[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.09"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2157"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[WhiteICU "2204"]
[BlackICU "1979"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation, Normal position"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g237.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. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. e3 Rfe8 14. a3
Bf8 15. Nce2 Bg4 16. Rc1 Ne5 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Qb1 Ne4 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Rc1
Qd7 21. Qc2 Ng5 22. Nf4 Nef3+ 23. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 24. Kh1 Qd6 25. h3 Qh6 26. Qd1
Ne5 27. Qxd5 Nc6 28. Kg1 Be6 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Qb5 Ne7 31. Bd4 Nc6 32. Bxc6
Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. Qxc6 bxc6 35. b4 a6 36. Kf1 f6 37. Ke2 Kf7 38. Kd3
Ke6 39. Kc4 Bd6 40. Bc5 Be5 41. f4 Bc7 42. Bf8 Kf7 43. Bxg7 Kxg7 44. Kc5 a5
45. Kxc6 axb4 46. axb4 Bb8 47. b5 Kf7 48. b6 f5 49. Kd7 h5 50. b7 Ba7 51.
Kc8 Ke6 52. b8=Q Bxb8 53. Kxb8 Kd6 54. Kb7 Kd5 55. Kc7 Ke4 56. Kd6 Kf3 57.
Ke5 Kxg3 58. Kxf5 h4 59. Kg5 Kxh3 60. f5 Kg3 61. f6 h3 62. f7 h2 63. f8=Q
h1=Q 64. Qf4+ 1-0