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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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Rapidplay 2014
Final Standings:
| Name | Final Score | FIDE rating (ICU rating) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | Colm Daly | 8½ | 2331 |
| Jonathan O'Connor | 8½ | 2150 | |
| 3 | Yury Rochev | 6½ | 2358 |
| 4-7 | Eddie O'Connor | 6 | 2015 |
| Kevin O'Flaherty | 6 | 1887 | |
| Robert Lydiard | 6 | 1988 | |
| Pat McMahon | 6 | (1681) | |
| 8-14 | Darko Polimac | 5½ | 1984 |
| Fiachra Scallan | 5½ | (1489) | |
| Drahoslav Stejskal | 5½ | 2001 | |
| David B. Murray | 5½ | 2141 | |
| Conall Hegarty | 5½ | (1686) | |
| Jason Rawlinson | 5½ | (1575) | |
| John Hensey | 5½ | (1337) | |
| 15-22 | Ciaran Quinn | 5 | 2072 |
| Michael O'Donnell | 5 | 1804 | |
| Joe O'Donnell | 5 | (1810) | |
| Oissine Murphy | 5 | 1858 | |
| Mark Monahan | 5 | (1374) | |
| Anton Kalinichenko | 5 | ||
| Joseph Reid | 5 | (1559) | |
| John Bourke | 5 | (1056) | |
| 23-25 | Dara T. Murphy | 4½ | 1922 |
| Henryk Raczkowiak | 4½ | ||
| Carlos Silva | 4½ | (1452) | |
| 26-35 | Fintan Hegarty | 4 | (1312) |
| Christopher A. Murphy | 4 | (1359) | |
| Joseph A. McDonnell | 4 | (1599) | |
| Agustin Plaza Reino | 4 | 1178 | |
| Nick Scallan | 4 | (1301) | |
| Dwayne Spiteri | 4 | (1330) | |
| Paddy Divilly | 4 | 1481 | |
| Ivica Suker | 4 | ||
| Jacob Gorman | 4 | (1465) | |
| Chris McGorrian | 4 | ||
| 36-38 | John Flanagan | 3½ | (1281) |
| Andrew Barber | 3½ | (1342) | |
| Andrejs Kozlovs | 3½ | (705) | |
| 39-44 | Denis Ruchko | 3 | (625) |
| Stephen England | 3 | (1240) | |
| Stephen Li | 3 | (958) | |
| Kevin Fitzpatrick | 3 | 1609 | |
| Evan Forde | 3 | ||
| Mercedes Plaza Reino | 3 | (711) | |
| 45 | Thierry Baba | 2½ | |
| 46 | Mateo Plaza Reino | 2 | (453) |
| 47 | Muthukumaran Thangaramanujam | 1½ | (761) |
| 48 | Leire Plaza Reino | 1 | (503) |
Full crosstable to follow.
See the report on last year’s Rapidplay here.
[…] you are not all chessed out after the Ennis Open there is a FIDE rated rapidplay taking place in Galway in the Bridge Centre on St Marys Road on 14th June. In other upcoming chess […]
Hi Pete can you put me down for saturday hope your well see you sat regards Kevin
Done! See you on Saturday.
Fintan
[…] weekends FIDE rated Galway rapidplay was won convincingly by Colm Daly and Jonathon O Connor on 8.5 from 9 a full 2 points ahead of third place Yuri […]