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- Season Opening Blitz Tournament (19 September) resultsby PeteOur Opening Blitz tournament was won by Christy O’Sullivan, with 6 points out of 7. This was Christy’s first appearance in Galway Chess Club, although he played a lot in… Read more: Season Opening Blitz Tournament (19 September) results
- August Blitz Resultsby PeteThe August Blitz was won by newcomer Ronaldo Alonso, with 5½ points out of 7. Second equal were another newcomer, Oleksandr Skorobogatko, and very-much-not-a-newcomer Michael O’Donnell, who both scored 5… Read more: August Blitz Results
- July Blitz Resultsby PeteThe July blitz tournament was a truly international one, as we were delighted to welcome visitors from the Czech Republic and Barcelona – and even Mayo – which made it a somewhat stronger… Read more: July Blitz Results
- June Blitz Resultsby PeteOur June blitz was won by Chris Jonker, who won all his games – a rare event in our blitz tournaments. Second was Alex Drimbarean. The rating prize (highest finish of someone… Read more: June Blitz Results
- May Blitz Resultsby PeteOur season-ending blitz tournament, held on 16th May, was won by Pete Morriss, who scored 5½ points out of a possible 7. Second was Lorcan Heron, on 5 points; he… Read more: May Blitz Results
- Season Opening Blitz Tournament (19 September) results
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Online Blitz – A schools chess project supporting poor kids in S.A.
Event is on the 15th of August @ 3pm . You can join the lichess event here. .. and project details are here.
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online club team battles
New team competition for clubs in Ireland every Friday at 7pm .. for link go to www.icu.ie
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Schools chess events 2020
Entries to [email protected] numbers are limited and will be allocated on a first come first registered basis. Galway N.S. ChessChampionships: Girls N.S. ChessChampionships: Teams of 8 playes. Aridlaun Hotel,Taylors hill, Galway. Tuesday 10th of March.10.00 am to 3.00 pm €40 per team. Teams of 4 players. Venue: The Bridge Centre,St. Mary’s Road, Galway. Monday 9th of March.10.00 am to 3.00 pm […]
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Connaught Juniors
Congratulations to all the participants of this year Connaught Junior Championship .. many of these young champions are now looking froward to the Galway Congress in March. Results and tables .. here!
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Connaught Junior Championships 2020
Held on: Friday 3rd & Saturday 4th Jan. 2020. Venue : The Bridge Club, St. Mary’s Road, Galway Prizes: There are trophies for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place in the following age groups. Any player can win these pirzes. Sections: U-11, U-13, U-15. Plus titles of “Connaught Champion” for boys and girls in each section. Note : Saturday one day events. (1) Girls only […]
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Connaught Junior Championships
On the Friday the 3rd & Saturday the 4th of January the Connaught Junior Championships will take place in Galway’s bridge centre, event details are here. To register email .. brendan @ chessossity . com
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Coaching Evenings
As part of our new seson we held the first coaching sessinon on Thursday 21st Nov. Topic covered was endgame play with a focus on fundamentals of R+P endings. Next session is slated for Dec. 5th and we will look at Endings unruly cousin .. participants should bring a laptop computer (one machine between 4 […]
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