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- 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
- Galway Winter League won by Anand Kumarby PeteThe 2023-4 Galway Winter League (our club championship) was won by Anand Kumar after an exciting and tense play-off against Chris Jonker. Both had scored 5½ points out of 7.… Read more: Galway Winter League won by Anand Kumar
- August Blitz Results
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Congress: About
Information regarding the Galway Chess Congress, past and present, can be accessed from this page.
The Galway Chess Congress is one of the four main annual weekenders in Ireland. For many years we have been hosting the event in one of the leading hotels in Galway. It was originally held in early to mid-October, but we then moved to a mid-Spring date. The most recent Congress was held from March 11th to 13th 2022 in the Menlo Park Hotel. In 2020 the competition was scheduled to take place from March 20th to 22nd, but had to be cancelled at the last minute because of the coronavirus pandemic, and in 2021 the pandemic was still raging and the Congress had to be held online (full results, and also links to all the games, are here).
The reigning champion is Richard Zienert.
Full results of the most recent congresses are available here:
2022, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014 , 2013, 2012, 2011.
Here’s the list of all the past winners of the Galway Congress:
| 2019 | Henry Li FM |
| 2017 | Oleg Korneev GM |
| 2016 | Alexander Baburin GM |
| 2014 | Vladimir Sveshnikov IM |
| 2013 | Alexander Baburin GM |
| 2012 | Alex Lopez IM |
| 2011 | Gawain Jones GM |
| 2010 | Dorian Rogozenco GM |
| 2009 | Alex Baburin GM |
| 2008 | Yury Rochev |
| 2007 | Gawain Jones GM |
| 2006 | Alex Baburin GM |
| 2005 | Bartosz Socko GM |
| 2004 | Mark Quinn IM |
| 2003 | Alex Baburin GM |
| 2002 | Lorcan O’Toole |
For any queries, please email us at galwaychess[at]gmail[dot]com .
Hi my friend and I are playing chess online and are interested in maybe joining a chess club we are in our 40s and live in Galway city any info would be great thanks
Hi James,
Apologies for the delay. The club is due to start up in October – probably on the 10th, but I’ve added you to the mailing list so you will get an email to confirm closer to the date. Failing that, you can usually find us in Monroe’s Tavern of a Tuesday evening. Send us an email if you have any further questions.
Best,
Fintan