[Event "2nd Celtic Triangular 1983-84"]
[Site "Edinburgh SCO"]
[Date "1984.03.04"]
[Round "3.2.5"]
[White "Bryson, Douglas M."]
[Black "O'Reilly, Eddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2400073"]
[BlackFideId "2501155"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, Tal variation"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2014-06/bryson-oreilly-2nd-1984.htm"]
[LastModified "Tue Oct  3 16:49:54 2023"]

{ Source: <i>Sunday Independent</i>, March 25, 1984. } { Annotator: David
McAlister. } { Reference: David McAlister, <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/2014/06/06/celtic-triangular-1981-1984/"></a>,
IRLchess, June 6, 2014. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.olimpbase.org/1984ct/1984fa03.html#sco">Match
scorecard</a> and <a
href="https://www.olimpbase.org/1984ct/1984in.html">overall
information</a>, OlimpBase. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qf3 e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f5 O-O 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. g4 d5 14. g5
dxc4 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Rd6 Rfd8 17. Rxf6 gxf6 { According to O'Reilly, here
White had only used 10 minutes and was 1 hour ahead on the clock. } 18. Bh6
Kh8 19. Qg3 Rg8 20. Qh4 Qd8 21. Ne2 ({ White had intended } 21. Rd1 Qe7 22.
Rd7 { but now saw that } 22... Rg1+ { forces off Rooks (O'Reilly). }) 21...
Qe7 22. Ng3 c3 23. Kb1 Ba6 24. Nh5 Rab8 ({ My computer engine suggests }
24... Rg5 { , which would seem to end the attack. All White can do is get
his sacrificed exchange back with } 25. Bxg5 fxg5 { but after } 26. Qe1
cxb2 { Black should win. }) 25. b3 Rg2 26. Nxf6 Bd3 ({ This loses the game.
Instead } 26... Rbg8 { draws (O'Reilly). }) 27. Bg5 ({ Accepting the Bishop
sacrifice with } 27. cxd3 { would have given Black the win after a
follow-up Rook sacrifice on b3. }) 27... Rxb3+ 28. Ka1 ({ If White accepts
the Rook sacrifice with } 28. axb3 { , then } 28... Bxc2+ { leads quickly
to checkmate. However by declining it, it was Black who had to resign with
checkmate inevitable. }) 1-0