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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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Galway Juniors Representing Ireland
John and Ruth Cormican will be representing Ireland in the European Youth Chess Championships, in Prague from 16 to 26 August, 2012. John is playing in the under-16, and Ruth in the girls under-18 (along with several others who are also representing Ireland in these events and in other age groups). The web-site is http://www.eycc2012.eu/.
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Galway win Connaught League 2012
Galway Chess Club has won the Connaught Chess League by beating the combined Castlebar/Westport team 3.5 to 1.5 in a tight final match played in NUIG on Sat, 21st July 2012. The Connaught League is split into North and South Connaught divisions. The title is decided by the final match between the two division winners. […]
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Glorney and Gilbert Cup results
In the Glorney cup Galway’s John Cormican had a sensational result of 5/6 against an average ELO 1945. Oissine contributed 1.5 as Ireland tied with Scotland for 3rd. 1 England 22 2 Wales 13 2 Scotland 13 3= Ireland 12.5 Ireland SCO WLS ENG WLS SCO ENG 1 Conor O’Donnell ½ ½ 0 0 […]
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Galway Juniors in Action
Oissine Murphy, John Cormican and Ruth Cormican will all be playing for Ireland this week. Oissine and John are playing in the Glorney Cup team (for players under 18) and Ruth is top board in the team competing for the Jessica Gilbert Cup (for girls under 18). These events, played between teams representing England, Ireland, […]
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Ennis Rapidplay – Results
The Jim Hussey Memorial Rapid Tournament, held in Ennis on Saturday 15 July, was won by Galway’s Pete Morriss, with 5½/6. Second equal were Aidan Coll and Paul Walsh, on 5/6 (both lost to Pete and won all their other games). Other Galway members who played were Tony Aherne, David Baird, Ruth Cormican, Michael O’Connell, […]
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Ennis Rapidplay – 14th July
Ennis Chess Club are running a rapid play tournament next Saturday (14 July), in memory of Jim Hussey. The event is in the Auburn Lodge Hotel (which is on the Galway side of Ennis),and will start at noon. Games will be 20 minutes a side, but there will be a time handicap based on the […]
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Dates for the Galway Chess Congress 2012 Announced!
Lots of people have been asking about the dates for the Congress over the past few months. The long wait is finally over. You can chalk in your diary the following info: The 2012 edition of the Galway Chess Congress will be held in the Salthill Hotel from Fri 12 Oct – Sun 14 Oct 2012. […]
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Summer Chess in Galway
We will be meeting in the Cottage Bar, Lower Salthill, on Thursday evenings from 8.30 until September. The pub will give us our own room if one is available; otherwise we will meet in the main bar. This will of course be entirely informal. If you haven’t been to the club before, then you are most welcome; […]
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Connaught League 2012
The recently revived Connaught League began a few weeks ago. The new format this year is a knockout with quarter finals, semi finals and a final. Galway played its quarter final game with a 3½-1½ win over Ballinasloe – although the match was closer than the score suggests. This qualifies us for a semi-final against […]
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Ennis Congress 2012 Update
The latest news on next weekends Ennis Congress is that English GMs Gawain Jones and Simon Williams will be participating! p.s. GM Mihai Suba is also playing. For further information check this out.
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