UK Open Blitz Chess Championship 2025
The 2025 UK Open Blitz Championship features an expanded format, with 16 qualifiers in 14 cities around the United Kingdom, with the winner of each qualifying for the Final. The total prize fund for the event is in excess of £10,000.
For more UK events, check out The Chess Calendar and the European Chess Calendar
UK Open Blitz Chess Championship 2025 qualifiers
August 30 – London 1 (Hampton) White House, 45 The Avenue, Hampton TW12 3RN
September 06 – Newcastle Sandman Signature Newcastle Hotel, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4SD
September 07 – Nottingham Nottingham High School, Waverley Mount, Nottingham NG7 4ED
September 07 (10am) – Glasgow Wellington Church, Glasgow University, 77 Southpark Avenue, Glasgow G12 8LE
September 13 – Cardiff Mercure Cardiff North Hotel, Circle Way East, Llanedeyrn, Cardiff CF23 9XF
September 13 – Southampton Barton Peveril Sixth Form College, Chestnut Avenue, Chestnut Ave, Eastleigh SO50 5ZA
September 13 (12pm) – Sheffield Sheffield Chess Centre, 329a Coleford Road, Darnall, Sheffield S9 5NF
September 14 – London 2 (Harrow) Harrow High School, Gayton Road, Harrow HA1 2JG
September 20 – Bristol St Michael’s Centre, North Road, Stoke Gifford BS34 8PD
September 20 – Liverpool North Liverpool Academy, 120 Heyworth Street, Everton, Liverpool L5 0SQ
September 20 – London 3 (Golders Green) St Luke’s Church, Kidderpore Avenue, Golders Green NW3 7SU
September 21 – Belfast NICS, Maynard Sinclair Pavilion, Stormont, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3TA
September 27 – Birmingham Quinborne Community Centre, Ridgacre Road, Quinton, Birmingham B32 2TW
September 28 – Edinburgh Edinburgh Park Novotel, 15 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh EH12 9DJ
September 28 – Leeds Crowne Plaza Leeds by IHG, Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 4DL
September 28 – Manchester Bolton Arena Sports Village, Arena Approach, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6LB
UK blitz champions
| Year | Champion | Women’s Champion |
| 2018 | GM David Howell (ENG) | IM Sophie Milliet (FRA) |
| 2019 | GM Justin Tan (AUS) | GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (SCO) |
| 2022 | GM Jonathan Speelman (ENG) | WGM Elmira Mirzoeva (FID) |
| 2023 | GM Eldar Gasanov (UKR) | Elis Dicen (ENG) |
| 2024 | GM Eldar Gasanov (UKR) | WFM Eunice Mei-Xian Hng (SGP) |