[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.03"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "Stokes, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1885"]
[WhiteICU "2205"]
[BlackICU "1953"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514656"]
[BlackFideId "2503530"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g64.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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bh6 Qa5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. e5 Ng8 14.
h4 Be6 15. h5 Rab8 16. Rh4 c5 17. Ra4 Qb6 18. b3 c4 19. Qd4 cxb3 20. Qxb6
Rxb6 21. axb3 Rc8 22. Nxd5 Rxb3 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rxa7 Bf5 25. Rd2 e6 26.
Nf4 Re3 27. Be2 g5 28. Nh5+ Kh6 29. Ng3 Bg6 30. Ra5 Ne7 31. Kb2 Nc6 32. Rc5
Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Nxe5 34. Nf1 Kg7 35. Ne3 Rb8+ 36. Kc1 f5 37. Rd6 Kf7 38. Ra6
Rb7 39. Nc4 Nxc4 40. Bxc4 Re7 41. g3 f4 42. g4 Kf6 43. Bb3 Bf7 44. c4 Ke5
45. Kd2 Rd7+ 46. Kc3 Bg6 47. Kb4 Bd3 48. Rb6 Be2 49. c5 Re7 50. c6 Bxf3 51.
Kc5 Rc7 52. Ba4 Be4 53. Rb8 Rf7 54. Re8 Bd5 55. Kb6 Bxc6 56. Kxc6 f3 57.
Bb3 Rf6 58. Kd7 f2 59. Bxe6 Kd4 1/2-1/2