[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Black "Arun, Nitish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2088"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[WhiteICU "2105"]
[BlackICU "2179"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Junior"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14189208"]
[BlackFideId "2524201"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed (with ...d6)"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g118.htm"]
[LastModified "Sun Aug  9 18:34:12 2026"]

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

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. a4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nbd2
Qb6 15. Nf1 Nc6 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Be3 b4 19. Nd2 bxc3 20. bxc3
d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Bd2 Rd8 24. Qf3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Ne2
Bg5 27. Rb1 h6 28. Rb5 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. d4 Qe6 31. Rb2 f5 32. Bd3 Bh5
33. Qb7 Kh8 34. h4 f3 35. gxf3 Bxh4 36. Bxf5 cxd4 37. Nxd4 Qe1+ 38. Kg2
Qxc3 39. Ne6 Rg8 40. Be4 Bf6 41. Rb5 Be8 42. Rc5 Qd2 43. Rd5 Qb2 44. Qc7
Bh4 45. Qc5 Bf6 46. Nf4 Qb8 47. Ne2 Bf7 48. Rd7 Be6 49. Rb7 Qe5 50. Qxe5
Bxe5 51. Re7 Bc4 52. Rxe5 Bxe2 53. Bg6 Bc4 54. Rc5 Bb3 55. Rc7 Rf8 56. Kg3
Bg8 1/2-1/2