[Event "Irish Championship 2006"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2006.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[WhiteICU "2336"]
[BlackICU "2223"]
[WhiteClub "Castle"]
[BlackClub "Vésinet FRA"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "628859"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5 Nbd7"]
[Venue "St. Benildus College, Upper Kilmacud Rd., Co. Dublin"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2006_allfiles/games_irlch2006/g13.htm"]
[LastModified "Sun May 17 18:16:00 2026"]

{ Source: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070216222234/http://www.icu.ie/articles/display.php?id=94">Irish
Senior Championships</a>, John Healy, ICU web site, July 2006 (via the
Wayback Machine); scoresheets. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2006_allfiles/pairings_irlch2006.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Alexander Baburin, <em>Sunday Independent</em>,
August 23, 2006, p. 53 (Sports 15) (excerpted here). }

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7
8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Be6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Nd2 Rec8 14.
Kb1 N6d7 15. Rc1 Qb4 16. Nb3 a5 17. a3 Qb6 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Nbc5 h6 20. Nxd7
Nxd7 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bf5 b5 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Bf6 26. g4
g5 27. Bg3 Qh7 28. e4 b4 29. a4 b3 30. Qe2 Qb7 31. exd5 exd5 32. Be5 Rf8
33. h4 Bxe5 34. Qxe5+ Qg7 35. Qe3 Qh7+ 36. Ka1 Rf4 37. Qxb3 Rb4 38. Qc2
Qxc2 39. Rxc2 Rxa4+ 40. Kb1 Kg7 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. f3 Rf8 43. Rch2 Rxf3 44.
Rh7+ Kf6 45. R7h6+ Ke5 46. Rxc6 Rxg4 47. Ra6 Rc4 48. Rxa5 g4 49. Re1+ Kf4
50. c6 d4 51. Rd5 d3 52. Rd6 g3 $1 53. b3 ({ Baburin suggests } 53. c7 $5 {
as a better try, giving the line } 53... Rxc7 54. Rf6+ Kg4 55. Re4+ Kh3 56.
Rxf3 d2 57. Rd4 Rc1+ 58. Ka2 d1=Q 59. Rxd1 Rxd1 60. b4 Kg4 61. Rf8 g2 $19)
({ Baburin also gives ( } 53. c7 Rxc7 54. Rf6+ Kg4 55. Re4+ Kh3 56. Rxf3 d2
{ ) } 57. Rf1 g2 58. Rd1 Rc1+ 59. Rxc1 dxc1=Q+ 60. Kxc1 g1=Q+ {
&ldquo;which leaves him with some practical chances of a draw.&rdquo; })
53... d2 54. Rxd2 Rxb3+ 55. Ka2 Rb5 56. Ka3 Rxc6 57. Ka4 Rb7 58. Ka5 Rc8
59. Ka6 Rb3 60. Ka7 Rc4 61. Ra1 Kf3 62. Rd8 g2 63. Rf8+ Rf4 64. Re8 g1=Q+
0-1