[Event "DCU Challengers 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sharma, Eva"]
[Black "Megadi-Walia, Rohan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1502"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[WhiteICU "1474"]
[BlackICU "1346"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534665"]
[BlackFideId "2536455"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "467111"]
[ICUTournamentId "3097"]
[ChessResultsKey "1356876"]
[EventSection "3/3"]
[Venue "The Auditorium, Education Building, St. Patrick's Campus, Drumcondra, DCU"]
[EventDate "2026.02.20"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/dcu-chall2026_allfiles/games_dcu-chall2026/g51.htm"]
[LastModified "Sat Mar 14 18:00:19 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/dcu-chall2026_allfiles/pairings_dcu-chall2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nd7 5. d4 Nxe5 6. dxe5 Bf5 7. Bb5+
Bd7 8. Qxd5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Qxb5 11. Nxb5 Rc8 12. Nc3 e6 13. O-O
Bb4 14. Bd2 Ne7 15. a3 Ba5 16. Rad1 Bb6 17. Rfe1 Ng6 18. Re2 Bd4 19. Nb5
Bc5 20. Bc3 a6 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 Kd7 23. Bxg7 Rhg8 24. Be5 Nxe5 25.
Rxe5 Rxc2 26. b4 Rc6 27. Rh5 Rg7 28. Rc5 Rxd6 29. Rxd6+ Kxd6 30. Kf1 h6 31.
g3 Rg5 32. Rxg5 hxg5 33. h4 gxh4 34. gxh4 Ke5 35. Kg2 Kf5 36. Kf3 e5 37. h5
Kg5 38. Ke4 f6 39. h6 Kxh6 40. f4 exf4 41. Kxf4 Kg6 42. Kg4 f5+ 43. Kf4 Kf6
44. Ke3 Ke5 45. Kf3 f4 46. Ke2 Ke4 47. Kf2 f3 48. a4 b5 49. axb5 axb5 50.
Ke1 Ke3 51. Kf1 f2 52. Kg2 Ke2 53. Kg3 f1=Q 54. Kg4 Ke3 55. Kh4 Qg2 56. Kh5
Kf4 57. Kh6 Qg8 0-1