Wednesday 21 December 2016

We are proud to announce that the Manawatu Knights Chess Club have just put in a bid to run the National Congress, here in Palmerston North, in 2018.

Here comes the Knights...

Friday 7 October 2016


North Island Championship 2016

Manawatu Knights players finish on a high after to 2 weeks of chess championships been held at PNBHS.

Joint North Island Champions for 2016 are our clubs very own Jack James & Mark Noble

This Title for Jack goes well with his 2 NZ Junior Titles earned last week.

This also gives Mark back to back North Island Titles

Jack James takes out Top Junior Prize

Mark Noble takes out Top Senior Prize

Sol Ross wins biggest upset beating someone 823 rating points higher

Also our club members playing in this event made a gain of over 200 rating points.

Saturday 1 October 2016


5th Feilding Rapid

1st Jack James

North Island Blitz

2nd= Mark Noble & Jack James

1st Top Junior Jack James

1st Top Senior Mark Noble

Friday 30 September 2016

2016 New Zealand Junior Championship

Isabella Malton capped of a great week winning 2 more NZJ titles today taking her total to 5

NZJ Under 10 Champion
NZJ Under 10 Girl Champion

Monday 26 September 2016


NZ Junior Chess Championship Rapid 2016

Manawatu Knights players win more titles at NZJ Rapid

2016 NZJ Rapid Champion 1st Jack James

2016 Under 10 Girls Champion
1st= Isabella Malton

Sunday 25 September 2016

2016 New Zealand Junior Blitz Championship

Manawatu Knights players star in Blitz Championship results below.

2016 NZJ Blitz Champion Jack James 1st

2016 NZJ Blitz  Dion Charles 3rd=

2016 NZJ Blitz Under 10 Isabella Malton 1st=

2016 NZJ Blitz Under 10 Girl Isabella Malton 1st

Wednesday 21 September 2016

Manawatu School Pupils 2016

Overall Results

1st Sol Ross (PNBHS)
2nd Malachi Hill (PNBHS)
3rd Matthew Clayton (PNBHS)

Under 16

1st Hananke Calitz  (home school)
2nd Martin Joseph (PNBHS)

Under 14

1st Cameron Van RynBach (PNBHS)
2nd Shaheer Hussian (PNINS)
3rd Kian Jones (Masterton)

Under 12

1st Will Tucker  (Masterton)
2nd Alyssa Smiler (PNINS)
3rd Alex Clayton (PNINS)

Under 10

1st Isabella Malton
2nd Joshua Wright (Tokomaru)
3rd Fletcher Lockhead (St James)

Under 8

1st Charlie Lawton (Opiki)
2nd Liam Voysey (St James)
3rd Devon Wheeler (Manchester St)

Top Female

1st Jade Alves (Masterton)
2nd Rakshit Rajeshkumar (PNINS)
3rd Jorja Wood (FIS)

Tuesday 30 August 2016

Saturday 20 August 2016


 
Manawatu School Pupil
Chess Championship 2016
 
Venue: Feilding Civic Centre
             84 Aorangi Street
             Feilding 4702
 
Date: Wednesday, 21st  September 2016 

Entry Fees: $10.00 

Closing date for entries: Midday, 20th  September 2016 

Time Control: 40 minutes per game, Unfinished games to be adjudicated 

Play Starts: 9.30am

                      (Players are asked to be there by 9.15am) 

Trophy & Medals:    Manawatu School Pupil Champion 2016

                                    Under 16 Champion 2016

                                    Under 14 Champion 2016

                                    Under 12 Champion 2016

                                    Under 10 Champion 2016 

Payments:    Please make cheques payable to Manawatu Knights Chess Club. Send entry to The Secretary, Manawatu Knights Chess Club,

101 Sherwill St West,Feilding 4702.

If paying by direct credit (to ANZ Bank account 01 0755 0222242 00) please give full name, and email full details required on entry form to xn7223@paradise.net.nz  (Mark Noble) 

Entries to Mark Noble:
Phone: 06 3237003 or 0273382040

Thursday 18 August 2016

1st Fiji International Blitz Open

Jack James 1st= with IM Gary Lane
which included Jack beating the IM

Tuesday 16 August 2016


Jack James wins

2016 Oceania Junior Championship

 Great result for Jack who has been putting in hours of work of late.


Wednesday 3 August 2016

Manawatu Regionals Intermediate & Secondary Results 2016

Intermediate

1st Feilding
2nd Feilding

Wairarapa Zone

1st Masterton

Secondary

1st PNBHS
2nd PNBHS
Manawatu Primary Regionals 2016

1st  Manchester Street

2nd St James

3rd Carncot

Good Luck to the teams making it to the National Finals in Palmerston North on 24/25 September

Wednesday 20 July 2016

Up coming events in Palmerston North

September 24th-25th 2016 - NZ Interschools Team Championship Finals, Palmerston North.
Kicking off organiser Mark Noble's two week bonanza of non-stop chess! Winning teams from the nationwide qualifying competitions will compete for the official New Zealand Chess Federation Interschools title. Hosted by Manawatu Knights Chess Club. Qualifiying events: see NZCF New Zealand Interschools page.
 
September 25th 2016 - NZ Junior Blitz, Palmerston North.
Venue: Palmerston North Boys' High School, 263 Featherston St, Palmerston North. Nine-round swiss-system event with a time control of 3 minutes for the game plus an increment of 2 seconds per move from move 1. FIDE-rated: non-NZL players must have FIDE ID issued by their chess federation.Entry fee: $20. Contact: Mark Noble, email xn7223@paradise.net.nz. Download entry form here (pdf document). Follow the event on Vega: NZ Junior Blitz
 
September 26th 2016 - NZ Junior Rapid, Palmerston North.
Venue: Palmerston North Boys' High School, 263 Featherston St, Palmerston North. Six-round swiss-system event with a time control of 25 minutes for the game plus an increment of 5 seconds per move from move 1. FIDE-rated: non-NZL players must have FIDE ID issued by their chess federation. Entry fee: $40. Contact: Mark Noble, email xn7223@paradise.net.nz. This event is a Poison Pawn Grand Prix class 2 event. Download entry form here (pdf document). Follow the event on Vega: NZ Junior Rapid
 
September 27th-30th 2016 - NZ Junior Championships, Palmerston North.
Venue: Palmerston North Boys' High School, 263 Featherston St, Palmerston North. Seven-round swiss-system event with a time control of 90 minutes for the game plus an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1. FIDE-rated: non-NZL players must have FIDE ID issued by their chess federation. Entry fee: $40. Contact: Mark Noble, email xn7223@paradise.net.nz. This event is a Poison Pawn Grand Prix class 1 event. Download entry form here (pdf document). Follow the event on Vega: NZ Junior
 
October 1st 2016 - Feilding Rapid, Palmerston North.
Venue: Palmerston North Boys' High School, 263 Featherston St, Palmerston North. Six-round swiss-system event with a time control of 25 minutes for the game plus an increment of 5 seconds per move from move 1. FIDE-rated: non-NZL players must have FIDE ID issued by their chess federation. Entry fee: $40. Contact: Mark Noble, email xn7223@paradise.net.nz. This event is a Poison Pawn Grand Prix class 3 event. Download entry form here (pdf document). Follow the event on Vega: Feilding Rapid
 
October 1st 2016 - North Island Blitz, Palmerston North.
Venue: Palmerston North Boys' High School, 263 Featherston St, Palmerston North. Nine-round swiss-system event with a time control of 3 minutes for the game plus an increment of 2 seconds per move from move 1. FIDE-rated: non-NZL players must have FIDE ID issued by their chess federation. Entry fee: $30. Contact: Mark Noble, email xn7223@paradise.net.nz. Download entry form here (pdf document). Follow the event on Vega: North Island Blitz
 
October 2nd 2016 - North Island Rapid, Palmerston North.
Venue: Palmerston North Boys' High School, 263 Featherston St, Palmerston North. Six-round swiss-system event with a time control of 25 minutes for the game plus an increment of 5 seconds per move from move 1. FIDE-rated: non-NZL players must have FIDE ID issued by their chess federation. Entry fee: $60. Contact: Mark Noble, email xn7223@paradise.net.nz. This event is a Poison Pawn Grand Prix class 2 event. Download entry form here (pdf document). Follow the event on Vega: North Island Rapid
 
October 3rd-7th 2016 - North Island Championship, Palmerston North.
Venue: Palmerston North Boys' High School, 263 Featherston St, Palmerston North. Nine-round swiss-system event with a time control of 90 minutes for the game plus an increment of 30 seconds per move from move 1. FIDE-rated: non-NZL players must have FIDE ID issued by their chess federation. Entry fee: $80. Contact: Mark Noble, email xn7223@paradise.net.nz. This event is a Poison Pawn Grand Prix class 1 event. Download entry form here (pdf document). Follow the event on Vega: North Island Championship

Sunday 3 July 2016

Team Match today in Patea
 
Manawatu Knights vs New Plymouth Chess Club
Round 1
Manawatu Knights 3.5 New Plymouth 6.5
Round 2
Manawatu Knights 6.5 New Plymouth 3.5
Match Tied 10 all
Stars for the Manawatu Knights team
Sol Ross 2 points
Malachi Hill 2 points
Hananke Calitz 1.5 Points
Cameron Van Rynbach 1.5 Points

Saturday 25 June 2016

Upper Hutt Rapid 2016

A Grade  Mark Noble 3rd=    3.5 points
                 Jack James              3 Points

B Grade  Dion Charles 2nd    4.5 Points

C Grade  Sol Ross                   3 Points
      Cameron Van rynvbach   1.5 Points
                 Martin Joseph        1.5 Points

Junior      Sam Fletcher   1st=  5 points
                 Isabella Malton      3 Points
                 Callum Smith         2 Points

Tuesday 7 June 2016

39th Trusts Chess Open, Auckland.


Final Standing for our players


A Grade  Mark Noble  4.5 points 2nd
               Jack James     3 points

B Grade   Dion Charles 4.5 points 2nd=
                 Hananke Calitz 2.5 points

C Grade   Sol Ross      2 points

Tuesday 31 May 2016

Manawatu Knights Chess Club
Blitz Championship 2016

1st Mark Noble         7 points
2nd Hananke Calitz  5.5 points
3rd Malachi Hill       5 Points

Wednesday 18 May 2016

Manawatu Knights Handicap
Championship 2016

Final Standing

1st   Sol Ross 5 points
2nd  Hananke Calitz 4.5
3rd  Andrew Chandler 4

Wednesday 6 April 2016

Copthorne Discounts for NZ Chess Events in Palmerston North

Here is the link below for cheaper rates at our Chess Clubs Sponsor so please login and check the cheap price rates.

https://www.millenniumhotels.com/en/offers/nz-chess-2016/



Copthorne Hotel

Palmerston North


110 Fitzherbert Avenue New Zealand4410

http://www.millenniumhotels.co.nz/copthornepalmerstonnorth


Tuesday 22 March 2016

New Sponsorship


Manawatu knights Chess Club are proud to announce its new sponsorship deal with Car & Commercial Rentals for the up coming year 2016.

 Please make sure you help our chess club by supporting our new sponsor.

2016 National School Teams, New Zealand Juniors & North Island Championship events held here in Palmerston North in September and October 2016




Please check out the sponsors web link below


Car & Commercial Rentals






Contact Us

Email: info@ccrentals.co.nz
Phone: (06) 356 3384
Free Phone: 0800 356 338
Fax: (06) 356 3386
Address:731 Tremaine Ave.
Palmerston North, 4410
New Zealand


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Monday 8 February 2016

Hawkes Bay Open 2016

A Grade
Hananke Calitz 2.5
Dion Charles 2

B Grade
Sol Ross 3.5

Well done all Great Results

Tuesday 12 January 2016

2016 New Zealand Championship Results


NZ Blitz

FM Mark Noble 5.5
Dion Charles 3.5

NZ Champion  IM Puchen Wang 6.5

NZ Juniors

Dion Charles 4
Hananke Calitz 3

NZ Junior Champions Hans Gao & Allen Fan 5.5

Major Open

Hananke Calitz 5
Dion Charles 4.5

Major Open Winners Fuatai Fuatai & Vinod Kumar 7.5

NZ Championship Open

FM Mark Noble 5
Jack James  1.5  (withdrew)

NZ Champions FM Alexei Kulasho & FM Mike Steadman 6

NZ Rapid

FM Mark Noble 6.5  1st= NZ Champion
Hananke Calitz 4.5    1st Under 1700
Dion Charles 4

NZ Champions FM Mark Noble , IM Paul Garbett ,
FM Robert Smith & IM Puchen Wang 6.5