[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Henry, Paul"]
[Black "O'Siochru, Oisin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2224"]
[BlackICU "2013"]
[WhiteLocal "BCF:192"]
[WhiteClub "Cambridge Univ. ENG"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500027"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[BlackFullName "O'Siochru, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Black "MacGrillen, Hugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "2216"]
[BlackLocal "BCF:209"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[BlackClub "London Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500132"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Murphy, Frank"]
[Black "Moles, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[BlackICU "2226"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1721"]
[BlackLocal "BCF:206"]
[WhiteClub "Shandon"]
[BlackClub "Oxford Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500167"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[ECO "E75"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh, main line"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16033"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3
exd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Bc1 b5 11. Nd2 b4 12. Ncb1 Re8 13. f3 Nh5 14. Nc4 f5
15. Qc2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Quigley, Colm"]
[Black "O'Riordan, Ken"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "2051"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1964"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510464"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McCurdy, Gerald"]
[Black "Drew, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2082"]
[BlackICU "1902"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "26060558"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Brien, John"]
[Black "Coldrick, Art"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[BlackICU "2066"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1905"]
[WhiteClub "Shandon"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2502356"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16037"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 Na6 8.
O-O Nc7 9. Be3 b5 10. e5 Ng4 11. Qd2 b4 12. Nd1 Bb7 13. Bc4 dxe5 14. Bxc5
Bxd5 15. Qxb4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Ne6 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Ba3 Rc8 20.
Qe2 Qc7 21. h3 Nd4 22. Qe4 Nf5 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Qxf5 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Qe5 26.
Qxe5 Bxe5 27. c3 Bd6 28. Bxd6 exd6 29. Ne3 Rfe8 30. Re1 Rc5 31. Kg1 Rce5
32. Kf2 f5 33. g3 Kf7 34. Ng2 Re4 35. Rxe4 fxe4 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Kd4 a6 38.
Ne3 Rb8 39. b3 Re8 40. Nd1 Kf7 41. Ke3 Re5 42. c4 h5 43. Nc3 Ke6 44. Nd5
Kf5 45. b4 Re8 46. a4 Ke5 47. b5 axb5 48. axb5 Rg8 49. Kf2 Kd4 50. Ne3 Kd3
51. g4 Rf8+ 52. Nf5 Kd2 53. Kg3 Rxf5 54. gxf5 e3 { (Time) } 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Murphy, P. J."]
[Black "Killane, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2064"]
[BlackICU "1937"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Black "Murray, Jim G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501490"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. a4 O-O 7. Nge2 Na6 8.
Qd2 Nc7 9. a5 Bd7 10. g4 b5 11. Ng3 Rb8 12. b4 Na6 13. Rb1 Qc8 14. g5 Ne8
15. h4 f5 16. h5 e5 17. hxg6 f4 18. Qh2 hxg6 19. Nh5 gxh5 20. Bf2 Bg4 21.
fxg4 Qxg4 22. Bh3 Qxg5 23. Be6+ Rf7 24. Bh4 Qg6 25. d5 cxd5 26. Bxd5 Nac7
27. Rg1 Qh6 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qh3 Ne6 30. Qf5+ Bf6 31. Bxf6 $6 (31. Rd1
$16) 31... Nxf6 32. Nd5 $4 (32. Rd1 $14) 32... Nd4 $19 33. Qxf6+ Qxf6 34.
Nxf6 Kxf6 35. Kf2 h4 36. c3 Ne6 37. Rbd1 Rd8 38. Rg4 h3 39. Rh4 Ng5 40. Kf1
Kg6 41. a6 Nxe4 42. Rxh3 Rc8 43. Kg2 Rc6 44. Rdh1 Nxc3 $2 (44... Rxa6 $19)
45. Rh6+ $2 (45. Rc1 Rxa6 46. Rhxc3 Ra4 47. Rc6 Rxb4 48. Rxd6+ $16) 45...
Kf5 $19 46. Rc1 Ke4 47. Rh7 Kd4 $2 ({ Here the win slips away. } 47... f3+
$1 { has the point that } 48. Kf2 (48. Kh3 d5 49. Rxa7 d4 $19) { is met by
} 48... Kd4 { , and the threat of a discovered check forces White to spend
a tempo via } 49. Kxf3 { , after which } 49... Rxa6 { is once again
winning. }) 48. Rxa7 $10 e4 49. Ra8 Kd3 50. a7 Kd2 51. Rxc3 Kxc3 52. Rd8
Ra6 53. a8=Q Rxa8 54. Rxa8 d5 55. Rd8 d4 56. Kf2 d3 57. Ke1 e3 58. Rf8 d2+
59. Kd1 Kd3 60. Rd8+ Ke4 61. Re8+ Kf3 62. Rf8 Ke4 63. Re8+ Kd3 64. Rd8+ Kc3
65. Ke2 Kc2 66. Rc8+ Kb3 67. Rf8 Kc2 68. Rc8+ Kb3 69. Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ireton, Tom"]
[Black "McDevitt, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1891"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:2013"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lacy, John"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1927"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Black "Ryan, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1891"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[BlackClub "Cuig Cuigi"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505940"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[BlackFullName "Ryan, Se&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Byrne, Ray"]
[Black "Lynn, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2104"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[BlackClub "Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "symmetrical (Austrian) defence"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16036"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Ndb5
Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Na6 9. Nd5 Kd8 10. e4 Be6 11. Be3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Bc5 13. Rc1
Bxe3 14. fxe3 f5 15. Nd6 Ke7 16. Nxb7 Nb4 17. d6+ Kf6 18. Bb5 Rb8 19. d7
Ne7 20. d8=Q Rhxd8+ 21. Nxd8 Rxd8+ 22. Ke2 Rb8 23. Bc4 Nxa2 24. Rb1 Nb4 25.
Rhd1 Rb6 26. Rd7 Rc6 27. Bb3 a6 28. Rbd1 Nc8 29. Rf7+ Kg6 30. Rdd7 Nd6 31.
Rxg7+ Kf6 32. Rxh7 Kg6 33. h4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Siochru, Oisin"]
[Black "Murphy, P. J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2013"]
[BlackICU "2064"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Siochru, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Murray, Jim G."]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "2104"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501490"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Chigorin defence"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. b4 cxb4 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bd2
bxc3 15. Nxc3 Be6 16. Rc1 Ba3 17. Rb1 Rfd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc4 20.
Bb3 Rxd5 21. Qe2 e4 22. Nh2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "MacGrillen, Hugh"]
[Black "Lacy, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2216"]
[BlackICU "1927"]
[WhiteLocal "BCF:209"]
[WhiteClub "London Univ. ENG"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500132"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Killane, Jack"]
[Black "Henry, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1937"]
[BlackICU "2224"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Cambridge Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500949"]
[BlackFideId "2500027"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, classical variation"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16023"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 b6 8.
a4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nh4 O-O 12. f4 Rac8 13. Qe2 Nb8 14. Ba3
Rfe8 15. Rac1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. f5 Rxd4 20.
f6 Rc7 21. Nf3 Rxa4 22. fxg7 Rac4 23. Ng5 Kxg7 24. Rf2 h6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Riordan, Ken"]
[Black "McCurdy, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2051"]
[BlackICU "2082"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "26060558"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McDevitt, Liam"]
[Black "Murphy, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1721"]
[BlackClub "Shandon"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moles, John"]
[Black "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2226"]
[WhiteLocal "BCF:206"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1891"]
[WhiteClub "Oxford Univ. ENG"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500167"]
[BlackFideId "2505940"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange, Gligoric variation"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16031"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5
8. Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Be6 10. Bf4 Rd8 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Na5 Rd7
14. Na4 Ke7 15. Nb6 Rc7 16. f4 Nh6 17. Rd3 Rd8 18. Rad1 Ng8 19. c4 h6 20.
e5 fxe5 21. fxe5 Ke8 22. exd6 Rf7 23. Re3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lynn, Sam"]
[Black "O'Brien, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1905"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast"]
[BlackClub "Shandon"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Coldrick, Art"]
[Black "Ireton, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2066"]
[BlackICU "1891"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:2013"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502356"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16038"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Qe2 Bg4 7. e5 Nd5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Nxe5 12. Rfe1 h6 13. Bh4 Nf4 14.
Qe4 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 g5 17. Bg3 e5 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. Rad1 Qc7
20. Qh5 Rad8 21. Qf5 Rfe8 22. g3 fxg3 23. hxg3 Qe7 24. Kg2 Qf6 25. Qh5 Kf8
$2 ({ &ldquo;Gives away all his advantages in one careless move. After }
25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 e4 { and his advantage should be enough to win.&rdquo;
(Tournament book.) &#91;RR Black's last allows } 27. Rd6 $1 $14 { , and
otherwise it's about equal.&#93; }) 26. Rxd8 (26. Rxe5 $1 Rxd1 (26... Rxe5
$2 27. Rxd8+ Re8 ({ or } 27... Ke7 28. Qd1 $18) 28. Rd3 $18) 27. Rf5 Rd6
28. Rxf6 Rxf6 $14) 26... Rxd8 27. Rxe5 Qg6 28. Qxg6 fxg6 29. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Drew, Martin"]
[Black "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defence, Berger variation"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16039"]

{ &ldquo;Cootes in his usual style sacificed pieces all over the board to
win his game against Drew.&rdquo;&mdash;tournament book. } { Event
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O d6 7. exf5 Bxf5
8. Ng5 Bg4 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nge4 Bb6 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qd2 c6 14.
Bb3 Qd7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh6 Qe7 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. f3 Bc8 19. Ng3 d5 20.
Rae1 Rg8 21. Qd2 Qf7 22. Nce2 Nxe2 23. Nxe2 Rxg2 $2 (23... Qg7 $17) 24.
Kxg2 Qh5 25. Ng1 $2 (25. Kh1 Rg8 26. d4 $18) 25... Rg8+ 26. Kh1 Bxg1 27.
Rxg1 Qxf3+ 28. Rg2 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ryan, Sean"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Cuig Cuigi"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[WhiteFullName "Ryan, Se&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Quigley, Colm"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1964"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510464"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Henry, Paul"]
[Black "Moles, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2224"]
[BlackICU "2226"]
[WhiteLocal "BCF:192"]
[BlackLocal "BCF:206"]
[WhiteClub "Cambridge Univ. ENG"]
[BlackClub "Oxford Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500027"]
[BlackFideId "2500167"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16020"]

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1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 e5 8.
d3 h6 9. b4 Be6 10. b5 Ne7 11. a4 Qd7 12. e4 Bh3 13. Nd5 Bxg2 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. Kxg2 Nd7 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 a6 19. Re1 axb5 20. axb5
Ra2+ 21. Kh1 Qe6 22. Ng2 Rfa8 23. Qf3 Qh3 24. Re2 Nf6 (24... g5 $1 $19) 25.
Be3 Ra1 $2 (25... Ng4 26. Bg1 (26. Nf4 Nxh2 $19) 26... Ne5 $19) 26. Rxa1
Rxa1+ 27. Bg1 $17 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ireton, Tom"]
[Black "McCurdy, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1891"]
[BlackICU "2082"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:2013"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "26060558"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "C74"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16022"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Rfe8 13. Ng3 Bf8 14. Nh2
Rad8 15. d5 Na5 16. Qf3 Nh7 17. Nf5 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Ng4 Nc4 20. Bxc4
bxc4 21. Ngxh6+ gxh6 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Re3 Re6 24. Rg3 Rg6 25. Qh4 d5 26.
Bxh6 dxe4 27. Rg5 Bxh6 28. Rh5 f6 29. Nxh6 e3 30. Ng4 exf2+ 31. Kh1 Qb7 32.
Nxf6 Bxg2+ 33. Kh2 Rd7 34. Rd1 f1=N+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lynn, Sam"]
[Black "O'Siochru, Oisin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "2013"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[BlackFullName "O'Siochru, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Black "Drew, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1902"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Byrne, Ray"]
[Black "MacGrillen, Hugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[WhiteICU "2104"]
[BlackICU "2216"]
[BlackLocal "BCF:209"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[BlackClub "London Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500922"]
[BlackFideId "2500132"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system, Stein variation"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16040"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. O-O
Nh5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nf4 11. Nd2 Na6 12. Bg4 Nc5 13. Bxc8 Qxc8 14. Nb3
Ncd3 15. Rb1 Nxg2 $1 16. Qxd3 (16. Kxg2 Nf4+ 17. Kh1 Qh3 18. Rg1 Qxh4 {
(tournament book). }) 16... Nxh4 17. Qg3 g5 18. c5 Bh6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20.
Nb5 a4 21. Nd2 Qd7 22. Nc3 Ng6 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. b3 Nf4 25. Qg4 axb3 26. axb3
Qc5 27. Qd7 Qd4 28. Rbc1 Rf7 29. Qf5 Qd3 30. Ne3 { &ldquo;From move 30
onwards White was in extreme time trouble.&rdquo; (tournament book). }
30... Qa6 31. Rc2 Rd8 32. Nc4 Qa7 33. Rd1 Qc5 34. Na4 Qb4 35. Rb1 b5 36.
Nxd6 Qxd6 { (Time) } 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Murphy, P. J."]
[Black "Quigley, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2064"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1964"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2510464"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Black "McDevitt, Liam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1891"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505940"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Brien, John"]
[Black "Ryan, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1905"]
[WhiteClub "Shandon"]
[BlackClub "Cuig Cuigi"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[BlackFullName "Ryan, Se&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lacy, John"]
[Black "Coldrick, Art"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1927"]
[BlackICU "2066"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2502356"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Killane, Jack"]
[Black "Murray, Jim G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1937"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500949"]
[BlackFideId "2501490"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
O-O a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 b6 11. h3 e6 12. g4 Bb7 13. g5 Nh5 14. Qe1 Nd4 15.
Rd1 Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Qc7 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Rfe8 19. Rd3 Be4 20. fxg6 hxg6
21. Rd2 Bf5 22. Qf2 Bxh3 23. Rfd1 Re4 24. Nh2 Be5 25. Rd3 Bxh2+ 26. Qxh2
Rg4+ 27. Kh1 Bg2+ 28. Qxg2 Rxg2 29. Kxg2 Re8 30. c4 Ng7 31. Kf3 Ne6 32. Nc3
Nd4+ 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. Nd5 Qc6 35. Rxd4 Re5 36. Kg4 Qe6+ 37. Kh4 Qf5 38.
Rg4 Qf2+ 39. Rg3 Qh2+ 40. Kg4 Re4+ 41. Nf4 Qh5# 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Murphy, Frank"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1721"]
[WhiteClub "Shandon"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Black "O'Riordan, Ken"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "2051"]
[WhiteClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McCurdy, Gerald"]
[Black "Henry, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2082"]
[BlackICU "2224"]
[BlackClub "Cambridge Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "26060558"]
[BlackFideId "2500027"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "classical, Tarrasch variation"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16026"]

{ Event information: <a
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report</a>. } { Other information: Note: A <a
href="../irlch1971-mccurdy-henry.jpg">photo</a> of the game in progress,
after Black's 8th move, appeared in the Evening Echo, July 14, 1971 p. 12.
&ldquo;McCurdy should have won, but was unable to find a winning plan
against good defensive work by Henry&rdquo; (tournament book). }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bd3 O-O
8. Qh5 f5 { See note. } 9. Nf3 Rd8 10. g4 g6 11. Qh3 Nf8 12. Rg1 Kh8 13.
O-O-O c5 14. dxc5 Na6 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Nxd5 Qxc5 18. Nf6
Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 f4 20. Qh6 Bf5 21. Nd4 (21. Rd2 Qc4 22. Nh5 $1 $18) 21...
Qxe5 22. Nxf5 Qxf6 23. Nd4 $6 (23. Nd6 $16) 23... Rb8 24. Qh3 Qb6 25. Qc3
Qf6 26. Ne2 Qxc3 27. Nxc3 g5 28. Ne4 h6 29. c4 Re8 30. Nc3 Kg7 31. Kc2 Kf6
32. b4 g4 33. c5 Ne6 34. Rd6 a5 35. b5 Rc8 36. c6 h5 37. Kd3 h4 38. Ke4 g3
39. fxg3 fxg3 40. hxg3 h3 41. Kd5 Re8 42. Ne4+ $2 (42. c7 $1 h2 43. Ne4+
$18) 42... Kf7 43. Rxe6 Rxe6 44. c7 Re8 45. Nd6+ Ke7 46. Nxe8 h2 47. c8=Q
h1=Q+ $10 48. Ke5 Qe1+ 49. Kf4 Qf2+ 50. Kg4 Qe2+ 51. Kh3 Qh5+ 52. Kg2 Qe2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Riordan, Ken"]
[Black "Moles, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2051"]
[BlackICU "2226"]
[BlackLocal "BCF:206"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Oxford Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500167"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16034"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8.
Bg3 Nh5 9. Be2 e6 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 f5 12. g4 Nc6 13. Qb3 a5 14. gxf5
exf5 15. c5+ Kh8 16. Nf3 dxc5 17. dxc5 Qf6 $14 ({ The tournament book
suggested that &ldquo;White must be winning&rdquo; after ( } 17... Qf6 { )
} 18. Nd5 { , but after } 18... a4 19. Qc2 Qf7 { , White is only slightly
better. Not, however, the tournament book's suggestion here of } (19...
Qxb2 $4 { because of } 20. Rxh6+ $18)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Drew, Martin"]
[Black "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1891"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2505940"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Coldrick, Art"]
[Black "MacGrillen, Hugh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2066"]
[BlackICU "2216"]
[BlackLocal "BCF:209"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "London Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502356"]
[BlackFideId "2500132"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.f4"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16041"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 b5 9. O-O g6 10. Kh1 Bg7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 O-O 13. f5 Bb7 14. Qe1
Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. Qe2 Qc8 18. Bg5 $16 Rd8 19. Ra5 Qc7 20.
Rfa1 Rd4 $6 (20... Rab8 $16) 21. Nb5 axb5 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Rxa8+ Kf7 $2 (
23... Bf8 24. Bh6 Rd8 $16) 24. Be3 $2 (24. Bxb5 Rxe4 25. Be8+ Ke6 26. Qf1
$18) 24... Ra4 25. Rxa4 bxa4 26. Bc4+ $6 (26. Bb5 $16) 26... e6 27. Bg5 $6
(27. Bb5 $14) (27. Bg5 Qb7 28. Bb5 Bf8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Quigley, Colm"]
[Black "Lacy, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "1927"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1964"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510464"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "classical, Frankfurt variation"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16042"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ng8 6. Be3 b6 7. h4 Ba6 8.
Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nge2 Nh6 11. Bxh6 Rxh6 12. Nf4 Bxh4 13. Nxh5 Rg6
14. g3 Be7 15. Qe2 Qc8 16. Nf4 Rh6 17. Rxh6 gxh6 18. Qh5 Bf8 19. Ncxd5 c5
20. Nf6+ Ke7 21. d5 Qb7 22. d6+ Kd8 23. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ryan, Sean"]
[Black "Lynn, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Cuig Cuigi"]
[BlackClub "Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[WhiteFullName "Ryan, Se&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Murphy, Frank"]
[Black "O'Brien, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1721"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1905"]
[WhiteClub "Shandon"]
[BlackClub "Shandon"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Siochru, Oisin"]
[Black "Killane, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2013"]
[BlackICU "1937"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Siochru, Ois&iacute;n"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Black "Murphy, P. J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "2064"]
[WhiteClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McDevitt, Liam"]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "2104"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Murray, Jim G."]
[Black "Ireton, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "1891"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:2013"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501490"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bd2 b5 10. Nxb5 Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. Nc3 Rxb2 13. Rb1 Qb6 14. Ne2
Bd7 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 Rb8 17. Rxb2 Qxb2 18. Qd2 Nb4 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Rb3
Qa1+ 21. Rb1 Qa3 22. Rb3 Qa1+ 23. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Henry, Paul"]
[Black "O'Riordan, Ken"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2224"]
[BlackICU "2051"]
[WhiteLocal "BCF:192"]
[WhiteClub "Cambridge Univ. ENG"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500027"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16021"]

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report</a>. }

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Re1 c5 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. dxc5
Nxc5 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Be5 Nfe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb2+ Qf6 19. Qxf6+ Nxf6 20.
b4 Nce4 21. Ne5 a6 22. Nd6 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 b5 24. Be2 Bd5 25. a3 Rfd8 26.
Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rc1 Nd7 28. Nxd7 Rxd7 29. f3 Kf6 30. Kf2 e5 31. Rd1 Ke6 32.
Rc1 Bb7 33. Ke1 Ke7 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Kd6 36. Kc2 Bc6 37. g3 g5 $6 {
Black creates some problems for himself and then slowly goes downhill. } (
37... f5 $10) 38. f4 exf4 39. exf4 gxf4 40. gxf4 $14 h6 41. Kd3 Bb7 42. Kd4
f6 43. Bg4 Kc7 44. Kc5 Be4 45. Be6 Bf3 46. Bd5 Bg4 47. Kd4 Bc8 48. Ke4 Bg4
49. Ke3 Bc8 50. Kf3 Kd6 51. Be4 Be6 52. Kg3 Bd5 53. Bf5 (53. Bxd5 $2 { is
equal. }) 53... Be6 $2 (53... Bf7 54. Bc8 Be8 55. Kg4 Bg6 56. Bxa6 Kc6 {
and White is probably winning, but there is still some work to do. }) 54.
Bxe6 $1 Kxe6 55. Kg4 $18 Kf7 56. Kf5 h5 57. h4 Ke7 58. Kg6 Ke6 59. Kxh5 Kf5
60. Kh6 Kxf4 61. Kg6 { &ldquo;O'Riordan seemed to lose interest after this
loss and did not play so well for the rest of the tournament&rdquo;
(tournament book). } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "MacGrillen, Hugh"]
[Black "McCurdy, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2216"]
[BlackICU "2082"]
[WhiteLocal "BCF:209"]
[WhiteClub "London Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500132"]
[BlackFideId "26060558"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "A73"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "classical, 9.O-O"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16025"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nc7 12. Qc2 b6 13. Nc4 Bf8 14. a4
Ba6 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Rad1 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nh5 18. Be3 a6 19. Qd3 Qc8 20. f4
Qb7 21. g4 Nf6 22. g5 Nd7 23. Bc1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qh3 Re7 26. Bf1 b4
27. Ne2 Nb6 28. Ng3 Rbe8 29. f5 Ncxd5 30. f6 Re5 31. Bd2 Nc7 32. Bf4 R5e6
33. Qh4 d5 34. e5 c4 35. Ne2 Nb5 36. Bh3 Rc6 37. Nd4 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 c3 39.
bxc3 Rxc3 40. e6 fxe6 41. Bxe6+ Rxe6 42. Rxe6 Qa7 43. Rd1 Nc4+ 44. Kh1 d4
45. Qe1 Nb2 46. Re7 Qa8+ 47. Kg1 Re3 48. f7+ Kh8 49. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moles, John"]
[Black "Coldrick, Art"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2226"]
[BlackICU "2066"]
[WhiteLocal "BCF:206"]
[WhiteClub "Oxford Univ. ENG"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500167"]
[BlackFideId "2502356"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, classical"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16029"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O a6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. f4 Be7 10. Qe1 Bd7 11. Rd1 b5 12. a3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. e5
dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Qg3 O-O 17. Qe3 Rad8 18. Bd3 Ba8 19. b4 Rb8 20. Qh3
h6 21. Rde1 Bg5 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rfd8 24. Qf3 Rf8 25. Qe2 Qb7 26. Kh1
Bd8 27. Rg4 Nb6 28. Bc5 Be7 29. Bxb6 Qxb6 30. Qe4 f5 31. exf6 Rxf6 32. Qh7+
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Byrne, Ray"]
[Black "Ryan, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2104"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[BlackClub "Cuig Cuigi"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[BlackFullName "Ryan, Se&aacute;n"]
[ICUid "16043"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Nxd5 e6
8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bb4 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. O-O O-O
14. Rfe1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rfe8 16. h3 Rad8 17. Reb1 Qc7 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Qf3
Rb8 20. Rb5 h6 21. Rc5 Qxc5 22. dxc5 { &ldquo;and Whitw won easily.&rdquo;
} 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ireton, Tom"]
[Black "Quigley, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1891"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:2013"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1964"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2510464"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1891"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505940"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Nimzo-English opening"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16044"]

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1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8
8. O-O c5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 h6 11. Qc2 a5 12. e4 a4 13. Rb1 d5 14. cxd5
exd5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Ne1 Ng5 17. f4 Ne6 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. Qd3 Na5 20. f5 Nf8
21. f6 gxf6 22. Bxh6 Ng6 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Ng5 Qe7 25. Rxf7 Qe3+ 26. Qxe3
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lacy, John"]
[Black "Lynn, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1927"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "O'Brien, John"]
[Black "Drew, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1902"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1905"]
[WhiteClub "Shandon"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "O'Siochru, Oisin"]
[Black "Murphy, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2013"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1721"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Shandon"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Siochru, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McDevitt, Liam"]
[Black "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Murphy, P. J."]
[Black "Murray, Jim G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2064"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501490"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nge2 a6 6. f3 c5 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Nd7 14. f4
Qc7 15. Qf2 Nb4 16. Rfc1 Bc6 17. Nc3 a5 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bb5
Qb7 21. Be2 Nc6 22. Bf3 Rab8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rd1 exf4 25. Bxf4 Qc8 26. Bxb8
Ndxb8 27. Qe2 Nd4 28. Qe4 Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qb4 31. Nd5 Qc5 32.
c3 e6 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34. Qxf6 Nc6 35. Rab1 Rb8 36. Rd7 Ne5 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38.
Qxd8+ Kg7 39. Rf1 Ng4 40. Qd4+ Qxd4 41. cxd4 Ne3 42. Ra1 Nc4 43. b3 Nd2 44.
Ra3 f5 45. Kg1 g5 46. Kf2 g4 47. Ke2 Nb1 48. Rxa5 Nc3+ 49. Ke3 Nd5+ 50.
Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Killane, Jack"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1937"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "MacGrillen, Hugh"]
[Black "Henry, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2216"]
[BlackICU "2224"]
[WhiteLocal "BCF:209"]
[WhiteClub "London Univ. ENG"]
[BlackClub "Cambridge Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500132"]
[BlackFideId "2500027"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16024"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Ba2 Nbd5 11. Bg3 b6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. O-O Bd7 14.
Rfc1 Rc8 15. Qd3 Rxc1+ 16. Rxc1 Qa8 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Rc3 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Qb7
20. f3 Be8 21. Bb1 Bd6 22. Qc2 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Bxc7 24. Nd7 Bxg3 25. Nxf6+
gxf6 26. hxg3 Bb5 27. Kf2 f5 28. Bc2 a5 29. f4 Kg7 30. Bd1 Kf6 31. g4 fxg4
32. Bxg4 h6 33. Bd1 Bd3 34. Ke1 Ke7 35. Kd2 Bf1 36. g3 f6 37. Kc3 Kd6 38.
Bh5 Bb5 39. Bg6 Be2 40. Be8 Bd1 41. Kd3 Bb3 42. Ke2 Bc2 43. Bb5 Bf5 44. Kf3
Ke7 45. g4 Be4+ 46. Kg3 Bg6 47. Kh4 Bf7 48. Be2 Bg6 49. Ba6 Be8 50. Bd3 Bf7
51. Bh7 Kf8 52. Bc2 Ke7 53. Ba4 Bg6 54. Bb5 Kd6 55. g5 hxg5+ 56. fxg5 Ke7
57. Kg4 fxg5 58. Kxg5 Bf5 59. Bc6 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McCurdy, Gerald"]
[Black "Murphy, P. J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2082"]
[BlackICU "2064"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "26060558"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moles, John"]
[Black "McDevitt, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2226"]
[WhiteLocal "BCF:206"]
[WhiteClub "Oxford Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500167"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, Winawer attack"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16030"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6
bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Rd1 Bc5 11. Nc3 Bxd4 12. Rxd4 d5 13. Qh5 g6
14. Qh6 f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Rf4 Qg7 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Qxf8+ Kxf8 19. Be3
Bf5 20. Rc1 Ke7 21. f3 Kd6 22. Bf4+ Kd7 23. Kf2 a5 24. g4 Be6 25. Rd1 Nc5
26. Be3 Kd6 27. Re1 Nb7 $6 (27... Re8 $14) 28. Bf4+ Kd7 29. Bxc7 Rf8 30.
Kg3 d4 $2 (30... Kxc7 $16) 31. Na4 $18 Bxa2 32. Be5 Bg8 33. Bxd4 Rf7 34.
Nb6+ Kd8 35. Nc4 Rf8 36. Bb6+ Kd7 37. Rd1+ Kc8 38. Ne5 Bd5 39. c4 Be6 40.
Nxc6 Bxc4 41. Rc1 Bg8 42. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Black "Quigley, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1891"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1964"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505940"]
[BlackFideId "2510464"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Coldrick, Art"]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2066"]
[BlackICU "2104"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502356"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Leningrad variation"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16045"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Ne5 11. Bb1 Re8 12. O-O b6 13. Ne4 g5 14. Nxg5 $1
hxg5 15. Bxg5 $16 { &ldquo;For his knight White has two pawns and an
exposed king. Black is practically a bishop down on account of his useless
B on QN5.&rdquo; (Tournament book). } 15... Ba6 16. Ng3 (16. a3 Ba5 17. Bf5
$1 $16) 16... Neg4 $2 (16... Bxf1 17. Qxf1 $16 (17. Nh5 { &ldquo; and Black
is helpless&rdquo;, according to the tournament book, but after } 17...
Ned7 { he is even a little better. })) 17. h3 $18 Re5 18. Bf5 Rxd5 19. Qf3
Ne5 20. Qf4 Ng6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Bxf6 Qf8 23. Rfd1 Qf7 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25.
Qh6 Kf7 26. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Murray, Jim G."]
[Black "O'Brien, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1905"]
[BlackClub "Shandon"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501490"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "classical defence, 4.c3"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16046"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2
Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Bd7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. Bd3 Ng6 13. e5
dxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. h3 Nh6 16. Rad1 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qc2 Qc8 19. Nb5
c6 20. Nd6 Nxd6 21. exd6 Qd7 22. Ng5 Rfe8 23. Ne4 f5 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Ng5
h6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qf7 Nf8 28. Qh5 Kg8 29. Nf3 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ryan, Sean"]
[Black "Lacy, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1927"]
[WhiteClub "Cuig Cuigi"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[WhiteFullName "Ryan, Se&aacute;n"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Black "Killane, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1937"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Drew, Martin"]
[Black "Ireton, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[BlackICU "1891"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:2013"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Riordan, Ken"]
[Black "O'Siochru, Oisin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2051"]
[BlackICU "2013"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[BlackFullName "O'Siochru, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Murphy, Frank"]
[Black "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1721"]
[WhiteClub "Shandon"]
[BlackClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lynn, Sam"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McDevitt, Liam"]
[Black "Henry, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "2224"]
[BlackClub "Cambridge Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500027"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Torre defensive system"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16028"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O e5 7. cxd5 cxd5
8. d3 Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bb2 a6 11. e4 Be6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Bc7 14.
Re1 h6 15. d4 f5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 e4 18. Qd4 Nf6 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20.
Nd4 Bc8 21. Rad1 Rfe8 22. Nc2 Ng4 23. f3 exf3 24. Bxf3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 f4 26.
h3 Ne3 27. Re1 g5 28. gxf4 gxf4 29. Bg2 Kh7 30. Kf2 Rd8 31. Kg1 Ba5 32. Re2
Bf5 33. Ne1 Bxe1 34. Rxe1 Rg8 35. Rxe3 fxe3 36. Kh2 e2 37. Bc3 Re8 38. Be1
Be4 39. h4 Bxg2 40. Kxg2 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Moles, John"]
[Black "MacGrillen, Hugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2226"]
[BlackICU "2216"]
[WhiteLocal "BCF:206"]
[BlackLocal "BCF:209"]
[WhiteClub "Oxford Univ. ENG"]
[BlackClub "London Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500167"]
[BlackFideId "2500132"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16032"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. f4 b5 8.
Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 Qc7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Qe2 Be7 14.
f5 d5 15. fxe6 Qb6+ 16. Be3 Qxe6 17. Qf2 f6 18. Rae1 fxe5 19. Bd4 Bf6 20.
Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Byrne, Ray"]
[Black "Quigley, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2104"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1964"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500922"]
[BlackFideId "2510464"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Black "McCurdy, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "2082"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1891"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505940"]
[BlackFideId "26060558"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ryan, Sean"]
[Black "Murphy, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1721"]
[WhiteClub "Cuig Cuigi"]
[BlackClub "Shandon"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[WhiteFullName "Ryan, Se&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Brien, John"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1905"]
[WhiteClub "Shandon"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Drew, Martin"]
[Black "Murray, Jim G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501490"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. b3 Ba6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Ng5 f6 14. Bf3
Qd7 15. Bg4 f5 16. Be2 b4 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Bb2 e6 19. Qe2 Nc7 20. Rad1 Nd5
21. Rd3 h6 22. Nh3 g5 23. Bc1 Qf7 24. Bd2 Rac8 25. Nf2 c5 26. Ne4 fxe4 27.
Rxf7 exd3 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qxd3 cxd4 30. Qxd4 Rxc2 31. Qxa7+ Re7 32. Qd4
Rxa2 33. h3 Rea7 34. Kh2 R7a3 35. Bxb4 Rxb3 36. Be1 Rbb2 37. Qg4 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Murphy, P. J."]
[Black "Coldrick, Art"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2064"]
[BlackICU "2066"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2502356"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen (Paulsen), classical variation"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16047"]

{ Event information: <a
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report</a>. } { Annotator: Maurice Coveney, Colm Quigley (tournament book).
}

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. g4 Nc6 8.
f4 d5 9. e5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nd7 11. Qf2 Be7 12. O-O b5 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Be3
O-O 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Qg3 Bc5 18. Rf2 Rce8 19. g5 Kh8 20. Qh3 $2
(20. Qh4 { (tournament book), and White has a slight advantage. &ldquo;Now
Coldrick takes his chance in fine style&rdquo;. }) 20... Nxe5 $1 $19 21.
fxe5 Qxe5 22. Be4 dxe4 23. Rxf7 Bxd4 24. Rxb7 Qxg5+ 25. Kh1 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ireton, Tom"]
[Black "O'Riordan, Ken"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1891"]
[BlackICU "2051"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:2013"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Black "O'Siochru, Oisin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "2013"]
[WhiteClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[BlackFullName "O'Siochru, Ois&iacute;n"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lynn, Sam"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lacy, John"]
[Black "Killane, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1927"]
[BlackICU "1937"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Henry, Paul"]
[Black "Coldrick, Art"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2224"]
[BlackICU "2066"]
[WhiteLocal "BCF:192"]
[WhiteClub "Cambridge Univ. ENG"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500027"]
[BlackFideId "2502356"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16019"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. f4 d5 6. e5 Ng8 7. d3 Nge7 8.
Nf3 Nf5 9. O-O Be7 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. g4 Nfd4 12. Ne2 O-O 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14.
Rxf3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ng3 e5 17. f5 Bd7 18. Qe2 Be8 19. Raf1 h6 20. Kh1
Bf7 21. Nh5 Bxh5 22. gxh5 Kh7 23. Rg3 Ne7 24. Bh3 Qe8 25. Rfg1 Rd8 26. Qg2
Qf7 27. Rg6 e4 28. Bf4 exd3 29. Qd2 Ng8 30. Qxd3 d4 31. c4 Rd7 32. Bg2 Ne7
33. Be4 Re8 34. Qd2 Ng8 35. Bd3 Rde7 $2 (35... b6 $14) 36. Rxg7+ $6 (36.
Bd6 $16) 36... Bxg7 $4 (36... Qxg7 37. Rxg7+ Rxg7 $14 { The tournament book
adds &ldquo;and Black can hold out easily&rdquo;, but this overstates it. }
) 37. f6+ Re4 38. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Siochru, Oisin"]
[Black "Moles, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2013"]
[BlackICU "2226"]
[BlackLocal "BCF:206"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Oxford Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500167"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Siochru, Ois&iacute;n"]
[ICUid "16035"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nge7 7. O-O Bg4
8. f3 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 Qd6 14.
Qd3 f5 15. Rfe1 f4 16. Nf1 Nf5 17. c3 Rf6 18. Re2 Raf8 19. Rae1 Nh4 20. Bc1
g5 21. Rf2 h5 22. Qd1 Qd7 23. h3 Rg6 24. Nh2 Ne7 25. Re5 Nef5 26. Rf1 Ng3
27. Rf2 c6 28. Qe1 Rg7 29. Qd1 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Rc2 Re7 32. Kf2 Nhf5
33. Bd2 Re2+ 34. Kg1 Ne3 35. Bc1 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Quigley, Colm"]
[Black "Ryan, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1964"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[BlackClub "Cuig Cuigi"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510464"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[BlackFullName "Ryan, Se&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Brien, John"]
[Black "Lacy, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "1927"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1905"]
[WhiteClub "Shandon"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Killane, Jack"]
[Black "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1937"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500949"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Opening "two knights defence"]
[Variation "Wilkes Barre (Traxler) variation"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16048"]

{ Other information: Note: The information for the Mikyska - Traxler game
is from UltraCorr-X database (Tim Harding), citing <em>Historie
Koresponden&#269;n&iacute;ho &Scaron;achu, 1870-1999</em>, Jan
Kalendovsk&yacute;, Rudolf &Scaron;eve&#269;ek, Prague: Kor&#353;ach 1999.
David McAlister (email, February 2, 2022) adds &ldquo;I can remember
&#91;Cootes&#93; telling me (probably sometimes in the 1970s) that he had
memorised a great many short games/decisive opening lines - I think he had
these copied into a notebook (maybe more than one) so my guess is that he
was well aware of the history of the variation.&rdquo; } { Event
information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1971_allfiles/pairings_irlch1971.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6. Kf1 Qe7 7. Nxh8
d5 8. exd5 Nd4 9. c3 $2 (9. d6 $1 $18) (9. h3 $10) 9... Bg4 $19 10. Qa4+
Nd7 11. Kxf2 Qh4+ 12. Kg1 $4 ({ &ldquo; } 12. Ke3 { is the only saving
move, but &#91;Black&#93; is winning after } 12... Qg5+ 13. Kf2 Qf5+ 14.
Kg1 O-O-O { &rdquo; (tournament book). An early game by the variations's
inventor, Mikyska - Traxler, 3rd Czech correspondence tourney, 1896,
finished } 15. cxd4 Rf8 16. h3 Qf2+ 17. Kh2 Bxh3 18. Kxh3 g5 { and Black
announced mate in 10; it can be done quicker. }) 12... Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Riordan, Ken"]
[Black "Murphy, P. J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2051"]
[BlackICU "2064"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Drew, Martin"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lynn, Sam"]
[Black "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1891"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2505940"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Black "Murphy, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1721"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[BlackClub "Shandon"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

{ Event information: <a
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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "MacGrillen, Hugh"]
[Black "Ireton, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2216"]
[BlackICU "1891"]
[WhiteLocal "BCF:209"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:2013"]
[WhiteClub "London Univ. ENG"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500132"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Murray, Jim G."]
[Black "McDevitt, Liam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501490"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern variation, 4...Bg4"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

{ Event information: <a
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report</a>. }

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. exd6 exd6 6. Bc4 Qe7+ 7. Qe2
Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. c3 d5 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Nd2
Bd6 14. Bg3 Rhe8+ 15. Kd3 Re6 16. Rae1 Rde8 17. Re3 Kd7 18. Rhe1 Na5 19. f4
Nxb3 20. axb3 Rxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Ke6 23. Nf3 h6 24. Nh4 Nc8 25.
c4 c6 26. c5 Be7 27. f5+ Kf6 28. Kf4 g5+ 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Nf3 Ke6 31. Ne5
$6 (31. Ke3 $15) 31... Bf6 32. Ke3 Ne7 33. f4 $2 (33. Kd3 $17) 33... Nf5+
$19 34. Kd3 g5 35. Nf3 Nxg3 36. hxg3 gxf4 37. g4 Bg5 38. Ke2 Bf6 39. Kf2
Bg5 40. Ke2 Bd8 41. Ne5 Bc7 42. Nd3 Kf6 43. Kf3 Kg5 44. Ne5 Bxe5 45. dxe5
a5 46. b4 axb4 47. b3 h5 48. gxh5 Kxh5 49. Kxf4 Kg6 50. e6 Kf6 51. e7 Kxe7
52. Ke5 Kf7 53. Kf5 Ke7 54. Ke5 Kd7 55. Kf5 Kc7 56. Ke5 Kb8 57. Kd4 Ka7 58.
Kd3 Ka6 59. Ke3 b6 60. Kd4 Kb5 61. cxb6 Kxb6 62. Ke5 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McCurdy, Gerald"]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2082"]
[BlackICU "2104"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "26060558"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McDevitt, Liam"]
[Black "MacGrillen, Hugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "2216"]
[BlackLocal "BCF:209"]
[BlackClub "London Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500132"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Black "Henry, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "2224"]
[WhiteClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[BlackClub "Cambridge Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500027"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16018"]

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1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. a4 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
Bf5 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Be1 Qxb2 12. Na3 Na5 13. Nb5 Qb3 14. Qd3
Ne4 15. Ne5 Nc4 16. Bh4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 e6 18. Rfb1 Qc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Nd6
Nxc3 21. Rxb7 cxd4 22. exd4 Ne2+ 23. Kf2 Nxd4 24. Bf6 c3 25. Ra3 Bxf6 26.
exf6 Rad8 27. Nb5 Nxb5 28. axb5 Rc8 29. Raxa7 c2 30. Rc7 c1=Q 31. Rxc1 Rxc1
0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McCurdy, Gerald"]
[Black "Moles, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2082"]
[BlackICU "2226"]
[BlackLocal "BCF:206"]
[BlackClub "Oxford Univ. ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "26060558"]
[BlackFideId "2500167"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16027"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ngf3 O-O 6. Bd3 h6 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Bf4 Nc6 9. h3 Nf6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bg3 Ndb4 12. Bc4 Bf5 13. Rc1 dxe5 14. dxe5
Nd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. c3 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 Qxd3 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. O-O Bd3 20. c4
Qd7 21. Qf3 Bxf1 22. Nxf1 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "O'Brien, John"]
[Black "Killane, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "1937"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1905"]
[WhiteClub "Shandon"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Black "O'Riordan, Ken"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "2051"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1891"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505940"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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report</a>. }

1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Coldrick, Art"]
[Black "O'Siochru, Oisin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2066"]
[BlackICU "2013"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502356"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[BlackFullName "O'Siochru, Ois&iacute;n"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1971_allfiles/pairings_irlch1971.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ryan, Sean"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Cuig Cuigi"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[WhiteFullName "Ryan, Se&aacute;n"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Drew, Martin"]
[Black "Quigley, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[BlackLocal "CCA:1964"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2510464"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1971_allfiles/pairings_irlch1971.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Murphy, Frank"]
[Black "Lynn, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:1721"]
[WhiteClub "Shandon"]
[BlackClub "Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Murray, Jim G."]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackClub "Bellevue"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501490"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 Na5 8.
c3 d6 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2
Nc6 15. Qd2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Re8 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Bb1 Qd7 20. h3
h6 21. Re3 Nh5 22. Rf3 Bg5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Rc7 25. Rce1 Rd8 26. Ne2
Kh8 27. Ng3 Nxg3 28. Rxg3 Re8 29. Rd3 Rd8 30. e5 d5 31. Rd4 Re8 32. Qd3 g6
33. Rh4 Kg7 34. Qd4 Re6 $2 (34... Qe7 35. Kh2 $16) 35. f4 $18 Qe7 36. f5
gxf5 37. Bxf5 Rec6 38. e6+ f6 39. Qg4+ Kf8 40. Rxh6 Qc5+ 41. Kh1 Qf2 42.
e7+ $1 Rxe7 43. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lacy, John"]
[Black "Murphy, P. J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1927"]
[BlackICU "2064"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]

{ Walkover / default } { Event information: <a
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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1971"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1971.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ireton, Tom"]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1891"]
[BlackICU "2104"]
[WhiteLocal "CCA:2013"]
[WhiteClub "Bellevue"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, classical defence"]
[EventDate "1971.07.08"]
[ICUid "16049"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1971_allfiles/pairings_irlch1971.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8.
dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qd5 exf3 14.
Qxc6 fxg2 15. Qxg2 Qd7 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Bd4 g6 19. Rfe1 Bh3 20.
Qe4 Bd6 21. Bd5 Rb8 22. f3 Qd8 23. Be3 Re8 24. Qd4 Be5 25. Qb4 Qf6 26. Kh1
Rbd8 27. Be4 Bf4 28. Bxf4 Qxf4 29. Bc6 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qd2 31. Qd4 0-1

