UK Blitz 2022

[Mick Norris]

ECF

There will be eight regional one-day qualifier events at locations across the country as follows —

England
London – Saturday 3rd September – St Luke’s Church, Kidderpore Ave, Golders Green NW3 7SU
PLEASE NOTE – THE EVENT ABOVE IS NOW FULL
Midlands – Saturday 3rd September – Holiday Inn, 212 Abbey End, Kenilworth CV8 1ED
North West – Sunday 4th September – Ukrainian Social Club, 99 Castle Street, Bolton BL2 1JP
South West – Saturday 10th September – Polish Community Centre Whitbourne Avenue, Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 2JX
North East – Sunday 11th September –The Parks Leisure Centre, Howdon Road, North Shields NE29 6TL

Scotland
Edinburgh – Saturday 3rd September – Novotel Edinburgh Park, 15 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh EH12 9DJ

Wales
Cardiff – Monday 29th August – Mercure Cardiff North Hotel, Circle Way East, Llanedeyrn, Cardiff CF23 9XF

Northern Ireland
Belfast – 4th September – NICS, Maynard Sinclair Pavilion, Stormont, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3TA

Good luck to all the Forumites playing

[Kevin Thurlow]

I played the Midlands one yesterday. Venue and staff at the Holiday Inn were great. Organizers were great. Some opponents were sufficiently disrespectful to take my pieces and/or point out flag-fall, but I cannot really complain about that...

It was good to catch up with old friends and hopefully meet new ones. e.g., I have played 123 games against Nigel Towers online and at last met him in real life. Sadly, Ben Graff and I did not have time to set up a table and sign books for eager customers.

Although it was good to see a lot of more senior players on the top boards, there were some rather good young ones. I assumed Billy Fellowes would just lose when we got to an ending, but he played it really well, so I think he has a bright future. I hope this is not "commentator's curse" or putting too much pressure on him.

Congratulations to the qualifiers.

[Mick Norris]

Results and qualifiers

[LawrenceCooper]

Results and qualifiers

The South West qualifier took place yesterday and the North East is today.

[Mick Norris]

It appears that 3 qualified from the South West, making 17 qualifiers in all; is that correct?

[Mick Norris]

ECF and Results

UK Open Blitz Champion 2022 & English Blitz Champion 2022 was Speelman

UK Open Blitz Women’s Champion 2022 was WGM Elmira Mirzoeva

Joint English Women’s Blitz Champions 2022 were Bodhana Sivanandan and Kamila Hryshchenko

FT Leonard article