Results

46 players took part in the 11-round Dorset Blitz Championship on Sunday 4th October 2026.

There was a £600 prize fund, which included an extra £100 to the £500 that was originally declared.

22 players (almost half of the participants) won prizes!

1st and Dorset Blitz Champion 2026: Finn Schell – 11pts

2nd: James Forster – 9½pts

3rd: Anuhas Gamage – 8pts

Rating Prize – Under 1900: Ivan Georgiev & Milan Bennett – 7pts

Rating Prize – Under 1800:  Phil Pinto, Stephen Pollyn & David Eland – 7pts

Rating Prize – Under 1700: Samuel Gorsuch – 7pts

Rating Prize – Under 1600: Arjun Sal Krishna Vurukonda – 6pts

Rating Prize Under 1300: Ashton Smith & Anish Iyengar – 5pts

Rating Prize Under 800: Milan Marinello, Akshay Iyengar, Sonny Luciano Coulter, Omer Ege Yilmazer, Mithulashree Devadoss & Atlas Shterev – 4pts

Veterans Prize: Stephen Pollyn & Phil Pinto – 7pts

Super Veterans Prize: William Adaway (not in the above photo), Derek Mount & Alan Wykes – 5½pts

Junior Prize: Hugo Melling (above) plus Milan Bennett & Samuel Gorsuch (in earlier photos above) – 7pts

The allocation of the £600 prize fund is given below:

Finn Schell – £100 (1st)
James Forster – £60 (2nd)
Anuhas Gamage – £40 (3rd)
Ivan Georgiev – £16 (Rating)
Milan Bennett – £26 (Rating & Junior)
Stephen Pollyn – £36 (Rating & Veteran)
Phil Pinto – £36 (Rating & Veteran)
David Eland – £16 (Rating)
Samuel Gorsuch – £50 (Rating & Junior)
Arjun Sal Krishna Vurukonda – £40 (Rating)
Ashton Smith – £20 (Rating)
Anish Iyengar – £20 (Rating)
Milan Marinello – £15 (Rating)
Akshay Iyengar – £15 (Rating)
Sonny Luciano Coulter – £15 (Rating)
Omer Ege Yilmazer – £15 (Rating)
Mithulashree Devadoss – £15 (Rating)
Atlas Shterev – £15 (Rating)
Hugo Melling – £20 (Junior)
Bill Adaway – £10 (Super Veteran)
Derek Mount – £10 (Super Veteran)
Alan Wykes – £10 (Super Veteran)

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