Next event
2027 Oceania Zonal Chess Championships
Open and Women’s Zonal plus a Blitz championship, with direct titles available (entries permitting).
Howick-Pakuranga Chess Club · since the late 1960s
Juniors, beginners and rated players all welcome. A friendly club with one of the largest junior memberships in New Zealand.

Tuesday 10 November 2026
Tuesday 17 November 2026
Tuesday 24 November 2026
Next event
Open and Women’s Zonal plus a Blitz championship, with direct titles available (entries permitting).
What happens on your first Tuesday, which session suits you, and how to let us know you’re coming.
Junior Hour from 5:50pm in term time: a short lesson, then games paired by the club’s ladder system.
Every round of this season’s rated club tournaments, plus draws and standings on VegaResults.
Winners from the 2026 club tournaments.
2026
Jaden Lee · 7.5/8
2026
Sai Somaraju · 6/7
2026
Jamie Shizie Wang & Jacob Carr · 6/7
Juniors
The 16 Junior Hour players who qualified from the HPCC Chess Ladder for the 2026 Howick-Pakuranga Junior Cup.
Club life
Former member Oliver Zhou volunteered at Junior Hour through Terms 2 and 3 and registered our 1,000th Junior Hour player.
Club life
Puzzles shared around a board and hot chocolate in the break: why the little moments at chess club matter.
The club began in the late 1960s as the Cockle Bay Chess Club, founded by FM Richard Sutton, and became Howick-Pakuranga after merging with the Pakuranga club in 1975. We run the Latvian weekend tournament every year since 1977 and have hosted the New Zealand Championships four times.
Our history and committee