[Event "Irish Championship 2006"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2006.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[WhiteICU "2081"]
[BlackICU "2336"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Castle"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[Venue "St. Benildus College, Upper Kilmacud Rd., Co. Dublin"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[Source "Scoresheets"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2006_allfiles/games_irlch2006/g19.htm"]
[LastModified "Sun May 17 18:14:44 2026"]

{ Source: Scoresheets. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2006_allfiles/pairings_irlch2006.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { &ldquo;Colm Daly provided the entertainment of the day. He
entered at a dead run two minutes before his hour was up, calmly made his
move, and disappeared again to lock his car. he went on to comfortably beat
his young opponent.&rdquo;&mdash;John Healy, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>,
August 2006, p. 9. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3
Rb8 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nh3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Nf2 d5 13. Ne2 e5 14. f5 d4 15. g4
Nd7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qf3 Bg5 18. Nh3 Bxc1 19. Raxc1 Qe7 20. Qe2 g5 21. f6
Nxf6 22. Qf3 Nd7 23. Nh5 f6 24. Qf5 Qf7 25. Nf2 Ne7 26. Qf3 Ng6 27. Nh1 Nf4
28. N1g3 Qf8 29. Qf2 Nb6 30. Rce1 Bc8 31. h3 Be6 32. Nxf4 gxf4 33. Nh5 Nd7
34. Qh4 Rb6 35. Rf2 Bf7 36. Kf1 Bxh5 37. Qxh5+ Qf7 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Bf3
Rc8 40. h4 c4 41. Rg2 c3 42. b3 Rh8 43. Ke2 Rbb8 44. Reg1 Rbg8 45. Kf2 a5
46. Ke2 Nc5 47. Ke1 Rg7 48. Ke2 Rhg8 49. Ke1 Ne6 50. Ke2 h5 51. Kf2 Rh8 52.
Kf1 hxg4 53. Bxg4 Rgh7 54. h5 Ng5 55. Kf2 Rxh5 56. Bxh5+ Rxh5 57. Kf1 Ke6
58. Rf2 Rh3 59. Ke2 Re3+ 60. Kf1 Nh3 61. Rh1 Nxf2 62. Kxf2 f3 63. Rc1 f5
64. exf5+ Kxf5 65. Kg3 b4 66. axb4 axb4 67. Rh1 Re2 68. Kxf3 Rxc2 69. Rb1
Ke6 70. Ke4 Re2+ 71. Kf3 Re3+ 72. Kf2 c2 73. Rc1 Rxd3 74. Rxc2 Rc3 0-1