[Event "DCU Majors 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kelbas, Anastasiya"]
[Black "Venskus, Dominykas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[WhiteICU "1876"]
[BlackICU "1742"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14165619"]
[BlackFideId "2536374"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[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/g66.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Mar 18 17:50:12 2026"]

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

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Bb2 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nf3
Bf5 8. Nc3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O-O 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Rhe8 12. e3 Ne4 13. Bb5
Re6 14. Bxc6 Nxc3 15. dxc3 Rxc6 16. Nd4 Rf6 17. Rxa7 Bd3 18. Ra8+ Kd7 19.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nf3 Ra6 21. Kd2 Be4 22. Rd1 Ra2+ 23. Ke1+ Ke8 24. Rc1 Bxf3
25. gxf3 Kd7 26. Rd1+ Kc6 27. Rd4 Rc2 28. Rc4+ Kd6 29. Kf1 b5 30. Rd4+ Ke6
31. c4 Rc3 32. cxb5 Rxb3 33. Rg4 g6 34. Rh4 h5 35. Rc4 Kd6 36. Rc6+ Kd7 37.
Rc5 Kd6 38. Rg5 c6 39. bxc6 Kxc6 40. f4 Rb2 41. f5 Rb5 42. e4 Kd6 43. h4
gxf5 44. Rxh5 Rb1+ 45. Ke2 fxe4 46. Ke3 Rb4 47. Kf4 Rb2 48. Rh6+ Ke7 49.
Ke3 f5 50. Ra6 Rb3+ 51. Kd2 Rh3 52. Rh6 f4 53. Ke2 Rd3 54. Rc6 f3+ 55. Ke1
Rd6 $4 { Any other move that does not blunder the rook draws. } 56. Rc4 $4
(56. Rxd6 $18 { , e.g. } 56... Kxd6 57. Kd2 Ke5 58. Ke3 Kf5 59. h5 $1 ({
(only move; not } 59. Kd4 $4 Kf4 $1 60. h5 e3 { and Black even wins). }))
56... Re6 57. Kd2 Kf6 58. Ke3 Kf5 59. Rc5+ Kg4 60. h5 Ra6 61. Kxe4 Ra4+ 62.
Kd3 Ra3+ 63. Rc3 Ra5 (63... Rxc3+ $10 { is much simpler. }) 64. h6 Rh5 65.
Rc6 Kh3 $2 66. Rg6 $18 Rd5+ 67. Ke4 Ra5 68. h7 Rh5 69. Rg7 1-0