2025 West Auckland Interschools Dates and Venues
Waitakere Chess Club will be holding three Regional Qualifiers. High School; Intermediate; Primary.
The 3 events will be held at the Waitakere Chess Club venue of 20 Albert Rd, Kelston, Auckland.
Dates for West Auckland Interschools 2025
June 6th – High School –
June 13th – Intermediate –
June 27th – Primary –
Further details on these events will appear appear on this website page once they become available.
The entry form for the West Auckland Interschools click here
Cost
Each school will be invoiced, after the event, at $95 per team. E.g. enter two teams for a price of $190. The same price structure applies to the three events.
Event Details and Rules
Teams compete in a 4 person team (one substitute is allowed per team providing they play on the bottom board).
Games are 15+5 time control.
Players must be in the same order (best player on board 1, worst player on 4).
Format is a “Swiss” System (keep winning and your team play teams that are also winning).
The decision of the Arbiter is final.
Each team must provide an adult to supervise and organise their team during the event.
Winning team of each event qualifies to the national tournament. If team entries for the qualifiers are large enough then 2 teams can qualify NZCF to confirm level).
A full set of rules from NZCF as it relates to the 2024 competition can be found here.
A permission form to give to parents is found here. Note this is just a suggested / starter form and it is in word so you can edit it to add or delete what you want.