[Event "Cork Masters 2025"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2025.10.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Geaney-O'Brien, David"]
[Black "Gubanov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[WhiteICU "1962"]
[BlackICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509164"]
[BlackFideId "14115115"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[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/g31.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Oct  8 15:00:36 2025"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O-O b4 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. h4 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Ng4 13. Qd2 e6 14.
Ne3 Ngf6 15. h5 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Ng4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nf6
20. Qh6 Rf7 21. Rdg1 Nxg4 22. Rxg4 Qf6 23. Rhg1 Rg7 24. Rf4 Qe7 25. Re1 Re8
26. Rfe4 Rf7 27. Qh3 Qg5+ 28. Kb1 Qf5 29. Qf1 Qxf3 30. Qxa6 Qxf2 31. Qb5
Ree7 32. Qxb4 Kg7 33. a4 c5 34. dxc5 Qxc5 35. Qxc5 dxc5 36. a5 h5 37. Rxe6
Rxe6 38. Rxe6 Ra7 39. a6 h4 40. Kc1 Kh6 41. Kd2 Kh5 42. Ke3 g5 43. Kf2 Kg4
44. Kg2 Rd7 45. Re4+ Kf5 46. Ra4 Ra7 47. Kh3 Ke5 48. Kg4 Kd5 49. Kxg5
1/2-1/2