[Event "EU Championship 2005"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Almond, Richard"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "404179"]
[BlackFideId "410608"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "E37"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, main line, 7.Qc2"]
[EventDate "2005.03.22"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/euch2005_allfiles/games_euch2005/g197.htm"]
[LastModified "Mon Sep 29 09:27:48 2025"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/euch2005_allfiles/pairings_euch2005.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5
8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 e5 10. e3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bg6 12. b4 Ng5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14.
O-O e4 15. Be2 O-O-O 16. Qa4 Kb8 17. Bb2 d4 18. b5 d3 19. bxc6 dxe2 20.
Rfb1 Qxc5 21. Bd4 Qxc6 22. Qxa7+ Kc8 23. Rb5 Qa6 24. Qc5+ Qc6 25. Qb4 Qd6
26. c5 Qc7 27. Qa4 Qc6 28. Qb4 Bh5 29. Rb6 Qc7 30. Qa4 Rd5 31. Qa5 Rhd8 32.
Qa4 Rxc5 33. g4 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 e1=Q 35. Qa8+ Qb8 36. Rxc1+ Qxc1 37. Rc6+ bxc6
38. Qa6+ Qb7 0-1