[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Venkatesan, Kavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[WhiteICU "2261"]
[BlackICU "2288"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2512602"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g86.htm"]
[LastModified "Tue Aug  4 18:40:30 2026"]

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

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3
Ngf6 8. d3 c6 9. Nc3 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Kg2 Bd6
14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. d4 Bd6 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. e3 Bb8
20. Rb1 Rd6 21. b4 b5 22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Nc3 f5 26.
Be2 Rf8 27. Bd3 Qg5 28. Ne2 Rh6 29. Ra1 Qe7 30. Ra6 Rff6 31. Qb3 g5 32. Nc3
f4 33. Nxd5 f3+ 34. Kg1 cxd5 35. Qxd5+ Kh8 36. Rxf6 Rxf6 37. Qxg5 h6 38.
Qg4 Nf8 39. Qh4 Kg7 40. Rc1 Qxb4 41. Qg4+ Kh8 42. Rc5 Qe1+ 43. Bf1 Bxg3 44.
fxg3 Rg6 45. Qxf3 Rxg3+ 46. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 47. Kh1 b4 48. Rf5 Kg7 49. Bc4 Qxh3+
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