[Event "Irish Championship 1968"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1968.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cassidy, Paul"]
[Black "Reilly, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500191"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A86"]
[Opening "Dutch with c4 & g3"]
[Venue "Dixon Hall, Trinity College Dublin"]
[EventDate "1968.07.06"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1968_allfiles/games_irlch1968/g12.htm"]
[LastModified "Mon Mar 30 12:32:20 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1968_allfiles/pairings_irlch1968.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Paul Cassidy. }

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. a3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e3 Bd7 12. O-O Qb6 13. b4 Ne7 14. Na4
Qd6 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Qd2 b6 17. Nd3 Ba6 18. Rfc1 Bc4 19. Nde5 Rac8 20. Bf1
b5 21. Nd3 Rfd8 22. Nc5 Rb8 23. a4 Nc6 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. Ra6
Rb6 27. Rxb6 axb6 28. Nb7 Qd7 29. Nxd8 Nxd8 30. Qc3 Kf8 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32.
dxe5 Ke8 33. Qc7 b5 34. Qxd7+ Kxd7 35. Rc5 Nc6 36. Rxb5 Nxe5 37. Rb7+ Kc6
38. Rxg7 Nd3 39. Rxh7 Nxb4 40. f4 { This was a nice positional game,
perhaps my best of the tournament. } 1-0