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- Galway come second in National Club Championshipby PeteGalway Chess Club came second in the National Club Championship, held in Dublin on the weekend of 26-28 April. In fact we came first equal with two other teams (Elm… Read more: Galway come second in National Club Championship
- April Blitz Resultsby PeteThe April Blitz Tournament, played on April 11th, ended with joint winners, Pete Morriss and Chris Jonker both scoring 6 points out of 7. The rating prize, for the highest-finishing player rated in the lower half of… Read more: April Blitz Results
- 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 come second in National Club Championship
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December Blitz Results
Our end-of-year Blitz, held on 19 December, saw the welcome return of a couple of members we haven’t seen for several years – and the equally welcome arrival of a new player – in addition to slightly more regulars than appeared last month. Michael O’Donnell was the runaway winner, finishing on 6 points out of 7 – conceding just one draw, against Felix Calleja, and also receiving a half-point bye for missing the first round. Second equal were last month’s winner Brian Gallagher and top-seed Johannes Hertel, on 4½ points. The rating prize went to thirteen year-old Eoghan Collins, who scored an outstanding 4 points in his first Galway Blitz. We look forward to seeing much more of him over the next few years.
The usual prize for the best offering of Christmas fare was not awarded this year, but the Best Festive Jumper award went to Shane O’Connell – though, to be fair, he faced very little competition in the absence of last year’s winner Yuliya Makarenko.
The Club will return from its christmas break for another blitz tournament on Thursday 9 January.
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