[Event "Drogheda Congress (Thomson Masters) 2026"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "2026.05.31"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Black "Liu, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1966"]
[BlackElo "1839"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "1933"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517604"]
[BlackFideId "2517191"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "480233"]
[ChessResultsKey "1423859"]
[EventSection "1/4"]
[Venue "St Mary's Parish Primary School, Bryanstown, Drogheda A92 XD80"]
[EventDate "2026.05.30"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/drogheda2026_allfiles/games_drogheda2026/g27.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri Jun  5 17:35:16 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/drogheda2026_allfiles/pairings_drogheda2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bc4 e6 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. h4 h5 14. g4
a5 15. Bh6 d4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g5 Nd7 18. Qxd4+ Kg8 19. Qd6 Qb6 20. f4 Nc5
21. f5 Nxb3+ 22. axb3 exf5 23. Nd5 Qa7 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Qe5 1-0