[Event "Dundrum International Open 1975"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1975.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pye, Robert"]
[Black "Miles, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2503824"]
[BlackFideId "403385"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[Venue "Wesley College, Ballinteer"]
[EventDate "1975.03.14"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2026-04/pye-miles-dundrum-1975.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri Apr 24 12:58:21 2026"]

{ Event information: “Irish Civil Service Building Society
Open” at the International Chess Congress; 1st-5th Robert Bellin
(ENG), Tony Miles (ENG), Jonathan Mestel (ENG), Eamon Keogh, Jim Cummins
5/6; 6th-7th Mark Orr, Tony Dennehy 4½; 8th-15th Ray Cassidy,
Charlie Barnwell, Robert Pye, Oisín McGuinness , Eamonn Martin,
Gerald H. Bennett (ENG), Peter Jamieson (SCO), Graeme McCormick 4; ...; 58
players in the International Open and 276 overall in the Congress from 10
countries (<em>Irish Independent</em>, March 18, 1975 p. 13; <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/landmark/swiss-tournaments/">Swiss
tournaments</a>, Irish Chess History web site (ed. David McAlister)). <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sundry/Dundrum-1975-CHESS_Volume-40-pages-196-198.pdf">Chess
at Dundrum</a>, Robert Bellin, <em>CHESS</em>, vol. 40, April 1975, pp.
196-198 (detailed report, four annotated games). } { Source: <a
href="https://saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn/milestony-viewer.html">Games
Collection of Tony Miles (1955-2001)</a>, BritBase (ed. John Saunders),
citing Miles scoresheet (input by Geoff Lawton). }

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8.
h3 Nbd7 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 a6 11. Rfe1 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxa6 Qc7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7
20. Qb4 e6 21. a5 Ra6 22. c4 Qa8 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Rad1 bxa5 25. Qc5 Rd8
26. Re5 Rad6 27. Ra1 Rc6 28. Qb5 Ra6 29. Rd1 Rad6 30. Ra1 Qc8 31. Qxa5 d4
32. Rd1 d3 33. Rd2 Ra6 34. Qc5 Rc6 35. Qe3 Qd7 36. Re7 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6+
38. Qe5 Rc6 39. Qxd6 Rcxd6 40. Re3 f5 41. g3 (41. f4 Rd4 42. Kg3 $10 {
leaves Black no way to break through without liquidating significantly ( }
42... g5 43. Rf3 $10 { ). }) { &ldquo;Miles ... should have conceded a draw
to Pye in the second round&rdquo;, J. J. Walsh, <em>Irish Times</em>, March
31, 1975 p. 10. } 41... Kf7 42. b4 g5 43. b5 Kf6 44. b6 f4 45. gxf4 gxf4
46. Re4 Rxb6 47. Rxf4+ Ke5 48. Rc4 Rb3 49. Kg3 Kd5 50. Ra4 Kc5 51. Kf3 Kb5
52. Ra7 (52. Rh4 $10 { e.g. } 52... Rb4 53. Rxh7 Kc4 54. Ke3 Re8+ 55. Kf3
Kc3 56. Ra2 { and White holds. }) 52... Kc4 53. Ra4+ $2 ({ The losing move.
} 53. Ke3 $1 $10 { holds. }) 53... Kc3 54. Raa2 Rb1 55. Ke3 Re1+ 56. Kf3
Rc1 57. h4 Rf8+ 58. Ke4 Re8+ 59. Kf5 Rc2 60. Raxc2+ dxc2 61. Rxc2+ Kxc2 0-1