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- Galway Winter League won by Anand Kumarby PeteThe 2023-4 Galway Winter League (our club championship) was won by Anand Kumar after an exciting and tense play-off against Chris Jonker. Both had scored 5½ points out of 7.… Read more: Galway Winter League won by Anand Kumar
- Galway come second in National Club Championshipby PeteGalway Chess Club came second in the National Club Championship, held in Dublin on the weekend of 26-28 April. In fact we came first equal with two other teams (Elm… Read more: Galway come second in National Club Championship
- April Blitz Resultsby PeteThe April Blitz Tournament, played on April 11th, ended with joint winners, Pete Morriss and Chris Jonker both scoring 6 points out of 7. The rating prize, for the highest-finishing player rated in the lower half of… Read more: April Blitz Results
- 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
- Galway Winter League won by Anand Kumar
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Gawain leading European Champs!
Gawain Jones, the current Galway Congress champion and former Ennis resident, is leading the European Individual Championships in Bulgaria. He has the sole lead with 4.0/4.0. Not bad for a tournament with 176 grandmasters participating! You can follow the games live in lots of places (e.g. from the TWIC site).
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Cork Congress this weekend
A late reminder that the Cork Congress takes place this coming weekend (23 to 25 March). More information can be found at: http://www.corkchess.com/index.php?page=cork-congress-2 The Cork Congress is one of the top 4 weekend tournaments in the country. Galway players have always found this to be a great event. Its top section is over 1600 so […]
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Galway Winter League 2011/12 – Final Round!
The final round draw is below, which will be due to be played on Thursday 22nd March. There is one final game being played tomorrow but the draw below will not change due to that result: 1 baird, d (6) : morriss, p (2) 2 abberton, e (8) : calleja, f (7) 3 , joona (16) […]
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About The Club
Here’s some summary information on when and where we meet: Venue: Galway Bridge Centre (upstairs) Address: St. Marys Road, Galway When: Thursdays from 8pm onwards Season: From September to April Anyone can call in on the night to find out what happens or maybe have a couple of games of blitz. Members vary from the young […]
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Galwaychess.com is back!
We are back with a brand new less cluttered look and better features. We’ll be adding lots of new content over the next few weeks so stay tuned. We’ll have chess games, league results, comments, upcoming events and reports.
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