[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.09"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Black "Fitzgerald, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[WhiteICU "1968"]
[BlackICU "1928"]
[WhiteClub "Galway Juniors"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529343"]
[BlackFideId "2511177"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g250.htm"]
[LastModified "Sun Aug  9 18:34:13 2026"]

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7
8. Nge2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qd2 Ndf6 12. f3 g6 13. O-O O-O 14.
Rae1 Bd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Kh7 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Nh5 19. Qf2 Rad8
20. e5 Be6 21. Ne4 Bd5 22. g4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Ng7 24. Rf4 Kg8 25. Bc4 Ne6 26.
Rf6 Kg7 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qc2 Rxf6 29. exf6+ Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Qc5 Rd5
32. Qxa7 Rg5 33. h3 h5 34. Qxb7 hxg4 35. h4 Rb5 36. Qxc6 Rxb2 37. a4 Rb4
38. d5 1-0