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Club Open Blitz Tournament Aug 2024

We had 24 players at our latest Open Blitz tournament including many non club members. It was played over 6 rounds at 5 + 3 (five minutes for each player plus three second increment per move).

There was a large variation in player strength, but as usual the Swiss pairing system does a great job of pairing people with the same (or nearly the same) points after each round.

Thanks to our Tournament Officer Daniel and our ECF Arbiter Thomas for their excellent running of the event.

Congratulations to everyone who took part in what was a very strong field. Some photos and the results are below.

Best Junior non member – James Ratcliffe
Best Junior member – Aditya Sengupta
3rd place – Siddarth Ramaraju
2nd place – Adrian Wallace
1st place – Jon Ady
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2024 Open Junior Blitz Tournament

It was great for Camberley Chess Club to welcome players from outside the club to play in this Open Blitz Tournament. 16 Juniors played for 6 rounds, with 5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment per move.

Congratulations to all who took part.

Below are some photos of the evening and the top 3 who received medals, chess magazines and a book.

The full results can also be viewed below.

Gautam Sriram – 3rd place
James Ratcliffe – 2nd place
Matthew Palmer – 1st place
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Club Blitz Championship 2024

The second running of our annual Club Blitz Championship was held on 6 June. This was an exciting evening of fast-paced chess over 8 rounds with a total of 20 participants.

The evening began with the prize giving for our recently completed Rapid Matrix Tournament, which ran from January to the end of May. The tournament was won by Daniel Seaton with a score of 19.5/24, with the highest-placed junior being Aditya Vikram Sengupta, who was also the runner-up in the event. A special prize was awarded to Joan Dunstan for the excellent spirit with which she participated in the tournament, ultimately playing the most number of games out of all 36 participants.

The Club Blitz Championship then got underway, with last year’s champion Colin Purdon returning to defend his crown. There were many exciting and back-and-forth games, and all participated in a great spirit.

All was to play for going into the final round, with four players still in with a chance of winning the title: Colin Purdon, Daniel Seaton, Aditya Vikram Sengupta, and Steve Harley. Ultimately after 8 rounds, Colin and Daniel tied for the lead with a score of 6.5/8. After some discussion between them, it was agreed to decide the title by having a playoff game, with the winner being awarded the trophy.

The playoff was a tense and exciting match, which remained even for quite some time before Colin then gained the advantage. Daniel then fought back, eventually achieving a big advantage going into the endgame. In time trouble, he missed some chances and the game ultimately ended in a draw by repetition.

After all this, Colin and Daniel agreed to share the title and were duly crowned Camberley Chess Club joint Blitz Champions for 2024. Their names will be engraved on the trophy in due course.

Many thanks go to Daniel and Thomas West for organising and running the event and to all who took part and made the evening a success.

Our next event will be the annual Club Championship, which will run over 6 rounds from 22 June to 11 July.

The full results Cross Table can be found below. (Click on it to access all the online details).

Club Open Blitz Tournament Aug 2024

Thu August 22, 2024 @ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

This open blitz tournament is open to any chess player, though you must be a current member of the ECF (Silver or above) to play.

There will be small non-cash prizes.

Format

  • Time control: 5 + 3 (five minutes for each player plus three second increment per move)
  • 6 rounds total with pairings to be made using the Swiss pairing system
  • Results will be submitted to the ECF Blitz rating list
  • Play begins at 19:30
  • HALF-POINT BYES: half-point byes may be taken only in rounds 1 and 2 if requested in advance. To request a bye, let the club know either by email, phone or in-person in advance of the round.
  • LATE ARRIVALS: if you arrive after 19:30 then you will not be paired and will be given a zero-point bye.
  • If two players finish on the same number of points, a playoff match will be played to determine the tournament winner (if this is a draw the players will be declared joint winners). If three or more players finish on the same number of points, the top player based on tiebreaks will be declared the winner.

To enter

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Club Blitz Championship 2024

Thu June 6, 2024 @ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

The Club Blitz Championship returns for its second year on 6 June. This annual event determines our official club blitz champion for the year. Colin Purdon is the reigning champion from 2023.

Format

  • Time control: 3 + 2 (three minutes for each player plus two second increment per move)
  • 8 rounds total with pairings to be made using the Swiss pairing system
  • Results will be submitted to the ECF Blitz rating system
  • Play begins at 19:30
  • If there is a tie for first place, the winner will be decided by head-to-head countback (i.e. if Player A and Player B end up in equal-first place, the winner of their encounter will be declared the tournament champion – in the event that that game was a draw, a tiebreak game will be played).

Entry Requirements

2023 Blitz Champion – Colin Purdon

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2024 Feb Blitz ECF rated

Thu February 29, 2024 @ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM

This Thursday, 29th February, we will be holding a Blitz Swiss Tournament at the club.  It is open to all members, though you must be a member of the ECF (at Bronze level or above) to enter.  

The format will be: Swiss pairing, 6 rounds with a time control of 5 minutes plus 3 seconds increment per move (5 + 3). ECF Blitz Rated. First round starts at 19:30, and we plan to finish around 21:30.

Please arrive well before 19.30 to register to play.

To follow the tournament live on chess-results click here.

Anyone that does not wish to enter the tournament is still welcome at the club to play friendlies or Matrix games.  There is no home league match this week, so we will have plenty of space.

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2023 May Blitz Tournament

For the second club meeting at our new premises at Heatherside Community Centre, we ran a very successful ECF-rated blitz tournament.

There were 22 players and 8 rounds with a time control of 3 mins plus 2 sec increment. The session went according to plan, starting at 7:30pm with the last round finishing at 9:30pm. See below for photos.

Well done to everyone who played, there were some fantastic performances especially amongst the 8 juniors, with everyone winning at least one game.

The overall winner was Colin Purdon, who is now the Camberley Chess Club 2023 Blitz Champion. Well done Colin!

Also a big thank you to everyone who helped with the organisation, setting up and clearing away!

To enter future tournaments and training sessions, see our Events here.

Here below is the final results table:

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2023 May Blitz photos

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