List of New Zealand chess players
New Zealand chess players alphabetically
- In addition to the historical masters, the list includes master players who have won the New Zealand individual championship, have an IM or GM title (of both sexes), have achieved an Elo of 2400 or are outstanding correspondence chess players.
A.
- Hedley Roy Abbott , New Zealand champion
- Philipp Allerhand , New Zealand master
- Brian Anderson , Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Bruce Anderson (* 1948), New Zealand champion
- Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang (* 2002), New Zealand champion
- Lev Aptekar (* 1936), New Zealand champion
B.
- Richard James Barnes (1860–1929), New Zealand Master
- John Barrance , international correspondence chess master
- Igor Bjelobrk (* 1982), international master
C.
- Murray Chandler (* 1960), Grand Master, New Zealand Master
- Roger Chapman , international correspondence chess master
- Bobby Cheng (* 1997), grandmaster
- Robert Alexander Cleland (1854–1923), New Zealand master
- Roger Ambrey Court (1935-1967), New Zealand champion
- Spencer Crakanthorp (1885-1936), New Zealand master
D.
- Arthur William Oswald Davies (1875–1928), New Zealand master
- Russell John Dive (* 1966), International Master, New Zealand Master
- Martin Dreyer (* 1966), New Zealand champion
- John Dunlop (1886–1973), New Zealand master
E.
- Joseph Edwards , New Zealand Master
- John Angus Erskine (1873-1960), New Zealand master
F.
- William Fairhurst (1903–1982), International Master
- Arcadios Feneridis (1908-2007), New Zealand master
- David Forsyth (1854-1909), New Zealand master
- Frederick Alexander Foulds (* 1932), New Zealand master
- Michael Roy Freeman (* 1960), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
G
- Paul Anthony Garbett (* 1952), International Master, New Zealand Master
- Maurice Edward Goldstein (1901–1966), New Zealand master
- David Anderson Gollogly (* 1959), New Zealand champion
- Ewen McGowen Green (born 1950), New Zealand champion
- John Cresswell Grierson (1856-1933), New Zealand Master
- Gunnar Gundersen (1882–1943), New Zealand master
- Alfred William Gyles (1888–1967), New Zealand Master
H
- Graham Haase (1930–2011), New Zealand champion
- Samuel Hindin , New Zealand Master
- Henry Hookham (1824–1898), New Zealand master
K
- Fedor Kuskof Kelling (1865-1946), New Zealand master
- Anthony Ker (* 1967), International Master, New Zealand Master
- Alexei Kulashko (* 1972), New Zealand champion
L.
- Craig Laird (* 1953), New Zealand champion
- Tom Lepviikman , New Zealand champion
- Adrian Lloyd (* 1964), New Zealand champion
- David Ireson Lynch (1910–2002), New Zealand champion
M.
- William MacKay , New Zealand champion
- Sue Maroroa (* 1991), International Women's Champion
- Benjamin Martin (* 1969), International Master, New Zealand Master
- John Mason (1880–1975), New Zealand master
- William Edward Mason (1876–1960), New Zealand master
- Peter McKenzie (* 1966), New Zealand champion
- William Meldrum , New Zealand champion
- Barry Menzies , New Zealand champion
- Marany Meyer (* 1984), International Women's Champion
- Helen Milligan (born 1962), Scottish champion of women
N
- Alan Edgar Nield , New Zealand champion
- Mark Frederick Noble (* 1962), correspondence chess grandmaster
- Roger Nokes (* 1958), New Zealand champion
O
- Arthur Ollivier (1851-1897), New Zealand master
P
- John Rodney Philipps (1942–1969), New Zealand Master
- Cecil Purdy (1906–1979), international master, New Zealand master, correspondence chess world champion, correspondence chess grandmaster
S.
- Ortvin Sarapu (1924–1999), International Master, New Zealand Master
- Jonathan Sarfati (* 1964), New Zealand champion
- Franz Vaughan Siedeberg (1869–1950), New Zealand master
- Vernon Small (* 1954), International Master, New Zealand Master
- Robert Smith (* 1956), New Zealand champion
- Michael Steadman (* 1962), New Zealand champion
- Richard John Sutton (1938–2009), New Zealand Master
T
- Layla Timergazi (* 2001), International Women's Champion
V
- William Viner (1881–1933), New Zealand master
W.
- Robert Graham Wade (1921-2008), International Master, New Zealand Master
- Puchen Wang (* 1990), International Master, New Zealand Master
- Scott Wastney (* 1970), New Zealand champion
Z
- Jasmine Haomo Zhang (* 2003), International Women's Champion
Web links
Commons : New Zealand Chess Players - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
- New Zealand Top 100 Men and Women (Elo List, Active and Inactive)
- New Zealand Top 100 Women (Elo List, Active and Inactive)
- New Zealand singles champion at the New Zealand Chess Federation (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Igor Bjelobrk has been playing for the Australian Chess Federation since 2007.
- ↑ Murray Chandler played for the English Chess Federation from 1982 to 2007.
- ↑ Bobby Cheng has been playing for the Australian Chess Federation since 2009.
- ↑ William Fairhurst played for the English Chess Federation until 1931 and for the Scottish Chess Federation from 1931 to 1971.
- ↑ Alexei Kulashko played for the Russian Chess Federation until 1996.
- ↑ Craig Laird has played for the Australian Chess Federation since 1986.
- ^ Adrian Lloyd plays for the Australian Chess Federation.
- ↑ Sue Maroroa has been playing for the English Chess Federation since 2012.
- ↑ Marany Meyer played for the South African Chess Federation until 2009.
- ↑ Helen Milligan played for the Scottish Chess Federation until 2007.
- ↑ Ortvin Sarapu lived in New Zealand since 1950, previously in Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Denmark.
- ↑ Robert Graham Wade played for the English Chess Federation from 1976.