[Event "Irish Championship 2025"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2025.08.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Black "Liu, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[WhiteICU "2255"]
[BlackICU "2141"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512602"]
[BlackFideId "2514656"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[EventDate "2025.08.02"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2025_allfiles/games_irlch2025/g38.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 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Qc2 O-O 7. e4 e5
8. Bd3 Nc6 9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Be3 b6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Nd2 Nc5 14.
Bxc5 dxc5 15. Kh1 Qd6 16. g3 Bd7 17. Bf3 Rae8 1/2-1/2