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- Rapidplay: Thursday 28 Septemberby PeteOn Thursday 28 September we will host the first session of our Autumn Rapidplay tournament. Each player will have three games during the evening, and will have 15 minutes to make all … Read more
- Thursday 21 September: Adult Beginners’ Nightby PeteGalway Chess club’s season continues with an evening particularly for adult beginners on Thursday 21 September. If you think of yourself as a beginner at chess, and would like to … Read more
- Blitz Tournament: Thursday 14 Septemberby PeteGalway Chess Club’s 2023-4 season will open with a blitz tournament in our usual venue of upstairs in the Galway Bridge Centre , St Mary’s Road. Entry is from 7.00 … Read more
- Galway Rapidplay 2023by PeteThe 2023 Galway Rapidplay was held on Saturday 17 June. There was an unprecedented interest in playing in this tournament, and we had to close entries four weeks before the … Read more
- Galway Rapidplay: Saturday 17 Juneby PeteThe annual Galway Rapidplay will be held this year on Saturday 17 June in the Galway Bridge Centre. You will need to enter in advance; you can do that from … Read more
- Rapidplay: Thursday 28 September
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Congress 2011 Report
The Galway Chess Congress for 2011 was staged over the weekend of the 14th – 16th October 2011. Once again it was a wonderful success with over 160 players playing in 3 different floors of the Salthill Hotel.
The winner of the Masters section was GM Gawain Jones, who’s now in the top 100 in the world and who was clearly the class act in the field. Second was the young Killkenny man Ryan-Rhys Griffiths on 5.0/6.0. He finished ahead of IM Alex Lopez and GM Baburin on 4.5/6.0.
Local man, Anthony Aherne was playing Gawain in the final round.
Gawain Jones accepts the trophy from organiser Indy Banerjee
Masters Crosstable is available.
The Major section (1800 – 1400) was won by local player John Cormican who scored a perfect 6.0/6.0. Second was Westport man David Baird.
Major Crosstable is available.
Winners John Cormican and Gawain Jones
The Minor section was won by Sam O’Neill on 5.5/6.0.
Minor crosstable available
In his acceptance speech Gawain thanked the organizing committee who spent several months preparing this event. They were Pete Morriss, Indy Banerjee, Fiona Cormican and Fintan Hegarty.
Are the dates for the 2012 Galway Chess Congress known? I’ve committed to playing in tournaments the weekends of Oct. 13-14 and 20-21 in the U.S. and am hoping that your event will be the 5th to 7th. Earlier this year I played Bunratty and Cork and enjoyed both immensely.
Thank you for anything information you can provide.
IM John Donaldson
Hi John,
Unfortunately we decided to go for the 12-14th Oct. We are always interested in having masters participate in the congress so check back for the 2013 event. I will try to get the notice up much earlier next year.