[Event "Irish Championship 2006"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Leary, Matt"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[BlackICU "2336"]
[WhiteClub "Unaffiliated"]
[BlackClub "Castle"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501970"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[Venue "St. Benildus College, Upper Kilmacud Rd., Co. Dublin"]
[EventDate "2006.07.08"]
[Source "Scoresheets"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2006_allfiles/games_irlch2006/g45.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>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Qe8 8.
Nb5 Qd8 9. O-O c6 10. Nc3 Qe8 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Qd2
Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe7 16. a3 a5 17. Na4 Re8 18. Rfe1 Bf8 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. Nb6
Ra6 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Nd7 24. c5 Ra4 25. Qd2 Rca8 26. Bc4
h6 27. Rcd1 Nf6 28. Qb2 Re8 29. Qb3 Raa8 30. Nxe5 $5 (30. Rd6 $14) 30...
Qxe5 31. Bxf7+ Kg7 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 $14 33. f3 Be7 34. Qe3 Bd8 35. f4 Qb2 36.
e5 Nd5 37. Qd2 Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Nxf4 $6 ({ Too rushed; } 38... Kf7 $15) 39.
Rd7+ Kg8 40. Rxb7 Bf6 $2 (40... Be7 $10 { , e.g. } 41. Rb6 Nd3 42. Re3 Nxb4
43. Rxb4 Bxc5) 41. Rc7 $2 (41. Rb6 $1 Bxe5 42. Rxc6 $16) 41... Bxe5 $2 (
41... Nd3 42. Re3 Bxe5 $10 { ; this is why the rook should have gone to b6.
}) 42. Rxc6 Bd4+ 43. Kf1 Rf8 44. Re4 Nd5+ 45. Ke1 (45. Ke2 Nc3+ 46. Kd3
Nxe4 47. Kxd4 Ng5 48. Rxg6+ $16) 45... Bc3+ $2 (45... Nxb4 46. Rxg6+ Kh7
47. Rd6 Bxc5 $14) 46. Ke2 Bxb4 47. Kd3 Ba5 48. Kc4 (48. Rxg6+ $18) 48...
Nc3 $2 (48... Nf6 $16) 49. Rg4 $18 g5 50. Ra6 Nd1 51. Rd4 Ne3+ 52. Kd3 Nf5
53. Rd7 Bb4 54. Rg6+ Kh8 55. g4 Bxc5 56. gxf5 Rxf5 57. Rxh6+ $18 Kg8 58.
Rc6 Bf8 59. Rc8 Rf2 60. Ke3 Rf7 61. Rxf7 Kxf7 62. Ke4 Bd6 63. h3 Ke6 64.
Rc6 Kd7 65. Rc1 Ke6 66. Rf1 Be7 67. Rf5 Bd8 68. Rd5 Be7 69. Re5+ Kf6 70.
Rb5 Bd8 71. Kf3 Ke6 72. Kg4 Bf6 73. Rb6+ Ke5 74. Kh5 Kf5 75. Rb5+ Ke6 76.
Kg6 Be7 77. Rb1 Kd7 78. Kf7 Bd6 79. Rd1 Kc6 80. Ke6 Bc5 81. Rc1 Kb5 82. Kf5
Be3 83. Rc8 Kb6 84. Rg8 Kc6 85. Rxg5 Bxg5 86. Kxg5 Kd7 87. Kg6 Ke7 88. Kg7
Ke6 89. h4 Kf5 90. h5 Kg5 1-0