[Event "Irish Championship 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.08.04"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Rai, Oleksii"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[WhiteICU "1849"]
[BlackICU "2210"]
[WhiteClub "Gorey"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531526"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[ChessResultsKey "1466138"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.08.01"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2026_allfiles/games_irlch2026/g96.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 Nc6 6. f3 h5 7. Be3 Bd7 8.
Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O e6 10. Kb1 Be7 11. h4 Rc8 12. Bd3 b5 13. Nce2 Ne5 14. Rdg1
d5 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg5 dxe4 17. fxe4 Be7 18. Nf3 Nfg4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20.
Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd4 g6 22. Nf3 Qc5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rf1 Bc6 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26.
Rxf4 Ke7 27. Re1 e5 28. Rf2 Rhf8 29. a4 Rcd8 30. axb5 axb5 31. b3 Rd4 32.
g3 b4 33. Kb2 Rfd8 34. Ref1 Rf8 35. Re2 Ra8 36. Ref2 Rf8 37. Re2 f6 38. Ra1
Ra8 39. Rxa8 Bxa8 40. Re3 Kd6 41. c3 bxc3+ 42. Kxc3 Kc5 43. Re1 Bc6 44. Re3
Bb7 45. Re1 Rb4 46. Bc4 Bc6 47. Re3 Rb7 48. Re1 Kd6 49. Rd1+ Ke7 50. Re1
Ra7 51. Kb2 Ra8 52. b4 g5 53. hxg5 fxg5 54. Rh1 Rh8 55. Bd3 h4 56. gxh4
gxh4 57. Kc3 h3 58. Rh2 Bd7 59. b5 Kd6 60. Kb4 Rf8 61. b6 Rf3 62. Bb5 Bc8
63. Rd2+ Ke7 64. b7 Bxb7 65. Rd7+ Kf6 66. Rxb7 Re3 67. Bc6 Kg6 68. Rb8 Kg7
69. Kc4 h2 70. Rb1 Kf6 71. Kc5 Rc3+ 72. Kd6 Kg5 73. Rh1 Rc2 74. Kxe5 Rxc6
75. Rxh2 Kg6 76. Rf2 Ra6 77. Rd2 Kf7 78. Rd7+ Ke8 79. Rd6 Ra4 80. Rb6 Ke7
81. Rb7+ Ke8 82. Kf5 Ra6 83. e5 Rc6 84. Rb4 Ra6 85. Rg4 Kf7 86. Rh4 Ra1 87.
Rh7+ Kg8 88. Rd7 Kf8 89. Ke6 Ke8 90. Rd6 Rh1 91. Rd5 Rh6+ 92. Kf5 Rh5+ 93.
Kg6 Rh1 94. Rd4 Ke7 95. Kf5 1/2-1/2