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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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February Blitz results
There were rather fewer players in the February blitz, held on Thursday 23 February, than there have been over the past few months; nevertheless, many exciting games were played and there were some unexpected results. The grading prize went to Kynesha Ryder, for the second time in three months, with an excellent 4 out of 6. Second place went to Denis Ruchko, with 4½, while the winner, for the second month in a row, was Pete Morriss with 5½ points out of 6. Pete dropped his half point in a wild game with Denis in which he was a piece down for most of the time, before recovering to reach a won ending which he then threw away. Denis’s chances were rather spoiled by losing in the first round to Kynesha, whilst Kynesha dropped points to last month’s grading prize winner Gopal and also Zalan Nemeth, with whom she shared third place, whilst beating fourth seed Jason Rawlinson as well as Denis.
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