Tag: Paul Spiller

Auckland is set to host the World Chess Federation’s 100-year celebrations this year and a local aficionado of the sport is excited to be...

By Paul Spiller, Howick Village Association committee There is a busy month ahead with many activities in and around Howick Village. The annual Bookarama For...

Chess prodigy Xiahan (Luna) Lu, 10, from Auckland - and a recent winner in Howick - has won two medals at the Asian Youth...

Xiahan (Luna) Lu, 10, from Auckland - and a recent winner in Howick - has won two medals at the Asian Youth Championships in Al-Ain. Luna...

A long-time champion of chess has been recognised for a half century dedicated to the Howick Pakuranga Chess Club. Last week before a Howick versus...

Chess fans were treated to a hard-fought match between two young chess stars at Poppies Chess Challenge in Howick recently. Luna Lu beat Luna Xu...

A new group promoting chess and its benefits has been formed. The Middle Game Chess Foundation Trust was launched at Art Select Gallery in Newmarket...

Howick's Paul Spiller, vice president of the New Zealand Chess Federation, is organising a special Girl's Chess Day at Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre...

Egyptian Grandmaster Samy Shoker has won the Bob Wade Memorial Masters chess tournament with a score of 7.5/9 in Howick. The competition began last weekend...

The Bob Wade Memorial Masters and Challengers chess tournaments begin in Howick on Saturday. Organiser and vice president of the New Zealand Chess Federation Paul...

Fourteen people had to withdraw from the Asian Seniors Chess Championships due to Covid at the Auckland Rose Park Hotel in Parnell. The tournament, organised...

As part of the Howick 175 events and celebrations, we have asked Howick/Pakuranga residents to share some of their memories. Today we hear from...

A national chess tournament which is to be held in Howick from Friday bears the name of one of Howick's best-known identities and businessmen. The...

The new Howick Chess Centre will be officially opened on Sunday. A joint project between Howick's Paul Spiller (Chess Enterprises New Zealand) and the New...

English chess player and Grandmaster (GM) Gawain Jones has won the inaugural Howick chess tournament honouring legendary New Zealand chess player, the late Bob...

“No one will regret the time dedicated to chess, as it will help in any profession.” It seems the most fitting of quotes - from...

Five locals have been named in the New Year’s Honours list including Bucklands Beach-raised Olympian Barbara Kendall who was made a Companion of the...

The World Chess Federation has a new leader - and a local man was in Europe as part of the elections. Every four years the...

Every four years the World Chess Federation (FIDE) holds elections amongst its 189 member countries to determine a president and officials to oversee the...

The eighth Asian Seniors Chess Championships are underway at Waipuna Conference Centre. The event, which runs all week before the prizegiving on Sunday October 15,...