[Event "DCU Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[WhiteICU "2363"]
[BlackICU "2217"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "467108"]
[ICUTournamentId "3098"]
[ChessResultsKey "1356869"]
[EventSection "1/3"]
[Venue "The Auditorium, Education Building, St. Patrick's Campus, Drumcondra, DCU"]
[EventDate "2026.02.20"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/dcu2026_allfiles/games_dcu2026/g108.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu Mar 12 11:41:37 2026"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2
Ng6 8. c3 a6 9. Bd3 dxc3 10. dxc3 Bc5 11. b4 Ba7 12. c4 d6 13. Kh1 Bd7 14.
f4 Rc8 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Ng3 e5 17. Nh5 Be3 18. f5 Nf4 19. Rf3 Qb6 20. Rg3
Nxh5 21. Qxh5 f6 22. Qg4 Bh6 23. Bc1 Qd4 24. Rb1 g5 25. h4 Rf7 26. Qh5 Qf2
27. Kh2 Bg7 28. hxg5 Be8 29. Be3 Qxa2 30. gxf6 Rxf6 31. Qg5 Bg6 32. fxg6
hxg6 33. Qg4 Rcf8 34. Qe2 Qa4 35. c5 1-0