The Merv Morrison Memorial 2025 will take place from October 24 to October 27 in Auckland, New Zealand. It is a 6-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 90 min + 30 sec/move. For more events from New Zealand, check out The Oceanian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top-seeded players are FM Alphaeus Wei Ern Ang (2380), FM Daqi Mao (2219), CM William Rui Liu (2080), FM Leonard J McLaren (2025), CM Cohen Young (2000), Dion A Wilson (1986), Dylan Tama Piwari (1893), Zi Yao (Kelvin) Wang (1886), Junqing Jerome Tao (1877), Matthew Ashton (1854), Ryan Yiheng Zhou (1845), Ziyi Huang (1831), Caleb Wright (1800), Ziyu Huang (1789), Oliver Sun (1784). Scroll down for the full participants list.
More: Capital Chess Classic 2025 / NZ Women’s Championship 2025 / 2025 MCC Spring Festival / Hosworth Foundation Grand Prix 2025 / Hosworth Foundation High Flyers 2025
Merv Morrison Memorial 2025 Participants
| Number | ↕ NAME | Fed | Title | ↕ RtgF | ↕ RtgN |
| 1 | Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern | NZL | FM | 2380 | 2477 |
| 2 | Mao, Daqi | NZL | FM | 2219 | 2244 |
| 3 | Liu, William Rui | NZL | CM | 2080 | 2091 |
| 4 | McLaren, Leonard J | NZL | FM | 2025 | 2148 |
| 5 | Young, Cohen | NZL | CM | 2000 | 2112 |
| 6 | Wilson, Dion A | NZL | 1986 | 2060 | |
| 7 | Piwari, Dylan Tama | NZL | 1893 | 1997 | |
| 8 | Wang, Zi Yao (kelvin) | NZL | 1886 | 1893 | |
| 9 | Tao, Junqing Jerome | NZL | 1877 | 1847 | |
| 10 | Ashton, Matthew | NZL | 1854 | 1947 | |
| 11 | Zhou, Ryan Yiheng | NZL | 1845 | 1881 | |
| 12 | Huang, Ziyi | CHN | 1831 | 1874 | |
| 13 | Wright, Caleb | NZL | 1800 | 1839 | |
| 14 | Huang, Ziyu | CHN | 1789 | 1897 | |
| 15 | Sun, Oliver | NZL | 1784 | 1647 | |
| 16 | McEwen, Matheson | NZL | 1780 | 1785 | |
| 17 | Xu, Huankai (eden) | NZL | 1746 | 1730 | |
| 18 | Ha, Timothy Huy Minh | NZL | 1745 | 1751 | |
| 19 | Holdo, Karl | NZL | 1728 | 1760 | |
| 20 | Aidan Prince | IND | 1719 | 1673 | |
| 21 | Fabay, Jenre Angelo | NZL | 1717 | 1688 | |
| 22 | Gaynor, Alan | NZL | 1699 | 1640 | |
| 23 | Fang, Maximilian | NZL | 1686 | 1653 | |
| 24 | Li, Olivia | NZL | 1641 | 1614 | |
| 25 | Nicholson, Tom | NZL | 1639 | 1536 | |
| 26 | Barry, Jacob | NZL | 1618 | 1545 | |
| 27 | Konduri, Rishi | NZL | 1617 | 1282 | |
| 28 | Sussex, Taylor | NZL | 1614 | 1540 | |
| 29 | Andersen, Jake | NZL | 1607 | 1525 | |
| 30 | Beier, Thomas | NZL | 1586 | 1516 | |
| 31 | Aaron Prince | IND | 1576 | 1514 | |
| 32 | Liang, Ting | NZL | 1572 | 1603 | |
| 33 | Rust, Tyler | NZL | 1541 | 1261 | |
| 34 | Wang, Cyrus | NZL | 1527 | 1331 | |
| 35 | Nguyen, Kane | NZL | 1497 | 1447 | |
| 36 | Tanniru, Krishna Sowrya Chowd | NZL | 1493 | 1301 | |
| 37 | Hooton, Barry R | NZL | 1466 | 1491 | |
| 38 | Li, Hanxiao Lucas | NZL | 1447 | 1318 | |
| 39 | Chen, Yunhan | NZL | 1441 | 805 | |
| 40 | Hu, Nolan | NZL | 1440 | 1305 | |
| 41 | Tan, Khim Tee | NZL | 1434 | 1393 | |
| 42 | Andersen, John Eric | NZL | 0 | 1411 | |
| 43 | Gosling, Matthew | NZL | 0 | 1301 | |
| 44 | Heard, Billy | NZL | 0 | 1222 | |
| 45 | Choi, Kyan | NZL | 0 | 1196 | |
| 46 | Wong, Louis | NZL | 0 | 1172 | |
| 47 | Menon, Adishankar | NZL | 0 | 1135 | |
| 48 | McClory, John | NZL | 0 | 991 | |
| 49 | Goh, Gideon | NZL | 0 | 858 | |
| 50 | Spaans, Adam | NZL | 0 | 0 |
