Cowley Christmas Blitz, 8th December 2025

[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

Cowley Chess Club invites you to its 2025 Christmas Blitz Tournament, which will be held on Monday 8th December at Cowley Chess Club (at Rose Hill Methodist Church in the Main Hall downstairs), with Round 1 beginning at 7.15 pm. All chessplayers are welcome.

There will be ten games in the Blitz (a Swiss tournament of five rounds playing games with both colours, with a digital clock and a time allowance per player per game of 3 minutes plus a 2 seconds increment per move added from move 1).

The tournament winner may choose either a prize from the prizes table or a cash prize of 10% of the entry fees. There will be lots of other prizes of books, etc., on the prizes table, including rating prizes, prizes for juniors in various age groups, for the best slow starter, etc.

We rely on donations of prizes, mainly chess books but also other (non- alcoholic) prizes, and these will be gratefully received.

The Prizegiving for the Blitz will be at approximately 9.45pm. It will be possible for young juniors for whom a 9.45pm finish is too late to play in either two rounds (8.05pm finish approx.) or four rounds (8.55pm finish approx.) if this is arranged in advance.

Entry fee: £5 for adults, £3 for juniors (i.e., players under 18) , to be paid in cash when you arrive on the night. We will also be glad to receive donations for the Lester Millin Memorial Fund, which supports Cowley junior players.

To help us make a prompt start, please register your entry in advance if possible, either by sending an email to [email protected] giving the information requested below or by filling in one of these forms, hard copies of which will be available at the Cowley club, and handing it (or otherwise getting the requested information) to Gerard O'Reilly.

Players who have not notified their entries in advance will not be turned away but are asked to do their very best to arrive at the venue to register no later than 7pm, so that we can have all the information ready for the first round pairings to be made in time for a prompt start to the tournament.

Name:

Club:

Current Rating (Standard-play rather than Rapidplay if you have one):

Age in years if under 18 on 8 December:

Finally, if the entrant is a junior who can play in only the first two (or the first four) rounds, please specify which:

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NB. Advance registration by email will be accepted until 4pm on Monday 8 December.

See https://sites.google.com/site/cowleyche ... wley-blitz