[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.03"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Arun, Nitish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[WhiteICU "2119"]
[BlackICU "2179"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[BlackFideId "2524201"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g63.htm"]
[LastModified "Sun Aug  9 18:34:11 2026"]

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

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 Qa5 8.
O-O cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Rc1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14.
Ne5 Rac8 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qg3+ Kh8 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. Qg3+ Kh8 20.
Qf4 Kg7 21. Qg3+ 1/2-1/2