For players who wish to keep practicing you are welcome to join us on zoom and lichess.org every Wednesday (starting on 13th January) until Easter.
Novice and Improvers @ 5pm – 6pm .. and our Advanced group from 7pm to 9pm.
RE. Beginners .. We’ll wait until after restrictions have lifted before we have face-2-face chess back. Online chess is very challenging for beginners.
If you are new to this .. this video explains how!
For Parents see the above video.. it’s easy to join, go to the sign-in area at www.lichess.org , choose your user name and p/w. Then click on REGISTER. Child safety: go to https://lichess.org/account/kid and enable “kid mode” .
In the mixed NS Galway finals the winners were Bushy Park who came from 1.5pts behind in the last round to pass last years winners St. Pats, in third place was a young and improving Gael scoil Mhic Amhlaigh team.
The NS Girls finals was won by Clairnbridge , with Scoil Ide in 2nd place, Clairnbridge showed their strength in depth by coming in 3rd place too !
Secondary Schoools – the champions are St. Jarleth’s of Tuam. 2nd was last year winners The Bish from Galway, 3rd were Glenamaddy Secondary school & 3rd Calascantius Ortanmore.
In the challenger section – 1st Calascantius , 2nd Glenamaddy , 3rd The junior Bish team.
Entries are open for this year’s National Schools finals for mixed teams of 8 players and a separate event for girl’s teams of 4 players.
Entries to brendan@chessossity.com numbers are limited and will be allocated on a first come first registered basis.
| Galway N.S. Chess Championships: | Girls N.S. Chess Championships: |
| Teams of 8 playes. Aridlaun Hotel, Taylors hill, Galway. Tuesday 10th of March. 10.00 am to 3.00 pm €40 per team. | Teams of 4 players. Venue: The Bridge Centre, St. Mary’s Road, Galway. Monday 9th of March. 10.00 am to 3.00 pm €20 per team. |
There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each competition. Plus the best player on every team will win a star player prize too.
And the best teams in both competitions will qualify for the All-Ireland finals in June.
Chess Tournament :
Sunday – 2nd February .. 2 pm – 5 pm.
At the Bridge club, on St. Mary’s Road, Galway.
Entry fee – € 10.
Every player gets 6 games with prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd.
Parents can stay to watch or return later for the prize
giving. Kids should bring a light lunch and a drink.
Register on the day.
Three regional finals happening in Galway during March 2020:
To register your school team please email .. brendan@chessossity.com .. please clearly specify which event you are entering.
click here to go start ..
And move up from a “little pawn” to become a “King of chess tactics”.
