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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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Carlos wins Winter League
In an exciting and tense play-off Carlos da Silva eventually clinched his first Winter League title at about 11.30 at night, beating top-seed Pete Morriss 2½ – 1½. The format was two games at 25 minutes + 15 seconds increment; if these did not produce a winner, then two games at 15 minutes + 10 seconds, followed, if necessary, by pairs of games at ever faster time rates. The first three games were all decisive, and strangely the player with the black pieces won them all. In the fourth game, Pete, as black, eventually got down to a rook v pawn endgame. Subsequent checking with tablebases suggests that there was one (and only one) way for black to win, but Pete did not find it and the game ended in a draw. So Carlos is our new champion, and a very worthy one.
Final Standings:
| Name | Score | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos da Silva | 5½ | 1597 |
| Pete Morriss | 5½ | 1885 |
| Jason Rawlinson | 5 | 1535 |
| Conall Hegarty | 5 | 1660 |
| Dara Murphy | 4½ | 1773 |
| Henryk Raczkowiak | 4 | 1658 |
| Paul Ward | 4 | 1473 |
| Denis Ruchko | 4 | 1083 |
| Eduardo Gandara Diaz | 4 | 1843 |
| Fintan Hegarty | 3½ | 1312 |
| Michael O'Connell | 3½ | 1236 |
| Andrew Barber | 3 | 1378 |
| David Baird | 3 | 1504 |
| Billy Delee | 3 | |
| David Piercy | 2½ | 941 |
| Colm O Riordain | 2 | |
| John Hensey | 1½ | 1263 |
| Michiel Jacobs | 1½ withdrawn | 1785 |
| Pablo Donadio | ½ withdrawn | 1867 |
| Sid Hegde | 0 withdrawn | |
| Hassan Mahmood | 0 withdrawn |
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