[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.09"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "O'Reilly, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1996"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[WhiteICU "2005"]
[BlackICU "2077"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2517540"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g239.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. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8.
e4 b5 9. d5 Nb4 10. b3 exd5 11. exd5 cxb3 12. Qxb3 c5 13. dxc6 Be6 14. Re1
Be7 15. Rxe6 fxe6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Ng5 O-O 18. Nxe6 Qd3 19. Nxf8+ Kxf8 20.
Qe6 Re8 21. Ne4 Qd5 22. Ng5 Qxe6 23. Nxe6+ Kf7 24. Ng5+ Kf8 25. c7 Nbd5 26.
Bh3 Nb6 27. Rc1 Nc8 28. Ne6+ Kf7 29. Nd8+ Bxd8 30. cxd8=Q Rxd8 31. Bxc8 a5
32. Bf5 Nd5 33. Bc7 Nxc7 34. Rxc7+ Kf6 35. Bd7 b4 36. Ra7 h6 37. Ra6+ Ke7
38. Bb5 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Ra1 40. Bc4 Rc1 41. Bb3 Rc5 42. Re6+ Kf8 43. Rd6 Rc7
44. Rd5 Ra7 45. Ba4 Ke7 46. h4 Ke6 47. Rb5 Kf6 48. h5 Ke7 49. g4 Kf6 50. f4
Ke7 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. Kh4 Kf7 53. g5 hxg5+ 54. Kxg5 Kg8 55. Rd5 Ra8 56. Rd6
Kh7 57. Bc2+ Kg8 58. Kg6 Rf8 59. Re6 Ra8 60. Ba4 Kh8 61. Re8+ 1-0