-
NEWS
- 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
The home of chess in Galway
Galway Rapidplay 2013
The Galway Rapidplay was won convincingly by Galway’s own Yury Rochev, with 8½ points out of 9.
Second was Philip Short, also of Galway, with 7. There was a tie for third place, on 6 points between Brendan Buckley (Galway), Karol Marzec (Poland) and Diana Mirza (Limerick). Grading prizes were won by Andrew Barber (Galway) and Evan Doyle (Castlebar). Perhaps it’s worth pointing out that, despite Galway’s dominance in the prizes, less than half the entrants were from Galway.
Yuri receiving 1st prize with a score of 8.5/9
Philip came 2nd with a score of 7.0/9
Below is the cross table of the event, and below that some pictures taken of the prize winners, and during play.
No. Name Rating Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 Rochev, Yury 2363 8.5 14:W 6:W 9:W 7:W 2:D 4:W 3:W 5:W 8:W
2 Short, Philip 2223 7 18:W 8:W 3:D 19:W 1:D 7:W 4:L 10:W 9:W
3 Buckley, Brendan 2082 6 12:W 5:W 2:D 9:W 7:L 11:W 1:L 8:D 4:W
4 Marzec, Karol 1981 6 16:D 17:W 6:D 10:W 5:W 1:L 2:W 9:W 3:L
5 Mirza, Diana 1661 6 15:W 3:L 18:W 17:W 4:L 10:W 14:W 1:L 7:W
6 MacElligott,Gerard 1908 5.5 24:W 1:L 4:D 11:L 15:W 20:W 8:L 14:W 13:W
7 Short, Stephen 1959 5 25:W 23:W 11:W 1:L 3:W 2:L 9:L 18:W 5:L
8 Calleja, Felix 1682 5 21:W 2:L 14:W 13:L 11:D 16:W 6:W 3:D 1:L
9 Murphy, Oissine 1928 5 20:W 19:W 1:L 3:L 17:W 23:W 7:W 4:L 2:L
10 Divilly, Paddy 1437 5 17:L 13:W 20:W 4:L 19:W 5:L 12:W 2:L 18:W
11 Heinrich, Jan 1901 5 13:D 16:W 7:L 6:W 8:D 3:L 19:L 21:W 17:W
12 Barber, Andrew 1309 5 3:L 15:D 13:L 22:W 21:D 17:W 10:L 24:W 19:W
13 Kalinichenko, Anton 4.5 11:D 10:L 12:W 8:W 23:L 14:L 15:W 19:W 6:L
14 Monahan, Mark 1374 4.5 1:L 24:W 8:L 20:W 18:D 13:W 5:L 6:L 26:W
15 Durand, Côme 4.5 5:L 12:D 16:D 18:D 6:L 26:W 13:L 22:W 24:W
16 Fitzpatrick, Kevin 1222 4.5 4:D 11:L 15:D 21:D 24:W 8:L 18:L 26:W 20:W
17 Doyle, Evan 4 10:W 4:L 23:W 5:L 9:L 12:L 22:W 20:W 11:L
18 Hegarty, Fintan 1312 4 2:L 21:W 5:L 15:D 14:D 22:W 16:W 7:L 10:L
19 Flannery, David 1393 4 22:W 9:L 25:W 2:L 10:L 21:W 11:W 13:L 12:L
20 Bourke, John 1168 3 9:L 22:W 10:L 14:L 25:W 6:L 26:W 17:L 16:L
21 Bazanov, Petr 3 8:L 18:L 26:W 16:D 12:D 19:L 24:W 11:L 22:L
22 Mensa, Martynas 3 19:L 20:L 24:W 12:L 26:W 18:L 17:L 15:L 21:W
23 Rawlinson, Jason 1631 3 26:W 7:L 17:L 25:W 13:W 9:L
24 Fitzpatrick, Rebecca 1.5 6:L 14:L 22:L 26:W 16:L 25:D 21:L 12:L 15:L
25 Galvin, Billy 771 1.5 7:L 26:W 19:L 23:L 20:L 24:D
26 Blackwell, Edward 0 23:L 25:L 21:L 24:L 22:L 15:L 20:L 16:L 14:L
Joint Third: Brendan Buckley, Diana Mirza, and Karol Marzec
Evan Doyle receiving his Grading Prize
from Tournament Organizer, Pete Morriss
Four players deep in thought
Finally, three anxious parents (and one younger sister) who waited patiently all day to see if their heroes could win a prize (and two out of the three did).
Date
Saturday 29 June.
Location
Galway Bridge Centre, St Mary’s Road, Galway.
Rate of play
9 Rounds.
Each player will have 15 minutes for the game, plus an increment of 10 seconds per move from move 1.
[…] done to Yury Rochev who won the Galway FIDE rated rapidplay last weekend. Philip Short was second. Brendan Buckley, Karol Marzec and Diana Mirza finished 3rd […]