The finals for the UK Open Blitz Championships 2024 are now confirmed for Saturday 16th November at the Woodland Grange Hotel, Old Milverton Lane, Leamington Spa CV32 6RN.

The Championships will include an Open and a Women’s final, each event having 16 players with 15 rounds of blitz games in an all play all format. The winners will become UK Open and Women’s Blitz Champions for 2024.

Each of the finals will be played as a 16-player FIDE-rated Round Robin tournament.
The time limit will be all moves in 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move with the following schedule —
Round Time Round Time Round Time
Round 1 12.00 Round 6 14.15 Round 11 15.55
Round 2 12.20 Round 7 14.35 Round 12 16.15
Round 3 12.40 Round 8 14.55 Round 13 16.35
Round 4 13.00 Round 9 15.15 Round 14 16.55
Round 5 13.20 Round 10 15.35 Round 15 17.15

Prizes
The prize money for the finals will be as follows —
Position Open Final Women’s Final
1st £1,000 £500
2nd £500 £250
3rd £300 £150
4th £200 £100
5th – 8th £150 (x4) £75 (x4)
9th – 16th £100 (x8) £50 (x8)
Total £3,400 £1700

Total prize fund – £5100

Liveboard Broadcasts and Commentary
All games will be played on liveboards and broadcast on Chess.com and Lichess.org.
WIM Natasha Regan will provide live commentary on the finals on her Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/WIM_natasharegan. Natasha will be joined by one or more guests during the streaming with further details of the commentary schedule and timing to be provided shortly. Commentary will also be uploaded to the ECF’s YouTube channel for viewing after the event.

UK Blitz Championships 2024