Champions Trophy 2025 Qualifiers

The following list shows all the players that have qualified for the Champions Trophy 2025. This list has been updated till 1st May 2025.
A qualifier can enter either the onsite Champions Trophy event or the ONLINE Champions Trophy event.

You qualify for the Champions Trophy if you ...

  • Come 1st, 2nd or 3rd in your division in any Chess Power Regional event (minimum of 4 points unless division is merged) - the Rookies division is excluded
  • Come 1st in the Rookies division in any Chess Power Regional event
  • Be the top girl in any Chess Power Regional event (minimum of 4 points)
  • Come 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the Kings division of any Online Sarapu Cup
  • Come 1st, 2nd or 3rd in the Rooks division of any regional Sarapu Cup
  • Come 1st, 2nd or 3rd in a School's Checkmate Challenge event
Name Event Division Place
Aatman Parashar
T2 Invercargill (Int/Sen) RegionalsIntermediate2nd
Adrian Mayo
April Checkmate ChallengeSenior2nd
Aedan Nelson
April Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 3rd
Ahana Gupta
T2 Auckland South/East (Jun) RegionalsJuniorBest Female
Aidan BatyrbekovMarch Checkmate ChallengeJunior2nd
Aiden Zhang February Sarapu Cup Rotorua Rooks Tied 3rd

March Sarapu Cup Rotorua Rooks Tied 3rd
Alec Cruz
 April Checkmate ChallengeSenior1st
Aleksei Korolev
 May Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 1st
Alex Holas-Clark
 T2 Nelson (Int/Sen) RegionalsIntermediateBest Female
Alex Wilson-Hill
 May Checkmate ChallengeJuniorTied 3rd
Alisa Bolgova
 April Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 3rd
Alvin BijuMarch Sarapu Cup RotoruaRooksTied 3rd
Angus KeeneT2 Central Otago RegionalsIntermediateTied 1st
Angus SlabbertT2 Dunedin RegionalsJunior1st
Arian YarmandMay Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 1st
Arthur WalkerT2 Central Otago RegionalsJunior2nd
Artus PointeT2 Dunedin RegionalsIntermediateTied 2nd
Aryan LalApril Sarapu Cup HamiltonRooks2nd
Aum PrajapatiT2 Northland RegionalsJuniorTied 3rd
Austin Zhang February Sarapu Cup Rotorua Rooks Tied 3rd
Aveer Aulakh T2 Auckland South/East (Jun) Regionals Junior Tied 1st
Baxter Williamson T2 Northland Regionals Junior Tied 3rd
Benjamin Wyrsch-Copplestone
March Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 3rd

April Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 3rd

T2 Northland RegionalsIntermediate1st
Benson Birchall
T2 Northland RegionalsJuniorTied 3rd
Betsy Steggles
T2 West Coast (Int/Sen) RegionalsIntermediate1st
Braxton Birchall
T2 Northland RegionalsIntermediateTied 3rd
Caleb MacDonald
T2 Timaru/Oamaru RegionalsSeniorTied 3rd
Calvin Chen February Sarapu Cup Rotorua Rooks Tied 3rd
Camilla Chen T2 Auckland North (Jun) Regionals Junior Best Female
Campbell Scott T2 Northland Regionals Senior Tied 3rd
Carson Ross T2 West Coast (Int/Sen) Regionals Intermediate Tied 2nd
Chase Bechtel T2 West Coast (Int/Sen) Regionals Intermediate Tied 2nd
Claire Gu May Checkmate Challenge Intermediate Tied 1st
Cooper MorrisonT2 Blenheim RegionalsJunior2nd
Cove MintoT2 West Coast (Jun) RegionalsJunior2nd
Crixus McCormackT2 Timaru/Oamaru RegionalsJunior1st
Cyrus WangT2 Auckland North (Jun) RegionalsJuniorTied 1st
Daniel SlabbertT2 Northland RegionalsSeniorTied 3rd
Dante BennetT2 Invercargill (Int/Sen) RegionalsIntermediateTied 3rd
Darie RobinsonMarch Sarapu Cup OnlineKings3rd

April Sarapu Cup OnlineKings1st
David LiangT2 Auckland West/Central (Jun) RegionalsJuniorTied 2nd
David Ye Cheng LiangMay Sarapu Cup HamiltonRooks1st
Destiny Fonotia
April Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 3rd
Dexter Turner-Fong
T2 Invercargill (Jun) RegionalsJunior2nd
Dylan Payne
T2 Central Otago RegionalsJuniorTied 3rd
Dylan Sun
May Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 1st
Eason Lin
May Checkmate ChallengeSenior1st
Elias Chee
May Sarapu Cup North ShoreRooksTied 3rd
Elijah Lafeta
T2 West Coast (Jun) RegionalsJunior1st
Ellie Hodge
T2 Blenheim RegionalsJuniorTied 3rd
Emily Gravatt
T2 Nelson (Jun) RegionalsJuniorBest Female
Eric (Chenxu) YangApril Sarapu Cup RotoruaRooks3rd
Felix (Yifeng) ZuoMarch Sarapu Cup HamiltonRooks3rd

April Sarapu Cup HamiltonRooks3rd

May Sarapu Cup HamiltonRooks2nd
Felix McConachie
T2 Invercargill (Int/Sen) RegionalsIntermediate1st
Fynn Still
T2 Timaru/Oamaru RegionalsIntermediate1st
George Zhu
T2 Auckland (Sen) RegionalsSeniorTied 2nd
Gideon Kidd
T2 Nelson (Int/Sen) RegionalsSenior1st
Hasanli Hewa Babaranda
T2 Invercargill (Int/Sen) RegionalsSeniorTied 2nd
Helio Ahern
T2 Northland RegionalsJunior2nd
Hong En Xu
April Checkmate ChallengeJunior3rd

May Checkmate ChallengeJunior1st
Hugo SchwarzT2 Nelson (Int/Sen) RegionalsSeniorTied 2nd
Huiyi (Janice) ShiMarch Checkmate ChallengeSenior2nd
Isaac WoodwardT2 Central Otago RegionalsIntermediateTied 1st
Isabella EdgarT2 Nelson (Int/Sen) RegionalsSeniorBest Female
Isabelle HyslopT2 Timaru/Oamaru RegionalsSeniorBest Female
Jack Perrin-Smith-KahlT2 West Coast (Int/Sen) RegionalsSenior1st
Jack WardMay Sarapu Cup Whanganui1st
Jacob Haughey February Sarapu Cup Hamilton Rooks Tied 3rd

March Sarapu Cup Hamilton Rooks 1st

 April Sarapu Cup Hamilton Rooks 1st
Jacob Roper
 T2 West Coast (Int/Sen) Regionals Senior Tied 2nd
Jake Wishnowsky
 April Checkmate ChallengeSeniorTied 3rd
James Reid-Dark
 T2 Nelson (Int/Sen) RegionalsIntermediateTied 2nd
Jasper Hewlett-Coffey
 T2 Northland RegionalsSeniorTied 1st
Jeremy Li
 T2 Auckland South/East (Jun) RegionalsJuniorTied 1st
Jingwei XuApril Sarapu Cup OnlineKings3rd
JM Anya ThurnerT2 Auckland (Sen) RegionalsSenior1st
JM Ayaan VasudevaT2 Auckland (Sen) RegionalsSeniorTied 2nd
JM Richard Jingjie LiuT2 Auckland (Int) RegionalsIntermediateTied 2nd
JM Victor CoenMarch Checkmate ChallengeSenior1st

T2 Auckland (Sen) RegionalsSeniorTied 2nd
Jon Capulong
T2 Blenheim RegionalsIntermediate2nd
Jonathan XiaApril Sarapu Cup OnlineKings2nd
Jonathan Zhou
April Checkmate ChallengeJunior1st
Jonny Davis
T2 Nelson (Jun) RegionalsJuniorTied 2nd
Jorjee JenningsMay Sarapu Cup Whanganui2nd
Joshua FraserT2 Nelson (Int/Sen) RegionalsSeniorTied 2nd
Joshua LieserMarch Sarapu Cup OnlineKings1st
Joshua LuMay Checkmate ChallengeSenior3rd
Joshya Banker February Sarapu Cup Rotorua Rooks Tied 3rd
Junqing Jerome Tao T2 Auckland (Int) Regionals Intermediate Tied 2nd
Justin Zhide Wang May Checkmate Challenge Intermediate Tied 1st

T2 Auckland (Int) Regionals Intermediate 1st
Kaiarahi Power T2 Timaru/Oamaru Regionals Intermediate Best Female
Kaisar BatyrbekovMarch Checkmate ChallengeJunior1st
Kane LuoMarch Checkmate ChallengeJuniorTied 3rd

May Checkmate ChallengeJuniorTied 3rd
Kaylin Phillips
T2 Blenheim RegionalsJuniorTied 3rd
Kian Lovell
May Sarapu Cup North ShoreRooks2nd
Koki HaraApril Sarapu Cup RotoruaRooks2nd
Lachie HopeT2 Central Otago RegionalsJunior1st
Lachlan Simmonds
T2 Blenheim RegionalsIntermediate3rd
Leo Holmes
T2 Nelson (Int/Sen) RegionalsIntermediateTied 2nd
Leo Morley
T2 Blenheim RegionalsJunior1st
Liam Alcock
T2 Invercargill (Int/Sen) RegionalsSenior1st
Liam Tamayo
T2 Timaru/Oamaru RegionalsIntermediate3rd
Lily ShinT2 Blenheim RegionalsJuniorTied 3rd
Lincoln XuT2 Auckland South/East (Jun) RegionalsJuniorTied 1st
Linyu WangT2 Auckland West/Central (Jun) RegionalsJuniorTied 2nd
Lucas ForsythT2 Central Otago RegionalsIntermediate3rd
Luna LuT2 Auckland (Int) RegionalsIntermediateTied 2nd
Manas Karwal
T2 Blenheim RegionalsIntermediate1st
Mark Zou
T2 Auckland West/Central (Jun) RegionalsJuniorTied 2nd
Mathidu Gunasekara
March Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 3rd

April Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 3rd
Max RawsonMay Sarapu Cup Whanganui3rd
Max Sarten
T2 West Coast (Jun) RegionalsJunior3rd
Max Yao
T2 Dunedin RegionalsJunior2nd
Maximilian Fang
May Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 1st
Michael de LoreMarch Sarapu Cup RotoruaRooks2nd
Michael NguyenT2 Dunedin RegionalsIntermediateTied 2nd
Miheli FernandoMarch Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 3rd
Misha ZernovT2 Invercargill (Int/Sen) RegionalsSeniorTied 2nd
Misty PaeaT2 Timaru/Oamaru RegionalsJuniorTied 2nd
Mitchell WangT2 Auckland North (Jun) RegionalsJuniorTied 1st
Molly MeekT2 West Coast (Int/Sen) RegionalsSeniorTied 2nd
Muhammad Hadeed KhizarT2 Dunedin RegionalsJunior3rd
Nate MoolmanT2 Northland RegionalsIntermediate2nd
Nate Whitaker
April Checkmate ChallengeJunior2nd
Nevaeh Roughan
T2 Invercargill (Jun) RegionalsJuniorBest Female
Nguyen BuiMarch Checkmate ChallengeSenior3rd

T2 Auckland (Sen) RegionalsSeniorTied 2nd
Nicola Baxter
T2 West Coast (Jun) RegionalsJuniorBest Female
Noah Hewlett-Coffey
T2 Northland RegionalsSeniorTied 1st
Okitha Babaranda
T2 Invercargill (Jun) RegionalsJunior1st
Oliver Bartlett
T2 Central Otago RegionalsJuniorTied 3rd
Oliver Xiao
T2 Auckland North (Jun) RegionalsJunior3rd
Oscar Wang
T2 Auckland South/East (Jun) RegionalsJuniorTied 1st
Patrick Sales
T2 Invercargill (Jun) RegionalsJuniorTied 3rd
Paul Gudoy
T2 Timaru/Oamaru RegionalsSenior1st
Phoenix Mason
T2 Northland RegionalsIntermediateTied 3rd
Quinn Stevenson February Sarapu Cup Rotorua Rooks 2nd
R M S Y Rathayake May Sarapu Cup North Shore Rooks 1st
Rebecca Zhao T2 Auckland West/Central (Jun) Regionals
 Junior 1st
Reed Pearse T2 Timaru/Oamaru Regionals Junior Tied 2nd
Reilly Blackmore February Sarapu Cup Hamilton Rooks 2nd
Rex Chen May Checkmate Challenge Intermediate Tied 1st
Richard Wessels February Sarapu Cup Hamilton Rooks 1st

March Sarapu Cup Hamilton Rooks 2nd
Rimu Xiao
 T2 Invercargill (Jun) Regionals Junior Tied 3rd
Ryan Gao T2 Auckland (Sen) Regionals Senior Tied 2nd
Ryan (Rui'en) Chen March Checkmate Challenge Intermediate 2nd

April Checkmate Challenge Intermediate 2nd
Ryan Chen
 May Checkmate Challenge Intermediate Tied 1st
Ryan Smith
 T2 Northland Regionals Junior 1st
Sanay Pai April Checkmate Challenge Senior Tied 3rd
Santi Ferdnandez T2 Dunedin Regionals Intermediate 1st
Savith Wijayasinghe
 April Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 3rd
Sean Balbalin
 T2 Timaru/Oamaru RegionalsSenior2nd
Selah Yulde
 April Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 3rd
Selwin de Haast
April Checkmate ChallengeSeniorTied 3rd
Seth Holten
May Sarapu Cup HamiltonRooks3rd
Shreyaan AroraMarch Checkmate ChallengeJuniorTied 3rd
Sithupa GamageMay Sarapu Cup North ShoreRooksTied 3rd
Sunny TianT2 Timaru/Oamaru RegionalsSeniorTied 3rd
Sunny TruongMay Checkmate ChallengeSenior2nd
Sushen Janaki MangaldeepMarch Checkmate ChallengeJuniorTied 3rd

May Checkmate ChallengeJuniorTied 3rd
Teerth RaoMay Checkmate ChallengeJunior2nd
Theo HillMarch Sarapu Cup OnlineKings2nd

April Checkmate ChallengeIntermediate1st
Thomas Voyce
T2 Nelson (Jun) RegionalsJunior1st
Tokusho Littlewood February Sarapu Cup Hamilton Rooks Tied 3rd
Tyler Fraser
T2 Nelson (Jun) RegionalsJuniorTied 2nd
Vicky Chen
T2 Invercargill (Int/Sen) RegionalsIntermediateTied 3rd
Vidhur Kannan March Checkmate Challenge Intermediate 1st
Vonal Dissanayaka March Checkmate Challenge Intermediate Tied 3rd
Whitimai Witoko-Clair February Sarapu Cup Rotorua Rooks 1st

March Sarapu Cup Rotorua Rooks 1st

April Sarapu Cup Rotorua Rooks 1st
William Miers T2 Timaru/Oamaru Regionals Intermediate 2nd
Xavier Chen
 April Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 3rd
Xin En Weng
 April Checkmate ChallengeSeniorTied 3rd
Zach Voyce T2 Nelson (Int/Sen) RegionalsIntermediate1st
Zuma Pirey
 T2 Northland RegionalsJuniorBest Female

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