2026 Blitz Middle School (K-8) National Championship
Time control: G/3+2.
When: Thursday, May 16th at 5pm.
Sections: K-8 Championship, K-8 Under 1600
Entry Fee: $55 per player by 5/7 - $85 after 5/7 or on site.
Maximum Capacity is 100 players
Online registration ends at 2pm on 5/13. On-site entry ends at 4pm. Anyone entering on-site after 2pm will receive a half-point bye for Round 1.
See Appendix A of the current Scholastic Regulations for Blitz rules
The current US Chess National Scholastic Chess Tournament Regulations can be found here
Awards for the Blitz tournament:
Medals for individuals, trophies for teams
Awards to Finishers and Class Prizes in both section as well as Top 5 Teams
- K-8 Blitz Championship: Top 15 individual and top 10 teams.
- K-8 Blitz U1600: Top 15 individual and top 10 teams.
Class medals for the Blitz Tournament to the top three in each of the following classes:
Note: An incorrect class prize list was previously posted. We apologize for the error. Please see corrected prizes below:
- K-8 Blitz Championship:
- 1700-1799
- 1600-1699
- K-8 u1600
- 1500-1599
- 1400-1499
- 1300-1399
- 1200-1299
- u1200
- Unrated