2026 New Zealand Congress | Rapid

Invercargill NZLJan 11 – 12, 2026Rapid

2026 New Zealand Congress | Rapid brought together 46 players in Invercargill NZL, including 1 grandmaster. Felix Xie has the best score, 7 out of 8. Open a player to see their openings and games, or to prepare against them.

Players: 46
Games: 102
Average Elo: 1799
Top rating: 2379

Standings

#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	W / D / L
1	IMFelix Xie	NZL	2379	7/8	6 / 2 / 0
1	Matthew Keith	NZL	1921	7/9	6 / 2 / 1
3	Ro Smith	IND	2136	6½/9	6 / 1 / 2
3	CMWilliam Rui Liu	NZL	2116	6½/9	6 / 1 / 2
3	CMJustin Zhide Wang	NZL	1948	6½/8	5 / 3 / 0
3	Dan Fernandez	ESP	1905	6½/8	6 / 1 / 1
7	Edward S Lee	NZL	1989	6/8	6 / 0 / 2
7	Richard J Dare	NZL	1962	6/9	5 / 2 / 2
7	FMLester Van Meter	USA	1918	6/8	5 / 2 / 1
10	Matthew David McNabb	NZL	2040	5/8	4 / 2 / 2
11	Abhaysinh Ker	IND	2191	4½/8	3 / 3 / 2
11	Hayden Steele	NZL	1853	4½/7	4 / 1 / 2
13	CMLeighton Nicholls	NZL	1882	3½/6	3 / 1 / 2
13	Ryan Yiheng Zhou	NZL	1844	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
15	Richard Jingjie Liu	NZL	1924	3/6	2 / 2 / 2
15	William Forster Georgiou	CYP	1812	3/7	3 / 0 / 4
17	GMJacek Stopa	POL	2330	2½/4	2 / 1 / 1
17	Nathan Sun	NZL	1796	2½/5	2 / 1 / 2
19	WFMAnya Thurner	NZL	1841	2/5	2 / 0 / 3
19	Jadhav Pratik	IND	1319	2/5	2 / 0 / 3
21	Aidan Malcolm	NZL	1802	1½/4	1 / 1 / 2
21	Martin Zhou	NZL	1786	1½/3	1 / 1 / 1
21	Tyne Grant	NZL	1746	1½/3	1 / 1 / 1
24	Zane Sarmad	NZL	1637	1/2	1 / 0 / 1
25	Matthew Ashton	NZL	1844	½/4	0 / 1 / 3
25	Paul Gudoy	NZL	1647	½/5	0 / 1 / 4
25	Cory Broad	NZL	1607	½/3	0 / 1 / 2
25	Fabian Vry	GER	1566	½/4	0 / 1 / 3
25	Ethan Zhirui Wang	NZL	1539	½/3	0 / 1 / 2
30	Hamish R Gold	NZL	1770	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
30	Phil Coleman	NZL	1759	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
30	Gregory Familton	NZL	1725	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
30	Caleb MacDonald	NZL	1724	0/3	0 / 0 / 3
30	Michael Ashe	NZL	1639	0/3	0 / 0 / 3
30	Tiwa Pene	NZL	1637	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
30	Taylor Sussex	NZL	1620	0/2	0 / 0 / 2
30	Daniel Bell	USA	1581	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
30	Dylan E S Lee	NZL	1548	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
30	Elena Moshakova	RUS	1547	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
30	Barry R Hooton	NZL	1491	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
30	Sean Balbalin	NZL	1428	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
30	Sansithu Deepagoda	NZL	–	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
30	Sasandu Kiwulegedara	NZL	–	0/3	0 / 0 / 3
30	Michael Nguyen	SWE	–	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
30	Alex Taurima	NZL	–	0/1	0 / 0 / 1
30	Moss Wylie	NZL	–	0/4	0 / 0 / 4

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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