Takes place from 18th to 20th September 2015 at the West County Hotel, Ennis, Co. Clare.  The title of “Munster Champion” will go to some one from that province. There are two sections (a) The Munster Championship .. Apply to organisers to ensure you’re eligible and  (b) the Under 1500 Championship ,  is open to […]

It was 1963 when Ireland last won the Glorney Cup.  The President of Ireland , Mr. Michael D. Higgins spoke elegantly at the opening ceremony which most certainly gave everyone a sense of importance about what was to come over the next 3 days. This year the Irish Glorney team, lead by Conor O’Donnell (Fide […]

We very much regret to announce that we have been forced to cancel this year’s Galway Chess Congress, which was due to take place on 2nd to 4th October 2015..   The reason for the cancellation is that we cannot guarantee that the ICU will rate the tournament, in view of their failure to rate the […]

The 2015 Galway Rapidplay was held on Saturday 6 June.  39 players took part, and most commented on the relaxed and friendly atmosphere that prevailed.  Players came from all over Ireland – from Donegal to Cork, and the east coast to the west – and also several came over from England for this event.  We […]

We will not be holding regular, informal, meetings over the summer for the time being, as several people will be away and we cannot guarantee that should you turn up there will be anybody there.  When people are back we will post here.

A number of Galway Chess Club members travelled down to Ennis for the Ennis Congress, and some good results were achieved.  The best overall performance was Winter League holder Gerardo Artola Pola, who came outright fourth overall in the Open and won the grading prize, with 4½/6: an excellent result, particularly considering that he was rated […]

The annual FIDE-rated Galway Rapidplay will this year be held on Saturday 6 June. Full details are available at the Rapidplay 2015 tab, above. In brief: it will be held in our usual venue of Galway Bridge Centre (for directions see “The Club” tab, above). It will start at 10.45, and we expect that it […]

In Ennis on Sunday the 10th of May is a “Rapid” event which is ideal for all our players to practice our blitz / rapid play skills before the FIDE Rapid here in the Bridge Club on the 6th of June, to enter or more details contact John Cassidy to enter (087-2495913).

Whilst the first place in the Winter League was already decided before the last round took place, the other prize winners still had to be determined.  Some hard-fought games (it is rare for a tournament to have no draws at all in the final round) produced the following outcome.  First was Gerardo Artola Pola.  Second, on tie-break, […]

Our Winter League winner Gerardo Artola Pola showed that he is indeed a true champion by winning the April blitz with a perfect score of six wins out of six.  Second was Padraic O’Tuathail, with 5/6.  The grading prize was won by Andrew Barber, with 3 points. To recap the winners for this year’s blitzes have been […]