The New Zealand Chess Championship is an annual open tournament played to determine the country's chess champion. It is organised by the New Zealand Chess Federation .
7-625: The first installment of the championship was held in Christchurch in 1879, and was won by Henry Hookham. Following a 9 year break, the tournament resumed in the New Year of 1888/89, and has been held annually since. It has been played with the Swiss system since 1996/97. Note: Up until 1934 foreign players were eligible for the title. The eligibility rules were changed in 1935 to preclude this; John Angus Erskine (twice champion in 1929 and 1935)
14-858: A basement room in which to carry out electrical experiments. It was here that Erskine investigated the magnetic screening of high-frequency oscillations by various metals, an offshoot of Rutherford's pioneering work. Results of his research appeared in the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute in 1895. In 1896 Erskine won an 1851 Exhibition Scholarship and opted to study in Berlin at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat . In 1897, he and Rutherford holidayed together in Germany and year 1897 and part of 1898 Erskine
21-660: Is played for the Mabel Abbott Trophy, named for the winner of the inaugural event in 1938. The 2023 edition was held as a memorial event for 2006 winner WIM Sue Maroroa Jones , who passed away earlier in the year. The North Island Chess Championship was first conducted in 1954. Players compete for the Charles Belton Trophy. The event is organised by the New Zealand Chess Federation. The South Island Chess Championship
28-584: Was a son of Robert Erskine, who migrated from Scotland to Southland , New Zealand, at the age of 16. Jack was educated at South School, and became the first Southland youth to win a Junior Scholarship to the University of New Zealand in 1890. The next year, he chose to enrol at Canterbury College (now University of Canterbury). He passed his final B.A. exams in 1893. With the start of the new term in April 1894, Ernest Rutherford and J.A. Erskine applied to use
35-551: Was at the University of Leipzig. He then moved to London and spent 1899 and 1900 there, attending classes at University College and translating German works into English. In 1901, Erskine returned to New Zealand to work as a boiler stoker. He then began working in the electrical industry, first in the United States (1903–1904), and then Australia (1905–1920). After 1920 he worked as a private consultant in Melbourne. He won
42-684: Was born in Invercargill and was therefore eligible although he was domiciled in Melbourne, Australia . Tom Lepviikman, Frederik Foulds, Bruce Anderson, Martin Dreyer, Puchen Wang, Robert W Smith; Michael V.R. Steadman, Ben Hague, Daniel Hanwen Gong The New Zealand Rapid Chess Championship was first conducted in 1993. The event is organised by the New Zealand Chess Federation . The New Zealand Women's Championship
49-692: Was first conducted in 1950. The event is organised by the New Zealand Chess Federation. Winners of the New Zealand correspondence chess Championship (start year given): Winners of the New Zealand Veterans Championship (start year given): John Angus Erskine John Angus Erskine (28 January 1873, Invercargill – 27 April 1960, Melbourne ) was a New Zealand educated physicist, electrical engineer, benefactor and chess master. Born in Invercargill, he
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