The South Island Chess Championships 2025 will take place from September 24 to September 27 in Dunedin, New Zealand. It is an 8-round Swiss system tournament with time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from Australia, check out The Oceanian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are FM Michael V R Steadman (2254), Matthew D McNabb (2200), CM Edward Rains (2190), CM John Stark (2172), Edward S Lee (2147), CM Cohen Young (2124), Quentin J F Johnson (2108), CM Ilias Angelo (Leo) Baker (2100), CM Isabelle Yixuan Ning (2096), CM Kendrick Botong Zhang (2080), CM William Rui Liu (2076), CM Zachary Yu (2075), Thomas Van der Hoorn (2075), David P Weegenaar (2065), Mathew J King (2024). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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South Island Chess Championships 2025 Participants
ID
NAME
Fed
Title
Rtg
RtgF
1
Steadman, Michael V R
NZL
FM
2254
1992
2
McNabb, Matthew D
NZL
2200
2044
3
Rains, Edward
NZL
CM
2190
2027
4
Stark, John
NZL
CM
2172
2055
5
Lee, Edward S
NZL
2147
2016
6
Young, Cohen
NZL
CM
2124
2010
7
Johnson, Quentin J F
NZL
2108
1942
8
Baker, Ilias Angelo (Leo)
NZL
CM
2100
2088
9
Ning, Isabelle Yixuan
NZL
CM
2096
2023
10
Zhang, Kendrick Botong
NZL
CM
2080
2021
11
Liu, William Rui
NZL
CM
2076
2063
12
Yu, Zachary
NZL
CM
2075
2046
13
Van der Hoorn, Thomas
NZL
2075
1971
14
Weegenaar, David P
NZL
2065
1968
15
King, Mathew J
NZL
2024
1969
16
Wang, Justin Zhide
NZL
CM
2019
2034
17
Cummings, Nick
NZL
2007
1897
18
Wilson, Dion A
NZL
1995
1924
19
Sun, Alexander
NZL
1985
0
20
Muthukumaran, Sriram
NZL
1910
1643
21
Braganza, Nadia
NZL
WFM
1874
1829
22
Liu, Richard Jingjie
NZL
1850
1828
23
Md Arifuzzaman, Arif
BAN
1836
1836
24
Stewart, Ezekiel
NZL
1828
0
25
Fukushima, Shoji
NZL
1805
1861
26
Christie, Richie
NZL
1802
1808
27
Tao, Junqing Jerome
NZL
1796
1887
28
Holdo, Karl
NZL
1763
1711
29
Broad, Cory
NZL
1734
1564
30
McIntosh, Fraser
NZL
1731
1662
31
Dolejs, Dan
NZL
1710
1716
32
Heperi, Dallin J N
NZL
1704
1747
33
Grant, Tyne
NZL
1704
1730
34
Yu, Weiyang (Cadence)
NZL
1690
1634
35
Duffield, Terence
NZL
1685
1800
36
Familton, Gregory
NZL
1678
1702
37
Coleman, Phil
NZL
1671
1763
38
Gold, Hamish R
NZL
1664
1726
39
Bell, Daniel
NZL
1650
1619
40
Black, Ross
NZL
1637
1725
41
Christie, Jonno
NZL
1632
0
42
Koentges, Thomas
NZL
1575
1581
43
Loretan, Alf
NZL
1571
1741
44
Ashe, Michael
NZL
1566
1649
45
Song, Quinn
NZL
1558
1626
46
Lourenco, Eva
NZL
WCM
1530
1628
47
Patel, Akash Jayantkumar
IND
1525
1627
48
Gibb, John L
NZL
1482
0
49
Bazanov, Michael
NZL
1455
0
50
Lee, Dylan E S
NZL
1436
1553
51
Sun, Fu Qiang
NZL
1436
0
52
Kuruppuarachchi, Thisun
NZL
1394
0
53
Sloan, Rogan-Joe
NZL
1381
0
54
Peng, Kerry (Haiyan)
NZL
1350
0
55
Gudoy, Paul
NZL
1337
0
56
MacDonald, Caleb
NZL
1336
0
57
Dadou, Mohamed
NZL
1323
0
58
Christie, Jacob
NZL
1312
0
59
Balbalin, Sean
NZL
1296
0
60
Samuel, Scott
NZL
1272
0
61
Miriyala, Sreenikesh
NZL
1250
1480
62
Koulanov, Aleksey
NZL
1245
0
63
McPherson, Timothy J
NZL
1224
1560
64
Frith, Hunter
NZL
1214
0
65
Hamelink, Donovan
NZL
0
0
66
Lu, Oumaier
NZL
0
0