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- Christmas Blitz tournament: Thursday 14 Decemberby PeteThursday 14 December sees our year-ending Christmas Blitz tournament. In addition to providing the opportunity of playing seven games of chess, there will be seasonal offerings for you to consume.… Read more: Christmas Blitz tournament: Thursday 14 December
- Thursday 23rd November: Puzzle nightby PeteOur next event is a Puzzle Night, in which you will be shown a number of carefully chosen puzzles, ranging in difficulty from those suitable for beginners to ones requiring… Read more: Thursday 23rd November: Puzzle night
- Rapidplay concludes: Thursday 16 Novemberby PeteOur Autumn Rapidplay tournament concludes on Thursday 16th November. You can play in it whether or not you have played in previous rounds: just show up at our venue upstairs… Read more: Rapidplay concludes: Thursday 16 November
- Thursday 2 November: Blitz Tournamentby PeteThis Thursday’s offering for you is one of our more popular events: an evening blitz tournament. Each player will have 5 minutes to make all their moves, plus an extra… Read more: Thursday 2 November: Blitz Tournament
- Rapidplay: Thursday 19 Octoberby PeteGalway Club’s Autumn Rapid tournament continues with rounds 4 to 6 on Thursday 19 October. Each player will have three games during the evening, and will have 15 minutes per game to… Read more: Rapidplay: Thursday 19 October
- Christmas Blitz tournament: Thursday 14 December
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Coaching Evenings
As part of our new seson we held the first coaching sessinon on Thursday 21st Nov. Topic covered was endgame play with a focus on fundamentals of R+P endings. Next session is slated for Dec. 5th and we will look at Endings unruly cousin .. participants should bring a laptop computer (one machine between 4 players will do nicely).
Good luck to the Galway chess team this w/e in their first outing in the so called “Munster League”, enjoy it (if at all possible)!
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