[Event "National Club Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.04.26"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Hackett, Len"]
[Black "Smith, Derek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTeam "Cork"]
[BlackTeam "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[WhiteICU "1784"]
[BlackICU "1922"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505460"]
[BlackFideId "2501589"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "477393"]
[ChessResultsKey "1398582"]
[Venue "Colaiste Eanna, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin"]
[EventDate "2026.02.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2026-04/hackett-smith-national-2026.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Apr 29 15:27:53 2026"]

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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 exd6 5. c4 Nb6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8.
a3 Be7 9. Bd3 Qd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qc2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bf6 13. O-O d5 14. Nbd2
dxc4 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Qd5 18. Qd3 Rd7 19. b4 Nd8 20.
Rd2 Ne6 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Qc3 Qb5 23. Qc2 c6 24. Qe4 a5 25. bxa5 Qxa5 26.
Kh2 Qxa3 27. g3 Qa5 28. Qc2 h6 29. Qe4 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Rb2 R8d7 32.
Rdb1 c5 33. Ne5 Bxe5 34. dxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxb7 Red5 36. Rb8+ Rd8 37. Kg2 Kf8
38. R1b5 Rxb8 39. Rxb8+ Ke7 40. Rb7+ Rd7 41. Rb5 c4 42. Bc5+ Kf6 43. Be3
Rc7 44. f4 Rd7 45. f5 Nd4 46. Rc5 Nxf5 47. Bc1 Rd3 48. Rxc4 Rxg3+ 49. Kh2
Rd3 50. Bb2+ Ke6 51. Re4+ Kd7 52. Be5 f6 53. Bb8 g5 54. Ra4 Rd2+ 55. Kg1 h5
56. Ra6 Nd6 57. Kf1 g4 58. hxg4 hxg4 59. Ke1 Rd4 60. Ke2 f5 61. Ra7+ Ke6
62. Rh7 Re4+ 63. Kf2 Nf7 64. Rh1 Kf6 65. Rb1 f4 66. Rb6+ Kf5 67. Rb5+ Ne5
68. Ba7 g3+ 69. Kf1 f3 70. Rb8 g2+ (70... Ra4 { was much simpler. }) 71.
Kf2 Nd3+ $4 ({ Chess blindness? After almost anything else, Black is still
winning, e.g. } 71... Re2+ 72. Kg1 (72. Kg3 g1=Q+ 73. Bxg1 Rg2+) 72... Re1+
73. Kh2 Rh1+ 74. Kg3 g1=Q+ { , etc. }) 72. Kg3 $4 ({ Mutual chess
blindness. } 72. Kxf3 $10) 72... Ne1 73. Rf8+ Kg6 74. Bf2 Kg7 75. Rf5 Re6
76. Ra5 Rg6+ 77. Kh2 Rh6+ 78. Kg3 Rh1 79. Ra7+ Kf6 80. Ra6+ Ke5 81. Ra5+
Ke4 82. Ra4+ $2 ({ White needs to keep the king out; } 82. Ra3 { holds. })
82... Kd3 $19 83. Ra3+ (83. Ra2 { , to keep the king out, now fails to }
83... g1=Q+ 84. Bxg1 Rxg1+ 85. Kf4 Rg2) 83... Kd2 84. Ra2+ Kc3 $2 (84...
Kd1 $1 { wins, e.g. } 85. Kf4 (85. Ra1+ Ke2 86. Ra2+ Kf1) (85. Ba7 g1=Q+
86. Bxg1 Rxg1+ 87. Kf4 f2) 85... g1=Q 86. Bxg1 Rxg1 87. Ke3 { and while
there is still work to do, it's a tablebase win. }) 85. Ra3+ Kb2 86. Re3
g1=Q+ 87. Bxg1 Rxg1+ 88. Kf2 Rh1 89. Rxe1 Rxe1 90. Kxe1 1/2-1/2