The Galway Chess Congress

The Galway Chess club runs a major tournament each year, typically at the end of September or early October. This tournament has had prizemoney for up to €10,000 and we get entries from all over Ireland, the UK and further afield. The tournament is one of the top four in Ireland and is run under the auspices of the Irish Chess Union (ICU).

The date and location of the 2009 Galway Chess Congress are tbd.

Below is a record of past congresses.

HP Galway Chess Congress 2008 won by Yury Rochev

Gawain Jones wins the
2007 HP Galway Chess Congress

Sunday Sept 23rd 2007:

Congratulations to the Gawain Jones who won the 2007 HP Galway Chess Congress, held at the Salthill Hotel from Sept 21-23rd. Congratulations also to Eamon Keogh, Hashem Mehrjoo and Pete Morris (both from Galway!) who tied for the Challengers competition, to Yoel Ferrer from the Galway club who won the Major section and to young Tony Deane from Ballinasloe who followed up his All-Ireland U-16 victory with a win in the Minor section.

Full report here and here's the standings and crosstable files:

• Masters/Challengers section
• Major section
• Minor section

Here's some photos from the event.

GM Baburin wins HP-sponsored Galway Chess Congress 2006

The 2006 Galway Congress, sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Galway, was held from Sept 29th - Oct 1st and was won by GM Alex Baburin, on a tie-break from Yury Rochev, Karl McPhillips and Alex Lopez. See the Galway Chess Congress 2006 page for full details.

Infopoint Systems Galway Chess Congress 2005

The 2005 Galway Congress, with prize fund of €10,000 sponsored by Infopoint Systems, was held from Oct 7-9th at the Corrib Great Southern. It attracted a record entry for 224 players who played in 4 separate sections with Bartosz Socko and Gawain Jones sharing first place. See the Galway Chess Congress 2005 page for full details.

IM Mark Quinn wins the 2004 Galway Congress

The 2004 Galway Congress was held at the Corrib Great Southern from Sept 10-12 2004. It attracted 200 entrants and the Masters section was won by IM Mark Quinn. See here for more details.

GM Alex Baburin wins the 2003 HP Galway Open.