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The 3rd Scottish Blitz Open Championship sponsored by Walkers Shortbread and Concept Group. Saturday 31st May 2014 at Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh. The first round starts at a later time of 10:00am to allow players travelling from a further distance to participate. There will be 9 double-rounds and a ...

Sorry if this isn't the most appropriate section to post this in. Here are links for YouTube videos of the recorded matches from the Scottish Blitz this year: Round 1. Lindsay McGregor vs. Michael Adams. Round 2. Andrew Green vs. Arkadij Naiditsch. Round 4. Michael Adams vs. Neil Berry Round 5. Andr...

Scottish Blitz Open Championship sponsored by Walkers Shortbread . http://www.scottishblitz.com Saturday 15th June 2013 The 2nd Scottish Blitz Championship will be held at Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh. There will be 13 rounds of blitz with time control of 3 minutes plus 2 seconds increment. The prize f...

There is some irony to the Scottish contingent complaining about having to pay money to the ECF for an event to be ECF graded given their own charging stance. Pots and kettles spring to mind! Agree, I also find it quite cheeky that Edinburgh are complaining about these charges when they don't have ...

I wonder how University clubs meet these fees? I can't imagine they have much in the way of funds/assets. Do the players end up paying their own way entirely (i.e. paying £ 100+ each to participate?) Edinburgh University receives no funding from the University at all to enter the BUCA team champio...

The BUCA Team Championship takes place next weekend... Edinburgh University are entering a side to defend our title, but we were close to boycotting. Why? Because we have to pay ECF membership fees of £60 for the whole team so that the event can be ECF rated (which of course we don't care about it ...

Just a reminder that the Scottish Blitz is next weekend. Currently 81/100 players entered, including 7 GMs and 7 IMs. Deadline for entry is on Thursday (14th June) at midnight.

Entry list can be found at http://www.scottishblitz.com.

There's a betting market on the Scottish Blitz through McBookie.

Check out the odds . McBookie

Favourite Arkadij Naiditsch is 15/8.

Alternatively go via the official website at http://www.scottishblitz.com. The event is listed under Novelty Markets.

All non-titled entries received before midnight on Friday 11th May will be entered into a draw with the chance to win a free 2-hour coaching session with English Grandmaster Danny Gormally.

For further details, please visit http://www.scottishblitz.com/.

All non-titled entries received before midnight on Friday 11th May (in two weeks time) into the Scottish Open Blitz Championship will be entered into a draw to win a free two hour coaching session with Grandmaster Daniel Gormally. GM Gormally is currently rated 2520, and the draw will take place at ...

There are currently 7 GMs and 3 IMs confirmed entrants. The tournament is filling up fast, 50% full, with a current restriction on the number of entrants of 100 players, so we recommend registering now to avoid disappointment.

The inaugural Scottish Blitz Championships will be held in the Quincentenary Building, Surgeons’ Hall, Edinburgh on Saturday 16th of June, 2012. The Championship is in association with Skyscanner.net and will be FIDE Blitz rated. A prize fund of £2,000 is guaranteed, with first place £800, as is...