The Galway Junior Chess Club will start back on Wednesday September 14th .. in the Galway Tennis club in Salthill, see  www.galwayjuniorchess.com for full club calendar and more.  If you’ve any questions emails to  brendan@chessossity.com . Also, ..  The 1st junior tournament of this year is on close by in Ennis on the 18th & […]

The August blitz tournament, held on Thursday 4 August, was won by Pete Morriss with 5½ points out of 6. Second was Jason Rawlinson, with 5 points. Since there were a considerable number of new participants (which we very much welcome), the grading prize was replaced by a “best newcomer’s prize”, which was won by […]

The club’s August blitz tournament will be this Thursday (4 August) in the Bridge Centre, St Mary’s Rd., starting shortly after 7.30. There will be a €5 entry fee, which will go toward renting the venue (and sets and clocks) and prizes. Newcomers are particularly welcome.

Great news from England ..   Ireland are the 2016 Glorney Champions.  But at a more local level .. Galway boy Denis Ruchko was a key member of the (u-14) Irish team. Above Denis with his team mates .. winners of the Robinson Cup (U-14’s).  Denis won the last game to capture 1st place for […]

Galway’s Denis Ruchko has joined the prestigious list of Galway club members who have represented Ireland, by being selected for the Irish under-14 team that is playing against England, France, Scotland and Wales in the Robinson Cup, which started today. Only some of his games will be available live, but one can see the most […]

The inaugural summer blitz held on 7 July took a slightly different form than usual; in recognition of the long evenings, we decided to play a full ten rounds – five double rounds with both black and white against each opponent – instead of our normal seven. The winner, by a long way, was Brendan […]

Our inaugural Summer Blitz takes place on Thursday 7 July, in the Bridge Centre, starting at 7.30. This will be almost the same as our monthly winter blitzes, except for taking place in the summer. The one change is that there will be an entry fee of €5 (for members and non-members alike) to pay […]

This year’s FIDE-rated Galway Rapidplay, played on Saturday 11 June, was won by Rob Lydiard, who came over from England for the event, with a score of 6½/7. Second was Stephen Moran (from Dublin) with 5½. There was a four-way tie on 5 points for third place, between top seed Philip Short, second seed Manuel […]

Now that it is summer, our regular Thursday evening meetings at the Bridge Centre have come to an end until October. Instead, we will be meeting on the first Thursday of each month (7 July, 4 August, 1 September, and 6 October) at the Bridge Centre for blitz tournaments. These will start at 7.30; we […]

  In an exciting and tense play-off Carlos da Silva eventually clinched his first Winter League title at about 11.30 at night, beating top-seed Pete Morriss 2½ – 1½. The format was two games at 25 minutes + 15 seconds increment; if these did not produce a winner, then two games at 15 minutes + […]