When its ex-chairman, Professor Sam
Black, died in 1999, the League
decided to hold a tournament in his memory. This grew and eventually
became the annual North London Individual Blitz Championship. The first
event was played over 10 rounds, but, subsequent tournaments have been
played over 6 double-game rounds.
From the 11th event it has been renamed the Sam Black Memorial Blitz
For full details of each tournament click on the year.
| Champions |
| 1999 |
Mike Tasker |
| 2000 |
Paul Georghiou |
| 2001 |
IM Alexander Cherniaev |
| 2002 |
Jochen Wittmann |
| 2003 |
IM Alexander Cherniaev |
| 2004 |
IM Colin Crouch |
| 2005 |
Not held |
| 2006 |
GM Alexander Cherniaev |
| 2007 |
Paul Georghiou |
| 2008 | Peter Poobalasingam |
| 2009 | GM Alexander Cherniaev |
| 2010 | Paul Georghiou |
| 2011 | GM Gawain Jones & Paul Georghiou |
| 2012 | IM Thomas Rendle |