Galway Chess Congress 2005 
sponsored by Infopoint Systems 
Oct 7-9 2005 
Prize Fund: €10,000 
Venue: Corrib Great Southern hotel, Galway 
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The 2005 Galway Chess Congress, will be held on Oct 7,8,9th 2005 in the Conference Centre in the Corrib Great Southern Hotel, Dublin Road, Galway. For more information on this 4 star hotel, its location and other accomodation for the congress click here.
Check out the report, results and photos from last year's competition. 
Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Infopoint Systems there will be a prize fund of €10,000 for the 4 sections as set out below.
Section Rating Band Time Control 
Masters 2000+ All moves in 1 hr 30 mins 
Challengers 1600-1999 All moves in 1 hr 30 mins 
Major 1200-1599 All moves in 1 hr 30 mins 
Minor U-1200 All moves in 1 hr 30 mins 
Please note that players with ratings within 100pts of the next section up, will be allowed to enter the higher competition if they wish to.
The prize fund of €10,000, sponsored by Infopoint Systems, is divided as follows: 
Prize fund 
Masters Challengers Major Minor 
1st prize 2000 900 650 500 
2nd prize 1200 500 400 300 
3rd prize 500 300 250 200 
Grading 500 450 600 750 
The Grading Prizes are as follows: 
Masters 1 x €200 + €300 (for best Irish non titled player*) 
Challengers 3 Grading sections with €100 for first and €50 for second 
Major 4 Grading sections with €100 for first and €50 for second 
Minor 5 Grading sections with €100 for first and €50 for second 
*.non-titled = from an Irish player without an I.M./G.M title n the Masters Section 
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Note on grading prizes being subject to change.
In the competitions, it is possible that several people will tie for one of the major placings (eg 3rd), resulting in the prize money being divided between those competitors. The tournament committe has decided to adhere to the principle that a player who wins a share of one of the major placings (1st, 2nd or 3rd) cannot receive less money than a player who wins a grading prize in the same section. We have therefore decided that, should there be a tie resulting a player getting less than €100 for 1st, 2nd or 3rd, the grading prize fund will be reduced such that the share of the place prize will at least equal the 1st prize in the grading section. 
For example, if 5 people tie for 3rd in the Minor section, we will reduce 1st place in the grading sections of the Minor to €75 and second to €40 and put the extra €175 into the 3rd place kitty which would become €200+175=€375/5=€75 so that equal 3rd becomes the same as the grading prizes
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The playing schedule is as follows: 
Playing Schedule 
Round 1 Fri Oct 7th 8pm 
Round 2 Sat Oct 8th 10am 
Round 3 Sat Oct 8th 2.30pm 
Round 4 Sat Oct 8th 6.30pm 
Round 5 Sun Oct 9th 10am 
Round 6 Sun Oct 9th 2pm 
Entries 
Entry fee is €45 for all competitions. There is a discount of €10 for all entries received by Sept 26th. Note that, in order to obtain the discount, the entry fee must be received by that date.
All Competitions €45 (€35 for entries, incl fee, received by Sept 26th) 
U-16s €35 (€25 for entries, incl fee, received by Sept 26th) 
Entry Details 
Name .................................................................. 
Address .................................................................. 
Date of birth
(if under-16) .......................... 
Club ........................... 
Rating ................. ICU number ................. 
Section Entered ......................... 
Note that the Corrib Great Southern is on the outskirts of Galway, near Galway Crystal and beside the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT). Last year, several players went to the Eyre Square Great Southern in the centre of Galway City only to find out that they had to re-trace their steps back to the Dublin Road!
Entries to: 
Ronan Duke 
58 Gortgreine, 
Rahoon Road 
Galway 
Phone: 00 353 91 589130 
Email: rduke@eircom.net 
Please make all cheques or postal orders payable to "Galway Chess Club" 
Notes 
Irish Participants must be current I.C.U. Members and must supply their own Board, Set & Clock. 
No Player may win more than one prize. If an unrated player wins the minor competition, s/he will only receive 50% of the prize money. 
FIDE Rules as per I.C.U. Handbook, 1990 & I.C.U. Allegro Finish Rules 1996 apply. 
The Prize Fund may adjust subject to entry.