[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.08"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[WhiteICU "2261"]
[BlackICU "2119"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2514311"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g206.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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Nd4 Qd7 8.
a4 b4 9. Nd2 c5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. b3 h5 12. h3 Ng8 13. Nc4 h4 14. g4 d5 15.
Nd2 Bf6 16. Rb1 Nge7 17. f4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Be3 19. Nf3 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 dxe4 21.
dxe4 O-O-O 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Qe3 Qb6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. c3 Kb8 26. c4 Nd4 27.
Nexd4 cxd4 28. Qd3 Ng6 29. Qd2 Bxe4 30. Re1 Bxf3 31. Bxf3 Qd6 32. c5 Qc7
33. Qxb4+ Kc8 34. Re4 d3 35. Qd2 Ne7 36. a5 Nc6 37. b4 Rd4 38. Rxd4 Nxd4
39. Bg2 g5 40. Qxd3 Qxf4 41. Qe4 Qxe4 42. Bxe4 a6 43. Kg2 Kc7 44. Kf2 f5
45. Ke3 Nc6 46. gxf5 exf5 47. Bxf5 Nxb4 48. Kf3 Nc6 49. Kg4 Nxa5 50. Kxg5
Nb7 51. Kxh4 Nxc5 52. Kg5 Kd8 53. Kf6 Ke8 54. Kg7 a5 55. h4 a4 56. h5 a3
57. Bb1 Ne6+ 58. Kg8 Nf8 59. h6 Ke7 60. Kg7 Ne6+ 61. Kg8 Nf8 62. Ba2 Kf6
63. Kxf8 Kg6 1/2-1/2