Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz 2023

[John Upham]

The Hampshire Open Junior FIDE Blitz is for all players who were born on or after January 1st 2005

Date and Time: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 from 10am onwards

Venue: The Badger Farm Community Centre, 2 Badger Farm Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 4QB

We are offering a £300 prize fund.

There will be fifteen rounds of 3' + 2" blitz chess from 10 am onwards and all games will be ECF and FIDE rated.

The Tournament Director is John Upham and the Chief Arbiter is FA Rob Hammond.

Entry is via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hampshir ... 6049115797

It was a super event in 2022 and will be at least as good in 2023.

[John Upham]

Entries are racking up and I'm putting them on Chess Results as they land.

See

http://chess-results.com/tnr747811.aspx?lan=1

[John Upham]

Results from this event have been submitted for rating and accepted by the ECF:

https://www.ecfrating.org.uk/v2/new/lis ... ction_no=1


and the final standings are here:

https://chess-results.com/tnr747811.asp ... rt=1&rd=15

Congratulations to up and coming talent Adam Sefton (11 years old) from Guildford Chess Club and member of 4NCL team, Guildford Young Guns.

Note the chess themed socks!

Adam had a strong rival throughout fifteen rounds in the shape of Daniel Shek of Fleet in Hampshire.

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