Top chess players in New Zealand

Live FIDE ratings, updated as games are played · October 2026

New Zealand has 461 rated players. The highest rated is IM Felix Xie at 2435.

Country ranking

#79 of 184

top 10 average 2268.8

Grandmasters

Moved since the October list

OCT26·461 players·Updated 08:55 UTC

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1#118147	47	IMFelix Xie NZL · 18FIDE 2439	2439	24352435.4	−3.6	+50
2#250573	73	FMAlphaeus Wei Ern Ang NZL · 24FIDE 2362	2362	23592359.1	−2.9	-18
3#=297710	10	IMTom Middelburg NZL · 46	2339	23392339.0	–	-6
4#=332712	12	IMSravan Renjith NZL · 18	2326	23262326.0	–	-48
5#=540812	12	FMDaniel Hanwen Gong NZL · 23	2263	22632263.0	–	+17
6#=634512	12	FMDaqi Mao NZL · 14	2239	22392239.0	–	+20
7#=812722	22	CMMichael Roy Freeman NZL · 66	2203	22032203.0	–	+1
8#=878317	17	FMNicolas Croad NZL · 46	2190	21902190.0	–	+30
9#=935824	24	IMAnthony F Ker NZL · 59	2180	21802180.0	–	-21
10#=1113222	22	FMKendrick Botong Zhang NZL · 17	2153	21532153.0	–	+123
11#=126292625	2625	CMJustin Zhide Wang NZL · 14FIDE 2103	2103	21352134.6	+31.6	+71
12#12877359	359	CMWilliam Rui Liu NZL · 15FIDE 2126	2126	21312131.2	+5.2	+46
13#=1287828	28	FMPeter D McKenzie NZL · 60	2131	21312131.0	–	-134
14#=1341431	31	IMRussell John Dive NZL · 60	2124	21242124.0	–	-30
15#=1455144	44	Matthew Keith NZL · 16	2111	21112111.0	–	+271
16#=1540249	49	CMIlias Angelo (Leo) Baker NZL · 22	2102	21022102.0	–	=
17#=1614343	43	CMYao Zen Markis Tew NZL · 20	2094	20942094.0	–	+64
=18#=1624756	56	FMRobert W Smith NZL · 70	2093	20932093.0	–	-13
=18#=1624756	56	Ryan Winter NZL · 23	2093	20932093.0	–	+41
20#=1635554	54	Daniel Han NZL · 42	2092	20922092.0	–	-17
21#=1863166	66	Tim Hare NZL · 66	2070	20702070.0	–	-16
22#=1897762	62	Ralph Hart NZL · 60	2067	20672067.0	–	+19
23#=1919267	67	CMIsabelle Yixuan Ning NZL · 17	2065	20652065.0	–	-52
24#=1987056	56	Yanbo Jin NZL · 19	2059	20592059.0	–	-29
=25#=2103975	75	FMStephen G Lukey NZL · 58	2049	20492049.0	–	+12

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