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- Spring Rapidplay 2024 Resultsby PeteOur Spring Rapidplay tournament was completed on Thursday 4 April. The winner was Pete Morriss, who scored 8 points out of a maximum of 9. Second was Eoin Callinan on… Read more: Spring Rapidplay 2024 Results
- March Blitz Resultsby PeteThe blitz tournament held on Thursday 7 March, played at our faster rate of 3 minutes plus 2 seconds increment, was won by Brian Gallagher with 8 points out of… Read more: March Blitz Results
- February Blitz resultsby PeteThe winner of the February Blitz, played on 8th February, was Simon Iwasaki, who scored 6/7. Second was Pete Morriss on 5½. The rating prize was won by Scott Reilly, with an excellent score… Read more: February Blitz results
- Galway club members do well in Sligo tournamentsby PeteSome news of achievements by our members in tournaments elsewhere in Ireland. First, two of our younger members braved Storm Isha in January to play in the Connaught Junior Championship in… Read more: Galway club members do well in Sligo tournaments
- January Blitz won by Alex Drimbareanby PeteThe January blitz, held on 18 January, was won by Alex Drimbarean, with 6 points out of 7. Second equal were Luke Iwasaki and Pete Morriss on 5. The rating… Read more: January Blitz won by Alex Drimbarean
- Spring Rapidplay 2024 Results
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Denis Ruchko second in Irish under-12 championships
Galway’s Denis Ruchko followed up coming first in the Leinster under-12s (see here) by gaining second place in the under-12 section of the Irish Championships, held recently in Dublin. Click to see the full results here. Hearty congratulations to Denis, and doubtless this will be the first of many such performances in Irish competitions.
Zalan Nemeth also obtained a highly creditable 3½ points out of 6 in the under 14 section, which made him tenth equal (equal with two players whose ratings were 839 and 367 points higher than Zalan’s!), so he also clearly has a great future in chess.
Both Denis and Zalan played in the club’s rapidplay tournament over the winter, in which they impressed us all, so these results are no surprise to us. But for them to do that well, without any of the opportunities that the juniors in Dublin have, is a sign of notable ability and dedication.
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