[Event "DCU Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.22"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "O'Rourke, Emmet"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[WhiteICU "1957"]
[BlackICU "2363"]
[WhiteClub "D.C.U."]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2521997"]
[BlackFideId "2501961"]
[PlyCount "223"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open, 4.ed ed"]
[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/g84.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu Mar 12 11:41:37 2026"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Qe7+ 7. Be2
Qc7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 cxd4 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4
O-O 14. c3 Ne4 15. Be3 h6 16. Rad1 f5 17. Qa4 f4 18. Bd4 a6 19. Qb3 Rae8
20. Bb6 Qf7 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. f3 Nd2 23. Qc2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qd2 Be7
26. Re4 Bh4 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Nc2 Ba4 29. Bf2 Rd8 30. Qe2 Re8 31. Qd2 Bg5
32. Re1 Kh7 33. Nd4 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Bd7 35. h4 Bf6 36. Qe4+ Qg6 37. Qxb7 Be8
38. Qe4 Qxe4 39. fxe4 g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. g3 Bg6 42. Nf5 Be5 43. g4 Be8
44. Kg2 Ba4 45. Bd4 Bb8 46. e5 Bd7 47. Kf3 Kg6 48. Nd6 Bc6+ 49. Kf2 Bd5 50.
Ne8 Kf7 51. Nd6+ Ke6 52. Ke2 Bc7 53. Kf2 Bd8 54. Ne8 Be4 55. Nd6 Bc2 56.
Nxc4 Bd1 57. Nd2 Bxg4 58. c4 Be7 59. a3 Bd1 60. b4 g4 61. Ke1 Bc2 62. Ke2
f3+ 63. Nxf3 gxf3+ 64. Kxf3 Bb3 65. Ke4 Bxc4 66. Bc5 Bd8 67. a4 Bb3 68. a5
Bc4 69. Kd4 Bb5 70. Bd6 Bh4 71. Bc7 Be1 72. Bd6 Bd2 73. Ke4 Bc3 74. Kf4 Kd5
75. Ke3 Bc4 76. Bf8 Bxe5 $19 { Win for Black with best play, per the
Lichess Op1 tablebase. } 77. Kd2 Bb5 78. Kc2 Kc4 79. Be7 Ba4+ 80. Kd2 Bc3+
81. Ke3 Bc2 82. Bc5 Bf5 83. Kf4 Bg6 (83... Bxb4 $1 $19) 84. Ke3 Kb3 85. Bd6
Bf6 86. Bc5 Kc3 87. Bd6 Bg5+ 88. Kf3 Bf5 89. Bc5 Kd3 90. Bd6 Bd2 91. Bc5
Bg6 92. Kf2 Bh5 93. Kg3 Kc4 94. Kf2 Kd3 95. Kg3 Be1+ 96. Kf4 Be2 $2 97. Bd6
$2 $19 (97. b5 $1 $10) 97... Bd2+ 98. Kg3 Be3 $2 99. Bc5 $10 Bg5 100. Bb6
$2 $19 (100. b5 $10) 100... Bd2 $2 101. Bc5 $2 (101. b5 $10) 101... Be1+
102. Kf4 Bd1 103. Be7 Bd2+ 104. Kg3 Bb3 105. Kf3 Bd5+ 106. Kg4 Kc4 107. Bd8
Kxb4 108. Kf5 Kb5 109. Ke5 Bxa5 110. Bxa5 Kxa5 111. Kxd5 Kb4 112. Kd4 0-1