Where to play blitz in Bucharest 9

Blitz in Bucharest has one fixture that has lasted for years: the Blitzul de la ora cinci, the five o’clock blitz, a numbered series at Hotel CARO in Sector 2 run by ACS Jocul Celor 3 Cai, which passed its sixtieth edition in 2026. The city championship of the municipal association gives blitz a day of its own, in November, and the one-day gatherings of Chess Architect in the Unirii View building had rapid and blitz sections.

Among the clubs, The Square played an open with rapid and blitz sections at Nod Makerspace in the spring of 2026, CS Alcor and CS Oxigen name blitz among their formats, ACS Arnia Chess IT lists it beside classical and rapid, and CS Tinerii Maestri runs a summer blitz on the coast at Mamaia, outside the city.