National Blitz Championship

Bristol Leg

27 September 2026

This competition has been running for nearly ten years, and consists of 8 heats across the country with 16-player finals for the top male and female contestants. 58 players took part in the Bristol heat at our familiar venue of St Michael's Church Hall in Bradley Stoke, and the leading players had a wide open field as there were no grandmasters in the lineup this year.

After 14 rounds Bristol Champion Zack Norris was half a point ahead and won his game to take first place by a clear 1½ points The second qualifying place went to Stroud's Indy Southcott-Moyers with 12/15.

The final will be a 15 round tournament in Leamington Spa on 21st November, details can be found here.

Top Results (50% or higher) - Bristol players highlighted

Zack Norris	Clifton	13½	1st place
Indy Southcott-Moyers		12
Oliver Stubbs	Downend	11½
Aden Kennedy		10½
Luke Honey		10
Matthew Mclachlan	Grendel	9½
Tom Shepherd	Horfield	9½
Selikem Amoako	Clifton	9½
Connor Boswell		9
James Thomas	Downend	9	Rating Prize
Sebastian Mokhber-Garcia		9
Richard Johnson	Grendel	9
Alistair Gilbert	Grendel	8½
Dillon Rock Cooper	Clevedon	8½
Chris Beaumont	Clifton	8½
Lawrence Northam	Yate	8½	Rating Prize
Sam Jackson	North Bristol	8½
Emile Doran		8½
Rao Raghavendra		8½
Diego Cordova Lopez	Bristol University	8
Hayden Griffiths	Grendel	8
Oliver Harrison		8
Lisirui Shieh		8
Kas Coman	Bath University	8
Dimitar Dinev	Bristol University	7½
Oleksii Kulman	Clevedon	7½
Sameera Kodukula		7½
Lachlan Tyrrell		7½
Chirag Hosdurga		7½
Brent Perrin	Horfield	7½
Prakul Mahajan	North Bristol	7½
David Yuan	Bath University	7½
Artem Kot	Downend	7½
Chris P Timmins		7½
Dominic Lee		7½

Full tables can be seen on Chess Results

Any errors or omissions please notify using this email bristolchess@gmail.com