[Event "Ulster Intermediate Championship 2025"]
[Site "Lisburn IRL"]
[Date "2025.08.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Black "McKeown, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1664"]
[WhiteUCU "1629"]
[BlackUCU "1340"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast South"]
[BlackClub "Lisburn"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510340"]
[BlackFideId "2524635"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "435031"]
[ICUTournamentId "2908"]
[EventDate "2025.08.23"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/ulsterint2025_allfiles/games_ulsterint2025/g1.htm"]
[LastModified "Mon Sep  8 11:34:44 2025"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/ulsterint2025_allfiles/pairings_ulsterint2025.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Bc5 7. O-O O-O
8. Be3 Bd6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Re1 Ne5 13. d4 Nxf3+ 14.
Nxf3 Re8 15. e5 Bf8 16. g4 Bg6 17. c4 f6 18. Nh4 Bf7 19. Qc2 fxe5 20. Ng6
Bxg6 21. Qxg6 exd4 22. Bxh6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Bf4 Bd6
26. Bxd6 cxd6 27. Re6 Rd8 28. Rxf6 d3 29. Rf3 Re8 30. Rxd3 Re2 1-0