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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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December Blitz Results
There were fewer players than we expected at the Christmas blitz, held on Thursday 20 December – which meant that those of us who were there ate more mince pies than was good for our waistlines. But they were very enjoyable at the time, as was the chess. The eventual winner was Pete Morriss, with 6½ points out of 7 (drawing with Denis Ruchko, and winning the rest); second was Zalan Nemeth on 6 points (losing to Pete and winning all his other games); and the rating prize was won by Andrew Barber, on a highly commendable 4 points. The award for the best seasonal costume was won by Yuliya Makarenko by a mile, and the important one for the player who brought the best mince pies was shared between Kynesha Ryder and Paul Ward.
That concludes our activities for this year. Seasonal greetings to all our members (and readers), and remember that your New Year’s resolution should be to play more chess at Galway Chess Club in 2019.
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