[Event "Irish Championship 2025"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2025.08.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Black "Gubanov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[WhiteICU "2255"]
[BlackICU "2233"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512602"]
[BlackFideId "14115115"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2025_allfiles/games_irlch2025/g134.htm"]
[LastModified "Tue Aug 12 11:24:02 2025"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2025_allfiles/pairings_irlch2025.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
h3 Re8 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Ne5 N6d7 12. Bf4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bf6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. O-O-O b5 16. Kb1 a5 17. g4 Ba6 18. Rhg1 a4 19. g5 Qd6 20. Ne2
b4 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Qd3 Ra5 23. Nf4 1/2-1/2