[Event "Drogheda Super Rapid 2K25 KlimaX 2025"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "2025.12.27"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Sheahan, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "1932"]
[WhiteICU "2214"]
[BlackICU "1985"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2516284"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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 "40aba00b"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/droghedasuperrapid2025_allfiles/games_droghedasuperrapid2025/g220.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. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Qd2 f6 12. a3 Qd7 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Ne4
b6 15. b4 Nd4 16. Qb2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 cxb4 18. axb4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qb5 20. Rb1
Rfd8 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Bd5 23. Bxd5+ Qxd5 24. Rfc1 Rc7 25. Bd2 Rdc8 26.
Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Qb3 29. Qc4+ Qxc4 1/2-1/2