[Event "Cork Masters 2025"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2025.10.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[WhiteICU "2339"]
[BlackICU "2270"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2512602"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"]
[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/g30.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. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7
8. O-O f5 9. exf5 Qxf5 10. Nd5 Bd8 11. b4 cxb4 12. a3 Nge7 13. Ne3 Qg6 14.
axb4 Nxb4 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 O-O 17. Ba3 Nd3 18. Nb5 Nb4 19. Nd4 Nbc6 20.
Qb3 Nb4 21. Bc1 a5 22. Bd2 Qd3 23. Bxb4 Qxd4 24. Qd1 1/2-1/2