[Event "Irish Championship 1968"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1968.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stewart, Noel M."]
[Black "Cassidy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "424650"]
[BlackFideId "2500191"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "E76"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Four pawns attack, dynamic line"]
[Venue "Dixon Hall, Trinity College Dublin"]
[EventDate "1968.07.06"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1968_allfiles/games_irlch1968/g9.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 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne8 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qc2 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Rb1 Nc7 14. b3 b5
15. Bb2 bxc4 16. bxc4 Na8 17. Ne2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Qa5 19. Ra2 Rb4 20. Ng3
Nab6 21. Be2 Rxa4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Qc3 Qb4 24. Qc2 Na8 25. Rb1 Qa5 26. Rb7
Nab6 27. e5 Rb8 28. Rxb8+ Nxb8 29. exd6 exd6 30. Qe4 Kf8 31. h4 Qa1+ 32.
Kh2 N8d7 33. f5 Qd4 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. Qf3 Qxh4+ 36. Kg1 Qd4+ 37. Kh2 Qh4+
38. Kg1 Ne5 39. Qb3 Qd4+ 40. Kh2 Qh4+ { I didn't play the opening very well
but outplayed him in the middle game. } 0-1