[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Turner, Matthew"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[BlackICU "2276"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "402893"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nd2 Qc8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. Qa4 Kh8 14.
Nb3 Bh3 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Nxc7 Rac8 17. Nb5 e4 18. Nd6 Ne5 19. f3 exf3 20.
exf3 Rcd8 21. Rad1 Qe6 22. c5 b6 23. f4 Ng4 24. Rfe1 Qf6 25. Qxa7 Ra8 26.
Qe7 Qxb2 27. Re2 Qc3 28. Nxf7+ Kg8 29. Ng5 Rae8 30. Qxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Bf8
32. Rdd8 Kg7 33. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pajeken, Jakob Leon"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[BlackICU "2294"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "12942839"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 f5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Rae1 Rf6 14.
Bc1 Na5 15. g3 Qh5 16. Qe2 Raf8 17. Ba3 R8f7 18. c5 g5 19. Ba6 Ba8 20. Qf2
g4 21. cxb6 axb6 22. fxg4 Qxg4 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Bd5 25. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Kosten, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[WhiteICU "2421"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "400114"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Averbach variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. b3 c5 14. Nf5
Bxf5 15. exf5 Nd7 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 Qd8 19. Nd5 Be5 20. g3
Nb6 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qxc3 Qf8 24. f6 Nd7 25. Nc6 Rc8 26. fxg7+
Qxg7 27. Qa5 Nf6 28. Ne7 Rf8 29. Qxc7 Ne8 30. Qd8 Qf6 31. Qc8 Qc3 32. Re3
Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qg7 34. Nf5 Nf6 35. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[WhiteICU "2342"]
[BlackICU "2264"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qh4
Qe6+ 8. Be2 Qg4 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Nd7 11. b3 Nf6 12. Bb2 g6 13. Ne5 Bg7
14. Ng4 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 O-O 16. Bf3 Nd5 17. O-O-O Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Kg7 19. g4
h6 20. c4 Nc7 21. d4 Rfd8 22. Rhe1 Rd7 23. Kc3 Rad8 24. b4 Ne6 25. d5 cxd5
26. Rxd5 b6 27. a4 Kf6 28. Re3 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Nf4 30. Bxf7 e5 31. g3 Kxf7
32. gxf4 exf4 33. Rf3 g5 34. Rd3 Re8 35. Rd7+ Kg6 36. c5 bxc5 37. bxc5 a5
38. Kd4 Re2 39. Kd3 Rxf2 40. c6 Rf1 41. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Pert, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[WhiteICU "2441"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "403989"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 b6 6. d4 Bb7 7. d5 e6 8.
Nc3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd4 Na6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Qd2 Nfe4 14.
Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rxe4 16. Nb5 d6 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Qd3 Rb4 19. Rxc7 Qxb5
20. Rxb7 Qxd3 21. exd3 Rxb2 22. Bxd6 Rd8 23. Rb8 Rxb8 24. Bxb8 Rxa2 25. Re1
Ra1 26. Rxa1 Bxa1 27. Bxa7 Bd4 28. Bb8 Kf8 29. Bf4 g5 30. Bd6+ Ke8 31. g4
b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[WhiteICU "2441"]
[BlackICU "2276"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e4 Qa5 8.
Re1 e5 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. a4
a5 15. Qf3 Be7 16. Bf1 b6 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. Bg5 Kg7 19. Qe3 Bc5 20. Bh6+ Kg8
21. Qf3 Bf8 22. Bg5 Kg7 23. b3 h6 24. Bc1 Be7 25. Bb2 Bb4 26. Ne3 Nh7 27.
h4 Ndf6 28. Re2 Bc5 29. Red2 h5 30. Ne2 Qe7 31. Nc4 Ng4 32. Nf4 Nxf2 33.
Rxf2 Bg4 34. Nxe5 Bxf3 35. Nexg6+ Qf6 36. Bxf6+ Nxf6 37. e5 Bxd1 38. exf6+
Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Pert, Nick"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[BlackICU "2342"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "403989"]
[BlackFideId "2501961"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. a5 Qe7 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. b3 Rd8 12. Ba3 Nc5 13. Qc1 b6 14. Nde4
Nfxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Qe3 Rb5 18. Bb2 a6 19. Rfd1 Rd6 20.
Bd5+ Be6 21. c4 Rb8 22. Rac1 e4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Rd5 c6 26.
Rd2 Rd8 27. Rcd1 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Kf7 29. Qh6 Kg8 30. Qe3 Kf7 31. Qh6 Kg8 32.
Qf4 Re5 33. Qe3 Kf7 34. Rd1 Re6 35. Qh6 Kg8 36. Qd2 Kf7 37. Kf1 Ke8 38. Qf4
Re5 39. h4 Qf6 40. Qh6 Re7 41. Qd2 Kf7 42. Qd8 f4 43. Qd6 fxg3 44. Qxg3 Qe5
45. Qxe5 Rxe5 46. Rd6 Re6 47. Rd8 e3 48. Ra8 Rf6 49. f3 Rd6 50. Rxa6 Rd1+
51. Kg2 Rd2 52. f4 Rxe2+ 53. Kf3 Rb2 54. Rxc6 Rxb3 55. Rxc5 Ra3 56. Rc7+
Ke6 57. Rxh7 e2+ 58. Kxe2 Kf5 59. h5 gxh5 60. Rxh5+ Kxf4 61. Kd2 Ke4 62.
Rd5 Ra4 63. Kc3 Ra1 64. Kb4 Rb1+ 65. Kc5 Ra1 66. Kb6 Rc1 67. Rc5 Kd4 68. a6
Rb1+ 69. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[WhiteICU "2264"]
[BlackICU "2421"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8.
h3 O-O 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Ng3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxb3 13. axb3 a5 14. Bg5
Qd6 15. Nf5 Qe6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Bb6 19. Nd2 Ne7 20.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Nc4 Qc5 22. Ne3 c6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Qf8 25. Rd3 Rxd3
26. Qxd3 Qd8 27. Qxd8+ Bxd8 28. Kf1 f6 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Kd3 Ke6 31. f3 g6
32. g4 Bb6 33. Nc4 Bd8 34. Ne3 Bb6 35. Nc4 Bc7 36. Ne3 Bd8 37. Nc4 Bc7 38.
Ne3 Kf7 39. Nc4 Ke7 40. Ne3 Ke6 41. Nc4 b5 42. Ne3 Bb6 43. Ng2 Bf2 44. Ke2
Bb6 45. Kd3 Bf2 46. Ke2 Bc5 47. Kd3 Bf8 48. Ke2 Bh6 49. Kd3 Bc1 50. Kc2 Bg5
51. Kd3 Kd6 52. Ne1 Bh4 53. Ng2 Bg3 54. Ne3 Kc5 55. Nc2 Kd6 56. Ne3 Bf2 57.
Ng2 Kc5 58. Ke2 Bg3 59. Kd3 Kb6 60. Ne3 Bf4 61. Ng2 Bg5 62. Ne1 Bh4 63. Ng2
Bg3 64. Ne3 Kc5 65. Nc2 Kd6 66. Ne3 Bf2 67. Ng2 Kc5 68. Ke2 Bg3 69. Kd3 Bf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Kosten, Tony"]
[Black "Pajeken, Jakob Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[WhiteNationality "FRA"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "400114"]
[BlackFideId "12942839"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nbd7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 e5 6. Nxc4 e4 7. Ng5 Nc5
8. d3 Bg4 9. Nxe4 Nfxe4 10. dxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 12. Ke1 Be6 13. Nd2
g6 14. e5 Bg7 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. Ng5 Nxe5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bf4 h6 19. h4 Ng4
20. Rb1 e5 21. Bh3 exf4 22. Bxg4+ Kb8 23. gxf4 Rd6 24. Bf3 Rf8 25. e3 Rb6
26. Rg1 Bxb2 27. Kd2 Rff6 28. Be4 Rfd6+ 29. Kc2 Bf6 30. Rxb6 axb6 31. Rxg6
Bxh4 32. Rxd6 cxd6 33. f3 Kc7 34. Kd3 b5 35. Kd4 b4 36. Bd5 Be1 37. Ke4 Kd7
38. Kf5 Ke7 39. e4 Bd2 40. e5 b6 41. Bc4 h5 42. exd6+ Kxd6 43. Kg5 Ke7 44.
Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[WhiteICU "2294"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "402893"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Bg4 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nfd2
Bxe2+ 8. Kxe2 Ngf6 9. f3 Ne5 10. a4 g5 11. Na3 g4 12. f4 Ned7 13. e5 Nd5
14. Ne4 f5 15. exf6 exf6 16. c4 N5b6 17. b3 O-O-O 18. a5 Bxa3 19. axb6 axb6
20. Rxa3 Rhe8 21. Ra8+ Nb8 22. Kf2 Rxe4 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Kxe1 Kc7 25. f5
Na6 26. Bf4+ Kd7 27. Ra7 Nc5 28. Kf1 Ke8 29. Bc7 Rd7 30. Bxb6 Nxb3 31. c5
Nd4 32. Ra8+ Kf7 33. h3 gxh3 34. gxh3 Nxf5 35. Kg2 Ke6 36. Re8+ Re7 37. Rd8
Ne3+ 38. Kf3 Nd5 39. Ba7 Kf5 40. Bb8 Re3+ 41. Kg2 Rb3 42. Rd7 h5 43. Rf7
Ne3+ 44. Kg3 h4+ 45. Kf3 Nd5+ 46. Kg2 Ke4 47. Rh7 Ne3+ 48. Kg1 Kf3 49. Rxh4
Rb1+ 50. Kh2 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Pajeken, Jakob Leon"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[BlackICU "2441"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "12942839"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 g6 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. a5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4
15. Qc2 Rb4 16. Nd2 b5 17. Ra2 c4 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Bd2 Rb3 20. Bf4 Ne5 21.
Nd2 Rb4 22. Rc1 Bf5 23. e4 Bd7 24. Qc3 Qc5 25. Be3 Nd3 26. Qxd3 cxd3 27.
Bxc5 dxc5 28. Rxc5 Ra4 29. Ra3 Bf8 30. Nb3 b4 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[WhiteICU "2421"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "402893"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nge7 8.
b4 Bb6 9. O-O Ng6 10. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[WhiteICU "2342"]
[BlackICU "2294"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 e5 6. c4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Bb4
8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd4 10. Nc3 Qa6 11. Be2 Nf6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxe2
14. Qxe2 O-O 15. b4 c6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. O-O Rfe8 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Bb2 Nd7
20. Rfd1 Nb6 21. c5 Nd5 22. Qe4 Nf4 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Kf1 e4 25. Rc4 Nd3
26. Bc3 f5 27. g3 Rcd8 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 Rd8 30. Bc3 Rd5 31. h4 g6 32.
Ke2 Kf7 33. Rd2 Ke6 34. f3 Rd7 35. Ke3 Kd5 36. g4 f4+ 37. Ke2 Kc4 38. Bf6
Nc1+ 39. Kd1 Rxd2+ 40. Kxd2 exf3 41. Ke1 Nd3+ 42. Kd2 f2 43. Ke2 f3+ 44.
Kf1 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Bg5 a6 47. Bh6 Kb3 48. Bd2 Kxa3 49. Bc3 Kb3 50.
Bd2 Kc2 51. Be3 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Kosten, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[WhiteICU "2276"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "400114"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8.
dxe5 Nxe4 9. Qd5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne7 11. Qd1 d6 12. Bg5 Bg4 13. Qd4 h5 14. exd6
cxd6 15. Qd1 Ne6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 g6 19. Nd2 Rad8 20.
Rfe1 d5 21. Nb3 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Pert, Nick"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[BlackICU "2264"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "403989"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e4 Nh5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bc1 g6 13. Be2 a6 14. b4 Be7
15. Be3 a5 16. b5 Na7 17. Na4 Nc8 18. c5 Qc7 19. c6 dxc6 20. Nd4 Ng7 21.
bxc6 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qc4 b5 24. Qxb5 Ra8 25. Qb7 Ra7 26. Qxc7 Rxc7
27. Bh6 Rd8 28. Bxg7 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Kxg7 30. Rc4 Bxa3 31. Ke2 Nd6 32. Rc2
Nxe4 33. Rd1 Kf7 34. Rd7+ Rxd7 35. cxd7 Ke7 36. Rc7 Kd8 37. Ra7 Bc5 38.
Ra8+ Kxd7 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[WhiteICU "2276"]
[BlackICU "2294"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. g3 Bg4 7. Bg2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Qa5 14.
a3 Rfe8 15. Ra1 Qb6 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. b4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. c3 Rc8 20.
Bd2 Qc6 21. f4 Nb6 22. f5 Bf6 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. h4 Nc4 25. Bc1 Nd6 26. Bd2
Qc4 27. Qxc4 Nxc4 28. Bg5 Bxg5 29. hxg5 Kf7 30. Ra2 Nd6 31. Rf2+ Kg6 32.
Rfe2 Kf7 33. Rf2+ Ke7 34. Re3 Kd7 35. Bf1 Re7 36. a4 Nf7 37. g6 hxg6 38.
Bd3 g5 39. Bg6 Nd6 40. Rc2 Rf8 41. Re5 g4 42. Bh5 Rf5 43. Bxg4 Rxe5 44.
dxe5 Nc4 45. Re2 a5 46. Kf1 Re8 47. bxa5 Nxa5 48. Rb2 Kc7 49. Rf2 Re7 50.
Ke2 Nc4 51. Bh3 Nxe5 52. Ke3 Nc4+ 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Rf8 e5+ 55. Kd3 Nb2+ 56.
Kc2 Nxa4 57. Rd8+ Kc6 58. Bg2 e4 59. c4 dxc4 60. Rc8+ Kd5 61. Bf1 b5 62.
Rb8 Kc5 63. Rc8+ Kb4 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[WhiteICU "2264"]
[BlackICU "2441"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Bh2 Nh5 13. Re1 g6 14.
Qd2 Bd7 15. b4 Bf6 16. Be4 Bg7 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Bc2 a5 19. b5 b6 20. Re2
Bc8 21. Be4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 f5 23. Nc3 Bb7 24. Rde1 Bxf3 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26.
Rxe6 Bb7 27. Bf4 Qd7 28. d5 Re8 29. Qe3 Kf7 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Ne2 h6 32. h4
Qxe3 33. Bxe3 Bc8 34. g3 Bd7 35. f4 Bf6 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Ke1 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke7
39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Kf3 Ke7 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kosten, Tony"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[BlackICU "2342"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "FRA"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "400114"]
[BlackFideId "2501961"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
h3 Be6 9. Nd5 Ne7 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. b3 Qd7 12. Kh2 d5 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4
dxc4 15. Ba3 Rfd8 16. Bxb7 Bxh3 17. Bxa8 Bxf1 18. Qxf1 Rxa8 19. Qxc4 Ng4+
20. Kg2 Ne5 21. Qb5 c6 22. Qa5 Qg4 23. Rc1 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 h5 25. Bd6 Ng4 26.
Bc5 $4 (26. Qc3 $10) 26... Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Pert, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[WhiteICU "2421"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "403989"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7
8. a3 Nf6 9. b4 O-O 10. bxc5 Qxc5 11. a4 Re8 12. Ba3 Qa5 13. Nbd2 Be6 14.
Qb1 Bh6 15. Bb4 Qc7 16. a5 Nd7 17. Qb2 f6 18. h3 Bf7 19. Nf1 b5 20. axb6
axb6 21. Bd2 Bg7 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Ra1 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Turner, Matthew"]
[Black "Pajeken, Jakob Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "402893"]
[BlackFideId "12942839"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 5.O-O"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6
8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Nb3 Qxd1 11. Raxd1 f6 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Nc5 Ng6
14. Rxd7 Rxd7 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Rd1+ Bd6 17. Bg3 h5 18. Na4 Ke7 19. Bxd6+
cxd6 20. Nb6 Kd8 21. Nc4 Kc7 22. f3 Ne5 23. Ne3 b5 24. Kf2 g6 25. Rd4 Rb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Pert, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[WhiteICU "2276"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "403989"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7
8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nc4 b5 10. Nb6 Rb8 11. Nxc8 Qxc8 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O b4 14.
Nd5 Nxe4 15. a4 a5 16. Bb5 Bd8 17. Rc1 Ne7 18. c3 bxc3 19. f3 Nxd5 20. Qxd5
Nf6 21. Qxd6 Bc7 22. Qa3 Nd5 23. Bc5 Bb6 24. Bxb6 Rxb6 25. Rfd1 Rd8 26.
bxc3 h5 27. Rd2 Ne3 28. Re2 Nc4 29. Qa2 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Na3 31. c4 Rbd6 32.
Qa1 Rd4 33. h3 f6 34. Ra2 Rd2 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Qc3 Qf2 37. Rg1 Nc2 38. c5
Ne3 39. c6 Rd1 40. Qb3+ Kh7 41. Qxd1 Nxd1 42. Rxd1 Qc5 43. Kh2 f5 44. Rd7
e4 45. fxe4 fxe4 46. c7 e3 47. Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Pajeken, Jakob Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[WhiteICU "2342"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "12942839"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8.
Bb3 Bb7 9. h3 Be7 10. Bd2 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bf6 13. a4 Qc8 14. c4
Na7 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. axb5 Nxb5 18. O-O c6 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20.
Bc4 Nc7 21. Bb4 c5 22. Bc3 Bc6 23. Qb6 Ne6 24. b4 Rb8 25. Qa5 cxb4 26. Bxb4
Qxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[WhiteICU "2441"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "402893"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. c4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O
8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qh4 Rb8 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qf5 13. e4 Qg4 14.
Qxg4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[WhiteICU "2294"]
[BlackICU "2421"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14.
Rxd1 Bxb3 15. axb3 Rfd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bd2 a5 18. Be1 Nd7 19. Rd1 f6
20. Kf1 Nc5 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Nd2 b5 23. Nf5 Nd3 24. c4 b4 25. Ke2 Nf4+
26. Kf3 Bc5 27. h4 Nde6 28. g3 Nd3 29. Ke2 Nxb2 30. h5 Kf7 31. f3 Kf8 32.
Nb1 a4 33. bxa4 Nxa4 34. Nd2 Nd4+ 35. Nxd4 Bxd4 36. Nb3 c5 37. Na5 Ke8 38.
Bd2 Kd7 39. Bc1 Kc7 40. Kd3 Nb6 41. f4 exf4 42. gxf4 Kd6 43. Nb3 Bg1 44.
Bb2 Nd7 45. Na5 Bh2 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Nb7 Nb6 48. Na5 Kf7 49. e5 Ke6 50. exf6
gxf6 51. Ke4 f5+ 52. Kf3 Kf7 53. Be5 Bg1 54. Bd6 Nd7 55. Nb3 Ke6 56. Bc7
Bd4 57. Bd8 Bf6 58. Bc7 Be7 59. Kg3 Nf6 60. Be5 Nxh5+ 61. Kf3 Bd6 62. Bxd6
Kxd6 63. Na5 Kc7 64. Ke3 Ng7 65. Nb3 Ne6 66. Nc1 Kb6 67. Nd3 Ka5 68. Ne1 h5
69. Ng2 b3 70. Kd3 Kb4 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Kosten, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[WhiteICU "2264"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "400114"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 d5 8.
Qe2 Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. O-O Re8 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Nf1 Qe7 13. Ng3 Rad8 14. Be3
Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Na5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Re1 Nc6 19. b3 Qd7 20.
Rad1 Re6 21. Nh4 Ne7 22. d4 exd4 23. Qxd4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Be6 25. Nf3 Nc6
26. Qf4 Qd6 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Kf1 Rd3 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Bd7 31. Ke2 Kf8
32. e4 g6 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Ne2 Kd6 35. b4 Ne5 36. Nxe5 Kxe5 37. Nf4 Bb5 38.
h4 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Nh3 f6 41. Nf2 b6 42. Ng4+ Ke6 43. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[WhiteICU "2421"]
[BlackICU "2276"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "C81"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, Howell attack"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14.
Qxe3 Qb8 15. Bb3 Rd8 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qb6 18. Rac1 Na5 19. Nd4 Nc4 20.
h3 h6 21. Kh2 c5 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. f4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rb8 26.
Qc2 c3 27. bxc3 Qc4 28. Qf5 Qxa2 29. Rd6 Qc4 30. Qg4 Kh8 31. Qg3 Re8 32. f5
Qe4 33. f6 Qxe5 34. fxg7+ Qxg7 35. Rxa6 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Re3+ 37. Kf4 Rxc3
38. Rxh6+ Kg7 39. Rc6 c4 40. h4 Rc1 41. h5 c3 42. h6+ Kh7 43. Kg5 c2 44.
Rc7 Rf1 45. Rxc2 f6+ 46. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Turner, Matthew"]
[Black "Kosten, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "402893"]
[BlackFideId "400114"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1
Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bf4 f5 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Rxd5 g6
14. Re5 Nf7 15. Re1 Bd6 16. Qf3 Qf6 17. Bc4 Qxd4 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qb3 Rac8
20. Bd5 Qf6 21. c3 Kg7 22. Qa4 Rc7 23. f4 g5 24. Rad1 gxf4 25. Bxf7 Rxf7
26. Qxf4 Rc6 27. Rd3 Kf8 28. Rd5 a6 29. a4 Qg6 30. Re3 Qg4 31. Qh6+ Qg7 32.
Qh4 Qf6 33. Qf4 Qg6 34. h3 Rf6 35. b4 Qf7 36. c4 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rxb5
Rxc4 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rg3+ Rg6 41. Qxd6 f4 42. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Pajeken, Jakob Leon"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[BlackICU "2264"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "12942839"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. Nbd2 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8.
c3 Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Bf8 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Bg5
d5 15. Nce5 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Qc7 $2 ({ The losing move. } 16... Ne7 $10) 17.
Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rg3+ Kh8 21. Qg4 Bh6 22. Qh5 fxe5
23. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Pert, Nick"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[BlackICU "2294"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "403989"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 c5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 Qc7 8.
dxc5 Qxc5 9. Bd3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Nc6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 h6
14. g4 Ne5 15. Rh5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 f5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. O-O-O
Bd7 20. Qf4 Rf6 21. Bxb7 Rd8 22. g4 Qe7 23. Qc7 fxg4 24. Re5 Qf8 25. Rxd7
Rb8 26. Rxg7 Qxg7 27. Qxb8+ Rf8 28. Re8 Qg5+ 29. Kd1 Rxe8 30. Qxe8+ Kg7 31.
Qd7+ Kg6 32. Be4+ Kh5 33. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[WhiteICU "2342"]
[BlackICU "2441"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 e5 8.
f4 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qg4 10. Nge2 exf4 11. Bxf4 Qe6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Bh6 O-O 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rf4 Qe5 16. Raf1 Ng8 17. Kg2 Be6 18. Ng1 f6 19. Nf3 Qc7 20.
Nd1 Rae8 21. Qc3 h6 22. h4 Qd7 23. Kh2 Rf7 24. Ne3 Kh7 25. Nc4 Ref8 26.
Nfe5 fxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxf4 28. Nxd7 Rxf1 29. Nxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qe5 Re8 31. Qc7+
Re7 32. Qxc6 Bxa2 33. Kg1 Bb1 34. Qa4 b5 35. Qb3 a6 36. Kf2 c4 37. dxc4 Nf6
38. cxb5 axb5 39. Qb4 Re5 40. Qd4 Bxc2 41. Qa7+ Kg8 42. Qb8+ Re8 43. Qxb5
Bxe4 44. Kg1 Kf7 45. g4 Rd8 46. g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 Nd5 48. Qc4 Bf5 49. Kf2
Be6 50. Qc5 Rd7 51. Kf3 Rb7 52. Qd4 Rb3+ 53. Kf2 Ke7 54. Qg7+ Bf7 55. Qe5+
Kd7 56. Ke2 Re3+ 57. Kf2 Rb3 58. Qg7 Ke6 59. Qd4 Kd6 60. Ke2 Be6 61. Kf2
Bf7 62. Qg7 Ke6 63. Qd4 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[WhiteICU "2421"]
[BlackICU "2342"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2501961"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. b3
Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. c4 Qb7 13. Qe2 bxc4
14. Nxc4 a5 15. Rab1 Rfc8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nfxe5 Rd8 $2 (17... Nxe5 18. Qxe5
Rd8 $10) 18. Nxf7 $1 $18 Rdc8 19. Nfe5 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kosten, Tony"]
[Black "Pert, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[WhiteNationality "FRA"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "400114"]
[BlackFideId "403989"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8.
N3d2 exd3 9. O-O Be7 10. exd3 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. a3 Nc6 14.
b4 axb3 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Nxb3 Qd8 17. h3 Bf5 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. Qd2 Re8 20.
Nbd4 Bd7 21. Nb5 Bb8 22. a4 Ne5 23. Nf4 Ra6 24. Rfe1 h5 25. h4 Bc6 26. Bd4
Neg4 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Nc3 Bc6 29. Re1 Ba7 30. Bxa7 Rxa7 31. d4 Ra8 32. f3
Nh6 33. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[WhiteICU "2294"]
[BlackICU "2441"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bb3 a6 8.
h3 h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
dxe4 Qxd1 15. Bxd1 Rad8 16. Bc2 Bb6 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nf1 Nc4 19. b3 Nd6 20.
a4 a5 21. Ba3 Rd7 22. Rad1 Red8 23. Re2 Ne8 24. Red2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Ra8 26.
Rd1 Nf6 27. Nd2 Nh5 28. Kf1 Nf4 29. Nf3 f6 30. Ne1 Bf7 31. Nd3 Ne6 32. Ke2
Bh5+ 33. f3 Kf7 34. Nb2 Ke8 35. Nc4 Bc5 36. Bc1 Bf7 37. g3 Ng5 38. Nxa5
Rxa5 39. Bxg5 hxg5 40. b4 Bc4+ 41. Kd2 Ra8 42. bxc5 Rd8+ 43. Ke3 Rxd1 44.
Bxd1 Kd7 45. f4 gxf4+ 46. gxf4 Kc6 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. h4 Kxc5 49. Kd2 Kb6
50. Bc2 Ka5 51. Kc1 Bf7 52. Kb2 Be8 53. Ka3 Bc6 54. Bd3 Bxa4 55. Kb2 Kb6
56. Kc1 Kc5 57. Kd2 Be8 58. Be2 Bg6 59. Ke3 b5 60. h5 Bh7 61. Kf3 b4 62.
cxb4+ Kd4 63. Kg4 Kxe4 64. Kg5 Ke3 65. Bg4 e4 66. h6 gxh6+ 67. Kxh6 Kf4 68.
Be2 Bf5 69. Kh5 Bh3 70. Kg6 Bg4 71. Bc4 e3 72. Kf6 e2 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[WhiteICU "2264"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "402893"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8.
Bb2 Nge7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. c4 Nf4 14.
cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf1 e5 16. Qxd5+ Nxd5 17. Nbd2 Be6 18. Nc4 Rad8 19. Nxb6 Nxb6
20. Rac1 Rf7 21. Bb5 Bd5 22. Nh4 a6 23. Be2 Kf8 24. f4 exf4 25. Bh5 Nc4 26.
Bxf7 Kxf7 27. Re2 Rg8 28. Rxc4 Bxc4 29. Re4 Bb5 30. Rxf4 Rd8 31. Rxf6+ Ke8
32. g4 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Nd4 34. Bxd4 Rxd4 35. Kg3 Bc6 36. Re6+ Kf7 37. Re3 h5
38. gxh5 Kf6 39. Ng6 Rd5 40. h4 Rxh5 41. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Pajeken, Jakob Leon"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[BlackICU "2276"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "12942839"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Rad1 Ne8 13. Nde4 Nd4 14.
Qa3 f6 15. Be3 Nc2 16. Qb3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nd6 20.
Rc1 Qd7 21. Nc5 Qe7 22. Ne6 Rfc8 23. Rc3 a5 24. Rfc1 a4 25. Qd1 Bh6 26.
Rxc7 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Nxc7 Rc8 30. Qc2 Bb6 31. Qxa4
Rxc7 32. h4 Nf5 33. d6 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Kg7 35. d7 Ne3 36. Qb4 Bd4 37. Qe7+ Kh6
38. Qf8+ Kh5 39. Bf3+ 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[WhiteICU "2276"]
[BlackICU "2264"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, 6.e5"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 Nc6 9. a4 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Qe2 c4 13. Be3 Be6 14. Rd1
Qc8 15. Qf2 f6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc6 19. Rb5 Qe4+ 20. Qe2
Qxf4 21. O-O fxe5 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Re1 Nc6 24. Bxc4 Rxa4 25. b3 Ra2 26. Rxb6
e4 27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Ra1+ 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Ra8 31. Rxb7 Ra1 32.
Kg1 Rxe1+ 33. Kf2 Rc1 34. Rc7 Rxc2+ 35. Ke3 Bh6+ 36. Ke4 Na5 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[WhiteICU "2441"]
[BlackICU "2421"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8.
Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Pert, Nick"]
[Black "Pajeken, Jakob Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "403989"]
[BlackFideId "12942839"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nb6 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Na6 11. O-O Qd7 12. Rd1 Nb4 13. Qe4 N4d5 14.
a3 c5 15. Bd2 c4 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Ne2 Na4 18. Rc2 b5 19. Qg4 a6 20. Ng5 c3
21. bxc3 Bxa3 22. Ne4 O-O 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. exf6 g6 25. c4 Rfd8 26. c5 e5
27. Qg5 Qf5 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Ba5 Rd5 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Rxc3 Bxc5 32. Kf1
exd4 33. Rg3+ Kh8 34. Rg7 Rd7 35. Rd3 Rg8 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. Rg3+ Kf8 38.
Rg5 Rd5 39. Rh5 d3 40. Rxh7 Ke8 41. Rh8+ Kd7 42. h4 Ke6 43. Bd2 Rd6 44. h5
Bd4 45. h6 Bxf6 46. Re8+ Kd7 47. Rg8 b4 48. Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Turner, Matthew"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[BlackICU "2342"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "402893"]
[BlackFideId "2501961"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Ng5 c5 8.
dxc5 Qc7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Bc4 Qxc5 11. Qd5 Qxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6
14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. f3 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Rd5 17. c4 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Rd8+ 19. Kc2 g5
20. Bxg5 Bxe5 21. Be3 a6 22. b3 h5 23. h3 Rd6 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Bg6 26.
Rh3 f5 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Rh5 Rf6 29. Kd2 Rf7 30. Rg5+ Kf8 31. Nc5 Bd6 32.
Ne4 Bb4+ 33. Ke2 Ke8 34. Rg8+ Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Kd3 Ke8 37. Kd4 Kd7
38. Ke5 Bg6 39. Bb6 e6 40. Kf6 Bf5 41. Be3 Ba3 42. Kf7 Be7 43. Bh6 e5 44.
Bf8 Bh4 45. Bg7 Bh3 46. Bxe5 Be7 47. Bf6 Ba3 48. Bd4 Bg2 49. Nf6+ Kd6 50.
f4 Bc1 51. f5 c5 52. Bc3 Be3 53. Be1 Bf4 54. Nh5 Be5 55. f6 Bf3 56. Ng3 Kd7
57. Bf2 a5 58. Kg6 Ke6 59. f7 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.06"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Kosten, Tony"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[BlackICU "2294"]
[WhiteNationality "FRA"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "400114"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nc2 h6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Nd2 e5 10. Ne3 Bh7 11. Qb3 exd4 12. Nxd5 Rb8 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14.
Qe3+ Ne6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qxa7 Qd8 17. Bxb7 Bc5 18. Qa4+ Ke7 19. Bg2 Qd4
20. Qc6 Rb6 21. Qf3 Ng5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Re6 24. Nb3 Bb6 25. Ba3+ Kf6
26. h4 Ne4 27. e3 g5 28. hxg5+ hxg5 29. c4 Rhe8 30. c5 Ba7 31. Bh3 Ra6 32.
Bb2+ Ke7 33. Rfd1 Rh6 34. Rd7+ Kf8 35. Bg2 Rc6 36. Nd4 Rh6 37. Rxc7 Bb8 38.
Rc6 f6 39. Rd1 g4 40. Ne6+ Ke7 41. Ng7 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Fitzsimons, David"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[WhiteICU "2342"]
[BlackICU "2276"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501961"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4
8. Ne2 Nc6 9. c3 dxc3 10. dxc3 Bc5 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bc2 O-O 14.
a4 Qc7 15. Qd2 Nc4 16. Qc1 e5 17. Bg3 Bg4 18. Bd3 Ba7 19. Qc2 Rab8 20. Rfd1
Rfd8 21. h3 Be6 22. Nc1 h6 23. Na2 Na5 24. Qe2 Nb3 25. Rab1 Bc5 26. Bc4 Qd7
27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Nc1 b5 29. Nxb3 Qxb3 30. axb5 axb5 31. Bh4 Rdc8 32. Qg4
b4 33. Bf6 g6 34. Qh4 Qe6 35. c4 Bd4 36. Rd3 Kh7 37. b3 Ra8 38. f4 Bf2 39.
Qxf2 Qxf6 40. Rf3 Rc7 41. fxe5 Qxe5 42. Rxf7+ Rxf7 43. Qxf7+ Qg7 44. Qd5
Ra1 45. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 46. Kh2 Qf6 47. Qd2 Qe5+ 48. Kh1 Qa1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50.
Kg1 Qa1+ 51. Kf2 Qf6+ 52. Ke2 Qe5 53. Kd3 h5 54. Qe3 Qc3+ 55. Ke2 Qc2+ 56.
Kf3 Qd1+ 57. Kg3 Qa1 58. Kh2 Qe5+ 59. Qg3 Qf6 60. h4 Kg7 61. Qg5 Qd4 62.
Qd5 Qf2 63. Qg5 Qd4 64. Qe7+ Kg8 65. Qd8+ Kg7 66. Qc7+ Kg8 67. Qb8+ Kh7 68.
Qb7+ Kh6 69. Qxb4 Qf2 70. Kh3 Qe3+ 71. g3 Qe2 72. Qb6 Qxe4 73. Qf2 Qh1+ 74.
Qh2 Qf3 75. Qd2+ Kh7 76. Qd5 Qf1+ 77. Kh2 Qe2+ 78. Qg2 Qd3 79. Qb2 Kg8 80.
b4 Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[WhiteICU "2294"]
[BlackICU "2264"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

{ Event information: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/icu-ny2020-gm_allfiles/pairings_icu-ny2020-gm.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. h3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8.
c3 Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. Bh2 Re8 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 Bf8 13. Rfe1 Ne7 14. a4
Ng6 15. a5 Bc6 16. Bb5 Qd7 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. axb6 axb6 20. Ra6
b5 21. Qa2 Rab8 22. Ra7 Qc6 23. Ng5 Rb7 24. Ra8 Rxa8 25. Qxa8 Nd5 26. Ra1
Nb6 27. Qa6 Qd5 28. Ngf3 Nc4 29. b3 Nxd2 30. Nxd2 Nh4 31. Nf3 Nxf3+ 32.
gxf3 Rb8 33. Kg2 h5 34. c4 bxc4 35. Qxc4 Qg5+ 36. Kh1 Qf5 37. Kg2 Kh7 38.
Rd1 d5 39. Qd3 Qxd3 40. Rxd3 Rb4 41. Bf4 Kg6 42. Bd2 Rb6 43. Be3 Kf5 44.
Rc3 Bd6 45. Kf1 g5 46. Kg2 f6 47. Kf1 Bh2 48. Kg2 Bb8 49. Kf1 Bd6 50. Kg2
Ba3 51. Kf1 Bb2 52. Rd3 Rb5 53. Ke2 e5 54. Kf1 e4 55. fxe4+ Kxe4 56. Ke2 g4
57. hxg4 hxg4 58. Bd2 Bxd4 59. f3+ gxf3+ 60. Rxf3 Be5 61. Re3+ Kf5 62. b4
d4 63. Rh3 Ke4 64. Rh4+ Kd5 65. Kd3 Rb8 66. Rh7 Ra8 67. Rd7+ Kc6 68. Rf7
Ra2 69. Rf8 Rb2 70. Ra8 Kd5 71. Ra5+ Ke6 72. Ra8 Bd6 73. Ra6 Kd5 74. Ra5+
Kc6 75. Ra6+ Kc7 76. Bh6 Rxb4 77. Rxd6 Rb3+ 78. Kc4 Kxd6 79. Kxb3 Kd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.06"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Turner, Matthew"]
[Black "Pert, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "402893"]
[BlackFideId "403989"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

{ Unplayed. } { Event information: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/icu-ny2020-gm_allfiles/pairings_icu-ny2020-gm.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.06"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Kosten, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[WhiteICU "2441"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "400114"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Gruenfeld variation"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

{ Event information: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/icu-ny2020-gm_allfiles/pairings_icu-ny2020-gm.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Qc2 Nfd7
8. b4 a5 9. Bb2 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1+ 11. Bxa1 e5 12. d5 Na6 13. Bc3 c6 14.
Be2 cxd5 15. cxd5 Qc7 16. Qb3 Nb6 17. O-O Bd7 18. Rc1 Na4 19. Bb2 Qb8 20.
Ba3 b5 21. Nb1 Bd8 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bb6 24. Bc1 Rc8 25. Bd2 Rxc3 26.
Qxc3 h6 27. h3 Qa7 28. Be1 Nc7 29. Nd2 Qa2 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Bg4 f5 32. Bxf5
Bxf5 33. Qf3 g6 34. g4 Qc2 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Qxf5+ Ke7 37. Nf3 Qd3+ 38. Kg2
Qe2 39. Qh7+ Ke8 40. Qg6+ Kd7 41. Qg4+ Ke7 42. Nxe5 Qxg4+ 43. Nxg4 h5 44.
Nh6 Kf6 45. Bc3+ Kg6 46. Nf5 Nxd5 47. Nh4+ Kg5 48. exd5 Kf4 49. Ng6+ Ke4
50. Ne7 Kd3 51. Be1 Ke2 52. Nc8 Bd4 53. Nxd6 Kxe1 54. Nxb5 Bxf2 55. d6 Bb6
56. Nc3 Kd2 57. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year GM Norm 2020"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2020.01.06"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Pajeken, Jakob Leon"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[BlackICU "2421"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "12942839"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2020.01.02"]

{ Event information: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/icu-ny2020-gm_allfiles/pairings_icu-ny2020-gm.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O c6 6. Ne5 O-O 7. c4 Ne4 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Ba3 Ba6 13. Re1 Re8
14. Bc5 Bf8 15. Qa4 Bb5 16. Qc2 e5 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. e4 exd4 19. cxd4 Bc4
1/2-1/2

