[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.07"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[WhiteICU "1868"]
[BlackICU "1968"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Galway Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2529343"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g192.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 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Qd3 d6
8. Qc4 Qd7 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qe6+ Kd8 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. Qb3 Nxe4 13. Be3 Bc6
14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Rf8 16. Be3 Bb6 17. Rad1 Kc8 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. f4 Ng6
20. g3 Ra5 21. Rd2 Raf5 22. Rdf2 Kb8 23. c4 R5f6 24. Qc2 b5 25. cxb5 Bxb5
26. Rc1 R8f7 27. a4 Bc6 28. b4 Re7 29. b5 Be4 30. Qc3 d5 31. a5 Rd6 32. Qb4
Rf6 33. Qd4 b6 34. Ra2 Ref7 35. axb6 Rxb6 36. Qa4 Kc8 37. Qa8+ Kd7 38. Ra7
Kd6 39. Rc6+ 1-0