[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.01"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "O'Brien, James Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[WhiteICU "2204"]
[BlackICU "1997"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2518813"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g10.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. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. Nge2 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8.
Be3 Nd4 9. h4 Nec6 10. h5 Bd7 11. Nf4 a6 12. O-O b5 13. h6 Bf6 14. Nh3 b4
15. Ne2 e5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. f4 Bc6 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Nf2 Be7
21. Rae1 O-O-O 22. Bh3 f5 23. a3 a5 24. axb4 axb4 25. Qe2 Rde8 26. exf5
gxf5 27. Qh5 Rhf8 28. Ne4 Kb7 29. Ng5 Bxg5 30. fxg5 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Qf7 32.
Qxf7+ Rxf7 33. Re6 d5 34. Bg2 Rd7 35. g6 hxg6 36. Rxg6 1-0