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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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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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