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- Christmas Blitz tournament: Thursday 14 Decemberby PeteThursday 14 December sees our year-ending Christmas Blitz tournament. In addition to providing the opportunity of playing seven games of chess, there will be seasonal offerings for you to consume.… Read more: Christmas Blitz tournament: Thursday 14 December
- Thursday 23rd November: Puzzle nightby PeteOur next event is a Puzzle Night, in which you will be shown a number of carefully chosen puzzles, ranging in difficulty from those suitable for beginners to ones requiring… Read more: Thursday 23rd November: Puzzle night
- Rapidplay concludes: Thursday 16 Novemberby PeteOur Autumn Rapidplay tournament concludes on Thursday 16th November. You can play in it whether or not you have played in previous rounds: just show up at our venue upstairs… Read more: Rapidplay concludes: Thursday 16 November
- Thursday 2 November: Blitz Tournamentby PeteThis Thursday’s offering for you is one of our more popular events: an evening blitz tournament. Each player will have 5 minutes to make all their moves, plus an extra… Read more: Thursday 2 November: Blitz Tournament
- Rapidplay: Thursday 19 Octoberby PeteGalway Club’s Autumn Rapid tournament continues with rounds 4 to 6 on Thursday 19 October. Each player will have three games during the evening, and will have 15 minutes per game to… Read more: Rapidplay: Thursday 19 October
- Christmas Blitz tournament: Thursday 14 December
The home of chess in Galway
The Galway Congress is only 2 weeks away!
Our big weekend for 2012 is nearly upon us (Oct 12-14) so its time to get your entries into us. Some notable entries received so far include:
- Denis Rombaldini IM (ITA)
- Alex Baburin GM
- Alex Lopez IM
- John Donaldson IM (US)
- David Fitzsimons
- Valentine Kalinins
- Charles McAleenan (SCO)
- Sabrina Reginato (ITA)
The web page for the Congress has all the information: Galway Chess Congress 2012
To avail of reduced rates (see Congress main page for rates) fill out an entry form and send it to us along with the entry fee.
MS Word document Entry Form: GCC 2012 Entry Form Document
Web Entry Form (for printing only): GCC 2012 Entry Form Web Page
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Another GM has just entered: Vlad-Cristian Jianu, from Romania: that’s 2 GMs and 3 IMs so far. We’ve also had so many entries from overseas (including from Australia) that we are thinking of renaming the tournament the Galway International. Irish entries are very welcome too, of course.
We’ll update the list of entries in the next few days.
Pete Morriss (for the Organizing Committee)
Congress Changes
There has been a minor change in the Congress timetable. In response to a request from a Dubliner, we have brought forward the start of the last round to 2.15 on Sunday, to make it less of a rush for anybody who wants to catch the last train towards Dublin, which leaves at 6.05. (Why is it so early? The last train from Dublin to Galway is a more reasonable 8.30.)
If you are catching the Dublin train, do let one of the organizers know before the start of the last round, and we will try to arrange a lift to the station from one of our local team if your game finishes late.