The Hampshire Rapid and Blitz Championships will be held at Barton Peveril College on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th September 2025. The Rapid tournament will be on the Saturday, with 6 Rounds of games at 15+10 rate of play, and the Blitz will be on the Sunday, 12 games with a time control of 5+3.
The organiser is Iwan Cave.
Players can enter one, or both tournaments.
The tournaments are open to all players regardless of county.
Entry Fees
- For one of the tournaments: Adult £18, Junior £15.
- If entering both tournaments, then £32 for adults, £27 for Juniors.
Note: the rates above are for English Chess Federation membership at Gold or above, otherwise add £16 (adults) or £6.50 (Juniors).
The venue
The venue is the Barton Peveril 6th Form College, Chestnut Avenue, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 5ZA.
The Rapid Tournament, Saturday 6th September
Sections
- Open
- Major (Under 1650)
Rate of play
15+10: that is, 15 minutes plus a 10 seconds increment per move.
Schedule:
- Round 1 – 09:30
- Round 2 – 10:40
- Round 3 – 11:50
Lunch – 13:00-13:40 - Round 4 – 13:40
- Round 5 – 14:50
- Round 6 – 16:00
Prizes
- 1ˢᵗ – £100
- 2ⁿᵈ – £70
- 3ʳᵈ – £50
- Quickplay Champion – £50
- U1650 Quickplay Champion – £50
The above prizes are the minimum per section.
The Hampshire Blitz Tournament Sunday 7th September
Time control for the blitz event
5+3: five minutes, plus a 3-second increment added after each move.
Blitz tournament Schedule Sunday 7th September
- Round 1 – 10:00
- Round 2 – 10:30
- Round 3 – 11:00
- Round 4 – 11:30
- Round 5 – 12:00
- Round 6 – 12:30
Lunch – 13:00-14:00 - Round 7 – 14:00
- Round 8 – 14:30
- Round 9 – 15:00
- Round 10 – 15:30
- Round 11 – 16:00
- Round 12 – 16:30
Tournaments Terms and Conditions
See Terms and Conditions for the Rapid & Blitz tournaments here
Coming soon: the weekend after the Hampshire Rapid and Blitz Championship will be the UK Open Blitz local event, also at Barton Peveril College. Saturday 13th September 2025.
Other Links
See Theo Horne’s report on the 2nd Hampshire Rapidplay.
The Hampshire Chess Association Website Rapid & Blitz page which has links for the entry forms.
The HCA’s latest article (21st August) showing the Rapid & blitz entrants so far.