[Event "Cork Masters 2025"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2025.10.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Taaffe, Paul"]
[Black "Gubanov, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[WhiteICU "1897"]
[BlackICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503549"]
[BlackFideId "14115115"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "435511"]
[ICUTournamentId "2569"]
[ChessResultsKey "1246470"]
[EventSection "1/3"]
[Venue "Clayton Hotel Cork City, 10 Lapp's Quay, Cork, T12 RD6E"]
[EventDate "2025.10.03"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/cork2025_allfiles/games_cork2025/g1.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Oct  8 15:00:36 2025"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/cork2025_allfiles/pairings_cork2025.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a4 Qc7 8.
Qe2 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 d5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Rfe1 O-O 14.
exd5 cxd5 15. Bd4 Rfe8 16. a5 Nd7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qg4 e5 19. Bb6 Nxb6 20.
axb6 Qxb6 21. b3 e4 22. Bf1 Qc7 23. Qg3 Bd6 0-1