[Event "Williamson Shield 2026"]
[Site "Belfast IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Black "Tripathi, Anayraj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[WhiteUCU "1990"]
[BlackUCU "1770"]
[WhiteClub "Lisburn"]
[BlackClub "Lisburn"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501104"]
[BlackFideId "2523523"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Yusupov-Rubinstein system"]
[FIDETournamentId "431370"]
[Venue "Maynard Sinclair Pavilion, Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3TA"]
[EventDate "2026.01.23"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/williamson2026_allfiles/games_williamson2026/g21.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Jan 28 12:54:20 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/williamson2026_allfiles/pairings_williamson2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 c5 10. f4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bb5 Nf6 13. Nc6 Qc7 14.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. a4 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Nd5 17. Qg3 Qf6 18. Rab1 Qg6 19. Qf2 Rac8
20. Bc4 Nb4 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rbd1 Bd5 23. Qe2 Rc7 24. c3 $2 (24. Bb5 $16)
24... Nd3 $15 25. Bxd3 exd3 26. Rxd3 Rcd7 27. f5 $2 (27. Rf2 $15) 27...
exf5 $19 28. g3 Be4 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Qb5 Qd6 31. Re1 h6 32. Qe2 Qd2 33. c4
$2 (33. Qxd2 Rxd2 $19) 33... Qb4 34. Rd1 Rb7 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rc8 Rd7 37.
Bc1 Qxb3 38. Kf2 Rd1 39. Rb8 Qxa4 40. Bb2 Bd3 41. Qh5 Rf1+ 42. Kg2 Qc6+ 43.
Kh3 Rf2 0-1