[Event "DCU Majors 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Black "Smoliarenko, Illia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1810"]
[WhiteICU "1750"]
[BlackICU "1893"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2518155"]
[BlackFideId "34150900"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[FIDETournamentId "467110"]
[ICUTournamentId "3096"]
[ChessResultsKey "1356874"]
[EventSection "2/3"]
[Venue "The Auditorium, Education Building, St. Patrick's Campus, Drumcondra, DCU"]
[EventDate "2026.02.20"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/dcu-majors2026_allfiles/games_dcu-majors2026/g1.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Mar 18 17:45:02 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/dcu-majors2026_allfiles/pairings_dcu-majors2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O
8. Be3 b6 9. O-O Ng4 10. Bf2 Nxf2 11. Rxf2 Qc7 12. e5 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14.
Qd2 Bg4 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 f5 18. Rfe3 Bd4 19. Kh1 Rxe3 20.
Rxe3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Kf7 22. d4 Re8 23. Qf2 Qe7 24. Kh2 Qe3 25. Qh4 cxd4 26.
Qxh7+ Kf6 27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Nd1 Qe1 29. Qxe1 Rxe1 30. Nf2 Re2 31. Nd3 Rxc2
32. Nb4 Rxb2 33. Nxc6 d3 0-1