[Event "Cork Masters 2025"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2025.10.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Gubanov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[WhiteICU "2339"]
[BlackICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "14115115"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish, classical 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/g60.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Oct  8 16:32:07 2025"]

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

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O Qe7 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5
Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. c3 Bb6 10. d4 O-O 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Re1 Qf6 13. Be3
Bxe3 14. Rxe3 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bb3 d6 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. cxd4 Bd7 19. Rc1
Ra7 20. Rec3 Rc8 21. h4 g6 22. Bd1 a5 23. a3 a4 24. Be2 Kf8 25. h5 Rb8 26.
Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Be8 28. Bg4 b4 29. Bd7 Bxd7 30. Rxd7 bxa3 31. bxa3 Rb3
32. Rxd6 Rxa3 33. Ra6 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 gxh5 35. Kg3 a3 36. Kf4 Ke7 37. g3 Ra2
38. f3 Ra1 39. Kf5 a2 40. f4 Kd7 41. d6 Rg1 42. Rxa2 Kxd6 43. Ra7 Rxg3 44.
Rxf7 h4 45. Rxh7 $10 { This is drawn with best play (Syzygy tablebase). }
45... h3 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. d5+ Kd6 48. Rh6+ Kc5 $2 (48... Kd7 $10) ({ and }
48... Ke7 $10 { are the only moves that draw. }) 49. f5 $18 Rg4+ 50. Ke5
Rg3 51. f6 Re3+ 52. Kf4 Re4+ 53. Kxe4 1-0