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NZ Seniors & Veterans Chess Championships 2025

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25 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 07 Nov 2025 to 09 Nov 2025 in Napier, New Zealand. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1967, and top seed was Peter D McKenzie (🇳🇿 NZL, 2265).

Peter D McKenzie (🇳🇿 NZL, 2265) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Timothy Huy Minh Ha (4.5) and R.A. Tony Dowden (4.5). McKenzie shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Robert List (1651) beat Ross McKerras (1994), a +343-point gap.

Location
🇳🇿Napier, New Zealand
Dates
07 Nov 2025 → 09 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇿Peter D McKenzie2265
Avg top 10
1,967
Participants
25
Titled players · 2
CM×2
Federations · 1 represented
🇳🇿New Zealand×25
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 5 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
4
2
3
4
5
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Dowden4.5McKenzie4.5Cummings4.5Carpinter4.5Ha4.5Fuatai4
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

5 players finish on 4.5/6. McKenzie takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (21.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM R.A. Tony Dowden drew with Peter D McKenzie (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

CM R.A. Tony Dowden won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMR.A. Tony Dowden*
½
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2Peter D McKenzie
½
*
½
1
3Nick Cummings—
½
*—
4Antony L Carpinter—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1McKenzie, Peter D2265NZL+10B=4N+5B+9N=3B=2N4.521.024.017.252132-27.6
2Ha, Timothy Huy Minh1722NZL+19N+9B+6N=3N=4B=1B4.520.522.515.752130+50.6
3Dowden, R.A. TonyCM1944NZL+15N+14B+7N=2B=1N=6B4.519.522.015.502049+17.0
4Cummings, Nick1881NZL+23N=1B+8N=6B=2N+9B4.519.520.013.502092+31.4
5Carpinter, Antony L2080NZL+24N=8B−1N+16B+18N+7B4.516.517.010.752086+3.4
6Reedy, Brendan1958NZL+20B+13N−2B=4N+17B=3N4.018.520.511.501725-18.4
7Fuatai, Fuatai1915NZL+12B+17N−3B+11N+22B−5N4.017.018.59.501898-0.4
8Forster, WilliamCM1827NZL+21B=5N−4B=12N+11B=22N3.516.518.09.001815+0.4
9Smith, Christopher1996NZL+11B−2N+21B−1B+20N−4N3.018.520.06.501758-57.6
10Holdo, Karl1729NZL−1N=12B=19N+15B=13N=20B3.015.017.07.501787+2.6
11Kerr, Grant1684NZL−9N+23B+14N−7B−8N+18B3.015.015.55.001834+21.2
12Cooper, Nigel1614NZL−7N=10N+25B=8B+21N−16B3.014.515.05.251809+25.0
13Ganeshan, Rangarajan0NZL+25N−6B+18B−22N=10B=17N3.012.513.05.0018450.0
14List, Robert1651NZL+18B−3N−11B−17N+23N=21B2.513.013.53.251745+10.4
15Joel, Chris1627NZL−3B−18N+23B−10N=19B+24N2.512.012.52.001722+10.0
16Burn, Michael0NZLFF=17B−5N+25B+12N2.510.010.04.5018300.0
17Neal, Rodger Martin0NZLF−7B=16N+14B−6N=13B2.016.016.05.2517160.0
18McKerras, Ross1994NZL−14N+15B−13N+19B−5B−11N2.015.517.54.501566-80.8
19Earle, Michael R W0NZL−2B=20N=10B−18N=15N=23B2.014.014.54.0015880.0
20MacFarlane, Magnus0NZL−6N=19B+24NF−9B=10N2.012.512.53.0017550.0
21Hooton, Barry R1483NZL−8N+24B−9NF−12B=14N1.512.512.51.751583+9.4
22Lynn, K William1810NZLFFF+13B−7N=8B1.510.510.54.751678-6.8
23Beier, Thomas1623NZL−4B−11N−15NF−14B=19N0.514.514.51.00909-31.0
24Booth, Anthony1686NZL−5B−21N−20B=25NF−15B0.511.011.00.251407-27.2
25Benson, James1735NZL−13BF−12N=24B−16NF0.59.09.00.251457-14.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets