[Event "Irish Championship 1968"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1968.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lewis, William"]
[Black "Cassidy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500191"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[Venue "Dixon Hall, Trinity College Dublin"]
[EventDate "1968.07.06"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1968_allfiles/games_irlch1968/g23.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. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Rb1 Bd7 10. c3 Qb6 11. Nb3 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nbxd4 cxd4 14.
Bf4 Rfd8 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. e5 Nb4 17. Bg5 Rdc8 18. Bf6 h6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Qf4 Nxd3 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Re4 Rc1+ 23. Rxc1 Nxc1 24. Rh4 Qd8 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8
26. Nxd4 Bc8 27. Bf3 Nd3 28. Nb5 Nxe5 29. Bg2 Rd1+ 30. Bf1 Nf3+ 31. Kg2
Nxh4+ 32. gxh4 a6 33. Nc3 Rd2 34. b4 Bd7 35. Ne4 Bc6 { Not well played by
me. White definitely has the initiative in the middle game but went astray.
} 0-1