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The 2023-4 Galway Winter League (our club championship) was won by Anand Kumar after an exciting and tense play-off against […]

Galway Chess Club came second in the National Club Championship, held in Dublin on the weekend of 26-28 April. In

The April Blitz Tournament, played on April 11th, ended with joint winners, Pete Morriss and Chris Jonker both scoring 6 points out of 7.  The

Our Spring Rapidplay tournament was completed on Thursday 4 April. The winner was Pete Morriss, who scored 8 points out

The blitz tournament held on Thursday 7 March, played at our faster rate of 3 minutes plus 2 seconds increment,

The winner of the February Blitz, played on 8th February, was Simon Iwasaki, who scored 6/7. Second was Pete Morriss on 5½. The

Some news of achievements by our members in tournaments elsewhere in Ireland.  First, two of our younger members braved Storm

The January blitz, held on 18 January, was won by Alex Drimbarean, with 6 points out of 7. Second equal

Thursday 14 December sees our year-ending Christmas Blitz tournament. In addition to providing the opportunity of playing seven games of

Our next event is a Puzzle Night, in which you will be shown a number of carefully chosen puzzles, ranging