[Event "Drogheda Super Rapid 2K25 KlimaX 2025"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "12.7"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Liu, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "1799"]
[WhiteICU "2214"]
[BlackICU "1778"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2517191"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 "573e0217"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/droghedasuperrapid2025_allfiles/games_droghedasuperrapid2025/g353.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. d3 Nc6 7. Bxc6+
bxc6 8. Nf3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. b3 Bd7
14. Na4 Nb4 15. a3 Na6 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. Qc2 Be8 19. f4 Bd6 20.
Nc4 Qc7 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Nxc5 Nc7 23. Bf2 Nb5 24. Qb2 a5 25. a4 Nc7 26.
Qd2 e5 27. f5 Bd7 28. f6 gxf6 29. Ne4 Qe6 30. Qxa5 Nd5 31. Nc5 Qe7 32. Qd2
Bh3 33. Rfd1 Kg7 34. Rc4 Be6 35. Rh4 Rh8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Rc1 Qf8 38. Qh5
Qg7 39. Nxe6 fxe6 40. Rg4 Qxg4 41. Qxg4+ Kf7 42. Rxc6 Rhe8 43. e4 Nb6 44.
Rxb6 1-0