Latest Grand Masters
Congratulations to the following who have attained Grand Master or better
Updated 18 November 2018
| GOLD GRANDMASTERS | ||
| Oct 2018 | Steve Boughey | Akarana |
| Aug 2018 | Jan Cormack | Auckland |
| Aug 2018 | Alister Stuck | Hokowhitu |
| June 2018 | Peter Newell | Wellington |
| March 2018 | Ken Yule | Matamata |
| June 2017 | Noel Woodhall | Havelock North |
| June 2016 | Lorraine Stachurski | Palmerston North |
| March 2016 | Jenny Millington | Hamilton |
| January 2016 | Tom Jacob | Akarana |
| SILVER GRANDMASTERS | ||
| Oct 2018 | Neil Stuckey | Auckland |
| Kate Davies | Wellington | |
| June 2018 | Russell Wilson | New Plymouth |
| May 2018 | Sandra Dravitzki | Masterton |
| March 2018 | Stanley Abrahams | Mt Albert |
| Liz Fisher | Hamilton | |
| Eileen Horsman | Waiheke | |
| Jeter Liu | Akarana | |
| Anne Somerville | Invercargill | |
| December 2017 | Gary Chen | Akarana |
| Patrick D'Arcy | Wellington | |
| Mindy Wu | Wellington | |
| Douglas Russell | Auckland | |
| September 2016 | Kris Wooles | Christchurch |
| June 2017 | James Coutts | Otago |
| Paul Freeland | Otago | |
| Max Morrison | Christchurch | |
| March 2017 | John Patterson | Wellington |
| September 2016 | Carol Minchin | Nelson |
| Roger Minchin | Nelson | |
| Brett Glass | Hamilton | |
| Tony Oberdries | Marlborough | |
| March 2016 | Christine Gibbons | Te Puke |
| Carol Richardson | Akarana | |
| GRANDMASTERS | ||
| Nov 2018 | Beverley Morris | Auckland |
| Oct 2018 | George Sun | Akarana |
| Leslie Watt | Auckland | |
| Herman Yuan | Cambridge | |
| Pavla Fenwick | Christchurch | |
| Ian Bond | Matamata | |
| Steve Baron | Wanganui | |
| Phil Beale | Havelock North | |
| Aug 2018 | John Wang | Akarana |
| July 2018 | Allan Morris | Auckland |
| Andrew Janisz | Franklin | |
| March 2018 | Bruce Batchelor | Invercargill |
| Sandra Calvert | New Plymouth | |
| Alan Dormer | Auckland | |
| Mairi Fitzsimons | Hastings | |
| Daniel Skipper | Christchurch | |
| December 2017 | Rosemary Matskows | Auckland |
| Bob Lawrence | Otago | |
| Dennis Apperley | Havelock North | |
| Russell Dive | Wellington | |
| Sue Spencer | Franklin | |
| Cheryl Winsor | Howick | |
| Wayne Benefield | North Shore | |
| Chris Bolland | Karori | |
| September 2017 | Alan Geare | Otago |
| Neil Hawkins | Christchurch | |
| Lynette Morgan | Matamata | |
| Kate Terry | Tauranga | |
| June 2017 | Cecile Gyde | Havelock North |
| Lorraine Inglis | Kapi Mana | |
| Sita Monaghan | Nelson | |
| March 2017 | Pam Moore | Rotorua |
| December 2016 | Sam Coutts | Otago |
| Amanda Smith | Tauranga | |
| Stephen Francks | Tauranga | |
| September 2016 | Marilyn Jackson | Invercargill |
| Sylvester Riddell | Auckland | |
| June 2016 | Andi Boughey | Akarana |
| Dean Eidler | Otago | |
| Ian Moore | Rotorua | |
| March 2016 | Pamela Canning | Akarana |
| Geoff Eyles | Invercargill | |
| Bev Guilford | Auckland | |
| January 2016 | Janet Barnard | Auckland |
| Matthew Brown | Akarana | |
| Helen Healy | Hamilton | |
| Mark Robertson | Auckland | |
| Anne-Marie Russell | Otago | |
