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Indiana State Chess Association

State Blitz Champions

Winners of the Indiana Blitz Championship — chess at its fastest, recorded since 1972.

1972 First recorded title
33 Championships listed
2025 Most recent

Champions

33 championships
Indiana State Blitz Championship winners
Year Location Winner(s) Residence
1972 Indianapolis J. Austin Bennett Indpls.
1973 Indianapolis David Deming Indpls.
1974 Indianapolis J. Austin Bennett
1975 Wabash College, Crawfordsville Dennis Gogel New Albany
1976 Marrott Hotel, Indianapolis David Deming
1977 Univ. of Notre Dame Spiro Bereveskos Indpls
1978 Spiro Bereveskos
1979 (June 16, Indpls.) Loren Schmidt W. Lafayette
Source: HCJ Jul-Aug. '79, p. 4-8, 36-37
1980 (South Bend) Mark Kitchin S. Bend
Source: HCJ Jul-Aug. '79, p. 4-8, 36-37
1981 (Apr. 4, Indpls.) David Rosenau Winamac
Source: HCJ, Mar-Apr. '81, p. 5, 26
1982 date, loc.=? Lester Van Meter Indpls
Source: HCJ, May-Jun. '83, p. 8
1983 June 18, Goshen Mike Wiseman Shelbyville
Source: HCJ, July '83, p. 1, 22
1984 (July 28, Kokomo) John Roush Kokomo
Source: HCJ, Sept. '84, p. 18; Nov. '84, p. 23
1987 IU Southeast, New Albany Dennis Gogel New Albany
1989 Elkhart Les Kistler Hobart
1990 Purdue U., West Lafayette Mike Wiseman Shelbyville
1991
1992
1993 Evansville Mike Wiseman
1994 South Bend
1999 Logansport John Cole Goshen
2000 Logansport John Cole Goshen
2001 Logansport John Cole Goshen
2002 Logansport Anders Larsson South Bend
2003 Logansport Josh Bousum Kokomo
2006 Indianapolis Garrett Smith
2008 Kokomo Garrett Smith Carmel
2011 Clarion Hotel, Indianapolis Dennis Monokroussos South Bend
2012 Clarion Hotel, Indianapolis Wes Smith
2015 South Bend John Cole
2022 Noblesville Grant Mu, Yixuan Lin
2024 Carmel Mohamed K Elshazly Indianapolis
2025 Carmel Michael Pu Carmel

HCJ = Hoosier Chess Journal, with the corresponding dates and page numbers.