[Event "Drogheda Super Rapid 2K25 KlimaX 2025"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "2025.12.27"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Kelly, Hugh"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Termination "time expiration with insufficient mating material"]
[WhiteElo "1720"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[WhiteICU "1758"]
[BlackICU "2116"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2539713"]
[BlackFideId "2509571"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "455264"]
[ChessResultsKey "1323254"]
[Venue "ABCD Bridge Centre, Fair Green, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 VK16"]
[EventDate "2025.12.27"]
[HashCode "8ff3b8ae"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/droghedasuperrapid2025_allfiles/games_droghedasuperrapid2025/g9.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu Jan  8 14:13:01 2026"]

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. b3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Rac8 12. Rfe1 cxd4 13. exd4 Na5 14.
Re3 a6 15. Ne5 Qb5 16. Qxb5 axb5 17. a4 b4 18. c4 Rfd8 19. c5 Nc6 20. Ndf3
Ne4 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Ne5 Rcc8 23. f3 Nxc5 24. Rc1 Na6 25. Ree1 Rc3 26.
Rxc3 bxc3 27. Nd3 Rc8 28. Rc1 c2 29. Ne1 Nb4 30. Bd2 Rc6 31. Kf1 Rb6 32.
Nxc2 Nc6 33. b4 Bf6 34. a5 Ra6 35. b5 Ra8 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. Rb1 g6 38. Rb6
Rc8 39. a6 Bd8 40. Rb7 Ra8 41. a7 Kg7 42. Nb4 c5 43. Nc6 Bf6 44. dxc5 d4
45. Rb8 Rxa7 46. Nxa7 Be5 47. Rb3 Kf6 48. c6 Ke7 49. Ba5 f5 50. c7 Bxc7 51.
Bxc7 Kf6 52. Rb7 h6 53. Ba5 g5 54. Ke2 e5 55. Rb6+ Kg7 56. Kd3 h5 57. Nc8
h4 58. Bb4 Kh7 59. Re6 Kg7 60. Rxe5 Kf6 61. Rd5 Kg6 62. Rxd4 Kf6 63. Bc3
Kg6 64. Nb6 Kh5 65. Rd7 Kg6 66. Kd4 Kf6 67. Kd5+ Kg6 68. Ke6 g4 69. fxg4
fxg4 70. hxg4 Kg5 71. Rg7+ Kf4 72. Be5+ Ke4 73. Rh7 Ke3 74. Rxh4 Kf2 75. g5
Kg1 76. g6 Kf2 77. g7 Kg1 78. g8=Q { Time expiration with insufficient
mating material. } 1/2-1/2