Galway Rapid 2025: Report

Our summer rapid event in officially in the books.

It was a fantastic event and we loved having so many people join us in the Bridge Centre for the day.

A huge congratulations to Galway Chess Club member Ronaldo Alonso Moreira on winning the event outright with a near-perfect score of 6.5 out of 7.

There were also great performances from Rory Quinn, Korneliusz Bartczak and Finn Cummins who took a share of second place with a socre of 5.5 out of 7.

A special mention must got to Ryan Kerrigan, who not only won the prize for best Junior player, but also the 1000 – 1600 rating prize. Ryan graciously agreed to not take both prizes, allowing another player to share in the spoils for a prize.

Other prizewinners were Keshav Rohila, who won the under 1000 section with a score of 3 out of 7, and Galway United footballer Vincent Borden who won the 1000-1500 section with a score of 4.5 out of 7