The 2005 Galway Congress took place last weekend (October 7-9) in The Corrib Great Southern Hotel, Galway
Minor: 1st Petie Collum 5½/6; 2nd-5th Robert White, Barry Curran, Conall Hegarty, Thomas Sheehan 5/6; Grading prize 1sts Shane Felle, Ruth Cormican, Oisin Murphy, Gearoid Veale, David Piercy; Grading prize 2nds Ryan-Rhys Griffiths, Michael Tierney, Lucinda Holland, Laura Carroll, Kevin Fitzpatrick
Major: 1st-4th Michael Burniston, Clive Hutchby, Paul Ward, Donal Burns 5/6; Grading prize 1sts Oisin Benson, Gerard Reilly, John O'Connor, Senan Bannon; Grading prize 2nds David O'Mahony, William D. Gill, Aravind J. Menon, Emmett Hadfield
Challengers: 1st-3rd Gerard MacElligott, Semyon Mkrtchyan, Dennis J. O'Donoghue 5/6; Grading prize 1sts Stephen Short, Mark E. McGovern, Kevin O'Flaherty; Grading prize 2nds Pete Morriss, Dara T. Murphy, Paul O'Flaherty
Masters: 1st-2nd Bartosz Socko GM, Gawain C. Jones IM 5/6; 3rd-6th Michael Klenburg IM, Alexander Baburin GM, Sam E. Collins IM, Harmen Jonkman GM 4/6; Best Irish Colm Daly FM; Grading prize Marek Goban
Report by Ronan Duke
Created 2005-10-10 ◦ Last updated 2014-07-23 ◦ Editor VB