Schools chess

School Notice:

This September  “Chess for All” is offering 5 free Chess lessons, 10 free Chess sets and free entry to their Chess events for 7 Galway Schools.

If interested simply email brendan@chessossity . com. There are 7 places available, so earliest emails get preference.   “Chess for All” is fully funded by the community foundation.

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End of season

Will be at City Limits, Oranmore on Wednesday 16th May at 7pm.  This is a party night with food and laser quest supplied by city limits , there is a cost of €10.

This year we will also play off the club team event and have a prize giving for the 4 teams in the finals .. the rest of us will play games !

Final :  Team Lasker   v’s    Team Anand.

3rd Place : Team Smyslov    v’s    Team Fisher.

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chess videos

Commentary on the match between the World’s number  2 and number 3 rated players.  Kramnik and Aronian, being played in Zurich.  Many more related videos .. if you enjoy this sort of thing !!

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GM Baburin Returns

Grandmaster Alex Baburin is organising a chess tournament for
players aged 6 to 13. Beginners are welcome.
Date & time: Sunday, the 29th of April, 2.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.
Venue: The Galway Bridge Centre, St Mary’s Road, Galway
Entry fee: €10. You can register on the day
For more information about this tournament, please e-mail Alex Baburin
at baburin@gmail.com or call him on 087-968-2378.

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League on .. we’ve started !

The first result of our first club league are in ..

Corinthians league table:

  • Kramnik :  Round 1  =  2.5 points
  • Lasker  :     Round 1  =  1.5 points
  • Botvinnik: Round 1  =  1.5 points
  • Smyslov :   Round 1  = 2.5 points

Salthill league table:

  • Annand :      Round 1 = 2.5 points
  • Capablanca :  Round 1  =  2 points
  • Kasparov :     Round 1  =  3 points
  • Karpov :       Round 1  =  2.5 points
  • Fisher :           Round 1  =  3 points
  • Spassky :        Round 1  =  2 points

The top two teams from each club night will play-off on the last club evening (party) !

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Expanded community – the new kids on the block:

This years community games was a massive success ..  Several new teams entered for the first time and the standard exhibited by the players was really exceptional.

The Salthill and Moycullen teams were much younger than their counterparts in the u-12 section and will have gained valuable experience for years to come.

For both sets of players and managers it was their first taste of competitive chess .. and they seem to have enjoyed the day out !  for more .. see winners..  also seen were the next generation from Knocknacarra:

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fun pics..

Some nice  images via @chessimages on twitter .. this one is called .. “Wet Pawns

And the next one is called .. “Work Hard“.

 

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Verify & calculate .. by Magnus.

This is a beautiful video from the worlds top chess player ..

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Calendar extended ..

This year we are extending the chess season for children until 15th May ..  After Easter we will run the 1st “Galway street league” .. details and entries nearer the time !

 

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latest on community games ..

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