[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[WhiteICU "2311"]
[BlackICU "2258"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Qd2 h6 7. Bh4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. O-O-O Bg7 11. Bc4 Bg4 12. Qe3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e6 14.
Rd2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Na5 16. Bb3 Rc8 17. f4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qc7
20. Rd3 Qc5 21. Qg3 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Re1 Qxa2 24. f5 e5 25. f4 Qa5 26.
Qg7 Rf8 27. Kd2 Qc5 28. Kd1 Rc6 29. Qxh6 Rg8 30. Qh7 Rf8 31. f6 exf4 32.
Qh6 Qe5 33. Rg1 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Qxc3 35. Qxf4 Qd4+ 36. Ke2 Qxg1 37. Qxd6 Qg4+
38. Ke3 Qh3+ 39. Kf2 Qh4+ 40. Ke3 Qe1+ 41. Kf3 Qf1+ 42. Ke3 Qg1+ 43. Ke2
Qg4+ 44. Ke3 Qh3+ 45. Kf2 Qh4+ 46. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martyn, Rafe"]
[Black "Delaney, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[BlackICU "2232"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "409626"]
[BlackFideId "2500060"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 Bb4 7. Ne2 c5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qd2 Qf7 14. Nb5
Ne8 15. Rd1 Qg6 16. b3 a6 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Bb2 d6 19. Kh1 Nf7 20. dxe6 Qxe6
21. Nd5 Nc7 22. Qc3 Ne5 23. f4 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 c4 26. Rad1 cxb3
27. Qd4 Rc7 28. Rxd6 Qe7 29. fxe5 Qg5 30. Bf3 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[WhiteICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2401878"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 d5 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Nf3
Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Nd1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Rc8 12. O-O Qc7 13. Nf2 Qxc2 14. Bd2
d3 15. Nxd3 Rd8 16. Rf3 Bb4 17. Rd1 Bxd2 18. Rxd2 Qc4 19. Qd1 Nf6 20. Ne5
Qc5+ 21. Kf1 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 O-O 23. Rc3 Qb4 24. Nd3 Qd4 25. Qf2 Qd8 26. Nc5
Ba8 27. Rd3 Qc7 28. Qd4 a5 29. Qd6 Qa7 30. Nd7 Nxd7 31. Qxd7 Qc5 32. Rc3
Qb4 33. Rc8 g6 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qxa8 Qc4+ 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38.
Kf1 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kf1 Qd3+ 42. Kf2 Qd2+ 43. Kf3 Qd1+
44. Ke3 Qc1+ 45. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[WhiteICU "2449"]
[BlackICU "2335"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5 7. Nc3 d4 8.
Nb5 Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c6 13. Nc3 Bc5 14.
Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Burns-Mannion, Stephen"]
[Black "Makepeace, Phil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2400111"]
[BlackFideId "413550"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxe4 7. Qe2 e3 8.
Qxe3 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qg5 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Re8 12. O-O e5 13. Ng3 h6 14. Qh4
Nd5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Ne4 b6 17. Re1 exd4 18. cxd4 Nf8 19. Bb2 Nf4 20. Bf1
Bf5 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. c4 Rad8 23. Rd2 N8e6 24. Red1 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Nc5 26. g3
Nfe6 27. Bg2 Nb3 28. d5 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 cxd5 30. cxd5 Nc7 31. Bh3 Rd6 32. Be5
Ne8 33. Rc2 Rg6 34. Bf4 b5 35. Bf1 a6 36. Bg2 Rb6 37. e5 b4 38. axb4 Rxb4
39. d6 g5 40. Be3 f6 41. exf6 Nxf6 42. Bc5 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Nd7 44. Ba3 Rf8+
45. Ke2 Re8+ 46. Kd2 Rbe1 47. Bf3 R1e3 48. Bh5 R8e5 49. Rc8+ Kh7 50. Bb2
Nf6 51. Rc7+ Kg8 52. d7 Nxd7 53. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Makepeace, Phil"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "413550"]
[BlackFideId "2401878"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Nd4 14.
Ne1 a5 15. Kh2 c6 16. f3 Nd7 17. Rf2 Nc5 18. Rb1 Rd7 19. b3 Bf8 20. Rd2
Rad8 21. Kh1 Be7 22. g3 Kg7 23. Rf2 h6 24. Kg2 Na6 25. Na2 c5 26. c3 Nc6
27. h4 c4 28. bxc4 Bc5 29. Nc2 Bxe3 30. Nxe3 Nc5 31. Rb5 Nxa4 32. Ng4 b6
33. Nxe5 Nxe5 34. Rxe5 Nc5 35. Re2 Rd2 36. Kf1 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 R8d2 38. Nc1
Kf6 39. f4 Nd3 40. Nxd3 Rxe2+ 41. Kf3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Delaney, John"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[WhiteICU "2232"]
[BlackICU "2449"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteFideId "2500060"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Worrall attack, solid line"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
h3 Na5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d3 c6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Nh7 13. Nd1 Nxb3 14. axb3 f5
15. b4 Qe8 16. Kh1 fxe4 17. dxe4 Be6 18. b3 Qf7 19. Ng1 Nf6 20. Ra2 d5 21.
exd5 Nxd5 22. Qxe5 Nxb4 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24. Qe4 c5 25. Ne3 a5 26. Ne2 Rae8
27. Qd3 c4 28. bxc4 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Qd1 Rd8 31. Qa1 c3 32. Nc1 Qxf2
0-1

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[WhiteICU "2258"]
[BlackICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2501961"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Nc3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ba6 Rc7 14.
Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burns-Mannion, Stephen"]
[Black "Martyn, Rafe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2400111"]
[BlackFideId "409626"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Bb5 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bxc5 8.
Bxc5 Qxc5 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. O-O a6 11. Ba4 Qc7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bb3
Ng6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Ng5 Nf4 19. Qg4 Ne5 20. Qg3
Raf8 21. Ne2 Neg6 22. h5 Nxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Nf4 24. Re3 Qb6 25. Rce1 Kh8 26.
Rf3 Qd6 27. Nxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Rxf4 Re8 30. Qf3 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qe7
32. Rf7 Qe5+ 33. g3 Qb8 34. Bxd5 Bxd5 35. Qxd5 h6 36. Qf3 Qe5 37. c3 Qe6
38. a3 Qb3 39. Ra7 Qxb2 40. Rxa6 Rc8 41. Rxh6+ gxh6 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qe6+
Kg7 44. Qxc8 Qxf2+ 45. Kh3 Qf1+ 46. Kg4 Qe2+ 47. Kh4 Qe7+ 48. Kh3 Qe5 49.
Qg4+ Kh7 50. Qg6+ Kh8 51. Qxh6+ Kg8 52. Qg6+ Kh8 53. h6 Qxc3 54. Qg7+ Qxg7
55. hxg7+ Kxg7 56. Kg4 Kg6 57. Kf4 Kf6 58. Ke4 Ke6 59. Kd4 Kd6 60. Kc3 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[WhiteICU "2335"]
[BlackICU "2311"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8
8. O-O c6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Ng4 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5
14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. Bf1 Rad8 17. Bc4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 b5 19. Bd3 Bf6
20. a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ree1 Qb6 23. Be4 c5 24. Red1 c4 25. c3 Rxd1+
26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Ra8 Rxa8 28. Bxa8 Qd8 29. Qf3 Bg5 30. Bc6 b4 31. Bd5 bxc3
32. bxc3 Be7 33. Bxc4 Bc5 34. Qc6 Qe7 35. Qc8+ Qf8 36. Bxf7+ Kh8 37. Qxf8+
Bxf8 38. f3 Be7 39. c4 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Delaney, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[WhiteICU "2311"]
[BlackICU "2232"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2500060"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h4 Nd7 5. h5 c5 6. d5 a6 7. g4 Qa5 8. Qd2
b5 9. g5 Nb6 10. h6 Bf8 11. b3 e5 12. f4 f6 13. Bb2 c4 14. a3 cxb3 15. cxb3
Nd7 16. Nf3 Be7 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 fxe5 19. Rg1 Qb6 20. Rg3 Bd7 21. Ne2
Rc8 22. Nd4 Nxh6 23. Bh3 Bxh3 24. Rxh3 Nf7 25. Nf3 Nxg5 26. Nxg5 Qg1+ 27.
Ke2 Qxg5 28. Qxg5 Bxg5 29. Kd3 O-O 30. a4 b4 31. Rg1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[BlackICU "2258"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2401878"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 a5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. b3 Nb6 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. a4 Bd7 14. h4
Bxh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Rb1 Nc8 17. Re3 Qe7 18. Rg3 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20.
Qh5+ Qf7 21. Qh6 N8e7 22. Nf3 Rg8 23. Rxg8+ Nxg8 24. Qf4 Nge7 25. Qg3 Ng6
26. Ba3 O-O-O 27. Bd6 Be8 28. Rb6 Qd7 29. Bc5 Qc7 30. Qh3 Nf4 31. Qh4 f5
32. Kf1 Ng6 33. Qf6 Bd7 34. g3 Rh8 35. Ng5 Nd8 36. Qg7 Bc6 37. Qf6 Re8 38.
Rb1 Qd7 39. Kg2 Bxa4 40. Bxf5 exf5 41. Qa6+ Qb7 42. Rxb7 Nxb7 43. Nf7 Kc7
44. Bb6+ 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Martyn, Rafe"]
[Black "Makepeace, Phil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "409626"]
[BlackFideId "413550"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. Qa4+ Nbd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6
8. Qd3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. N4b3
Nbd5 14. O-O O-O 15. e4 Nb4 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Be4 Bd7 18. a3 Nc6 19. f4 Nce7
20. Rfc1 b6 21. Nc4 Rab8 22. Nd6 Rfd8 23. Nd4 g6 24. Kf2 Kg7 25. b4 Ba4 26.
Kf3 Rf8 27. Ra2 Kg8 28. Rd2 h5 29. h3 Kg7 30. g4 hxg4+ 31. hxg4 Rh8 32. f5
Rh3+ 33. Kf2 Rh2+ 34. Bg2 gxf5 35. Kg1 Rbh8 36. gxf5 exf5 37. N4xf5+ Nxf5
38. Nxf5+ Kg6 39. Rf1 Nc3 40. Rd6+ Kg5 41. Nd4 R2h5 42. Rxf7 Bd1 43. Ne6+
Kh4 44. Rg7 Rxe5 45. Rd4+ Kh5 46. Nf4+ Kh4 47. Ng6+ Kg5 48. Nxh8+ Kh6 49.
Rg6+ Kh5 50. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[WhiteICU "2254"]
[BlackICU "2335"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14.
Na4 Qh4 15. Rhf1 Bb7 16. Rf3 f5 17. Rh3 Qe7 18. Rg1 g6 19. g4 Kh8 20. Rhg3
Ndxe5 21. Nac5 Nxg4 22. Qxe6 Qxe6 23. Nxe6 Rf7 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Nbc5 Re8 26.
Ng5 Rfe7 27. Bxa6 Bxa6 28. Nxa6 Ra8 29. Nc5 Rxa2 30. R1g2 Nh5 31. Rf3 Nd4
32. Rff2 Re1+ 33. Kd2 Raa1 34. Kd3 Rad1+ 35. Rd2 Nxf4+ 36. Kxd4 Nxg2 37.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 38. Ke5 Kg7 39. Nce6+ Kh6 40. Kf6 Kh5 41. Nf3 Kg4 42. Ned4 Rxd4
43. Nxd4 f4 0-1

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Burns-Mannion, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[WhiteICU "2449"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2400111"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qxb6
axb6 8. Nc3 e6 9. d3 Nc6 10. O-O Bb4 11. Nb5 Kd7 12. a3 Rhc8 13. Bf4 Be7
14. Rfc1 h6 15. b4 g5 16. Ne5+ Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bg4 18. Kf1 Rc6 19. h3 Bh5 20.
g4 Bg6 21. f4 gxf4 22. Bxf4 h5 23. g5 Nh7 24. h4 f6 25. Nd4 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1
e5 27. Bh3+ Ke8 28. Nb5 Kf7 29. gxf6 Kxf6 30. Bg3 Rf8 31. Nc7 Bf7 32. Kg1
Bd6 33. Nb5 Bb8 34. Nc7 e4 35. Bf2 exd3 36. exd3 Rg8+ 37. Kf1 Nf8 38. Bd4+
Kg6 39. Bxb6 Kh7 40. Bf2 Ng6 41. Bf5 Rd8 42. Re1 Kg8 43. Ne6 Re8 44. Nc5
Rf8 45. Nd7 Rd8 46. Bb6 Nxh4 47. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Martyn, Rafe"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[BlackICU "2449"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "409626"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. b4 Ba7 11. Bb2 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4
Bb8 15. O-O O-O 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. b5 Rc8 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rxa6
Qxa6 21. Qa4 Qb6 22. Nb5 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Qc6 24. Bb2 h6 25. Qb3 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Makepeace, Phil"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[BlackICU "2258"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "413550"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 d4 6. Bg2 e5 7. h3 Be7 8. O-O
h5 9. Nh2 h4 10. g4 g5 11. Bd2 f6 12. a4 Bd6 13. Na3 Be6 14. Rfb1 Nge7 15.
Qe1 Ng6 16. Bf1 Rh7 17. Kh1 Rd7 18. Kg1 Bc7 19. Nb5 Ba5 20. Bxa5 Qxa5 21.
Qxa5 Nxa5 22. b3 Nf4 23. Nf3 Ke7 24. Nd2 b6 25. Na3 Rb8 26. Ndc4 Nc6 27.
Kh2 a6 28. Rb2 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nd2 Ra7 0-1

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Delaney, John"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[WhiteICU "2232"]
[BlackICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteFideId "2500060"]
[BlackFideId "2501961"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 c5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bxb4 cxb4 10. Nbd2 d6 11. e3 a5 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Ng5
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Na6 19. Qg4 Rad8 20.
Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 g6 22. Rd7 Rxd7 23. Qxd7 Qe6 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. Nd6 h5 26.
Qxb6 h4 27. Qxa6 h3+ 28. Kg1 e4 29. Qb6 Qg4 30. Qd4+ Kf8 31. Nxe4 f5 32.
Qd8+ Kf7 33. f3 Qh5 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35. Ng5 Kd7 36. c5 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Burns-Mannion, Stephen"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[BlackICU "2311"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2400111"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6
8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be6 10. f3 Nd7 11. g4 Bg5 12. Qe3 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Qh4
14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. hxg3 f6 16. Nb5 Rfc8 17. Nd4 Bf7 18. Bh3 g5 19. Bf1 Nf8
20. Nf5 Re8 21. Bb5 Re5 22. Bd3 Bg6 23. Nd4 Re7 24. Bc4+ Kg7 25. Bd5 Rb8
26. Rhe1 a6 27. c3 Rbe8 28. Nc2 c6 29. Bb3 Rd7 30. Ne3 b5 31. Rd2 h6 32.
Red1 Red8 33. Rh2 Re7 34. Nc2 c5 35. Ne3 c4 36. Bc2 Ne6 37. Rhd2 Red7 38.
Nd5 Rb7 39. Ne3 Rbd7 40. Nd5 Rb7 41. f4 Nc5 42. Re1 Rbd7 43. b4 cxb3 44.
axb3 a5 45. b4 axb4 46. cxb4 Na6 47. Kb2 Bf7 48. Ra1 Bxd5 49. Rxa6 Bc4 50.
Bb3 Bxb3 51. Kxb3 gxf4 52. gxf4 d5 53. e5 fxe5 54. fxe5 d4 55. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[WhiteICU "2335"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2401878"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O Bc6 8.
Re1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qh5 11. Ne5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bd6 13. Nxc6 bxc6
14. Bd2 Nb6 15. Rac1 Kd7 16. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Martyn, Rafe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[WhiteICU "2311"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "409626"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. c3 f6 8. b4
Bb6 9. b5 Nce7 10. O-O fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Ndf3 Bd7 14. c4
Be8 15. Qb3 Qd6 16. Ba3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Qb2 Qd6 20. Rfe1
Ng6 21. Bxg6 Bxg6 22. Qd4 b6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Ne5 Rfd8 25. Nxg6 Kh7 26.
Ne5 dxc4 27. Qh4+ Kg8 28. Nxc4 Qc5 29. Qh3 Rd4 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Qh3+ Kg8
32. Nxb6 Qxc1 33. Qxc8+ Qxc8 34. Nxc8 Ra4 35. h3 Rxa2 36. Re7 a5 37. b6 a4
38. Ra7 a3 39. b7 Rb2 40. Ra8 a2 41. Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Delaney, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[BlackICU "2232"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2401878"]
[BlackFideId "2500060"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e4 Bb4
8. Be3 Qc7 9. Bd3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ne5 11. c5 O-O 12. f4 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 b6
14. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Burns-Mannion, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[WhiteICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2400111"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. O-O d6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Ng3 g5 14. Nh2
Qg6 15. d4 Kh8 16. Bc2 f6 17. Nhf1 Bd7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Qg7 20. Ng3
Rfe8 21. Qd2 d5 22. b4 Rad8 23. a4 Bb6 24. a5 Ba7 25. Ba4 Bb8 26. Rad1 Qd7
27. dxe5 fxe5 28. Bc5 Qf7 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Bd4 Re8 32. Re1
Qf6 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Qe3 Rxe3 35. Bxf6+ Kg8 36. fxe3 Ba7 37. Kf2 Nd3+ 38.
Ke2 Nb2 39. Bd8 Bb8 40. e4 Nc4 41. Bf6 Kf7 42. Bd4 c5 43. Bxc5 c6 44. Nf1
dxe4 45. Nd2 Nxd2 46. Kxd2 Kf6 47. g4 Ke5 48. c4 h5 49. Ke3 hxg4 50. hxg4
Bc7 51. Bd4+ Kd6 52. Kxe4 Bd8 53. Bc5+ Kd7 54. Ke5 Bc7+ 55. Kf6 Ke8 56.
Kxg5 Kf7 57. Kh5 Be5 58. g5 Bc3 59. g6+ Kf6 60. Kh6 Kxf5 61. g7 Bxg7+ 62.
Kxg7 Ke4 63. Kf6 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[WhiteICU "2258"]
[BlackICU "2335"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. d4 Bg4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be6 14. f4
Qd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Rad8 17. f5 Bd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. f6
gxf6 21. exf6 Bd6 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Kg2 Bc7 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.
Kf3 Kf8 27. Ke4 Ke8 28. Kd5 Kd7 29. Be5 h5 30. h3 b5 31. Kxc5 Ke6 32. Bc3
a6 33. Kc6 Bxf6 34. Be1 Bd8 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4 f5 37. Bf2 Ke5 38. Bc5 h4
39. gxh4 Bxh4 40. Kb6 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Makepeace, Phil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[WhiteICU "2449"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "413550"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "anti-Caro-Kann defence"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. Be2 a5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nd7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Be2 e5 11. Qd2 Ngf6 12. d5 O-O 13. dxc6 bxc6 14.
Rfd1 Ne8 15. Na4 f5 16. f3 Rb8 17. Rac1 fxe4 18. fxe4 Ndf6 19. Bf3 Qd8 20.
Nc3 Rf7 21. c5 d5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. exd5 e4 24. Be2 Nd7 25. b3 Be5 26. Bg5
Ndf6 27. d6 h6 28. Bc4 hxg5 29. Qxg5 Kg7 30. Qxe5 Rf8 31. c6 Qb6+ 32. Kh1
Kh6 33. Be6 Nxd6 34. Qf4+ g5 35. Qxd6 Rbe8 36. Bd7 Rd8 37. c7 Qxd6 38. Rxd6
Rxd7 39. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Martyn, Rafe"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[BlackICU "2254"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "409626"]
[BlackFideId "2501961"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. e3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nfd2 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nxc4
b5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. b4 a4 18. Qd2 Rab8 19. Rfc1 Bc8 20. Bf1
Bd7 21. Bd3 Qf3 22. Be2 Qf5 23. Bd3 Qf3 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Bxe2 f5 26. f4 e4
27. Kf2 Rfc8 28. g4 Rb7 29. Ke1 fxg4 30. Kd2 Rb6 31. Bf1 Re8 32. Bg2 Bf5
33. Re1 Ng6 34. Bf1 Bd7 35. Bg2 Bf5 36. Ne2 Nh4 37. Bh1 Nf3+ 38. Bxf3 gxf3
39. Ng3 Bg6 40. Red1 Rbb8 41. Rac1 Rbc8 42. Ke1 Rxc1 43. Rxc1 Bf7 44. Nf5
Rd8 45. Rc7 Kf8 46. Nd4 Rb8 47. Nf5 Rd8 48. Nd4 Rb8 49. Nf5 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Makepeace, Phil"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[BlackICU "2335"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "413550"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Qh5 a6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
O-O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 h6 10. h4 Qa5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qg4 g6 13. Bd3 Nxc5 14.
Qf4 Bd7 15. Qf6 Rh7 16. h5 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 g5 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Nb3 Qc7 20.
Re1 Nf5 21. g4 Nh4 22. Rg1 Qe7 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Nd4 Rf8 25. f4 f6 26.
exf6+ Rxf6 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Re3 Kd6 29. Rge1 Re7 30. Re5 Ng2 31. R1e2 Nf4
32. Re1 Ng2 33. R1e2 Nf4 34. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Delaney, John"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[WhiteICU "2232"]
[BlackICU "2258"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteFideId "2500060"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system, Kotov variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Bg4 8.
Qd2 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 Nxe2 10. Bxe2 Nf6 11. Bf3 O-O 12. h4 h5 13. O-O-O Rb8 14.
Bh6 Kh7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rde1 Qc7 17. Bd1 Rh8 18. f4 b5 19. e5 Ng8 20. Bc2
bxc4 21. Qc3 f6 22. Rh3 Qb7 23. Rg3 Rh6 24. exd6 exd6 25. f5 Qxd5 26. fxg6
Qd4 27. Rd1 Qxc3 28. Rxc3 Rb6 29. Re3 Rb7 30. Rxd6 Ne7 31. Rf3 f5 32. Bxf5
Nxf5 33. Rxf5 Rxg6 34. Rxg6+ Kxg6 35. Rxc5 Rf7 36. Rxc4 Rf1+ 37. Kc2 Rf2+
38. Kc3 Rxg2 39. a4 Rg3+ 40. Kb4 Kf6 41. a5 Ke6 42. Kc5 Ke5 43. b4 a6 44.
Kb6 Rg4 45. Rc5+ Kd6 46. b5 axb5 47. Rxh5 b4 48. a6 b3 49. a7 Rb4+ 50. Ka5
b2 51. a8=Q b1=Q 52. Qd5+ Ke7 53. Re5+ Kf6 54. Qd6+ Kg7 55. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[WhiteICU "2449"]
[BlackICU "2311"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nf6
8. O-O Nc6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nb5 Qb8 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bh6 Rd8 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. g3 e5 16. Rfe1 a6 17. Na3 b5 18. Be4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Nxe4 20.
Qxe4 Re8 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Nc2 Bb7 23. Qh4 f6 24. Ne3 Ne7 25. Nd2 Qc6 26. f3
Rad8 27. c4 Rd4 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Qh3 Red8 30. Ne4 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32.
Nxd1 f5 33. Qh4 Ng8 34. Nef2 Qxf3 35. Kf1 Qg2+ 36. Ke1 Bf3 37. Qd8 Qg1+ 38.
Kd2 Bxd1 39. Nxd1 Qxh2+ 40. Kc1 Qxg3 41. Qd7+ Kh6 42. Qxb5 e4 43. a4 e3 44.
Qb3 Qc7+ 45. Kb1 f4 46. Nxe3 fxe3 47. Qxg8 Qf4 48. Qe6 Qf1+ 49. Kc2 e2 50.
Qe3+ g5 51. Qe6+ Kh5 52. Qe8+ Kh4 53. Qe4+ Kg3 54. Qe5+ Kh3 55. Qe3+ Kh2
56. Qe5+ Kh1 57. Qe4+ Qg2 58. Qxh7+ Kg1 59. Kd2 Kf1 60. Qf5+ Kg1 61. Qe5
Kf1 62. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Burns-Mannion, Stephen"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2400111"]
[BlackFideId "2401878"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6
8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14.
Bxe7 Ndxe7 15. Nc5 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Burns-Mannion, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[WhiteICU "2258"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2400111"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "London defensive system"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 h6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. a3 a5 11. Ra2 Bh7 12. Qa1 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Rc1
Qb6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Rfc8 17. Rac2 Rxc2 18. Rxc2 Bc5 19. Bxf6 Bxf2+
20. Kf1 Bg1 21. Qe1 gxf6 22. Nf3 Be3 23. Qc3 Kg7 24. Qc6 Qb8 25. Bh3 Ra7
26. Ne1 b4 27. a4 Qe5 28. Qc8 Bb6 29. Ng2 Qd4 30. Ke1 Qg1+ 31. Kd2 Bd4 32.
Rc1 Bc3+ 33. Kc2 Bxd3+ 0-1

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Makepeace, Phil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[WhiteICU "2311"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "413550"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bf4 dxe4 6. fxe4 Nf6 7. Qd3 Qa5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O-O b6 10. Kb1 Ba6 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 b5 14. N2g3
Qd8 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bd3 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nc5 Na6 20. Nxa6
Bxa6 21. Qxc6 Bb7 22. Qxb5 Bxg2 23. Rhg1 Rab8 24. Qa5 Qb7 25. b3 Bf3 26.
Rde1 Qd7 27. Qe5 Rb6 28. Ref1 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Nxd5 30. c4 Ne3 31. Re1 Ng4 32.
c5 Rb4 33. Bc4 Bd5 34. Nh5 Bxc4 35. Rxg4 Bd3+ 36. Kb2 Bg6 37. Ng3 Rf2+ 38.
Re2 Rxe2+ 39. Nxe2 Bh5 40. Re4 Bxe2 41. Kc3 Bf3 42. Re3 Rb7 43. Rxf3 g5 44.
Kc4 Rc7 45. Rf6 Kg7 46. Rxe6 Kf7 47. d5 h5 48. Rh6 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Martyn, Rafe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2401878"]
[BlackFideId "409626"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6
8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxd5
Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qc6 15. Bg5 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Qd4 Rh5 19. h4
Rc8 20. Rd2 Be7 21. Bxe7 Rd5 22. Qa4+ Kxe7 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Rd1 Qc4 25.
Qa3+ Rc5 26. Qe3+ Kf8 27. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[WhiteICU "2254"]
[BlackICU "2449"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. O-O d6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ng3
Rad8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qb5 17. Ba4 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Rxb7 Nd5 20.
Bxc6 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bd5 22. Rxc7 Qa5 23. Bxe8 Qxc7 24. e4 Be6 25. Ba4 Qxc3
26. Ne2 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Nxe5 Re3 29. Nd4 Rxe4 30. Nef3 Bd5 31. Kf2
Kf8 32. Bc2 Re8 33. Ba4 Rb8 34. Ke3 Rb2 35. Ne2 a5 36. Nc3 Bb7 37. g3 Rb4
38. Nd2 Bc8 39. h4 Be6 40. Nde4 Bb3 41. Bc6 a4 42. Nd2 Bc2 43. Nd5 Rg4 44.
Kf3 Rd4 45. Ke2 a3 46. Ne3 Bd3+ 47. Ke1 a2 0-1

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Delaney, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[WhiteICU "2335"]
[BlackICU "2232"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500060"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nxe4 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+
e6 8. Qxe4 d5 9. Qf3+ Kg8 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Ng6 12. Nf3 b6 13. cxb6 axb6
14. Qb5 Bd7 15. Qxb6 Qxb6 16. Bxb6 Rb8 17. Bd4 Rxb2 18. O-O Nf4 19. Nbd2
Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Bd6 22. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Kf7 24. Rb7 Ke7 25.
g3 Rb8 26. Rxb8 Bxb8 27. Kg2 Bb5 28. Ne5 Ba7 29. Nb3 Kf6 30. Kf3 h6 31. Ke3
Bb8 32. f4 g5 33. a4 gxf4+ 34. gxf4 Be8 35. Ng4+ Kf5 36. Nxh6+ Kg6 37. Ng4
Bxa4 38. Nc5 Bc2 39. Kf3 Bf5 40. Ne5+ Kh5 41. Kg3 Bc7 42. Nc6 Bb6 43. Nd7
Bc7 44. Ne7 Bd3 45. Nc5 Bf5 46. Nd7 Bc2 47. Nf6+ Kh6 48. Ng4+ Kg7 49. Nc6
Bb6 50. Nge5 Ba4 51. Kg4 Bd1+ 52. Kg5 Bc7 53. h4 Ba4 54. h5 Bd6 55. h6+ Kh7
56. Nf7 Bxf4+ 57. Kxf4 Bxc6 58. Kg5 Bb5 59. Ne5 Ba4 60. Ng4 Bc2 61. Nf6+
Kh8 62. Kf4 Bf5 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Martyn, Rafe"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[BlackICU "2258"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "409626"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6
8. Nc3 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nge2 h5 11. h3 Nbd7 12. f4 a5 13. O-O Nc5 14. Rae1
Bd7 15. b3 Kf8 16. Nc1 g6 17. a3 Kg7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na4 20. Nd3 e4
21. Nf2 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Kh7 23. Ra1 c6 24. Qd4 cxd5 25. cxd5 Bf5 26. Rfc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Tate, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[WhiteICU "2449"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2401878"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Botvinnik system"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. g3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 Be6 7. Nge2 Qd7 8.
Nd5 Nce7 9. d4 c6 10. Ne3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bh3 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Rb1 Bxg2 14.
Kxg2 f5 15. Qd3 fxe4 16. Qxe4 d5 17. cxd5 Nf6 18. Qe6 Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5
20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Rd1 Rde8 22. Nf3 Re2 23. Rd2 Rhe8 24. Kf1 R2e4 25. b3
Kc7 26. Bb2 Bh6 27. Rd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[WhiteICU "2311"]
[BlackICU "2254"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2501961"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

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blog. } { Reference: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 f6 7. O-O Nf7 8. Re1
fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nfxe5 10. dxe5 g6 11. Bb5 Bg7 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Be3 O-O 14.
Bxc5 Rf5 15. Bd6 Qb6 16. Qc2 c5 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Nf1 Qc6 19. Ne3 Rf4 20. f3
Rc8 21. Qf2 d4 22. Qg3 Rf7 23. Ng4 Qb6 24. c4 Qxb2 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. exf6
Ba6 27. Qe5 Bxc4 28. Bxc5 Rd8 29. Rab1 Qc3 30. Rbc1 Qd3 31. Be7 Re8 32.
Red1 Qe2 33. Qxd4 Bd5 34. Qxa7 h6 35. a3 Ra8 36. Qf2 Qe5 37. Re1 Qf5 38.
Qd4 g5 39. h4 gxh4 40. Qxh4 Kh7 41. Qf2 Rg8 42. Qc2 Bxf3 43. Qxf5+ exf5 44.
Kf2 Bd5 45. g3 Rg4 46. Re5 Be4 47. a4 h5 48. a5 h4 49. gxh4 Rxh4 50. Ra1
Kg6 51. a6 Rh8 52. a7 Ba8 53. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Makepeace, Phil"]
[Black "Delaney, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[BlackICU "2232"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "413550"]
[BlackFideId "2500060"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Qe2 e6 7. Rd1
Nf6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Bg5 a6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Nc3 Qc5 13. Be3 Qc7
14. a4 Nd7 15. Bd4 Bf6 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Ra3 O-O 19. Rb3 Qc6
20. f3 Rac8 21. Qd3 g6 22. g3 Rfd8 23. Kg2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 d5 25. e5 Rd7 26.
Qd4 Qc4 27. Qxc4 Rxc4 28. Ra3 Rdc7 29. Rd3 f6 30. exf6 Kf7 31. Kf2 Kxf6 32.
Ke2 Ke5 33. Kd2 h5 34. Re3+ Kf5 35. Rd3 h4 36. Rd4 g5 37. Kd3 Ke5 38. Rb3
hxg3 39. hxg3 Kf5 40. Ra3 R7c5 41. a5 e5 42. Rxc4 Rxc4 43. Rb3 g4 44. fxg4+
Rxg4 45. Rxb7 Rxg3+ 46. Kd2 Rg2+ 47. Kd3 e4+ 48. Kd4 Rd2+ 49. Kc5 e3 50.
Re7 Kf4 51. c4 d4 52. Kd5 Kf3 53. c5 e2 54. c6 Rxc2 55. Kxd4 Rxc6 56. Kd3
Rd6+ 57. Kc2 Rd1 58. Rf7+ Kg4 59. Rg7+ 0-1

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Burns-Mannion, Stephen"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[BlackICU "2335"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2400111"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "224"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation, main line"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. c3 Qd6 13. Be3 Bxe3
14. Rxe3 Nf5 15. Re2 Be6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rae1 Rac8 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. h4 Ng7
20. Nfd4 Bg4 21. Re3 Qf6 22. g3 Rce8 23. f3 Bd7 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8 Bxe8
26. Qe3 Bd7 27. Kg2 Ne5 28. Bb1 Nh5 29. Nc5 Nc4 30. Qf2 Bc8 31. b3 Nd6 32.
Qe3 b6 33. Nd3 Nf5 34. Nxf5 Bxf5 35. g4 Bxd3 36. Bxd3 Qf4 37. Qe1 Ng7 38.
h5 Qf6 39. hxg6+ fxg6 40. Qe3 Ne6 41. Kg3 Kg7 42. c4 d4 43. Qe4 Nc5 44. Qe2
a5 45. f4 Qd6 46. Kf3 g5 47. fxg5 hxg5 48. Bf5 d3 49. Qb2+ Kg8 50. Qd2 Qc6+
51. Ke3 Qh1 52. Bxd3 Qh3+ 53. Kd4 Qxg4+ 54. Kc3 Kg7 55. Kc2 Kf6 56. Qc3+
Ke6 57. Qe1+ Kd6 58. Bg6 Qf4 59. Qd1+ Ke7 60. Qe2+ Kf6 61. Bh5 Ne6 62. Kb2
Qd4+ 63. Ka3 Nf4 64. Qe8 Qd6+ 65. Kb2 Qd2+ 66. Ka3 Qd6+ 67. Kb2 Qe5+ 68.
Qxe5+ Kxe5 69. Bd1 Kd4 70. a3 Nd3+ 71. Kc2 Nf2 72. Bf3 g4 73. Bg2 g3 74.
Kd2 Ng4 75. Bc6 Ne5 76. Ba8 Nd3 77. Bc6 Nf4 78. Ke1 Kc3 79. b4 axb4 80.
axb4 Kxb4 81. Bb5 Kc3 $2 (81... Nd5 $1 82. Ba6 Nc7 { and wins. }) 82. Kf1
Kd4 83. Kg1 Ke3 84. Ba6 Nd3 85. Kg2 Kf4 86. Bb7 Ne1+ 87. Kf1 Nc2 88. Kg1
Ne3 89. Ba6 Ke5 90. Kh1 Kf6 91. Kg1 Kg6 92. Kh1 Kg5 93. Kg1 Kf4 94. Bb5 Nc2
95. Ba6 Ne1 96. Kf1 Nf3 97. Kg2 Nh4+ 98. Kg1 Ke3 99. Bb5 Kd4 100. Ba6 Kc5
101. Kf1 Kc6 102. Kg1 Kd6 103. Kf1 Ke5 104. Kg1 Kf4 105. Kh1 Ke3 106. Kg1
g2 107. Bb7 Kd4 108. Ba6 Ke3 109. Bb7 Ke2 110. Bc6 Kd3 111. Bb5 Kc3 112.
Ba6 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Delaney, John"]
[Black "Burns-Mannion, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[WhiteICU "2232"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2500060"]
[BlackFideId "2400111"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Makepeace, Phil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[WhiteICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "413550"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 O-O-O 15. c4 Nf6 16. Qe2 c5 17. Bc3 Qf4+ 18. Kb1 Qe4+ 19. Qc2 Be7 20.
Rde1 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 cxd4 22. Bxd4 Kb8 23. Bc3 Rhf8 24. Ne5 Bc5 25. f3 Kc8
26. g4 Nh7 27. f4 Rde8 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nxf7 Rf8 31. Ne5 Be3
32. Ng6 Rf7 33. Re1 1-0

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[BlackICU "2311"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2401878"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qd3 e6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7
8. h4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nf6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O c6 12. Kb1 Kd7 13. g4 h6 14.
Ne5+ Bxe5 15. dxe5 d5 16. Qg6 Qe7 17. f4 Kc7 18. c4 Rf8 19. Bg2 Rxf4 20.
Rhf1 Rxf1 21. Rxf1 Bd7 22. Rf7 Qxh4 23. Qxe6 Qe1+ 24. Kc2 Qe2+ 25. Kc1
Qxc4+ 26. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[WhiteICU "2258"]
[BlackICU "2449"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system, Bogolyubov variation"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bb2 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. a3 a5 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Qc2 Ne5 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. h3 Nh6 19. e4 dxe4
20. dxe4 f6 21. e5 fxe5 22. Rxe5 Qd6 23. Rh5 Qg6 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Rg5 Re6
26. Re5 Rxe5 27. Nxe5 Rd8 28. Nxg6 Rd3 29. Rb1 Nf5 30. Ne5 Rc3 31. a4 Nd4
32. b4 b6 33. h4 Rc2 34. bxa5 bxa5 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Ra8 Rc5 37. Nd3 Rc3 38.
Ne5 Rc5 39. Nd3 Rc3 40. Ne5 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "City of Dublin IM Norm Tournament 2011"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2011.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Martyn, Rafe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[WhiteICU "2335"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "409626"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"]
[EventDate "2011.08.26"]
[Source "P. Fitzsimons, C. Quinn at LCU blog"]

{ Source: Pat Fitzsimons, Ciar&aacute;n Quinn at LCU Chess Cogitations
blog. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/cityofdublinimnorm2011_allfiles/pairings_cityofdublinimnorm2011.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 10. Be3 e6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5
14. Rxd5 Qc7 15. Kb1 O-O 16. f4 Nb4 17. Rd1 Qc6 18. Rg1 Qe4+ 19. Bd3 Nxd3
20. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 21. Rxd3 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Rd1 Bc7 24. Rd7 Rc8 25. h3
a6 26. a4 g6 27. f5 gxf5 28. Bh6 f4 29. f3 b6 30. Ka2 Be5 31. Kb3 f6 32. h4
b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. h5 Ra8 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rg2 Rg8 37. Rd2 Rb8 38. Kb4
Kg8 39. b3 Kf7 40. Re2 Rd8 41. Re4 Ke6 42. Bxf4 Kf5 43. Bxe5 fxe5 44. Kc3
Rd1 45. Rg4 Rh1 46. Kb4 1/2-1/2

