• Summer Blitz Festival

Blitz Update Round 3 20/07/26

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Another great night with 38 people in attendance! 

The winners were:

Open: 1st Nakara Husain 6/7 £25 2nd = Gustavo Leon and James McKay  5.5/7 £8

Major: 1st = Hanif Zaman, Mark McKay, Heath Grimman and David Henderson 5/7 £10

Minor: 1st Sanjay Sathishkumar 5/7 £25 2nd Rory Brennan and Hansen Ji 4/7 £8

Junior prize awarded to next junior who has not won a major prize: 1st = Felix Glover, David Llewellyn and Guatham Sathiskumar 3/7 £3

Full results can be found at: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – Gosforth 2026 Summer Blitz Round 3

Hope to see you all in Round 4 on August 24th, as always I will open the registration the week before.

Current leader board is available below:

GCC Blitz 2026 LeaderboardDownload

Blitz update!

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Round 1

A fantastic 1st round of Gosforth Chess Club Summer Blitz Series which had 44 people in attendance who made the night an exceptional event! The winners were:

Open: 1st Gustavo Leon 7/7 £30 2nd Andy Burnett 6/7 £20

Major: 1st = Murray Pollock, Mark Davey, Ed Dodds and Nagendra KS 5/6 £12.50 each

Minor: 1st = Ethan Ross and Heath Grimman 4/6 £25 each

Junior prize: 1st Gautham Sathishkumar 3.5/7 £11

Full results can be found at: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – Gosforth 2026 Summer Blitz Round 1

Finally a massive thank you for your donations towards the Empire Clubs Defibrillator fund, we raised £60 which is fantastic!

Round 2:

Another amazing turnout with 42 people in attendance who made the night another fantastic event! The winners were:

Open: 1st Gustavo Leon 6.5/7 £29 2nd Andy Burnett 6/7 £18

Major: 1st James Ross 5.5/7 £29 2nd Murray Pollock and Ed Dodds £9 each

Minor: 1st = Sanjay Sathishkumar and David Llewellyn 4/7 £23.50 each

Junior prize: 1st Heath Grimman 4.5/6 £11

Full results can be found at: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com – Gosforth 2026 Summer Blitz Round 2

Current leader board

The leader board is available below, due to the amount of people who don’t have rating yet I will wait till after the 3rd event is graded before separating the groups.

GCC Blitz 2026 LeaderboardDownload

2026 Blitz Series

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We are pleased to announce the dates of our 2026 Blitz Series.

The dates are:

  • May 18th
  • June 15th
  • July 20th
  • August 24th
  • September 14th

Enteries will open in May and will be acepted on the night before 7pm or via email at enquires@gosforthchessclub.co.uk.

As in previous years entry fee will be £5 and we will be awarding prizes on the night and an overall summer winner for the following sections:

  • Open
  • Major
  • Minor
  • Junior

The 2026 rules can be found on the link below:

blitz 2026 rulesDownload