133. ch-NZL Open 2026

Invercargill NZLJan 2 – 5, 2026Classical

133. ch-NZL Open 2026 brought together 22 players in Invercargill NZL, including 2 grandmasters. Jacek Stopa has the best score, 4 out of 4. Open a player to see their openings and games, or to prepare against them.

Players: 22
Games: 19
Average Elo: 2012
Top rating: 2527

Standings

#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	W / D / L
1	GMJacek Stopa	POL	2330	4/4	4 / 0 / 0
2	GMDaniel Howard Fernandez	ENG	2527	3½/4	3 / 1 / 0
3	IMRussell John Dive	NZL	2143	3/4	3 / 0 / 1
4	Hayden Steele	NZL	1853	2/2	2 / 0 / 0
5	CMR.A. Tony Dowden	NZL	1961	1½/3	1 / 1 / 1
6	Matthew David McNabb	NZL	2040	1/1	1 / 0 / 0
6	WFMNadia Braganza	NZL	1844	1/1	1 / 0 / 0
6	WFMEmily Cathay Gan	NZL	1832	1/1	1 / 0 / 0
9	IMFelix Xie	NZL	2379	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
9	CMQuentin J.F. Johnson	NZL	1959	½/4	0 / 1 / 3
9	WFMAnya Thurner	NZL	1841	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
9	WCMWeiyang Cadence Yu	NZL	1671	½/1	0 / 1 / 0
13	CMWilliam Rui Liu	NZL	2116	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
13	CMZachary Yu	NZL	2081	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
13	CMEdward Rains	NZL	2021	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
13	Edward S Lee	NZL	1989	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
13	CMHaran Salasan	AUS	1989	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
13	Dion A Wilson	NZL	1966	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
13	CMJustin Zhide Wang	NZL	1948	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
13	FMLester Van Meter	USA	1918	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
13	Ryan Yiheng Zhou	NZL	1844	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
13	Ashwin Gogate	NZL	–	0/1	0 / 0 / 1

Scores count the games recorded in the imported databases. Byes, forfeits and unrecorded games are not included, so they can differ from the official final standings.

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