Tournaments

Tournaments are a wonderful way for kids of all levels to play and enjoy Chess. In fact, tournaments are one of the main methods we recommend for improving Chess ability - refer to our Chess Development Plan.

Our Tournament Calendar lists all of the upcoming tournaments this year including NZCF (New Zealand Chess Federation), Chess Power and important Club tournaments.

At Chess Power we run three types of Chess Tournaments

• Interschools
  A school event ideal for kids starting out at Chess. You can also see recent Interschools Results.
• MC Cup Qualifiers
  An individual event for all-comers with trophies for prizes. You can view recent MC Cup Results too.
• MC Cup Elite™Tournaments
  An invitation-only event for recognised players such as Chess Power Elite™, Chess Power Junior Master™ and Chess Power Superstars™