[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Lynch, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[WhiteICU "2215"]
[BlackICU "1620"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2529629"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Greenan, Darragh"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[WhiteICU "1810"]
[BlackICU "2217"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2525607"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "Mulukutla, Ayaansh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[WhiteICU "2115"]
[BlackICU "1775"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "33391998"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "O'Daly, Liam"]
[Black "Mulay, Pratik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[WhiteICU "1752"]
[BlackICU "2128"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2512530"]
[BlackFideId "5059690"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Braine, Harry"]
[Black "Lane, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[WhiteICU "2101"]
[BlackICU "1666"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518570"]
[BlackFideId "368179924"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "O'Hanlon, Joe"]
[Black "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[WhiteICU "1732"]
[BlackICU "2019"]
[WhiteClub "Dundalk"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512157"]
[BlackFideId "2501309"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Slevin, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[WhiteICU "2036"]
[BlackICU "1660"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508214"]
[BlackFideId "2535157"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Hughes, Padraig"]
[Black "Afonso, Edgar Manuel Cavaco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[WhiteICU "1975"]
[BlackICU "1666"]
[WhiteClub "Curragh"]
[BlackClub "Celbridge"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "POR"]
[WhiteFideId "2505690"]
[BlackFideId "1933248"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]
[WhiteFullName "Hughes, P&aacute;draig"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Hanna, Patrick"]
[Black "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1615"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[WhiteICU "1498"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2538059"]
[BlackFideId "2512556"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Singhal, Vivaan"]
[Black "Desai, Indrajit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[WhiteICU "1915"]
[BlackICU "1880"]
[WhiteClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516721"]
[BlackFideId "21068941"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Kevin"]
[Black "McGrath, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[BlackICU "1927"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505886"]
[BlackFideId "2519895"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Black "Elioutin, Daniel Afanasiev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "1577"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529343"]
[BlackFideId "2532174"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Greenan, David"]
[Black "Sheehan, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1557"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[WhiteICU "1554"]
[BlackICU "1944"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2526514"]
[BlackFideId "2517850"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Goss, Alex"]
[Black "Lynch, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[WhiteICU "1868"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509407"]
[BlackFideId "2532450"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Elioutin, Michael Afanasiev"]
[Black "Choudhury, Darshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[BlackICU "1932"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2532182"]
[BlackFideId "33439877"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Karacol, Sitki Fatih"]
[Black "McMahon, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1433"]
[WhiteICU "1915"]
[BlackICU "1418"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "TUR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "44500254"]
[BlackFideId "2526816"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Sharry, Martin J."]
[Black "Liu, Murray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[WhiteICU "1442"]
[BlackICU "1829"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2544598"]
[BlackFideId "2517191"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "McGrady, Seth"]
[Black "Gupta, Prisha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "1413"]
[WhiteICU "1851"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532956"]
[BlackFideId "2520508"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Morrison, Ryan"]
[Black "Lynch, Fionn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1411"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2513145"]
[BlackFideId "2518899"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "O'Reilly, Ciaran"]
[Black "Schranz, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[WhiteICU "1774"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "AUT"]
[WhiteFideId "2512769"]
[BlackFideId "1636189"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Reilly, Ciar&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[WhiteICU "1970"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[WhiteICU "2110"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Moore, Fiachra"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[WhiteICU "1859"]
[WhiteClub "Carlow"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2527294"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Syms, Thomas"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1683"]
[WhiteICU "1695"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518597"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Katuri, Ganesh"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1062"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2538709"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Rigney, Ronan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1451"]
[WhiteICU "1435"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529696"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "McGrath, Mark"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[WhiteICU "1927"]
[BlackICU "2215"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519895"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Maroczy bind (Reti variation)"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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Rdd4 dxc4 27. Rxc4 Be6 28. Rd4 Bd7 29. Rc4 Be6 30. Rxc6 1-0. }

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 { ... ? } (
25... exd5 26. Rxd5 $1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[WhiteICU "2217"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2529343"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sheehan, Conor"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[WhiteICU "1944"]
[BlackICU "2115"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517850"]
[BlackFideId "2509571"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mulay, Pratik"]
[Black "Karacol, Sitki Fatih"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[WhiteICU "2128"]
[BlackICU "1915"]
[WhiteClub "Master"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IND"]
[BlackNationality "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "5059690"]
[BlackFideId "44500254"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Choudhury, Darshan"]
[Black "Braine, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[WhiteICU "1932"]
[BlackICU "2101"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IND"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "33439877"]
[BlackFideId "2518570"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Liu, Murray"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[WhiteICU "1829"]
[BlackICU "2036"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517191"]
[BlackFideId "2508214"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6...e6"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "McGrady, Seth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[WhiteICU "1970"]
[BlackICU "1851"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[BlackFideId "2532956"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 47. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Lynch, Conor"]
[Black "Hughes, Padraig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[BlackICU "1975"]
[BlackClub "Curragh"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532450"]
[BlackFideId "2505690"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]
[BlackFullName "Hughes, P&aacute;draig"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Black "O'Reilly, Ciaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1754"]
[WhiteICU "1949"]
[BlackICU "1774"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512556"]
[BlackFideId "2512769"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]
[BlackFullName "O'Reilly, Ciar&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Lynch, Fionn"]
[Black "Singhal, Vivaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[BlackICU "1915"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518899"]
[BlackFideId "2516721"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "O'Hanlon, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[WhiteICU "2110"]
[BlackICU "1732"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Dundalk"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[BlackFideId "2512157"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Black "Syms, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1683"]
[WhiteICU "2019"]
[BlackICU "1695"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501309"]
[BlackFideId "2518597"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Moore, Fiachra"]
[Black "Katuri, Ganesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[WhiteICU "1859"]
[BlackICU "1062"]
[WhiteClub "Carlow"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2527294"]
[BlackFideId "2538709"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Elioutin, Daniel Afanasiev"]
[Black "Goss, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[BlackICU "1868"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532174"]
[BlackFideId "2509407"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Lynch, David"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[WhiteICU "1620"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529629"]
[BlackFideId "2505886"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "McMahon, Conor"]
[Black "Greenan, Darragh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1433"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[WhiteICU "1418"]
[BlackICU "1810"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2526816"]
[BlackFideId "2525607"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Mulukutla, Ayaansh"]
[Black "Greenan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1557"]
[WhiteICU "1775"]
[BlackICU "1554"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "33391998"]
[BlackFideId "2526514"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Gupta, Prisha"]
[Black "O'Daly, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1413"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[BlackICU "1752"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520508"]
[BlackFideId "2512530"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Slevin, Sean"]
[Black "Elioutin, Michael Afanasiev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1690"]
[BlackElo "1530"]
[WhiteICU "1660"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535157"]
[BlackFideId "2532182"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Afonso, Edgar Manuel Cavaco"]
[Black "Sharry, Martin J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[WhiteICU "1666"]
[BlackICU "1442"]
[WhiteClub "Celbridge"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "POR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1933248"]
[BlackFideId "2544598"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Schranz, Martin"]
[Black "Hanna, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[BlackICU "1498"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "AUT"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1636189"]
[BlackFideId "2538059"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Morrison, Ryan"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1411"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2513145"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Lane, Alan"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[WhiteICU "1666"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "368179924"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Desai, Indrajit"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[WhiteICU "1880"]
[WhiteNationality "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "21068941"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Rigney, Ronan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1451"]
[WhiteICU "1435"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529696"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Braine, Harry"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[WhiteICU "2101"]
[BlackICU "2217"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518570"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 $2 ({ White is in
complete control, and now simply } 31. O-O-O $18 { leaves the evaluation at
around +5. Instead he gives up the dominant knight and much of the
advantage. After a string of inaccuracies over the following moves, he is
even lost. }) 31... Rxf7 32. Nxf7+ Qxf7 33. d5 e3 34. Qh4 Rc8 35. Rc1 Qg7
$19 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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[WhiteICU "2115"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "2512556"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 39.
Kxd1 Ra1+ 40. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Singhal, Vivaan"]
[Black "Mulay, Pratik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[WhiteICU "1915"]
[BlackICU "2128"]
[WhiteClub "Master"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2516721"]
[BlackFideId "5059690"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "McGrath, Mark"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[WhiteICU "1927"]
[BlackICU "2110"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519895"]
[BlackFideId "2514311"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Liu, Murray"]
[Black "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[WhiteICU "1829"]
[BlackICU "2019"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517191"]
[BlackFideId "2501309"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Lynch, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[WhiteICU "2036"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508214"]
[BlackFideId "2532450"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 $10 { Drawn
with best play, per tablebases. } 55. Rg5 Rh6 $2 { 55...
Ra6/b6/d6/f6/c1/c2/c7/c8 =; all others lose. } 56. Rg8 $18 (56. h5 $18)
56... Ke5 57. Kg5 Rh7 58. Re8+ Kd6 59. h5 Kd7 60. Re1 $2 { This leaves the
white king with no cover. 60. Re3/e4/e5 wins, as does 60. Ra8/b8/g8. }
60... Rg7+ $10 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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Hughes, Padraig"]
[Black "Moore, Fiachra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[WhiteICU "1975"]
[BlackICU "1859"]
[WhiteClub "Curragh"]
[BlackClub "Carlow"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505690"]
[BlackFideId "2527294"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]
[WhiteFullName "Hughes, P&aacute;draig"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "O'Reilly, Ciaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "1754"]
[WhiteICU "2215"]
[BlackICU "1774"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2512769"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]
[BlackFullName "O'Reilly, Ciar&aacute;n"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Black "Lynch, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[BlackICU "1620"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529343"]
[BlackFideId "2529629"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Greenan, Darragh"]
[Black "Sheehan, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[WhiteICU "1810"]
[BlackICU "1944"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2525607"]
[BlackFideId "2517850"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Goss, Alex"]
[Black "Mulukutla, Ayaansh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[WhiteICU "1868"]
[BlackICU "1775"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509407"]
[BlackFideId "33391998"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Hanna, Patrick"]
[Black "Choudhury, Darshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1615"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[WhiteICU "1498"]
[BlackICU "1932"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2538059"]
[BlackFideId "33439877"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Karacol, Sitki Fatih"]
[Black "Morrison, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1411"]
[WhiteICU "1915"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "TUR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "44500254"]
[BlackFideId "2513145"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "McGrady, Seth"]
[Black "Lynch, Fionn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[WhiteICU "1851"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532956"]
[BlackFideId "2518899"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Sharry, Martin J."]
[Black "O'Daly, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[WhiteICU "1442"]
[BlackICU "1752"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2544598"]
[BlackFideId "2512530"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Lane, Alan"]
[Black "Elioutin, Michael Afanasiev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1530"]
[WhiteICU "1666"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "368179924"]
[BlackFideId "2532182"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Desai, Indrajit"]
[Black "O'Hanlon, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[WhiteICU "1880"]
[BlackICU "1732"]
[BlackClub "Dundalk"]
[WhiteNationality "POL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "21068941"]
[BlackFideId "2512157"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Katuri, Ganesh"]
[Black "Slevin, Sean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[WhiteICU "1062"]
[BlackICU "1660"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2538709"]
[BlackFideId "2535157"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Syms, Thomas"]
[Black "Gupta, Prisha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1683"]
[BlackElo "1413"]
[WhiteICU "1695"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518597"]
[BlackFideId "2520508"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Greenan, David"]
[Black "Afonso, Edgar Manuel Cavaco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1557"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[WhiteICU "1554"]
[BlackICU "1666"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Celbridge"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "POR"]
[WhiteFideId "2526514"]
[BlackFideId "1933248"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Kevin"]
[Black "McMahon, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1433"]
[BlackICU "1418"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505886"]
[BlackFideId "2526816"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Schranz, Martin"]
[Black "Elioutin, Daniel Afanasiev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1577"]
[WhiteNationality "AUT"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1636189"]
[BlackFideId "2532174"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[WhiteICU "1970"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Rigney, Ronan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1451"]
[WhiteICU "1435"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529696"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Mulay, Pratik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[WhiteICU "2217"]
[BlackICU "2128"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "5059690"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[ECO "A27"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "three knights system"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 $2 (57... Kc5 (57... Kc4 $10)) 58. Ka5 $4 (58.
Kb5 Kc3 59. Be5+ $18) 58... Kc3 $10 59. Be5+ Kc4 60. Ka4 h4 61. Bd6 Kd5 62.
Bh2 Kc4 63. Bf4 h3 64. Bg3 Kc5 65. Kb3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "McGrath, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[WhiteICU "2115"]
[BlackICU "1927"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "2519895"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "B74"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, classical, 9.Nb3"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 46. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Moore, Fiachra"]
[Black "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[WhiteICU "1859"]
[BlackICU "1970"]
[WhiteClub "Carlow"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2527294"]
[BlackFideId "2508664"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Black "Liu, Murray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[WhiteICU "1949"]
[BlackICU "1829"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512556"]
[BlackFideId "2517191"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[BlackICU "2215"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529343"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "B60"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Larsen variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Karacol, Sitki Fatih"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[WhiteICU "2110"]
[BlackICU "1915"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[BlackFideId "44500254"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Sheehan, Conor"]
[Black "Braine, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[WhiteICU "1944"]
[BlackICU "2101"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517850"]
[BlackFideId "2518570"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Sharry, Martin J."]
[Black "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[WhiteICU "1442"]
[BlackICU "2036"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2544598"]
[BlackFideId "2508214"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Lynch, Conor"]
[Black "Singhal, Vivaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[BlackICU "1915"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532450"]
[BlackFideId "2516721"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Black "McGrady, Seth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[WhiteICU "2019"]
[BlackICU "1851"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501309"]
[BlackFideId "2532956"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Slevin, Sean"]
[Black "Hughes, Padraig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1690"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[WhiteICU "1660"]
[BlackICU "1975"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Curragh"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535157"]
[BlackFideId "2505690"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]
[BlackFullName "Hughes, P&aacute;draig"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Gupta, Prisha"]
[Black "Goss, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1413"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[BlackICU "1868"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520508"]
[BlackFideId "2509407"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Choudhury, Darshan"]
[Black "Lane, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[WhiteICU "1932"]
[BlackICU "1666"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IND"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "33439877"]
[BlackFideId "368179924"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Mulukutla, Ayaansh"]
[Black "Desai, Indrajit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[WhiteICU "1775"]
[BlackICU "1880"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "33391998"]
[BlackFideId "21068941"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "O'Reilly, Ciaran"]
[Black "Hanna, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[WhiteICU "1774"]
[BlackICU "1498"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512769"]
[BlackFideId "2538059"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Reilly, Ciar&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Lynch, David"]
[Black "Morrison, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1411"]
[WhiteICU "1620"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529629"]
[BlackFideId "2513145"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Elioutin, Daniel Afanasiev"]
[Black "Greenan, Darragh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[BlackICU "1810"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532174"]
[BlackFideId "2525607"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Afonso, Edgar Manuel Cavaco"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[WhiteICU "1666"]
[WhiteClub "Celbridge"]
[WhiteNationality "POR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1933248"]
[BlackFideId "2505886"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "O'Hanlon, Joe"]
[Black "Lynch, Fionn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[WhiteICU "1732"]
[WhiteClub "Dundalk"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512157"]
[BlackFideId "2518899"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "O'Daly, Liam"]
[Black "Katuri, Ganesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[WhiteICU "1752"]
[BlackICU "1062"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512530"]
[BlackFideId "2538709"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Elioutin, Michael Afanasiev"]
[Black "Syms, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "1683"]
[BlackICU "1695"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532182"]
[BlackFideId "2518597"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "McMahon, Conor"]
[Black "Greenan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1433"]
[BlackElo "1557"]
[WhiteICU "1418"]
[BlackICU "1554"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2526816"]
[BlackFideId "2526514"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Rigney, Ronan"]
[Black "Schranz, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1451"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[WhiteICU "1435"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "AUT"]
[WhiteFideId "2529696"]
[BlackFideId "1636189"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[WhiteICU "1970"]
[BlackICU "2217"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. h4 Nf6 4. h5 b6 5. h6 g6 6. Bg5 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 Bb7 8. Nf3
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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mulay, Pratik"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[WhiteICU "2128"]
[BlackICU "2115"]
[WhiteClub "Master"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IND"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "5059690"]
[BlackFideId "2509571"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Sheehan, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[WhiteICU "2215"]
[BlackICU "1944"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2517850"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[WhiteICU "2036"]
[BlackICU "2110"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508214"]
[BlackFideId "2514311"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 (46... Kf8 47. h5 gxh5 48. Bxh5 Ke7
49. Bg4 f6 50. exf6+ Kxf6 { ia a tablebase draw. }) 47. Bb7 (47. f5 $1 Kf8
48. e6 gxf5 49. exf7 Kxf7 50. Bxh5+ $10 { is a tablebase draw (even if the
white h-pawn is removed). }) 47... Rc4 48. Bd5 Rc5 49. Bb7 Kf8 50. Be4 Ke7
51. Bb1 Rc1 52. Ba2 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "McGrath, Mark"]
[Black "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[WhiteICU "1927"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519895"]
[BlackFideId "2512556"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Liu, Murray"]
[Black "Choudhury, Darshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[WhiteICU "1829"]
[BlackICU "1932"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2517191"]
[BlackFideId "33439877"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Goss, Alex"]
[Black "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[WhiteICU "1868"]
[BlackICU "2019"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509407"]
[BlackFideId "2501309"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Hughes, Padraig"]
[Black "Mulukutla, Ayaansh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[WhiteICU "1975"]
[BlackICU "1775"]
[WhiteClub "Curragh"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505690"]
[BlackFideId "33391998"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]
[WhiteFullName "Hughes, P&aacute;draig"]

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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 { Somehow Black fails to win this
overwhelmingly won game. } 40... g5 41. Rb5 g4 42. Rxd5 g3 43. Rd1 Rf2+ (
43... g2 44. Rg1 Rf2+ 45. Kc3 f5 { etc. is simplest. }) 44. Kc3 Rxa2 45.
Rd8+ Ke7 46. Rg8 Rh2 $2 ({ This throws away the win. The simple } 46... g2
{ leaves White helpless. }) 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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Singhal, Vivaan"]
[Black "Moore, Fiachra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[WhiteICU "1915"]
[BlackICU "1859"]
[WhiteClub "Master"]
[BlackClub "Carlow"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516721"]
[BlackFideId "2527294"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Braine, Harry"]
[Black "Lynch, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[WhiteICU "2101"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518570"]
[BlackFideId "2532450"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Greenan, Darragh"]
[Black "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[WhiteICU "1810"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2525607"]
[BlackFideId "2529343"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Karacol, Sitki Fatih"]
[Black "O'Reilly, Ciaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1754"]
[WhiteICU "1915"]
[BlackICU "1774"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "TUR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "44500254"]
[BlackFideId "2512769"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]
[BlackFullName "O'Reilly, Ciar&aacute;n"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "McGrady, Seth"]
[Black "Sharry, Martin J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[WhiteICU "1851"]
[BlackICU "1442"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532956"]
[BlackFideId "2544598"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Lane, Alan"]
[Black "Lynch, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[WhiteICU "1666"]
[BlackICU "1620"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "368179924"]
[BlackFideId "2529629"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Kevin"]
[Black "O'Hanlon, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[BlackICU "1732"]
[BlackClub "Dundalk"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505886"]
[BlackFideId "2512157"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Desai, Indrajit"]
[Black "Slevin, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[WhiteICU "1880"]
[BlackICU "1660"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "POL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "21068941"]
[BlackFideId "2535157"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Syms, Thomas"]
[Black "Afonso, Edgar Manuel Cavaco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1683"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[WhiteICU "1695"]
[BlackICU "1666"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Celbridge"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "POR"]
[WhiteFideId "2518597"]
[BlackFideId "1933248"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Hanna, Patrick"]
[Black "Gupta, Prisha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1615"]
[BlackElo "1413"]
[WhiteICU "1498"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2538059"]
[BlackFideId "2520508"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Morrison, Ryan"]
[Black "Elioutin, Daniel Afanasiev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1411"]
[BlackElo "1577"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2513145"]
[BlackFideId "2532174"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Lynch, Fionn"]
[Black "Greenan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1557"]
[BlackICU "1554"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518899"]
[BlackFideId "2526514"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Schranz, Martin"]
[Black "Elioutin, Michael Afanasiev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1530"]
[WhiteNationality "AUT"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1636189"]
[BlackFideId "2532182"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Katuri, Ganesh"]
[Black "McMahon, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1433"]
[WhiteICU "1062"]
[BlackICU "1418"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2538709"]
[BlackFideId "2526816"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "O'Daly, Liam"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[WhiteICU "1752"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512530"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.03"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Rigney, Ronan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1451"]
[WhiteICU "1435"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529696"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[WhiteICU "2217"]
[BlackICU "2215"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Mulay, Pratik"]
[Black "Liu, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[WhiteICU "2128"]
[BlackICU "1829"]
[WhiteClub "Master"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IND"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "5059690"]
[BlackFideId "2517191"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[WhiteICU "1949"]
[BlackICU "2110"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512556"]
[BlackFideId "2514311"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[WhiteICU "2115"]
[BlackICU "1970"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "2508664"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Goss, Alex"]
[Black "Braine, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2004"]
[WhiteICU "1868"]
[BlackICU "2101"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509407"]
[BlackFideId "2518570"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Black "Greenan, Darragh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1998"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[WhiteICU "2019"]
[BlackICU "1810"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501309"]
[BlackFideId "2525607"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Opening "Torre attack (Tartakower variation)"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Moore, Fiachra"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[WhiteICU "1859"]
[BlackICU "2036"]
[WhiteClub "Carlow"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2527294"]
[BlackFideId "2508214"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "O'Reilly, Ciaran"]
[Black "Hughes, Padraig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1754"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[WhiteICU "1774"]
[BlackICU "1975"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Curragh"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512769"]
[BlackFideId "2505690"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Opening "Richter-Veresov attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Reilly, Ciar&aacute;n"]
[BlackFullName "Hughes, P&aacute;draig"]

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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 { An unusual rook versus four pawns ending is
reached. The pawns are much too far advanced for White to have any chance.
Draw with White to play if the f4 pawn is moved back two squares and the g4
pawn is moved back one. } 46... h4 47. Re8 f3 48. Rg8+ Kf5 49. Rg7 f6 50.
Rh7 f2 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Mulukutla, Ayaansh"]
[Black "Singhal, Vivaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1734"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[WhiteICU "1775"]
[BlackICU "1915"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "33391998"]
[BlackFideId "2516721"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Sheehan, Conor"]
[Black "McGrady, Seth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[WhiteICU "1944"]
[BlackICU "1851"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517850"]
[BlackFideId "2532956"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Choudhury, Darshan"]
[Black "Desai, Indrajit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1813"]
[BlackElo "1614"]
[WhiteICU "1932"]
[BlackICU "1880"]
[WhiteNationality "IND"]
[BlackNationality "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "33439877"]
[BlackFideId "21068941"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Lynch, Conor"]
[Black "Lane, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[BlackICU "1666"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532450"]
[BlackFideId "368179924"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "O'Hanlon, Joe"]
[Black "Syms, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1683"]
[WhiteICU "1732"]
[BlackICU "1695"]
[WhiteClub "Dundalk"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512157"]
[BlackFideId "2518597"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Greenan, David"]
[Black "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1557"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[WhiteICU "1554"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2526514"]
[BlackFideId "2529343"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Gupta, Prisha"]
[Black "Karacol, Sitki Fatih"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1413"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[BlackICU "1915"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "2520508"]
[BlackFideId "44500254"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Lynch, David"]
[Black "Sharry, Martin J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[WhiteICU "1620"]
[BlackICU "1442"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529629"]
[BlackFideId "2544598"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "O'Daly, Liam"]
[Black "Schranz, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[WhiteICU "1752"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "AUT"]
[WhiteFideId "2512530"]
[BlackFideId "1636189"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Elioutin, Daniel Afanasiev"]
[Black "Hanna, Patrick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1577"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[BlackICU "1498"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532174"]
[BlackFideId "2538059"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Slevin, Sean"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1690"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[WhiteICU "1660"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535157"]
[BlackFideId "2505886"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Afonso, Edgar Manuel Cavaco"]
[Black "Morrison, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1411"]
[WhiteICU "1666"]
[WhiteClub "Celbridge"]
[WhiteNationality "POR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1933248"]
[BlackFideId "2513145"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "McMahon, Conor"]
[Black "Lynch, Fionn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1433"]
[WhiteICU "1418"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2526816"]
[BlackFideId "2518899"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Elioutin, Michael Afanasiev"]
[Black "Katuri, Ganesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackICU "1062"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532182"]
[BlackFideId "2538709"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "McGrath, Mark"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[WhiteICU "1927"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519895"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Rigney, Ronan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1451"]
[WhiteICU "1435"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529696"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[WhiteICU "2110"]
[BlackICU "2217"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Mulay, Pratik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[WhiteICU "2215"]
[BlackICU "2128"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "5059690"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Liu, Murray"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[WhiteICU "1829"]
[BlackICU "2115"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517191"]
[BlackFideId "2509571"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Hughes, Padraig"]
[Black "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1998"]
[WhiteICU "1975"]
[BlackICU "2019"]
[WhiteClub "Curragh"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505690"]
[BlackFideId "2501309"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Maroczy bind (Reti variation)"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]
[WhiteFullName "Hughes, P&aacute;draig"]

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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 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[WhiteICU "2036"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508214"]
[BlackFideId "2512556"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "Sheehan, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[WhiteICU "1970"]
[BlackICU "1944"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[BlackFideId "2517850"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "E09"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, main line"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 0-1

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Singhal, Vivaan"]
[Black "Goss, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[WhiteICU "1915"]
[BlackICU "1868"]
[WhiteClub "Master"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516721"]
[BlackFideId "2509407"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "O'Hanlon, Joe"]
[Black "Choudhury, Darshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[WhiteICU "1732"]
[BlackICU "1932"]
[WhiteClub "Dundalk"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2512157"]
[BlackFideId "33439877"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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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 $2 ({ This simplifies into a lost pawn ending.
Better } 33... d4 $15) 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Kxc3 fxe6 $18 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 { Why
the draw? White wins easily. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Lynch, Conor"]
[Black "Mulukutla, Ayaansh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1734"]
[BlackICU "1775"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532450"]
[BlackFideId "33391998"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Black "O'Daly, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[BlackICU "1752"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529343"]
[BlackFideId "2512530"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "McGrady, Seth"]
[Black "Lynch, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[WhiteICU "1851"]
[BlackICU "1620"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532956"]
[BlackFideId "2529629"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Greenan, Darragh"]
[Black "Moore, Fiachra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1736"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[WhiteICU "1810"]
[BlackICU "1859"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Carlow"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2525607"]
[BlackFideId "2527294"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Syms, Thomas"]
[Black "O'Reilly, Ciaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1683"]
[BlackElo "1754"]
[WhiteICU "1695"]
[BlackICU "1774"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518597"]
[BlackFideId "2512769"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]
[BlackFullName "O'Reilly, Ciar&aacute;n"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Lane, Alan"]
[Black "Elioutin, Daniel Afanasiev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1577"]
[WhiteICU "1666"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "368179924"]
[BlackFideId "2532174"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Afonso, Edgar Manuel Cavaco"]
[Black "Slevin, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[WhiteICU "1666"]
[BlackICU "1660"]
[WhiteClub "Celbridge"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "POR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1933248"]
[BlackFideId "2535157"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Desai, Indrajit"]
[Black "Hanna, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1614"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[WhiteICU "1880"]
[BlackICU "1498"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "POL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "21068941"]
[BlackFideId "2538059"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Schranz, Martin"]
[Black "Greenan, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1557"]
[BlackICU "1554"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "AUT"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1636189"]
[BlackFideId "2526514"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Lynch, Fionn"]
[Black "Gupta, Prisha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1413"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518899"]
[BlackFideId "2520508"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Elioutin, Michael Afanasiev"]
[Black "McMahon, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1530"]
[BlackElo "1433"]
[BlackICU "1418"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532182"]
[BlackFideId "2526816"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Katuri, Ganesh"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[WhiteICU "1062"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2538709"]
[BlackFideId "2505886"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Braine, Harry"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2004"]
[WhiteICU "2101"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518570"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "McGrath, Mark"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[WhiteICU "1927"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519895"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Karacol, Sitki Fatih"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[WhiteICU "1915"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "TUR"]
[WhiteFideId "44500254"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Sharry, Martin J."]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1442"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2544598"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Morrison, Ryan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1411"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2513145"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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[Event "Irish New Year Open 2026"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.04"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Rigney, Ronan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1451"]
[WhiteICU "1435"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529696"]
[FIDETournamentId "457269"]
[ChessResultsKey "1326640"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2026.01.01"]

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