[Event "Drogheda Super Rapid 2K25 KlimaX 2025"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "2025.12.27"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "Liu, Murray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[WhiteICU "2116"]
[BlackICU "1778"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "2517191"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Rubinstein system"]
[FIDETournamentId "455264"]
[ChessResultsKey "1323254"]
[Venue "ABCD Bridge Centre, Fair Green, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 VK16"]
[EventDate "2025.12.27"]
[HashCode "6c675fe4"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/droghedasuperrapid2025_allfiles/games_droghedasuperrapid2025/g194.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu Jan  8 14:13:02 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/droghedasuperrapid2025_allfiles/pairings_droghedasuperrapid2025.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5
8. d3 Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Be6 13. Ne3 Rb8 14.
Kh1 Nb4 15. Qe1 Nbd5 16. Qg3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. c4 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 f5 20.
Rab1 b6 21. Rg1 Rf6 22. Bd5 Bxd5+ 23. cxd5 Qxd5+ 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Rxg2 Re8
26. Bd2 Bd6 27. Rbg1 Rf7 28. h4 Re6 29. Kh2 Rh6 30. Kh3 Be7 31. Be1 Bd6 32.
Bc3 Bf8 33. Be5 Re6 34. h5 Rh6 35. Rg5 g6 36. Kg2 Be7 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Rg3
Bf6 39. Kf3 Bxe5 40. fxe5 Kh7 41. e3 Rd7 42. Rd1 Rh4 43. Rg2 Rd5 44. Rdg1
Rh3+ 45. Kf4 Rh4+ 46. Kg5 Rg4+ 47. Kf6 Rxg2 48. Rxg2 Rxd3 49. e6 Rxe3 50.
e7 f4 51. Rh2+ Kg8 52. Rg2 Kh7 $18 { (Time) } 0-1