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- Season Opening Blitz Tournament (19 September) resultsby PeteOur Opening Blitz tournament was won by Christy O’Sullivan, with 6 points out of 7. This was Christy’s first appearance in Galway Chess Club, although he played a lot in… Read more: Season Opening Blitz Tournament (19 September) results
- August Blitz Resultsby PeteThe August Blitz was won by newcomer Ronaldo Alonso, with 5½ points out of 7. Second equal were another newcomer, Oleksandr Skorobogatko, and very-much-not-a-newcomer Michael O’Donnell, who both scored 5… Read more: August Blitz Results
- July Blitz Resultsby PeteThe July blitz tournament was a truly international one, as we were delighted to welcome visitors from the Czech Republic and Barcelona – and even Mayo – which made it a somewhat stronger… Read more: July Blitz Results
- June Blitz Resultsby PeteOur June blitz was won by Chris Jonker, who won all his games – a rare event in our blitz tournaments. Second was Alex Drimbarean. The rating prize (highest finish of someone… Read more: June Blitz Results
- May Blitz Resultsby PeteOur season-ending blitz tournament, held on 16th May, was won by Pete Morriss, who scored 5½ points out of a possible 7. Second was Lorcan Heron, on 5 points; he… Read more: May Blitz Results
- Season Opening Blitz Tournament (19 September) results
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Galway Chess Congress is back: 22-24 March 2019
This is advance notice that the Galway Chess Congress will return next year on the weekend of 22nd to 24th March 2019. It will be at the same venue as the last few years (the Menlo Park Hotel), and we expect that the general arrangements will also be much the same as in previous years. Further particulars and information on how to enter will be put on our website in the new year, in the Galway Congress 2019
tab above. So put this date in your diary, and we look forward to seeing many of you in March.
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– how much will the tournament cost? and do you have to have an ELO rating to enter the tournament? i may enter the tournament but i don’t have an ELO rating but i am roughly between 1300-1800, roughly.
– How much will the tournament cost?
– Can i still enter the tournament without having an ELO rating?
Hi Mark,
Good to hear from you. I think you’ll now find most of the info you need at the Congress 2019 tab on the website; apologies for the delay in putting it up there. On the ELO rating point: yes, you can certainly enter without having a rating – everybody would have done this at some point, as the only way of getting a rating is to enter a rated tournament. Normally people without ratings enter the under 1200 section, as this would be the first rated tournament they have played in; but if you think you are too strong for that section, the best thing to do would be to drop us a line (at galwaychess [at] gmail [dot] com) and tell us a bit about yourself. We would certainly accept you into the 1200-1800 section if you can tell us why that’s where you belong (and we have indeed often done that in the past). Or if you are in Galway, come along to the club one Thursday evening!