[Event "Irish Championship 1951"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1951.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Donal J."]
[Black "Mulcahy, E. N. (Noel)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteClub "Colmcille"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti accepted"]
[EventDate "1951.07.16"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1951_allfiles/games_irlch1951/g64.htm"]
[LastModified "Sat Nov 22 16:19:00 2025"]

{ Other information: Note: Awarded the Best Game prize. } { Source:
(Dublin) <em>Evening Herald</em>, December 29, 1951, p. 4; <em>Ireland's
Saturday Night</em>, January 5, 1952, p. 4. } { Event information: <a
href="../pairings_irlch1951.html">Tournament report</a>. } { Annotator: E.
N. Mulcahy (both newspaper sources); David McAlister (see Reference) (shown
here). } { Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/2022/06/13/irish-championship-1951">Irish
Championship 1951</a>, David McAlister, IRLchess, June 13, 2022. }

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Nxc4 f6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8.
O-O Be6 9. Bd2 Nf5 10. Qa4 Be7 11. Na5 O-O 12. Nxb7 Qb6 13. Na5 Nxa5 14.
Bxa5 Qxb2 15. Nd2 (15. Ng5 $1 { Now if } 15... fxg5 { (best) } 16. Bxa8 {
and if } 16... Rxa8 { White plays } 17. Qc6 { forking Rook and Bishop,
coming out of the combination at least the exchange up. }) ({ Black should
instead probably play ( } 15. Ng5 $1 fxg5 16. Bxa8 { ) } 16... Qxe2 { –
although that would also concede the exchange, there might be some
potential for a kingside attack. }) 15... Rab8 16. Rfb1 Qd4 17. Qc6 Kf7 18.
Bc7 Rb2 19. Nc4 Rxe2 20. Qf3 Rc2 21. Bh3 g6 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. g4 Bxg4 $1
24. Qe3 Be6 25. Qxd4 cxd4 26. Rb7 Bxc4 27. dxc4 Ke6 28. Rxa7 Rc8 29. Rb1
Bc5 30. Ra6+ Kf5 31. Rb7 d3 32. Kf1 Rxf2+ 33. Ke1 d2+ 34. Kd1 Be3 35. Rd6
Ke4 36. Ba5 Rf1+ 37. Ke2 Re1# 0-1