[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[WhiteICU "1934"]
[BlackICU "1952"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/games_irlch2017/g16.htm"]
[LastModified "Tue Mar 26 09:56:36 2024"]

{ Annotator: Alexander Baburin, <em>Chess Today</em>, CT-216 (6114), 4
August 2017. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Kb1 Bd6 14.
Ne2 O-O-O 15. c4 c5 16. Qc2 Rhe8 17. Nc3 a6 18. b3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bf4 20.
Ndb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qe5 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Nd6+ Kc7 24. Nxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rh3
Qe4 26. f3 Qxc2+ 27. Kxc2 Ra8 28. a4 Ra5 29. g4 Rg5 30. b4 e5 31. Rf1 e4
32. fxe4 Rxg4 33. Re3 Ne5 34. c5 Nxe4 35. Rd1 f5 36. Rd5 Rg2+ 37. Kd1 Nf2+
38. Ke1 Nfd3+ 39. Rdxd3 Nxd3+ 40. Rxd3 Rg4 41. Rd5 Rxb4 42. Rxf5 Kc6 43.
Rf7 Rh4 44. Rxg7 Rxh5 45. Kd2 Rg5 46. Rh7 h5 47. Kd3 Rxc5 48. Rh6+ Kc7 49.
Kd4 Ra5 50. Kc3 Kb8 51. Kb4 Rg5 52. a5 Ka7 53. Ka4 Rg4+ 54. Kb3 h4 55. Kb2
Rg2+ 56. Kb1 Rh2 57. Ka1 h3 58. Kb1 Kb8 59. a6 Rh1+ 60. Kb2 bxa6 61. Rxa6
Kc7 62. Rh6 Kd7 63. Kc2 Ke7 64. Kb2 Kf7 65. Kc2 $2 (65. Ra6 $1 { is the
only move that draws, per tablebases }) 65... Kg7 66. Rh4 Kg6 67. Rh8 Kg5
68. Kb2 Kf4 69. Rg8 Kf3 70. Rg7 Rd1 0-1