Champions Trophy 2026 Qualifiers

The following list shows all the players that have qualified for the Champions Trophy 2026. This list has been updated till Thursday 30th April 2026.
A qualified player 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

NameEventDivisionPlace
Abheek Dev MishraFebruary Sarapu Cup HamiltonRooks2nd
Adeesha GamarallageMarch Schools Checkmate ChallengeSeniorTied 3rd
Akaran RagulanMarch Sarapu Cup AucklandRooksTied 1st
Alvin BijuApril Sarapu Cup RotoruaRooksTied 2nd
Andy (Jinyi) ShiFebruary Sarapu Cup Rotorua
March Sarapu Cup Hamilton
March Sarapu Cup Online
April Sarapu Cup Auckland		Rooks
Rooks
Kings
Rooks		3rd
Tied 2nd
Tied 3rd
Tied 1st
Aniti DaunakamakamaMarch Schools Checkmate ChallengeJuniorTied 2nd
Annsh YadavApril Sarapu Cup AucklandRooksTied 3rd
Arlo Muller-BrennaTerm 2 Northland RegionalsJuniorTied 2nd
Arthur YuMarch Sarapu Cup AucklandRooksTied 1st
Avyukt YadavApril Sarapu Cup AucklandRooksTied 1st
Bjorn Pearse-DankerMarch Schools Checkmate ChallengeSeniorTied 1st
Bruce WangMarch Sarapu Cup Hamilton
April Sarapu Cup Hamilton		Rooks
Rooks		Tied 2nd
Tied 2nd
Caitlin DequillaTerm 2 Northland RegionalsJunior1st
Caleb GonsalvesMarch Schools Checkmate ChallengeJuniorTied 2nd
D'Arcy BeckettFebruary Sarapu Cup HamiltonRooks3rd
Dan Yang McKeoghMarch Sarapu Cup HamiltonRooks1st
Daniel ColesApril Sarapu Cup AucklandRooksTied 3rd
Dun Dun ZhangFebruary Sarapu Cup Hamilton
April Sarapu Cup Hamilton		Rooks
Rooks		1st
Tied 2nd
Elisha ShermanTerm 2 Northland RegionalsSeniorTied 2nd
Felix (Yifeng) ZuoApril Sarapu Cup HamiltonRooks1st
Hong En XuMarch Schools Checkmate Challenge
April Schools Checkmate Challenge		Junior
Junior		1st
Tied 1st
Ishaan PrasoonMarch Schools Checkmate ChallengeSeniorTied 3rd
Jack ThomasMarch Schools Checkmate ChallengeSeniorTied 3rd
Jacob AskinMarch Sarapu Cup OnlineKings1st
Jasmine WilliamsonTerm 2 Northland RegionalsSeniorTop girl
Jeremiah KellyTerm 2 Northland RegionalsSenior1st
JM Koki HaraFebruary Sarapu Cup RotoruaRooks1st
Josh BrightMarch Schools Checkmate ChallengeSeniorTied 3rd
Joshua WangMarch Schools Checkmate ChallengeSeniorTied 3rd
Joshya BankerMarch Sarapu Cup Rotorua
April Sarapu Cup Rotorua		Rooks
Rooks		2nd
1st
Jusof JomakhanzadaMarch Schools Checkmate ChallengeJuniorTied 2nd
Kaiyzah NgaiaTerm 2 Northland RegionalsJuniorTied 2nd
Kotua NewtonMarch Sarapu Cup Rotorua
April Sarapu Cup Rotorua		Rooks
Rooks		3rd
Tied 2nd
Lucas Muller-BrennanTerm 2 Northland RegionalsIntermediate3rd
Ma'a Pau'uMarch Schools Checkmate ChallengeSeniorTied 3rd
Mathidu GunasekaraMarch Schools Checkmate Challenge
April Schools Checkmate Challenge		Intermediate
Intermediate		Tied 1st
Tied 1st
Mindi GallageMarch Sarapu Cup Auckland
April Schools Checkmate Challenge		Rooks
Intermediate		Tied 1st
Tied 1st
Nate MoolmanTerm 2 Northland RegionalsIntermediateTied 1st
Nate WhitakerMarch Schools Checkmate ChallengeJuniorTied 2nd
Nicholas ChenApril Schools Checkmate ChallengeJuniorTied 1st
Quinn StevensonFebruary Sarapu Cup Rotorua
March Sarapu Cup Rotorua
April Sarapu Cup Rotorua		Rooks
Rooks
Rooks		2nd
1st
Tied 2nd
Rex ChenApril Schools Checkmate ChallengeSeniorTied 1st
Ryan (Rui'en) ChenApril Schools Checkmate ChallengeSenior3rd
Ryan (Yueyan) ChenApril Schools Checkmate ChallengeSeniorTied 1st
Ryan SmithTerm 2 Northland RegionalsIntermediateTied 1st
Sam CuiApril Schools Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 1st
Sanay Sainath PaiMarch Sarapu Cup OnlineKings2nd
Shashank GaviniMarch Sarapu Cup OnlineKingsTied 3rd
Siyoon LeeMarch Schools Checkmate ChallengeSeniorTied 3rd
Sushen Janaki MangaldeepMarch Schools Checkmate Challenge
April Schools Checkmate Challenge		Junior
Junior		Tied 2nd
3rd
Teerth RaoMarch Schools Checkmate ChallengeIntermediateTied 1st
Tahir Te'oTerm 2 Northland RegionalsSeniorTied 3rd
Vidhur KannanMarch Schools Checkmate Challenge
April Schools Checkmate Challenge		Intermediate
Intermediate		Tied 1st
Tied 1st
Yaroslav SidorenkoMarch Schools Checkmate ChallengeSeniorTied 1st
Youseff RajabTerm 2 Northland RegionalsSeniorTied 2nd


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