[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[WhiteICU "2337"]
[BlackICU "1941"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8.
Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 h6 12. a3 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14.
Kxf2 Ke7 15. h4 g6 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 g5 19. g3 Rhg8 20.
hxg5 hxg5 21. f5 Nxe5 22. fxe6 Rh8 23. exf7 Kxf7 24. Rhf1 Bc8 25. Rae1
Nxd3+ 26. cxd3 Bh3 27. Rh1 Rae8 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Re5 Rf8+ 31.
Ke3 Kd6 32. Rxg5 Rf6 33. g4 Kc5 34. b4+ Kd6 35. Rg7 Ke5 36. Re7+ Kd6 37.
Ra7 Ke5 38. Nf3+ Kd6 39. Rxa6+ Ke7 40. Rxf6 Kxf6 41. Kf4 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[WhiteICU "2002"]
[BlackICU "2274"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Vésinet FRA"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "628859"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Bg5 Nbc6
8. c3 Qd7 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Bh4 O-O-O 11. Bg3 h5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. b4 Bf5 14.
Qc2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rde8 16. Nb3 Kb8 17. Rfe1 Nc8 18. Nc5 Nd8 19. a4 b6 20.
Nb3 Qd7 21. a5 Ne6 22. Nfd2 Nf4 23. Qf3 Qg4 24. Kf1 Nd6 25. h3 Qxf3 26.
Nxf3 Nb5 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Nd3 29. Nbd2 Nb2 30. Rb1 Na4 31. c4 dxc4 32.
Nxc4 Nac3 33. Rb3 Re8 34. Na3 Nxa3 35. Rxc3 Nb5 36. Rd3 Kb7 37. Nd2 Nd6 38.
axb6 cxb6 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Re7 41. Ke2 Kc6 42. d5+ Kb5 43. Rd4 Rc7 44.
Ne4 Nxe4 45. Rxe4 a5 46. bxa5 bxa5 47. Re8 Ra7 48. Kd3 Kc5 49. e4 a4 50.
Kc2 Kd4 51. Kb2 Ke3 52. g5 Kf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[WhiteICU "2310"]
[BlackICU "1928"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Bf4 a6 8.
Nce2 Bd6 9. Qd2 Nge7 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Bxd3
14. Qxd3 Ng6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Re8 18. Rae1 Rxe5 19. Rxe5
Qd7 20. Qe3 Kf8 21. Qb3 c6 22. Qb4+ Kg8 23. Kf1 b5 24. Qe1 Qd6 25. h3 a5
26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Qxe8+ Kh7 28. Qxf7 Qh2 29. Qf3 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 b4 31. axb4
axb4 32. b3 Qg1 33. g3 Qb1 34. Qd3 Qh1 35. h4 Qh3 36. Qf3 Qe6+ 37. Kf1 Qe7
38. Qd3 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[WhiteICU "1847"]
[BlackICU "2250"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Be3 d6 8.
c4 g6 9. f4 Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. f5 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. Rb1 c5
15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Bh6 Bc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rf2 Nd7 19. Rbf1 Ne5 20. f6+ Kh8
21. g4 Rg8 22. g5 h5 23. gxh6 Kh7 24. Rg2 Qd8 25. Qe3 Qf8 26. b3 Qxh6 27.
Qe2 g5 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5+ Kh8 30. dxe6 fxe6 31. f7 Rgf8 32. Rf6 Qh4 33.
Rxe6 Nxd3 34. Qxd3 Rxf7 35. Qxd6 Qd4+ 36. Qxd4+ cxd4 37. Rh6+ Kg7 38. Rxa6
Re8 39. Rxg5+ Kf8 40. Rg2 Re1+ 41. Kh2 d3 42. Ra8+ Ke7 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Kg3 Re3+ 46. Kf4 Re2 47. Rg3 Rf2+ 48. Ke4 d2 49. Rd3 Rh2 50.
a4 $4 { It turns out that White still has a winning position after this,
but it all becomes harder. } 50... Rxh3 $1 51. Rxd2 Rxb3 52. c5 (52. Ra2
$18 { is simpler. }) 52... Ke7 53. Kd5 Ra3 54. Rd4 Kd7 55. Rb4 $2 ({ Only
this lets the win slip. } 55. Rf4 (55. Rg4 (55. Rh4)) { are the only moves
that win (Nalimov tablebases). }) 55... Kc7 $10 56. Kc4 Kc6 57. Rb6+ Kc7
58. Rb4 Ra1 59. Kb5 Rc1 $2 ({ Now White would be winning again after ( }
59... Rc1 { ) } 60. a5 { . }) (59... Kb7 { draws, as does R to anywhere
from d1 to h1. }) 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Crichton, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[WhiteICU "2233"]
[BlackClub "Transport for London ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2500973"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Walkover / default } { Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Mulligan, Scott"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[WhiteICU "1947"]
[BlackICU "2202"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507498"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6
8. Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 h5 11. f4 d6 12. Be3 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Bf3
Ng4 15. Bd4 Kf8 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. Qc3 e5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nf4 Kg8 20. Nd3 f6
21. Nf4 Qf7 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Nh3 Bd4 24. Qa5 Qe7 25. Qd2 Bxb2 26. Ra2 Bd4
27. c3 Bc5 28. a4 Rh6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qd1 Rf8 31. Ra1 g5 32. Qd2 Rg6 33.
Bxh5 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Rg7 35. Qa2+ Kh8 36. Qe2 Bc6 37. Bg4 Rh7 38. Bf5 Rh4
39. g3 Rh6 40. Nf2 Bxf2 41. Qxf2 Rf6 42. Qe2 Qf7 43. Kg1 Qa7+ 44. Kg2 Kg7
45. Qd2 Rxf5 46. Qxd6 Bxe4+ 47. Kh3 Rxf1 48. Qxe5+ Rf6 49. Qxe4 Qd7+ 50. g4
Rh6+ 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[WhiteICU "2000"]
[BlackICU "1728"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barróg"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2507692"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Bf2 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6
15. dxe6 Qe8 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bxc5 Nfxd5 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Bc4
Rf6 21. Re1 b6 22. Bf2 Rxe6 23. dxe6 Rxd1 24. Raxd1 c6 25. Rd7 Nd5 26. b5
Nb4 27. Rd8 Kf8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. bxc6 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Harding, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[WhiteICU "1775"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2500256"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. O-O c5
8. Re1 O-O 9. Bg5 Nxe4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bd3 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7
14. Rad1 Qc7 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne5 g6 17. Bc4 Rfe8 18. Bb3 Re7 19. Qe3 Ne4
20. Qxc5 Nxc5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[WhiteICU "2017"]
[BlackICU "1861"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2508249"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O Bg4 6. Ne5 h5 7. c3 e6 8. f3
Bf5 9. e4 dxe4 10. fxe4 Nxe5 11. exf5 cxd4 12. fxe6 Bc5 13. Qa4+ Kf8 14. b4
Bb6 15. b5 h4 16. Ba3+ Kg8 17. exf7+ Nxf7 18. c4 Qc7 19. c5 hxg3 20. cxb6
gxh2+ 21. Kh1 Nh5 22. Rf3 Ng3+ 23. Rxg3 Qxg3 24. Nd2 Kh7 25. Be4+ g6 26.
Bb2 Rad8 27. Qc4 Ne5 28. Qe2 Ng4 29. Rf1 Ne3 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32.
Bxd4+ Kf7 33. Qxg6+ Qxg6 34. Bxg6+ Kxg6 35. Rxc8 Rxc8 36. Bxe3 axb6 37.
Kxh2 Rc2 38. a3 Kf5 39. Kg3 Rc3 40. Kf2 Rxa3 41. Bxb6 Ke6 42. Bc7 Kd5 43.
b6 Kd4 44. Nf3+ Kc5 45. Ng5 Ra6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Boland, Dylan"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[WhiteICU "1667"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507560"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[WhiteICU "2202"]
[BlackICU "2337"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2501961"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Qb3 a5 6. a3 a4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Bb7 9. g3 Nc6 10. Bg2 Na5 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. O-O d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qc2
Nb3 15. Rad1 Nxf4 16. gxf4 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Ne5 O-O 19. Rd6 Bxg2 20.
Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. f3 Rac8 22. Rfd1 b5 23. Qd2 h6 24. Qb4 Nb3 25. Nd7 Rc4 26.
Nxf8 Rxb4 27. Rd8 Rc4 28. Nxe6+ Kh7 29. Nf8+ Kg8 30. R1d7 Qc6 31. Ng6+ Kh7
32. Nf8+ Kg8 33. f5 Rg4+ 34. Kh3 Rh4+ 35. Kg3 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Boland, Dylan"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[WhiteICU "1667"]
[BlackICU "2310"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507560"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Bg2 Bxc4 6. Nfd2 Bd5 7. e4 Bb7 8.
Nc3 c5 9. d5 Be7 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 d6 12. Re1 O-O 13. a4 Na6 14. Nc4
Nb4 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Nb5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bxd5 20.
Bxd5 Nbxd5 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. Nbxd6 Rd8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Nf6 25. Re2
Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Kd6 30. h3 Kd5 31. Kd3
Nd7 32. b3 Ne5+ 33. Kc3 g5 34. Nf1 f6 35. Nd2 h5 36. Nf1 a6 37. Nd2 b5 38.
a5 Nc6 39. f3 f5 40. g4 b4+ 41. Kc2 hxg4 42. hxg4 fxg4 43. fxg4 Ne5 44. Kb2
c4 45. bxc4+ Nxc4+ 46. Kc2 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[WhiteICU "2233"]
[BlackICU "2000"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "D72"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd, main line"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 e5 8.
d5 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. Nbc3 N8d7 11. exf5 gxf5 12. f4 e4 13. g4 Nf6 14. gxf5
Bxf5 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rae8 18. Ng3 Bh3 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20.
Qf3 Nc4 21. Qg2 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bxb2 24. Bxb2 Nxb2 25. Rfb1 Nc4
26. Rxb7 Ne3+ 27. Kh1 Nxd5 28. f5 Re3 29. Rd1 c6 30. Rxa7 Rfe8 31. Rg1 Kh8
32. a4 Nf4 33. f6 Rf8 34. Nf5 Ng6 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[WhiteICU "2274"]
[BlackICU "2017"]
[WhiteClub "Vésinet FRA"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "628859"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8.
Bb2 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rfd1 Qd7 12. Nb5 Rfd8 13. Rac1 d4 14.
exd4 Bxb5 15. cxb5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bc6 Qd6 18. Rc4 d3 19. Qe3 Nd5
20. Qxd3 Nb4 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxb4 Rdxc6 23. Rg4 Rc2 24. Rxg7+ Kf8 25.
Rxh7 Rxb2 26. Rh8+ Kg7 27. Rxc8 Rxa2 28. Rc7 Kf6 29. d4 Rb2 30. Rd3 e5 31.
dxe5+ Ke6 32. Rc6+ Kf5 33. Rf3+ Kg4 34. Rxf7 Bg5 35. Kg2 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[WhiteICU "2250"]
[BlackICU "1775"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. a3 e5 8. Nf3
c6 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 f5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 f4 14. Ra1 Rxa1
15. Qxa1 g5 16. Qa8 Na6 17. b5 Nc7 18. Qa5 Rf7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rb1 Be6
21. Rb7 Bh6 22. Qb6 Qd7 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Nexg5 Rg7 25. Rb8+ Ne8 26. Nxe5
dxe5 27. Bxc6 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Harding, Tim"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[WhiteICU "1949"]
[BlackICU "1847"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500256"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Opening "Richter-Veresov attack"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. Qd3 Qb6 5. O-O-O Na6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. e4
Nb4 8. Qe2 Be6 9. a3 Bh6+ 10. Kb1 a5 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Nc5 O-O 13. g3 Na6 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bh3 f5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Nf3 Rf6 18. Nh4 e6 19. f4 b5 20.
Rhe1 Bg7 21. Nf3 a4 22. Ng5 Re8 23. Qh5 Re7 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh5 Rh6 26.
Qe2 Qa7 27. Bf1 Bxd4 28. Nf3 Bf2 29. Ne5 Rc7 30. Rd2 Bxe1 31. Qxe1 Nc5 32.
Bd3 Nxd3 33. cxd3 c5 34. g4 b4 35. g5 Rh3 36. axb4 cxb4 37. Rc2 Rxc2 38.
Qxb4+ Kg7 39. Kxc2 Rxh2+ 40. Kb1 Rh1+ 41. Ka2 Rh8 42. Nc6 Qc7 43. Qd4+ Kg8
44. Qf6 Qxc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "1861"]
[BlackICU "2002"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508249"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Bogolyubov variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. dxc6 Qc7 13. Bg5 Qxc6 14. Nbd2
h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxf6 17. Bb3 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Be7 19. Qd3 Rac8 20.
Rad1 Qc4 21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 g6 23. Na5 Rc7 24. Red1 Rfc8 25. a3 Kg7 26.
Kf1 Rc5 27. Nb7 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Rc6 29. Ke2 Kf6 30. g3 Ke6 31. f4 f5 32. Na5
Rc8 33. Rd1 fxe4 34. Ke3 d5 35. Nb3 Bc5+ 36. Nxc5+ Rxc5 37. fxe5 Kxe5 38.
Rf1 Rc6 39. Rf8 Rf6 40. Ra8 h5 41. Re8+ Re6 42. Ra8 Rf6 43. Re8+ Re6 44.
Ra8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Crichton, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[WhiteICU "1941"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Transport for London ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2500973"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qf3 g6 11. Qh3 Ne4 12. Ndf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bg5 14.
Bxg5 Nxg5 15. Qh6 f5 16. f4 Nf7 17. Qh3 Qc8 18. g4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Ba6 20.
Bxa6 Qxa6 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Rf4 Rae8 23. Qg2 Rd8 24. Raf1 Qxa2 25. Rxf5
Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qf2+ Ke8 29. Kg2 Qb1 30. Kg3 cxd4 31.
exd4 Qe4 32. Qf3 Qe1+ 33. Kh3 h5 34. Qf6 Qe3+ 35. Kh4 Qe4+ 36. Kg5 Qe3+ 37.
Kxg6 Qe4+ 38. Kg7 Kd7 39. Qf7+ Kc6 40. Qe8+ Kc7 41. Qxh5 Qg2+ 42. Kf8 Qxb2
43. e6 Qxc3 44. Qf7+ Kb8 45. e7 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "Mulligan, Scott"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[WhiteICU "1928"]
[BlackICU "1947"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[BlackFideId "2507498"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8.
h3 Rb8 9. a4 Bd7 10. d3 Nb4 11. f4 c6 12. f5 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. b3 Qb6+
15. Kh1 bxc4 16. bxc4 Nh5 17. Rf3 Ra8 18. Rb1 Qa5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Ng3 Rfb8
21. Rb3 Na2 22. Nxa2 Qxa2 23. Rxb8+ Rxb8 24. Rf1 Rb3 25. Re1 Qb1 26. Bf1 c5
27. g5 Ne8 28. Bf4 Qa2 29. Re2 Qa3 30. Rc2 Ba4 31. Qe2 Rb1 32. Ra2 Qb4 33.
e5 Bc6+ 34. Kg1 dxe5 35. Bd2 Qb8 36. Qf2 e4 37. Be3 exd3 38. Bxc5 Be5 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[WhiteICU "1728"]
[WhiteClub "Naomh Barróg"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507692"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[WhiteICU "2310"]
[BlackICU "2233"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6
8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14.
Bg5 b5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxf6 Be5 17. Qh4 Bb7 18. c3 Kh8 19. f4 Rg8 20. Rf2
Bd6 21. Re1 Rg7 22. Bc2 Qc5 23. Re3 Be7 24. Qh6 Rag8 25. Rg3 Qd5 26. Rff3
f5 27. Rxg7 Rxg7 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. Nxe6 Bxf3 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. gxf3 Bc5+
32. Kf1 Kf6 33. Ke2 Bd6 34. Ke3 Bc5+ 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Bb3+ Kd6 37. Bg8 h6
38. Bf7 Bg1 39. Bg6 Ke6 40. b4 Bh2 41. Be8 Bxf4 42. Bc6 Kd6 43. Bb7 a5 44.
bxa5 Bh2 45. Bc8 f4 46. Ke4 Kc7 47. Ba6 Kc6 48. h4 Bg3 49. h5 Be1 50. c4
bxc4 51. Bxc4 Bxa5 52. Kxf4 Kc5 53. Bb3 Kd4 54. a4 Bd8 55. Kf5 Bc7 56. Kg6
Bf4 57. a5 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[WhiteICU "2274"]
[BlackICU "2202"]
[WhiteClub "Vésinet FRA"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "628859"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O e4 6. Ne1 h5 7. d3 e3 8. fxe3
h4 9. Nf3 hxg3 10. hxg3 Nf6 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nc3 Nxf3+ 13. Rxf3 Bc5+ 14.
Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Rxe3+ Kf8 16. Qd2 c6 17. Ne4 Qd4 18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. Rf1 Bh3
20. Rf4 Qc5 21. b4 Qg5 22. Qc3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rh6 24. Qd4 f5 25. Qc5+ Kg8
26. Qxf5 Qg7 27. Rg4 Rg6 28. Rxg6 fxg6 29. Qe6+ Kh7 30. Qh3+ Kg8 31. Qe6+
Kh7 32. g4 Kh6 33. g5+ Kxg5 34. Rg3+ 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[WhiteICU "2337"]
[BlackICU "2250"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8.
c4 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Be3 b6 14. Rac1 Nc5
15. Bb1 Bb7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Nd5 exd5 18. cxd5 Nb8 19. b4 Nbd7 20. a4 Rfe8
21. Nd4 Rc8 22. a5 b5 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Nc6 c4 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxc8 Qxc8
27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4+ Kg8 29. f4 Nc5 30. d6 Rd8 31. Rc3 Qc6 32. Qf6 Rd7
33. Rd5 Ne6 34. f5 Ng7 35. Qe5 b4 36. Rc5 Qxd6 37. Qxd6 Rxd6 38. R3xc4 Rd1+
39. Kh2 Rxb1 40. Rc7 h5 41. Rxb7 b3 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Rxf7 b2 44. Rb8 gxf5
45. exf5 h4 46. f6 Kg6 47. fxg7 Kxf7 48. g8=Q+ Kf6 49. Rb6+ Ke5 50. Qg5+
Kd4 51. Qd2+ Ke5 52. Qe3+ Kd5 53. Qd3+ Kc5 54. Qxb1 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[WhiteICU "2000"]
[BlackICU "1861"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2508249"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 d6 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Qc8 13. e4 e5 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Bh3 Nc6 16. Nf3 Qe8 17. exf5 e4 18. Ng5 Rd8 19. Qg4 Ne5 20.
Qh4 h6 21. Nxe4 Qc6 22. Bg2 Rd4 23. Nf6+ Qxf6 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. Bxb7 Rxf5
26. f4 Nd7 27. Bd5+ Kf8 28. Rf2 Nc5 29. b4 Ne4 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rd2 a5 32.
a3 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Kg2 g4 35. h3 gxh3+ 36. Kxh3 Rh5+ 37. Kg2 Rg5 38.
Rd7 axb4 39. axb4 c5 40. b5 Reg4 41. Re3 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Mulligan, Scott"]
[Black "Harding, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[WhiteICU "1947"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507498"]
[BlackFideId "2500256"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 c6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. h3 Be6 8.
Ne2 Na6 9. c3 Bxb3 10. Qxb3 Nc5 11. Qc2 d5 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qd3 14.
Qxd3 Nxd3+ 15. Ke2 Nf4+ 16. Kf1 Rfd8 17. Be3 Nd3 18. Rb1 Bc5 19. Nxe5 Bxe3
20. Nxd3 Rxd3 21. Ke2 Rad8 22. fxe3 Rd2+ 23. Kf3 Nd7 24. Nf5 Ne5+ 25. Kg3
Nc4 26. b3 Ne5 27. Rbc1 Rxa2 28. Ra1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 a6 30. Ra2 g6 31. Nd4 c5
32. Nf3 Nc6 33. Kf4 Rd3 34. Rc2 f6 35. e5 fxe5+ 36. Ke4 Rd7 37. Rd2 Rxd2
38. Nxd2 Kf7 39. Kd5 Kf6 40. Ne4+ Kf5 41. g4# 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[WhiteICU "1728"]
[BlackICU "1941"]
[WhiteClub "Naomh Barróg"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507692"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Two knights variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5
8. Bd3 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. a3 a6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14.
Rae1 Rae8 15. Kh1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bc6 17. Nb1 Qf7 18. Nd2 Qh5 19. Nf3 Ne4 20.
Bd4 Rf4 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Qe3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Qf5 24. Nd4 Qf6 25. Ne2 Rg4 26.
d4 Bb5 27. f4 Qg6 28. Rf2 Rf8 29. g3 h5 30. Nc3 Bd7 31. Rg1 h4 32. Rfg2 Rf5
33. gxh4 Rxg2 34. Rxg2 Qh6 35. Rg4 Qh5 36. h3 e5 37. dxe5 d4 38. Qxd4 Bc6+
39. Kh2 Qf7 40. Ne2 Bf3 41. Qe3 Bxe2 42. Qxe2 Rxf4 43. Kg3 Rf5 44. e6 Qe7
45. Rd4 Qc7+ 46. Kg4 Rf6 47. Qe4 Qe7 48. Rd7 Qxe6+ 49. Qxe6+ Rxe6 50. Rxb7
Re4+ 51. Kg5 Re3 52. Rb6 Rxh3 53. Rxa6 Rb3 54. a4 Rxb2 55. Ra7 Rg2+ 56. Kh5
Ra2 57. a5 Kh7 58. Kg5 Rg2+ 59. Kf4 Rh2 60. Kg3 Ra2 61. a6 Ra3+ 62. Kf4
Ra4+ 63. Ke5 Rxh4 64. Ke6 Ra4 65. Ke7 Ra1 66. Kf8 Rf1+ 67. Rf7 Ra1 68.
Rxg7+ Kh8 69. Ra7 Ra2 70. Ra8 Ra1 71. Ke7+ Kg7 72. Kd7 Kf7 73. Kc7 Rc1+ 74.
Kb7 Rb1+ 75. Ka7 Ke7 76. Rb8 Ra1 77. Rb6 Rd1 78. Rh6 Kd7 79. Kb7 Rc1 80. a7
Rc7+ 81. Kb6 Rc8 82. Rh7+ Kd6 83. Kb7 Rc1 84. a8=Q Rb1+ 85. Kc8 Rc1+ 86.
Kd8 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Boland, Dylan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[WhiteICU "2002"]
[BlackICU "1667"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2507560"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "B26"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 6.Be3"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 h5 8. h3
Nge7 9. Nge2 Nd4 10. Nd1 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Qc7 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Bh6
d5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Rae1 Rad8 19. Ne2 Rfe8 20.
Qg5 Ng8 21. Nf4 Nf6 22. Re2 Qd7 23. Rfe1 Bf5 24. Qh4 d4 25. Kf1 b5 26. b3
b4 27. Re5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Qd6 29. Re1 Re8 30. Rxe8 Nxe8 31. Nd5 Nf6 32. Qf4
Qxf4 33. Nxf4 g5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[WhiteICU "1847"]
[BlackICU "2017"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bf3 Nb4 12. a5 d5 13. Bb6 Qd7 14. Nc5 Qc6
15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 17. c4 Bxc5 18. cxd5 Qd6 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Re1
Rfe8 21. d6 e4 22. d7 Red8 23. Bxe4 Rxd7 24. Qa4 Rd4 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qb3
Qd5 27. Qh3+ Kg8 28. Rac1 Rd8 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 Rd2 31. Re7 Rxb2 32.
Kg2 Nd5 33. Re4 f5 34. Rh4 g5 35. Ra4 Nf4+ 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[WhiteICU "1775"]
[BlackICU "1928"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6
8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb1 g6 11. a3 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Neg5 Qd7 14. Ba2
Nd5 15. h4 Nc7 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. h5 Rac8 18. Ne4 Be7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bd6
Qd8 21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Qd2 Kg7 23. Qf4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Ned5 25. Qd2 Qf6 26.
Ne5 Rh8 27. Rae1 Rh4 28. Ng4 Qf5 29. Re5 Qxg4 30. Rg5 Qxd4 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Crichton, Martin"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[WhiteClub "Transport for London ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500973"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[WhiteICU "2310"]
[BlackICU "2274"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Vésinet FRA"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "628859"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation, main line"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. exf6+ Nxf6 12. Ng6+ hxg6 13. Qxh8 Kf7
14. Qh4 e5 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 g6
20. Bxf6 Qa6+ 21. Kg2 Qxf6 22. Qa4 Qc6 23. Qb3 Bh6 24. Rhd1 Rd8 25. Rd3 Kf6
26. Rc3 Qd7 27. Qc2 Qd6 28. Rc7 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Rd1 d4 31. Qc5 d3 32.
Qxa7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[WhiteICU "1728"]
[BlackICU "2337"]
[WhiteClub "Naomh Barróg"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507692"]
[BlackFideId "2501961"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7
8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. f3 b5 13. Rhe1 b4 14.
Nce2 Nfxe4 15. fxe4 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 Bxg5 18. Rxd6 Ke7 19. Red1
Bb5 20. Ng3 Bf4 21. Rb6 Ra7 22. Nd4 Rd7 23. Ndf5+ exf5 24. Nxf5+ Kd8 25.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. Nxg7 Rg8 27. Rf6 Be5 28. Rxf7+ Kc8 29. Ne6 Rxg2 30. a3 Rg1+
31. Ka2 Bc4+ 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Mulligan, Scott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[WhiteICU "2233"]
[BlackICU "1947"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2507498"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. e4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
a3 a6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. d4 e5 14. d5 Ne7
15. h3 Nd7 16. Qb3 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. Rbc1 Bg7 22. Rc2 Bb7 23. Qd3 Qb6 24. N4c3 Rbc8 25. Be4 Rc4 26. Rb2 Nd4
27. Nxd4 Rxd4 28. Qe3 Qa6 29. Ra2 Qb6 30. Ne2 Bc8 31. h4 Qd8 32. Nxd4 exd4
33. Qd3 g5 34. h5 Bg4 35. Qxb5 Qf6 36. Qd3 Bxh5 37. b5 Rc8 38. b6 Qe7 39.
Ra7 Qd8 40. b7 Rb8 41. Qa6 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[WhiteICU "2202"]
[BlackICU "2000"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "D72"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.cd, main line"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8.
d5 O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Nec3 exd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. a4 Nc4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14.
Bxd2 Ne5 15. Ne4 b6 16. Bg5 f6 17. d6 Be6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Ng5
Bc4 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Rc1 Be6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. b4 cxb4 25. d7 Rd8 26. Rc7
b3 27. Re1 b2 28. Qd3 a5 29. f3 Kf7 30. Rd1 Bf8 31. Kg2 Bc5 32. Rc8 Rxc8
33. dxc8=Q Qxc8 34. Qb3+ Qe6 35. Qxb2 e4 36. Qe2 e3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "2250"]
[BlackICU "2002"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bf8
15. d4 Qc7 16. d5 Nc4 17. b3 Nb6 18. a4 bxa4 19. bxa4 a5 20. Bd3 c4 21. Bc2
Ba6 22. Nh2 Nbd7 23. Nf5 Kh7 24. Qf3 g6 25. Ng3 Bg7 26. Ng4 Nxg4 27. hxg4
Nc5 28. Kh2 Nd3 29. Rh1 Nxc1 30. Raxc1 Rab8 31. Kg1 Qe7 32. Qe3 Kg8 33. Nf1
Rb2 34. Nd2 Qg5 35. Qxg5 hxg5 36. Kf1 Reb8 37. Rb1 Rxb1+ 38. Bxb1 Bc8 39.
Ke2 Bxg4+ 40. f3 Bd7 41. Nxc4 Bxa4 42. Bd3 Bd7 43. Ra1 a4 44. Kd2 Bf8 45.
Bc2 g4 46. Bxa4 Bxa4 47. Rxa4 gxf3 48. gxf3 Rb1 49. Ra6 Rf1 50. Nxd6 Bxd6
51. Rxd6 Rxf3 52. Rd8+ Kg7 53. d6 Rf6 54. c4 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Boland, Dylan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[WhiteICU "2017"]
[BlackICU "1667"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2507560"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb3 d5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 d4 9. Ne4 Qb6 10. Ng5 Bxb3 11. cxb3 h6 12. Ne4 f5 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Nc4
Qc7 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 Be7 17. Na5 Qd7 18. Qc2 e4 19. Qc4 Kd8 20. Qb5 Nxa5
21. Qxa5+ b6 22. Rxc8+ Kxc8 23. Rc1+ Kb7 24. Qe5 Re8 25. Bf4 Bc5 26. Rxc5
Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Ng4 28. Bxe4+ fxe4 29. Rxe4 g5 30. Bd2 Nxf2 31. Re5 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Harding, Tim"]
[Black "Crichton, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[WhiteICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Transport for London ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500256"]
[BlackFideId "2500973"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. b3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Qc7 9. Bb2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Rc1 c5 12. f4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Ng4 15. Nd1 Rd8 16. O-O f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Be2 Rg8 20. Bf3
Rxd1 21. Rcxd1 Nxe3 22. Qe2 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nxg2 24. Kh1 Nh4 25. Qe4 Kf7 26.
Rfe1 Ke8 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[WhiteICU "1941"]
[BlackICU "1847"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O h6
8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qd2 Ba6 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Bb4 13. a3 Be7 14. Na4
Qc7 15. Rac1 d6 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. b4 Rfd8 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. c5 Nd5 20. Qb3 Ba6
21. e3 dxc5 22. Nxc5 Be2 23. Rd2 Bg4 24. h3 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Be6 26. Qd1 f6
27. Qe2 Rc7 28. Rdc2 Qc8 29. Kh2 a6 30. Ra5 Nb6 31. Qxa6 Qb8 32. Rac5 Bc4
33. R5xc4 Ra7 34. Qxa7 Qxa7 35. Rxc6 Rd7 36. R2c5 Rb7 37. Be4 Qa4 38. Bc2
Qa6 39. Bb3+ Kh7 40. Bc2+ Kg8 41. Bg6 Kf8 42. Kg2 Qe2 43. Re6 Rb8 44. Bc1
Qa2 45. Rd6 Qe2 46. Rcc6 e4 47. Bxe4 Qb5 48. Bb2 Qe2 49. Bd4 Nc4 50. Bc5
Kg8 51. Bd5+ Kh7 52. Bxc4 Qxc4 53. Ba7 Qe4+ 54. f3 Qe8 55. Bxb8 Qxe3 56.
Rc2 Qxa3 57. Rd4 Qb3 58. Rdc4 h5 59. h4 Qa4 60. Bf4 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[WhiteICU "1928"]
[BlackICU "1861"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[BlackFideId "2508249"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen system, Keres variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 e4 5. d5 Bc5 6. Nh3 d6 7. Bg2 Bf5 8. O-O
h6 9. Kh1 Qd7 10. Ng1 O-O 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Re8 13. Qd2 h5 14. Rad1 c5
15. h4 g6 16. Rf4 Kg7 17. Rdf1 Re5 18. b3 Na6 19. Nb5 Rae8 20. Nxa7 Nc7 21.
a4 Rg8 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. axb5 Kh7 24. Ra1 g5 25. hxg5 Rxg5 26. Kh2 Ng4+ 27.
Kh1 h4 28. gxh4 Rh5 29. Nh3 Rxh4 30. Kg1 Qe7 31. Qe1 Rh6 32. Qg3 Rg6 33.
Raf1 Nh6 34. Qh4 Qxh4 35. Rxh4 Bxh3 36. Rxh3 Reg5 37. Rf2 Kg7 38. Kh1 Ng4
39. Rf1 Nxe3 40. Rxe3 Rxg2 41. Rxe4 R2g3 42. Rh4 Rxb3 43. Rg1 Re3 44. Rxg6+
Kxg6 45. Rh8 Rxe2 46. Rd8 f5 47. Rxd6+ Kg5 48. Rd7 Kf4 49. Rxb7 Kf3 50. Rf7
f4 51. d6 Re1+ 52. Kh2 Rd1 53. d7 Rd6 54. Rh7 Rd2+ 55. Kh3 Rd1 56. Kh4 Ke4
57. b6 Kf5 58. Rh5+ Ke4 59. b7 Rh1+ 60. Kg5 Rg1+ 61. Kf6 Rg8 62. Re5+ Kf3
63. Re8 Kf2 64. Rxg8 f3 65. b8=Q 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[WhiteICU "1775"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[WhiteICU "2337"]
[BlackICU "2310"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. } { Annotator: Alexander Baburin, Sunday Independent,
July 19, 2015 p. 31. } { Reference: Irish Examiner, July 25, 2015
p. W55 (Jim Olney) (puzzle, from 22B: "White to play and win"). }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 Be6 8.
Nbd2 a6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Bb3 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd7 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14.
Nxe3 Rfe8 15. Nd5 Rab8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Ne7 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. g3 { A
puzzle: can Black take the pawn on h3? } 19... Nxh3+ $2 20. Kg2 h6 21. Rh1
Ng5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 24. Qxf7 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[WhiteICU "2274"]
[BlackICU "2233"]
[WhiteClub "Vésinet FRA"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "628859"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
Nc3 d5 9. e3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Ne1 a6 14. f4
b5 15. f5 bxc4 16. Ne4 e5 17. Qxc4 Na5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qa4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2
Nb7 21. Bc3 Nd6 22. Rb1 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. g4 Ne4 25. Rfd1 h6 26. Kf1
Rd8 27. Ke2 c4 28. Ne1 Rc5 29. Bb4 Rb5 30. a4 Rb7 31. Ba5 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Rd5
33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Bb4 a5 35. Bc3 Nxc3+ 36. dxc3 e4 37. Rc8 Bxc3 38. Rxc4
Rd2+ 39. Kf1 Bb4 40. Nc2 Rd1+ 41. Ke2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Boland, Dylan"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[WhiteICU "1667"]
[BlackICU "2250"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507560"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Larsen system"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8.
Re1 Ne4 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Be4 11. Qe3 d5 12. Bd2 a5 13. Rac1 e6 14. Qb3
Ra7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qc3 Nc6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe7 20.
Be3 d4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Raa8 23. Qd6 Qe8 24. Qc7 Qb5 25. b3 Rfd8 26.
Qc5 Qa6 27. Qc4 Rd2 28. Qxa6 Rxa6 29. Rc7 Rb6 30. Rc5 Rxa2 31. Rb1 a4 32.
Ra5 Rb4 33. h4 Kg7 34. e3 b5 35. Kf3 Rd2 36. Kg2 axb3 37. Ra3 b2 38. Ra2
Rb3 39. Ra7 Rc3 40. Ra2 Rcc2 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.08"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Harding, Tim"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[WhiteICU "1949"]
[BlackICU "2202"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500256"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6
8. e3 e5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. b4 Bg4 12. Nbc3 Nd8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14.
Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 e4 16. Rac1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qe5 18. Rc4 f5 19. Rfc1 Re7 20.
Rc5 Qd6 21. Qc4 Rc8 22. Qd4 Nf7 23. f3 exf3 24. Bxf3 Rce8 25. R5c3 a6 26.
Qf4 Ne5 27. Bg2 g6 28. h3 Rd8 29. Kh2 Red7 30. e4 fxe4 31. Qxe4 h5 32. Qc2
Rf7 33. Re3 h4 34. Rce1 Nf3+ 35. Bxf3 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Rxf3 37. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 38.
Qg2 Qxd5 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. Qxd5+ Rxd5 41. Rh8 g5 42. Rh7+ Ke6 43. Rxc7 Rd3
44. Kg2 Rg3+ 45. Kh2 Rxa3 46. Rxb7 Ra2+ 47. Kg1 Ke5 48. b5 a5 49. b6 Kf4
50. Rc7 Ra3 51. Kg2 Rg3+ 52. Kh2 Rb3 53. b7 Rb2+ 54. Kg1 Rb5 55. Rc4+ Kg3
56. Rc3+ Kf4 57. Rc4+ Kf3 58. Rc3+ Ke4 59. Ra3 Rxb7 60. Rxa5 Rb1+ 61. Kg2
Rb2+ 62. Kg1 Kf4 63. Ra4+ Kf3 64. Ra3+ Kf4 65. Ra4+ Kf5 66. Ra5+ Kg6 67.
Ra6+ Kh5 68. Ra4 Rb3 69. Kg2 Rg3+ 70. Kh2 Rc3 71. Kg2 Rg3+ 72. Kh2 Re3 73.
Kg2 Kg6 74. Ra5 Kf6 75. Rb5 Re5 76. Rb4 Kf5 77. Kf3 Rd5 78. Rb3 Ra5 79. Rb2
Ra3+ 80. Kg2 Re3 81. Rb5+ Kf4 82. Rb4+ Re4 83. Rb2 Rd4 84. Rf2+ Ke4 85.
Re2+ Kf5 86. Rf2+ Ke5 87. Re2+ Re4 88. Ra2 Re3 89. Ra5+ Kf4 90. Ra4+ Re4
91. Ra2 g4 92. hxg4 Kxg4 93. Kh2 h3 94. Ra8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.08"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Mulligan, Scott"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[WhiteICU "1947"]
[BlackICU "1941"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507498"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4
8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14.
Rac1 b5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. g3 Bb2 20.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Bd3 f5 22. Kg2 Kf7 23. Kf2 fxe4 24. fxe4 Bh3 25. Rb1 Bc3 26.
Bxc3 Rxc3 27. Ke3 b4 28. Rb2 a5 29. Rf2+ Kg7 30. Kd2 Bd7 31. Rf1 Rxd3+ 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.08"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[WhiteICU "1928"]
[BlackICU "1728"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barróg"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[BlackFideId "2507692"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Benoni formation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8.
O-O d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Bc3 Be7 13. Nd4 Nc5 14.
b3 Rc8 15. Rc1 Bf6 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qd4 Nc3 19. Ba6 Rc6 20.
Ne5 b5 21. Rxc3 Rxa6 22. a4 bxa4 23. bxa4 Rd8 24. Rd1 Rad6 25. Rc7 Bb3 26.
Qxd6 Bxd1 27. Rd7 Rf8 28. Rxa7 Bxa4 29. Rxa4 Rd8 30. Nd7 Qb2 31. Rd4 Ra8
32. h3 h6 33. Rf4 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qg6 35. Ne5 Qh5 36. Rxf7 Ra5 37. Qf8+ Kh7
38. Qxg7# 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.08"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[WhiteICU "2002"]
[BlackICU "1775"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Chigorin, 12...c5d4"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. b3
exd4 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Be6 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Nf1 Rac8 20.
Bb1 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 d5 22. Qe3 Qb4 23. e5 Ne4 24. Bb6 Rb8 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26.
Rc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Ng3 Bb7 29. Bd4 Qa5 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxa2
32. Kh2 Bf8 33. e6 Qa3 34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Qd5+ Ke8 36. f4 Qd6 37. Qe4+ Kf7
38. Be5 Qg6 39. f5 Qb6 40. Qd5+ Ke8 41. Kh1 h6 42. Qf3 Qc5 43. Qe4 Kf7 44.
Bf4 Kg8 45. Qe6+ Kh8 46. f6 gxf6 47. Qxf6+ Bg7 48. Qxa6 Kh7 49. Qb7 Qf5 50.
Qf3 Bd4 51. Kh2 Bg7 52. Qe3 Qd5 53. Qf3 Qf5 54. h4 Bf6 55. h5 Be5 56. Bxe5
Qxe5+ 57. Kh3 Qg5 58. g4 Qe5 59. Qf5+ Qxf5 60. gxf5 Kg7 61. Kg4 Kf7 62. Kf4
b4 63. Ke5 Ke7 64. f6+ Kf8 65. Ke6 Ke8 66. Kd5 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.08"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Crichton, Martin"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[BlackICU "2017"]
[WhiteClub "Transport for London ENG"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500973"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation, Normal position"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Rfd1 Bh3 13. Bg5 Bxg2 14.
Kxg2 Rad8 15. Rac1 h6 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. a3 Bd6 18. Be3 Bb8 19. h3 Rxe3 20.
fxe3 Re8 21. Rd3 Qc7 22. e4 dxe4 23. Re3 Qb6 24. Rd1 Be5 25. Nxe4 Nd5 26.
Red3 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Ne3+ 28. Kh1 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Qe3 30. Nc3 Qxg3 31. Qg4 Qxg4
32. hxg4 Ne5 33. Rd4 f6 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kg3 Re7 36. Ra4 a6 37. Ne4 g6 38.
Rb4 Nc6 39. Rxb7 Rxb7 40. Nd6+ Ke6 41. Nxb7 Kd5 42. Kf4 Nd4 43. e4+ Kc4 44.
b4 g5+ 45. Kg3 Nc2 46. Nc5 Nxa3 47. Nxa6 Nb5 48. Nc5 Nd6 49. Kf3 Kxb4 50.
Nd7 Ne8 51. Ke3 Kc4 52. e5 Kd5 53. exf6 Ke6 54. Nc5+ Kxf6 55. Ne4+ Ke5 56.
Ng3 Kf6 57. Ne4+ Kg6 58. Kf3 Nf6 59. Nd6 Nd7 60. Kg3 Ne5 61. Ne4 Kf7 62.
Nd6+ Ke6 63. Nf5 Nf7 64. Kf3 Ke5 65. Ne3 Kd4 66. Nf5+ Kd3 67. Ng7 Ne5+ 68.
Kg3 Ke4 69. Nf5 h5 70. Nd6+ Kd5 71. Nf5 Nxg4 72. Ng7 Nf6 73. Nxh5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.08"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[WhiteICU "1861"]
[BlackICU "1847"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508249"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7...Be7 main line"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8.
Qf3 Be7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 Rb8 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. g5 fxg5 13. f5 Ne5 14.
Qh5 Kd8 15. Bh3 Qc4 16. Qh6 g4 17. Qg7 Rf8 18. Qxe5 $4 { Hailed as a
brilliant combination in the immediate aftermath, this has an elementary
flaw. } 18... dxe5 $4 (18... Bg5+ $19) 19. Nxe6+ 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.08"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[WhiteICU "2000"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[WhiteICU "2233"]
[BlackICU "2337"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2501961"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Benoni defence"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Ne5 e6 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Qe2 Qc8 16. Rfd1 Qb7 17. f3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20.
Rc3 Rd7 21. Bd3 Bc6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Rxc6 Rxa4 24. Qb5 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Raxd4
26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxb6 Rb4 28. Qc5 Rb5 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Qf8+ Kf6 31. Qd8+
Kg7 32. Qf8+ Kf6 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qh8+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ Kh5 36. Rc5+ Rxc5 37.
Qxc5+ Kh6 38. b4 f5 39. b5 Qd7 40. b6 Kh5 41. Kh2 Qd2 42. Qc7 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[WhiteICU "2250"]
[BlackICU "2310"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. a4 a6 8.
Nbd2 d6 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Bd5 11. Qc2 c5 12. e4 Bc6 13. a5 Qc7 14. b4
cxb4 15. cxb4 Rfc8 16. Qb1 Bb7 17. Ra2 Qd8 18. h4 Rc7 19. Bf1 Rac8 20. Ra1
h6 21. Bd3 Nb8 22. Ba3 Qd7 23. Ra2 Rc3 24. Bb2 R3c7 25. Nb3 Nc6 26. Ba3 d5
27. e5 Ne4 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. dxc5 Nc3 30. Qa1 Nxa2 31. Qxa2 d4 32. Qb1 Nxb4
33. Bxb4 Bxf3 34. Qc1 Qd5 35. Kh2 Qb3 36. Qd2 Bb7 37. f4 Rxc5 38. Bxc5 Rxc5
39. Rc1 Rc3 40. Rxc3 dxc3 41. Qe2 Qd5 42. g4 Qf3 43. Qc2 Qxf4+ 44. Kg1
Qxg4+ 45. Kf2 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Qxe5 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.09"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[WhiteICU "2000"]
[BlackICU "2274"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Vésinet FRA"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "628859"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 f5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
O-O Qe7 9. Nb5 a6 10. Bxb4 Qxb4 11. a3 Qe7 12. Nc3 Kh8 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Bxe4
fxe4 15. Nd2 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Nd7 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Qd3
c5 21. Rf1 c4 22. Qc2 Qh6 23. Rce1 Rae8 24. Qf2 Kg8 25. Kh1 b5 26. Qg3 Qg6
27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Kg1 Bc6 29. Nh4 g5 30. Nf5 g6 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Ng4 Rf5
33. Rf3 Bb7 34. Ref1 Ref8 35. R3f2 Bc6 36. Re1 Rxf2 37. Nxf2 Nf6 38. h3 Re8
39. Kh2 a5 40. Kg3 b4 41. axb4 axb4 42. Na2 Rb8 43. Kf3 Bd7 44. g4 Ba4 45.
Ke2 Bb3 46. Nc1 Bc2 47. Kd2 Ne4+ 48. Kxc2 b3+ 49. Kd1 Nxf2+ 50. Ke2 Ne4 51.
Rg1 Rh8 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[WhiteICU "2202"]
[BlackICU "1928"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 b6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Qe7 8. g3
Bb7 9. d5 Na6 10. Bg2 exd5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 d6 14. Qd3
Rac8 15. b3 c4 16. bxc4 Nc5 17. Qd4 Na4 18. Bb2 Nxb2 19. Rxb2 Ba6 20. Rc1
Rc5 21. Rbc2 Rfc8 22. Be4 Qd7 23. Qd3 g6 24. Nd4 Qa4 25. Nc6 Rc7 26. Qd4 b5
27. cxb5 Qxd4 28. exd4 Rxb5 29. a4 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.09"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "1941"]
[BlackICU "2002"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. Qb3 Nd5 14.
Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rb8 18. a5 Qd8 19. f3 Qd5 20.
Qa4 c6 21. e4 Qb5 22. Qxb5 cxb5 23. Rac1 Rfd8 24. Kf2 Rbc8 25. Ke3 Kf8 26.
Nd3 Ne8 27. Bb4 Bxb4 28. Nxb4 Nd6 29. b3 Ke7 30. g4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Rc8 32.
Rxc8 Nxc8 33. e5 Kd7 34. Ke4 Ne7 35. d5 exd5+ 36. Nxd5 Nc6 37. b4 Nd8 38.
f4 Nc6 39. f5 Nd8 40. h3 h6 41. h4 Nc6 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Nd8 44. Nb6+
Ke8 45. Kf4 Nc6 46. Nd5 Nd8 47. Ke4 Kd7 48. Nf4 Nc6 49. e6+ fxe6 50. Nxe6
Nxb4 51. Nxg7 Ke7 52. f6+ Kf7 53. Kf5 Nd5 54. g6+ Kg8 55. Ne6 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.09"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Boland, Dylan"]
[Black "Harding, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[WhiteICU "1667"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507560"]
[BlackFideId "2500256"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Carlsbad variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7
8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5
14. Qb3 Qe7 15. O-O Qb4 16. Qxb4 Bxb4 17. e4 Be6 18. Rfd1 Ke7 19. Ne2 Bb3
20. Rd3 Bc2 21. Rd4 c5 22. Rd5 f6 23. e5 fxe5 24. Rxe5+ Kf6 25. Rd5 Rae8
26. Nc3 Bxc3 27. bxc3 b6 28. a5 Be4 29. Rd7 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Re7 31. Rxe7 Kxe7
32. axb6 axb6 33. Ra6 Rb8 34. Ra7+ Kd6 35. Rxh7 Kd5 36. h4 gxh4 37. Rxh4 b5
38. Kf3 b4 39. cxb4 cxb4 40. Kg4 b3 41. Rh1 b2 42. Rb1 Ke4 43. f4 Kd3 44.
f5 Kc2 45. Rxb2+ Kxb2 46. f6 Kc3 47. Kf5 Kd4 48. Ke6 Rb6+ 49. Ke7 Ke5 50.
f7 Rb7+ 51. Ke8 Ke6 52. f8=N+ Kf5 53. Nd7 Ra7 54. Ke7 Ra6 55. Nc5 Rh6 56.
Nd7 Rg6 57. g4+ Rxg4 58. Kd6 Rd4+ 59. Kc6 Rd1 60. Nc5 Ke5 61. Nd7+ Ke6 62.
Nc5+ Ke7 63. Nb7 Rc1+ 64. Nc5 Rc2 65. Kd5 Rh2 66. Kd4 Kd6 67. Ne4+ Kc6 68.
Ke5 Rh5+ 69. Kd4 Rd5+ 70. Ke3 Rd8 71. Nd2 Kd5 72. Kd3 Rh8 73. Ke3 Rh2 74.
Nf3 Ra2 75. Kf4 Ra4+ 76. Ke3 Re4+ 77. Kf2 Re8 78. Kg3 Ke4 79. Kg4 Rf8 80.
Ng5+ Ke3 81. Ne6 Rf1 82. Ng5 Rf6 83. Nh3 Rf3 84. Ng5 Rf1 85. Nh3 Rh1 86.
Ng5 Rf1 87. Nh3 Rf8 88. Ng5 Rf4+ 89. Kh5 Rf6 90. Kg4 Rf4+ 91. Kh5 Rf5 92.
Kg4 Ra5 93. Nf3 Ra4+ 94. Kg3 Rf4 95. Ng5 Rb4 96. Nf3 Rb8 97. Ng5 Rg8 98.
Kg4 Rf8 99. Ne6 Rf1 100. Ng5 Rf2 101. Kg3 Rf5 102. Kg4 Rxg5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.09"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[WhiteICU "2017"]
[BlackICU "1728"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barróg"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2507692"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. a4 Nc6 7. a5 a6 8.
Re1 e5 9. e4 Rb8 10. h3 Re8 11. c3 exd4 12. Nxd4 d5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bg5
dxe4 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nd2 e3 17. Bxe3 Rxb2 18. Nc4 Rc2 19. Bxc6 Rxc3 20.
Rac1 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 Bxh3 22. Bf4 Be6 23. Nb6 Ne8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Nd5 c5
26. Nc7 Bc3 27. Rc1 Bb2 28. Rb1 Bf5 29. Rxb2 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rb8 f6
32. Ne8+ Kf7 33. Nd6+ Ke6 34. Re8+ 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.09"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Black "Mulligan, Scott"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[WhiteICU "1861"]
[BlackICU "1947"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508249"]
[BlackFideId "2507498"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. a3 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Ne5 c5 14.
O-O Qd6 15. Nxf5 Rxf5 16. f3 cxd4 17. exd4 Rxe5 18. dxe5 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Qxc2
20. Bxc2 Nc5 21. b4 Ne6 22. Rad1 a5 23. Bb3 axb4 24. axb4 Nc7 25. f4 Kf8
26. g4 Nba6 27. Rd4 Nb5 28. Bxd5 Nxd4 29. Bxb7 Ra7 30. Bxa6 Rxa6 31. Rd1
Ne6 32. f5 Ng5 33. Rd8+ Ke7 34. Rb8 Nf3 35. Rb7+ Kd8 36. Kg2 Nxe5 37. Rxg7
Ra4 38. h3 Rxb4 39. Rxh7 Nxg4 40. hxg4 Rxg4+ 41. Kf3 Rb4 42. f6 Ke8 43.
Re7+ Kf8 44. Rb7 Ke8 45. f7+ Kf8 46. Ke3 Rb1 47. Ke4 Rf1 48. Rxb6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.09"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Crichton, Martin"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[BlackICU "1775"]
[WhiteClub "Transport for London ENG"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500973"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Nd2 c6 14. Bb2 Nd7
15. Ra1 d5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Qc2 f5 18. Ra1 Qd8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ra7 f4
21. Nd1 fxg3 22. hxg3 Qb6 23. Qa4 Nc5 24. Qa3 Nf5 25. Ra5 Nb7 26. Ra6 Qc7
27. cxd5 Bc8 28. Rxc6 Qf7 29. Nc4 Re8 30. Qa7 Nd4 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Be4 Bf5
33. f3 Bxe4 34. dxe4 d3 35. Kf2 Rxe4 36. exd3 Bd4+ 37. Qxd4 Rxd4 38. Rc8+
Kg7 39. d6 Nxd6 40. Rd8 Nxc4 41. Rxd4 Qa7 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.09"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[WhiteICU "1847"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[WhiteICU "2337"]
[BlackICU "2274"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Vésinet FRA"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "628859"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Qe7 12. Bd3 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14.
h3 Bd6 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Rhe1 Rac8 17. g4 Nb4 18. Bf1 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Ne4 20.
Qf3 Nxc3+ 21. Kb2 Nxd1+ 22. Rxd1 e5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. gxf5 exf4 25. Bd4 Rxf5
26. h4 Nc6 27. Bc3 Bb4 28. Bg2 Bxc3+ 29. Qxc3 d4 30. Qd3 Rb5+ 31. Kc1 Qe3+
32. Qxe3 dxe3 33. Rd7 Ne5 34. Rc7 f3 35. Bh3 e2 36. Be6+ Kf8 37. Kd2 Rb1
0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[WhiteICU "2310"]
[BlackICU "2202"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Other information: Commentary: Colm Daly, More Twists And Turns As
Pressure Increases In Round 7, irishchessunion.net, July 10, 2015.
Video: 2015 Irish Ch Rd7
Brady versus O Donnell, Colm Daly, July 10, 2015 (10 min., 5 sec.)
(starting after 51B). } { Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8.
exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Qh4 Qe2
14. Nd2 e5 15. Qg3 f6 16. a4 Rd3 17. Nf3 Rd1 18. Nd2 Kf7 19. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 20.
Nf1 Nd5 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bc5 23. Be3 Rc8 24. a5 Ke6 25. Ra4 Rc7 26. c4
Ne7 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Ne3 g5 29. Kf1 f5 30. b4 Rc8 31. c5 a6 32. Nc4 Rc7
33. Ke2 h5 34. Nd6 Nc6 35. Ke3 Nd4 36. h3 Kd5 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39.
Kd3 f4 40. Ne8 Rc6 41. Nd6 Rc7 42. Ne8 Re7 43. Nf6+ Ke6 44. Ne4 Nxf3 45. c6
bxc6 46. Kc4 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Kc5 Kf5 49. Nd6+ Kg5 50. Ne4+ Kf5 51.
Nd6+ Kg6 52. Kxc6 e4 53. b5 e3 (53... g3 $19) 54. fxe3 fxe3 $2 (54... g3 $1
$19) 55. Rxg4+ Kh5 (55... Kh7 56. Rg2 axb5 57. Nxb5 e2 58. Rxe2 Rxe2 59. a6
$10) 56. Re4 $1 $10 Rxe4 57. Nxe4 Nd4+ 58. Kb6 Nxb5 59. Kxa6 Kh4 60. Nc5
1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[WhiteICU "1941"]
[BlackICU "2233"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Ra7 13. Nbd2 Bd5 14.
Qc2 Qa8 15. b4 Ne4 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ng5 Bxc2 19. Bxa8 Rfxa8
20. Rxc2 e5 21. Ne4 Bf8 22. Rfc1 exd4 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Ne5 25. Nd2
Bd6 26. Rc1 d3 27. Ne4 Bf8 28. Bc7 Rc8 29. exd3 Nxd3 30. Rd1 Nxb4 31. Bd6
Nxa2 32. Ra1 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1 Nxc1 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[WhiteICU "2017"]
[BlackICU "2250"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Yugoslav variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 e6 6. Qe1 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8.
h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 dxe4 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. dxe4 e5 13. Be3 Nbd7 14.
Nc3 Nh7 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. g5 Rad8 17. h4 Rfe8 18. Qe2 Nhf8 19. Bh3 a5 20. Kg2
Bd6 21. h5 Nc5 22. Rh1 Nce6 23. Qg4 Nf4+ 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Qh4 Be5 26. Bg4
gxh5 27. Qxh5 g6 28. Qh4 Rxd1 29. Nxd1 Qd8 30. f3 Qd2+ 31. Nf2 Qxc2 32. Kh3
Rd8 33. Rh2 Rd2 34. Bc8 Qc4 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Harding, Tim"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[WhiteICU "1949"]
[BlackICU "2000"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500256"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1
Bg7 8. Bf4 c6 9. h3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Be6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Ke2 f5 14.
Be3 Nd7 15. Bb3 Bf7 16. f4 e5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Rhf1 fxe4 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7
20. Rxf7 Nxf7 21. Rf1 Re8 22. Nc4 a6 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Nd6+ Ke7 25. Nxe8
Kxe8 26. Bf4 b5 27. Ke3 b4 28. cxb4 Bxb2 29. Kxe4 Bc3 30. Bd6 Kd7 31. Bc5
Ke6 32. g4 Bb2 33. a4 Bf6 34. Bf2 Bc3 35. Bc5 Bb2 36. Bf8 Kf6 37. Bc5 Ke6
38. Bd4 Bc1 39. Bc3 Bg5 40. Bd4 Bd2 41. Bc5 Be1 42. Bf8 Bg3 43. Kd4 Bf2+
44. Ke4 Bb6 45. Bg7 h5 46. Bd4 Bc7 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Bc5 Be5 49. Bd4 Bc7
50. Bc5 Bg3 51. Be3 Be1 52. Bc5 Bc3 53. Kd3 Be5 54. Kc4 Kf5 55. Be7 Ke6 56.
Bh4 Bd6 57. Bf2 Kf5 58. Bc5 Bf4 59. Be7 Be3 60. Bc5 Bf4 61. Be7 Be3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "Boland, Dylan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[WhiteICU "1928"]
[BlackICU "1667"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[BlackFideId "2507560"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 h6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Bg2 d6 8.
Nf3 Rb8 9. O-O a6 10. Nd5 Bf5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Qd2 Nde5 14. Nh4
Bh7 15. h3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Kh2 Ne7 18. f4 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Nd7 20. f5 Nf6
21. Qd3 Re8 22. e4 Qe7 23. Rae1 Nd7 24. f6 Nxf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qd2 Kg7
27. Rf5 Bg6 28. Rh5 Rh8 29. Nf5+ Bxf5 30. exf5 Qf8 31. Bc6 b4 32. Re4 Rh7
33. Rg4+ Kh8 34. Rgh4 Rb6 35. Rxh6 Rxh6 36. Rxh6+ Kg7 37. Rh4 Kg8 38. Qe2
Rxc6 39. Qh5 Qg7 40. Rg4 Ra6 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qe2 Ra8 43. Qc2 Re8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[WhiteICU "1775"]
[BlackICU "1861"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2508249"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 Nc6
8. g4 Bg6 9. Nb5 Qd7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Qe2 a6 12. Nc3 e6 13. O-O-O Bb4 14.
Ne4 Nd5 15. Bg3 b5 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. c3 Bd6 19. Bxd5 Bxe5 20.
Bxe5 exd5 21. Bxg7 Bxe4 22. dxe4 Qg5+ 23. Qe3 Qxg7 24. Qc5 Qh6+ 25. Kc2 Qd6
26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Rxd5 Ke7 28. Rhd1 Rhd8 29. Rh5 Nc6 30. f4 Rh8 31. b3 Nd8
32. e5 Nb7 33. exd6+ Nxd6 34. h4 f6 35. Rhd5 Rc6 36. Re1+ Kd7 37. Kd3 Rhc8
38. Rc1 Rg8 39. g5 f5 40. c4 Rd8 41. Re1 bxc4+ 42. bxc4 Rdc8 43. Rc1 Rc5
44. Rxc5 Rxc5 45. Kd4 Kc6 46. h5 Ne4 47. h6 Kc7 48. g6 Rc6 49. Rg1 hxg6 50.
h7 Rd6+ 51. Ke5 Rd8 52. Rxg6 Rh8 53. Rxa6 Nc5 54. Rh6 Nd7+ 55. Kxf5 Nf8 56.
Rf6 Nxh7 57. Rf7+ Kd6 58. Kg6 Rf8 59. Rxh7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "1847"]
[BlackICU "2002"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Bc2 Re8 11. a4 Bf8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. b4
Nb8 15. d3 Nbd7 16. Na3 c6 17. Bb3 h6 18. Nh4 Qd8 19. Nf5 Bc8 20. Qf3 Nb6
21. Qg3 Bxf5 22. exf5 Nfd5 23. Bd2 Kh7 24. c4 bxc4 25. dxc4 Nf6 26. Be3 d5
27. c5 Nbd7 28. Bc1 Qb8 29. Nc2 Qb5 30. Bd2 Ra8 31. Bc3 Bxc5 32. Bxe5 Bxb4
33. Nd4 Qb6 34. Rd1 Nxe5 35. Qxe5 Bc3 36. Rd3 Re8 37. Qf4 Re4 38. Qf3 Bxd4
39. Bc2 Bxf2+ 40. Kh2 Qc7+ 41. g3 Bxg3+ 42. Qxg3 Re2+ 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Black "Crichton, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[WhiteICU "1728"]
[WhiteClub "Naomh Barróg"]
[BlackClub "Transport for London ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507692"]
[BlackFideId "2500973"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. d4 e6 8.
Be3 c5 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. a4 Qb6 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Qg3 g6 14. f4
cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc5 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Qf2 Rc7 18. g4 Rfc8 19. Rd2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4
Nc5 21. h4 Ne4 22. Qh2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Rc4 24. Rd1 Rxa4 25. Kb1 Qa5 26. Qxa5
Rxa5 27. f5 exf5 28. gxf5 Re8 29. e6 fxe6 30. Nxe6 gxf5 31. Nc7 Re4 32. h5
Rea4 33. c3 Ra1+ 34. Kc2 Rxd1 35. Kxd1 Ra1+ 36. Kc2 Rh1 37. h6 Rxh6 38.
Nxd5 Kf7 39. Kd3 Rd6 40. Kd4 Ke6 41. c4 Rxd5+ 42. cxd5+ Kd6 43. b4 f4 44.
Ke4 f3 45. Kxf3 Kxd5 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Mulligan, Scott"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[WhiteICU "1947"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507498"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[WhiteICU "2274"]
[BlackICU "2250"]
[WhiteClub "Vésinet FRA"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "628859"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
Nc3 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. d4 a6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Bf6 16. Rab1 Bxh4 17. gxh4 Qxh4 18. Qxd6 Rad8 19. Qg3 Qxg3+
20. hxg3 f6 21. Rfd1 Ne5 22. Rd5 Rxd5 23. cxd5 Kf7 24. Kg2 Ke7 25. e4 Kd6
26. Rd1 Ng4 27. Rd2 h5 28. f3 Ne5 29. f4 Ng4 30. Kf3 b5 31. Ba3 a5 32. Bb2
b4 33. a4 Rf7 34. Rd1 Rf8 35. Rd2 Rf7 36. Ba1 Rf8 37. Ke2 Re8 38. Kf3 Rf8
39. Rd3 Rf7 40. Bb2 Rf8 41. Rd1 Rf7 42. Re1 f5 43. e5+ Kxd5 44. Rd1+ Kc6
45. Rd6+ Kc7 46. Rxg6 Rd7 47. Ke2 h4 48. e6 Rh7 49. gxh4 Rxh4 50. Kd3 Rh2
51. Bg7 Nf2+ 52. Kc4 Ne4 53. Bf8 Rc2+ 54. Kd5 c4 55. e7 Kd7 56. Ra6 cxb3
57. Ra7+ Rc7 58. Rxc7+ Kxc7 59. e8=Q $4 (59. Ke6 b2 60. e8=Q b1=Q { is
better for White, e.g. } 61. Qd7+ Kb6 62. Qb5+ Ka7 63. Qxa5+ Kb7 64. Qb5+
Ka7 65. Qxf5 $16) 59... Nf6+ $19 60. Kc4 Nxe8 61. Kxb3 Kc6 62. Kc4 Nf6 63.
Bg7 Nd5 64. Be5 Nb6+ 65. Kb3 Nd7 66. Bd4 Nc5+ 67. Kc4 Nxa4 68. Bg7 Nc5 69.
Bf6 Na6 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[WhiteICU "2202"]
[BlackICU "2233"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 b5 8.
a4 b4 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Nc4 Nc5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nxd4 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Bb7 17. Nd6 Bd5 18. Qg3 Nc6 19. Rfd1 Nxd4 20.
Rxd4 f6 21. Rc1 Qa7 22. Rxb4 fxe5 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 e4 25. Nxe4 a5 26.
Rd4 Rab8 27. Rc2 Bb3 28. Rc7 Bd5 29. Rc2 Bb3 30. Rc7 Bd5 31. Rc2 Bb3
1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[WhiteICU "2310"]
[BlackICU "1941"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "McCutcheon, Janowski variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. O-O Nc5 14.
c4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Kg8 16. Rfc1 Kh7 17. Qf3 Rf8 18. Bc3 Qd8 19. Bb4 Nxb4 20.
axb4 Qg5 21. d4 Bd7 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Rc7 Bg4 24. Qxd5 Kg8 25. Ng3 Rac8 26.
Qxb7 Rxc7 27. Qxc7 Rc8 28. Qxa7 Rc1+ 29. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Nf1 Qb1 31. f3 Be6
32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ Qxe4 34. fxe4 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Mulligan, Scott"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[WhiteICU "1947"]
[BlackICU "2337"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507498"]
[BlackFideId "2501961"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. Ne5 Bxe2 6. Qxe2 e6 7. b3 Bd6
8. Bb2 c6 9. O-O Qc7 10. d4 O-O 11. c4 Ne4 12. Nf3 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14.
Nbd2 Ndf6 15. Rfc1 Qb7 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. g4 Bb4 19. Bc3 Ba3 20.
Rc2 Rfc8 21. g5 Ne8 22. Nf1 Qc6 23. Ng3 Rab8 24. f5 Rb7 25. Rf1 b4 26. Bxb4
Qxc2 27. Qxc2 Rxc2 28. Bxa3 Rxa2 29. Bc5 Nc7 30. b4 Na6 31. Bd6 exf5 32.
Nxf5 f6 33. h4 Nxb4 34. h5 Kf7 35. Bc5 Ke6 36. Bxb4 Rxb4 37. Nxg7+ Kf7 38.
h6 Kg6 39. gxf6 Rbb2 40. Rc1 Kxf6 41. Rc6+ Kg5 42. Ne6+ Kg4 43. Rc1 Rg2+
0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[WhiteICU "2000"]
[BlackICU "1928"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5 Be7"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. cxd5
Nxc3 8. bxc3 exd5 9. Qb3 c6 10. e3 Nd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Rfe1 Nf6
14. Ne5 Ne4 15. Bd3 Nd6 16. Rab1 Be6 17. Qc2 Qh4 18. c4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4
20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Re7 22. Qc5 Qf6 23. Rec1 Rc7 24. Qa3 b6 25. Rxb6 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Harding, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[WhiteICU "2002"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500256"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4
8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. c3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Qc2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14.
Rfe1 Qd6 15. g3 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 Rfe8 17. f3 Bd7 18. Kf2 Re6 19. Nf1 Rae8
1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Boland, Dylan"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[WhiteICU "1667"]
[BlackICU "1775"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507560"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
e4 a6 9. Re1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Qf6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14.
Nd5 c6 15. Ne7+ Kg7 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. g5 Ne5 18. Rd1 c5 19. Bf1 f6 20. Be2
fxg5 21. Bxg5 Rxf2 22. Rxd4 Rxe2 23. Rxd6 Rf8 24. Bf4 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Rxb2 26.
Rd7+ Kg8 27. Bd6 Nh2+ 28. Kg1 Rff2 29. Rd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Black "Crichton, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[WhiteICU "1861"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Transport for London ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508249"]
[BlackFideId "2500973"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nf6 7. h4 Nh5
8. c3 Nd7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nxh5 Bxh5 11. Ng3 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bg6 13. Bc4 h6 14.
Bf4 e6 15. Kd2 Nf6 16. Rhe1 Kd7 17. Ra5 a6 18. b4 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Ne2
Be7 21. Bg3 Rae8 22. Nf4 Bh7 23. b5 cxb5 24. Nxd5 Bd6 25. Bxd6 Kxd6 26. Ne3
Re4 27. g3 Rc8 28. Nc2 Rxe1 29. Nxe1 Be4 30. Nd3 Bxd3 31. Kxd3 Re8 32. Ra1
Re6 33. Rd1 Kd5 34. Rd2 Re1 35. b3 Re7 36. c4+ bxc4+ 37. bxc4+ Kd6 38. Rb2
Kc6 39. c5 Re1 40. Rc2 Kd5 41. Rb2 Kc6 42. Rb6+ Kc7 43. d5 Rd1+ 44. Ke4
Re1+ 45. Kf3 Rd1 46. d6+ Kc8 47. c6 bxc6 48. Rxc6+ Kd7 49. Rc7+ Ke6 50.
Re7+ Kf6 51. Rd7 Ke6 52. Re7+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[WhiteICU "1847"]
[BlackICU "1728"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barróg"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2507692"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7
8. Be3 Nc5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 dxe5
14. Nb3 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Be6 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxd8 Rfxd8 18. Rd1 Rdc8 19.
Kb1 Bf5 20. Rd2 a5 21. Qf3 Bg6 22. Qxb7 Rcb8 23. Qc6 Rc8 24. Qa4 Rcb8 25.
Bc5 h6 26. h4 h5 27. g3 Re8 28. Kc1 e4 29. c4 Be5 30. Be3 Reb8 31. Qc6 Rc8
32. Qb5 Bf6 33. Bf4 Be7 34. Bd6 Bf6 35. c5 Re8 36. Bf4 Be5 37. Bxe5 Rxe5
38. Qb6 Kh7 39. c6 a4 40. b4 a3 41. bxa3 Rxa3 42. Qd4 Re6 43. Kb2 Rf3 44.
c7 Rc6 45. b5 Rxc7 46. b6 Rb7 47. Qc5 Rf5 48. Qc6 Rb8 49. b7 e3 50. fxe3
Re5 51. Rd4 Rxe3 52. Qc7 Ree8 53. Rf4 Rbd8 54. Rf2 Rb8 55. Ka2 Rf8 56. Re2
Bd3 57. Re7 Ba6 58. Qc6 Bd3 59. Qd5 Bg6 60. Ka3 Rfd8 61. Qe5 Kg8 62. Kb4
Kf8 63. Rd7 Re8 64. Qd6+ Kg8 65. Kb5 Be4 66. Qb6 Bf5 67. Rc7 Re1 68. Qd4
Rb1+ 69. Ka6 Rb3 70. Ka7 Re8 71. Qa4 Ree3 72. b8=Q+ Rxb8 73. Kxb8 Rxg3 74.
Qe8+ Kh7 75. Qxf7 Bh3 76. Qxh5+ Kg8 77. Qf7+ Kh7 78. Rc5 Bg4 79. Rg5 Rb3+
80. Qxb3 Be6 81. Qxe6 g6 82. Qxg6+ Kh8 83. Qg7# 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.11"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[WhiteICU "2017"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.12"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[WhiteICU "2233"]
[BlackICU "2250"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[ECO "A59"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[Variation "main line"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 d6 8.
e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. h3 Qa5 13. Qc2 Rfb8 14. Bd2
Qa6 15. a4 Qc4 16. Ra3 Rb7 17. Re1 Rab8 18. Bc1 Ne8 19. Nd2 Qa6 20. Nb5 Nc7
21. Nxc7 Rxc7 22. Nc4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Qe2 c4 25. Rd1 Rcb7 26. Ra2 Rb3
27. a5 R3b4 28. Rd2 Qb5 29. a6 Ra8 30. a7 Qc5 31. Rc2 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 Qxa7
33. Rxc4 Qa6 34. Rc2 Qb7 35. h4 Bg7 36. Rc4 Rxc4 37. Qxc4 Bxb2 38. Qc6 Qb4
39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Bxb2+ Qxb2 41. Qxe7 Qb4 42. g4 h6 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Kg8
45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qf6+ Kf8 47. Qf4 Kg8 48. Qe3 Qc4 49. Kg3 Qf1 50. Kh2 Qd1
51. Qf4 Qd4 52. Kg2 Qc5 53. Qd2 Qc4 54. f3 Kf8 55. Qb2 Qc5 56. Qh8+ Ke7 57.
Qf6+ Ke8 58. Qh8+ Kd7 $4 { Black needed a win to share first place, so was
presumably seeking a way to avoid the perpetual. But the move played loses
instantly to 59. Qf8. This unusual incident caused considerable comment at
the time, and indeed long after. } 59. Qf6 Ke8 60. Qh8+ Ke7 61. Qf6+ Kf8 $6
{ This also loses but not in as clear-cut a way as in the previous note. }
62. Qh8+ (62. e5 Qc2+ 63. Kg3 Qd1 $1 64. exd6 $1 (64. Qxd6+ $2 $10) { is
winning for White but would need work, and with time short and queens on
there is always the possibility of a losing error. In the tournament
circumstances, it seems a reasonable risk for Black to take. }) 62... Ke7
63. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.12"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[WhiteICU "2000"]
[BlackICU "2310"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 Qxd5
8. Nf3 b6 9. c4 Qd6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Qb3 c5 14.
Rfd1 Rac8 15. Rac1 cxd4 16. exd4 Qf4 17. h3 Ne4 18. Rc2 Qc7 19. Rcc1 Nef6
20. Qe3 Re8 21. Rd2 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 e5 23. Bg4 Nxg4 24. hxg4 h6 25. g5 hxg5
26. Qxg5 f6 27. Qg4 Rcd8 28. dxe5 Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Qf3
Rd7 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Kh7 34. Qd3+ Kh6 35. g3 f5 36. Qd2+ Kg6 37. Kf1
Qa5 38. Qe1 Qxa3 39. Qe6+ Kg5 40. Kg2 g6 41. f4+ Kh6 42. Qf6 Kh7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.12"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Harding, Tim"]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[WhiteICU "1949"]
[BlackICU "2274"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Vésinet FRA"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500256"]
[BlackFideId "628859"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "McCutcheon, Dr. Olland (Dutch) variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Ne2 Qa5 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Bd2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. f4
Bd7 15. Bd3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Bb4 a5 18. Bd2 Qc4 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Nxc6
Bxc6 21. Qe2 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Bb5+ 23. Kd2 O-O-O+ 24. Kc3 Rd5 25. Rhd1 Rhd8
26. Rd4 Rxd4 27. Bxd4 Kc7 28. Re1 Bc6 29. g3 h5 30. Rb1 Rd5 31. Re1 Rd8 32.
Rd1 Rd5 33. Rd2 Bb5 34. Be3 Kc6 35. Rd4 Rxd4 36. Kxd4 Ba4 37. c4 Bc2 38.
Bd2 b6 39. Kc3 Bd3 40. Be3 Be2 41. Kd4 Bf1 42. Bd2 Be2 43. Be3 Bd3 44. Kc3
Bb1 45. Kb2 Bd3 46. Kc3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.12"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "2337"]
[BlackICU "2002"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. h3 Bf8
15. Ne3 g6 16. Nh2 Bg7 17. Qf3 b4 18. Nhg4 Nxg4 19. Nxg4 b3 20. Bd1 Bxg4
21. Qxg4 Rb8 22. f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Nc6 24. Be2 c4 25. Qg3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 Qb6+
27. Be3 Qc7 28. Rad1 a5 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Ne5 31. Red1 Bf8 32. Ra6 Ra8
33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Bb5 Rc8 35. Kf2 Nc4 36. Bc1 Nd6 37. Bd3 Nc4 38. Ke2 Bg7
39. Rf1 h5 40. Rf2 Be5 41. Kf1 Kg7 42. Ke2 Rc6 43. Rf1 f6 44. Rd1 g5 45.
Kf2 Kg6 46. Be2 Nd6 47. Kf3 g4+ 48. hxg4 hxg4+ 49. Ke3 Nc4+ 50. Kd3 Nb6 51.
Bxg4 Nxa4 52. Ke2 Rc7 53. Bf5+ Kf7 54. Rh1 Ke7 55. Rh7+ Kd6 56. Rxc7 Kxc7
57. Kd3 Nb6 58. Be3 Na4 59. Kc4 Nxb2+ 60. Kxb3 Nd1 61. Bd2 Kc6 62. c4 Bc7
63. Be6 Bb6 64. Bd5+ Kc5 65. Kc2 Kd4 66. Kxd1 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.12"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Boland, Dylan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[WhiteICU "2202"]
[BlackICU "1667"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2507560"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 6.Qc2"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8.
Bg3 Qa5 9. e3 Na6 10. Be5 Be7 11. Nf3 Rg8 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. a3
Bf5 15. Qxf5 Qxb3 16. Bxa6 Qxb2 17. O-O bxa6 18. Bxf6 Qxc3 19. Qe5 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.12"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[WhiteICU "1941"]
[BlackICU "2017"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Reti variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Re8 14.
Bd4 Ne4 15. Qb3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nd2 17. Qxb7 Nxf1 18. Rxf1 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6
20. a3 Ra4 21. e3 Rc8 22. f4 g6 23. Rd1 Rac4 24. Rd2 Rc1+ 25. Kf2 h5 26. h3
Kg7 27. Kf3 Kf6 28. g4 hxg4+ 29. hxg4 Rh8 30. Kg3 Re1 31. Kf2 Rc1 32. Kg3
Rhc8 33. f5 gxf5 34. gxf5 Bxf5 35. Rf2 Rg8+ 36. Kh2 Rh8+ 37. Kg3 Rh5 38.
Bxd5 Rg1+ 39. Bg2 Kg6 40. Nf3 Rc1 41. Nh4+ Rxh4 42. Kxh4 Re1 43. Bf3 Rxe3
44. Bh5+ Kf6 45. Bg4 Re5 46. a4 Ke6 47. Rxf5 Rxf5 48. b4 1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.12"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Mulligan, Scott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[WhiteICU "1775"]
[BlackICU "1947"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2507498"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Walkover / default } { Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1-0
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.12"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[WhiteICU "1728"]
[BlackICU "1861"]
[WhiteClub "Naomh Barróg"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507692"]
[BlackFideId "2508249"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. c4 c5
8. Qd3 g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. O-O Nf6 11. e5 Bf5 12. Qd1 dxe5 13. Nxe5 O-O 14.
Be3 Qc7 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Qc1 Bd3 17. Re1 Bxc4 18. Nd1 Bd5 19. Qxc5 Qb7 20.
Nh4 Ne4 21. Qc2 Bf6 22. Nf3 Rac8 23. Qe2 Bc4 24. Qc2 Bd3 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26.
axb3 a6 27. Nd2 Nc5 28. Nc3 Bc2 29. b4 Nd3 30. Nde4 Nxe1 31. Nxf6+ exf6 32.
Rxe1 Rc4 33. Bc5 Kg7 34. h3 Rd2 35. Ra1 Bd3 36. Na4 Rdc2 37. Ra3 Be4 38.
Nb6 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 R4c2 40. Rxa6 Rxb2 41. Nd7 Rd1 42. Nxf6 Bf5 43. Ne8+ Kg8
44. Nf6+ Kg7 45. Ne8+ Kg8 46. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.12"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Crichton, Martin"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1973"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[BlackICU "1847"]
[WhiteClub "Transport for London ENG"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500973"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nc6 8.
Bd2 Re8 9. Qc1 Nh5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nf3 Kh7 12. e4 f5 13. Nd5 f4 14. gxf4 Bg4
15. Qd1 Nd4 16. Ng5+ hxg5 17. Qxg4 c6 18. Nc3 gxf4 19. Ne2 Ne6 20. Bh3 Bh6
21. f3 Nf6 22. Qg2 Ng5 23. Kh1 Rg8 24. Rg1 d5 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Bc3 Qe7 27.
a3 dxe4 28. dxe4 Nfxe4 29. Bb4 Nxh3 30. Bxe7 Nhf2+ 31. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 32. Kg2
Nd3 33. Rgd1 e4 34. fxe4 Ne5 35. Nd4 Rge8 36. Bd6 Nc4 37. e5 Ne3+ 38. Kf3
Nxd1 39. Rxd1 Rad8 40. Rc1 Rd7 41. Nb5 Bf8 42. Rc4 Bxd6 43. exd6 a6 44. Rc7
Rxc7 45. Nxc7 Rd8 46. Kxf4 Rxd6 47. Ne8 0-1
[Event "Irish Championship 2015"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2015.07.12"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[WhiteICU "1928"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]
{ Source: Chess-Results.com.
} { Event information: Tournament
report. }
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