[Event "Irish Championship 2006"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2006.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Boyle, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "1944"]
[WhiteICU "2081"]
[BlackICU "1742"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2501830"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[Venue "St. Benildus College, Upper Kilmacud Rd., Co. Dublin"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2006_allfiles/games_irlch2006/g1.htm"]
[LastModified "Sun May 17 18:14:44 2026"]

{ Source: <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, August 2006, p. 6 (John Healy);
scoresheets. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2006_allfiles/pairings_irlch2006.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: John Healy (see Source). }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. O-O O-O
14. Nc3 Bc6 15. Rfe1 Bd5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Qe2 Nxb2 18. Nxe4 Qh4 19. Rab1 Nc4
20. Rb3 $1 $16 h6 $4 21. Rh3 Qe7 22. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 23. Rxh6+ $1 ({ Black
resigned in view of ( } 23. Rxh6+ { ) } 23... gxh6 24. Qd3 { with mate. })
({ Another nice mate was } 23. Qd3 g6 24. Rxh6+ Kg7 25. Rh7#) 1-0