Link for full details of how the Handicap Blitz GP works
2024-25 Events
These are “W&WCC closed” events – open to Members only.
Click on each current or past event for its tournament pages and full pairings and results. (These links will be prepared only when entries have been invited for each successive event, so future events are not yet linked.)
Latest Grand Prix scores and standings are given further down this page.
HBGP 1 – 3 December 2024
HBGP 2 – 4 February 2025
HBGP 3 – 4 March 2025
HBGP 4 – 1 April 2025
HBGP 5 – 6 May 2025
HBGP 8 v 8 Games on ECF LMS
Click the above link(s) for the Tournament pages. In each tournament, the figure in the columns headed “Origin” give each player’s rating group for the purposes of the time Handicap (see Rules).
Entry – There will be a separate page for each of the five events and the Entry Form for each event will appear on those pages in due course.
The following are the rating bands now translated to 4-digit ratings:
0 – 2151+
1 – 2001-2150
2 – 1851-2000
3 – 1701-1850
4 – 1551-1700
5 – 1401-1550
6 – 1400 and below
Grand Prix Scores and current standings (sorted after each event) appear below.
Each event is 7 rounds.
Link: HBGP Conditions
Handicap Blitz Grand Prix 2024-25 current standings
The HBGP table will appear here when HBGP 1 (3 Dec 2024) has been held.