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The home of chess in Galway
The Spring Rapidplay was held over three Thursdays in January, February and March. There were ten rounds in all, with players getting up to two half-point byes for each round missed – so that it was possible to get more points than games played. A total of 31 people played in the tournament, but only two dedicated members played in all ten rounds. The final results (with rounds played in brackets) showed that there was a tie for first place, on 6½ points, between Max Gavilovskis (from 10 games) and Pete Morriss (from 6), whilst third, close behind on 6 points, was Oleksandr Skorobogatko (from 7). The rating prize – for the highest-placed finisher rated in the lower half – was won by Fahad Ahmed, who came fourth with 4½ (10).