[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "McGrath, Mark"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bf4 f5 12. h4 Ke7 13. Rh3 Ba5 14. h5 Bc7 15. Bg5+ Kf7 16. f4 b6 17. Rd1 b5 18. a3 Nb6 19. Rhd3 bxc4 20. Rd4 h6 21. Bh4 Re8 22. a4 a5 23. Be2 Nd5 24. Rxc4 Bd7 25. Nxd5 exd5 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. g4 c5 8. g5 Ne8 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. Nf3 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nd5 Bd4 14. O-O Bh3 15. Bb4 Bxf1 16. Bxc5 Bxe2 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qd2 Bxc4 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sheehan, Conor"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Re1 Nge7 9. Nbd2 dxc3 10. bxc3 Ng6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. g3 O-O 14. h4 f6 15. Qc2 fxe5 16. h5 Rxf3 17. hxg6 h6 18. Kg2 Rf6 19. Be2 Raf8 20. Be3 Be8 21. Bh5 Bd6 22. Rh1 Ne7 23. Rh3 Nf5 24. g4 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 e4 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mulay, Pratik"]
[Black "Karacol, Sitki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Bd7 11. c3 Rad8 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Be3 b6 15. a3 a5 16. Qb3 Bc7 17. Rad1 Na7 18. d4 a4 19. Qa2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc8 21. Qc4 Bb8 22. Qe2 Ba7 23. c4 Be8 24. Bf2 Nd6 25. Nc3 Nf5 26. Nb5 Bxb5 27. cxb5 Qc7 28. Qe4 Rc8 29. Qxa4 Ne7 30. Qb3 Qc2 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Choudhury, Darshan"]
[Black "Braine, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bd6 6. d3 h6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. c3 Bc7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rad1 b6 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 c5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Nd5 21. Bxh6 Bf4 22. Qc4 b5 23. Qxc5 Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Qxg2 25. Nf6+ Nxf6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxf4 Nd5 28. Bg3 Qe4+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Re8+ 31. Kd3 Qxe1 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Liu, Murray"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O b5 9. a3 O-O 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rhg1 Rfb8 18. Qf4 b4 19. a4 b3 20. c3 Rc8 21. h4 Bc6 22. Be4 Rab8 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Kb1 Rbc8 25. Rd4 a5 26. Rgd1 R6c7 27. h5 h6 28. g4 Rf8 29. Rd6 Qg5 30. Qe4 Rc5 31. Re1 Rfc8 32. Rd4 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "McGrady, Seth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 Ra7 7. O-O Bb7 8. a4 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 b4 10. e4 Nf6 11. f3 c5 12. dxc5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxc5 14. Nxc4 Nc6 15. Bf4 Ke7 16. Nbd2 Nd4 17. Na5 Rd7 18. Ndb3 Rc8 19. Rac1 Nxb3 20. Rxd7+ Kxd7 21. Nxb3 Ba7 22. Rxc8 Kxc8 23. Bd2 Nd7 24. Bxb4 Ne5 25. Bc3 f6 26. f4 Nc4 27. Kf3 h5 28. Nd4 Kd7 29. h3 Nb6 30. b3 Kd6 31. Bb4+ Kd7 32. Bc5 Nc8 33. Bxa7 Nxa7 34. e5 fxe5 35. fxe5 a5 36. Kf4 Nc6 37. Nb5 Ne7 38. Nd6 Ng6+ 39. Ke4 h4 40. gxh4 Nxh4 41. Nc4 g5 42. Nxa5 Ng2 43. Nc4 Nf4 44. h4 Nh3 45. h5 g4 46. h6 g3 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Lynch, Conor"]
[Black "Hughes, Padraig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8. Re1 Ne4 9. e3 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Be4 11. Bc3 a5 12. Bf1 Qc8 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. f4 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Bg4 20. Nf3 Nd7 21. Qb3 a4 22. Qc3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nxe5 24. Qc3 Qe6 25. c5 Rfd8 26. Rad1 h5 27. Bg2 Qe7 28. b4 axb3 29. axb3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Ra2 31. Qd4 Qf6 32. Qd8+ Qxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kg7 34. Rb8 Ng4 35. Bf3 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Ra2+ 37. Kg1 Nxh2 38. Bd1 Rd2 39. Rxb7 Rxd1+ 40. Kxh2 Rd2+ 41. Kh3 Rc2 42. b4 Rc4 43. e5 Re4 44. Rb6 Kh6 45. Rb7 Kg5 46. Rxf7 Rxb4 47. Rf6 Re4 48. Rxc6 Rxe5 49. Rc8 Re3 50. Rd8 Rc3 51. Rd5+ Kf6 52. Rd6+ Kg7 53. c6 Kh6 54. Kg2 Kg5 55. Kh3 Kf5 56. Kg2 Rc2+ 57. Kf3 Rc3+ 58. Kf2 Rc5 59. Ke3 g5 60. Kd4 Rc1 61. Rd5+ Kg4 62. Rc5 Rd1+ 63. Ke3 Rd8 64. c7 Rc8 65. Kf2 h4 66. gxh4 Kxh4 67. Kg2 Kg4 68. Rc4+ Kf5 69. Kg3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Novak, Vjekoslav"]
[Black "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 Nh6 5. c4 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. exd4 Qb6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Nf5 12. Ne2 Nf6 13. Ne5 h5 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Nxd5 16. Kh1 Qd6 17. Bd2 e6 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Qf3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rd8 21. a3 Qb6 22. Bc3 Ne7 23. g4 hxg4 24. Qxg4 Nf5 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6 Ne7 27. Qg5 Nd5 28. Re1 Rf8 29. Re5 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Rf6 32. Qh4 Qd3 33. Kg1 Qxc3 34. f5 Qc6 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. fxe6 Qxe6 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Qc7+ Qe7 39. Qc4+ Kf6 40. Qf1+ Ke6 41. Qc4+ Kd7 42. Qd5+ Kc7 43. Qc4+ Kb8 44. Qg8+ Qf8 45. Qd5 a6 46. a4 Qf6 47. Qg8+ Ka7 48. d5 Qd4+ 49. Kf1 Qd1+ 50. Kf2 Bd4+ 51. Kg3 Be5+ 52. Kf2 Qxa4 53. g4 Qf4+ 54. Ke2 Qe4+ 55. Kf2 Bf4 56. Qe6 Be5 57. Qd7 a5 58. Qb5 Bd4+ 59. Kg3 Qe5+ 60. Kh3 Bb6 61. Qc4 Bc7 62. Kg2 Qg3+ 63. Kf1 Qf4+ 64. Qxf4 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Higgie, Charles"]
[Black "O'Byrne, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4 Qc7 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. Qd2 b5 12. g4 h6 13. Qf2 Rb8 14. O-O-O a5 15. h4 a4 16. Nd2 Na5 17. g5 b4 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. c3 a3 20. Bb6 Qb8 21. Bxa5 bxc3 22. Nb3 cxb2+ 23. Kb1 Ba4 24. Qb6 Bxb3 25. axb3 Nd7 26. Qxb8 Rxb8 27. Ka2 Nb6 28. Nd4 Kd7 29. Nc2 Na4 30. bxa4 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Reynolds, Pat"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 f5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Nd7 9. e3 Nf6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Ne4 12. a4 Re8 13. Qc2 c6 14. Nfd2 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Bd7 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. Rfc1 h5 18. c5 d5 19. Nf3 f4 20. Qd2 fxe3 21. fxe3 Bh6 22. Re1 Re7 23. b6 Qc8 24. Ne5 Bf5 25. Rb3 Qe6 26. Kf2 h4 27. Bf3 Qf6 28. Qe2 Rae8 29. Rf1 hxg3+ 30. hxg3 Qg5 31. g4 Bc8 32. e4 f6 33. exd5 fxe5 34. d6 Rf7 35. dxe5 Ree7 36. Qc2 Rxe5 37. Rg1 Bxg4 38. Rg3 Re3 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Madebrink, Lars"]
[Black "Boyle, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. a3 d5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bf4 c5 12. Nb5 c4 13. Bb1 a6 14. Bc7 Qc8 15. Bd6 Qd8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nc3 b5 18. O-O Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Quinn, Ciaran"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Qe2 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Qxe7 Be6 15. Ng5 Qd7 16. Qb4 Nc6 17. Qh4 h5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Bc5 Qf7 22. Nd6 Rxd6 23. Bxd6 Bg4 24. f4 Nd4 25. Rad1 Nf5 26. Qxg4 hxg4 27. Bd5 Ne3 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Bb4 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 a5 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Bc3 b5 33. a3 Rb8 34. Bxa5 f5 35. Rd2 Rc8 36. Kf2 Rc1 37. Ke3 Rb1 38. Bc3 Bxc3 39. bxc3 Rb3 40. Kd4 Rxa3 41. Rc2 Rb3 42. Ke5 Kf7 43. Kd5 Rb1 44. Ke5 Rb3 45. Kd4 Rb1 46. Ra2 b4 47. cxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Braine, Harry"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. f4 c6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. exd6 Qa5+ 9. c3 e6 10. Be7 Bxe7 11. dxe7 Nf6 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. g3 Qxe7 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Qe2 b5 16. g4 Qc7 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. g5 b4 19. c4 Bb7 20. Rg1 Kh8 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh6 Rg8 24. Rg3 Raf8 25. Rh3 Rg7 26. Ng4 f5 27. gxf6 Rgg8 28. Qg5 e5 29. Nxe5 Bc8 30. Rh6 Bf5 31. f7 Rxf7 32. Nxf7+ Qxf7 33. d5 e3 34. Qh4 Rc8 35. Rc1 Qg7 36. b3 Kg8 37. Kf1 e2+ 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 39. Qf2 Qd1+ 40. Qe1 Qd4+ 41. Qf2 Qd2 42. Re1 Re8 43. Rh4 h5 44. Qg3 Re3 45. Qf2 Re8 46. Kh1 a5 47. Kg1 Qxa2 48. d6 Qd2 49. c5 a4 50. Rxh5 gxh5 51. Qh4 Re6 52. Qd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. h3 h6 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd5 Bc5 10. Ne1 Nd4 11. Nc2 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 c6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Rd8 16. b3 d5 17. Rad1 d4 18. Qg3 Qg5 19. Ne1 b5 20. Nf3 Qxg3 21. fxg3 f6 22. Rc1 b4 23. g4 c5 24. Kh2 a5 25. Kg3 a4 26. Rf2 axb3 27. axb3 Ra3 28. Rb1 Be6 29. h4 g5 30. Nh2 Kg7 31. Nf1 Rda8 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kf3 Bf7 34. Ng3 Bg6 35. Rbb2 Ra1 36. Rfd2 R8a3 37. Ke2 Rc1 38. Rd1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Singhal, Vivaan"]
[Black "Mulay, Pratik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. b4 e5 8. Bb2 Re8 9. O-O e4 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. a4 h5 12. a5 N8h7 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. a6 b6 15. d5 Ng4 16. h3 Qh4 17. Nb5 Ng5 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Nxc7 Be5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Nxe8 Rxe8 22. Qa4 Rf8 23. Qc6 Nf3+ 24. Nxf3 gxf3 25. Qd6 Qg5 26. g3 Qh5 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "McGrath, Mark"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. a3 Nc6 5. c4 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 dxc4 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 Ng4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. h3 Nf6 13. Nd4 O-O 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bg5 Rb8 16. Rac1 Rxb2 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rxc4 Ba6 20. Rxc6 Bxe2 21. Rdc1 Rd8 22. Rc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Kg7 24. Rc7 a6 25. Rc3 Bb5 26. Be4 Ba4 27. Rc4 Bb5 28. Rc3 f5 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Kf6 31. Rd6 a5 32. Ra6 Rb5 33. Ra7 h6 34. Kg2 Kg6 35. a4 Rd5 36. Ra6 Kg7 37. f4 e5 38. fxe5 Rxe5 39. Kf3 f6 40. Ra7+ Kg6 41. Ra6 Rc5 42. Ra7 Re5 43. Ra6 Rc5 44. Ra7 Rc3+ 45. Kg2 f4 46. gxf4 Kf5 47. Rxa5+ Kxf4 48. Rb5 Rc2+ 49. Kg1 Ra2 50. Rb4+ Kg3 51. Rb3+ Kh4 52. Rf3 Kg5 53. Rg3+ Kf4 54. Rg4+ Kf3 55. Rb4 f5 56. Rb3+ Kf4 57. Rb4+ Kg3 58. Rb3+ Kh4 59. Rf3 Kg5 60. Rg3+ Kf4 61. Rg6 h5 62. Ra6 Kg3 63. Rg6+ Kxh3 64. Rg5 f4 65. Rxh5+ Kg4 66. Ra5 Kf3 67. Ra8 Ra1+ 68. Kh2 Kf2 69. a5 f3 70. a6 Kf1 71. a7 f2 72. Kh3 Ra4 73. Kh2 Ra3 74. Rb8 Ke2 75. Re8+ Kf3 76. Rf8+ Ke3 77. Re8+ Kd2 78. Rd8+ Kc2 79. Rf8 Rxa7 80. Rxf2+ Kd3 81. Rf8 Ke3 82. Kg3 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Liu, Murray"]
[Black "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e5 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Qe2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. g4 O-O-O 12. Kb1 Kb8 13. f4 a6 14. Qd2 c5 15. dxc5 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 d4 19. Bf2 Nxc5 20. Bg2 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rhe1 d3 23. c4 Rd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Nb3 Rd8 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxe6 Rd4 28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 Rxc4 30. Rxd3 Rf4 31. f6 Bd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. f7 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Lynch, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Nfxd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. d3 Rfd8 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Nd2 a6 16. f4 b5 17. a3 b4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. d4 a5 20. d5 bxc3 21. bxc3 Ncb8 22. Ra3 Na6 23. Nc4 Nac5 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Ne4 26. Bf3 f5 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Bf4 Rac8 29. Nxa5 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Nc6 Bxg3 32. Rxe4 Bd6 33. Ra5 Rd7 34. c4 Kf7 35. c5 Bb8 36. Rb5 Bc7 37. Kf1 Rxd5 38. Rxe7+ Kf6 39. Rb7 Bd8 40. Rf7+ Kg5 41. Nxd8 Rdxd8 42. Rbc7 h5 43. c6 Kh4 44. Rxc8 Rxc8 45. Rf6 Kg5 46. Rd6 Kf5 47. Kf2 g5 48. Rd5+ Kf4 49. Rc5 g4 50. h4 Rc7 51. Kg2 Ke4 52. Kg3 Kd4 53. Rxh5 Rxc6 54. Kxg4 Ke4 55. Rg5 Rh6 56. Rg8 Ke5 57. Kg5 Rh7 58. Re8+ Kd6 59. h5 Kd7 60. Re1 Rg7+ 61. Kf6 Rg2 62. h6 Rf2+ 63. Kg7 Rg2 64. Kf8 Rf2+ 65. Kg8 Rg2+ 66. Kh8 Rg3 67. h7 Rg2 68. Ra1 Ke7 69. Ra8 Kf7 70. Rg8 Rh2 71. Rg4 Rf2 72. Rg7+ Kf8 73. Rg8+ Kf7 74. Rg7+ Kf8 75. Rg5 Kf7 76. Rg3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Hughes, Padraig"]
[Black "Moore, Fiachra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. c5 Ne4 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Nd2 Bh6 15. Nxe4 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 dxe4 17. Rd1 a6 18. Nd6 Rxd6 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. Qc3 Qb4 21. Qg3 Bd7 22. a3 Qb6 23. Qc3 f6 24. b4 Rc8 25. Qb3 Ne7 26. Bc4 Qc6 27. Rc1 b5 28. Bf1 Qd5 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Qc3 Bb7 31. Qc7 Kf7 32. Qb8 Bc8 33. Qb6 Qb3 34. Bc1 Qc3 35. Bf4 Qc6 36. Qd8 Qe8 37. Qc7 Qd7 38. Qc5 Qc6 39. g3 Qxc5 40. dxc5 Bb7 41. Bh3 Nd5 42. Bd2 f5 43. Kf1 Kf6 44. Bh6 g5 45. Bg2 Kg6 46. Bf8 Nc3 47. Bd6 Nb1 48. Ke2 Nxa3 49. Be5 Nc4 50. Bc3 f4 51. Bh3 Bd5 52. gxf4 gxf4 53. c6 Bxc6 54. Bxe6 Bb7 55. Bxc4 bxc4 56. h4 Kf5 57. Bg7 h5 58. Bd4 Kg4 59. Bf6 Bc6 60. Kd2 Kf3 61. Bd4 Bd5 62. Bc5 Bc6 63. Bd4 Bb5 64. Bc5 c3+ 65. Kxc3 e3 66. fxe3 fxe3 67. Bb6 Ke2 68. Kd4 Kd2 69. Bc7 e2 70. Bf4+ Kd1 71. Kc3 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "O'Reilly, Ciaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. d3 Rae8 13. a3 h6 14. Ne2 g5 15. Rfe1 Qf7 16. Ned4 Qg6 17. b4 a6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Nd4 Re7 20. Qd2 h5 21. f4 h4 22. fxg5 Qxg5 23. Nf3 Qh6 24. Nxh4 Ng4 25. Bd4 Nxh2 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27. Qxh2 Ne5 28. Ra2 Nxd3 29. Rf1 Rxe3 30. Nxf5 Rxg3+ 31. Qxg3+ Bxg3 32. Nxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Black "Higgie, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nh4 Be4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nf5 Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. Qd3 Re8 14. e3 g6 15. Nh4 f5 16. Nf3 g5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Bb2 a6 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Ne7 21. a4 c6 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Qb4 Qd7 25. Ba3 Nc8 26. Rfb1 Na7 27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. Bxd6 Rad8 29. Be5 Kf7 30. Bc7 Bxc7 31. Rxa7 Ke6 32. Rxb5 Re7 33. Rbxb7 Rdd7 34. Kf1 Bd8 35. Ra6+ Rd6 36. Rxd6+ Kxd6 37. Rb5 Rf7 38. Bxd5 Rf6 39. Bc4 Bc7 40. Bg8 h6 41. Ke2 g4 42. Kd3 h5 43. Rd5+ Ke7 44. Rc5 Bd6 45. Rb5 h4 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. Bh7 hxg3 48. hxg3 Rh6 49. Ke2 Rh2 50. Kf1 Rh5 51. Kg2 Ke8 52. Bg6+ Kf8 53. Bh7 Be7 54. Rb8+ Kg7 55. Bg8 Rh8 56. Rb7 Rh5 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "McIlroy, Gerard"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g4 Nhf6 12. Ng3 g6 13. h3 Nb6 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. f4 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. f5 g5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Ngxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qd6 22. Qh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Arkell, Keith"]
[Black "Noone, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3 Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Bc4 a6 11. Qe2 Rb8 12. a5 Bb5 13. Na4 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Nb6 dxe5 17. Rd1 Rf5 18. Bd3 Qe7 19. c4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. cxb5 Rbf8 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Be4 Nb5 24. Rd7 Qf6 25. Rc1 Nd4 26. Rxd4 Rxf3 27. Rd2 Rf4 28. Nd7 Qg5 29. f3 Rxf3 30. Bxf3 Rxf3 31. Qxf3 Qxd2 32. Rd1 Qxb2 33. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Madebrink, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 e6 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Ne5 8. e4 d6 9. h3 Nf6 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. a4 O-O 14. O-O Ne8 15. f4 f5 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Rxf5 Qxf5 20. Qd2 Nd6 21. Re1 Re8 22. Kh1 Bd4 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qe2 Nd6 25. g4 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Bxe5 27. Bc1 Kf7 28. Kg2 Kf6 29. Kf3 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Ke5 31. Bf4+ Kxd5 32. Ke3 Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Bermingham, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. a4 b4 6. c4 bxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Ba3 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Qd3 Bxa3 15. Qxa3 Qa5 16. Nb3 Qa6 17. Bf1 Ne4 18. e3 Qd6 19. Qxd6 Nxd6 20. Na5 Ba8 21. Rec1 Rfc8 22. Ba6 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Nb6 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Nbc8 26. Ne5 f6 27. Nd7 Ra8 28. Bxc8 Nxc8 29. Rxe6 Kf7 30. Rc6 Ke7 31. Nc5 Kd8 32. Na6 Ne7 33. Rd6+ Kc8 34. Nc5 a5 35. Rd7 Ng8 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Boyle, Bernard"]
[Black "Harding, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bd3 Qe7 8. O-O c5 9. c3 O-O 10. a4 Rd8 11. a5 Nb8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Bd6 14. b5 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. c4 Rac8 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Qb3 Be8 20. Ra3 Qxb3 21. Rxb3 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Bxb5 23. Rb3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rc7 25. Ke2 Kf8 26. e4 Ke7 27. f3 Nd7 28. h4 Ne5 29. f4 Nc6 30. Ra3 g6 31. g4 Rd7 32. Ke3 Kd8 33. e5 Rd5 34. Nc4 Ke7 35. Rb3 Rd7 36. Ra3 Nb4 37. Rb3 Nc2+ 38. Kf2 Nd4 39. Rb2 Nc6 40. Ke3 f6 41. exf6+ Kxf6 42. Rb5 Nd4 43. g5+ hxg5 44. hxg5+ Ke7 45. Rb1 Nc6 46. Rb2 Kd8 47. Rd2 Rxd2 48. Kxd2 Kc7 49. Ke3 b5 50. axb6+ axb6 51. Ke4 b5 52. Nd2 Kd6 53. Nb3 b4 54. Kd3 Kd5 55. Nd2 e5 56. fxe5 Nxe5+ 57. Ke3 Nc4+ 58. Kd3 Nxd2 59. Kxd2 Ke4 60. Kc2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Mulay, Pratik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. d4 Nf7 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. Rf1 O-O 10. Kg1 d6 11. Qd3 g6 12. Bd2 Kg7 13. Rf2 c6 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. Rxf5 gxf5 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Qe8 19. Bf4 Rd8 20. Rf1 Qg6 21. Qa3 Nh5 22. Bd2 a6 23. d5 c5 24. b4 cxb4 25. Qxb4 Rd7 26. Re1 f4 27. Qb2+ Kg8 28. Bh3 fxg3 29. Be6+ Rdf7 30. h3 Ng7 31. Bxf7+ Qxf7 32. Be3 Nf5 33. Qg2 Qg7 34. Qe4 Qb2 35. Qg4+ Kh8 36. Qe2 Qxe2 37. Rxe2 Rc8 38. c5 dxc5 39. Bf4 Rd8 40. Re5 Nh4 41. Rh5 Ng6 42. Bxg3 Kg7 43. Bc7 Rd7 44. d6 Nf4 45. Rxc5 Nxh3+ 46. Kg2 Nf4+ 47. Kf3 Ne6 48. Rc1 Kf6 49. Ke4 h5 50. Kd5 Kf5 51. Rf1 Nf4+ 52. Rxf4 Kxf4 53. Ke6 Rxd6+ 54. Kxd6 Ke4 55. Kc5 b5 56. Kb6 Kd4 57. Kxa6 b4 58. Ka5 Kc3 59. Be5+ Kc4 60. Ka4 h4 61. Bd6 Kd5 62. Bh2 Kc4 63. Bf4 h3 64. Bg3 Kc5 65. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "McGrath, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 Ne5 10. f4 Neg4 11. Bd4 e5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. h3 Be6 14. Qe1 Nc6 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Qd2 d5 17. Bc5 Nc6 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Rad1 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Qc1 Bh6 23. Qb1 Be3+ 24. Kh2 Qb8+ 25. g3 Rg5 26. Rf3 Bf2 27. Rg1 Bxg1+ 28. Qxg1 Rh5 29. Rf4 Rxh3+ 30. Kg2 Qe5 31. Qf2 Rh6 32. c3 Bd5+ 33. Bf3 Qh5 34. Kf1 Bxf3 35. Qxf3 Qh1+ 36. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 37. Kg2 Rb1 38. Rf2 Ne5 39. Nc5 b6 40. Na4 Nd3 41. Rd2 b5 42. Rxd3 bxa4 43. Rd2 Rc1 44. a3 Kg7 45. Kf3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Moore, Fiachra"]
[Black "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. a4 a6 7. Bc4 d6 8. d3 e6 9. Be3 Ne7 10. O-O d5 11. Ba2 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 d4 13. e5 dxe3 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. Qxe3 b6 17. a5 bxa5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Nxc5 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rxa5 f6 22. e6 Re8 23. Re1 Bf8 24. d4 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Bxe6 26. Kg1 Bf7 27. Ra1 Reb8 28. Ra2 Rb6 29. Kf2 Rab8 30. b3 Re8 31. g3 Kf8 32. Rb2 Ke7 33. Rc7+ Kf8 34. Rc5 Re7 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. c3 Reb7 37. b4 a5 38. Ke3 axb4 39. cxb4 Rxb4 40. Rxb4 Rxb4 41. Rc2 Rb3+ 42. Ke2 Rb7 43. Kf3 Be6 44. Rc6 Bf5 45. Rc3 h5 46. h4 Rb2 47. Rc7+ Kh6 48. Rc6 Be4+ 49. Ke3 f5 50. Rc3 Rg2 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Black "Liu, Murray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. g4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Rb8 17. b3 Qa3+ 18. Qb2 Qa5 19. c4 e4 20. Qc2 Qa3+ 21. Kd2 exf3 22. h3 Qc5 23. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 e6 8. Qd2 a6 9. f4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. fxe5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. exf6 gxh4 16. Bd3 h3 17. Ne4 Rd4 18. O-O-O Rxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rd4 hxg2 21. Rhd1 Bd5 22. b4 Rg8 23. Rg1 Rg6 24. Kb2 Rxf6 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Karacol, Sitki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bf4 Be6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. h3 Rc8 12. O-O c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfd1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qb6 16. Be5 Rfd8 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. a3 a6 19. b4 Qc7 20. Rac1 Qb8 21. Be5 Qa8 22. Na4 Nd7 23. Bc7 Re8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 b5 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Qd8 29. Qd4 Qg5 30. h4 Qg6 31. Rc6 Ra8 32. Bg3 Qe4 33. Qc3 Qg4 34. Qd2 Qe4 35. Qc3 Qg4 36. Qc5 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd3 38. Qe7 Qxa3 39. Be5 Bf5 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. Qe5+ Kg8 42. Qxf5 Qb2 43. Rxh6 Qg7 44. Rh5 Kf8 45. Rh7 Qg6 46. Qxg6 fxg6 47. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Sheehan, Conor"]
[Black "Braine, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. Na3 Qe6 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. f3 Bxa3 15. fxg4 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Kb8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. b3 h5 19. g5 h4 20. h3 cxb3 21. axb3 Nd5 22. Qf2 f5 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 b6 25. Qf2 e4 26. Ba3 Nc7 27. Rad1 Nb5 28. Bb2 Nd6 29. d3 exd3 30. Bxd3 Qf7 31. c4 Rh5 32. Qf4 Qg6 33. Be2 Qxg5 34. Qf3 Ne4 35. Rxd8+ Nxd8 36. Be5+ Kb7 37. Qxh5 Qe3 38. Qf3 Qc5 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Sharry, Martin"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. O-O e6 10. f4 b4 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bxe4 15. Re1 d5 16. Ng5 Be7 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Bd4 O-O 19. Rb1 h6 20. Nf3 Bc5 21. Rb3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Ne4 24. Rd1 Qxc2 25. Rb7 Qxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "O'Byrne, Derek"]
[Black "Novak, Vjekoslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 a5 7. O-O a4 8. e5 Nfd7 9. a3 Nc6 10. Re1 f6 11. d4 fxe5 12. dxe5 Nb6 13. h4 Bd7 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ne3 Be8 16. Nd4 Bf7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. c3 Qe8 20. Nc2 c5 21. Bf1 Bd8 22. Be2 Bg6 23. Ne3 c4 24. Ng2 Nd7 25. f4 Rb8 26. Rb1 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Madebrink, Lars"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Be2 c6 9. Rd1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 Na6 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Re8 14. O-O Nc5 15. Nd2 a5 16. f3 Kf8 17. Nb3 Nfd7 18. Rfd1 Nxb3 19. axb3 Nc5 20. Na4 Nxb3 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. R6d3 Nd4 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. Ra3 Kd6 25. Rxa5 Be6 26. c5+ Ke7 27. b4 Red8 28. Bc4 Nc2 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bxe6 Kxe6 31. Ra7 Rd2+ 32. Kg3 Ne1 33. Rxb7 Rxg2+ 34. Kh3 Rg1 35. Rc7 Kf6 36. Nd7+ Kg5 37. Nxe5 Kf4 38. Nxc6 Nxf3 39. Rxf7+ Kxe4 40. Re7+ Kd5 41. Rc7 g5 42. Rg7 Kxc6 43. Rg8 h5 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Harding, Tim"]
[Black "Loughran, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. h4 Bg7 7. h5 c6 8. e4 Nd7 9. Bc4 Qa5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. d4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nxe4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bb2 Nd6 15. Bb3 Bf5 16. Qe2 Be4 17. Kf1 Qf5 18. Rd1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 b5 20. Qxe7 Qxf3 21. Qh4 Rfe8 22. Bc1 Re4 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Rh3 Qe2+ 25. Kg2 Rg4+ 26. Rg3 Rxg3+ 27. Kxg3 Ne4+ 28. Kf4 Qxf2+ 29. Kxe4 Re8+ 30. Kd3 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Noone, Joe"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Rad1 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Rc8 15. Nd3 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rf8 17. Bb4 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 b6 19. c5 Be8 20. Rc1 Nd7 21. Qd2 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qf4 Nxd3 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. exd3 Re7 26. Kf2 Rf6 27. Rfe1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Kf7 29. f4 Re6 30. cxb6 axb6 31. d4 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Ke6 33. Kd2 c5 34. Kc3 Kd6 35. Bf1 h6 36. Bd3 Bd7 37. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. h4 Nf6 4. h5 b6 5. h6 g6 6. Bg5 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 Bb7 8. Ngf3 O-O 9. e3 Qe8 10. a3 Bd6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. exf4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Kf1 Nc6 16. Qc2 Qb8 17. Rh4 Qd8 18. g3 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Ng5 Qe7 22. Rc1 Nd4 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Rfc8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bd1 Rc1 27. Ke1 Rb1 28. Kd2 Rxb2+ 29. Kc3 Rxf2 30. Kxd4 Rd2+ 31. Ke5 Rxd1 32. f5 gxf5 33. Ne6 e3 34. Kf6 e2 35. Rb4 e1=Q 36. Rxb7 Rb1 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Nd8 Qc3+ 39. Kf7 Qc7+ 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mulay, Pratik"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 d4 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. Ne2 a6 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8. d3 Ne7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ng3 f6 11. Nh4 Kf7 12. f5 e5 13. c3 Qb6 14. Nf3 Ke7 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Ne2 Bc6 17. Nexd4 cxd4 18. Nd2 Kd7 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Bd2 a5 21. a4 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Sheehan, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Nc3 Bc5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. Rd2 Qd7 16. e4 Rac8 17. Qd3 Bb4 18. a3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Bh3 20. exd5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 cxd5 22. Qd3 Qe6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxd5 Red8 25. Qb7 Rxd2 26. Qxc8+ Qd8 27. Qxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rc1 g6 29. Rc3 Rd2 30. Kf3 Kg7 31. Ke3 Rb2 32. h4 Kf6 33. b4 Ra2 34. Rc6+ Ke5 35. Ra6 Rb2 36. Ra5+ 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. h3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 a5 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfe1 Kg8 16. Qg3 Qb6 17. Rd2 Qc5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qb4 20. Rb1 Qa4 21. Rb5 Nc5 22. Qc3 Qxa2 23. Qe1 Nb3 24. Rxb7 Rab8 25. Rxe7 Nd2 26. Ra1 Qxb2 27. Rxa5 Qf6 28. Rea7 Rb1 29. Bd1 Qd4 30. Rd5 Nf3+ 31. gxf3 Qxa7 32. Rxd6 Qc5 33. Qd2 Qxc4 34. Kg2 Qc5 35. Rd5 Qb6 36. Rd6 Qb8 37. e5 Rb2 38. Qd4 Rb4 39. Qe3 Re8 40. Qc3 Rb6 41. Rxb6 Qxb6 42. f4 Rd8 43. Bf3 Qd4 44. Qxd4 Rxd4 45. Kg3 h6 46. h4 h5 47. Bb7 Rc4 48. Bd5 Rc5 49. Bb7 Kf8 50. Be4 Ke7 51. Bb1 Rc1 52. Ba2 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "McGrath, Mark"]
[Black "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Qd3 Nf6 16. Ba6 Qc7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Ng5 g6 20. Qh3 h5 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. a4 Rc2 23. g4 Rfc8 24. gxh5 Nf4 25. Qe3 Nxh5 26. Qh6 Qf8 27. Qg5 Kh7 28. d5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Qh6 30. Rd7 R8c7 31. e6 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kg2 Nf4+ 34. Kf3 Rc3+ 35. Kxf4 Qxh2+ 36. Kg4 Qh3+ 37. Kf4 Rf3+ 38. Ke5 Qxe6+ 39. Kd4 Qxd7+ 40. Kc4 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Liu, Murray"]
[Black "Choudhury, Darshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Be3 h5 10. Nf3 Be6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Kb1 b5 13. c4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. h3 Rb8 17. g4 Ba3 18. Bc1 Qa5 19. Qd2 Bb4 20. Qd3 Nb6 21. Nd2 Nc4 22. Nb3 Qb5 23. Qg3 Re2 24. gxh5 Nd2+ 25. Bxd2 Bxd2 26. Rhg1 Bh6 27. Rge1 Rbe8 28. Rg1 a5 29. Qd3 Qb6 30. Qc3 a4 31. Nc1 Rxf2 32. Rd3 Bxc1 33. Qxc1 Ree2 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Goss, Alex"]
[Black "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. f3 Qc7 13. Qd2 c5 14. Nde2 Bc6 15. Ng3 Rfd8 16. Qf2 Qb7 17. b3 Rac8 18. Rad1 g6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Bxc5 Bxf3 22. b4 Bc6 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. Nge4 Nxc5 25. bxc5 Qb4 26. Qxa6 Bb7 27. Qb5 Ba5 28. Qxb4 Bxb4 29. Rb1 Bxc3 30. Rxb7 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 Bxc5 32. a5 Bd4 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Nd6+ Ke7 35. Nxc8+ Kd7 36. Nb6+ Kc6 37. Nc4 Kb5 38. Nd6+ Kxa5 39. Ke2 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Hughes, Padraig"]
[Black "Mulukutla, Ayaansh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2 Nc5 9. h4 Bg4 10. Nd4 Bh5 11. Nf5 Bg6 12. h5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Qe7 14. O-O-O a5 15. h6 g6 16. Qf3 Ncd7 17. d4 O-O 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. Rde1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qd1 Ba3 22. f3 Nf6 23. Rhf1 Qb4 24. Bxa3 Qxa3+ 25. Kb1 Qb4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Rxe4 28. Qf3 Qe7 29. Rf2 Re8 30. g4 Rxd4 31. exd4 Qxe1+ 32. Kb2 Qe6 33. g5 Qe7 34. Qf6 Qxf6 35. gxf6 Re6 36. d5 cxd5 37. Rc2 Rc6 38. Re2 Kf8 39. Re7 Rxf6 40. Rxb7 g5 41. Rb5 g4 42. Rxd5 g3 43. Rd1 Rf2+ 44. Kc3 Rxa2 45. Rd8+ Ke7 46. Rg8 Rh2 47. Rxg3 Rxh6 48. Rg5 Rc6+ 49. Kd4 Ra6 50. Rh5 a4 51. bxa4 Rxa4+ 52. Ke3 Kf6 53. Rxh7 Kg6 54. Rh8 f5 55. Kf3 Kg5 56. Rg8+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Black "McIlroy, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. a3 a5 8. Rb1 Be6 9. d3 Nge7 10. Ng5 Bc8 11. Nd5 f5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 h6 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. b5 Nd4 16. Nf3 e4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bb2 e3 19. f4 Ra2 20. Qb3 Rxb2 21. Rxb2 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 O-O 23. Ra1 b6 24. Bd5+ Kh7 25. Ra8 g5 26. Qa1 Kg6 27. Qa7 Qxa7 28. Rxa7 Kf6 29. Kg2 Re8 30. h4 gxh4 31. gxh4 Re7 32. Rxe7 Kxe7 33. Kf3 Bd7 34. Kxe3 Be8 35. Bf3 Kf6 36. Kd2 Bf7 37. e3 Ke7 38. e4 Kf6 39. Be2 Ke6 40. Ke3 Kf6 41. Bf1 Bh5 42. Bh3 fxe4 43. dxe4 Bf7 44. Kd3 Bg8 45. Bd7 Bf7 46. Bg4 Be8 47. Bc8 Bf7 48. Bb7 Bh5 49. Bd5 Bg4 50. Ke3 Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Novak, Vjekoslav"]
[Black "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. d3 Ne8 11. Bxg7 Nxg7 12. Nd2 Nf5 13. Rf3 e5 14. g4 Ng7 15. Rf2 f5 16. g5 Ne6 17. Qf1 d4 18. exd4 exf4 19. dxc5 Nxg5 20. d4 Be6 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Ne4 23. Rxf4 Rae8 24. Ne5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Arkell, Keith"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. e3 Qc7 12. Ba3 Rd8 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rab1 e6 17. Rb3 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Rfb1 Rab8 20. Qa6 Rfd8 21. Kg2 Rxb3 22. Rxb3 Rd7 23. e4 e5 24. Rb4 Kg7 25. Rc4 Rd6 26. Ra4 Rd7 27. Qc4 Qd6 28. Ra6 Rc7 29. Ra5 f6 30. Rc5 Kf8 31. Ra5 Kg7 32. h4 h5 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34. Rxc5 Kf7 35. Kf3 Ke6 36. Ke3 Kd6 37. Ra5 Rd7 38. f4 Ke6 39. Rc5 Kd6 40. Rc4 Rb7 41. Ra4 Kc5 42. Ra5+ Kd6 43. Kf3 Ke6 44. Ra4 Rd7 45. Ke2 Rb7 46. Ke3 Rd7 47. Rc4 Rd6 48. Rc5 exf4+ 49. gxf4 Kd7 50. Ra5 Rd1 51. Rxa7+ Kd6 52. Rf7 Ke6 53. Rg7 Re1+ 54. Kf3 Rf1+ 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56. Kf2 Rh1 57. Rxg6 Rxh4 58. Ke3 Rh3+ 59. Kd4 Kf7 60. Rg2 c5+ 61. Kc4 Re3 62. a4 Rxe4+ 63. Kb5 Rxf4 64. a5 Rf3 65. Rc2 Re3 66. a6 Kg6 67. a7 Re8 68. Ra2 Ra8 69. Kxc5 Kg5 70. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Harding, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3 Na6 9. Ra4 Bc2 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. e4 Naxc5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Ra1 dxe4 14. Bg2 Nd3+ 15. Ke2 f5 16. f3 exf3+ 17. Nxf3 Bc5 18. Na4 O-O-O 19. Bg5 Rd5 20. Ne1 Re5+ 21. Kd2 Bb4+ 22. Nc3 Nxe1 23. Rhxe1 Rxe1 24. Kxe1 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Reynolds, Pat"]
[Black "Madebrink, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 e6 8. Rb1 Qc7 9. Bb5+ Nbd7 10. Nf3 a6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Ke7 13. e5 dxe5 14. O-O axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 16. Qe2 h6 17. fxe5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Ke8 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Nc7+ Qxc7 21. Qxe6+ Be7 22. Bf4 Ne5 23. Qb3 c4 24. Qg3 Be6 25. Rbe1 Rg8 26. Qc3 Qc6 27. Bg3 Ra3 28. Qd2 Raxg3 29. hxg3 Bc5+ 30. Rf2 Ng4 31. Ra1 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Boyle, Bernard"]
[Black "Quinn, Ciaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Nd2 Qc7 8. Ndf3 Ne4 9. Bd3 f6 10. Nxc6 Bxf4 11. exf4 bxc6 12. g3 Qb6 13. Qe2 Rb8 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxb2 16. O-O Qxc3 17. Qxc6+ Bd7 18. Qe4 Kf7 19. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 a6 7. d4 b5 8. Qc2 bxc4 9. bxc4 Rb8 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rab1 Qc7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qh4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxf6 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 gxf6 21. Qxf6 Qa5 22. Rd1 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Mulay, Pratik"]
[Black "Liu, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O e6 8. d3 Nge7 9. f5 gxf5 10. Ng5 Ne5 11. Qh5 Qc8 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Rxf5 exf5 14. Nxf7 Nxf7 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Qxg7 Kc7 17. Nd5+ Kb8 18. Bf4 b6 19. Ba6 Qxa6 20. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2 Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. c4 Be7 11. g3 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 O-O 16. Rfe1 a5 17. a4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qb4 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. axb5 a4 21. Nc5 Nxd4 22. Nxd7 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Nxc1 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. Nf3 Nd3 27. Nd4 Nxb2 28. Nc2 Nc4 29. f4 f6 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 Nd6 33. Na3 Ne4 34. g4 hxg4 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. h5 Ng3+ 37. Kf2 Nxh5 38. f5 exf5 39. b6 Ke6 40. Kg2 Kd6 41. Nb5+ Kc6 42. Nc3 a3 43. Nxd5 Kxd5 44. Kh2 a2 45. Kg2 a1=Q 46. Kh2 g3+ 47. Kg2 Qb2+ 48. Kf3 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b4 c6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. bxa5 Qxa5 9. Nb3 Qd8 10. a4 Ne4 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qd3 Ndf6 13. Nfd2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qe3 Qd5 17. a5 Rfd8 18. Rfb1 c5 19. c3 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rdc8 21. Rc1 Be6 22. Rcb1 Rc2 23. Ra4 Qb5 24. Ra3 Rxe2 25. Qc1 Bxb3 26. Rbxb3 Qc6 27. Qxc6 bxc6 28. Be3 e5 29. dxe5 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Rd1 31. a6 Bxe5 32. a7 Rd7 33. Ra6 f5 34. Rxc6 Raxa7 35. Bxa7 Rxa7 36. h4 Bd4 37. Rd6 Be5 38. Rd5 Re7 39. h5 Kg7 40. Rbb5 Bc3 41. Rbc5 Bb2 42. Rc2 Ba1 43. Re2 Kh6 44. g4 fxg4 45. hxg6 Kxg6 46. Ra2 Be5 47. Ra6+ Kg5 48. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Goss, Alex"]
[Black "Braine, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. a3 Rb8 11. c4 Ne3 12. Qd3 Nxf1 13. Rxf1 Be7 14. Rf2 c5 15. Be3 a5 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Rdd2 Qc6 18. Rf3 a4 19. Rh3 g6 20. Bxc5 f5 21. Bxe7 Rb3 22. Nc3 Rf7 23. Bf6 Ba6 24. Qg3 Qxc4 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxd7+ Kf8 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Rxh7+ Kg6 30. Rg7+ Kh6 31. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Black "Greenan, Darragh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 e6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Qc7 11. Rc1 O-O-O 12. b4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Nd5 14. a3 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 a6 16. O-O Kb8 17. Rb1 Qd7 18. e4 Rg8 19. a4 Bh6 20. Rc5 Rc8 21. Rh5 Bf4 22. Rxh7 e5 23. Qxf7 Qxf7 24. Rxf7 Rgf8 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. g3 Bh6 27. dxe5 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Moore, Fiachra"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d3 e5 7. Ne2 Be7 8. f4 exf4 9. Nxf4 Ng4 10. Nc3 Bh4+ 11. g3 Nxh2 12. Rxh2 Bxg3+ 13. Rf2 Qh4 14. Qf3 Bg4 15. Qg2 Bxf4 16. Ne2 Be3 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "O'Reilly, Ciaran"]
[Black "Hughes, Padraig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Ne2 Bf5 10. Qc2 Qd5 11. f3 Nd7 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxc5 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Bh6 19. Nd4 Ne6 20. Re1 Rd8 21. Bd3 Nxd4 22. cxd4 Kf8 23. h3 f5 24. Re2 Rxd4 25. Kc2 Rd6 26. Bc4 a6 27. Kc3 b5 28. Bd3 Bg7+ 29. Kc2 Bf6 30. Re1 Bxb2 31. Bxb5 axb5 32. Kxb2 Rd2+ 33. Kc3 Rxg2 34. Kb4 Rg3 35. Kxb5 Rxf3 36. b4 Rxh3 37. Kc6 Rc3+ 38. Kd6 Rb3 39. Kc5 Kg7 40. b5 g5 41. b6 Kg6 42. Kc6 g4 43. b7 f4 44. Kc7 h5 45. b8=Q Rxb8 46. Kxb8 h4 47. Re8 f3 48. Rg8+ Kf5 49. Rg7 f6 50. Rh7 f2 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Black "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 d4 5. Bb2 Ne7 6. Bd3 Ng6 7. bxc5 Bxc5 8. Qe2 Qb6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. O-O Qc7 12. d3 b6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bg3 Ne7 15. Nbd2 Nf5 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. Rab1 Be7 18. Rfc1 Rd5 19. Re1 O-O 20. Bf4 Rc8 21. Nfg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Rc5 23. Qg4 Rxc2 24. Qh3 Nh6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. e6+ Ke8 29. Rb4 Ng4 30. Rxd4 Rxf2 31. Rd7 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Rcc2 33. Rd8+ Kxd8 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "McIlroy, Gerard"]
[Black "Higgie, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nh3 Nf8 13. Nf2 Bd7 14. O-O b6 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Nfd1 Rb8 17. Bxa6 Bc8 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Bd3 Ra8 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 N8d7 22. Nc3 Re7 23. Bg5 Nb8 24. Rae1 Qf8 25. Qf4 Ne8 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Bxe8 Qxe8 28. Qxd6 Nd7 29. f4 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Madebrink, Lars"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Ne2 Nh5 10. Be3 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Qf6 12. Qf1 Nf4 13. g3 Nxd3 14. Kxd3 Qd8 15. Qb1 f5 16. exf5 O-O 17. g4 e4+ 18. Kd2 exf3 19. Nf4 Ne5 20. Qe4 Qa5 21. Nd3 Nxd3 22. Kxd3 Bd7 23. Qe7 Qc7 24. Qh4 b5 25. cxb5 Bxb5+ 26. c4 Ba6 27. Bd2 Qb7 28. Bc3 Qxd5+ 29. Kc2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Noone, Joe"]
[Black "Harding, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qb6 7. Nc2 cxd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Rb1 Rc8 12. f3 exf3 13. exf3 O-O 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Rbc1 Qxb2 17. g4 Nb4 18. Nxb4 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Bxb4 20. gxf5 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Boyle, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c4 a5 9. a4 O-O 10. Nc3 h6 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. e4 e5 14. Be3 Ne8 15. Nd2 d6 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Ncxd6 Nxd6 18. Nxd6 Bxd6 19. cxd6 Qd7 20. Rc1 Ra6 21. f4 f6 22. Bc5 Rd8 23. Rf2 Nd4 24. Rc3 Rc6 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Qh5 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Qxa4 28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Qxh3 Rxd6 30. Rxe5 Ne2+ 31. Kg2 Rd2 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Re7 1-0

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Quinn, Ciaran"]
[Black "Loughran, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rd1 Ne7 12. Nh4 c6 13. f4 Rc8 14. b4 Bg4 15. e4 Bc7 16. Ra2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Be3 Bb6 20. Rad2 Qe7 21. Bf2 Bc7 22. Qf3 Nh7 23. e5 Rfd8 24. Qg4 Rd7 25. Ne4 Bd8 26. Rd3 a5 27. Rh3 axb4 28. Bh4 Qe8 29. Bg5 f5 30. Qh4 Nxg5 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qxe8+ Kxe8 33. Nxg5 Bxg5 34. Rh8+ Ke7 35. Rxc8 Bxf4 36. axb4 Bxe5 37. Kf1 Bxd4 38. Rd3 e5 39. Ke2 e4 40. Rg3 Kf7 41. Ra8 Be5 42. Rh3 g5 43. Rhh8 f4 44. Rhf8+ Ke7 45. Rae8+ Kd6 46. Rf5 Bf6 47. Rxe4 Re7 48. Rxe7 Kxe7 49. Kd3 b6 50. h4 Ke6 51. g4 fxg3 52. Rf1 gxh4 53. Rg1 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Ne4 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Mulay, Pratik"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 f5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Nge2 Ng4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qd2 f4 11. exf4 exf4 12. gxf4 Qh4 13. Nd1 Nd7 14. Rc1 Ndf6 15. Rc3 Nh6 16. h3 Bf5 17. Re3 Nh5 18. Rg1 Rae8 19. Kf1 Bg6 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Ndc3 Nf5 22. b4 Qe7 23. a3 Nh4 24. Rh1 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Be4+ 26. f3 Bf5 27. h4 Qf7 28. d5 cxd5 29. Nxd5 Be6 30. Kf2 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Qf6 32. a4 a6 33. a5 g6 34. Rh2 Rf8 35. Rh1 Nxf4 36. Nxf4 Qxf4 37. Qxf4 Rxf4 38. Rc1 Rxb4 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Rxh7 Rb5 42. Kg3 Rxd5 43. Rxb7 Rxa5 44. Rb6 Ke6 45. Rb8 Ra1 46. Re8+ Kf7 47. Rd8 Ke7 48. Ra8 a5 49. Kf4 Kf6 50. Rf8+ Kg7 51. Rd8 Rd1 52. Ra8 Rd5 53. Kg4 Kf6 54. f4 Rb5 55. Rf8+ Ke7 56. Rg8 Kf7 57. Rd8 Ke7 58. Ra8 Kf6 59. Ra6 Ke6 60. Ra7 Kf6 61. Ra8 Ke6 62. Re8+ Kf7 63. Re4 Kf6 64. Re8 Kf7 65. Rh8 Kf6 66. Rh7 Rb1 67. Ra7 Rb5 68. Rh7 Rb1 69. Ra7 Rb5 70. Rh7 Ke5 *

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Liu, Murray"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. c3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 c5 11. Rg1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. g4 Be4 15. gxf5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rxf5 17. O-O-O Rd5 18. Qe2 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 d5 20. Qg4 Qd7 21. e4 Rd8 22. exd5 exd5 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Kc2 Bc5 25. Bg3 Kf7 26. b4 Be7 27. Rd4 Bf6 28. Rd3 h5 29. Rf3 Ke6 30. Re3+ Kf5 31. Rf3+ Kg6 32. Rd3 h4 33. Bh2 b5 34. f3 Kf5 35. Kb3 a6 36. a4 Rd8 37. Bc7 Rd7 38. Bh2 Be5 39. Bg1 g5 40. Bf2 Ke6 41. axb5 axb5 42. Kc2 Rf7 43. Be1 Ra7 44. Kb2 Ra4 45. Kb1 Ra8 46. Kb2 Rd8 47. Bf2 Rc8 48. Kc2 Rc4 49. Bg1 Bf4 50. Bd4 Rc8 51. Bf2 Kd6 52. Be3 Bxe3 53. Rxe3 d4 54. Rd3 Rxc3+ 55. Rxc3 dxc3 56. Kxc3 Ke5 57. Kd3 Kf4 58. Kd4 Kxf3 59. Kc5 g4 60. Kd4 *

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Hughes, Padraig"]
[Black "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. e5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Qxe5+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Bd7 12. Be3 c5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 O-O-O 15. Rhd1 Be7 16. Rd3 f5 17. Bf3 g5 18. g3 g4 19. Bg2 e5 20. Bd5 Kc7 21. Rad1 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Kxc6 23. Rd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bd6 25. a4 b5 26. axb5+ axb5 27. b3 Ra8 28. Rd1 bxc4 29. bxc4 Ra4 30. Rc1 Ra2+ 31. Bd2 Bf8 32. Ke1 Rxd2 33. Kxd2 Bh6+ 34. Kc2 Bxc1 35. Kxc1 Kb6 *

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Nec3 Nc6 13. Bd3 Be6 14. O-O f5 15. Be2 Bf7 16. Re1 Be7 17. b4 Nd4 18. Bf1 Kf8 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Ne2 Ne6 21. Ng3 Nd4 22. c3 h4 23. cxd4 hxg3 24. fxg3 e4 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Be2 Bh5 27. Bxh5 Rxh5 28. Rac1 Kh8 29. Rf1 Rg8 30. Kh2 *

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "Sheehan, Conor"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Bf1 c5 13. cxd5 Bxf1 14. Nxf1 Nxd5 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qb7 18. h4 h6 19. N1h2 Rfd8 20. h5 Nf8 21. Red1 cxd4 22. Nxd4 a6 23. Nhf3 b5 24. Kh2 Bb4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bc1 Nh7 27. Rg1 Be7 28. Nd2 Qb6 29. N2f3 Ng5 30. Nxg5 Qxd4 31. Qe4 Qxf2+ 32. Rg2 Qf5 *

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Singhal, Vivaan"]
[Black "Goss, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bg6 5. c4 e6 6. Qc2 c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Bb2 c5 17. Qe2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nd7 19. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "O'Hanlon, Joe"]
[Black "Choudhury, Darshan"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Qd2 a6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. Kb1 Bg4 10. Be2 e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bb4 13. Qd3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. g4 Rac8 18. g5 Nd7 19. Bd6 Rfd8 20. Ba3 Nb6 21. Bc5 Na4 22. Re3 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Na5 24. Red3 Rxc5 25. Kb2 Rdc8 26. h4 Kg7 27. h5 Nc4+ 28. Kb3 a5 29. h6+ Kf8 30. Re1 Nd2+ 31. Kb2 Nxf3 32. Rxf3 R8c7 33. Rxe6 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Kxc3 fxe6 36. Kd4 Ke7 37. Kc5 Kd7 38. Kxb5 Kd6 39. Kxa5 Kc5 40. Ka4 Kc4 41. Ka5 e5 42. Kb6 Kc3 43. a4 Kxc2 44. a5 d4 45. a6 d3 46. a7 d2 47. a8=Q d1=Q 48. Qa4+ Kd2 49. Qxd1+ Kxd1 50. Kc5 Ke2 51. Kd5 Kxf2 52. Kxe5 Kg3 53. Kf6 Kg4 54. Kg7 Kxg5 *

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Rd1 Nbd7 9. Qxc4 Rb8 10. Qc2 c5 11. Bf4 Ra8 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Rac1 Qa7 15. Be3 Qb8 16. a3 Ng4 17. Bg5 Ngf6 18. h3 h6 19. Bf4 Qa7 20. b4 Re8 21. Nd2 e5 22. Be3 Qb8 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Na4 Bf8 25. Nd6 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Re6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Nd5 31. Bd6 Bd7 32. e4 Nf6 33. Bxe5 Bc6 34. f3 Rd8 35. Bf1 Rd1 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Bxa6 Rd7 38. Be2 Ba4 39. Rc7 Rxc7 40. Bxc7 Nd7 41. Bc4 b5 42. Bd3 e5 43. f4 exf4 44. gxf4 g6 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. Kd4 Ke7 47. e5 Kf7 48. Kd5 Nf8 49. Bb6 Ne6 50. Be3 Bb3+ 51. Kd6 Bc4 52. Bxc4 bxc4 53. b5 *

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Novak, Vjekoslav"]
[Black "McIlroy, Gerard"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. f4 Nh6 2. e4 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf5 5. d5 Nd6 6. Be3 Nd7 7. Qd4 Nf6 8. Be2 a6 9. h3 Nf5 10. Qd2 Ng3 11. Rh2 e6 12. O-O-O exd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Qe1 Nf5 15. g4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 c6 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nxe4 Be7 19. h4 Qb6 20. Qc3 dxc4 21. Qxg7 O-O-O 22. Rhd2 Qe3 23. Nc3 Qxf4 24. Nge2 Qe5 25. Qh6 Bg4 26. Nd4 Bf8 27. Nxc6 Bxh6 28. Nxe5 Nxe5 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. gxh6 Nf3 32. Ne4 Ke7 *

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Loughran, John"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Ne2 g6 6. Ng3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Bd3 Nh6 9. c4 Nf5 10. Nxf5 Bxf5 11. Nc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e6 13. a3 Be7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. g3 Nc6 16. b4 Rc8 17. Ke2 a5 18. b5 Nb8 19. Be3 Nd7 20. f4 Nb6 21. Rhc1 Qd7 22. Qd1 a4 23. Qd3 Kf8 24. Bd2 Kg7 25. Nd1 Nc4 26. Nc3 Bxa3 27. Rcb1 Ra8 28. Bc1 Bxc1 29. Rxc1 a3 30. Rcb1 Rhc8 31. Rb4 Nb2 32. Rxb2 axb2 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Qb1 Qc7 35. Qxb2 Qc4+ 36. Ke3 b6 *

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Noone, Joe"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. e5 dxe5 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nf4 Nd7 18. Qc2 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. Be4 Qd6 21. g3 Rac8 22. Qg2 f5 23. Ne6 fxe4 24. Nxf8 Bxd5 25. Qe2 e3+ 26. Kg1 Bc4 *

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Bermingham, Tony"]
[Result "*"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. g3 Nc6 11. Bg2 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. O-O Bg4 14. b4 b6 15. e4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd7 17. Be2 g6 18. Bd3 Qg5 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Raxc1 f5 21. f4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 exf4 23. gxf4 Rae8 24. Bd3 Re3 25. Rcd1 Nf6 26. c5 bxc5 27. bxc5 Rb8 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. a4 Rb4 30. Bb5 Ree4 31. Rc1 a6 32. Bxa6 Rxa4 33. Rc6 Nxd5 34. Rxd6 Nxf4 35. Bb7 Red4 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Bf3 Rd2 *

[Event "Boards 1-8 Open, Boards 9-10 50+, Boards 11-14 65+"]
[Site "IE Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Quinn, Noel"]
[Black "Madebrink, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 + 30"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Bc4 a6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Nce4 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 Rad8 16. Ba5 Qc5 17. Qg4 b4 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Re3 Bf6 20. Rg3 Qe5 0-1


