[Event "Drogheda Super Rapid 2K25 KlimaX 2025"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[WhiteICU "2209"]
[BlackICU "2288"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514656"]
[BlackFideId "2512602"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "455264"]
[ChessResultsKey "1323254"]
[Venue "ABCD Bridge Centre, Fair Green, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 VK16"]
[EventDate "2025.12.27"]
[HashCode "51e8cf07"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/droghedasuperrapid2025_allfiles/games_droghedasuperrapid2025/g251.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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 d6 7. Ng3 g6 8.
Nc3 Be6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. O-O h5 14. h3
Nd7 15. Ne2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 O-O 17. Rac1 Kh7 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Qb4 Qd7 20. Rc2
Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Ne8 22. a4 Bh6 23. Bxh6 Kxh6 24. a5 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rc8 26.
Qd2+ Kg7 27. b4 Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Nxc7 30. Kf1 Kf6 31. Ke2 Ke7 32.
Ke3 Nb5 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. g3 f5 35. f3 Kf6 36. Kf2 g5 37. exf5 Kxf5 38. Ke3
h4 39. g4+ Kf6 40. Ke4 1/2-1/2