Metropolitan Chess Club - Club Blitz Tournament

METROPOLITAN CHESS CLUB
(Established since 1959)

Club Blitz Tournament

In the earlier years participants of the Club Blitz Tournament were divided into groups of about 8-10 players so that the groups were of even strength. The groups then played off with the leaders in each group advancing to the final. The final should have approximately 6-9 players. Participants also had 5 minutes each for their games.

In later years the Club Blitz Tournament has been held as a Swiss event with varying time controls from 5 mins to 3 mins + 2 sec. increments.

This event is currently held after the Robert (Bob) Pilgrim Open and Aggregate points are awarded for players performances in their respective rating groups.

2026 Club Blitz Tournament

For this year the Club Blitz was held as a Swiss Tournament (9 rounds) using 3 minutes + 2 second increment time control.

Placegetters

  
 Open
=1st: CM Ashvin Balavignan & Issa Majidi (8.5/9)

 U/1500
 1st: Alex DeHeer (5.0/9), 2nd: Akash Ashok (4.5/9)

Cross Table


 Pos NAME                 Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    |    BH   BH/C1  
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  1  Balavignan,Ashvin    2184  CM  WA  8.5 | +W21  +B7   +W6   +B3   =W2   +B5   +W4   +B10  +W13   |   48.0   45.0 
  2  Majidi,Issa          1972      WA  8.5 | +W20  +B19  +W5   +B6   =B1   +W3   +B8   +W15  +W7    |   45.5   42.5 
  3  Gregory,James        1853      WA  7.0 | +B16  +W4   +B8   -W1   +B7   -B2   +W5   +W14  +B6    |   51.0   47.0 
  4  Gamil,Jayson         1750      WA  6.0 | +W9   -B3   +W19  -B5   +W6   +W13  -B1   +B11  +W10   |   46.5   43.5 
  5  Szijarto,Andras      2132      WA  5.0 | +B14  +W13  -B2   +W4   +B8   -W1   -B3   -W6   +B15   |   52.0   48.0 
  6  Kinsman,Craig C      1982      WA  5.0 | +B18  +W12  -B1   -W2   -B4   +W16  +W11  +B5   -W3    |   51.5   48.0 
  7  De Vas,Yonal         1834      WA  5.0 | +W23  -W1   +B14  +B20  -W3   +B11  -W10  +W8   -B2    |   47.5   45.0 
  8  De Vas,Saminda       2033      WA  5.0 | +W10  +B11  -W3   +B9   -W5   +B19  -W2   -B7   +W17   |   46.0   43.0 
  9  De Heer,Alex         1484      WA  5.0 | -B4   +W16  +B23  -W8   =B17  -W10  +B13  =W12  +B14   |   38.0   35.5 
 10  Ashok,Akash          1375      WA  4.5 | -B8   +W15  =W11  -B19  +W23  +B9   +B7   -W1   -B4    |   43.5   41.0 
 11  Dunlop,Gordon        1808      WA  4.5 | +B15  -W8   =B10  +W13  +B12  -W7   -B6   -W4   +B24   |   40.0   38.0 
 12  McGregor,Mike        1534      WA  4.5 | +W17  -B6   -W20  +B23  -W11  +B24  -W14  =B9   +W18   |   33.0   31.0 
 13  Yeung,Evan           1705      WA  4.0 | +W22  -B5   +W17  -B11  +W20  -B4   -W9   +B19  -B1    |   41.5   38.5 
 14  De Vas,Senudi        1458      WA  4.0 | -W5   +B22  -W7   +B15  -W19  +W17  +B12  -B3   -W9    |   40.0   37.0 
 15  Jenkins,Evan         1000      WA  4.0 | -W11  -B10  +W21  -W14  +B22  +B20  +W19  -B2   -W5    |   38.5   35.5 
 16  Prince,Stephen       1094      WA  4.0 | -W3   -B9   +W24  -B17  +W21  -B6   -W18  +B22  +W23   |   34.5   32.5 
 17  Tito,Rhys             944      WA  3.5 | -B12  +W18  -B13  +W16  =W9   -B14  -W20  +B21  -B8    |   36.0   33.0 
 18  Motu,Ben             1317      WA  3.5 | -W6   -B17  =W22  -B21  +W24  -B23  +B16  +W20  -B12   |   30.5   28.5 
 19  Bradley,Luke         1581      WA  3.0 | +B24  -W2   -B4   +W10  +B14  -W8   -B15  -W13  -B21   |   41.0   39.0 
 20  Jenkins,Rohan        1200      WA  3.0 | -B2   +W24  +B12  -W7   -B13  -W15  +B17  -B18  -W22   |   38.0   36.0 
 21  Klimczak,Joe         1466      WA  3.0 | -B1   -W23  -B15  +W18  -B16  -W22  +B24  -W17  +W19   |   34.0   32.0 
 22  Gent,Michael          996      WA  3.0 | -B13  -W14  =B18  -B24  -W15  +B21  =W23  -W16  +B20   |   30.0   28.0 
 23  Anoop,Alphonse       1000      WA  2.5 | -B7   +B21  -W9   -W12  -B10  +W18  =B22  -W24  -B16   |   34.5   32.5 
 24  Rotter,Luca           984      WA  2.0 | -W19  -B20  -B16  +W22  -B18  -W12  -W21  +B23  -W11   |   31.0   28.5

Previous Winners

1969	R. Lilly	1989	M. Partis	2009	L. Taylor
1970		1990	F. Kos	2010	Y. Choong
1971	R. Butcher	1991	R. Butcher	2011	I. Ferozkohi
1972		1992	S. Fitzpatrick	2012	I. Ferozkohi
1973	A. Pope	1993	R. Lilly	2013	L. Taylor
1974	A. Stewart	1994	A. Robles	2014	Y. Choong
1975	D. Wallwork	1995	H. Saroinsong	2015	Y. Choong
1976	R. Di Renzo	1996	H. Saroinsong	2016	I. Ferozkohi
1977	M. Partis	1997	A. Haasse	2017	I. Ferozkohi
1978	M. Partis	1998	H. Saroinsong	2018	I. Ferozkohi
1979	P. Trachsel	1999	L. Taylor	2019	T. Boyd
1980	N. Khan & M. Segal	2000	A. Chin & A. Kuklinski	2020	I. Ferozkohi
1981	D. McLean	2001	L. Taylor	2021	I. Ferozkohi
1982	M. Partis & J. Simpson	2002	A. Haasse	2022	L. Taylor & I. Ferozkohi
1983	J. Simpson	2003	A. Haasse	2023	K. O'Mahoney
1984	J. Simpson	2004	A. Haasse & L. Taylor	2024	I. Hernandez Mendez
1985		2005	A. Haasse	2025	A. Szijarto & Y. De Vas
1986		2006	A. Hardegen	2026	A. Balavignan & I. Majidi
1987		2007	A. Kuklinski
1988	R. Lilly	2008	M. Vlietstra