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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
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Blitz Tournament Review 2017
We held eleven monthly blitz tournaments in 2017 – there wasn’t one in May, as there was the Rapidplay tournament instead. In all, 42 different people played in at least one tournament; just two played in all eleven. There were eight different winners of the tournament (including ties); repeat winners were Brendan Buckley and Jason Rawlinson (both three times) and Pete Morriss (twice). There were nine different winners of the grading prize; the only repeat winner was Kynesha Ryder, who won three times. The person who scored the most points overall during the year was Pete Morriss, largely because he played in all eleven tournaments.
| First | Second | Grading | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | Pete Morriss | Carlos Silva | K. S. Gopal |
| February | Pete Morriss | Denis Ruchko | Kynesha Ryder |
| March | Fintan Hegarty | Denis Ruchko | Kynesha Ryder |
| April | Denis Ruchko | Pete Morriss | Billy Delee |
| May | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| June | J. Rawlinson, B. Buckley | Pranav Phatak | |
| July | Jason Rawlinson | B. Buckley, F. Hegarty | Zoran Dragic |
| August | B. Buckley, David McCann | Maksym Ruchko | |
| September | Jason Rawlinson | A. Jimenez, Z. Nemeth, P. Morriss | James Blackwell |
| October | Brendan Buckley | Pete Morriss | Kynesha Ryder |
| November | Alex Drimbarean | Pete Morriss | Andrejs Kozlovs |
| December | Conall Hegarty | Pete Morriss | Ger Abberton |
Players who scored more than ten points during the year were:
| Points scored | Tournaments played | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Morriss | 56 | 11 | 5.1 |
| Jason Rawlinson | 46 | 10 | 4.6 |
| Denis Ruchko | 43½ | 9 | 4.8 |
| Kynesha Ryder | 38½ | 11 | 3.5 |
| Fintan Hegarty | 37 | 9 | 4.1 |
| Brendan Buckley | 30 | 6 | 5 |
| Conall Hegarty | 21 | 5 | 4.2 |
| Zalan Nemeth | 17½ | 4 | 4.4 |
| Ian Finnerty | 17 | 8 | 2.1 |
| Ger Abberton | 14½ | 4 | 3.6 |
| Carlos Silva | 13½ | 3 | 4.5 |
| Andrejs Kozlovs | 13½ | 4 | 3.4 |
| Maksym Ruchko | 13½ | 6 | 2.25 |
| Alex Drimbarean | 12 | 2 | 6 |
| Andrew Barber | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| Paul Ward | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| James Blackwell | 11 | 3 | 3.7 |
| Andrew Finnerty | 10½ | 4 | 2.6 |
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