[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.03"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[WhiteICU "2121"]
[BlackICU "1968"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Galway Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "2529343"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "classical with e4 and Nf3"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g67.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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 a6 13. Bc4 Nbd7 14. Bf4
Qe7 15. Rfe1 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. Bd2 Qh4 18. Ba2 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Bb1
Rf7 21. Ne4 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Nxd6 Nf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qxd6 25. Re6 Qf8 26.
Qe4 Rxf2 27. Bd3 Rf4 28. Qe2 Bd4+ 29. Kh1 Rf2 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Qxf1+
32. Bxf1 Rf8 33. Bc4 Kf7 34. Rb6 Re8 35. Rxb7+ Kf6 36. g3 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1
38. b3 Kf5 39. Bd3+ 1-0