[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.03"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Ryan, Joshua"]
[Black "Hayes, Peter J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[WhiteICU "1920"]
[BlackICU "2090"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516705"]
[BlackFideId "2502569"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g69.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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Qe7+ 6. Qe2 dxc4 7. Qxe7+
Nxe7 8. Bxc4 Nbc6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Na3 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Nc2 Be6
14. Bd2 Bxb3 15. Nxb4 Bc4 16. Rfc1 a5 17. Nc2 Bd5 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nd3 Rfd8
20. Bf4 Bc4 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Nc5 Nf5 23. Rd1 Bd5 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Re8
26. Kf2 Re7 27. b3 Kf7 28. Re1 Be4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Rac1 c6 31. Rc3 f5 32.
Kf3 Rde6 33. Rec1 g5 34. Kf2 f4 35. exf4 Rxf4+ 36. Kg3 h5 37. Rxc6 h4+ 38.
Kh2 g4 39. hxg4 Rxg4 40. Rxe6 Kxe6 41. Rc5 Rxd4 42. Rxb5 a4 43. Kh3 axb3
44. axb3 Kf6 45. b4 Kg6 46. Rb8 Kg5 47. b5 Rd1 48. Kh2 Rb1 49. b6 Kg6 50.
b7 Kg7 51. Kh3 Rb4 52. Kh2 Rb1 53. Kh3 Rb4 54. g3 hxg3 55. Kxg3 Kh7 56. Kf3
Kg7 57. Ke3 Kh7 58. Kd3 Kg7 59. Kc3 Rb1 60. Kc2 Rb4 61. Kd3 Kh7 62. Kc3 Rb1
63. Kd4 Rd1+ 64. Kc5 Rc1+ 65. Kb4 Rb1+ 66. Kc3 Kg7 67. Kc2 Rb4 1/2-1/2