The Galway Rapidplay was won convincingly by Galway’s own Yury Rochev, with 8½ points out of 9.
Second was Philip Short, also of Galway, with 7. There was a tie for third place, on 6 points between Brendan Buckley (Galway), Karol Marzec (Poland) and Diana Mirza (Limerick). Grading prizes were won by Andrew Barber (Galway) and Evan Doyle (Castlebar). Perhaps it’s worth pointing out that, despite Galway’s dominance in the prizes, less than half the entrants were from Galway.
Below is the cross table of the event, and below that some pictures taken of the prize winners, and during play.
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from Tournament Organizer, Pete Morriss
Date
Saturday 29 June.
Location
Galway Bridge Centre, St Mary’s Road, Galway.
Rate of play
9 Rounds.
Each player will have 15 minutes for the game, plus an increment of 10 seconds per move from move 1.
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