{"id":3925,"date":"2025-05-23T01:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T01:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/piermontchess.com\/?p=3925"},"modified":"2025-08-29T05:04:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T05:04:44","slug":"good-times-at-the-may-17th-blitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/piermontchess.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/23\/good-times-at-the-may-17th-blitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Good times at the May 17th Blitz!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We held our first of many USCF rated blitz tournaments this past week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congrats to Danilo who came in first place, Billy who won best U1200, and Markus who won best U800! (Ratings are provisional for many players since many havn&#8217;t played rated blitz before so we went with that USCF gave us)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the final standings and pics from the event. Thanks Anna for the pics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/piermontchess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-22-at-21-53-12-OPEN-Piermont-May-17th-Blitz-Chess-Nut.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/piermontchess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-22-at-21-53-12-OPEN-Piermont-May-17th-Blitz-Chess-Nut-1024x625.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/piermontchess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-22-at-21-53-12-OPEN-Piermont-May-17th-Blitz-Chess-Nut-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/piermontchess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-22-at-21-53-12-OPEN-Piermont-May-17th-Blitz-Chess-Nut-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/piermontchess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-22-at-21-53-12-OPEN-Piermont-May-17th-Blitz-Chess-Nut-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/piermontchess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-22-at-21-53-12-OPEN-Piermont-May-17th-Blitz-Chess-Nut-1200x732.png 1200w, https:\/\/piermontchess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-22-at-21-53-12-OPEN-Piermont-May-17th-Blitz-Chess-Nut.png 1232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to everyone who came out! 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