Galway Chess Club

Thursday, September 09, 2010

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Galway Congress 2010 The Galway Chess Congress 2010 will be held from Oct 1-3rd 2010 at the Salthill Hotel on the prom in Galway. There will be 3 sections: Masters (1800+), Majors (1200-1799) and Minors (U1200). Prize fund is €3,600. See full details here. Picture is of Alex Baburin GM (and winner of the 2009 Galway Congress) doing battle with Cork's Alex Lopez two years ago.

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Galway Chess Club The Galway Chess Club meets every Thursday night at the Galway Bridge Centre from 8pm onwards from Sept to mid May. New members of all standards are always welcome. We are now on our summer break until Sept. During the summer break, we meet up in one of the pubs/cafes around Galway. At the moment, we're meeting every Thurs night from 9pm upstairs in Javas on Abbeygate St (opposite CPs!).

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Chess Coaching and Classes Our Junior Club is held on Thursday evenings (6.45pm to 7.45pm). We will be returning on Sept. 16th 2010. All are welcome regardless of chess experience - we are at the Bridge Club on St. Marys Road the same venue as our senior Chess Club. Those kids (early teens) who are good enough can play in the senior club competitions - check with Brendan or Christy O'Sullivan for details. You can e-mail us at brenbuckley(at)yahoo.com if you require any more information. A very belated report on how our club members got on at this years Irish Junior Championships.....

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Senior Chess News

A modern day classic game:
Last Updated: 26/08/2010 | Brendan Buckley

We have selected an old gem to test our new facility to put pgn games back onto the club website, enjoy the action... Karpov V's Kaspar [ ... ]

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Senior Club Competitions

May 2010 Blitz results
Last Updated: 26/08/2010 | Brendan Buckley

May 2010 Blitz : May winner - Zaidan Zulkipli 8.5 out of 9pts .... 2nd - Brendan Buckley ... 3rd - Ossine Murphy. For our final speed e [ ... ]

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