89	Arthur Ollivier	Christchurch
3	Dunedin	1890	Henry Hookham	Christchurch
4	Wellington	1890/91	Richard James Barnes	Wellington
5	Auckland	1891/92	Franz Vaughan Siedeberg	Dunedin
6	Christchurch	1892/93	Franz Vaughan Siedeberg	Dunedin
7	Dunedin	1893/94	Joseph Edwards	Wellington
8	Wellington	1894/95	William MacKay	Wellington
9	Wanganui	1895/96	William Meldrum	Rangitikei
10	Christchurch	1896/97	Richard James Barnes	Wellington
11	Auckland	1897/98	Richard James Barnes	Wellington
12	Dunedin	1898	Robert Alexander Cleland	Dunedin
13	Wellington	1900	William Edward Mason	Wellington
14	Christchurch	1901	David Forsyth	Dunedin
15	Auckland	1901/02	Richard James Barnes	Wellington
16	Dunedin	1902/03	John Cresswell Grierson	Auckland
17	Wellington	1903/04	William Edward Mason	Wellington
18	Oamaru	1904/05	Arthur William Oswald Davies	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	Fedor Kuskof Kelling	Wellington
23	Auckland	1909/10	John Mason	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	Maurice Edward Goldstein	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	Hedley Roy Abbott	Christchurch
47	Dunedin	1937/38	Samuel Hindin	Christchurch
48	Wanganui	1938/39	John Dunlop	Dunedin
49	Wellington	1939/40	John Dunlop	Dunedin
50	Timaru	1940/41	Philipp Allerhand	Wellington
51	Wellington	1943/44	Robert Wade	Wellington
52	Auckland	1944/45	Robert Wade	Wellington
53	Christchurch	1945/46	Tom Lepviikman	Wellington
54	Palmerston North	1946/47	Tom Lepviikman	Wellington
55	Dunedin	1947/48	Robert Wade	Wellington
56	Wanganui	1948/49	Alan Edgar Nield	Auckland
57	Auckland	1949/50	Philipp Allerhand	Wellington
58	Christchurch	1950/51	David I. Lynch	Hastings
59	Napier	1951/52	Ortvin Sarapu	Christchurch
60	Timaru	1952/53	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland
61	Wellington	1953/54	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland
62	Auckland	1954/55	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland
63	Dunedin	1955/56	Frederick Alexander Foulds	Auckland
64	Wellington	1956/57	Arcadios Feneridis James Rodney Phillips	Wellington Auckland
65	Christchurch	1957/58	James Rodney Phillips	Auckland
66	Hamilton	1958/59	Frederick Alexander Foulds Barry C. Menzies	Auckland Auckland
67	Dunedin	1959/60	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland
68	Auckland	1960/61	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland
69	Wellington	1961/62	Graham G. Haase	Dunedin
70	Christchurch	1962/63	Ortvin Sarapu Richard John Sutton	Auckland Auckland
71	Auckland	1963/64	Roger A. Court	Wellington
72	Wellington	1964/65	James Rodney Phillips	Auckland
73	Hamilton	1965/66	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland
74	Christchurch	1966/67	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland
75	Dunedin	1967/68	Bruce R. Anderson	Christchurch
76	Wellington	1968/69	Bruce R. Anderson Ortvin Sarapu	Christchurch Auckland
77	Auckland	1969/70	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland
78	Nelson	1970/71	Richard John Sutton	Auckland
79	Hamilton	1971/72	Richard John Sutton	Auckland
80	Wellington	1972/73	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland
81	Christchurch	1973/74	Paul Anthony Garbett Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland Auckland
82	Dunedin	1974/75	Paul Anthony Garbett	Auckland
83	Upper Hutt	1975/76	Lev Aptekar Murray Chandler Ortvin Sarapu	Wellington Wellington Auckland
84	North Shore	1976/77	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland
85	Wellington	1977/78	Craig Laird	Tauranga
86	North Shore	1978/79	Ortvin Sarapu	Auckland
87	Upper Hutt	1979/80	Ewen McGowen Green Ortvin Sarapu Vernon A. Small	Auckland Auckland Christchurch
88	Christchurch	1980/81	Roger I. Nokes Ortvin Sarapu Vernon A. Small	Christchurch Auckland Christchurch
89	North Shore	1981/82	Vernon A. Small	Christchurch
90	Dunedin	1982/83	Paul Anthony Garbett David Anderson Gollogly	Auckland Auckland
91	Auckland	1983/84	Paul Anthony Garbett	Auckland
92	Upper Hutt	1984/85	Vernon A. Small	Christchurch
93	Christchurch	1985/86	Adrian J. Lloyd Ortvin Sarapu	Christchurch Auckland
94	Wanganui	1986/87	Russell J. Dive	Wellington
95	North Shore	1987/88	Jonathan Sarfati	Wellington
96	Dunedin	1988/89	Paul Anthony Garbett Anthony F. Ker	Auckland Wellington
97	Wellington	1989/90	Benjamin Martin Ortvin Sarapu	Dunedin Auckland
98	Auckland	1990/91	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington
99	Dunedin	1991/92	Martin P. Dreyer	Auckland
100	Wellington	1992/93	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington
101	Invercargill	1993/94	Anthony F. Ker Peter D. McKenzie	Wellington Christchurch
102	Wanganui	1994/95	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington
103	Wellington	1995/96	Russell J. Dive Martin P. Dreyer Robert W. Smith	Wellington Auckland Auckland
104	North Shore	1996/97	Alexei Kulashko	Auckland
105	Hamilton	1997/98	Alexei Kulashko	Auckland
106	Dunedin	1998/99	Russell J. Dive	Wellington
107	Auckland	1999/00	Alexei Kulashko	Auckland
108	Waitakere City	2000/01	Scott Wastney	Nelson
109	Christchurch	2001/02	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington
110	Wanganui	2002/03	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington
111	Wellington	2003/04	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington
112	Wanganui	2004/05	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington
113	Queenstown	2006	Murray Chandler	Queenstown and London
114	Wanganui	2007	Puchen Wang	Auckland
115	Auckland	2008	Murray Chandler	Auckland
116	Queenstown	2009	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington
117	Auckland	2010	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington
118	Auckland	2011	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington
119	Queenstown	2012	Michael V.R. Steadman	Auckland
120	Wellington	2013	Scott Wastney	Wellington
114	Auckland	2014	Puchen Wang	Auckland
115	Auckland	2015	Russell J. Dive Nicholas Croad Ben Hague Paul A Garbett Anthony F. Ker Gino Thornton Robert W Smith Leonard J McLaren Alexandra Jule Gordon Morell	Wellington Wellington Auckland Auckland Wellington Auckland Mount Maunganui Auckland Australia Auckland
116	Auckland	2016

Championship Multiple Winners

Number	Name
20	Ortvin Sarapu
13	Anthony Ker
6	John Dunlop, William Edward Mason, Paul Garbett
5	Richard James Barnes
4	Arthur William Oswald Davies, Vernon Small, Russell Dive
3	Robert Wade, Rodney Phillips, Richard John Sutton, Murray Chandler, Alexei Kulashko
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, Scott Wastney, Puchen Wang, Robert W Smith

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	Date	Champion	City
1	Wellington	1993	Russell J. Dive	Wellington
2	Invercargill	1994	R. Anthony Dowden	Dunedin
3	Wanganui	1995	Kendall M. Boyd Martin P. Dreyer Mark F. Noble	Dunedin Auckland Wellington
4	Wellington	1996	Russell J. Dive	Wellington
5	North Shore	1997	Russell J. Dive	Auckland
6	Hamilton	1998	Alexei Kulashko	Auckland
7	Dunedin	1999	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington
8	Auckland	2000	Matthew Barlow Russell J. Dive Robert W. Smith John L. Sutherland	Auckland Wellington Auckland Dunedin
9	Waitakere City	2001	Murray Chandler	London
10	Christchurch	2002	Russell J. Dive	Wellington
11	Wanganui	2003	Russell J. Dive	Wellington
12	Wellington	2004	Paul A. Garbett Stephen G. Lukey	Auckland Wellington
13	Wanganui	2005	Russell J. Dive	Wellington
14	Queenstown	2006	Puchen Wang	Auckland
15	Wanganui	2007	Puchen Wang	Auckland
16	Auckland	2008	Robert W. Smith Michael V. R. Steadman	Auckland Auckland
17	Queenstown	2009	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington
18	Auckland	2010	Nicholas Croad	Wellington
19	Auckland	2011	Anthony F. Ker	Wellington
20	Auckland	2012	Ben Hague Bruce R. Watson	Wanganui Auckland
21	Wellington	2013	Paul A. Garbett Anthony F. Ker	Auckland Wellington
22	Auckland	2014	Puchen Wang	Auckland
23	Auckland	2015	Russell J. Dive Hans Gao	Wellington Auckland
24	Auckland	2016

Rapid Championship Multiple Winners

Number	Name
8	Russell J. Dive
4	Anthony F. Ker
3	Puchen Wang
2	Robert W. Smith, Paul A. Garbett

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

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	Date	Champion
1		1954	Charles P. Belton
2		1955	F.A. Haight
3		1956	Bruce H.P. Marsick Roger A. Court David I. Lynch
4		1957	Charles P. Belton
5		1958	James Rodney Phillips Ortvin Sarapu
6		1959	James Rodney Phillips
7		1960	James Rodney Phillips
8		1961	Roger Chapman
9		1962	David I. Lynch
10		1963	Roger A. Court
11		1964	R.S. Wilkin
12		1965	Ortvin Sarapu
13		1966	Richard J. Sutton
14		1967	David J. Cooper
15		1968	A. R. Day
16		1969	Christopher A. Evans
17		1970	Paul A. Garbett
18		1971	Richard J. Sutton
19		1972	Ortvin Sarapu
20		1973	Paul A. Garbett
21		1974	Robert C. Wansink
22		1975	Murray G. Chandler Ewen M. Green
23		1976	Paul A. Garbett
24		1977	Lindsay H. Cornford
25		1978	Lev Aptekar Peter R. Green
26		1979	Paul A. Garbett
27	Tauranga	1980	Mark Levene Ortvin Sarapu
28	New Plymouth	1981	Paul A. Garbett
29	Wanganui	1982	P. A. Kelly Mark Leveve Robert W. Smith
30	Hamilton	1983	Jonathan Sarfati
31		1984	Robert W. Smith
32	Napier	1985	Jonathan Sarfati
33	New Plymouth	1986	Peter R. Green Jonathan Sarfati Ortvin Sarapu J. Nigel Metge Peter W. Stuart Gregory J. Aldridge
34		1987	Anthony F. Ker
35	Wanganui	1988	Anthony F. Ker Peter W. Stuart
36	Wellington	1989	Anthony F. Ker Charles Ker Isidor Reyn Jonathan D. Sarfati Robert W. Smith
37		1990	Martin P. Dreyer
38		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	Mark Sinclair Ferenc Fabri
44		1997	Anthony F. Ker
45		1998	Russell J. Dive
46		1999	Robert W. Smith Nigel Hopewell
47		2000	Anthony F. Ker
48		2001	Bruce Watson
49		2002	Daniel Han Mark van der Hoorn
50		2003	Jesse Wilson
51		2004	Paul A. Garbett Leonard McLaren
52		2005	Puchen Wang
53		2006	Scott Wastney
54	Auckland	2007	Don Eade Leonard McLaren
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	Leonard McLaren
62	Palmerston North	2015	Mark Noble

South Island Champions

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

	Location	Date	Champion
1		1950	J. F. Lang
2		1951	Ortvin Sarapu
3		1952	R. A. Rasa
4		1953	L. Esterman
5		1954	J. F. Lang J. R. Cusack
6		1955	R. A. Rasa
7		1956	R. A. Rasa
8		1957	R. Watt K. Steele
9		1958	Tom van Dijk
10		1959	Tom van Dijk
11		1960	Ortvin Sarapu
12		1961	Graham G. Haase
13		1962	L. Esterman
14		1963	R. A. Rasa
15		1964	Bruce R. Anderson I. D. Hayes
16		1965	Bruce R. Anderson
17		1966	Bruce R. Anderson A. L. Wilkinson L. Esterman
18		1967	G. Kerr
19		1968	Bruce R. Anderson
20		1969	Bruce R. Anderson
21		1970	Bruce R. Anderson
22		1971	Bernard A. Carpinter G. Kerr
23		1972	G. Hall A. Wilkinson
24		1973	John R. Jackson
25		1974	Lindsay H. Cornford Malcolm Foord William Lynn
26		1975	Vernon A. Small
27		1976	Roger I. Nokes
28		1977	Bruce R. Anderson R. L Perry
25		1978	Bruce R. Anderson
26		1979	Vernon A. Small
27		1980	Roger I. Nokes
28		1981	Bruce R. Anderson Adrian J. Lloyd Peter van Dijk David Weegenar H. Williamson
29		1982	Vernon A Small
30		1983	Adrian J. Lloyd Vernon A. Small
31	Christchurch	1984	Adrian J. Lloyd Vernon A. Small M. C. Wilson
32	Dunedin	1985	Robert C. Wansink
33		1986	John R. Jackson
34		1987	Benjamin M. S. Martin
35		1988	Mark G. Hampl Stephen G. Lukey Benjamin M. S. Martin
36		1989	Richard John Sutton
37		1990	Benjamin M. S. Martin
38		1991	Benjamin M. S. Martin
39		1992	Stephen G. Lukey
40		1993	Stephen G. Lukey
41		1994	Stephen G. Lukey
42	Blenheim	1995	Stephen R. Coates
43		1996	R. Anthony Dowden
44	Christchurch	1997	B. Santosa
45	Ashburton	1998	David W. Guthrie
46	Blenheim	1999	Bruce I. Donaldson Arie J. Nijman
47	Dunedin	2000	Ben J. Giles
48	Dunedin	2001	Scott C. Wastney
49	Christchurch	2002	R. Anthony Dowden
50	Ashburton	2003	Alistair A. Compton
51	Dunedin	2004	Richard John Sutton
52	Christchurch	2005	Andy Machdoem
53	Ashburton	2006	Quentin J. F. Johnson Bruce I. Donaldson
54	Nelson	2007	Quentin J. F. Johnson John P. van Ginkel
55	Kaikoura	2008	Roger I. Nokes
56	Duendin	2009	Peter Fraemohs
57	Ashburton	2010	Hamish Gold John P. van Ginkel Arie J. Nijman Andy Machdoem
58	Christchurch	2011	Stephen G. Lukey
59	Dunedin	2012	Robert C. Wansink Stephen G. Lukey
60	Nelson	2013	Quentin J. F. Johnson
61	Ashburton	2014	Stephen G. Lukey
62	Christchurch	2015	Edward Rains

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. Lep, 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 M.F. Noble (GM)
2014 M.F. Noble (GM), Mathew King, Malia Donnelly/King, John Eide
2015 M.F. Noble (GM)

M.F. Noble (GM) 11 Titles J.A. Cunningham 4 Titles R.A. Court 4 Titles G.C. Cole 3 Titles S. Hindin 3 Titles O. Sarapu 3 Titles D.I. Lynch 3 Titles B.F. Barnard 3 Titles H.P. Bennett 3 Titles

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