[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Collins, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[WhiteICU "2005"]
[BlackICU "2314"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2512300"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g1.htm"]
[LastModified "Sat Aug  1 19:55:13 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/pairings_irlch2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Nd2 Nb6 9. e3 Bb4 10. h3 Bd3 11. Re1 Nfd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. a3 Be7 14. Nf3
Nd7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Bc3 b5 17. b4 Be4 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nb6 20. h4 Qc7
21. h5 Na4 22. Qc2 f6 23. Nf3 Qc6 24. Kg1 Bd6 25. h6 g6 26. Rac1 a5 27. Ra1
Qc7 28. Kg2 Nxc3 29. Qxc3 axb4 30. axb4 Qe7 0-1