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Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz 2025

Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:11 am
by John Upham
Hampshire Junior Chess Association is running a fifteen round open junior FIDE (and ECF) rated blitz event on Sunday, October 5th

This is the fourth running of this increasingly popular event for juniors.

The prize fund currently sits at £215 and is likely to increase.

See

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hampshir ... 5001490859

for details.

Received entries may be inspected at

https://s2.chess-results.com/tnr1063675 ... 1&SNode=S0

Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz 2025

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2025 2:04 pm
by John Upham
Entries for the above event are now coming in and the event is on Sunday, October 5th which is less than a month away.

Get your entry in to acquire a FIDE blitz rating!

Re: Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz 2025

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 11:04 am
by John Upham
We are now sitting at 30 entries with one week to go.

The event will definitely go ahead.

A reminder that it is OPEN to all players from any part of the country of 18 years or under.

We have a very decent prize fund down to 10th place or so. :D

Re: Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz 2025

Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2025 5:51 pm
by John Upham
Now at 42 entries with a worthy prize fund.

What is not to like? :D

Re: Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz 2025

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 6:04 pm
by John Upham
47 entries.

50 will be a record for us especially for a FIDE rated blitz event for juniors.

Re: Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz 2025

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 11:08 am
by John Upham
I've just set-up all the timers for 3" + 2' for tomorrow.

Can anyone identify the chess item at the front for a bonus point?


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Timers set for blitz tournament
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Re: Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz 2025

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 12:21 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
It looks like a table, unless you mean the Star Trek chess set?

Re: Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz 2025

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 12:48 pm
by John Upham
Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 04, 2025 12:21 pm
It looks like a table, unless you mean the Star Trek chess set?
Correct: it is a chess table.

Re: Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz 2025

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 5:28 pm
by John Upham
Here is something you don't see very often

The entire (almost 50 player) field of a mixed age junior tournament from 7 -14 all having FIDE IDs, ECF IDs and ECF membership codes.

The ECF membership fines department was not troubled by this event!

https://s2.chess-results.com/tnr1063675.aspx