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Junior Chess competitions

Junior Chess Competitions have been run at the Galway Bridge Centre for the last 5 years. These competitions are now run by John Alfred who you can contact at 087-6794211 for more information or else read this flyer from John Alfred's website.

Each competition is played over 5, 6 or 7 rounds using what is known as the Swiss system. That means that, in each round, each competitor plays against another player on the same number of points (note that there is no knockout)

What basically happens is that if you win a game, you play your next match against someone who has also won their game. If you win 2 games, you play someone who has also won 2 games. Likewise, if you lose the first 3 games, you play someone who has also lost their first 3 games. In this way, everyone finds their own level.

Next Competition

The 2008/09 competition schedule is as per below:

21-Sep-2008
19-Oct-2008
16-Nov-2008
7-Dec-2008
18-Jan-2009
15-Feb-2009
15-Mar-2009
26-Apr-2009

The results of the competitions from April 2007 onwards (along with a selection of photos) are on John Alfred's website.

The next competition will be held in Sept 2008.

Older Results (prior to April 2007)

. The results of the competitions held up to April 2007 are below.

April 29th 2007	There were 36 entrants in this month's competition - an attendance which was heavily affected by the superb weather and competing alternatives! Results were:
Level 1	Level-1 was won on an very impressive score of 7/7 by Gary Cooney with Diarmuid Mulkerrins in second place with an excellent score of 6/7. Level 1 cross-table of scores
Level 2	Level-2 was won by Cian Kelly on a tie-break from Sean McHugh with both players on 5/5. Level 2 cross-table of scores
Level 3	Level-3 and 4 were amalgamated and this section was won very impressively by David McCann of Claregalway on 5/5 from Gabriel Mirza of Limerick. Level 3-4 cross-table of scores

Mar 24th 2007	There were 70 entrants in this month's competition, which was the first run by John Alfred. Here's a photo of the Claregalway contingent. Back row (L-R): David McCann, Mark Coyle (3rd in level 2), Jennifer Carroll (winner, level 1), Padraigh Kearney, Keith Herwood. Front row (L-R): Eoin Kelly, Shane Moylan. Results were:
Level 1	Level-1 had a 3-way tie for 1st between Eoghan Finn, Sean McHugh and Patrick Bell. Level 1 cross-table of scores
Level 2	Level-2 was won by Michael McNeilis with Conor Noone in second place.Tara Crosby was awarded the Girls Prize. Level 2 cross-table of scores
Level 3	Level-3 and 4 were amalgamated and this section was won by Zaidan Zulkipli from Sarah and John Cormican. Level 3-4 cross-table of scores

Feb 18th 2007	There were 70 entrants in this month's competition, which was the first run by John Alfred. Here's a photo of the Claregalway contingent. Back row (L-R): David McCann, Mark Coyle (3rd in level 2), Jennifer Carroll (winner, level 1), Padraigh Kearney, Keith Herwood. Front row (L-R): Eoin Kelly, Shane Moylan. Results were:
Level 1	Level-1 had a clear winner in Jennifer Carroll, with John McGough 2nd. Joshua-Hill-O'Driscoll was joint 3rd with Shane Ryan. Jane Duggan was awarded the Girls Prize. Level 1 cross-table of scores
Level 2	Level-2 also had a clear winner in Gary Kilkelly. Joint 2nd and 3rd was won by Michael McNeilis and Mark Coyle respectively. Tara Crosby was awarded the Girls Prize. Level 2 cross-table of scores
Level 3	Level-3 was won by John Cormican with Kevin Fitzpatrick and Jack McKenna sharing joint 2nd and 3rd respectively. There was no female player taking part to give the Ladies prize to ! Level 3 cross-table of scores
Level 4	Level-4 had a surprisingly high number of entries with a cash prize of 70 Euro for 1st and 2nd places, Yoel Ferrer won 1st place with David Cormican 2nd. John McKenna came in 3rd place. Level 4 cross-table of scores

Jan 21st 2007	We had 57 entrants in this month's competition. Many thanks to Dara Murphy, John McKenna and Ron Cummins for all their help. See the links below for summaries of the competitions.
	Novices
	Level 1
	Level 2
	Level 3

Dec 3rd 2006	We had 47 entrants: see the links below for summaries of the competitions.
	Novices
	Level 1
	Level 2
	Level 3

Oct 15th 2006	This was our first tournament in a while - we had 31 entrants: see the links below for summaries of the competitions.
	Level 1
	Level 2
	Level 3

Mar 12th 2006	We had 51 entrants: see the links below for summaries of the competitions.
	Novices
	Level 1
	Level 2
	Level 3

Feb 5th 2006	We had 47 entrants: the following were the winners:
	Novices section winner: Kristian Miller
	Level 1 winner: Anthony Noone and Padraig O'Grady
	Level 2 winner: Evan Canny on a tie from Nathan Canny and Billy McKenna
	Level 3 winners: James Scarry and Daniel Fox

Nov 20th 2005	We had 44 entrants: the following were the winners:
	Novices section winner: Alex Glynn
	Level 1 winner: Robert Lloyd
	Level 2 winner: Sean Delaney
	Level 3 winners: James Scarry and Ruth Cormican

Apr 24th 2005	We had 84 entrants: see the links below for summaries of the competitions
	Level 1
	Level 2
	Level 3
	Level 4

Mar 13 2005	We had 84 entrants: see the links below for summaries of the competitions. See the photos of the winners here. Some other photos here.
	Level 1
	Level 2
	Level 3

Feb 13 2005	We had 77 entrants: see the links below for summaries of the competitions. See the photos of the winners here.
	Level 1
	Level 2
	Level 3

May 23 2004	We had 57 entrants: see the links below for summaries of the competitions
	Level 1
	Level 2
	Level 3

Mar 14 2004	We had 54 entrants: see the links below for summaries of the competitions
	Level 1
	Level 2
	Level 3

Jan 25 2004	We had 54 entrants: see the links below for summaries of the competitions
	Level 1
	Level 2
	Level 3

Nov 16 2003	We had 37 entrants: see the links below for summaries of the competitions
	Level 1
	Level 2
	Level 3

April 13 2003	We had 42 entrants: check out some photos of the event and see the links below for summaries of the competitions:
	Level 1
	Level 2
	Level 3

January 2003	We had 45 entrants: check out some photos of the event and see the links below for summaries of the competitions:
	Level 1
	Level 2
	Level 3

December 2002	We had 54 entrants: see the links below for summaries of the competitions, including full crosstables of results.
	Level 1
	Level 2
	Level 3