IM Peter Large won the 19th blitz held at All Saints church in Kingston on 31 March 2026, with Chris Briscoe and Arne Eilers in joint second scooping the other prizes
It is becoming a familiar tale: Peter Large (pictured above, receiving his prize from arbiter Edward Mospan) once again won the monthly All Saints Blitz – his tenth win in 19 editions of the event. Peter sets the standards and it’s up to the rest of us to try to emulate him.
It was one of Peter’s more comfortable victories. Once he had disposed of me in the first round, he beat Marcus Gosling – his former team-mate at Epsom – in a second-round crunch match, and then saw off a trio of strong players, Jasper Tambini, Chris Briscoe and Robin Haldane, in the next three rounds. Peter is a consummate pro and closed out the tournament with a draw against Arne Eilers in the final round.
Peter finished on 5.5/6, a full point ahead of Arne and Chris, who came joint second. There was plenty of strength in depth in the tournament, as the four players who came next on 4/6 – Robin Haldane, Joshua Pirgon, Anthony Hughes and Jasper Tambini – demonstrated. Peter Roche came eighth with 3.5/6, and Kingston junior William Lin scored a commendable 3/6, alongside Alan Hayward and David Rowson.
Special thanks to Constantin Liesch, who contrived to lose on time to me when he was completely winning, thus giving my score more respectability than I deserved. We will do it again in the 20th All Saints Blitz on 29 April.
Stephen Moss is Kingston Chess Club captain
Final standings
1: Peter Large (Kingston) 5.5/6
2-3: Chris Briscoe (Surbiton) 4.5/6, Arne Eilers (Streatham) 4.5/6
4-7: Robin Haldane (Streatham) 4/6, Joshua Pirgon (Surbiton) 4/6, Anthony Hughes (Wimbledon) 4/6, Jasper Tambini (Kingston) 4/6
8: Peter Roche (Kingston) 3.5/6
9/11: William Lin (Kingston) 3/6, Alan Hayward (Pimlico) 3/6, David Rowson (Kingston) 3/6
Complete list of All Saints winners