[Event "DCU Majors 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Smoliarenko, Illia"]
[Black "Venskus, Dominykas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1810"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[WhiteICU "1893"]
[BlackICU "1742"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "34150900"]
[BlackFideId "2536374"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "A51"]
[Opening "Budapest defence declined"]
[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/g24.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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Ng4+ 7. Ke1
Qxg5 8. e4 Nxh2 9. Nf3 Qg3+ 10. Kd2 Bg4 11. Be2 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bd7 13. Qb3
Qf4+ 14. Kc2 b6 15. Nb5 Na6 16. Qa3 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Nc5 18. Qc3 O-O 19. Rag1
f5 20. b4 Nxe4 $2 (20... Nd7 $1 $19) 21. fxe4 Qxe4+ 22. Bd3 Qxd5 $4 (22...
Qe3 $10) 23. Bc4 Qxc4 24. Qxc4+ Kh8 25. Qh4 h6 26. Qxh6+ 1-0