The Press Chess Competition is an interschool chess tournament between teams of four players run in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Winning teams progress to the national final that is organised by the New Zealand Chess Federation.

Entries for the 2010 competition are now closed. For queries about your zone, please contact your Zone Master.
For general queries about the competition, please contact Simon Ward.

The North Canterbury Chess Club will be running their qualifying rounds on August 1.

The South Island championship is being hosted at Ashburton Intermediate on August 31 / September 1. Four teams per section from the Press Chess Competition may progress to the championship.

The New Zealand final is being hosted at Christchurch Boys' High School on the weekend of September 25/26 in the school holidays. Only one team per section from the Press Chess Competition has automatic entry to the final this year.

Term 3 Competition Calendar

Week	Date	Level	Host School	Visiting Schools
3	Thursday 5 August	1-6	Halswell (2A/2B)	Redwood (2A), Windsor (1A/2B), Lincoln (1A/1B), Yaldhurst (1A/1B), Oaklands (1B), Hillview Christian (1B)
4	Monday morning 9 August	7-8	Medbury (1A/2B)	St Joseph's Papanui (1A,1B), St Patrick's (1A), St Andrew's (1A,1B), Our Lady of the Assumption (1A,1B), Hillview Christian (1A,1B)
4	Monday morning 9 August	7-8	...also at Medbury	Chisnallwood (2A), Heathcote Valley (1A), Westburn (1A), Cathedral Grammar (2A)
4	Monday afternoon 9 August	1-6	Medbury (2A/3B)	Westburn (1A/2B), Marshland (1A/1B), Rewi Alley (1A/1B), Burnside (1A), West Eyreton (2B), Roydvale (2B), Russley (1B)
4	Wednesday 11 August	1-6	Fendalton (4A/4B)	Waimairi (1A/1B), Cotswold (1A/1B), St Patrick's (1A), Clarkville (2B), Hurunui (1B)
4	Wednesday 11 August	7-8	Cobham (4A)	Yaldhurst (2A,2B), Christchurch South (2A,1B), Heaton (1A,2B), Casebrook (1A,2B), Rolleston (1A,1B)
4	Thursday 12 August	1-6	St Peter's (1A/4B)	Mt Pleasant (2A/2B), Bromley (1A/2B), Heathcote Valley (1A), Burwood (2B), Mairehau (1B), St Michael's (1A), South New Brighton (1B)
4	Thursday 12 August	7-8	St Peters's (1B)	Linwood Intermediate (2B), West Melton (1B), West Eyreton (1B)
4	Friday 13 August	1-6	Hampstead (2A)	Longbeach (1A/1B), Carew Peel Forest (1A/1B), St Joseph's Ashburton (3B), Netherby (2B), Wakanui (1B)
5	Friday 20 August	1-6	St Mark's (2A/1B)	Cathedral Grammar (2A), St Andrew's (1A/1B), Our Lady of the Assumption (1A/1B), West Melton (2B), Springston (1B)
5	Friday 20 August	7-8	St Mark's (2A)	Lincoln (1A,1B), Hurunui (1A,1B), Halswell (1A,1B), Beckenham (1A,1B), Clarkville (2B)
6	Tuesday 24 August	1-6	Cathedral Grammar	The Press Chess Years 1-6 Finals
6	Wednesday 25 August	7-8	Cobham	The Press Chess Years 7-8 Finals