[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Putar, Leon"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[WhiteICU "2052"]
[BlackICU "2362"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14546612"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/ay3HLKpn)"]
[HashCode "6963645c"]

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report</a>. } { Annotator: Tarun Kanyamarala, <a
href="https://ictl.ie/blogs/alex-baburins-endgame-play-at-irish-championship-2023/">Alex
Baburin's Endgame Play at Irish Championship 2023</a>, ICTL (Irish Chess
Technology Limited) web site, August 18, 2023 (excerpted here). }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O
8. Qd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qc5 Rb8
14. h4 Rxb2 15. O-O-O Qb6 ({ Better } 15... Rb6 $1 { (Kanyamarala). }) 16.
Qxb6 Rxb6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rxd5 Bf5 19. Rhd1 Rc6 20. Bd3 e4 21. Bb5 Rc7
22. Bd7 Bxd7 23. Rxd7 Rfc8 24. R1d2 Kg7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rd4 f5 27. c4 Kh6
28. f3 exf3 29. gxf3 g5 30. Kd2 gxh4 31. Rxh4+ Kg5 32. Rd4 h5 33. Ke3 h4
34. Kf2 Rc6 35. Kg2 Ra6 36. Rd2 Kf4 37. Rd4+ Kg5 38. Rd2 Kf4 39. Rd4+ Ke3
40. Rxh4 f4 41. Rh7 $2 (41. Rh1 $1 $10 { (Kanyamarala): } 41... Rxa2+ 42.
Kh3 Kxf3 43. c5 $1 ({ or } 43. Rf1+ $10) { is drawn with best play
according to the Syzygy tablebase. }) 41... Rxa2+ 42. Kh3 Kxf3 43. c5 Ra6
44. Kh4 Kg2 45. Rg7+ Kf2 46. Rb7 f3 47. c6 Rxc6 48. Rxa7 Kg2 49. Rg7+ Kh2
50. Rf7 Rc4+ 51. Kh5 Kg2 52. Rg7+ Kf1 53. Rf7 f2 54. Re7 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Black "Duffy, Seamus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[WhiteICU "2154"]
[BlackICU "1912"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512602"]
[BlackFideId "2501708"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/LeLpveFM)"]
[BlackFullName "Duffy, S&eacute;amus"]
[HashCode "68781383"]

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1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Ne4 9. h4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxf4 11. exf4 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Bxe4
fxe4 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. f3 exf3 17. Qxf3 Be8 18. Re2 h5 19. Nd3 dxc4 20. Nc5
Qd5 21. Qf1 Rf6 22. Re5 Qd8 23. Nxe6 Qd7 24. Nc5 Qf7 25. Ne4 Rg6 26. Ng5
Rxg5 27. Rxg5 Bd7 28. Re5 Bf5 29. Rae1 Bd3 30. Qf3 Bf5 31. Re7 Qg6 32. Rxb7
Bg4 33. Qe4 Bf5 34. Qe3 Kh7 35. Kf2 Bg4 36. Qe4 Bf5 37. Qe5 Rf8 38. Qc5 Rg8
39. Qxc4 Bg4 40. Rbe7 Rf8 41. R7e3 Qc2+ 42. R1e2 Qc1 43. Qxc6 Bxe2 44. Rxe2
Rb8 45. Qe4+ Kh8 46. Qe5 Rb2 47. Qxh5+ Kg8 48. Qe8+ Kh7 49. Qe4+ Kh8 50. c4
Rxe2+ 51. Qxe2 Qh1 52. Qh5+ Kg8 53. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Brozynski, Patryk"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[WhiteICU "2058"]
[BlackICU "2293"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512700"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Poisoned pawn variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/C97dYu8x)"]
[HashCode "642261ab"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8.
Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. Be2 e5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. O-O
b5 15. Rbd1 O-O 16. g4 Bb7 17. g5 Bd8 18. f6 Ba5 19. fxg7 Kxg7 20. Qxd6
Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Nc5 22. Nd1 Nxe4 23. Rd7 Bc6 24. Re7 Bb6+ 25. Kg2 Nd2 26. Re1
Rae8 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Kg3 Ba5 29. c3 Ne4+ 30. Kg4 Nxc3 31. Nxc3 Bxc3 32.
Rc1 Bd7+ 33. Kg3 Rc8 34. Rd1 Be6 35. Nh4 Bd4 36. Bd3 Rc3 37. Kf3 Ra3 38.
Rd2 Bc3 39. Rd1 Rxa2 40. Kg3 b4 41. Nf5+ Bxf5 42. Bxf5 Rd2 43. Rf1 a5 44.
h4 h6 45. Bg4 hxg5 46. hxg5 a4 47. Bh5 Rd7 48. Bg4 Rd3+ 49. Kg2 a3 50. Bf5
Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Black "Putar, Lara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[WhiteICU "2160"]
[BlackICU "1990"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512041"]
[BlackFideId "14546604"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "D88"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Spassky variation, main line, 10...cd, 11.cd"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/4RPivOiP)"]
[HashCode "3615d4f0"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5
8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. d5 Bxa1 14.
Qxa1 f6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. e5 g5 18. e6 gxf4 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20.
Qd1 e5 21. dxe6+ Rxe6 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Bf5 Qd5 24. Bxf4 Re5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5
26. Rd1 Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Healy, John"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[WhiteICU "1921"]
[BlackICU "2183"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500965"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/xdButyog)"]
[HashCode "40e80ba6"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 d4 5. d3 Nc6 6. e3 e5 7. O-O Bd6 8.
exd4 exd4 9. Re1+ Kf8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nbd2 Qd8 13. a3 a5 14.
Ne4 Be7 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. h3 Bf5 17. Nh2 Qc7 18. f4 Bd7 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Qf2
g6 21. Re2 Kg7 22. Rae1 f5 23. Ned2 Bd6 24. Kh2 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Re8 26. Qe1
Rxe2 27. Qxe2 g5 28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. Qh5 Bxf4 30. Nf3 Bxg3+ 31. Kh1 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Black "Nolan, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[WhiteICU "2126"]
[BlackICU "1913"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501112"]
[BlackFideId "2509466"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/y8sPulOO)"]
[HashCode "314f169d"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. h4 Rfc8 13. g4 f6 14. exf6
Qxf4 15. fxe7 Qxg4 16. N1h2 Qg6 17. Ng5 Nce5 18. Ng4 h6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20.
Rxe5 hxg5 21. Qg4 Qf7 22. hxg5 Qxe7 23. Rxe6 Qd7 24. Rae1 Rf8 25. Qh3 Qf7
26. g6 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[WhiteICU "1842"]
[BlackICU "2135"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2509393"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/0XxqV7RX)"]
[HashCode "3cef0758"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8.
Ne5 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. axb5
a4 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. Nc6 Nxc6 17. Rxc6 Qa5 18. b6 Ra6 19. Bc7 Ne8 20. Rfc1
Nxc7 21. bxc7 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 Rc8 23. Qa6 Qxa6 24. Rxa6 Rxc7 25. Rxa4 Rc2 26.
Ra8+ Bf8 27. Ra2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[WhiteICU "2099"]
[BlackICU "1857"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2510260"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/X9PinLrE)"]
[HashCode "6f5cb0b1"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. d4 Nc6 8.
O-O Rb8 9. b3 Bd7 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. e4 b6 12. h3 Ne8 13. Be3 Nc7 14. Qd2
Qc8 15. Kh2 Rd8 16. Rae1 Bg4 17. Nd5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Ne6 19. e5 Bxe5 20. f4
Ned4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxe7+ Nxe7 23. Qxe7 Rd7 24. Qg5 Qd8 25. Qg4 f5 26.
Qe2 Qf6 27. Bd5+ Kg7 28. Qd1 Re7 29. Rxe7+ Qxe7 30. Re1 Qf8 31. Qe2 Bf6 32.
Qe6 Rd8 33. Qc6 Qd6 34. Qa4 Qd7 35. Qa6 Qc7 36. Re6 Rd7 37. Kg2 Re7 38. Kf3
Rxe6 39. Bxe6 h5 40. Qa4 Kf8 41. Qa6 Bd4 42. h4 Qc6+ 43. Bd5 Qc7 44. a4 Bc3
45. Bb7 Qb8 46. Kg2 Bb4 47. Kh3 Bc3 48. Kh2 Be1 49. Bc6 Qc7 50. Bd5 Bc3 51.
Kg2 Be1 52. Kh3 Bc3 53. Qb5 Be1 54. Kg2 Bc3 55. Qc6 Qxc6 56. Bxc6 Ke7 57.
Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Haque, Muhtarim-Ul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[WhiteICU "1846"]
[BlackICU "2132"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[BlackFideId "2509415"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/c0IvcR3l)"]
[HashCode "59a44ea8"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
a4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nd4 Re8 12. Bf3 Ne5 13. h3 Nxf3+ 14.
Qxf3 Ne4 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. Rd1 Qh4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qe2 Bxh3 19. Rxd6 Bxg2
20. Kxg2 Re5 21. f4 exf3+ 22. Qxf3 Rg5+ 23. Kf1 Qh2 24. Qf2 Qxd6 25. Nd4
Rg6 26. Ke2 Qd5 27. Nf3 Rd8 28. Bd2 Qd3+ 29. Ke1 Rh6 30. Qg2 Qe4 31. Ke2
Re6 32. Qf2 h6 33. a5 Rd5 34. Rc1 Qd3+ 35. Ke1 Rh5 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Qg2 Rg6
38. Qf1 Qe4 39. Rc4 Qb1+ 40. Ke2 Qxb2 41. Rb4 Qc2 42. Rxb7 Rf5 43. Rb4 Rxa5
44. Rf4 Ra2 45. Qh3 Ra1 46. Rxf7 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[WhiteICU "2135"]
[BlackICU "1890"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514249"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/1x9u5aoD)"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Cuilleanain, Ois&iacute;n"]
[HashCode "9a53842f"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a3 Be6 8.
Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 h6 10. b4 b5 11. Ncd2 Re8 12. c4 bxc4 13. Nxc4 a6 14. Bb2
Bf8 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Ne3 Rac8 17. Qc4 Nb8 18. a4 c6 19. Qb3 Qe6 20. Qxe6
Rxe6 21. Rec1 Ree8 22. Nc4 Nfd7 23. Ba3 d5 24. Ne3 d4 25. Nc4 Re6 26. Nfd2
g6 27. Nb3 f5 28. f3 h5 29. Kf1 Bh6 30. Rcb1 fxe4 31. fxe4 Rf8+ 32. Ke2
Ref6 33. Rf1 Rxf1 34. Rxf1 Rxf1 35. Kxf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Nca5 Bg5 38.
Kd1 Be7 39. h3 Nb6 40. Nc5+ Bxc5 41. bxc5 Nxa4 42. Bb4 Nd7 43. Nb7 Ke7 44.
Kc2 h4 45. Kb3 Nc3 46. Bxc3 dxc3 47. Kxc3 Nf6 48. Na5 Kd7 49. Nc4 Ke6 50.
Kb4 Nh5 51. Ka5 Nf4 52. Kb6 Nxd3 53. Kxc6 Nf2 54. Kb6 Nxe4 55. c6 Nc3 56.
Kxa6 Nd5 57. Kb7 e4 58. Ne3 Ne7 59. c7 Ke5 60. Nc4+ Kd4 61. Na5 Kd3 62. Nc6
e3 63. Nxe7 e2 64. c8=Q e1=Q 65. Qd7+ Kc2 66. Qc6+ Kb2 67. Nd5 Qd2 68. Nb6
Qg5 69. Ka6 Qg3 70. Na4+ Kb3 71. Nc5+ Kb2 72. Qb5+ Kc2 73. Qe2+ Kb1 74.
Qd3+ Qxd3+ 75. Nxd3 Kc2 76. Ne5 g5 77. Nf3 Kd3 78. Nxg5 Ke3 79. Nf3 Kf2 80.
Nxh4 Kg3 81. Nf5+ Kxg2 82. h4 Kf3 83. h5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Crowley, James"]
[Black "Collins, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[WhiteICU "1900"]
[BlackICU "2114"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512580"]
[BlackFideId "2512300"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/BSZDE2xh)"]
[HashCode "4d7cec83"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8.
g3 b5 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. f4 Nc5 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Nd5
Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf6 16. c3 Nb6 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Be3 Nc4 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bc5
Nb2 21. Qd2 Na4 22. Be3 Rc4 23. Rf2 Qc7 24. Kh2 Qd6 25. Raf1 Rc7 26. Bg5
Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Kf8 28. Qd2 h4 29. Rf5 f6 30. Qe3 Ke8 31. Qd3 Kd8 32. Qf3 Kc8
33. Rd1 Kb8 34. Kh1 hxg3 35. Qxg3 Qd7 36. Rff1 Rc4 37. Rd3 Rch4 38. Nd4
Bxd5 39. Nf5 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Keenan, Cathal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[WhiteICU "2009"]
[BlackICU "1947"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Unaffiliated"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2516853"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/nPZLIOOK)"]
[HashCode "60bb569b"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. O-O O-O-O 6. Bf4 f6 7. c4 dxc4
8. Qa4 Kb8 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. exf3 Nxd4 11. Qxc4 e5 12. Be3 Qc6 13. Qxc6 Nxc6
14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bd6 16. Be3 Nge7 17. Nb5 Nf5 18. Bxc6 Nxe3 19. fxe3
bxc6 20. Nd4 Kb7 21. Rac1 Rde8 22. Rc3 c5 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Rb3+ Kc6 25. Rc1
g6 26. Nd4+ Kd5 27. Nb5 Bd6 28. Nxa7 Ra8 29. Nb5 c4 30. e4+ Ke5 31. Rxc4
Rxa2 32. Nxc7 Bxc7 33. Rb5+ Kd6 34. Rd5+ Ke6 35. Rc6+ Ke7 36. Rxc7+ Ke6 37.
Rc6+ Ke7 38. Rb5 Rd8 39. Rb7+ Rd7 40. Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. Rxf6 Rxb2 42. Rf7+ Ke6
43. Rxh7 Re2 44. Rh4 Ke5 45. Rg4 Kf6 46. h4 Ra2 47. e5+ Kxe5 48. Rxg6 Kf5
49. Rg8 Kf6 50. Rf8+ Kg6 51. Rf2 Ra3 52. Kg2 Kh5 53. Rf5+ Kg6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Murchadha, Oissine"]
[Black "Liu, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[WhiteICU "1852"]
[BlackICU "1944"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503603"]
[BlackFideId "2514656"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/w7HHk4Xn)"]
[WhiteFullName "Murchadha, Oiss&iacute;ne"]
[HashCode "5a9904ae"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8.
Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Rc2 Ne4 13. Qa1 Bf6 14. Rd1
Qe7 15. e3 Qe6 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Rcc1 Rfc8 18. Ne2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Ndc5 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 21. h3 Nfe4 22. Rd1 Ba6 23. Nf4 Qe8 24. Rxd5 Nf6 25. Rd1 Nce4 26.
Nd4 Nc3 27. Re1 Nfe4 28. Nfe2 Nxe2+ 29. Nxe2 Rc2 30. Qd1 Rd2 31. Qb1 Bd3
32. Qc1 Rc2 33. Qd1 Rd2 34. Qc1 Rxa2 35. Bxe4 Bxe4 36. Nd4 h6 37. Qc7 Bd5
38. Qf4 Rd2 39. g4 Qe7 40. Qg3 Rxd4 41. Rc1 Qe4 42. Kh2 Rd2 43. Rf1 Qf3 44.
Qg1 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Lyons, Brendan"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[WhiteICU "1803"]
[BlackICU "1787"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500698"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/ZYbWLxmB)"]
[HashCode "2eac3b0a"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. Nxc3 c6 7. Nge2 b5
8. Nxb5 cxb5 9. Bd5 a6 10. Bxa8 Nf6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Qc3 hxg5 13. Qxc8+ Qd8
14. Bc6+ Nxc6 15. Qxc6+ Nd7 16. Qxa6 Be7 17. Qxb5 Bf6 18. a4 Be5 19. Rc1
Rh4 20. Nc3 Bf4 21. Rc2 Qc8 22. g3 Qc7 23. O-O Kf8 24. Rfc1 Nc5 25. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Renji, Rafael Ninan"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[WhiteICU "1924"]
[BlackICU "1965"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512793"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/s8x00hGI/bVbm0kGI)"]
[HashCode "5b7df712"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+
Nbxd7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. d4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Bh4 Nh5
14. Rfd1 Nf4 15. Qf1 g5 16. Bg3 Nf6 17. Ne1 Rad8 18. f3 Rd7 19. Nc4 Rfd8
20. Ne3 Bf8 21. Bf2 Rd2 22. Rxd2 Rxd2 23. Nc4 Rd7 24. g3 Ng6 25. Ne3 a6 26.
N1c2 Qc6 27. Qe2 b5 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Ne7 30. Qd3 g4 31. Nxg4 Nxg4 32.
fxg4 Qe6 33. Bxc5 Qxa2 34. Bxe7 Bxe7 35. b4 a5 36. bxa5 Qxa5 37. Kg2 Bc5
38. Kh3 Qb6 39. Qd5 Qd6 40. Qxd6 Bxd6 41. Ne3 b4 42. cxb4 Bxb4 43. Kh4 Bd2
44. Nc4 Bc3 45. Kh5 Kg7 46. g5 hxg5 47. Kxg5 Be1 48. Kf5 f6 49. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Carroll, Peter"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[WhiteICU "2121"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510243"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Chess-Results.com"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.05"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Sheahan, Ben"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[WhiteICU "1952"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516926"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Chess-Results.com"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[WhiteICU "2362"]
[BlackICU "2135"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2514249"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/aZ7OMcvE)"]
[BlackFullName "O'Cuilleanain, Ois&iacute;n"]
[HashCode "504ec55e"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Tarun Kanyamarala, <a
href="https://ictl.ie/blogs/alex-baburins-endgame-play-at-irish-championship-2023/">Alex
Baburin's Endgame Play at Irish Championship 2023</a>, ICTL (Irish Chess
Technology Limited) web site, August 18, 2023 (not shown here). }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 b6 4. e4 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Bb7
8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ne5 d6 11. Ng4 Qe7 12. f4 Nd7 13. e5 f5 14.
exf6 Nxf6 15. Qe2 Rae8 16. Bg6 Rd8 17. Rae1 Bc8 18. f5 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 exf5
20. Rxe7 fxg4 21. Rxc7 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 a6 23. Kf2 Be6 24. a3 Rf8+ 25. Kg3
Bf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Rc6 Ra5 28. Kxg4 Rxa3 29. Kf5 Kh7 30. d5 b5 31. Ke6
Ra2 32. Kxd6 Rxc2 33. Kc7 Rf2 34. d6 Rf7+ 35. d7 a5 36. Kc8 Rf8+ 37. d8=Q
Rxd8+ 38. Kxd8 b4 39. cxb4 axb4 40. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Haque, Muhtarim-Ul"]
[Black "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[WhiteICU "2132"]
[BlackICU "2154"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509415"]
[BlackFideId "2512602"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/AaCCvuKf)"]
[HashCode "82bb4d48"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Ne2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
a3 Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. e5 cxd4 14.
cxd4 Bg5 15. f4 Bh6 16. Be4 Qd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nc3 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20.
Rfd1 Ne7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Ne4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nd5 24. Nd6 Qd7 25. Bd2 Bf8
26. Ne4 Qa4 27. Ra1 Be7 28. f5 exf5 29. Ng5 Nc7 30. Nf3 Bc5 31. Rc1 Bxd4+
32. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxc7 Rxd2 35. Rxa7 Rd5 36. Ra6 Rxe5 37.
Rxb6 Ra5 38. Rb3 Kg7 39. Kf2 g5 40. Kf3 Ra4 41. h3 Kg6 42. Rc3 h5 43. Rb3
h4 44. Kf2 f6 45. Ke2 f4 46. Kf3 f5 47. Rb6+ Kh5 48. Rb3 g4+ 49. hxg4+
fxg4+ 50. Ke2 Ra5 51. Rb4 Kg5 52. a4 Kf5 53. Rb8 Rxa4 54. Rf8+ Ke5 55. Re8+
Kf6 56. Rh8 Ra2+ 57. Kf1 h3 58. gxh3 g3 59. Re8 Rh2 60. Ke1 Rxh3 61. Rg8
0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[WhiteICU "2293"]
[BlackICU "2009"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/9I4gjmTz)"]
[HashCode "7e73249c"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7
Ngxe7 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Qa4 Qxc5 10. e3 O-O 11. Bb5 Be6 12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6
Nxc6 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Ne2 b5 17. Qf4 Rac8 18. Ne5 Qd6 19.
Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Qxc6 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Nd4 Rd8 24. Rc7 h6
25. Kf1 Bg4 26. Nc6 Rd6 27. f3 Be6 28. Nd4 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke8 30. Kd3 Bd7 31.
Ra7 h5 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. g3 Rb6 34. b4 Bh3 35. Ke2 Be6 36. a3 g6 37. Kd3 Bd7
38. Ra7 f6 39. Nb3 Kd6 40. Kd4 g5 41. Nc5 Bh3 42. Rf7 f5 43. Rf6+ Kc7 44.
Nxa6+ Kb7 45. Nc5+ Ka7 46. Rxb6 Kxb6 47. Kxd5 Bg2 48. Ke5 Bxf3 49. Kxf5 g4
50. e4 Kc6 51. Kf6 Bg2 52. e5 Bf3 53. e6 Kd6 54. e7 Bc6 55. Kf7 Kd5 56.
e8=Q Bxe8+ 57. Kxe8 Kd4 58. Kf7 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Collins, Adam"]
[Black "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "2114"]
[BlackICU "2160"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512300"]
[BlackFideId "2512041"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit half accepted"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/gXD69lw8)"]
[HashCode "38d550ff"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 d6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O e6 11. Nd2 exd5 12. exd5 Qc7 13. Nc4 Re8 14. Bf4 Bf8
15. Bf3 Nbd7 16. a4 Nb6 17. Ne3 a5 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. b3 Ba6 20. Nc4 Nc8 21.
Nxa5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Nc6 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Bg7 25. Qa4 Qd3 26. h3 Nb6
27. Qa7 Nbxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Lyons, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[WhiteICU "2183"]
[BlackICU "1803"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500698"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/ksUC4nxu)"]
[HashCode "46f622a7"]

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1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. Rb1 d6 7. a3 a5 8. Nf3
Nge7 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Nf1 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 Nde7 13. h4 Rb8 14. Ne4 b6
15. h5 h6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rd8+ 20. Bd2
Nd4 21. b3 O-O 22. e3 Ne6 23. Ke2 Ng5 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Bc3 Rd6 26. Rbd1
Rdf6 27. Rhf1 Re6 28. Be4 Nf5 29. Rd7 Ref6 30. Rh1 Nh6 31. f3 g4 32. Bd5+
Nf7 33. fxg4 g5 34. Bxe5 Rh6 35. Rxh6 Bxh6 36. Bd6 Kg7 37. Bxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[WhiteICU "1944"]
[BlackICU "2126"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514656"]
[BlackFideId "2501112"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Opening "Vienna gambit"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/6oTzqW2W)"]
[HashCode "3f2316b9"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd2 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. c3 exf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. cxb4 Qh4+
14. g3 Qxd4 15. Bc3 Qc4 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. O-O cxb4 18. Qd2 $4 Qb5 $4 ({
Mutual chess blindness: } 18... bxc3 { wins on the spot. }) 19. Bxb4 c5 20.
Bc3 Bb7 21. h3 Rad8 22. Qf2 Rd3 23. Rad1 c4 24. Kh2 Qd5 25. Rde1 Qe6 26.
Qf5 Qd5 27. Qf2 Rf3 28. Qxf3 Qxf3 29. Rxf3 Bxf3 30. Re3 Bd5 31. Re2 Rd8 32.
Rd2 Rd7 33. Kg1 Kf8 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Ke6 36. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Black "Renji, Rafael Ninan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[WhiteICU "2135"]
[BlackICU "1924"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509393"]
[BlackFideId "2512793"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/G0tRiwKl)"]
[HashCode "70155a2c"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. b3 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Ke7 14.
Rac1 Ba7 15. Ne5 Rhc8 16. Bf3 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Nc6+ Ke8 19. Nxa7 Rxc1
20. Rxc1 Rxa7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rc7 Ra8 23. Rxb7 Rd8 24. Nf1 a5 25. Rb5 Rd3
26. Rxa5 Rxb3 27. g4 Ra3 28. Nd2 b3 29. Rb5 Rxa4 30. h3 Kf8 31. Nxb3 Kg7
32. Kg2 Ra2 33. Rb7 Kg6 34. Nd4 Ra3 35. Ne2 Ra6 36. Nf4+ Kg7 37. Rb8 f5 38.
gxf5 exf5 39. Rb5 Kf6 40. Nh5+ Kg6 41. Ng3 f4 42. exf4 Ra3 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44.
Ne4+ Ke7 45. Rh5 Ra4 46. Kf3 Ra3+ 47. Kg4 Ra4 48. Ng3 Ra2 49. f3 Kf8 50.
Rxh7 Rg2 51. f5 Kg8 52. Rh6 Kg7 53. Ra6 Rb2 54. h4 Rb4+ 55. Ne4 Rb2 56. Ra7
Rb5 57. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Sheahan, Ben"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[WhiteICU "1952"]
[BlackICU "2099"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516926"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/bGgQeL9o)"]
[HashCode "4c59f380"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Bg4 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. g3 Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 cxd5 15. Bf4 Qe6 16. Bxd6 Rfe8 17. Bf4 dxe4 18. Bg5 Ng4 19. h3 Ne5 20.
Kg2 Nf3 21. Be3 f5 22. Qb5 Qg6 23. Ne2 Qf7 24. Qb3 Re6 25. Nf4 Rae8 26.
Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Rad1 g5 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Rfd1 Ne5 30. Bd4 Qf6 31. Bxe5 Rxe5
32. R1d7+ Re7 33. Rg8+ Kh6 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Qd5 f4 36. Rd8 f3+ 37. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Black "Putar, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[WhiteICU "1857"]
[BlackICU "2052"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510260"]
[BlackFideId "14546612"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/24bXneK5)"]
[HashCode "62050e74"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8.
h4 b6 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. h5 h6 11. Rh3 Ne7 12. Rg3 Nf5 13. Rf3 c4 14. Rc1 Bd7
15. Qf4 Be8 16. g4 Ne7 17. Bh3 Qxa3 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qxg5 Bd7 20. Rg3 Rg8
21. Ne2 Na6 22. Nf4 Nc7 23. h6 gxh6 24. Qxh6+ Ke8 25. Rxg8+ Nxg8 26. Qh8
Qf8 27. Nh5 Ba4 28. Ra1 Bxc2 29. Bc1 Kd7 30. Bg5 Kc6 31. f4 Bg6 32. Ng3 a5
33. Kd2 a4 34. Bg4 a3 35. Qh3 a2 36. f5 Qa3 37. fxg6 Qb2+ 38. Ke3 Qxc3+ 39.
Ke2 Qxa1 40. gxf7 Qb2+ 41. Kf3 a1=Q 42. Bxe6 Qd1+ 43. Kf4 Qbd2+ 44. Kf5
Qd3+ 45. Kf4 Q1f3# 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[WhiteICU "1965"]
[BlackICU "1842"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/uWdHHYZn)"]
[HashCode "582596c5"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Re1 cxd4 9. cxd4 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Ne5 Rc7 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. e4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Qb7 20.
Re3 Rc8 21. Rc3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qc7 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. bxc4 g6 25. Kg2 h5 26.
h3 Kf8 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Ke7 29. Kf3 f5 30. Bc1 Kd7 31. Bf4 Be7 32. Be5
Bg5 33. Kg3 Kc6 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Kf3 b5 36. c5 Kd5 37. Ke2 Be7 38. f4 Bd8
39. Kd3 Ba5 40. Kc2 a6 41. Kd3 Bd8 42. Kc3 Ba5+ 43. Kb3 Kc6 44. a4 Kd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Duffy, Seamus"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[WhiteICU "1912"]
[BlackICU "1846"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501708"]
[BlackFideId "2514311"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "wing gambit"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/AFPnDmUf)"]
[WhiteFullName "Duffy, S&eacute;amus"]
[HashCode "4a6ca598"]

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1. e4 c5 2. b4 b6 3. b5 Bb7 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Nf3 Bxe4 7. Nxe4 Bxb2
8. Rb1 Bg7 9. h4 h5 10. c3 d5 11. Neg5 e5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Kd1 Nd7 14. Bd3
f5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Qxf5 O-O-O 17. Qf7 e4 18. Ne1 Ne5 19. Qf5+ Qd7 20. Ne6
Nh6 21. Qg5 Qxe6 22. Qxg7 Qg4+ 23. Qxg4+ Nhxg4 24. Ke2 Nd3 25. f3 Nge5 26.
fxe4 dxe4 27. Rf1 Nxe1 28. Rbxe1 Rhg8 29. Rg1 Rg3 30. Kf2 Rgd3 31. Rxe4
Ng4+ 32. Kf1 Rxd2 33. g3 Rd1+ 34. Re1 R8d2 35. Rxd1 Nh2+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Brozynski, Patryk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[WhiteICU "1890"]
[BlackICU "2058"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2512700"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/5WmADcyC)"]
[HashCode "494175da"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 a6 9. a3 Rb8 10. Rb1 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nd4 14. Be3
Nec6 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. f4 Bb7 18. e5 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Nf5 20. Bf2
d6 21. d4 d5 22. g4 Ne7 23. Bh4 Qb6 24. Ne2 Rbc8 25. Rb2 Rc4 26. Bxe7 Rxe7
27. Qf2 Ra7 28. f5 Bh6 29. Kh1 Qc6 30. Qh4 Bf8 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Rb3 Be7
33. Qh6 Bf8 34. Qh4 Be7 35. Qh6 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Putar, Lara"]
[Black "Crowley, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[WhiteICU "1990"]
[BlackICU "1900"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14546604"]
[BlackFideId "2512580"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian accelerated"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/oKB7Af34)"]
[HashCode "4d4162ba"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3
Nd7 8. e4 g6 9. Bc4 e6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bg5 Qc8 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. h4 c5 14.
Qb3 Ba6 15. Rac1 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qb7 17. e5 b5 18. Qe2 c4 19. Rb1 Qc6 20. h5
Rfc8 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Nd2 Nb6 23. Ne4 Nd5 24. Qg4 Qd7 25. Qh3 Re8 26. Bf6
Bf8 27. Ng5 h6 28. Ne4 Rab8 29. Re3 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Rb7 31. Rf1 Bg7 32. Qg4
Kh7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rf6 g5 35. Qh5 Kg8 36. Rg6+ Kf8 37. Qxh6+ Ke7 38.
Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Keenan, Cathal"]
[Black "Healy, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[WhiteICU "1947"]
[BlackICU "1921"]
[WhiteClub "Unaffiliated"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516853"]
[BlackFideId "2500965"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/UuUdOpc3)"]
[HashCode "1dc9f0e2"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Na3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. Bg5 Bd7 10. Bf6 Rg8 11. Rc1 Qf4 12. Bg5 Qxe4 13. h3 h6 14. Bd3
Qxd3 15. Qxd3 hxg5 16. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Nolan, Conor"]
[Black "Murchadha, Oissine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[WhiteICU "1913"]
[BlackICU "1852"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509466"]
[BlackFideId "2503603"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[ECO "A83"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Staunton gambit, Staunton's line"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/5FU5pi84/uU8PH2I7)"]
[BlackFullName "Murchadha, Oiss&iacute;ne"]
[HashCode "bb5ab335"]

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1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Nc3 Bg7
8. Qe2+ Kf7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. Qf3 c6 11. Bd3 Na6 12. h4 Nb4 13. g4 Nxd3+ 14.
Rxd3 Qd7 15. g5 Qg4 16. Nh3 Qxf3 17. Rxf3 Bxh3 18. Rhxh3 f5 19. Rd3 h6 20.
f4 h5 21. Kd2 Re6 22. Ne2 Bf8 23. Rb3 b6 24. a4 Bd6 25. Rbe3 Ke7 26. Kd3
Kd7 27. Rxe6 Kxe6 28. Re3+ Kd7 29. b3 Re8 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31. Ke3 Kd7 32. Nc1
c5 33. c3 c4 34. bxc4 dxc4 35. Ne2 Ke6 36. Ng3 Ba3 37. Ne2 Kd5 38. Kf3 Bb2
39. Ke3 a6 40. Kf3 Kd6 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Kd2 Ba3 43. Ke3 Kc6 44. Kd2 b5 45.
axb5+ Kxb5 46. Ke3 Kc6 47. Ng3 Bc1+ 48. Kf3 Ba3 49. Nf1 Bd6 50. Ne3 Kb5 51.
Nd5 a5 52. Ke2 Kc6 53. Ne3 Kb5 54. Nd5 a4 55. Kd1 Kc6 56. Nb4+ Kd7 57. Nd5
Ke6 58. Nb6 a3 59. d5+ Kf7 60. Kc2 Bxf4 61. Nxc4 a2 62. Kb2 a1=Q+ 63. Kxa1
Bg3 64. Kb1 Ke8 65. Kc2 Bxh4 66. Ne5 Bxg5 67. Nxg6 h4 68. Ne5 h3 69. Nf3
Bf4 70. Kd3 h2 71. Nxh2 Bxh2 72. Kd4 Ke7 73. c4 Bb8 74. c5 Kf6 75. d6 Ke6
76. Kc4 Ke5 77. d7 Bc7 78. Kd3 Kf4 79. Kd4 Kg3 80. Kd5 f4 81. Ke6 f3 82.
Ke7 f2 83. d8=Q Bxd8+ 84. Kxd8 f1=Q 85. c6 Qd3+ 86. Kc7 Kf4 87. Kb8 Qb5+
88. Kc7 Ke5 89. Kd7 Kd5 90. Kd8 Kxc6 91. Kc8 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.06"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[WhiteICU "1787"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Chess-Results.com"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Carroll, Peter"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[WhiteICU "2121"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510243"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Chess-Results.com"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[WhiteICU "2293"]
[BlackICU "2362"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/WJRJ6y0K)"]
[HashCode "18a80db6"]

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1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
a4 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nxc4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Qd2 Nfd5 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14.
Nxg5 h6 15. Ne4 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[WhiteICU "2154"]
[BlackICU "2183"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512602"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Kavalek (Bronstein) variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/6SbGxGyz)"]
[HashCode "4a456cbb"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qa5 8.
e4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 a6 11. Re1 Nfd7 12. Be3 c5 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxc5
Nxc5 15. Nd5 e4 16. b4 Qa3 17. Bxc5 exf3 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20.
Bxf8 Bxf8 21. Re8 Kg7 22. Qd4+ f6 23. Qf4 Qxb4 24. Qc7+ Kh6 25. Rxb8 Rxb8
26. Qxb8 g5 27. Rd1 Bc5 28. Qh8+ Kg6 29. Qg8+ Kh6 30. Qd5 Qa3 31. Qxb7 Qxa2
32. Qxf3 Qb2 33. Rd7 Qe5 34. Rd5 Qa1+ 35. Kg2 Bf8 36. c5 Bg7 37. h4 Qc1 38.
hxg5+ fxg5 39. Rd6+ Kh7 40. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Black "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[WhiteICU "2160"]
[BlackICU "2135"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512041"]
[BlackFideId "2509393"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/lfeVhhwn)"]
[HashCode "209f1915"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qd2 a5 12. f3 b5 13. e4 b4 14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. Na4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Be6 17. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Black "Sheahan, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[WhiteICU "2126"]
[BlackICU "1952"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501112"]
[BlackFideId "2516926"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/S7DzC894)"]
[HashCode "834bd99c"]

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report</a>. } { Annotator: Jonathan O'Connor, <a
href="https://twitter.com/ninkibah/status/1688844050634276864">Post</a>, X,
August 7, 2023. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a4 b4 6. c4 bxc3 7. Nxc3 c5 8.
Qb3 Bc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rac1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Na6 14.
Ncb5 Qb6 15. Qc4 d5 16. Qc2 Qb7 17. Qc6 Qxc6 18. Nxc6 Bc5 19. b4 Bxb4 20.
Nxb4 Nxb4 21. Bd6 a5 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rfd1 Ne8 24. Nc7 Ra7 25. Nxe8 Kxe8
26. Rc5 Kd7 27. e4 g6 28. exd5 exd5 29. Rb5 Kd6 30. Rd2 h6 31. h4 h5 32.
Kf3 Kc6 33. Kf4 Kd6 34. Kg5 Ke5 35. f3 Ke6 36. Kf4 Kd6 37. g4 hxg4 38. fxg4
f6 39. Rb6+ Ke7 40. Re2+ Kf7 41. Ree6 g5+ 42. hxg5 fxg5+ 43. Kxg5 d4 44.
Rf6+ Kg7 45. Rg6+ Kf8 46. Rb8+ Kf7 47. Rh8 Re7 48. Rh7+ Ke8 49. Rxe7+ Kxe7
50. Kf5 d3 51. Re6+ Kd7 52. Re1 Nd5 ({ &ldquo; } 52... Nc2 { seemed
trickier. I thought } 53. Re5 { was the only way to win.&rdquo; }) ({
&#91;RR } 52... Nc2 53. Rb1 $1 $18 (53. Re5 Nb4 { (only move) } 54. Re1 Nc2
55. Rb1) { .&#93; }) 53. Ke5 Nc3 54. Re3 Nxa4 55. Rxd3+ Kc6 56. g5 Nc5 57.
Rc3 Kb5 58. Rxc5+ Kxc5 59. g6 a4 60. g7 a3 61. g8=Q Kb4 62. Qa2 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "Collins, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[WhiteICU "1944"]
[BlackICU "2114"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514656"]
[BlackFideId "2512300"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/oaDoBhXf)"]
[HashCode "56001689"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bg5 e6
8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O Rc8 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Nxc6 Rxc6 12. Rhe1 Qa5 13. Kb1
Ra6 14. a3 O-O 15. e5 dxe5 16. Ne4 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 h6 18. Bh4 Rd8 19. Nc4 Rd4
20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne3 Rad6 22. c3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Kf8 25. Kc2
Ke7 26. Kd3 Kd6 27. Ne3 Bg5 28. Nd1 f5 29. f3 h5 30. c4 h4 31. h3 e4+ 32.
fxe4 Ke5 33. exf5 exf5 34. Nc3 Bc1 35. Kc2 Be3 36. b3 Bd4 37. Nd5 Ke4 38.
Kd2 Be5 39. Ke2 Kd4 40. a4 a5 41. Kd2 g5 42. Ke2 Bg7 43. Kd2 Bh6 44. Ke2 g4
45. Ne7 gxh3 46. gxh3 Kc3 47. Nxf5 Bg5 48. Nd6 Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Lyons, Brendan"]
[Black "Haque, Muhtarim-Ul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[WhiteICU "1803"]
[BlackICU "2132"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500698"]
[BlackFideId "2509415"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/8OTv6gnQ)"]
[HashCode "35b06571"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5
8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bc7 14.
Nd2 Qd6 15. Ne4 Qh2+ 16. Kf1 Rae8 17. Bd2 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Ng3 Nxh3
20. Re4 Qg1+ 21. Ke2 Qxa1 22. gxh3 Bd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Nf5 dxe4 25. Qg4
exd3+ 26. Kxd3 Qb1+ 27. Kc4 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[WhiteICU "2135"]
[BlackICU "1846"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514249"]
[BlackFideId "2514311"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/q1kxx5Ua)"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Cuilleanain, Ois&iacute;n"]
[HashCode "4dfed723"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5
8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. d5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ne5
14. Be2 Rc8 15. f4 Nd7 16. O-O Rxc1 17. Rxc1 b6 18. Qc2 f5 19. e5 g5 20.
Qc7 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Nc5 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Re1 a6 24. Rd1 Ne4 25. Rc1 Nc5 26.
Bg3 Kf8 27. Bf3 Nd3 28. Rc6 f4 29. Be4 fxg3 30. Bxd3 gxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Bxe5
32. Bxa6 Rxd5 33. Bc4 Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rxh2 35. Rxb6 Rh4 36. Rc6 Bd6 37. a4
Rh3+ 38. Ke4 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Murchadha, Oissine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[WhiteICU "2009"]
[BlackICU "1852"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2503603"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Pirc-Lisitsin gambit"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/4wKXA5ob)"]
[BlackFullName "Murchadha, Oiss&iacute;ne"]
[HashCode "4fca3bd0"]

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1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 e5 5. dxe4 h6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nh4 Bc5
8. Nf5 O-O 9. Bxh6 d5 10. Be3 Nxe4 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Be2 Qh4
14. O-O Rf6 15. Nd2 e4 16. Re1 Raf8 17. f3 Ne5 18. a4 Rh6 19. Ndf1 Bh3 20.
Qxd5+ Ne6 21. Qxe5 Bxg2 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Bxe6 Bxf1 24. Rxe4 Qxh2+ 25. Kxf1
Rxf3+ 26. Ke1 Rxg3 27. Bc4 Rg1+ 28. Bf1 Qh1 29. Rf4 Rhg6 30. Ra3 R1g2 31.
Qe4 Qg1 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Rh3+ Rh6 34. Rxh6+ Kxh6 35. Rh4+ Kg5 36. Qh5+ Kf6
37. Rf4+ Ke6 38. Qf5+ Kd6 39. Qd3+ Ke6 40. Re4+ Kf7 41. Qf3+ Kg6 42. Qxg2+
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Putar, Leon"]
[Black "Keenan, Cathal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[WhiteICU "2052"]
[BlackICU "1947"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Unaffiliated"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14546612"]
[BlackFideId "2516853"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/lU3lbDcb)"]
[HashCode "606dd932"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be2
O-O 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Nd4 Nf6 10. Bf3 Re8 11. O-O d5 12. Qd3 Bg4 13. Bg5 Qd7
14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. c4 Nf6
20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Qd4 c5 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Rd7 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Rd3
Rxd3 26. cxd3 Nd5 27. d4 c4 28. Kf2 Nb4 29. Ne5 b5 30. a3 Nd5 31. e4 c3 32.
bxc3 Nxc3 33. Nc6 a6 34. Nb4 a5 35. Nc6 a4 36. Na7 b4 37. Nc6 b3 38. d5
Nxe4+ 39. Ke3 b2 40. Kxe4 b1=Q+ 41. Ke5 Kf8 42. Kd6 Ke8 43. Kc7 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Putar, Lara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[WhiteICU "1787"]
[BlackICU "1990"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "14546604"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/zqRH74OC)"]
[HashCode "751ce24a"]

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1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Qc7 6. Qe2 Nge7 7. O-O Nf5 8.
c3 d4 9. d3 b6 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Na3 a6 12. Bd2 h5 13. gxh5 Nf5 14. Rac1 Bb7
15. cxd4 Ncxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qg4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qxe5 19. Nc4 Qxh5 20.
Qxh5 Rxh5 21. Nxb6 Bd6 22. h3 Rd8 23. Rfe1 Ke7 24. Nc4 Bc7 25. b4 Nf5 26.
bxc5 Rxd3 27. Rc3 Rhxh3 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Rb1 Kd7 30. Ba5 Kc6 31. Bb6 Nd4
32. Na5+ Kd7 33. Bxc7 Kxc7 34. Rb7+ Kc8 35. Rxf7 Ra3 36. Nb7 Nf5 37. c6
Rxa2 38. Nc5 Nd6 39. Rxg7 Rc2 40. Rg8+ Kc7 41. Nxe6+ Kb6 42. Rd8 Rxc6 43.
Nd4 a5 44. Nxc6 Kxc6 45. Kf3 a4 46. Ra8 Kb5 47. Ke3 Kb4 48. Kd3 Nb5 49. f4
a3 50. f5 Kb3 51. f6 a2 52. Rxa2 Kxa2 53. f7 Kb2 54. f8=Q Na3 55. Qb4+ Ka2
56. Kc3 Nb1+ 57. Kc2 Na3+ 58. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Renji, Rafael Ninan"]
[Black "Carroll, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[WhiteICU "1924"]
[BlackICU "2121"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512793"]
[BlackFideId "2510243"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/58MPlTPU)"]
[HashCode "74925555"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 g6 8.
Re1 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. a4 a6 11. Nf1 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. N3h2 Qc7
15. Qd2 d5 16. Bf3 dxe4 17. dxe4 g5 18. Bg3 c4 19. h4 Nc5 20. hxg5 Ncxe4
21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxe4 23. gxh6 Bh8 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Ne3 Rg8 26. Qh5
f6 27. Bh4 Raf8 28. Rd1 Qc6 29. f3 Bg6 30. Qg4 Bd3 31. Qh3 f5 32. Re1 Rg6
33. g4 f4 34. Nd1 Bf6 35. Bxf6 Qxf6 36. Qg2 Qg5 37. Nf2 Rxh6 38. Rd1 Rd8
39. b3 Rhd6 40. bxc4 Bxc4 41. Re1 Qh4 42. g5 Rd5 43. Nhg4 Qxg5 44. Ne4 Qh4
45. Nef6+ Kh8 46. Qh2 Qxh2+ 47. Kxh2 Rd1 48. Rxd1 Rxd1 49. Nxe5 Bb3 50. Kh3
Rg1 51. Kh4 Bxa4 52. Kh5 Kg7 53. Nd5 Be8+ 54. Kh4 Rb1 55. Nxf4 a5 56. Kg5
Bf7 57. Nfd3 a4 58. f4 a3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[WhiteICU "2099"]
[BlackICU "1890"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/kOHgZWI1)"]
[HashCode "5454f3f9"]

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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. h3 c5 11. O-O a6 12. Bb1 Re8 13. a3 Rc8 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Ba2 c4 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Bb1 g6 18. Bc2 Qb6 19. Rb1 Qa7 20. Nde2 Ne6
21. Be5 Red8 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Qa8 24. Na4 Nd7 25. f4 Bc6 26. f5 Bxa4
27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Qf3 Rf8 29. Bxa4 Nc5 30. Qg3 Qb8 31. Be5 Qb6 32. Bc2 Rc6
33. Bd4 Qc7 34. Qg4 Nd3 35. Rf5 Qd8 36. Rbf1 a5 37. Rh5 Rf6 38. Qg5 Rxf1+
39. Kxf1 Bf6 40. Bxf6 Qxf6+ 41. Qxf6 gxh5 42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Brozynski, Patryk"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[WhiteICU "2058"]
[BlackICU "1965"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512700"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/VgE9RkPA)"]
[HashCode "49fb8f4b"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g4 Rfc8 13. h4 Qa5 14.
a3 Rab8 15. h5 b5 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Qg5 Qc7 18. e5 b4 19. axb4 Rxb4 20.
exd6 Qb7 21. Nb5 a6 22. Qe3 Bf7 23. Qa3 Rxb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. dxe7 b4 26.
Qa5 Qxe7 27. Rhe1 Qb7 28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. Bxb6 Nd5 30. Bd4 Bh6 31. Re5 Bf4 32.
Re4 g5 33. Be5 Ne3 34. Re1 Nxc2 35. R1e2 b3 36. Bxf4 gxf4 37. Rxf4 Bg6 38.
Ree4 Nb4 39. Rf6 Nd3 40. Rxg6+ hxg6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[WhiteICU "1842"]
[BlackICU "1857"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2510260"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/UErmfENd)"]
[HashCode "637b69c7"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Rb1 bxc4 13. bxc4 Rxb1 14. Ncxb1
Bd7 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Bc3 e6 17. e4 Nh5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Nc3 e5 20. f4 f6
21. Qd3 exf4 22. Rxf4 Qb8 23. Qf1 Nh5 24. Rf2 Qb2 25. Qd3 Qa3 26. Bf1 Qc1
27. Kg2 f5 28. Be2 Ng7 29. Rf1 Qa3 30. Rb1 fxe4 31. Ncxe4 Qxd3 32. Bxd3 Bf5
33. Rb6 Bxe4+ 34. Nxe4 Nf5 35. Nxd6 Ne3+ 36. Kg1 Rd8 37. Rxa6 Naxc4 38.
Bxc4 Nxc4 39. Nxc4 Rxd5 40. Kf2 Rd4 41. Ra4 Kg7 42. Ke3 h5 43. Nb2 Rd7 44.
Nd3 Re7+ 45. Re4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Healy, John"]
[Black "Nolan, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[WhiteICU "1921"]
[BlackICU "1913"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500965"]
[BlackFideId "2509466"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/ZtGQyUh7)"]
[HashCode "1a068d1a"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bb3 d5 7. Qe2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Qe7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. O-O a5 11. a4 Nh5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxh5 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.07"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Crowley, James"]
[Black "Duffy, Seamus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[WhiteICU "1900"]
[BlackICU "1912"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512580"]
[BlackFideId "2501708"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/M5AR5Lod/jOnYyS0h)"]
[BlackFullName "Duffy, S&eacute;amus"]
[HashCode "3c735c08"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ba4 Ng6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. O-O
Bc5 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. d4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qh5 13. Qe3 Bg4
14. Nd4 Rae8 15. f4 Bc8 16. f5 Ne5 17. Qf4 f6 18. Nf3 g5 19. Qg3 b5 20.
Nxe5 Rxe5 21. a3 a5 22. Qd3 Qe8 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Qe7 25. Rab1 Rd8 26.
Qf3 Rd4 27. h4 Rxb4 28. Rxb4 Qxb4 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Qg3 Qe7 31. f6 Qc5+ 32.
Rf2 Be6 33. Nd5 Qd4 34. f7+ Bxf7 35. Qf3 Rf5 36. Qxf5 Qd1+ 37. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[WhiteICU "2362"]
[BlackICU "2154"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2512602"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/3qrkRc56)"]
[HashCode "22a98b9b"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Qc2 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
O-O c5 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Bxd2 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Qa4 Nc5 14.
Qxd4 Bxd5 15. Qe3 Nfe4 16. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[WhiteICU "2135"]
[BlackICU "2293"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509393"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/PJrB2W0T)"]
[HashCode "2be81034"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qc2 a5
8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. h4 Bb7 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Ng5 g6 14. axb5
Qe7 15. Ra3 cxb5 16. Rg3 h5 17. Ne4 Nc6 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bg5 Nxd4 20. Qd1
Qb4+ 21. Bd2 Qe7 22. Bg5 Qb4+ 23. Bd2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[WhiteICU "2183"]
[BlackICU "2126"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2501112"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/mjag8b8l)"]
[HashCode "ee0ffcbb"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. g3 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rc1 a6 12. d3 Qe7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Qc2
Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Ne2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 c5 18. d4 h5 19. Nf4 h4 20. gxh4
Ne4 21. h5 Rd6 22. f3 Ng5 23. Qf2 Rh6 24. h4 Ne6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. dxc5
bxc5 27. e4 d4 28. b4 Rxh5 29. bxc5 e5 30. Bh3 Bc6 31. Kg2 Qxh4 32. Qxh4
Rxh4 33. Rb1 Bb5 34. Rb4 Rh6 35. a4 Bc6 36. a5 Bb5 37. Rc1 Re7 38. Rxb5
axb5 39. c6 Rc7 40. Bd7 Kf7 41. a6 Rh8 42. Rc5 Rb8 43. a7 Ra8 44. Rxe5
Raxa7 45. Rxb5 Rxd7 46. cxd7 Rxd7 $10 { The game is drawn with best play,
per the Syzygy tablebase, even after White wins the d-pawn. However Black,
at least, does not seem to have been aware of this. } 47. Kf2 d3 48. Rb1
Ra7 49. Ke3 Ra3 50. Kd2 Kf6 51. Rb5 g5 52. Rf5+ Kg6 53. Rd5 Kf6 54. Rxd3
Ra2+ 55. Ke3 g4 $4 { Any other move that does not give away the rook draws.
} 56. fxg4 $18 Ra1 57. Kf4 Rf1+ 58. Rf3 Rg1 59. Rf2 Re1 60. Rf3 Rg1 61.
Ke3+ $2 (61. e5+ $18 { is the way to proceed. }) 61... Kg5 $10 62. Rf8 Re1+
63. Kd4 Rd1+ $2 (63... Kxg4 { and } (63... Ra1) { are the only two moves
that draw, per tablebases, though like many of the changes on fortune that
follow, this is less than obvious. }) 64. Kc5 $2 (64. Ke5 $1 { (only move)
wins. }) 64... Re1 65. Kd5 Rd1+ $2 (65... Ra1 $1 { (only move) draws. })
66. Ke6 $18 Ra1 67. e5 $2 (67. Rg8+ $1 { (only move) wins. }) 67... Ra6+
$10 { (Only move.) } 68. Ke7 Ra7+ 69. Ke8 Ra8+ 70. Kf7 Ra7+ 71. Ke6 Ra6+
72. Kd5 Ra5+ 73. Kd4 Ra4+ 74. Kd3 Ra3+ 75. Kc4 Ra4+ 76. Kc5 Ra5+ 77. Kd6
Ra6+ 78. Kd7 Ra7+ 79. Kc6 Ra6+ 80. Kd5 Ra5+ 81. Ke6 Ra6+ 82. Kf7 Ra7+ 83.
Ke8 Ra8+ 84. Ke7 Ra7+ 85. Kd6 Ra6+ 86. Kd5 Ra5+ 87. Kd4 Ra4+ 88. Ke3 Ra3+
89. Kf2 Ra5 $2 (89... Kxg4 $10 ({ is simplest, but ( Ra6 { ( or anywhere
else on the a-file except a1 and a8) draws. } )) 90. Rg8+ $2 ({ White
misses his last chance. } 90. e6 $1 { (only move) wins. }) 90... Kf4 91. e6
Re5 92. Rg6 Re4 93. Kg2 Re3 94. Kh2 Re1 95. Kh3 Rh1+ 96. Kg2 Re1 97. Kf2
Re4 98. Kg2 Re1 99. Kh2 Re3 100. Kg2 Re1 101. g5 Kf5 102. Kf2 Re5 (102...
Rxe6 $10 { was simpler. }) 103. Rg8 Rxe6 104. Kg3 Re4 105. Kh3 Re1 106. g6
Rh1+ 107. Kg2 Rh6 108. g7 Kf6 109. Kf3 Rg6 110. Kf4 Rxg7 111. Rxg7 Kxg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Keenan, Cathal"]
[Black "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "1947"]
[BlackICU "2160"]
[WhiteClub "Unaffiliated"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516853"]
[BlackFideId "2512041"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/FenqM9Yw)"]
[HashCode "4f1d88eb"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 e5 6. c4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Bb4
8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd4 10. Nc3 Qa6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Rc1 O-O-O 13. O-O Nf6 14.
a3 Qxa3 15. Nb5 Nxb5 16. Ra1 Qb2 17. Bxb4 Nd4 18. Rxa7 Kb8 19. Bc5 Nxb3 20.
Be3 c5 21. Qd3 Kxa7 22. Rb1 Qa2 23. Rxb3 Kb8 24. d6 e4 25. Bxc5 Qa6 26.
Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Rhe8 28. Qb1 Kc8 29. h3 Qc6 30. Qf5+ Kb8 31. Qxf7 Rf8
32. Qh5 g6 33. Qxh7 Rd7 34. Qh6 Rc8 35. Rb5 Qe4 36. Qc1 Rc6 37. Qa3 Ra6 38.
Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Haque, Muhtarim-Ul"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[WhiteICU "2132"]
[BlackICU "2009"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509415"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Polugayevsky variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/RoD1l7IH)"]
[HashCode "5d2aba69"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxb7 exd4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qxd4 Bc5
14. Qe4 Ra7 15. O-O-O Qb6 16. Bc6 f5 17. Bxd7+ Rxd7 18. Qa8+ Qd8 19. Qxa6
O-O 20. Qxb5 Bd4 21. Kb1 Qc8 22. Qa4 Rfd8 23. Rd3 Bxc3 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25.
bxc3 Rb7+ 26. Kc1 Rc7 27. Rd1 Rxc3 28. Rd2 Re3 29. Qd4 Re1+ 30. Rd1 Rxd1+
31. Kxd1 Qa6 32. a4 Qf1+ 33. Kd2 Qxg2+ 34. Kc1 Qxh2 35. Kb2 Qe2 36. Qb6 Qc4
37. a5 Qxf4 38. a6 Qe5+ 39. Ka2 Qd5+ 40. Ka3 Qf3+ 41. Kb2 Qe4 42. Qb8+ Kg7
43. Qb7 Qd4+ 44. Ka2 Qc5 45. a7 Qa5+ 46. Kb3 Qa1 47. a8=Q Qb1+ 48. Kc3 Qe1+
49. Kb2 Qe5+ 50. Ka2 f4 51. Qg2+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Collins, Adam"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[WhiteICU "2114"]
[BlackICU "1787"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512300"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/NgVQ6uSH)"]
[HashCode "3a73dd61"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
c5 Re8 9. h3 b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 b5 13. a3 Qa5 14. Qb3
Rec8 15. Rfe1 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qc2 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Ne5 c5 20. Nd3
Qb7 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Ne2 Raa8 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Qb1 Rb5 25. Rc7 Qb6 26.
Rxe7 Rxb2 27. Qc1 Ne4 28. Be5 Rba2 29. Nc3 Nxf2 30. Nxa2 Nd3 31. Qa3 Qc6
32. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Liu, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[WhiteICU "1965"]
[BlackICU "1944"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2514656"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 9.Qxc3"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/OSLrakNu)"]
[HashCode "7642370e"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. Rd1 Bf6 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 d6 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Qd2
Rfd8 15. b4 c5 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. Qb2 Nc6 20. Bc3
Rac8 21. Ne3 Ne5 22. Qb3 Kh8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Be1 g5 25. Qd3 gxf4 26. gxf4
Rg8+ 27. Bg3 Rc6 28. b5 Nc5 29. Qa3 Rc7 30. Nf1 Ne4 31. Nd2 Nc5 32. Nf1 h5
33. Kh1 h4 34. Bf2 Ne4 35. Qf3 Qh7 36. Rd3 Rcg7 37. h3 Rg3 38. Bxg3 hxg3
39. Kg2 Nf2 40. Nxg3 Nxd3 41. Qxd3 Bh4 42. Qd4+ Qg7 43. Qxg7+ Rxg7 44. Rc3
Rc7 45. Re3 Rxc4 46. Rxe6 Rxf4 47. Rxd6 Be7 48. Rd7 Bc5 49. Rxa7 Rf2+ 50.
Kh1 Bd6 51. Nh5 Rh2+ 52. Kg1 Rxh3 53. Nf6 Be5 54. Nd5 f4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[WhiteICU "1846"]
[BlackICU "2099"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/3Y3d9ENZ)"]
[HashCode "39ad614c"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8.
Nxe4 fxe4 9. Ne1 d5 10. f3 dxc4 11. fxe4 Rxf1+ 12. Kxf1 Nc6 13. Nf3 b5 14.
Bf4 g5 15. Be3 g4 16. Ne1 Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Nc2 Bb7 19. e3 Ne7 20. Qe2
Qg6 21. e5 Rf8+ 22. Kg1 Be4 23. Ne1 Nd5 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra6
Bxg2 27. Nxg2 Qb1+ 28. Ne1 Rf3 29. e4 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Carroll, Peter"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[WhiteICU "2121"]
[BlackICU "1842"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510243"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/n2K6UFZJ)"]
[HashCode "200dec3c"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 d4 13. Ne4 Nd5
14. Qf3 Be6 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. b4 Rad8 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Na4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Sheahan, Ben"]
[Black "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[WhiteICU "1952"]
[BlackICU "2135"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516926"]
[BlackFideId "2514249"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 9.Qxc3"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/11vvTXgY)"]
[BlackFullName "O'Cuilleanain, Ois&iacute;n"]
[HashCode "91f4bf11"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. Qd3 d5 11. Bf4 c5 12. Be5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14.
Rfd1 d4 15. Ng5 Qxg5 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. f4 Nxe5 18. Qe4 Qe7 19. Qxe5 Rxb7
20. Rd2 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Qe4 Qf6 23. Rd3 g6 24. Kg2 Qe7 25. b3 a6 26.
R1d2 Rd6 27. Rc2 Qc7 28. Kg1 Kg7 29. a3 Qc6 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Kf2 Re8 32.
e3 dxe3+ 33. Kxe3 e5 34. fxe5 Rxe5+ 35. Kf2 Rf6+ 36. Kg2 Re1 37. h4 h5 38.
Rf2 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Rb1 40. a4 Kf8 41. Re3 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 f6 43. Rd3 Ke7 44.
Re3+ Kd6 45. Rd3+ Ke5 46. Rd5+ Ke6 47. Rd3 g5 48. hxg5 fxg5 49. Ke4 Rg2 50.
Kf3 Rb2 51. Ke4 Rf2 52. Rd5 Re2+ 53. Kf3 Re5 54. Rd8 g4+ 55. Kf2 Rf5+ 56.
Kg2 Rf3 57. Rb8 Rxb3 58. a5 Rb2+ 59. Kf1 Ke5 60. axb6 Kd4 61. b7 Kxc4 62.
Ke1 a5 63. Kd1 a4 64. Ra8 Rxb7 65. Rxa4+ Kd3 66. Ra3+ Ke4 67. Ra5 Kf3 68.
Rxc5 Kxg3 69. Rxh5 Re7 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Murchadha, Oissine"]
[Black "Putar, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[WhiteICU "1852"]
[BlackICU "2052"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503603"]
[BlackFideId "14546612"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/ehWfBsrZ)"]
[WhiteFullName "Murchadha, Oiss&iacute;ne"]
[HashCode "524e2d90"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8.
d3 Bd7 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Rad8 11. a3 Rfe8 12. Ra2 a6 13. Qa1 Bh6 14. e3
Qb6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Ne5 17. Nc4 Qxb3 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bc3 Bb5 20.
Rd1 Qa4 21. Bxe5 e6 22. f4 exd5 23. g4 d4 24. e4 Qb3 25. Rad2 Rxe5 26. Rb2
Qc3 27. fxe5 Bxd3 28. Rxb7 c4 29. e6 fxe6 30. g5 Bxg5 31. Rb2 Bc2 32. Rf1
Bb3 33. Kh1 e5 34. Qb1 d3 35. Rbf2 d2 36. Bf3 Be3 37. Rg2 Qd3 38. Qb2 Qxf1+
0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Putar, Lara"]
[Black "Lyons, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[WhiteICU "1990"]
[BlackICU "1803"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14546604"]
[BlackFideId "2500698"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit accepted"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/kTTmKtqL)"]
[HashCode "95f29274"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
e5 Ne8 9. f4 d6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2
Nxa6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qe2 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nd6 18. Qxa6 Rxa6 19. Kd2 Nc4+ 20.
Kc2 Rb6 21. Rhb1 Rf6 22. Rf1 e5 23. Bg5 Rb6 24. Na4 Rb4 25. b3 Na3+ 26. Kb2
Nb5 27. Nxc5 Rc8 28. Rac1 Rd4 29. Nd7 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 h6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32.
Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Bxf6 g5 34. Rc5 Rf4 35. Bxe5 Rf2+ 36. Rc2 Rf5 37. Re2 f6 38.
Bc3 Rxd5 39. Bxf6 Kg6 40. Bc3 Rd3 41. Re6+ Kf7 42. Rf6+ Ke7 43. Rf3 Rd1 44.
a4 Nc7 45. g4 Nd5 46. Bg7 Nc7 47. Bxh6 Ne6 48. Rf5 Rh1 49. Bxg5+ Nxg5 50.
Rxg5 Rxh3 51. Rd5 Ke6 52. Ra5 Kd6 53. g5 Rg3 54. g6 Ke6 55. Ra7 Kd5 56. g7
Kc5 57. Ka3 Rg6 58. Rf7 Rg3 59. Rd7 Kc6 60. Rf7 Kc5 61. Ra7 Kb6 62. Re7 Kc5
63. Rf7 Kc6 64. Kb4 Rg4+ 65. Ka5 Kc5 66. b4+ Kc6 67. b5+ Kc5 68. b6 Kc6 69.
b7 Rg5+ 70. Ka6 Rg4 71. a5 Kc5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Nolan, Conor"]
[Black "Renji, Rafael Ninan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[WhiteICU "1913"]
[BlackICU "1924"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509466"]
[BlackFideId "2512793"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/Y1DKAqBH)"]
[HashCode "873d01eb"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c4 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 c6
8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Rd1 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6
14. Bf3 Rfd8 15. Be3 Qxb3 16. axb3 a6 17. g4 h6 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Rd7
20. Rd2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 Bxg5 22. Rd3 Bf6 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. d5 cxd5 25. cxd5
exd5 26. Bxd5 Kf8 27. Be4 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Bxd3 Bxb2 30. Be4 b6 31.
Bd3 a5 32. f4 Ke7 33. Kf2 Kd6 34. Ke2 Kc5 35. Kd2 Kd4 36. Kc2 Ba3 37. f5 f6
38. Bc4 Ke4 39. Bd3+ Kf3 40. h3 Kf4 41. Kc3 Kg3 42. Bf1 Kf2 43. Bd3 Kg2 44.
Kc4 Kxh3 45. Kb5 Bc5 46. Ka4 Kg4 47. Kb5 Kf4 48. Ka4 Ke3 49. Bc2 Kd4 50.
Bd1 Ke5 51. Bc2 Bd4 52. b4 axb4 53. Kxb4 Kf4 54. Kb5 Kg5 55. Bb1 Bc5 56.
Bc2 Kf4 57. Bb1 Ke5 58. Bc2 Kd6 59. Bb1 Bd4 60. Bc2 Ke7 61. Bb1 Kf8 62. Bc2
Kg8 63. Bb1 Kh7 64. Bc2 Kh6 65. Bb1 Kg5 66. Bc2 g6 67. fxg6 f5 68. Bxf5
Kxf5 69. g7 Bxg7 70. Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Crowley, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[WhiteICU "1890"]
[BlackICU "1900"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2512580"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/XkAnRl5l)"]
[HashCode "797d1c1b"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8.
c3 d5 9. e5 d4 10. c4 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nbd2 b6 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Qe2 Rb8
15. b3 Qc7 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Rae1 Rbe8 18. Kh1 Nf5 19. Qd1 e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Qc1 Bc6 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Ne3 26. Rxf8+
Rxf8 27. Kg1 Kg7 28. h3 Nc2 29. Re2 Ne3 30. Re1 Kh6 31. Re2 Bxe4 32. Bxe4
Rf1+ 33. Kh2 Rc1 34. Rf2 Rc2 35. Rxc2 Nxc2 36. Kg2 Nb4 37. a4 Nc2 38. Kf3
Kg5 39. h4+ Kf6 40. Kf4 Na1 41. Bb7 Nxb3 42. g4 h6 43. g5+ hxg5+ 44. hxg5+
Ke6 45. Be4 Kf7 46. Bd5+ Kg7 47. Ke5 Nc1 48. Be4 Ne2 49. Kd6 Nc3 50. Bc6
Nd1 51. a5 Nf2 52. axb6 axb6 53. Kc7 Nxd3 54. Kxb6 Ne5 55. Be4 Nxc4+ 56.
Kxc5 Nd2 57. Kxd4 Nf1 58. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Black "Brozynski, Patryk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[WhiteICU "1857"]
[BlackICU "2058"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510260"]
[BlackFideId "2512700"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/FCGvhHMn)"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.08"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Duffy, Seamus"]
[Black "Healy, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[WhiteICU "1912"]
[BlackICU "1921"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501708"]
[BlackFideId "2500965"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "wing gambit, Carlsbad variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/QX0r4SRg/XNzk1F5y)"]
[WhiteFullName "Duffy, S&eacute;amus"]
[HashCode "49383be4"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 bxa3 4. d4 d6 5. Bd3 e5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d5 Na5 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Ng3 b6 12. f4 Re8 13. f5 Nd7 14. Rb1 Nc5
15. Bc2 Bg5 16. Rf3 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 f6 18. Nh5 Re7 19. g4 Qe8 20. h4 Ba6 21.
Qd1 Nc4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. g5 Qf8 25. Kh2 b5 26. Qg4 a5 27. Rbg1
Nd7 28. Qh3 Ra7 29. Rg4 Be2 30. Qe3 Bxg4 31. Qxa7 Bxh5 32. Qxa5 Nc5 33. Rg3
Qb8 34. Kh3 Be2 35. Qa1 Ra7 36. Qe1 Bc4 37. gxf6 gxf6 38. Qe3 Qf8 39. Bd1
Rg7 40. Rxg7 Qxg7 41. Bc2 Bf1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Black "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[WhiteICU "2154"]
[BlackICU "2135"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512602"]
[BlackFideId "2509393"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/ReTf1Ypj/Q8VVBcIB)"]
[HashCode "2a13a255"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. O-O d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxb6 axb6
14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Nc1 Nf6
20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Bd2 Nf6 22. Bf4 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[WhiteICU "1944"]
[BlackICU "2362"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514656"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/ReTf1Ypj/pLR86M8H)"]
[HashCode "47857c39"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. a5 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Bd4 Ne5 14.
Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 c5 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Rab1 f5 18. Nb6 fxe4 19. Bg4 Bc6 20.
Be6+ Kh8 21. Bd5 Qe8 22. Qe2 Rxb6 23. axb6 Bxd5 24. Qxa6 Qd7 25. Qe2 Qb7
26. c4 Bc6 27. b4 Qxb6 28. b5 Bb7 29. Rb3 Bd4 30. Rh3 d5 31. cxd5 Bxd5 32.
Qd2 Qxb5 33. Qh6 Bxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qb1+ 35. Rf1 Qxf1# 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Haque, Muhtarim-Ul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[WhiteICU "2293"]
[BlackICU "2132"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2509415"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/ReTf1Ypj/iD2ov8bP)"]
[HashCode "4e5b7c68"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Na3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc4 O-O 14.
Nxb6 axb6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxd4 Qe7 17. Qxb6 Qxe2 18. Nd4 Ra6 19. Nxe2
Rxb6 20. b3 Ba6 21. Rfe1 Rd8 22. Nc3 c5 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 c4 25. Na4
Rb5 26. Nc3 Rb8 27. Rb1 cxb3 28. Rxb3 Re8 29. a4 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Ra1 31. Kf3
Kf8 32. Ke4 Ke8 33. Kd5 Kd7 34. Kc5 Rc1 35. h4 Rc2 36. f4 Rg2 37. Nb5 Rh2
38. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Black "Collins, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[WhiteICU "2126"]
[BlackICU "2114"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501112"]
[BlackFideId "2512300"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Jonathan O'Connor scoresheet (via Twitter / X)"]
[HashCode "707df6e4"]

{ Source: <a
href="https://twitter.com/ninkibah/status/1689410073754279936">Jonathan
O'Connor scoresheet</a>, Twitter / X, August 9, 2023. } { Event
information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { &ldquo;Sadly I forgot my prep and ended up in a rotten
position, moving my rook up and down the a-file for 8 moves. It was a
curious echo of my game on Tuesday.&rdquo;&mdash;Jonathan O'Connor (see
Source). }

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. O-O c6 6. d3 Be7 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Be3 Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. Nc3 h6 11. Nd4 Bh7 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Rfc1 Nbd7 14. h3
g5 15. Ra5 Kg7 16. Ra2 Rfe8 17. Ra5 Bd6 18. Ra2 Rad8 19. Ra5 Bg6 20. Ra2
Kh7 21. Ra5 Rg8 22. Ra4 Ne5 23. c5 Bc7 24. d4 Ned7 25. b4 Rge8 26. Na1 e5
27. Nb3 Nf8 28. Na5 Rb8 29. dxe5 Bxe5 30. Bd2 N8d7 31. e3 Bc7 32. Ne2 Ne4
33. Bc3 Ne5 34. Nd4 Nd3 35. Rf1 f5 36. Naxc6 bxc6 37. Rxa6 Ra8 38. Rxc6 Be5
39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Bg7 41. Bxe4 dxe4 42. Rc7 Kh8 { (=) } 43. Kh2 Rec8 44.
Rd7 Be8 45. Re7 Bf6 46. Re6 Bg7 47. Rg1 Bf7 48. Re7 Rf8 49. Ne6 Bxc3 50.
Nxf8 Rxf8 51. bxc3 Bd5 52. Rgg7 Ra8 53. Ra7 Rb8 54. Rh7+ Kg8 55. Rag7+ Kf8
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Keenan, Cathal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[WhiteICU "2099"]
[BlackICU "1947"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Unaffiliated"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2516853"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/ReTf1Ypj/W4T8ni7J)"]
[HashCode "6134cae3"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb5 Bg4 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. b3 Rad8 13. Bb2 Ne4 14.
Nd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Rfe8 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Rab1 Nc3 18. Bxc3 Nxd4 19. Qd2 Nc6
20. Rd1 Re4 21. Qd3 f5 22. Rd2 Kf8 23. Rbd1 d4 24. exd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Rdxd4
26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Qa5 28. Rd7 Qxa2 29. Rxb7 Ke8 30. g3 a5 31. h4 f4
32. gxf4 Qe2 33. Rdd7 Qg4+ 34. Kf1 Qxh4 $2 (34... Qxd7 $1 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 $10
) 35. Rxg7 $18 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qe4+ 37. Kd2 Qxf4+ 38. Kc3 Qc1+ 39. Kd3 Qf1+
40. Kc2 Qxf2+ 41. Kb1 $2 (41. Kd3 $18 { since the king can head for a8, as
in the game. }) 41... Qe1+ 42. Ka2 Qd2+ 43. Ka3 Qc1+ 44. Ka4 Qa1+ $2 (44...
Qc6+ $1 45. Rb5 (45. Kxa5 { eliminates the cover for the king and makes it
easy for Black to hold }) 45... h5 { is unclear, probably equal. }) 45. Kb5
$18 Qe5+ 46. Ka6 Qd6+ 47. Ka7 Qc5+ 48. Ka8 Qd5 49. Rxh7 Qc6 50. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[WhiteICU "2135"]
[BlackICU "2183"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514249"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/ReTf1Ypj/PqPnUm2L)"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Cuilleanain, Ois&iacute;n"]
[HashCode "775cb0ac"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. O-O f5 7. d3 h6 8. Rb1
Nf6 9. b4 O-O 10. b5 Ne7 11. a4 Be6 12. Ba3 Rc8 13. a5 b6 14. Ne1 g5 15.
Nc2 Qe8 16. Nb4 f4 17. Ncd5 Nf5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nc6 Ra8 20. Nb4 Rc8 21.
Nd5 Bg7 22. axb6 axb6 23. Bb2 Kh8 24. Ra1 h5 25. Ra7 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 g4 27.
Qd2 h4 28. gxf4 exf4 29. Bb7 Rb8 30. Be4 Qe7 31. Qxf4 Bxb2 32. Bxf5 Qg7 33.
Kh1 Rbe8 34. e4 Be5 35. Qxg4 Qxg4 36. Bxg4 Re7 37. Bf5 Rg8 38. h3 Bd4 39.
Bg4 Rf8 40. f4 Be5 41. f5 Kg7 42. Rf2 Kf6 43. Kg2 Bg3 44. Rd2 Bf4 45. Rd1
Be3 46. Kf3 Bd4 47. Rd2 Ke5 48. Rda2 Bc3 49. Ra8 Rff7 50. Bh5 Rf6 51. R8a3
Kd4 52. Rc2 Bb4 53. Rb3 Bc5 54. Rg2 Rh7 55. Bg6 Rh8 56. e5 Rxg6 57. fxg6
Kxe5 58. g7 Rg8 59. Rg4 Kf6 60. d4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Carroll, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[WhiteICU "2009"]
[BlackICU "2121"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2510243"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/ReTf1Ypj/jhgEeWIL)"]
[HashCode "5f3b3425"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O h5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8.
Qd2 a5 9. Nb5 Nf6 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. Nh4 Ne4 12. Qc1 Bh7 13. a3 Nc6 14. c4
g5 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 gxh4 17. Qf4 O-O 18. cxd5 e5 19. Qxh4 Qxh4 20. gxh4
Nxd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. Rd2 Rc5 24. f4 Re8 25. Bf3 Be4 26.
Rxd4 Bxf3 27. exf3 Re2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Rc2+ 30. Ke3 Rxb2 31. Ke4 b5
32. Rd3 Kg7 33. Rc3 b4 34. axb4 Rxb4+ 35. Ke3 Rb5 36. Kd4 a4 37. Ra3 Rb4+
38. Kc3 Rxf4 39. Kd2 Rxh4 40. Ke3 Rb4 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Re3 Rb5 43. Ra3 Ra5
44. Kg3 Ke5 45. Kh4 Kxd5 46. Kxh5 Kc4+ 47. Kg4 Kb4 48. Rd3 a3 49. Rxd6 a2
0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "1787"]
[BlackICU "2160"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2512041"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Italian variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/ReTf1Ypj/UuxphTtr)"]
[HashCode "2ffdc12d"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. O-O Nxc3 6. dxc3 f6 7. Re1
Qe7 8. b4 d6 9. a4 Be6 10. Bd5 Qf7 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Qe2 O-O
14. Qa6 Bd7 15. Nb3 Qe8 16. Qc4+ d5 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Be3 Qg6 19. Bc5 Bh3 20.
f3 Bd7 21. Qf2 a6 22. Rad1 Rfe8 23. Nd2 Qxc2 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. c4 Qxa4 26.
cxd5 cxd5 27. Qb6 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Putar, Leon"]
[Black "Putar, Lara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[WhiteICU "2052"]
[BlackICU "1990"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14546612"]
[BlackFideId "14546604"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/ReTf1Ypj/xUsGLC2m)"]
[HashCode "3b758bd0"]

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1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qd2 a6 8. b3
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Bb2
Bd7 15. Qe3 b6 16. Nd2 Rab8 17. Nc4 Rfe8 18. Ba3 Nd4 19. Qd2 Bg4 20. Rfe1
h5 21. b4 cxb4 22. Bxb4 Qe6 23. Ne3 Bh6 24. Qb2 h4 25. Rc7 Bxe3 26. fxe3
Nf5 27. h3 Nxe3 28. Rc6 Qf5 29. Qc1 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 31. Kh1 Qf2 32. Rg1
hxg3 33. Qh6 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Crowley, James"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[WhiteICU "1900"]
[BlackICU "1965"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512580"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Chess-Results.com"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Renji, Rafael Ninan"]
[Black "Sheahan, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[WhiteICU "1924"]
[BlackICU "1952"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512793"]
[BlackFideId "2516926"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/ReTf1Ypj/tBy3tkIQ)"]
[HashCode "4ea67ee7"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bg4
8. O-O e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc1 Nxe5 14.
Bxe5 Bd6 15. Nd3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Qg4 Qe7 18. Rae1 Rac8 19. Nf4 Kh8
20. h4 b5 21. Nd3 Nc5 22. Nf4 Rg8 23. h5 h6 24. Re2 Ne4 25. f3 Nc5 26. Rd1
a5 27. Rd4 Na4 28. Kh2 Rc4 29. Nd3 Rxd4 30. cxd4 Rc8 31. Rf2 Rc4 32. b3 Rc3
33. Rd2 Nb6 34. Nc5 Nd7 35. Nd3 a4 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Qf4 Kg8 38. Nf2 Qb4
39. Nd1 Rc8 40. Rb2 Qa5 41. Rb7 Rc7 42. Rxc7 Qxc7 43. Qd2 Qb7 44. Qc2 Qa7
45. Qc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Nolan, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[WhiteICU "1842"]
[BlackICU "1913"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2509466"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/ReTf1Ypj/U8ejvfxD)"]
[HashCode "3ebca450"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 c5 7. Nxe4 dxe4
8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Qxe4 Be6 10. Bc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nb4 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+
Kxd7 14. Ke2 Re8 15. d3 Bd6 16. Be3 Bxe5 17. Nxe5+ Rxe5 18. Rhd1 Nc2 19.
Rac1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rhe8 21. e4 f5 22. Kf3 R8e6 23. g4 fxg4+ 24. Kxg4 Rf6
25. Rf1 Rg6+ 26. Kf4 Rh5 27. Rg1 Rh4+ 28. Ke5 Rh5+ 29. Kf4 Rf6+ 30. Ke3
Rh3+ 31. Rg3 Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Brozynski, Patryk"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[WhiteICU "2058"]
[BlackICU "1846"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512700"]
[BlackFideId "2514311"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/ReTf1Ypj/lw0Dcogg)"]
[HashCode "3e60d7f9"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 9. Bd4 f6 10. f4 Qa5 11. b4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. e6 d6 14.
Qc4 Qc8 15. Rg1 c5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 f5 18. O-O-O Nf6 19. Qa4+ Kf8 20.
Qb4 Kg8 21. Bxe7 Ne8 22. Bc4 a5 23. Qb3 Qc7 24. Bd6 Nxd6 25. Rxd6 Bxc3 26.
e7+ Kg7 27. Qxc3+ Kh6 28. Rgd1 Rac8 29. e8=N 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Healy, John"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[WhiteICU "1921"]
[BlackICU "1890"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500965"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/ReTf1Ypj/Mb2lCGeb)"]
[HashCode "317876c8"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8.
c3 Bxc4 9. dxc4 a5 10. Bd2 b6 11. b4 Qd7 12. Na3 h6 13. Nc2 Nd8 14. b5 Ne6
15. Be3 Rad8 16. Nd2 Kh7 17. Qf3 Ng8 18. Qh3 Bg5 19. Nf3 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 g6
21. Nh4 Ng5 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. f3 Ne6 24. Red1 Kg7 25. g4 Nf6 26. Nd5 Nc5
27. Nxf6 Kxf6 28. Ng2 Kg7 29. Ne3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Lyons, Brendan"]
[Black "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[WhiteICU "1803"]
[BlackICU "1857"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500698"]
[BlackFideId "2510260"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/ReTf1Ypj/gIOS0njE)"]
[HashCode "25a05a3f"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Re1 a6 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Bg5 c4 13. Bc2 Bxc2 14. Qxc2
Rc8 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 g5 18. Bxg5 hxg5 19. Rxg5+ Kh8 20. Qf5
Qd7 21. Rh5+ Nh7 22. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.09"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Murchadha, Oissine"]
[Black "Duffy, Seamus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[WhiteICU "1852"]
[BlackICU "1912"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503603"]
[BlackFideId "2501708"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "A94"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "stonewall with Ba3"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/ReTf1Ypj/aITNx7N3)"]
[WhiteFullName "Murchadha, Oiss&iacute;ne"]
[BlackFullName "Duffy, S&eacute;amus"]
[HashCode "6ca0b5cd"]

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1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 d5 7. b3 c6 8. Ba3
Bxa3 9. Nxa3 Qd6 10. Nb1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Rf6 13. e3 Rh6 14. Nd2
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 g5 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Ne5 Be8 20. c5
Qe7 21. b4 a6 22. a4 Nf6 23. Ra1 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. f4 g4 26. Rfb1 Rg6
27. Ra3 h5 28. Rab3 Qe7 29. Bf1 h4 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 hxg3 32. hxg3 Rh6
33. b6 Qh7 34. Bg2 Kg7 35. Rd3 Rh2 36. Rdd1 Bf7 37. Ra1 Rh8 38. Kf1 Qh3 39.
Qf2 Qh6 40. Ke2 Qf6 41. Rh1 Rxh1 42. Bxh1 Qe7 43. Bg2 Bg6 44. Ra7 Kf6 45.
Qg1 Qg7 46. Kd2 Qd7 47. Kc3 Qc8 48. Bf1 Rh7 49. Bd3 Rf7 50. Qa1 Qh8 51. Ba6
bxa6 52. Rxf7+ Bxf7 53. b7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[WhiteICU "2362"]
[BlackICU "2126"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2501112"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/m24iwxAX)"]
[HashCode "2e6ef8e7"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bf5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Nbd2 Ne4 12. Rfd1 c5 13. Qa4 Nd6 14.
Rac1 b5 15. Qa3 a5 16. Ba1 b4 17. Qa4 Nb8 (17... cxd4 $1 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19.
Qxa5 Qc2 $17) 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Qc7 20. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[WhiteICU "2154"]
[BlackICU "2293"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512602"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/6epSzPYR)"]
[HashCode "72909b02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. e3 h6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Ne2 a5 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ne7 13. O-O Bf5
14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Qd1 Nc8 16. Bd3 Nd6 17. f3 Qe6 18. Re1 f5 19. Ra2 Rae8 20.
Rae2 Rf7 21. Qa4 b6 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Qf6
26. Bf3 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Qg5 28. Rf2 Qc1+ 29. Rf1 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Ne4 31. Qc2 Kf8
32. c4 Nd2 33. Rg1 Nxf3 34. gxf3 Rxf3 35. Qh7 Rf7 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qa8 g5
38. a4 Qf3+ 39. Qxf3 Rxf3 40. c5 bxc5 41. dxc5 Rc3 42. Re1+ Kf6 43. Re8
Rxc5 44. Ra8 h5 45. Kg2 Ke5 46. Kf3 Kd4 47. Rh8 Kd3 48. Rh7 Rf5+ 49. Kg3 c5
50. Rd7+ Ke4 51. Rc7 Kd4 52. Rd7+ Rd5 53. Rb7 c4 54. Kf3 Kd3 55. Rb5 Rxb5
56. axb5 c3 57. b6 c2 58. b7 c1=Q 59. b8=Q Qf1+ 60. Kg3 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Carroll, Peter"]
[Black "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[WhiteICU "2121"]
[BlackICU "2135"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510243"]
[BlackFideId "2514249"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/z4doSwbI)"]
[BlackFullName "O'Cuilleanain, Ois&iacute;n"]
[HashCode "5c1a0959"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 a5 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 a4 9. Bg5 a3 10. b3 h6 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nb5 Ra5
15. c4 Ra8 16. d4 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 exd4 18. Nfxd4 Bd7 19. Nc2 Qc8 20. Kh2 Re5
21. f4 Rh5 22. f5 Ne5 23. Ne3 Bc6 24. Nc3 Qd8 25. Qe2 Rg5 26. h4 Nfg4+ 27.
Nxg4 Rxg4 28. Bh3 h5 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Rf1 Qf6 31. Qe3 Re8 32. Rae1 Nf3+
33. Rxf3 gxf3 34. Qxf3 g6 35. Rf1 gxf5 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. cxd5 Re5 38. exf5
Kf8 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. f6 Re2+ 41. Rf2 Rxf2+ 42. Qxf2 Qe4+ 43. Qf3 Qc2+ 44.
Kh3 Qb1 45. h5 b5 46. Kg4 Qb2 47. Qf5 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Black "Haque, Muhtarim-Ul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[WhiteICU "2135"]
[BlackICU "2132"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509393"]
[BlackFideId "2509415"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Franco-Indian (Keres) defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/UkWP0DEL)"]
[HashCode "7638a21b"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 d5 4. Nf3 a5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8.
Ne5 c6 9. Ndf3 Be7 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rc1 g5 13. Be3 f6 14. Nd3
Bd7 15. Nd2 Nd6 16. f3 Bb5 17. Nb1 Nd7 18. Bf2 Rc8 19. Nc3 Ba6 20. e4 dxe4
21. fxe4 e5 22. Re1 Bc4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 e4 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Bxe4
Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Rf7 28. g4 f5 29. gxf5 Nf6 30. Re6 Nxd5 31. Qb3 Rxf5 32. Rxe7
a4 33. Qa3 Nxe7 34. Qxe7 Qc2 35. Qe6+ Rf7 36. Qe8+ Rf8 37. Qe6+ Rf7 38.
Qe8+ Rf8 39. Qe4 Rf4 40. Qd5+ Rf7 41. Qd8+ Rf8 42. Qxg5+ Kh8 43. Qe5+ Kg8
44. Qg3+ Kf7 45. Ne5+ Ke8 46. Nd3 Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qxa2 48. Qe5+ Kd7 49. Qg7+
Ke8 50. Qe5+ Kd7 51. d5 Rg8+ 52. Bg3 Rg6 53. Qc7+ Ke8 54. Qc8+ Ke7 55. d6+
Rxd6 56. Bh4+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Black "Liu, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[WhiteICU "2160"]
[BlackICU "1944"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512041"]
[BlackFideId "2514656"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open, 4.ed ed"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/Xs2qXlEu)"]
[HashCode "c2fec3d1"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+
Nbxd7 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. Be3 a6 13. c3
Re8 14. b4 Qd7 15. Qd3 Rad8 16. Ra5 Bd6 17. Bg5 Bc7 18. Bxf6 Bxa5 19. Bxd8
Bxd8 20. Rd1 Bb6 21. g3 h6 22. Kg2 Qa4 23. Rd2 d4 24. Nxd4 Rd8 25. Qe4 Bxd4
26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Qc6+ 28. f3 Qe6 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qd3+ Kg8 31. c4 Qe1
32. b5 axb5 33. cxb5 Qe5 34. b3 Qb2+ 35. Kh3 Qe5 36. Qc4 Qf5+ 37. Kg2 Qd7
38. b6 Qd2+ 39. Kh3 Qd7+ 40. g4 g6 41. Qe4 Kh7 42. Qf4 Qe6 43. Qc4 Qd7 44.
Kg3 Kg8 45. Qc5 Kh7 46. Qc7 Qd5 47. Qc4 Qd7 48. Kf4 Kg8 49. Ke3 Qe7+ 50.
Qe4 Qd7 51. b4 Kh7 52. h4 Kg8 53. Qe5 Qc6 54. Qc5 Qd7 55. Qe5 Qc6 56. Qd4
Qc1+ 57. Kf2 Qc6 58. Qc5 Qd7 59. Ke3 Qe6+ 60. Kf4 Qf6+ 61. Kg3 Qe6 62. Kf2
Qd7 63. Qe3 Kh7 64. Kg3 Qd6+ 65. Qf4 Qe6 66. Qc7 Qd5 67. Qc5 Qe6 68. Kf2
Qa2+ 69. Ke1 Qe6+ 70. Kd2 Qa2+ 71. Qc2 Qe6 72. Qc5 Qa2+ 73. Kd3 Qb3+ 74.
Ke4 Qe6+ 75. Kf4 Qf6+ 76. Kg3 Qe6 77. Qc7 Qd5 78. b5 Kg8 79. Qe7 Kg7 80.
Kf4 Qd4+ 81. Qe4 Qxb6 82. Qe5+ Kg8 83. h5 g5+ 84. Ke4 Qd8 85. f4 Qd7 86. f5
Kh7 87. Qd5 Qe7+ 88. Kd3 b6 89. Qc6 Qd8+ 90. Kc4 Kg7 91. Qd5 Qc7+ 92. Kb4
Qf4+ 93. Kc3 Qxg4 94. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Collins, Adam"]
[Black "Keenan, Cathal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[WhiteICU "2114"]
[BlackICU "1947"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Unaffiliated"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512300"]
[BlackFideId "2516853"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/nM2dXV7J)"]
[HashCode "2e82f90d"]

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1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. d4 b6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. b4 Be7 14. Qb3
Bf6 15. Rfd1 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nc4 Ba6 20.
e4 Ndxb4 21. Nd6 Nd3 22. Nxc8 Nxc1 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Nxa7 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Putar, Lara"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[WhiteICU "1990"]
[BlackICU "2183"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14546604"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, 7...Nbd7"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/PWeQXG17)"]
[HashCode "334450d4"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Be3 Nfd7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 h5 13. h3 Nb6 14. Nd2 Bh6
15. f3 Nbd7 16. g4 Bf4 17. gxh5 Kg7 18. Kf2 Rh8 19. Rg1 Rxh5 20. Bg3 Rxh3
21. Bxf4 exf4 22. e5 Nxe5 23. Nde4 Qh8 24. Ke1 Bf5 25. Rf1 Rh2 26. b3 Re8
27. Kd2 Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Bxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Putar, Leon"]
[Black "Crowley, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[WhiteICU "2052"]
[BlackICU "1900"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14546612"]
[BlackFideId "2512580"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/vInBp6MI)"]
[HashCode "61702e69"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
f3 Bb7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O d5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Qf2 Nc4 16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. b3 O-O 20. Ne2
Nc8 21. Nd4 Ne7 22. Rhf1 Bd7 23. f5 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Rf4 Rac8 26. Kb2
Rc7 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rd4 Rf7 30. Rd3 Ke7 31. Rf3 Rxf3 32.
Bxf3 Kd7 33. c3 Kc7 34. Kc2 Kb6 35. Be2 g5 36. Bd3 Kc5 37. b4+ Kb6 38. Bg6
Bd7 39. Bf7 Kb7 40. a3 Kc7 41. Kd3 Kc6 42. Bg8 Kc7 43. Kc2 Kb6 44. Kb3 Kc7
45. Bf7 Kb6 46. Bg6 Kc7 47. Bf7 Kb6 48. Kc2 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[WhiteICU "1842"]
[BlackICU "2009"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/ycax24nD)"]
[HashCode "4369ebab"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Qd2 Kg7 15. Na4 Bd8 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Nd4 Bc7 18. Rac1 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Be5 20.
Qd2 a5 21. f4 Bd6 22. f5 axb4 23. axb4 Bc8 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. e4 b6 26. Nd3
Bb7 27. Nf4 Bxd5 28. exd5 $6 (28. Nh5+ Kh8 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Nxf6 Rg7 31.
Nxd5 $18) 28... Bxb4 29. Nh5+ Kh8 30. Qh6 Rg8 31. Rc7 $2 (31. Rc4 $16)
31... Bc5+ 32. Kg2 $4 (32. Rxc5 Qxc5+ 33. Kg2 $10) 32... Qe2+ 33. Kh3 Qxf1+
34. Kh4 Qxf5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Sheahan, Ben"]
[Black "Murchadha, Oissine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[WhiteICU "1952"]
[BlackICU "1852"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516926"]
[BlackFideId "2503603"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3.Nc3"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/iFUeay0U)"]
[BlackFullName "Murchadha, Oiss&iacute;ne"]
[HashCode "767ac56e"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 h6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Bf5 8.
Nge2 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ng6 10. Bg3 Bd6 11. O-O Bxg3 12. Nxg3 Nd7 13. b4 a6 14.
a4 Nb6 15. b5 cxb5 16. axb5 a5 17. e4 O-O 18. e5 Nf4 19. Qf3 Qg5 20. Nge2
Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qe7 22. f4 f5 23. Rfc1 Qe6 24. Nd1 Nc4 25. Ne3 Rfc8 26. Nxc4
Rxc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. Qxb7 Rxd4 30. Qc6 Qxc6 31. bxc6 c3 32.
Rc1 Rc4 33. Kf2 Rxf4+ 34. Ke3 Rc4 35. Kd3 Rxc6 36. Kc2 Kf7 37. Ra1 Rc5 38.
Ra4 Ke6 39. Rd4 Kxe5 40. Rd7 Kf6 41. h4 Rc4 42. Rd6+ Ke5 43. Rg6 Rg4 44.
Ra6 Rxg2+ 45. Kxc3 Rg4 46. Rxa5+ Kf4 47. Ra7 Kg3 48. h5 Kh4 49. Rf7 Rg5 50.
Kd4 Kxh5 51. Ra7 Kg4 52. Ra1 Kf3 53. Ra3+ Kg2 54. Ra2+ Kh3 55. Ke5 Rg2 56.
Ra7 g6 57. Ra3+ Rg3 58. Ra1 h5 59. Kf4 Rg4+ 60. Kf3 Kh4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Brozynski, Patryk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[WhiteICU "1787"]
[BlackICU "2058"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2512700"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "wing gambit"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/wLCpekMF)"]
[HashCode "998e974e"]

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1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. O-O Nf5 8.
Bb2 h5 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Bd7 12. Ne3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Na5 14.
Qe2 Rc8 15. Nd2 g6 16. e4 Bg5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20.
Qxf3 Nc4 21. Bc1 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 Qb6 23. Qf4 Nb2 24. Be2 Na4 25. Kh1 Nc3 26.
Bd3 Rce8 27. Re3 Kg7 28. Rce1 Nb5 29. Bxb5 Qxb5 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Qh4 Qb6
32. Rf3 Kg7 33. Qf2 Re6 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Qd8 36. Rf1 f5 37. gxf5 Rh8+
38. Kg2 gxf5 39. Rg3+ Rg6 40. Rxg6+ Kxg6 41. Qxf5+ Kh6 42. Rh1+ Kg7 43.
Qg4+ Kf7 44. Rf1+ Ke8 45. Qg7 Qh4 46. Qf7+ Kd8 47. Qxd5+ Kc8 48. Qc5+ Kb8
49. Rf8+ Rxf8 50. Qxf8+ Kc7 51. Qd6+ Kc8 52. e6 Qg4+ 53. Kf2 Qf5+ 54. Ke3
Qh3+ 55. Ke4 Qg2+ 56. Ke3 Qh3+ 57. Ke4 Qg2+ 58. Ke5 Qh2+ 59. Kd5 Qg2+ 60.
Kc4 Qxc2+ 61. Kxb4 Qb2+ 62. Kc4 Qxa2+ 63. Kd3 Qb1+ 64. Ke3 Qg1+ 65. Kd3
Qf1+ 66. Ke3 Qh3+ 67. Kd2 Qg2+ 68. Ke3 Qg5+ 69. Kd3 Qb5+ 70. Ke3 Qg5+ 71.
Kd3 Qf5+ 72. Ke3 Qh3+ 73. Kd2 Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Nolan, Conor"]
[Black "Lyons, Brendan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[WhiteICU "1913"]
[BlackICU "1803"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509466"]
[BlackFideId "2500698"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Grau (Sahovic) defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/1Fn1UZih)"]
[HashCode "355f5d07"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Rxb1 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. b4 e5
8. dxe5 Qe4 9. Qb3 a5 10. Qxf7+ Kxf7 11. Ng5+ Kg6 12. Nxe4 Bxb4+ 13. Bd2
Nxe5 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Rxb4 b5 16. Nc3 Ra3 17. Kd2 Nf6 18. e4 Nfg4 19. f3
Rd8+ 20. Kc2 Ne3+ 21. Kb2 Raa8 22. f4 N5c4+ 23. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 24. Kc1 Rd3 25.
f5+ Kf7 26. Kc2 Rd2+ 27. Kc1 Rd3 28. Kc2 Rd2+ 29. Kc1 Rd3 30. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Renji, Rafael Ninan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[WhiteICU "1846"]
[BlackICU "1924"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[BlackFideId "2512793"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit accepted"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/DpGdDVeh)"]
[HashCode "6a669116"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Qd3 Bh5 13. Qf5 Qd7 14.
Qd3 Nh7 15. a4 a5 16. Nb5 c6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Bg3 Qb4 19. Bf4 Nd5 20. Bd2
Qd6 21. Ne5 Nhf6 22. Bc2 Ne7 23. Bf4 Qd5 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. Be3 Nd7 26. Bb3
Qxb3 27. Nxd7 Rfd8 28. Nc5 Qd5 29. Nxb7 Rdb8 30. Nc5 Nf5 31. Qf4 g5 32.
Qe5+ Qxe5 33. dxe5 Rxb2 34. Rab1 Rab8 35. Rxb2 Rxb2 36. h3 Rc2 37. Nb7 Nxe3
38. fxe3 Bg6 39. Rf2 Rc3 40. Nxa5 c5 41. Rf6 Rxe3 42. Rc6 Ra3 43. Rxc5 Rxa4
44. Nb3 Ra3 45. Nd2 Rd3 46. Nf3 Be4 47. Kf2 Ra3 48. Rc4 Ra2+ 49. Kg3 Re2
50. Rc7 Kg8 51. Rc5 Kg7 52. Rb5 Bxf3 53. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Healy, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[WhiteICU "1965"]
[BlackICU "1921"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500965"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/GINdXCia)"]
[HashCode "61dfa784"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nxd4 8.
e3 Nf5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxf7+ Ke8 11. Nxh8 Be7 12. Nd2 Nd6 13. Nf3 Kf8 14.
Ne5 Kg8 15. Nhg6 hxg6 16. Nxg6 Kf7 17. Ne5+ Ke8 18. f3 Nd5 19. e4 Nb4 20.
Bd2 Nc2 21. Rac1 Nd4 22. Kf2 b5 23. Rfd1 Bf6 24. Bf4 g5 25. Ng4 Be7 26. Be5
Ba6 27. Nf6+ Kf7 28. Nd7 Nb7 29. Bf1 Nc6 30. Bc3 Rc8 31. Ne5+ Ke8 32. Nxc6
Rxc6 33. Be5 Na5 34. f4 b4 35. fxg5 Bxg5 36. Bf4 Bf6 37. e5 Be7 38. h4 c3
39. bxc3 c4 40. cxb4 Bxb4 41. h5 Rc7 42. h6 Bb7 43. Bh3 c3 44. Bxe6 c2 45.
Rd6 Be4 46. Bg5 Nb7 47. Ke3 Bh7 48. Rd5 Ba3 49. Kf3 Bxc1 50. Bxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[WhiteICU "1890"]
[BlackICU "1857"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2510260"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/v1od3hls)"]
[HashCode "6dfd3b14"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a4 d6 7. h3 Nf6 8.
O-O e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bf1 O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nb3 h6 14. Be3
Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. a5 Nbd7 18. c4 Ne8 19. f4 Bh4 20. Re2
exf4 21. Bxf4 Qf6 22. Qd4 Qf5 23. Qd2 Ndf6 24. Nd4 Qg6 25. Nf3 Bg3 26. Bxg3
Qxg3 27. Ra3 Qg6 28. Nh4 Qh5 29. Qd4 Nd7 30. Rf3 f5 31. Re7 Ne5 32. Rb3 Qg5
33. Rbxb7 f4 34. Qf2 f3 35. g3 Qc1 36. Kh2 g5 37. b3 Rf6 38. c5 gxh4 39.
gxh4 Rg6 40. c6 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Nf6 42. Qa7 Rf8 43. Rg7+ Rxg7 44. Rxg7+ Kh8
45. Rg1 Nfg4 46. hxg4 Nxg4 47. Rxg4 Qxg4 48. Qf2 Qe4 49. c7 Qxd5 50. Qb2+
Kh7 51. Qc2+ Kg7 52. Qc3+ Kg6 53. c8=R $2 (53. Qd3+ $1 { is the only way to
win: } 53... Qxd3 54. Bxd3+ Kh5 55. Bxa6 f2 56. Kg2 f1=Q+ 57. Bxf1 Rc8 58.
a6 Rxc7 59. b4 { and the pawns can't be stopped. }) ({ The live boards
initially showed } 53. c8=Q { before changing almost immediately to the
rook promotion. White had used an upside-down rook to signal the queen
promotion, and was forced to promote to a rook (John McMorrow, Boards.ie,
August 11, 2023). Ironically, this helped White (as pointed out by Tim
Harding), since now Black could draw via } 53... Rxc8 54. Qxc8 f2+ 55. Kh2
Qe5+ { and he would presumably have captured if the pawn had promoted to a
queen. }) 53... f2+ 54. Kh2 Rf3 $2 (54... Rxc8 $1 { still draws. }) 55.
Rg8+ Kh5 56. Qg7 Qf5 57. Qe7 Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Duffy, Seamus"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[WhiteICU "1912"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501708"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[WhiteFullName "Duffy, S&eacute;amus"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[WhiteICU "2099"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Carroll, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[WhiteICU "2293"]
[BlackICU "2121"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2510243"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[ECO "A27"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "three knights system"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/tR83e2LK)"]
[HashCode "7cf7c745"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Nh4 Bb4 7. Nxf5 d5 8.
Ne3 dxc4 9. d5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ne7 11. Ba3 Nexd5 12. Nxc4 Be6 13. Qd4 Nb6
14. Nd2 Qd5 15. Bg2 O-O-O 16. Be7 Qxd4 17. cxd4 Rxd4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxe4
Bd5 20. f3 Bxe4 21. fxe4 Nc4 22. O-O Rd6 23. Rf4 Ne3 24. Bh3+ Kd8 25. Rc1
Re8 26. Kf2 Nd1+ 27. Ke1 Nb2 28. Rc2 Rb6 29. Rd2+ Ke7 30. Rd7+ Kf8 31. Rxc7
h5 32. Rf5 Re5 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. Bc8 Na4 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Bxb7 Nb6 37. Kd2
Kf7 38. Kc3 a5 39. Bc6 h4 40. gxh4 Kg6 41. Be8+ Kh6 42. Kd3 Nc8 43. h5 Kg5
44. Bg6 Nb6 45. Ke3 Nc4+ 46. Kf3 Nd2+ 47. Kg3 Nf1+ 48. Kf2 Nd2 49. Kg2 Nc4
50. h4+ Kh6 51. Kf3 Kg7 52. Kg4 Kf6 53. Bf5 Nd6 54. h6 Nf7 55. h7 Nh6+ 56.
Kf3 Nf7 57. Ke3 Ke7 58. Kd3 Kd6 59. Kc4 Kc6 60. Bg6 Nd6+ 61. Kd3 Nxe4 62.
Kxe4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Black "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[WhiteICU "2126"]
[BlackICU "2135"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501112"]
[BlackFideId "2509393"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/LNNkkXJ6)"]
[HashCode "58e5585b"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. c4 dxc4
8. Nxc4 Nxc4 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Qxc4 Be4 11. Bg5 Qd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Rac1 a5
14. Rfd1 f6 15. Bd2 Be7 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Kf7 18. e4 Nc7 19. Bf4 Ne8
20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5 e5 22. Be3 Nd6 23. Nd3 Rhc8 24. Nc5 Rc7 25. Ne6 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Nxc8 28. a4 g6 29. Kf3 Ke8 30. Ke4 Kd7 31. Kd3 Bb4
32. Nc5+ Kc7 33. Ne4 f5 34. Ng5 h5 35. Nf7 Bd6 36. Bd2 e4+ 37. Kd4 Bb4 38.
Bf4+ Kb6 39. Ke5 Kc5 40. d6 Kc6 41. Ke6 Bxd6 42. Nxd6 Nb6 43. b3 Nd5 44.
Bd2 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[WhiteICU "2362"]
[BlackICU "2099"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/NbGlq9Vm)"]
[HashCode "2a3e9721"]

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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d5 O-O 7. e4 exd5 8.
cxd5 Re8 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd4 Ne5 12. Bb5 Rf8 13. f4 Ng6 14. Be3
a6 15. Bc6 Bxc6 16. Nxc6 Qd7 17. Bd4 Rae8 18. b4 h6 19. Qd3 Qg4 20. f5 Ne5
21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Qxa6 Nxe4 23. h3 Qh4 24. Nxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Keenan, Cathal"]
[Black "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[WhiteICU "1947"]
[BlackICU "2154"]
[WhiteClub "Unaffiliated"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516853"]
[BlackFideId "2512602"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "B87"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/3ho09uKa)"]
[HashCode "52e1ff2a"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O Bb7 11. f4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 Qe5 14. a4
Be7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Qa1 Bc6 18. Qa7 Qc5+ 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20.
fxe6 fxe6 21. Bxe6 Bf6 22. Bd5 Kd7 23. Rd1 Bd4+ 24. Kf1 Rf8+ 25. Ke1 b4 26.
Bxc6+ Kxc6 27. Na4 Kb5 28. b3 Rf4 29. Rd2 Rxe4+ 30. Re2 Rg4 31. g3 Rg6 32.
Re8 Kc6 33. Kd2 Rf6 34. Kd3 Rf3+ 35. Kd2 Rf2+ 36. Re2 Rf3 37. Re8 h5 38.
Re6+ Kd5 39. Re8 Rf2+ 40. Re2 Rxe2+ 41. Kxe2 c4 42. bxc4+ Kxc4 43. h3 Kb5
44. Kd3 Ba1 45. c3 b3 46. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Black "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "2135"]
[BlackICU "2160"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514249"]
[BlackFideId "2512041"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/6gHRTLmW)"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Cuilleanain, Ois&iacute;n"]
[HashCode "6c628d60"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8.
f3 Be6 9. Ne3 a6 10. a4 O-O 11. O-O Nd4 12. Ncd5 Rb8 13. Bd2 b5 14. axb5
axb5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bd5 Bg5 17. Bxe6 Bxe3+ 18. Bxe3 Nxe6 19. c3 d5 20.
Qc2 d4 21. cxd4 exd4 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. b3 Rfc8 24. Qa2 Qc6 25. f4 c4 26. bxc4
Nc5 27. Qc2 bxc4 28. Qxc4 Qd7 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. exd5 Nxd3 31. Ba5 Rb2 32.
Rab1 Ra2 33. Bc7 Kf8 34. d6 Ke8 35. Rbd1 Nc5 36. Rfe1+ Kd7 37. Re7+ Kc6 38.
Rxd4 Ne6 39. Rd1 Nxc7 40. dxc7 Ra7 41. Rxf7 Rcxc7 42. Rc1+ Kd6 43. Rfxc7
Rxc7 44. Rxc7 Kxc7 45. Kf2 Kd6 46. Ke3 Kd5 47. g4 g6 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Ke4
Kf6 50. Kd5 h5 51. h3 hxg4 52. hxg4 Kf7 53. Ke5 Ke7 54. g5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Collins, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[WhiteICU "2183"]
[BlackICU "2114"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2512300"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Wimpey system"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/oHfkj1AW)"]
[HashCode "701765fe"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Be2 Bg4 13. a3 Qc7 14.
Nbd2 Bxh2+ 15. Nxh2 Bxe2 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. Rc5 b6 18. Rc3 Rac8 19. b4 Rxc3
20. Qxc3 Ba6 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Qb2 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Bc4 24. Qc3 Qc7 25. Nhf3 h6
26. Ne5 b5 27. Nd3 Nd7 28. Nf3 Qd6 29. Nde5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Qa6 31. Nd7 Qc8
32. Ne5 Qa6 33. Nd7 Qc8 34. Nc5 Qg4 35. f3 Qg3 36. Nd7 h5 37. Qd4 f6 38.
Qd2 h4 39. Qf2 Kf7 40. Nc5 Ke7 41. a4 bxa4 42. Nxa4 Kd6 43. Nc3 Kc6 44. f4
a6 45. e4 Qxf2+ 46. Kxf2 dxe4 47. f5 Kd6 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. Nxe4 Bb5 50. g4 h3
51. Nd2 Bc6 52. Nf1 Bb7 53. Nh2 Bg2 54. Ke2 Ke4 55. Kf2 Kf4 56. Kg1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "Putar, Lara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[WhiteICU "1944"]
[BlackICU "1990"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514656"]
[BlackFideId "14546604"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/XZnM4ENI)"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Haque, Muhtarim-Ul"]
[Black "Murchadha, Oissine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[WhiteICU "2132"]
[BlackICU "1852"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509415"]
[BlackFideId "2503603"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "closed (Breyer) variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/NtzmFgzV)"]
[BlackFullName "Murchadha, Oiss&iacute;ne"]
[HashCode "42da085b"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. exd5 O-O
8. Be2 Nxd5 9. Ne4 Nf4 10. Bf3 Re8 11. O-O Bc7 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. Ndf5 Nf6 14.
Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be3 N6d5 16. Bd4 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Ne6 18. Rad1 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 g6
20. Ng3 Be5 21. Rd3 Nb6 22. Rb3 Rd2 23. Be4 f5 24. Bd3 c5 25. Re1 Bd4 26.
Ne2 Re8 27. Kf1 Bf6 28. Ng1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 c4 30. Rxb6 cxd3 31. Rxf6 Rxc2
32. Nf3 Re2+ 33. Kf1 Rxb2 34. a4 $4 (34. Rd6 $18) 34... Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Crowley, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[WhiteICU "2009"]
[BlackICU "1900"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2512580"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/zPEuNcmo)"]
[HashCode "46ca47fd"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Be7 11. c4 bxc4 12. dxc4 O-O 13. g4 Bc8 14. Bd2
Rb8 15. b3 h6 16. Bf1 Nf6 17. h3 Nh7 18. Nh2 f5 19. f3 Bg5 20. Bc3 Bf4 21.
Re2 Rb7 22. Be1 Rbf7 23. Bg2 h5 24. Qd3 hxg4 25. fxg4 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 fxg4
27. h4 Bf5 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Rf4 30. Qc2 Qf6 31. Bg3 Rf3 32. Rg1 Qh6
33. Rf2 Ng5 34. Rgg2 Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Lyons, Brendan"]
[Black "Putar, Leon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[WhiteICU "1803"]
[BlackICU "2052"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500698"]
[BlackFideId "14546612"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Schlechter variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/OrDMfS11)"]
[HashCode "569eef6c"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. a3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Qb6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Nxd4 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Nbc3 a4 13. Nxa4 Qa5+ 14.
Nec3 Nb6 15. Rc1 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd7 17. Qxa5 Rxa5 18. O-O Nb3 19. Bxc5 Nxc5
20. Be2 Nb3 21. Rc2 Nd4 22. Rb2 Rxa3 23. Rc1 Nxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Ke7 25. Rc7
Ra1+ 26. Nc1 Rc8 27. Rbc2 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Kd8 29. Rc5 b6 30. Rc2 Bxb5 31. g3
Ba4 32. Rc3 d4 33. Rc4 b5 34. Rxd4+ Kc7 35. Kg2 Rxc1 36. Rf4 Kc6 37. Rxf7
b4 38. Rf8 Kc5 39. Rf7 b3 40. Rc7+ Bc6+ 41. Kh3 b2 42. f4 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Brozynski, Patryk"]
[Black "Nolan, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[WhiteICU "2058"]
[BlackICU "1913"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512700"]
[BlackFideId "2509466"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/iHOOrPKK)"]
[HashCode "80037015"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Be3 Nh6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nf5 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O Qxe5 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Qg3
Qg6 15. Qf3 Qf6 16. Nd2 g5 17. Be5 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 Rg8 19. Bf6 h6 20. Rad1
Rc8 21. Bxe7 Bxe7 22. Bxc6+ Rxc6 23. b4 Ra6 24. Re2 Ra3 25. Rc2 Bf6 26.
Rdc1 g4 27. hxg4 Rxg4 28. Nd2 Bg5 29. f3 Bxd2 30. Rxd2 Rc4 31. Rdc2 a5 32.
Rb1 Raxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. bxa5 Rxc5 35. Rxb7 Rxa5 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37. Rh8
Rxa2 38. Rxh6 d4 39. Rh4 d3 40. Rd4 d2 41. Kf1 e5 42. Rd3 Kf6 43. g3 Ra3
44. Rd6+ Ke7 45. Rxd2 Rxf3+ 46. Kg2 Rf6 47. Ra2 Ke6 48. Ra5 Rf5 49. Ra6+
Ke7 50. Rb6 f6 51. Ra6 e4 52. Ra4 Re5 53. Kf2 Ke6 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. Rb4 Re6
56. Ra4 Re8 57. Rb4 Ra8 58. g4+ Kxg4 59. Rxe4+ Kg5 60. Kf2 f5 61. Re3 Ra2+
62. Kf1 Kg4 63. Rb3 f4 64. Rc3 f3 65. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Renji, Rafael Ninan"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[WhiteICU "1924"]
[BlackICU "1890"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512793"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Ponziani opening"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/hBx8J012)"]
[HashCode "65e69c3c"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Bd7 6. Nxd7 Qxd7 7. Qxe4+
Be7 8. Bb5 Nf6 9. Bxc6 Qxc6 10. Qxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. d4 c5 13. dxc5
Bxc5 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. Rae1 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Bxe1 a6 22. Kf1 f5 23. Ke2 Kf7 24. Kd3 Ke6 25.
Kc4 Bd6 26. h3 g6 27. f3 h5 28. Bd2 Be5 29. Kb4 Kd5 30. b3 Kc6 31. Be3 Bd6+
32. Kc4 Be5 33. a4 Kd7 34. f4 Bd6 35. h4 Be7 36. g3 c6 37. Bc5 Bf6 38. Kb4
Kc8 39. Bd6 Kb7 40. Kc4 Bd8 41. Kd4 Bf6+ 42. Be5 Bd8 43. Bg7 Bc7 44. Bf8
Kc8 45. b4 Kd7 46. Kc5 Bd8 47. Bd6 Bf6 48. Be5 Bd8 49. a5 Be7+ 50. Kb6 c5
51. bxc5 Bd8+ 52. Kb7 Bxa5 53. c6+ Ke6 54. c7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[WhiteICU "1965"]
[BlackICU "1787"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "E09"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, main line"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/qICnIs62)"]
[HashCode "43b2e2f6"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Nbd2 Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rd1 a4 14.
Ne5 Bd7 15. Be3 Qc8 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Qe2 Be8 18. c5 Nd5 19. Nc4 Ra6 20. h4
f5 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. hxg5 b5 23. cxb6 Nxb6 24. Nd6 $4 { Chess blindness. } (
24. Ne5 $18) 24... Rxd6 { &ldquo;Sorry about that.&rdquo;&mdash;E. Keogh. }
25. Qe5 Qc7 26. b4 axb3 27. axb3 Nd7 28. Qf4 Nf8 29. d5 Bf7 $4 (29... Qd8)
30. dxc6 $17 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxf4 $2 (31... e5 32. Qxf5 Rb6 $17) 32. gxf4
$16 e5 $4 (32... Ra7) 33. c7 Be6 34. Bd5 $1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Sheahan, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[WhiteICU "1846"]
[BlackICU "1952"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[BlackFideId "2516926"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/aOm4bCFF)"]
[HashCode "30a73382"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qh4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nf5 Qd8
14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Nc5 16. Qc2 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qd3 18. Qxd3 Nxd3 19. f4
Rfc8 20. Rf3 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Kf8 22. Rd3 Rc7 23. Kf2 Rac8 24. Ke3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Healy, John"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[WhiteICU "1921"]
[BlackICU "1842"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500965"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Wade variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/oRrUN0dB)"]
[HashCode "667d51b0"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Bb5 7. c4 Bxc4 8.
Bxc4 dxc4 9. d5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Ne7 11. Qxc4 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 cxb4 13. O-O Nbc6
14. a3 Nf5 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Bf4 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Nfd4 19. Nxd4
Nxd4 20. Kf1 Ne6 21. Be3 a5 22. Ne4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25.
Bc5 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 Kf8 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Kd3 b6 29. Na4 b5 30. Nc3 Ke6 31.
Nxb5 Kxe5 32. Kc4 Nb7 33. Nc3 f5 34. Kb5 Nd6+ 35. Kxa5 Nc4+ 36. Kb4 Nxb2
37. Kb3 Nd3 38. Nd1 Kd4 (38... Ne1 39. g3 Ke4 { and Black is probably
winning. }) 39. Ne3 g6 $6 (39... Ke4 $19) 40. Nc2+ Ke4 $2 (40... Kd5 $17)
41. f3+ $10 Kf4 42. Kc3 Ne5 43. Kd4 Nxf3+ 44. gxf3 Kxf3 45. Ke5 h5 46. Kf6
h4 47. Kxg6 Kg2 48. Kxf5 Kxh2 49. Kg4 h3 50. Ne1 Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Duffy, Seamus"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[WhiteICU "1912"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501708"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/oRrUN0dB)"]
[WhiteFullName "Duffy, S&eacute;amus"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[WhiteICU "1857"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510260"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/oRrUN0dB)"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[WhiteICU "2126"]
[BlackICU "2293"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501112"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/KdJ6pXgg)"]
[HashCode "28255059"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1
8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfd8
14. Nfd4 Rac8 15. Nb5 b6 16. Nd6 Rc7 17. Nb5 Rcc8 18. Nd6 Rc7 19. Nb5 Rcc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[WhiteICU "2135"]
[BlackICU "2362"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509393"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/gGAbCWUh)"]
[HashCode "c9dbd8cc"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Tarun Kanyamarala, <a
href="https://ictl.ie/blogs/alex-baburins-endgame-play-at-irish-championship-2023/">Alex
Baburin's Endgame Play at Irish Championship 2023</a>, ICTL (Irish Chess
Technology Limited) web site, August 18, 2023 (not shown here). }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 cxd4 7. Nf3 b6
8. Bg2 Bb7 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qh4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. O-O Na5
14. Nd2 Ne7 15. b4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nb7 17. Nb3 f6 18. Bd2 Kf7 19. Rfc1 Rd7
20. a4 e5 21. b5 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Rc1 Ne7 24. Bb4 Nd5 25. Ba3 Rc7 26.
Rxc7+ Nxc7 27. e4 a6 28. bxa6 Nxa6 29. Kf3 Ke6 30. Ke3 h5 31. h3 g6 32. Kd3
Nc7 33. Kc4 f5 34. f3 fxe4 35. fxe4 Nd6+ 36. Kd3 Nf7 37. Bc1 Kd7 38. Be3
Kc6 39. Nd2 Ne6 40. Nb3 Nd6 41. h4 Nb7 42. Kc4 Nf8 43. Bh6 Nd7 44. Be3 Nf6
45. Kd3 Nd6 46. Nd2 Ng4 47. Bg1 Kb7 48. Nb3 Ka6 49. Nd2 Ka5 50. Kc3 (50.
Nc4+ Nxc4 51. Kxc4 Nf6 52. Be3 $1 ({ not } 52. Kd3 $2 Nd7 53. Kc4 Kxa4 54.
Kd5 b5 { and White cannot stop the pawn }) { draws easily, e.g. } 52...
Nxe4 (52... Nd7 $4 53. Kd5 { and White is actually winning }) 53. Kd5 Nxg3
54. Kxe5 Nf5 55. Bg5 { and Black will have to give up the knight for
White's last pawn. }) 50... Nf6 51. Kd3 Nd7 52. Nf3 Kb4 53. Bxb6 Nxb6 54.
Nxe5 Nxa4 55. Nxg6 Nc5+ 56. Ke3 Ncxe4 57. Nf4 Nxg3 58. Kf3 Ndf5 59. Nxh5 $2
(59. Nd5+ Kc5 60. Nf6 { followed by Kf4-g5 and Nxh5 draws. }) 59... Nxh5 {
The Nalimov tablebases show that this would be winning for Black if not for
the 50-move rule; Black wins in 81 moves witn best play. } 60. Kg4 Nfg3 61.
Kf3 Kc4 62. Kg4 Kd4 63. Kg5 Ke5 64. Kg4 Ke4 65. Kg5 Kf3 66. Kg6 Kf4 67. Kf7
Kf5 68. Ke7 Ne4 69. Kd7 Ke5 70. Kc6 Kd4 71. Kb5 Kd5 72. Kb4 Nd6 73. Kc3 Ke4
74. Kb3 Kd3 75. Kb4 Kd4 76. Kb3 Ne4 77. Kb4 Nc3 78. Kb3 Nd5 79. Kc2 $2 ({
This shortens the path to mate with best play significantly: Black now wins
in 39 moves, ignoring the 50-move rule. This would be 58 moves after the
last capture, so the critical point has not yet been reached. Instead } 79.
Kb2 { loses in 67 moves with best play. The difference is very far from
obvious. }) 79... Kc4 80. Kd2 Ndf6 81. Kc2 Ne4 82. Kb2 Nc5 83. Kc2 Nb3 84.
Kb2 Nd4 85. Ka3 Kb5 86. Ka2 Ka4 87. Kb2 Kb4 88. Ka2 $2 ({ White shortens
the path to mate by 12 more moves; Black now wins in 13 moves with best
play, or 41 moves after the last capture. Instead } 88. Kc1 $1 { allows
Black to win in 25 moves with best play, or 53 moves after the last
capture. Black carries out the rest flawlessly. }) 88... Nc2 89. Kb2 Ne3
90. Ka2 Nc4 91. Kb1 Kc3 92. Kc1 Nb2 93. Kb1 Nd3 94. Ka2 Kb4 95. Ka1 Kb3 96.
Kb1 Nhf4 97. h5 Nd5 98. h6 Nc3+ 99. Ka1 Nb4 100. h7 Nc2# 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Carroll, Peter"]
[Black "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[WhiteICU "2121"]
[BlackICU "2154"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510243"]
[BlackFideId "2512602"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/Opi2Xzmh)"]
[HashCode "221e96c2"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. a3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 O-O 10. h4 b5 11. h5 c4 12. h6 g6 13. Kf1 Bb7 14. f3 Bd6
15. Qe1 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Rd1 Nxe5 18. e4 d4 19. Qg3 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Collins, Adam"]
[Black "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[WhiteICU "2114"]
[BlackICU "2135"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512300"]
[BlackFideId "2514249"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/FNUyIcjt)"]
[BlackFullName "O'Cuilleanain, Ois&iacute;n"]
[HashCode "3afdb45b"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Nc3 d5 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Bf4 c6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Be5 Rfd8 13. Nb1 h5 14. h4
Ng4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd2 Qd6 17. c3 Qf6 18. Nf3 Rd7 19. Qd2 Be4 20. Qg5
Re8 21. Qxf6+ Kxf6 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Bxg4 hxg4 24. Ne5 Bf5 25. f3 gxf3 26.
exf3 Kg7 27. g4 Bc8 28. Kf2 b6 29. Re3 Ba6 30. f4 c5 31. Rd1 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Murchadha, Oissine"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[WhiteICU "1852"]
[BlackICU "2099"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503603"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/WNcpcCQT)"]
[WhiteFullName "Murchadha, Oiss&iacute;ne"]
[HashCode "84100a7f"]

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1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. e3 Be7 11. h4 O-O 12. h5 Bf6 13. Qb3 e5 14.
Qc4 Bd7 15. Qxc6 Bxc6 16. Bd2 e4 17. Bc3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Rac8 19. O-O-O Ba4
20. Rd4 Rxc3+ 21. Kb2 Rb3+ 22. Ka2 b5 23. Bxb5 Rxb5 24. Rxa4 Rc8 25. Rb4
Rg5 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Rxe4 Kf8 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. g3 Rxh5 30. Kb3 Kd7 31. Kc4
Kc6 32. Kd4+ Kd6 33. Ke4 Re5+ 34. Kd4 Ra5 35. Rc3 h5 36. f4 f5 37. Kd3 g6
38. Rb3 Kd5 39. Rc3 Rb5 40. a4 Rb4 41. Ra3 a5 42. Rc3 Rxa4 43. Rc8 Ra3+ 44.
Ke2 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Ra3+ 46. Ke2 a4 47. Rg8 Kc4 48. Rxg6 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Rb2 50.
Ra6 Kb4 51. Rb6+ Ka3 52. Ra6 Rb5 53. Rh6 Kb3 54. Rxh5 a3 55. Rh1 a2 56. e4
Ka3 57. exf5 Rb1 58. Rh8 Rb3+ 59. Kg4 Kb4 60. Rb8+ Kc3 61. Ra8 Kb2 62.
Rxa2+ Kxa2 63. f6 Rb7 64. Kf5 Kb3 65. Kg6 Rb6 66. Kg7 Kc4 67. f7 Rb3 68.
f8=Q Rxg3+ 69. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Crowley, James"]
[Black "Liu, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "2074"]
[WhiteICU "1900"]
[BlackICU "1944"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512580"]
[BlackFideId "2514656"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/xaAPQuVZ)"]
[HashCode "75aedab8"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Qc7 9. Nf1 dxe4 10. dxe4 Rd8 11. Qe2 e5 12. c3 b6 13. Bg5 Ne8 14. Ne3
Be6 15. Nd5 Qb7 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxe5 Rac8 19. Ng4 Qd7 20.
Ne3 Nd6 21. Rad1 Qa4 22. b3 Qa5 23. c4 b5 24. e5 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26. Bd5
bxc4 27. bxc4 Re8 28. g4 Be6 29. f4 Bxd5 30. cxd5 c4 31. d6 Red8 32. e6
Qc5+ 33. Kg2 fxe6 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. d7 Rb8 36. Qe8+ Qf8 37. Qxf8+ Rxf8 38.
Re4 Rfd8 39. Rxc4 Kg8 40. Kf3 Kf7 41. Rd2 Rb6 42. f5 Kf6 43. Kf4 Ke7 44.
Re4+ Kf7 45. g5 Rb7 46. Red4 Rb5 47. Rd5 Rb6 48. Ke5 Ke7 49. Rd6 Rb5+ 50.
R2d5 Rb2 51. Re6+ Kf7 52. g6+ hxg6 53. fxg6+ Kf8 54. Kd6 Rb6+ 55. Kc7 Rbb8
56. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Black "Putar, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[WhiteICU "2160"]
[BlackICU "2052"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512041"]
[BlackFideId "14546612"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Benoni formation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/zdgHbroR)"]
[HashCode "438d0d18"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Bd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nc2 Rc8 11. f3 Ne8 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Kh1 Ne5 16. b3 Nf6 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. Rfd1 a6 19. a4 Nc6 20. Rb1 Qh5
21. Bf1 Kh8 22. Nde2 Qe5 23. Rbc1 Qa5 24. Nf4 Qb4 25. Qc2 Bf5 26. Bd3 Bxd3
27. Rxd3 Nd7 28. Ncd5 Qa3 29. Ne6 Nde5 30. Rdd1 Nb4 31. Nxb4 Rf6 32. Nd5
Rxe6 33. Ra1 Qxa1 34. Rxa1 Ng4 35. Re1 Nxe3 36. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Keenan, Cathal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[WhiteICU "2183"]
[BlackICU "1947"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Unaffiliated"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2516853"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/1pRKNVJc)"]
[HashCode "8b0430a9"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. e3 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5 Bg4 11. Be2 Be6 12. Rc1 a6 13. O-O Bd6 14.
g3 Ne7 15. Rfe1 g5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qf5 18. Nc5 Bd5 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20.
Bg4 Qh7 21. Bf3 Bxe5 22. Bxd5 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rxd5 24. Qc4 b6 25. Ne4 Qf5 26.
Qxc7 Ng6 27. Qxb6 Kg7 28. Qc6 Rad8 29. Qc3+ Ne5 30. Re3 Rd3 31. Nd6 R8xd6
32. Qxe5+ Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Rd2 34. Rf5 Kg6 35. Rfc5 Rf6 36. Rc6 Rxf2 37. Rxa6
Rxb2 38. Rxf6+ Kxf6 39. Ra1 Kf5 40. a4 Kg4 41. a5 Kh3 42. a6 Rb8 43. Ra2 h5
44. Ra5 f6 45. a7 Ra8 46. Ra4 f5 47. Kh1 Rd8 48. Ra1 Ra8 49. Ra4 Rd8 50.
Kg1 Ra8 51. Ra5 h4 52. gxh4 Kxh4 53. Kg2 g4 54. Kf2 Kh3 55. Ra6 Kh4 56. Ra5
Kh3 57. Rxf5 g3+ 58. Kf3 Kxh2 59. Rh5+ Kg1 60. Ra5 g2 61. Ra1+ Kh2 62. Ra2
Rf8+ 63. Ke4 Ra8 64. Kf3 Rf8+ 65. Ke4 Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Putar, Lara"]
[Black "Renji, Rafael Ninan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[WhiteICU "1990"]
[BlackICU "1924"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14546604"]
[BlackFideId "2512793"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/Wd3pEq4F)"]
[HashCode "3cf1b731"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b5 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. a5 Nd5 14. Qc2
Rc8 15. Nc4 N7f6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nfe5 Rfd8 18. Bf3 Ne8 19. Bh5 g6 20. Bf3
f6 21. Nd3 Ba7 22. Qd2 e5 23. Bxd5+ Bxd5 24. Qxb4 Qe6 25. Nb6 Bxb6 26. axb6
Bb7 27. Nc5 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qc6 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Nxb7 Qxb7 31. Qe6 Rb8 32.
Rd7 Qe4 33. h3 g5 34. Qe7 Qg6 35. Bxe5 Rc8 36. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Brozynski, Patryk"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[WhiteICU "2058"]
[BlackICU "2009"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512700"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Polugayevsky variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/NZN1rNHw)"]
[HashCode "8d968bdd"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8.
e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. O-O Ra7 13. Qd3 Rd7 14.
Ne4 Qe5 15. Nf3 Qxb2 16. Rab1 Rxd3 17. Rxb2 Re3 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Nfd2 gxf6
20. Kf2 Rxd3 21. cxd3 f5 22. Ng3 Bc5+ 23. Ke2 Bxg2 24. Rc1 Bd4 25. Rb4 Bf6
26. Nh5 Bd8 27. Nf3 Nd7 28. a4 Bxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Ne5+ 30. Ke2 Rg8 31. Ng3 Rg4
32. Rxg4 Nxg4 33. h3 Nf6 34. axb5 axb5 35. Kf3 Nd5 36. Rc5 Nc7 37. Ne2 Kd7
38. Nd4 Be7 39. Rc1 Bd6 40. Nb3 e5 41. Rg1 Ne6 42. Ra1 Nf4 43. d4 e4+ 44.
Kg3 Nd5+ 45. Kf2 h5 46. Ra5 Nc3 47. Nc1 f4 48. Ne2 Nd1+ 49. Ke1 Bb4+ 50.
Kxd1 Bxa5 51. Nxf4 h4 52. Ke2 b4 53. Kd2 Kd6 54. Kc2 Bd8 55. Kb3 Bg5 56.
Ne2 Kd5 57. Kxb4 Bd2+ 58. Kb3 f5 59. Kc2 Be3 60. Nc3+ Kxd4 61. Nb5+ Ke5 62.
Kd1 Bc5 63. Ke2 f4 64. Nc3 f3+ 65. Ke1 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Nolan, Conor"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[WhiteICU "1913"]
[BlackICU "1965"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509466"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Anti-Gruenfeld"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/N2Ml1VN3)"]
[HashCode "24922174"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d5 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe6 fxe6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 e5 10. Ng5 Kh8 11. f4 h6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. fxe5 hxg5 14.
Bxg5 Bh3 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rxf6 Qd7 17. Qd4 Rxf6 18. Ne4 c5 19. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Sheahan, Ben"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[WhiteICU "1952"]
[BlackICU "1842"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516926"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/ozNZaL7z)"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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report</a>. } { Walkover / default }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Healy, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[WhiteICU "1787"]
[BlackICU "1921"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500965"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "wing gambit"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/rYHBehmK)"]
[HashCode "5380c324"]

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1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d3 Nf6 7. Re1 d5 8.
Bb3 Nc6 9. a3 e6 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. c3 Be7 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Nf1 O-O 14. h3
Bb7 15. g4 d4 16. c4 b4 17. g5 Nd7 18. Ng3 Nc5 19. Ne5 Bxg5 20. Ba4 Nxa4
21. Qxa4 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qf6 24. Rce1 Qf3 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26.
R5xe4 Qxd3 27. Qxb4 a5 28. Qa4 Rfc8 29. Qd7 Qxc4 30. Rxd4 Qc5 31. Red1 Rc7
32. Qa4 g6 33. Qa1 Qg5+ 34. Rg4 Qf5 35. Rgd4 e5 36. Rd5 Rc2 37. Rf1 Re2 38.
Qa3 a4 39. Rd3 e4 40. Rg3 Ra5 41. Qb4 a3 42. Rxa3 Rxa3 43. Qxa3 e3 44. Qa8+
Kg7 45. Qa1+ Kh6 46. Qd1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[WhiteICU "1890"]
[BlackICU "1846"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2514311"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/B50l2Msf)"]
[HashCode "6188fedd"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 d6 6. d4 a6 7. Nc3 cxd4
8. Qxd4 Bd7 9. O-O e6 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Rad1 Nc6 13. Qb6 Qxb6 14.
Bxb6 Rc8 15. Re2 Be7 16. Red2 O-O 17. Bc5 dxc5 18. Rxd7 b5 19. e5 Rfd8 20.
Ne4 Rxd7 21. Rxd7 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. c3 Nc6 24. Kf1 a5 25. Ke2 a4 26.
b3 a3 27. Kd3 f6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Ned2 f5 30. Nb1 e5 31. Kc2 b4 32. Nfd2
Kf7 33. Kd3 e4+ 34. Kc4 Ne5+ 35. Kd5 Nd3 36. cxb4 cxb4 37. g4 Nc1 38. Nc4
Nxa2 39. Nbxa3 bxa3 40. Nxa3 Nc3+ 41. Kc4 Bxa3 42. Kxc3 fxg4 43. Kd4 Kg6
44. Kxe4 Kg5 45. f3 h5 46. Ke3 Bd6 47. fxg4 hxg4 48. h3 g3 49. Kf3 Kh4 50.
Kg2 Be7 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Duffy, Seamus"]
[Black "Lyons, Brendan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[WhiteICU "1912"]
[BlackICU "1803"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501708"]
[BlackFideId "2500698"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "Indian variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/uk8YlIDC)"]
[WhiteFullName "Duffy, S&eacute;amus"]
[HashCode "21883196"]

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1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. f4 O-O 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
Qe1 d6 9. Nc3 Nd5 10. Qg3 Nd7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 Nc5 13. Nf2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
Bxc3 15. dxc3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Haque, Muhtarim-Ul"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[WhiteICU "2132"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509415"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/uk8YlIDC)"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.12"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[WhiteICU "1857"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510260"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3gPrmzSf/uk8YlIDC)"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Collins, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[WhiteICU "2362"]
[BlackICU "2114"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2512300"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/yQd6XQap)"]
[HashCode "557e181b"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8.
Bd3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. a3 a5 14.
Rfc1 Rfd8 15. Bb5 Rac8 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 e5 18. Qe2 h6 19. h3 Re8 20.
Nc4 e4 21. Nfe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qe6 23. Nc4 Red8 24. Rd1 Rd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5
26. Rd1 Ne7 27. a4 Nc6 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Nb4 30. Rd7 Nd3 31. Bd4 Nc1
32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. Nxb6 Nxb3 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Nd7 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Ra1 37. Rb8
Nd2 38. Nf8+ Kg8 39. Nd7+ Kh7 40. Nf8+ Kg8 41. Ne6+ Kh7 42. Nf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Crowley, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "1894"]
[WhiteICU "2293"]
[BlackICU "1900"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2512580"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian accelerated"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/w6V187MZ)"]
[HashCode "b3c8be5c"]

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report</a>. } { Black apparently mistook the starting time and turned up 53
minutes late. The default time was one hour. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5
8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bd3 dxc3 12. O-O Qa5 13. e5 Nd7 14.
Bf5 Nc5 15. Re1 (15. e6 $1 $18) (15. Ng5 $16) 15... Ne6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17.
Ng5 O-O-O 18. Nf7 $2 (18. Nxe6 $1 $18 { , e.g. } 18... Re8 19. Be3 $1)
18... Bc5 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 $10 20. Bg5 Rf8 { Black was playing on increments
from here until the time control. } 21. Bh4 $4 g6 (21... g5 $1 22. Bg3 h5 {
is near-winning for Black. }) 22. Qd3 Qb6 23. Re2 $4 ({ The losing move.
White had to prevent the Black regrouping that follows, e.g. } 23. Rad1 $15
) 23... Bd4 24. Qh3 c5 $18 25. Be7 Rf7 26. Bd6 Bd5 27. Kh1 b4 28. Rd1 Kb7
29. Qh4 a5 30. f4 a4 31. f5 gxf5 32. Qg5 Rd7 33. Qf6 Qd8 34. Qh6 b3 35. Qh3
c2 36. Rf1 Qb6 37. Qd3 Qa6 38. Qd2 Qc4 ({ Though hardly necessary given
Black's overwhelming advantage, there was a spectacular blow here: } 38...
Bxg2+ $3 39. Kxg2 c1=Q { , when } 40. Rxc1 { is met by } 40... Qc6+ 41. Kh3
Qf3+) 39. Rfe1 Be4 40. Qh6 Ka6 41. Rxe4 fxe4 42. Qf8 Qd5 43. axb3 axb3 44.
Qe8 Qc6 45. Qxe6 Bxe5 46. Qxb3 Rxd6 47. Qxc2 Kb6 48. Rb1+ Kc7 49. Qa2 Rd7
50. Qg8 Qb5 51. Rc1 Bf4 52. Ra1 Qa4 53. Rf1 Qb5 54. Ra1 Qa6 55. Rb1 Qb6 56.
Rf1 Qb5 57. Ra1 { Three-fold repetition: this reaches the same position as
occurred after White's 52nd and 54th moves. } 57... Qa4 58. Rf1 Bd6 59. Rb1
Qa7 60. g3 e3 61. Kg2 e2 62. Kh3 Re7 63. Re1 Qa5 64. Rb1 Qa7 65. Re1 Qb7
66. Qa2 Qe4 67. Qa5+ Kd7 68. Qb5+ Kc7 69. Qa5+ Kd7 70. Qb5+ Qc6 71. Qc4 Re6
72. Rxe2 Rxe2 73. Qxe2 c4 74. Qc2 Kc8 75. Kg4 c3 76. h4 h5+ 77. Kxh5 Qd5+
78. Kg4 Qd2 79. Qf5+ Kc7 80. Qa5+ Kc6 81. Qa6+ Kc5 82. Qc8+ Kb4 83. Qb7+
Ka3 84. Qa7+ Kb3 85. Qb6+ Bb4 86. Qe6+ Kb2 87. Qe5 Kc1 88. h5 Kd1 89. Kf3
c2 90. Qa1+ c1=Q 91. Qa4+ Ke1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Black "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[WhiteICU "2154"]
[BlackICU "2126"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512602"]
[BlackFideId "2501112"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/SPP6MY2T)"]
[HashCode "4f7d315e"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Bd6 8.
Ng3 Ne4 9. Bxe4 fxe4 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. O-O-O Be6 13. f3 Nb4 14.
Rdf1 O-O 15. Kb1 exf3 16. gxf3 a5 17. a3 Na6 18. Nce2 b5 19. f4 b4 20. a4
c5 21. f5 c4 22. Qd1 Bxf5+ 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. Qc2 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Nc7 26. b3
cxb3 27. Qxb3 Bxh2 28. Kb2 Bd6 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Rc6 Qd7 31. Qc2 Ne8 32. Ra6
Qc7 33. Qf5 Nf6 34. e4 dxe4 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Bg5 Be7 37. Bf4 Qd7 38. Qxd7
Rxd7 39. Rxa5 Nd5 40. Be5 { (Time) } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Black "Murchadha, Oissine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[WhiteICU "2135"]
[BlackICU "1852"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514249"]
[BlackFideId "2503603"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/VvJD5Z7h)"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Cuilleanain, Ois&iacute;n"]
[BlackFullName "Murchadha, Oiss&iacute;ne"]
[HashCode "528d38aa"]

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1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 Nc6 8.
Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 e5 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 g5 14. Nd2 c6
15. Qb3 Be6 16. Ra1 Qc7 17. Rfc1 Ng6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 c5
21. Nc4 Rd8 22. Ra1 Qf7 23. Ra7 f4 24. Qa2 Rd7 25. Ra8+ Bf8 26. Nb6 Rc7 27.
Bc3 h5 28. Ba5 h4 29. g4 h3 30. Bf3 Qh7 31. Nc4 Rd7 32. Bd8 Rxd8 33. Rxd8
Qh4 34. Nxd6 Nxg4 35. Ne4 Nxh2 36. d6+ Kh7 37. Rd7+ Bg7 38. Qf7 Nxf3+ 39.
exf3 h2+ 40. Kh1 Qh6 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Carroll, Peter"]
[Black "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[WhiteICU "2121"]
[BlackICU "2135"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510243"]
[BlackFideId "2509393"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/GrELhijj)"]
[HashCode "11648c3b"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3
O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Qf3 Rb8 10. Bg5 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Putar, Lara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[WhiteICU "2009"]
[BlackICU "1990"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "14546604"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/OkIXl3yB)"]
[HashCode "30f69472"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O
Rb8 8. c4 h5 9. Nc3 h4 10. Qc2 hxg3 11. hxg3 Qe7 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. b3 Qg4 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Qg6 16. c5 Qh6 17. Rfd1 d5 18. cxd6 Rb6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6
20. Bxc6+ Rxc6 21. Qxc6+ Bd7 22. Qa8+ Qd8 23. Qxa7 Bc6 24. d7+ Bxd7 25.
Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "Nolan, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2074"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[WhiteICU "1944"]
[BlackICU "1913"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514656"]
[BlackFideId "2509466"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/FE0FZtAu)"]
[HashCode "5b22b530"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2
Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. c4 Bh2+ 13. Kh1 Bf4
14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 f5 17. Rae1 Nf6 18. d5 Rxe3 19. Qxe3
cxd5 20. Bxd5 g6 21. Qe7 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 b6 24. Rd7 Kf8 25. Kg1
Ke8 26. Rc7 Rd8 27. Rxa7 Rd7 28. d6 Rxd6 29. Rb7 Re6 30. Kf1 h5 31. b4 h4
32. b5 f4 33. a4 g5 34. Kg1 Kf8 35. Kh2 Re1 36. Ra7 Ra1 37. Ra6 Kg7 38.
Rxb6 f6 39. Rb8 Rxa4 40. f3 Ra1 41. Rb7+ Kg6 42. Rb8 Rb1 43. b6 Kh7 44.
Rb7+ Kh6 45. Rb8 Kg6 46. Rg8+ Kf5 47. Rb8 Ke6 48. Rb7 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Keenan, Cathal"]
[Black "Sheahan, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[WhiteICU "1947"]
[BlackICU "1952"]
[WhiteClub "Unaffiliated"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516853"]
[BlackFideId "2516926"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/UdEkWS9X)"]
[HashCode "3534c623"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 a5 8.
a4 Qb6 9. h4 cxd4 10. cxd4 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Nb5
Bb8 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. Rc1 h6 18. Bb1 Nb4 19. Ng5 Bf4 20. Nh7
Rf7 21. Rc3 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Qg4 Bc7 24. Qg6 Nc6 25. Ng5 hxg5 26.
hxg5 Qxb2 27. Rh8+ Kxh8 28. Rh3+ Kg8 29. Rh8+ Kxh8 30. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Putar, Leon"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[WhiteICU "2052"]
[BlackICU "1846"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14546612"]
[BlackFideId "2514311"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/pHKPDMFC)"]
[HashCode "3745ecf2"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qd3 Ng4 7. Qe4 Ngxe5
8. Nc3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Bg7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O-O d6 12. h4 h5 13. Qe3 Nd4 14.
f3 Nf5 15. Qe1 b5 16. g4 Nd4 17. gxh5 Nxf3 18. Qe4 Nxd2 19. Qxa8 Nxf1 20.
Rhxf1 b4 21. Nd5 e6 22. Qxc8 Qxh4 23. Qd7 exd5 24. hxg6 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Qxg6
26. Rxd5 a5 27. Qxd6 Qg2 28. Rdf5 Rc8 29. Qd3 b3 30. Qxb3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Healy, John"]
[Black "Renji, Rafael Ninan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1949"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[WhiteICU "1921"]
[BlackICU "1924"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500965"]
[BlackFideId "2512793"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/tlAPp9NL)"]
[HashCode "615a9d45"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 Nxb5 5. Nxb5 d6 6. d4 a6 7. Nc3 cxd4
8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. b3 Nf6 11. Bb2 Be7 12. O-O-O Be6 13. h3 b5 14. g4
b4 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Kb1 Qb6 18. Qd2 Bc6 19. Rhe1 a5 20. g5 hxg5
21. Nxg5 Rh4 22. f3 a4 23. Rg1 axb3 24. axb3 Nd7 25. Ne2 Nf8 26. Rg4 Rh5
27. f4 f6 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Nf3 Rxh3 30. Nfg1 Rh1 31. Nc1 Rd8 32. Qe1 Rxd1
33. Qxd1 Bxe4 34. Rxe4 Rxg1 35. Qd5 Qd6 36. Qb7 Kf7 37. Rc4 Ne6 38. Ka2 Nf4
39. Rc6 Qd5 40. Qa8 Qh1 41. Qc8 Rxc1 42. Bxc1 Qxc1 43. Rb6 Qd2 44. Rb8 f5
45. Qe8+ Kf6 46. Rb6+ Ne6 47. Qh8+ Kf7 48. Qh7+ Ng7 49. Qxg6+ Kg8 50. Rb8+
Bf8 51. Qc6 Qd4 52. Rc8 e4 53. Rc7 e3 54. Rd7 Qe4 55. Qf6 Qxc2+ 56. Ka1
Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Lyons, Brendan"]
[Black "Brozynski, Patryk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[WhiteICU "1803"]
[BlackICU "2058"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500698"]
[BlackFideId "2512700"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/LhsGmq7e)"]
[HashCode "b6f698e5"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
e5 Nd7 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nb5 dxc4 13. Rd1 a6 14. Nd6
Bxd6 15. exd6 cxd3 16. Rxd3 Qxd6 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Rc1 Qb5 19. Bd6 Re8 20.
Rc5 Qd7 21. Rxd4 Nd5 22. Be5 Qe7 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qh6 f6 26. Bf4
Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Rac8 28. Rfc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Bb5 30. Rc3 Rd8 31. Qc1 Qd7 32.
Bf3 Qd2 33. Qxd2 Rxd2 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rc7+ Kh6 36. a4 Bxa4 37. Rxb7 Bb5
38. h4 Rxb2 39. Rb6 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Rb2 41. Kg1 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Rf1 43. Kg2 Re1
44. Bb7 Bf1+ 45. Kh2 a5 46. Ba6 Bxa6 47. Rxa6 Re5 48. f4 Re2+ 49. Kh3 a4
50. Rxa4 g5 51. Kg4 gxf4 52. Kxf4 Kg6 53. Ra6 Re1 54. Rb6 e5+ 55. Kg4 h5+
56. Kf3 Rf1+ 57. Ke2 Rg1 58. Kf2 Rc1 59. Rb8 Rc2+ 60. Kf3 Rc3+ 61. Kf2 e4
62. Rb5 Rf3+ 63. Kg2 Rf5 64. Rb8 Rc5 65. Kf2 Rc3 66. Rg8+ Kf5 67. Rh8 Kg4
68. Rg8+ Kh3 69. Rg6 Rf3+ 70. Ke2 Rxg3 71. Rxf6 Kxh4 72. Re6 e3 73. Re5 Kg4
74. Re4+ Kh3 75. Re5 h4 76. Re4 Rg4 77. Rxe3+ Kg2 78. Kd2 h3 79. Re2+ Kh1
80. Ke3 Rg3+ 81. Kf4 Rd3 82. Re1+ Kg2 83. Re2+ Kg1 84. Ra2 h2 85. Ra1+ Kg2
86. Ra2+ Kh3 87. Ra1 Rg3 88. Ra8 Rg4+ 89. Ke3 h1=Q 90. Rh8+ Kg2 91. Rxh1
0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[WhiteICU "1965"]
[BlackICU "1890"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/hA4P5Ssr)"]
[HashCode "9fd73084"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. Ne5 Bc6 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qxc4 Qd5 13. b3 Rfb8 14.
Ba3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 Qd6 16. Rc1 Rb4 17. Qxc6 Qxc6 18. Rxc6 Rxd4 19. Nc3 Ne8
20. e3 Rb4 21. Na2 Rb6 22. Rc5 Rd8 23. b4 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Ra1 25. Rcc3 Kf8 26.
a5 Rb8 27. Rc6 Rxb4 28. Nxb4 Rxa3 29. Rxa6 Ke7 30. Nc6+ Kd7 31. Ne5+ Ke7
32. Ra8 f6 33. Nc6+ Kd7 34. a6 Kxc6 35. Rxe8 Kd6 36. Rd8+ Ke7 37. Ra8 h5
38. Kf3 Kf7 39. h3 Kg6 40. Ke4 c5 41. a7 Ra4+ 42. Kd3 e5 43. f3 Kh7 44. f4
exf4 45. gxf4 f5 46. h4 g6 47. Kc3 c4 48. Kd4 c3+ 49. Kxc3 Kg7 50. Kb3 Ra1
51. Kb4 Rb1+ 52. Kc5 Rc1+ 53. Kd6 Ra1 54. Ke7 Ra3 55. Kd8 Rd3+ 56. Kc7 Rc3+
57. Kb6 Rb3+ 58. Kc5 Ra3 59. Kb4 Ra1 60. Kc4 Rc1+ 61. Kd4 Ra1 62. Kd5 Ra2
63. Kd6 Ra3 $4 (63... Ra6+ $10) 64. Rc8 Rxa7 65. Rc7+ Rxc7 66. Kxc7 Kf6 67.
Kd6 Kf7 68. Kd7 Kf6 69. Ke8 Kg7 70. Ke7 Kh6 71. Kf6 Kh7 72. Kf7 Kh6 73. Kg8
g5 74. fxg5+ Kg6 75. Kf8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Duffy, Seamus"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[WhiteICU "1912"]
[BlackICU "1787"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501708"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/31ZylKYh)"]
[WhiteFullName "Duffy, S&eacute;amus"]
[HashCode "006c43f5"]

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1. e4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "2160"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512041"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/31ZylKYh)"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[WhiteICU "2183"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/31ZylKYh)"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[WhiteICU "2099"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/31ZylKYh)"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Haque, Muhtarim-Ul"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[WhiteICU "2132"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509415"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/31ZylKYh)"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[WhiteICU "1842"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/31ZylKYh)"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.13"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[WhiteICU "1857"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510260"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/31ZylKYh)"]
[HashCode "00000000"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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