The 3rd Blitz Congress run by White rose Chess (which is nothing to do with the Yorkshire Chess Association) was held on Sunday the 5th of July 2026 at the Latvian Welfare Club, Clifton Villa, Bradford, BD8 7BY.

The date was on a very busy weekend, which may have explained the rather low number of participants, 38, which was much lower than the 79 achieved by the first of the annual series.

The English County finals, including 2 Yorkshire teams, were on the Saturday, the Ashton-under-Lyne Rapidplay on the Sunday.

It’s always more satisfying for congress organisers if there is an outright winner, which was the case here, with Maksym Larchikov of Hull, and originally the Ukraine, who finished clear first on 8½ out of 10.

Round-by-round game results were as follows. Players are ranked in the table by Sum of Progressive Score, though this system might not have been used by the organisers.

Advertised place prizes were 1st £200, 2nd £150 and 3rd £100, plus rating-prizes of £50 in number according to the number of entries.

No	Name	Rtg		1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10		SPS

1	Maksym Larchikov	2091	1	W	21	1	B	9	1	W	3	1	B	13	½	W	7	1	B	10	1	W	4	1	B	6	½	W	2	½	W	5
	Hull & East Riding CA			1			2			3			4			4½			5½			6½			7½			8			8½		50½
2	Alan Peart	2044	1	W	26	1	B	23	0	W	13	1	B	14	0	W	10	1	B	20	1	W	7	1	B	4	½	B	1	1	W	6
	Harrogate			1			2			2			3			3			4			5			6			6½			7½		40
3	Mate Ther	1984	1	B	22	1	W	27	0	B	1	1	W	25	½	B	4	0	B	6	1	W	23	1	B	7	1	W	9	1	W	11
	Harrogate			1			2			2			3			3½			3½			4½			5½			6½			7½		39
4	Gerald J Cuaresma	1731	1	B	24	1	B	10	½	W	6	1	B	5	½	W	3	1	W	16	0	B	1	0	W	2	1	B	17	1	B	9
	Ilkley Chess Centre			1			2			2½			3½			4			5			5			5			6			7		41
5	Toby Quaite	2032	1	B	11	½	W	14	1	B	18	0	W	4	0	W	6	1	B	15	1	W	12	1	B	8	1	W	13	½	B	1
	Ilkley Chess Centre			1			1½			2½			2½			2½			3½			4½			5½			6½			7		37
6	Shriaansh Ganti	2080	1	B	12	1	W	15	½	B	4	0	W	7	1	B	5	1	W	3	1	B	13	0	W	1	1	B	16	0	B	2
	Ilkley Chess Centre			1			2			2½			2½			3½			4½			5½			5½			6½			6½		40
7	Aaron Rich	1910	1	W	36	½	B	20	1	W	8	1	B	6	½	B	1	½	W	13	0	B	2	0	W	3	1	B	22	1	W	17
	York			1			1½			2½			3½			4			4½			4½			4½			5½			6½		38
8	Xiaofan Li	1928	1	B	35	½	W	18	0	B	7	0	W	9	1	B	24	1	W	14	1	B	22	0	W	5	1	B	19	1	W	13
	Hull & East Riding CA			1			1½			1½			1½			2½			3½			4½			4½			5½			6½		32½
9	Nathaniel Lancelot	1848	1	B	33	0	W	1	0	B	11	1	B	8	1	W	26	1	W	25	1	B	19	1	W	16	0	B	3	0	W	4
	Huddersfield			1			1			1			2			3			4			5			6			6			6		35
10	Isaac Fossey	1958	1	B	25	0	W	4	1	B	12	1	W	11	1	B	2	0	W	1	0	B	16	0	W	17	1	B	26	1	W	18
	Doncaster			1			1			2			3			4			4			4			4			5			6		34
11	Amandeep Singh	1642	0	W	5	1	B	34	1	W	9	0	B	10	0	B	17	1	W	28	1	B	24	1	W	19	1	W	12	0	B	3
	Leeds Juniors			0			1			2			2			2			3			4			5			6			6		31
12	Ayodeji Jeje	1691	0	W	6	1	B	24	0	W	10	1	B	34	1	W	33	1	W	17	0	B	5	1	W	25	0	B	11	1	W	22
	Sheffield			0			1			1			2			3			4			4			5			5			6		31
13	Nathan Madzia	1641	1	B	16	1	W	17	1	B	2	0	W	1	1	B	19	½	B	7	0	W	6	1	W	18	0	B	5	0	B	8
	Alwoodley			1			2			3			3			4			4½			4½			5½			5½			5½		38½
14	Mohammad Abdulhamid	1764	1	W	34	½	B	5	½	W	20	0	W	2	½	B	22	0	B	8	0	W	15	1	W	31	1	B	32	1	B	23
	South Bradford			1			1½			2			2			2½			2½			2½			3½			4½			5½		27½
15	Charlie Wainwright	1776	1	B	38	0	B	6	0	W	32	½	W	18	1	B	30	0	W	5	1	B	14	0	W	22	1	B	25	1	W	24
	Ilkley Chess Centre			1			1			1			1½			2½			2½			3½			3½			4½			5½		26½
16	Peter Hepworth	1989	0	W	13	1	B	35	1	W	27	1	B	23	1	W	20	0	B	4	1	W	10	0	B	9	0	W	6
	Huddersfield			0			1			2			3			4			4			5			5			5			5		34
17	Ewan Kershaw	1953	1	W	32	0	B	13	1	W	26	0	B	20	1	W	11	0	B	12	1	W	33	1	B	10	0	W	4	0	B	7
	Leeds University			1			1			2			2			3			3			4			5			5			5		31
18	Leo A Keely	1722	1	W	28	½	B	8	0	W	5	½	B	15	1	W	32	0	W	19	1	B	20	0	B	13	1	W	21	0	B	10
	Huddersfield			1			1½			1½			2			3			3			4			4			5			5		30
19	William Peacock	1962	0	W	20	1	B	36	1	W	21	1	B	32	0	W	13	1	B	18	0	W	9	0	B	11	0	W	8	1	B	25
	Meltham & Denby Chess Club			0			1			2			3			3			4			4			4			4			5		30
20	Thomas Moran	1546	1	B	19	½	W	7	½	B	14	1	W	17	0	B	16	0	W	2	0	W	18	0	B	23	1	W	33	1	B	28
	Wallasey			1			1½			2			3			3			3			3			3			4			5		28½
21	Mike Bramson	1721	0	B	1	1	W	33	0	B	19	0	W	24	1	B	31	1	W	34	0	B	25	1	W	32	0	B	18	1	W	29
	Bradford			0			1			1			1			2			3			3			4			4			5		24
22	Nick Shakhlevich	1619	0	W	3	1	B	31	0	W	23	1	B	28	½	W	14	1	B	27	0	W	8	1	B	15	0	W	7	0	B	12
	Harrogate			0			1			1			2			2½			3½			3½			4½			4½			4½		27
23	Adamjeet Singh	1760	1	B	37	0	W	2	1	B	22	0	W	16	0	B	25	1	W	32	0	B	3	1	W	20	½	B	24	0	W	14
	Leeds Juniors			1			1			2			2			2			3			3			4			4½			4½		27
24	Milo Green	1233	0	W	4	0	W	12	1	B	29	1	B	21	0	W	8	1	B	26	0	W	11	1	B	27	½	W	23	0	B	15
	Leeds			0			0			1			2			2			3			3			4			4½			4½		24
25	Louis Needham	1546	0	W	10	1	B	28	1	W	35	0	B	3	1	W	23	0	B	9	1	W	21	0	B	12	0	W	15	0	W	19
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			1			2			2			3			3			4			4			4			4		27
26	Nigel R Hepworth	1679	0	B	2	1	W	38	0	B	17	1	W	37	0	B	9	0	W	24	1	B	28	1	B	33	0	W	10
	Huddersfield			0			1			1			2			2			2			3			4			4			4		23
27	Matthew R Wilson	1732	1	W	31	0	B	3	0	B	16	0	W	33	1	B	37	0	W	22	1	B	34	0	W	24	0	B	29	1	W	35
	Ilkley Chess Centre			1			1			1			1			2			2			3			3			3			4		21
28	Jenson Brown	0	0	B	18	0	W	25	1	B	38	0	W	22	1	B	36	0	B	11	0	W	26	1	W	30	1	B	31	0	W	20
	Leeds			0			0			1			1			2			2			2			3			4			4		19
29	Yashveer Chandrapatla	1360							0	W	23	1	B	36	0	W	34	1	W	37	0	B	33	1	B	38	1	W	28	0	B	21
	Bradford Juniors			0			0			0			1			1			2			2			3			4			4		17
30	Sirius Payband	1821							0	W	34	1	B	38	0	W	15	0	W	31	1	B	37	0	B	27	1	W	36	1	B	32
	South Bradford			0			0			0			1			1			1			2			2			3			4		14
31	Leon Evsyukov	1052	0	B	27	0	W	22	0	B	33	1	W	35	0	W	21	1	B	30	½	W	38	0	B	14	0	W	28	1	B	37
	Bradford Juniors			0			0			0			1			1			2			2½			2½			2½			3½		15
32	Neil Taylor	1494	0	B	17	1	W	37	1	B	15	0	W	19	0	B	18	0	B	23	1	W	29	0	B	21	0	W	14	0	B	36
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			1			2			2			2			2			3			3			3			3		21
33	Bien Cuaresma	1294	0	W	9	0	B	21	1	W	31	1	B	27	0	B	12	1	W	35	0	B	17	0	W	26	0	B	20	0	W	30
	Wakefield			0			0			1			2			2			3			3			3			3			3		20
34	Dexter Cheetham	1171	0	B	14	0	W	11	1	B	30	0	W	12	1	B	29	0	B	21	0	W	27	0	B	36	0	W	35	1	W	38
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			0			1			1			2			2			2			2			2			3		15
35	Paul G Day	1493	0	W	8	0	W	16	0	B	25	0	B	31	1	W	38	0	B	33	0	W	36	1	W	37	1	B	34	0	B	27
	Bingley & Keighley			0			0			0			0			1			1			1			2			3			3		11
36	James A Ovens	1362	0	B	7	0	W	19	0	B	37	0	W	29	0	W	28	0	B	38	1	B	35	1	W	34	0	B	30	1	W	32
	Carlisle			0			0			0			0			0			0			1			2			2			3		8
37	Adit Sharma	1107	0	W	23	0	B	32	1	W	36	0	B	26	0	W	27	0	B	29	0	W	30	0	B	35	1	W	38	0	W	31
	Ilkley Chess Centre			0			0			1			1			1			1			1			1			2			2		10
38	Adam Manzoor	1197	0	W	15	0	B	26	0	W	28	0	W	30	0	B	35	1	W	36	½	B	31	0	W	29	0	B	37	0	B	34
	Harrogate			0			0			0			0			0			1			1½			1½			1½			1½		7