Home from Commonwealth Chess Championship in KL, Malaysia
24 November 2025
We're home from the Commonwealth Chess Championships. We had few busy days after we got home including in Auckland on Saturday for a one day, Fischer Random chess tournament where the pieces are in random order at the start of each round.
Good results for my first international tournament, we have been told 50% is a good result:
4/9 for classical (long games)
5.5/9 for Blitz (quick games)
I lost my final round of classical at the Commonwealths after 5 hours of battling. Playing my first international tournament a division higher and against some very strong players was a wonderful experience. I learnt a lot!
In just under 3 weeks I'm off to play in the Oceania Youth Zonal in Brisbane and have three 1 day tournaments (2 in Auckland & 1 in Rotorua) before then!
Thanks again for your support - we are hopeful to raise the remainder required in the next couple of weeks as waiting to hear back from an organisation who is meeting to discuss helping financially.
