[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Blair, David"]
[Black "Taylor, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 Ng4 6. e3 f5 7. h3 Nf6 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. exd4 Nxc4 11. O-O Kf8 12. b3 Nb6 13. a4 a5 14. d5
d6 15. Bb2 Nbd7 16. Nb5 Kf7 17. Rc1 Nc5 18. Bd4 b6 19. Re1 Bd7 20. Bxf6
gxf6 21. Nd4 h5 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6+ Ke7 24. Qf3 Rc8 25. Qxf5 Nxb3 26.
Qg6 Qf8 27. Qf7+ Qxf7 28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. Bd5+ Kg7 30. Re7+ Kg6 31. Bxb3 c5
32. Bf7+ Kh6 33. Bc4 Rhe8 34. Rce1 Rxe7 35. Rxe7 Rd8 36. Bd5 Kg5 37. Rb7
Kf5 38. Re7 Rb8 39. Be4+ Kg5 40. h4+ Kg4 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Byrne, Ray"]
[Black "McCormick, Graeme"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit half accepted"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. b6
Qxb6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. e4 Rfe8 14. Bf4
Nb6 15. Ne3 Nfd7 16. a4 Ne5 17. a5 Nbd7 18. Bg3 c4 19. f4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3
21. Qxd3 Nc5 22. Qc2 Rac8 23. Rfd1 e6 24. Ra3 Qe7 25. e5 exd5 26. Nexd5 Qd8
27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Rxd6 Qc7 29. Rxf6 Ne4 30. Rb6 Red8 31. Qb3 Qc5+ 32. Kh1
Bd5 33. Qb4 Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Nh3+ 35. Kf1 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Black "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500612"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 Nxe4 7. dxc5 Nxc5
8. b4 Ne4 9. Qd4 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Qh4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7
14. Bc4 Nf6 15. Nbd2 d5 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Rfe1 Kf8 18. a4 Nc6 19. a5 d4 20.
b5 dxc3 21. bxc6 cxd2 22. Reb1 Rxd3 23. Ne5 Rd5 24. f4 bxc6 25. a6 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Delaney, Paul"]
[Black "Hegarty, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500094"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "Abbazia defence, modern variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb3 O-O
8. c4 Nf6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Bxf4 c6 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Qd2 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Nc7 14.
d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bd6 16. Bg5 Nce8 17. Re1 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qb4 19. Bc2 Nd7 20.
Re4 Qxb2 21. Re1 Qb4 22. Rb1 Qc4 23. Ne4 Be5 24. Rh3 f5 25. d6 Kh8 26. Qd1
fxe4 27. Bb3 Rf1+ 28. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Nxd6 30. Be7 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 e6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. f4 Rd8 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Qe1 b5
15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bd7 19. Qf2 Rbc8 20. f5
gxf5 21. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Doyle, Tony"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500329"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6
8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 a6 10. e4 Qc7 11. Qe2 d6 12. Be3 e5 13. h3 g6 14. Rac1
Ne8 15. c5 dxc5 16. Na4 a5 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Qf3 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bxc5
f4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qxc6 Ra7 23. Nc5 Be2 24. Rd7 Rxd7 25. Qxd7 Qf6 26.
Bd5+ Kh8 27. Ne4 Qh6 28. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Healy, Denis"]
[Black "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Printers"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Jackson, David"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[BlackICU "2272"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. } { Other information: Times: White: 1.22; Black
1.45. }

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Qa5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8.
Nc1 Qc7 9. Be2 Nb6 10. O-O Nf6 11. b3 O-O 12. Nd3 a5 13. a4 b4 14. Nd1 Nfd7
15. Rc1 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. c3 Rd8 19. Qc2 Qd6 20. cxb4 cxb4
21. Nb2 Bd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Be6 24. Rfd1 Qf2 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bc4
$4 (26. Nd3 $19) 26... Rd2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Kernan, Bernard"]
[Black "Gilmore, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2312"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500019"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "wing gambit deferred"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 e6 5. c4 bxc3 6. Nxc3 Be7 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Rb1 Nb4 11. Rxb4 Bxb4 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxb4 Bc6 14.
e5 Nd7 15. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Littleton, Michael"]
[Black "Hall, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500159"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5.e3"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. b3
cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. a3 Kh8 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Bb2 b6 14. Rc1
Bb7 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Rfe1 Nb3 18. Rcd1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxd4 20.
Qe3 Bc5 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qh4 Qd6 23. Bc1 Ng8 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Bg5 f6 26. Be3
Nf5 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Qh5 Qc7 29. Ng3 Nd4 30. Qg6 f5 31. Ne2 Rf6 32. Qg3
Nxe2+ 33. Bxe2 Qxg3 34. hxg3 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Rf7 36. Rd6 Rc7 37. Rxe6 Ne7 38.
Re5 Nc6 39. Rxc5 Re7 40. Bd3 Nd4 41. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Black "Jackson, Greg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "Scandinavian variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nd7 7. d4
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. c4 Bb4 13. Re3 g6 14.
Bb2 Re8 15. Rh3 Bf8 16. f3 Bg7 17. c3 c5 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Qg5 Qe7 20. Bc1
Rad8 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Qg3 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd3 24. Bg5 Qf8 25. Qh4 h5 26. g4
Rxf3 27. Rf1 Rxh3 28. Qxh3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "McComb, Brian"]
[Black "James, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2511282"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
dxe5 Ng4 9. Nbd2 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qc1 Bg4 12. Re1 Qc8 13. f4 Nd7 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. h3 Be6 16. Qb2+ f6 17. e4 Nb6 18. Kh2 c6 19. c4 Kg8 20. Rad1
Qc7 21. Nf3 Rae8 22. Qd2 Nc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "2187"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Nxc6
dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Bd2 Kc7 11. f4 e5 12. O-O exf4 13. Bxf4+
Be5 14. Bc4 Bxf4 15. Rxf4 f6 16. Be6 Ne5 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Rxf6 Rhf8 19.
Raf1 Rxf6 20. Rxf6 Re8 21. Rf2 Re7 22. Re2 b5 23. a3 Nc4 24. Nd1 Rd7 25.
Ne3 Nxb2 26. g4 Re7 27. Nf1 Nc4 28. a4 bxa4 29. Ng3 a3 30. Re1 Re5 31. Kf2
Rb5 32. Ra1 Rb2 33. Ke2 a2 34. Kd3 Na3 35. Kc3 Rxc2+ 36. Kb3 Rxh2 37. Nf1
Rh3+ 38. Kxa2 Nb5 39. Kb2 Rh4 40. Ne3 Rh2+ 41. Nc2 Re2 42. Re1 Rxe1 43.
Nxe1 Nd6 44. g5 Nxe4 45. Nf3 Kd6 46. Kb3 Kd5 47. Kb4 c5+ 48. Kb5 Nd6+ 49.
Ka6 c4 50. Kxa7 Ke4 51. Ne1 Nf7 52. Kb6 Nxg5 53. Kb5 Nf3 54. Nc2 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.17"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Wallace, Paul"]
[Black "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "Wexford"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500892"]
[BlackFideId "2500035"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 6.f4"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Rb8 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
O-O b5 9. Nh4 Nd4 10. f5 O-O 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 b4 14. Bg5
bxc3 15. bxc3 Ba6 16. Rab1 Rxb1 17. Rxb1 Rb8 18. Rxb8+ Qxb8 19. Qc2 Qb6 20.
c4 Bb7 21. Bh3 Bc6 22. Ng2 Kf8 23. Nf4 Qb4 24. Kf1 Ba4 25. Qc1 Bc6 26. Bxf6
Bxf6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Kg7 29. Qc2 Qa3 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Bg2 a5 32. Bf3
Bb2 33. Qb3 Qxb3 34. axb3 Kf6 35. Ke2 Bc1 36. h4 Ke5 37. Kd1 Be3 38. Kc2
Bf2 39. h5 Bxg3 40. hxg6 fxg6 41. Be4 g5 42. Bg6 Kd4 43. Kc1 Ke3 44. Kd1
Kf3 45. Kd2 Bh4 46. Bh5+ Kf2 47. Bg4 Bg3 48. Bh5 Be5 49. Bg4 Bf4+ 50. Kd1
Ke3 51. Ke1 Kxd3 52. Bd7 Kc3 53. Ba4 Be5 54. Ke2 Bf6 55. Kf3 Kb4 56. Kg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "McCormick, Graeme"]
[Black "Doyle, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500329"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nbd2 h6 7. c4 c6 8.
a3 a5 9. Re1 Qb6 10. Rf1 a4 11. Rb1 Nbd7 12. b4 axb3 13. Qxb3 Qxb3 14. Rxb3
b6 15. Bb2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Black "Healy, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[WhiteICU "2272"]
[BlackClub "Printers"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. } { Other information: Times: White: 1.32; Black:
1.17. }

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6
8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. b4 Ng5 14.
Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Nd1 a6 16. Kh1 Nf6 17. f3 Bd7 18. Rb1 Rad8 19. Rb2 Re7 20.
Qb1 Ne8 21. a4 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Jackson, Greg"]
[Black "Littleton, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500159"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez (Spanish opening)"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 { and drawn in 32 moves. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Devenney, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2187"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2507102"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. f4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8.
Be2 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Bf2 Be7 12. Qd2 h5 13. O-O h4 14. a3
Na5 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. g4 hxg3 17. hxg3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Kg2 Qb3 20. g4
Nh6 21. Rh1 Rg8 22. Qc1 Bxa3 23. Nd2 Qxb2 24. Nxc4 dxc4 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26.
Kg3 Bxc3 27. Rc1 Bd2 28. Rc2 Ba5 29. Rxc4 Ke7 30. Ra1 Bb6 31. Be1 Rd8 32.
Bb4+ Ke8 33. Bd6 Bb5 34. Rb4 Bc6 35. Rc4 Bd5 36. Rb4 Rc8 37. Kh4 Rc2 38.
Ra3 Bd8+ 39. Kh3 a5 40. Rb5 Bg2+ 41. Kg3 Bc6 42. Rc5 Rg2+ 43. Kh3 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Black "Kernan, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "2312"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500612"]
[BlackFideId "2500019"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "old Steinitz defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Ne7 5. d4 Bd7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qe2 Ng6
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Bg4 13. Qe3 Rfd8
14. Kg2 Qd7 15. Rfe1 Bh3+ 16. Kh1 Rab8 17. Nb3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Rad1
Qf7 20. Ng5 Qc4 21. c3 Bc2 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qxb3 25. Rd1
h6 26. Ne4 Nf8 27. Kg1 Qxb2 28. Qxb2 Rxb2 29. Ra1 Rb7 30. Ra6 Ne6 31. Rxc6
Rb6 32. Rc4 a5 33. h4 Ra6 34. Ra4 Kf7 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. Kd3 Kc6
38. Kc4 Ra8 39. Ra3 Ra6 40. Ra2 Ra8 41. Ra3 Nd8 42. Nc5 Nf7 43. Ne4 Nd6+
44. Kd3 Kd5 45. Ra4 Nb7 46. c4+ Kc6 47. Ke3 Rd8 48. f4 $2 (48. Ra1 $17)
48... exf4+ 49. Kxf4 Rd4 50. Kf5 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.18"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Black "Blair, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500035"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, fingerslip variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Nf6 5. e5 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Ne4 7. Qg4 Kf8
8. Bd3 Nxd2 9. Kxd2 c5 10. Nf3 h6 11. h4 c4 12. Be2 b5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4
a5 15. h5 Bd7 16. Raa1 a4 17. Qf4 a3 18. Ra2 Nc6 19. g4 Qe7 20. Rg1 Rb8 21.
g5 hxg5 22. Nxg5 Nd8 23. Qg3 Rb2 24. Ne4 f5 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Rxb2 axb2 27.
h6 b1=Q 28. Qg7+ Qxg7 29. hxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.18"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "James, Kevin"]
[Black "Wallace, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackClub "Wexford"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511282"]
[BlackFideId "2500892"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. } { Annotator: Kevin James (in tournament book). }

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 $5 Nd5 7. Bb5+ (7.
Be4 Nc7 8. dxc5 d5 $1 9. Bd3 Nba6 { is unclear. }) 7... Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (
8... Qxd7 $5) 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 (10. Qb3 N5b6 11. cxd4 { is to White's
advantage. }) 10... O-O $2 (10... Qb6 $1) 11. Qb3 N7b6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Qd7 14. O-O Rfc8 (14... d5 $10) 15. Ng5 d5 16. f5 $1 { Threat Nxf7 and
e6+. } 16... gxf5 17. Qd1 h6 (17... e6 18. Nxh7 Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rf3)
(17... f6 18. e6 Qe8 19. Nf7 { and White wins. }) 18. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. Qh5+
Kg8 20. Bxh6 $1 e6 (20... Rc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rxf5 Rg6 { and White wins.
}) 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. Rf3 Kf8 23. Rg3 Qf7 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Rg7 Qxg7 (25...
Qf8 26. Qxe6+ Kd8 27. Rf7 { and White wins. }) 26. Qxg7 Rxc3 27. h4 { and
White wins. } 27... Rac8 28. h5 R3c7 29. Qg6+ Ke7 30. h6 Rf8 31. h7 Rcc8
32. Qg7+ Rf7 33. h8=Q Rxh8 34. Qxh8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.18"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Hegarty, Liam"]
[Black "McComb, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd2 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. Qe2 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8.
Nd1 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 c5 10. c3 c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. Nf3 h6 13. O-O Nc6 14. a4 a6
15. Ne3 Qb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Ra1 Bb7 19. Nh4 b4 20. f4 b3
21. Bb1 Ne7 22. f5 exf5 23. Nhxf5 Nxf5 24. Nxf5 O-O 25. Qf4 Kh8 26. Qg4 Qg6
27. Qxg6 fxg6 28. Nd6 Ra8 29. Rxa8+ Bxa8 30. e6 Nb6 31. e7 Bc6 32. e8=Q+
Bxe8 33. Nxe8 Na4 34. Nc7 Nxb2 35. Nxd5 Na4 36. Bxg6 Kg8 37. Kf2 Kf8 38.
Ke2 b2 39. Kd2 h5 40. Kc2 h4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.18"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Taylor, M."]
[Black "Delaney, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500094"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Byrne variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. h3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Ne2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ng3 Qe7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Qe1 a5 16. Qc3 Qe7 17. a3 Bb7 18. Ba2 Na4 19. Qb3 Nb6 20. Qe3 Na4
21. Rfb1 Qc5 22. Qe2 Ba6 23. b4 Qe7 24. Qe3 Qa7 25. Qe1 axb4 26. axb4 Qe7
27. Qe3 Qa7 28. Qe1 Nb6 29. Nd2 Qc7 30. Nb3 Na4 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. bxc5 Rfd8
33. Bb3 Bf8 34. Qe3 Qe7 35. Nf1 Bb7 36. Qg3 Qg5 37. Qc3 Qf4 38. Rxa8 Rxa8
39. Rd1 Bc8 40. Rd8 Qg5 41. Qf3 Qf4 42. Qxf4 exf4 43. e5 Kg7 44. e6 fxe6
45. Bxe6 Bxe6 46. Rxa8 Bxc5 47. Nd2 Bd5 48. Nb3 Be7 49. Rc8 b4 50. Nc1 Be4
51. Nd3 b3 52. cxb3 Bxd3 53. Rxc6 Kf7 54. Rc3 Bb5 55. Rf3 g5 56. h4 Bf6 57.
hxg5 hxg5 58. b4 Ke6 59. Ra3 Kd6 60. Ra8 Be2 61. Re8 Be7 62. Rc8 Kd7 63.
Rc2 Bb5 64. Rc1 Bc6 65. Rc4 Bd5 66. Rd4 Ke6 67. b5 Bc5 68. Rd2 g4 69. Kh1
Kd6 70. Kh2 $2 (70. f3 $5 Be3 71. Rd1 gxf3 72. gxf3 Kc5 73. Kg2 { is a
better try, but still winning for Black: without the b-pawn, which will
drop, the Lomonosov tablebases show that White loses in 61 moves with best
play. }) 70... Bxf2 $1 71. Rxf2 g3+ 72. Kg1 gxf2+ 73. Kxf2 Ke5 74. g3 f3
75. Ke3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.18"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "Jackson, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "E87"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, orthodox, 7.d5"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2
f5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nh3 Qe8 13. g4 fxg4 14. fxg4
Ndf6 15. gxh5 Bxh3 16. h6 Bh8 17. Rhg1+ Kf7 18. Qf2 Ke7 19. Rg7+ Bxg7 20.
hxg7 Rf7 21. Bg5 Qg8 22. Qh4 Bd7 23. Rf1 Qxg7 24. Ne4 Raf8 25. Be2 h6 26.
Bxh6 Qh7 27. Ng5 Qg6 28. Nxf7 Rxf7 29. Bg5 Qh7 30. Bxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.18"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Hall, E."]
[Black "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, 7...Nbd7"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. f3 a5 11. b3 Bd7 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Rad1
Re8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. exd5 e5 18. Bd3 Qf6 19. g4 Qh4 20. Bg5
Qh3 21. Rf2 Bxg4 22. Bf1 Qh5 23. fxg4 Qxg4+ 24. Rg2 Qd7 25. h4 Rf8 26. Bh6
Rae8 27. h5 e4 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rxg6 Re7 30. Bg2 Qf5 31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32.
Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Rf1 Qe5 34. Rxf8 Kxf8 35. Qe1 e3 36. Qe2 Ke7 37. Bf3 Qd4 38.
Kg2 Kf6 39. Bh5 Ke5 40. Qg4 Qd2+ 41. Qe2 Qd4 42. Bg6 Kf6 43. Bd3 Kg5 44.
Bc2 Qe5 45. Qd3 e2 46. Qg6+ Kh4 47. Qh6+ Kg4 48. Qg6+ Kh4 49. Qh7+ Kg4 50.
Qf5+ Qxf5 51. Bxf5+ Kxf5 52. Kf2 e1=Q+ 53. Kxe1 Ke4 54. Kd2 Kd4 55. a4 Ke4
56. Kc3 Ke3 57. Kc2 Ke2 58. Kc3 Kd1 59. b4 axb4+ 60. Kxb4 Kc2 61. a5 bxa5+
62. Kxa5 Kc3 63. Kb5 Kd4 64. Kb4 Ke5 65. Kb5 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.18"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange, Bronstein variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4
Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nf6 11. f3 Bb4 12. Nce2 Rhe8 13. Kf2
c5 14. Nb3 c4 15. Nd2 b5 16. c3 Bf8 17. Rad1 c5 18. h3 Bc6 19. g4 Nd7 20.
Bf4 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Nb1 Ree8 23. Nc1 Be7 24. Ke2 Bf6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8
26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 Kd7 28. Ne2 Be5 29. Kd2 Ke6 30. Ke3 g6 31. f4 Bc7 32.
Nd2 f5 33. exf5+ gxf5 34. Nf3 Be4 35. Ng5+ Kd5 36. Nxe4 fxe4 37. Ng3 b4 38.
Nxe4 Ba5 39. h4 Bd8 40. g5 Be7 41. f5 Ke5 42. f6 Bf8 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. Ng3+
Kg6 45. Kg4 Bd6 46. Ne4 Be5 47. h5+ Kf7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.18"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bc4 e6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 c6 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 Nbc6 13. Ne2 Nb4 14. Nf4
Nxd3 15. Nxd3 Nf5 16. c3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 b6 18. g3 Rc8 19. Kg2 Rc4 20. h4 Qd7
21. a5 Ra4 22. Rxa4 Qxa4 23. axb6 axb6 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rh1 Ra8 26. Rxh5 Qd1
27. Rh1 Qg4 28. f3 Qg6 29. Qe2 Ra2 30. g4 Bh6 31. Kf2 Qf6 32. Qc2 Bg5 33.
Ne5 h6 34. Qb3 Ra8 35. Qxb6 Qf4 36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Kh3 Qf2 38. Qb7 Rf8 39.
Qa6 Bf4 40. Rg1 Qxg1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.18"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Gilmore, Alan"]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. O-O Nd7
8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rb1 O-O 12. b4 g5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14.
b5 Bd6 15. Rc1 g4 16. Nh4 Qh5 17. g3 f5 18. Ng2 Nf6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne2
Rfc8 21. Qa4 Ne4 22. Nef4 Bxf4 23. Nxf4 Qe8 24. Rc2 Ng5 25. Rfc1 Qe4 26.
Ng2 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Qe8 28. Rxc6 Rd8 $2 (28... Rxc6 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Rb8
31. Rc1 Rb2 $10) 29. Nf4 $18 Rac8 30. Qa6 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "Kernan, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "2312"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[BlackFideId "2500019"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bellon gambit"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 b5 5. Nxb5 h6 6. Nh3 c6 7. Nc3 d5 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Nf4 d4 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qa4 Bd6 13. d4 Qb6 14.
Ncd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. Rb1 O-O 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Nc3 Rfd8
20. Rc1 Rab8 21. e3 Nf5 22. Rc2 Be5 23. Be2 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Bxa2 25. O-O
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Healy, Denis"]
[Black "James, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Printers"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2511282"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 e6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. O-O Bd4+
8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 Qb6 10. d3 Ne7 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. Qe1 f5 13. Bd2 c5 14.
Ng3 Kf7 15. Qe2 Qc6 16. c3 c4 17. Rfe1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf5 19. dxc4 Rac8 20.
b3 h6 21. Rac1 Rcg8 22. cxd4 g5 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. Rc5 Qe6 26.
Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Littleton, Michael"]
[Black "Hegarty, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500159"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Doyle, Tony"]
[Black "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500329"]
[BlackFideId "2500035"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8.
dxe5 Ng4 9. Nbd2 Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qc1 Qe7 12. Nf3 c6 13. Nxe5 Bxe5
14. c4 f5 15. f4 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qe3+ 17. Kh1 Be6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rd4 Bf7
20. Rfd1 d5 21. Qd2 Rfe8 22. Bf3 Rd7 23. Rd3 Qxd2 24. R1xd2 Rde7 25. cxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "McCormick, Graeme"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[BlackICU "2272"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. } { Other information: Times: White 1.25; Black:
1.42. }

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. d3 e5 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 f5 8.
Rb1 a5 9. a3 a4 10. b4 axb3 11. Qxb3 Na6 12. c5+ d5 13. Qc2 e4 14. dxe4
fxe4 15. Ng5 c6 16. Bb2 Nf5 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 18. Nh3 Qe7 19. Nb3 e3 20. Rb2
Bxh3 21. Bxh3 exf2+ 22. Kh1 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Nd4 Rf7 25. Nf3 Nxc5 26.
Rxf2 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Delaney, Paul"]
[Black "Jackson, Greg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500094"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, fianchetto variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 d5 8.
f4 O-O 9. c3 f6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. O-O Qd7 13. b3 Bh6 14. Qe1 Bxf3
15. Rxf3 fxe5 16. dxe5 e6 17. Qh4 Nxe5 18. Rh3 Nf7 19. g4 Rfd8 20. g5 Bg7
21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Ba3+ Nd6 23. Qxg6 d4 24. Nd2 Nd5 25. Ne4 Nxf4 26. Rf1 e5
27. Rh4 Qf7 28. Qh7 Qe7 29. Rfxf4+ exf4 30. Rxf4+ Ke8 31. Nxd6+ Rxd6 32.
Bxd6 cxd6 33. Qg6+ Kd8 34. Re4 Qd7 35. c4 Be5 36. Rh4 b6 37. Bf5 Qe8 38.
Qxe8+ Kxe8 39. Rh7 Kf8 40. g6 a5 41. Rf7+ Kg8 42. Be6 Re8 43. Bd5 d3 44.
Rh7+ Kf8 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. Re7+ Kf8 47. Rxe8+ Kxe8 48. Kf2 Kf8 49. h4 d2 50.
Bf3 Kg7 51. h5 Bc3 52. Ke3 Bb4 53. Ke4 Bc5 54. Kf5 Bd4 55. Bd1 Bc3 56. Ke6
Be5 $2 (56... Bb4 $10) 57. Kd7 Kh6 58. Kc6 Bd4 59. Kxd6 Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.19"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O
8. O-O Bg4 9. Qd3 Na6 10. Rd1 Bc7 11. Qe3 Qe7 12. Qg5 Nc5 13. Be3 b5 14.
Nh4 Ne6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 a5 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Ne2 Nc5 19. Ng3 Nxb3 20.
cxb3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rc1 g6 23. Qg5 Qe6 24. h4 Ng4 25. Nf5 Nxe3 26.
fxe3 Rd7 27. h5 Bd8 28. Qg3 Kh8 29. h6 Bf6 30. Nh4 Rd3 31. Rf1 Kg8 32. Qf2
Bg5 33. Kh1 Bxh6 34. Qf6 Rd6 35. Qxe6 Rxe6 36. Re1 Rd6 37. Nf3 Re6 38. Kg1
f6 39. Kf2 Rd6 40. Rc1 Bf8 41. g4 Kf7 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. g5 Kf7 44. Rf1 Kg7
45. gxf6+ Rxf6 46. Nxe5 Rxf1 47. Kxf1 c5 48. a4 bxa4 49. bxa4 Bd6 50. Nc4
Bc7 51. Ke2 Kf6 52. Kf3 h5 53. b3 g5 54. e5+ $19 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.19"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Blair, David"]
[Black "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "A83"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Staunton gambit, Nimzovich variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 b6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qd5 c6
8. Qxe4+ Qe7 9. O-O-O Qxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Ng3 Kf7 12. h4 h5 13. Be2 Na6
14. Bf3 Nc7 15. N1e2 Bd6 16. Rhe1 Be6 17. Kb1 Rhd8 18. Nf1 c5 19. Ne3 c4
20. g3 Rac8 21. c3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.19"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "McComb, Brian"]
[Black "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500612"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. c3 Bd6
8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Rc8 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. c4 g6 14.
cxd5 e5 15. N4f3 Rc2 16. Bc1 e4 17. Nd4 Rc5 18. Nc4 Rxd5 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20.
f3 Ne5 21. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.19"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Gilmore, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2187"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.19"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Wallace, Paul"]
[Black "Hall, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "Wexford"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500892"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Nc6
8. Re1 cxd4 9. Nb3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4
Qc7 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Qg5 Rad8 16. Re3 h6 17. Qh4 Nd5 18. Rf3 f5 19. Re1 Rde8
20. c4 Nb4 21. Bb1 Qxc4 22. Nxf5 Qxh4 23. Nxh4 Rxf3 24. Nxf3 Kf7 25. Ne5+
Ke7 26. Nxd7 Kxd7 27. a3 Nd5 28. Be4 Kd6 29. Rc1 Re7 30. f3 Ke5 31. Kf2 Nf6
32. Bb1 Nd5 33. g3 Nc7 34. f4+ Kf6 35. Kf3 e5 36. fxe5+ Kxe5 37. Re1+ Kf6
38. Rxe7 Kxe7 39. Ke4 Kf6 40. Ba2 Kg5 41. Bc4 Kg4 42. Bf1 g5 43. Bg2 h5 44.
Ke5 b6 45. a4 Na6 46. Kd6 Nc5 47. a5 Nb3 48. a6 Nc5 49. Bb7 Kh3 50. Kc7
Kxh2 51. Kb8 Kxg3 52. Kxa7 b5 53. b4 Nxa6 54. Kxa6 Kf2 55. Kxb5 g4 56. Kc4
g3 57. b5 g2 58. Bxg2 Kxg2 59. b6 h4 60. b7 h3 61. b8=Q h2 62. Qb2+ Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.19"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Black "Taylor, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Goering gambit"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 c2 6. Qxc2 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Qf6
8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Ba3 Nge7 11. e5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Rae1 Qf5
14. Bd3 Qa5 15. Bb2 Be6 16. c4 Qg5 17. Re3 Qh6 18. Rfe1 O-O-O 19. c5 d5 20.
Qa4 Nc6 21. Bb5 Bf5 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxa7 Qa6 24. Qxa6 bxa6 25. Bxg7 Rhg8
26. Bf6 Rdf8 27. h3 Kb7 28. g4 h5 29. f3 hxg4 30. fxg4 Be4 31. Kf2 Kc6 32.
Rc1 Rb8 33. Rb3 Rxb3 34. axb3 Rb8 35. Rc3 Rb4 36. Ke3 Bg2 37. Kf2 Be4 38.
h4 Bb1 39. Kg3 d4 40. Rf3 Be4 41. Rf2 Rxb3+ 42. Kf4 Kd5 43. h5 Rh3 44. Kg5
Kxc5 45. Be7+ Kc4 46. Rxf7 d3 47. Bd8 d2 48. Rxc7+ Kd3 49. Rd7+ Ke2 50. Kf4
Bc2 51. Re7+ Kf1 52. Ba5 d1=Q 53. Re1+ Qxe1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.19"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Jackson, David"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O Nh6 8. b3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Qd3 h5 12. Rd1 g5 13. Ne1 g4 14. Nc2 O-O-O
15. Nc3 Rdg8 16. Rac1 Kb8 17. Na4 Qd8 18. a3 h4 19. Ne1 g3 20. fxg3 hxg3
21. h3 Bg5 22. Rb1 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Qg5 24. Bf1 Ncxd4 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Nc3 Nf3
27. Rb2 Nxe1 28. Rxe1 Bf2 29. Qe2 Rxh3+ 30. gxh3 g2+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.19"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Byrne, Ray"]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "E57"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with 8...dc and 9...cd"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Re1 b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4
Nh5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. g3 Nf6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Ba2 Ba8 20. Nxf7
Rxf7 21. Bxe6 Qc6 22. d5 Nexd5 23. Qg6 Rf8 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Kh8 26.
Bxf7 Qxg6 27. Bxg6 Bxd5 28. f4 Kg8 29. Re7 Ra8 30. Kf2 b5 31. Ke3 a5 32.
Re8+ Rxe8+ 33. Bxe8 Bc4 34. Kd4 Kf8 35. Bc6 Ke7 36. Kc5 Kf6 37. Bxb5 Be6
38. Kb6 Kf5 39. Kxa5 Kg4 40. Kb6 Kh3 41. a4 Kxh2 42. a5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kernan, Bernard"]
[Black "Delaney, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2312"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500019"]
[BlackFideId "2500094"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+
8. Nc3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Bb1 Na5 13. Ne5 Nd7 14.
Qh5 f5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. Qe2 Ne4 18. Qb5 Qd8 19. b4 Nc6 20.
Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qxc6 Rf6 22. Ne2 f4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nxf4 Bxa2 25. Qxe4 Rb8
26. d5 Qd6 27. Nh5 Rf7 28. Qe5 Qxb4 29. Re4 Qb2 30. Rc8+ Rf8 31. Nf6+ $5 (
31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Rf4+) 31... gxf6 32. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Black "Devenney, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[WhiteICU "2272"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500183"]
[BlackFideId "2507102"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, Smyslov system"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. } { Other information: Times: White: 1.03; Black:
0.57. }

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 7. Nd4 Bxc3
8. bxc3 Nc6 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6
14. Qa4 Bf5 15. cxd5 Bxd3 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qb6 18. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Hegarty, Liam"]
[Black "Healy, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackClub "Printers"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nf6 7. O-O e6 8.
Re1 Bd6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Nbd2 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3
Be7 15. Nh2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 Ne8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe2 Nd6 20. Ra6
Rfc8 21. Ng4 Rb7 22. Rea1 Nb8 23. R6a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "2187"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500035"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "B98"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7...Be7"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8.
Qf3 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. O-O d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
Be2 O-O 15. Qg3 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Rae1 Raf8 18. Bg4 Bc8 19. Qe3 Qc5 20.
Qxc5 Nxc5 21. b4 Rxf4 22. Rxf4 Rxf4 23. bxc5 Rxg4 24. Rb1 Kf7 25. Rb6 Bd7
26. Rxa6 Rc4 27. Na4 Be8 28. Nb6 Rxc5 29. a4 Rxc2 30. a5 c5 31. Nc8 Kf6 32.
Nd6 Bg6 33. Rc6 d4 34. Kf1 d3 35. Ke1 d2+ 36. Kd1 Bh5+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.20"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Doyle, Tony"]
[Black "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500329"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Ne7 5. c4 a5 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1
f5 9. Bd2 c5 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 axb4 12. Rxb4 Na6 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. O-O Bd7
15. Qc2 Bc6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Ra6 20. Nd5 Qd7
21. Rb5 Kh7 22. Rfb1 Ra7 23. f3 Ne6 24. Nb3 f4 25. g4 Nc7 26. Nxc7 Qxc7 27.
Nd2 Rd8 28. Qb3 Rd7 29. Ne4 Qd8 30. Rb2 Bf8 31. Qc2 Kg7 32. Qb1 Qc7 33. Nc3
Be7 34. Nd5 Qb8 35. R2b3 Bd8 36. Qb2 Rf7 37. Nxf4 Bf6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.20"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Black "Littleton, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500612"]
[BlackFideId "2500159"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5 Be6 11. b3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rad1 a6 14.
Nd2 Bg7 15. Nde4 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Nc5 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Bc8 19. Nxa6 Nd4
20. Nxc7 Nxe2+ 21. Kf1 Nc1 22. Nd5 Bf8 23. N1c3 Bf5 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nfe4
Bb4 26. Nd5 Nxa2 27. Nxb4 Nxb4 28. Ke2 Nc6 29. Kd2 Nd4 30. b4 b6 31. Kc3
Bxe4 32. Bxe4 f5 33. Bd5 Kf6 34. Kd3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.20"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "McCormick, Graeme"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "E27"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 c5 7. e4 d5 8.
e5 Nfd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O a6 14. f5 c4
15. Bb1 Qb6 16. Kh1 Na5 17. f6 Nb3 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Ng5 Nxf6 20. exf6 Qd6
21. Qh5 Qxf6 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Rxf6 Nxa1 24. Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.20"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "James, Kevin"]
[Black "Blair, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511282"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "5...c6"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 Be7
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Bg4 14.
Nd2 c5 15. Bf5 cxd4 16. exd4 Qc7 17. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Nxd5 19. Qxc7 Bxc7
20. Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.20"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Jackson, Greg"]
[Black "Wallace, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackClub "Wexford"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500892"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "classical defence, 4.c3"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. O-O Bb6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 d5
8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 13. a4 a5
14. Qd3 Qd5 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Be3 Bxh3 17. c4 Qh5 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Qc3 Bc5
20. Nxc6 Bd6 21. Nxd8 Bg4 22. f4 Bxd1 23. Nc6 Qe2 24. Ra2 Qxa2 25. c5 Bf8
26. Nxa5 Qxa4 27. Nc4 Be2 28. Ne5 f6 29. Nf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.20"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Goering gambit"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O dxc3
8. Bd3 Bf5 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Bxf5 Qxf5 11. Nxc3 O-O 12. Bg5 Rad8 13. Qb3 Bc5
14. Qxb7 Nd4 15. Bh4 Rb8 16. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rfc8 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qg4
Qxg4+ 20. fxg4 Nf6 21. g5 Nh5 22. Rac1 Bb4 23. Re3 Rc4 24. Bg3 Nxg3 25.
hxg3 g6 26. Kg2 Bc5 27. Re4 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Bd4 29. b3 Rd8 30. Rc7 Bb6 31.
Nf6+ Kg7 32. Rd7 h6 33. Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Ne4 hxg5 35. g4 f5 36. Nc5 Kf7 37. f3
Ke7 38. Kf1 Bb6 39. Nd3 Kd6 40. Ke2 Kd5 41. a4 Kd4 42. b4 Bc7 43. Nc5 Bd6
44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Ne6+ Kc4 46. Nxg5 Kxb4 47. Nf7 Bc7 48. Kd3 Kxa4 $10 49.
Nh6 f4 50. Nf5 $2 (50. Kc3 ({ and } 50. Kc4) { draw. }) 50... Kb4 $1 51.
Nd4 a5 $1 52. Ne6 Bd6 53. Kc2 Kc4 $2 (53... Be5 $1 $19) 54. Kb2 $10 Kd3 55.
Kb3 Ke3 56. Ka4 Bb4 57. Ng5 Be1 58. Kb5 Kd4 59. Ka4 Ke5 60. Kb5 Bh4 61. Nh3
Bd8 62. Ka4 Bc7 63. Kb5 Kf5 64. Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.20"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "McComb, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O b6
8. Re1 Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nd5 14.
Rad1 Bf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. a3 Nd7 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Re8 19. h3 a6 20. Nh2
N7f6 21. Be5 b5 22. Bd3 Qe7 23. h4 Nd7 24. hxg5 Qxg5 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. Nxg4
Nxe5 27. dxe5 Kg7 28. g3 Rh8 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. Rxe3 Rhd8 31. Kf1 Rd7 32. Ke1
Rad8 33. Be2 Rxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Rc8 35. Kd2 f6 36. f4 fxe5 37. Rxe5 Bd5 38. Re3
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.20"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Taylor, M."]
[Black "Hall, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bf4 a6 5. Qd3 c5 6. e4 c4 7. Qe3 Be7 8.
exd5 exd5 9. Be2 O-O 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. Rb1 Be6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rfd1 Nxd4 14.
Qxd4 Bc5 15. Qd2 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Na4 Qa7 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Rf1 Bd4 20.
Nc3 b5 21. Ne2 Bc5 22. Rbd1 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nd4 Rfd8 25. Nec6 Rxc6
26. Nxc6 Rxd2 27. Nxa7 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 g5 29. Bb8 e3 30. Re1 f5 31. h4 h6 32.
Nc6 f4 33. c3 Bg4 34. Ne5 Bh5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. g4 Be8 37. Kg2 b4 38. Kf3
b3 39. a3 Bb5 40. Rd1 Bb6 41. Rd6 Ba5 42. Rg6+ Kh7 43. Rxg5 Bxc3 44. bxc3
b2 45. Rh5+ Kg7 46. Rh1 Ba4 47. Rb1 Bc2 48. Rxb2 Bd1+ 49. Re2 Kf6 50. Nd7+
Kg5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.20"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Gilmore, Alan"]
[Black "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 c5 8.
Nc3 b6 9. h3 Nh5 10. Bh2 f5 11. dxc5 Ndf6 12. cxd6 Bb7 13. Ng5 Qc8 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. cxd5 Bh6 16. dxe7 Bxg5 17. exf8=Q+ Qxf8 18. Rc1 f4 19. Qb3 Kg7 20.
Rc7+ Kh6 21. h4 Bxh4 22. exf4 Ne4 23. Qh3 Qf6 24. g4 Ng5 25. fxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.20"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Black "Jackson, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Bd7 14.
Rc1 Qd8 15. a3 Qe8 16. h3 Kh8 17. Re1 a6 18. Rc2 Nh5 19. Bc1 Rxf3 20. gxf3
Nxd4 21. Bxh7 e5 22. Be3 Kxh7 23. Bxd4 Qg6+ 24. Kf1 Nf4 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26.
Bxe5 Bxh3+ 27. Ke1 Nd3+ 28. Kd2 Nxe5 29. Kc1 Qh6+ 30. Qd2 Rc8 31. Qxh6+
Kxh6 32. Nxd5 Rxc2+ 33. Kxc2 Nxf3 34. b4 Kg5 35. a4 Bd7 36. Nc3 Kf4 37. b5
axb5 38. axb5 Nd4+ 39. Kd3 Nxb5 40. Ne2+ Kf3 41. Ng3 Kxf2 42. Nh5 g5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Healy, Denis"]
[Black "Kernan, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "2312"]
[WhiteClub "Printers"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500019"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Bc5 7. b4
Bb6 8. a4 a5 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Qh4 11. e5 d5 12. Qxd5 Ne7 13. Qe4 Qxe4 14.
Bxe4 axb4 15. cxb4 Bd4 16. Ra3 Bxe5 17. Be3 Bb2 18. Ra2 Bf6 19. a5 c6 20.
Rd1 Be6 21. Rad2 O-O 22. Bc5 Rfe8 23. Rd3 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. h3 h6 26.
Nd2 Re6 27. Nf1 Be7 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Ne3 Be6 30. Rd6 g6 31. Ng4 Bxg4 32.
hxg4 Re4 33. R1d4 Rae8 34. Rd7 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Re7 36. f3 Kg7 37. Kf2 Kf6 38.
Rd8 Re5 39. Rd4 Ke6 40. f4 Rd5 41. Ke3 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "Doyle, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "2254"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[BlackFideId "2500329"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Qc1 b6 11. Bh6 Bb7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd2 Qf6 14.
Ne4 Qe7 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4+ e5 18. Qa4 a6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20.
Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[WhiteICU "2187"]
[BlackICU "2272"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. } { Extra information: Times: White: 1.40; Black:
1.55. }

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bc4 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Be6 8.
Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. Qf3 c6 11. Qxd5 cxd5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14.
c3 b5 15. Bf4 e6 16. Rf2 Rfc8 17. Bd2 Rc7 18. Raf1 a5 19. Ne1 a4 $6 ({
('??' Ludgate.) } 19... b4 $1 $15) 20. a3 Na5 21. Nc2 Bf8 22. Rf3 Nc4 23.
Bc1 Rac8 24. Rh3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Littleton, Michael"]
[Black "Delaney, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500159"]
[BlackFideId "2500094"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "E96"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, 7...Nbd7, main line"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. d5 Nc5 11. h3 Qc7 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. b3 Rfb8 14. a3 cxd5
15. cxd5 b5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Na4 18. Nxa4 Rxa4 19. Bd2 Rba8 20. Bd3 Nh5
21. Rc1 Qd8 22. g3 Ra3 23. Bf1 h6 24. Re3 Qe8 25. Rxa3 Rxa3 26. Rc3 Rxc3
27. Bxc3 f5 28. Nd2 Qc8 29. Bb2 Nf6 30. f3 h5 31. Bd3 Qa8 32. Qa1 Qb8 33.
Kh2 Bh6 34. Nb3 h4 35. gxh4 fxe4 36. fxe4 Bf4+ 37. Kg2 Qc8 38. Qd1 { Alan
Ludgate's copy of the tournament book has the handwritten note "moves
missing?" in the margin, and indeed something seems wrong. 38. Qd1 allows
38... Bxh3+ and it's all over. } 38... Qa8 39. Qa1 Qc8 40. Qd1 g5 41. Kh1
Qb7 42. Na5 Qb6 43. Qe2 Kg7 44. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "Hegarty, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8.
g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Be6 10. Rb1 Na5 11. O-O c5 12. Ne1 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Black "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500035"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. exd6 e6 7. Nc3 Bxd6
8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Qe2+ Be6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O
Bg4 14. h3 Re8 15. Qd3 Bh5 16. Bg5 Qb6 17. Rac1 h6 18. Bh4 Re4 19. Bg3 Bxg3
20. fxg3 Qxb2 21. Rxc6 Re2 22. Nh4 Bg6 23. Qf3 Qxd4+ 24. Kh2 Qe4 25. Nxg6
fxg6 26. Rc7 Qxf3 27. Rxf3 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Blair, David"]
[Black "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500612"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. O-O Nxe4 11. Qf3 Nc5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Ba2
Bf6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f4 Nbd7 17. f5 exf5 18. Bd5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Bxb7
Qxb7 21. Qg4 Ne5 22. Qh3 Bg7 23. Bh6 Qd7 24. Nf5 gxf5 25. Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Wallace, Paul"]
[Black "Taylor, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteClub "Wexford"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500892"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bg5 exd4 7. cxd4 d5
8. Nc3 f6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. O-O Nce7 12. Re1 c6 13. Bc4 Kh8 14.
Rc1 Nf5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 Nxh4 17. Nxh4 Rf7 18. Qxd5 Qf8 19. Nb5 Bd7
20. Nd6 Re7 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qc7 Be6 23. Qc5 Bh6 24. Rcd1 Bxa2 25. Nf3 Bf4
26. Ne4 Bb3 27. Ra1 Rc8 28. Qa3 Bd5 29. Nc5 Rce8 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. g3 Bxf3
32. Qxf3 Bd6 33. b4 f5 34. d5 Qb8 35. Ra6 Qb5 36. Rxd6 $4 (36. Qc3+ Be5 37.
Qd2 $18) 36... Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "James, Kevin"]
[Black "Gilmore, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511282"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Dutch variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. a5 c5 11. a6 bxa6 12. e4 Bg4 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. f3
dxc3 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. fxg4 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Nc6 18. bxc3 Na5 19. Rxa5 Bxa5 20.
Ba3 Qe5 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qb7 Bc7 23. g3 Rb8 24. Qc6 a5 25. Bd3 h6 26. Rb1
Rd8 27. Bf1 Rd2 28. Bg2 h5 29. gxh5 Qxh5 30. Rf1 Bxg3 31. h3 Rxg2 32. Kxg2
Qe2+ 33. Kxg3 Qxf1 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Qxa7 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 Qh5 38.
Kg2 Kg6 39. Qc7 Qg5+ 40. Kh2 a4 41. c4 a3 42. Qa7 Qd2+ 43. Kg3 a2 44. h4
Qe1+ 45. Kg4 a1=Q 46. h5+ Kh6 47. Qxf7 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Byrne, Ray"]
[Black "Jackson, Greg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "A59"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[Variation "main line"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. h3 Qa5 13. Re1 Ne8 14. Re2
Nc7 15. Rc2 Rfb8 16. Qe2 Nb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Qxb5 Rxb5 19. Nd2 Ne5 20.
Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "McComb, Brian"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qxd8 Raxd8 13. Rfd1 Nh5
14. Nfe5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 f5 17. e3 Rc8 18. Bd4 Nf6 19. Bxc5
Bxc5 20. Nd7 Nd5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "McCormick, Graeme"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Hall, E."]
[Black "Jackson, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, 7...Nbd7"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
e4 Qe7 9. d5 Nc5 10. Qc2 a5 11. b3 Ne8 12. h4 f5 13. Bg5 Qf7 14. Be3 b6 15.
Bxc5 bxc5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Rae1 Nf6 18. Nb5 h6 19. g3 Qd7 20. Nh2 Rf7 21.
Bf3 Qd8 22. Bg2 Bd7 23. Nc3 Qf8 24. Bh3 Re8 25. Ne2 Nh5 26. g4 fxg4 27.
Nxg4 Nf4 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Qd2 h5 30. Nh6+ Bxh6 31. Bxd7 Rxd7 32. Qxa5 f3
33. Kh1 Rxe1 34. Qxe1 Re7 35. Rg1+ Kh8 36. Qc3+ Bg7 37. Qd2 Qf5 38. Rg3 Be5
39. Qg5 Bxg3 40. Qxg3 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "wing gambit deferred"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4 cxb4 4. d4 e6 5. c4 bxc3 6. Nxc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. a4 O-O 12. h3 b6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Reb1 Nh5 17. Qf1 Nf4 18. a5 f5 19. exf5 Nxd3 20. Qxd3
Bxf5 21. Ne4 Qd7 22. Kh2 Rf7 23. a6 Bg6 24. g4 Rf4 25. Rb7 Qd8 26. Ra4 Qf8
27. Kg3 Bd8 28. Qe3 Bb6 29. Rc4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 c4 31. Qe2 Bxe4 32. Qxe4 c3
33. h4 Qf4+ 34. Qxf4 exf4+ 35. Kxf4 c2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Kernan, Bernard"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2312"]
[BlackICU "2187"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500019"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
e5 Ne8 9. c3 Rb8 10. Bf4 b5 11. a3 a5 12. h4 c4 13. Nbd2 Nc7 14. b4 cxb3
15. Nxb3 b4 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. axb4 axb4 19. cxb4 Rxb4 20. Nf3
Nb5 21. Rfc1 Qb6 22. Qc2 Qb7 23. Bd2 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Bc3 Rc8 26. Qd1
Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Rb4 28. Rca3 Qc7 29. Ra8+ Bf8 30. Qd2 Rb8 31. R1a7 Rb7 32.
Qa2 Bc8 33. Kh2 Bc5 34. Rxb7 Qxb7 35. Qa5 Bf8 36. Ra7 Qb8 37. Rc7 Ba6 38.
Rd7 Qb5 39. Qc7 Qxd3 40. Rd8 Qa3 41. Qd6 Qxd6 42. exd6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Black "Doyle, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[WhiteICU "2272"]
[BlackICU "2254"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500183"]
[BlackFideId "2500329"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. } { Other information: Times: White: 1.08; Black:
0.57. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf4 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Nfe2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14.
Ba2 Bd6 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Healy, Denis"]
[Black "Devenney, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "Printers"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2507102"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Ne7 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6+ Nxc6
8. d3 Be7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 b5 11. Qe1 Bf6 12. e5 Be7 13. Qg3 b4 14. axb4
Nxb4 15. f5 exf5 16. Bh6 g6 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Ne1 Be6 19. Ne2 d4 20. Nf4
Bc8 21. Rf2 Bg7 22. Nf3 Rb8 23. Re1 Rb6 24. Rfe2 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Gilmore, Alan"]
[Black "Littleton, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500159"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 Qa5+
8. Bd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfc1 e6 13. a4 Bb4
14. b3 cxb3 15. Nxb3 a5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Kd7 19. Nc5+
Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Kc7 21. Rcxa5 Rxa5 22. Rxa5 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Be4 h6 25.
f4 Bb7 26. Kf2 c5 27. Bd3 Bd5 28. Ke3 Kc6 29. Bc2 Kb5 30. Kd2 Kb4 31. e4
Bb3 32. Bd3 c4 33. Be2 c3+ 34. Kc1 Kc5 35. Ba6 Kd4 36. Bb7 Bc4 37. Kc2 Bd3+
38. Kb3 Bc4+ 39. Kc2 Bd3+ 40. Kb3 Bxe4 41. Bxe4 Kxe4 42. Kxc3 g5 43. fxg5
hxg5 44. Kd2 g4 45. Ke2 Kxe5 46. Ke3 f6 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Ke3 e5 49. Kd3 f5
50. Ke3 Kc4 51. Kd2 Kd4 52. Ke2 Ke4 53. Kf2 Kd3 54. Kf1 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Delaney, Paul"]
[Black "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500094"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 d6 4. d4 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Qc2 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Na6 13. a3 Qe7 14. Rad1
Bd7 15. b4 Nc7 16. Nb3 Rae8 17. Na5 Bc8 18. c5 e4 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Nc4 Nd5
21. Nd6 Re7 22. e3 Be6 23. Qd2 a6 24. Qd4 Nc3 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rd2 Bd5
27. Ra1 Nb5 28. Nxb5 axb5 29. a4 Ra8 30. a5 Rd7 31. Rad1 Rad8 32. f3 Re7
33. fxe4 fxe4 34. Rf1 Rde8 35. Rd4 Re5 36. Rf2 R8e7 37. Kf1 Rf5 38. Rf4
Rfe5 39. Ke1 Re8 40. Bf1 R8e7 41. Rf2 Rf7 42. Rxf7+ Kxf7 43. Be2 Ke7 44.
Rd1 Rf5 45. a6 bxa6 46. Ra1 Rf3 47. Bxf3 exf3 48. Rxa6 h5 49. Kf2 Ke6 50.
Ra8 Kf5 51. Rf8+ Ke5 52. h4 Be4 53. Rf4 Bd5 54. Rd4 Be4 55. Rd2 Kf6 56. Rd1
Kf5 57. Rd2 Ke5 58. Rd8 Ke6 59. Rf8 Bf5 60. Re8+ Kd5 61. Rd8+ Ke5 62. Kxf3
Be4+ 63. Kf2 Bf5 64. Rd6 Be4 65. Ke2 Kf5 66. Rd4 Ke5 67. Kd2 Bf5 68. Kc3
Bb1 69. Rd6 Be4 70. Rd7 Bb1 71. Rd8 Be4 72. Re8+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Hegarty, Liam"]
[Black "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500612"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "B78"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, 10.O-O-O"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Bg7
8. f3 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qb8 11. g4 Rc8 12. Bb3 b5 13. h4 a5 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 a4 17. Bd5 b4 18. Nb1 Bxd5 19. exd5 b3 20. axb3
Qxb3 21. Rh2 Qxf3 22. Qd2 Nxg4 23. Re2 a3 24. bxa3 Rxa3 25. Rxe7 Nf2 26.
Qxf2 Qxf2 27. Nxa3 Qf4+ 28. Rd2 Ra8 29. Nb1 Rb8 30. Nc3 Qxh4 31. Re4 Qh1+
32. Rd1 Qh6+ 33. Rd2 Qh1+ 34. Rd1 Qf3 35. Rd3 Qf5 36. Rde3 h5 37. Kd2 Kg7
38. Ke2 Rh8 39. Rf3 Qg5 40. Ref4 Re8+ 41. Kf2 Re7 42. Rd4 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Taylor, M."]
[Black "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 7. g3 Nb6 8. b3
Bd7 9. Nge2 b4 10. Nd1 c5 11. Nb2 a5 12. a4 Rc8 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. bxc4 Be6
15. Nf4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nf6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qe3 Rc6 19. Rd1 O-O 20. g4 Qc7
21. f4 e5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Bb2 Nxg4 24. Qe2 Qa7 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Qxg4 Rf6
27. Qg3 Rdf8 28. Be2 Qf2+ 29. Qxf2 Rxf2 30. Bc1 R2f6 31. Bg5 Rc6 32. Bxe7
Re8 33. Bg5 h6 34. Be3 Rd8 35. c5 Bf8 36. Bc4+ Kg7 37. Bd5 Rf6 38. c6 Rb8
39. Ba7 b3 40. cxb3 Rc8 41. Ke2 Rcxc6 42. Bxc6 Rxc6 43. Bb8 Re6 44. Rd1 Kf7
45. Rd7+ Ke8 46. Rd5 Rb6 47. Bxe5 Rxb3 48. Rxa5 Kd7 49. Rb5 Ra3 50. a5 g5
51. Bb2 Ra2 52. Kd3 Bd6 53. Kc4 Bc7 54. Rd5+ Kc8 55. Bc3 Kb7 $18 { (Time) }
0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Black "McComb, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500035"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 e6 5. Be3 g6 6. Qd2 Nd7 7. O-O-O Bg7 8.
Nge2 h5 9. f3 Ne7 10. g4 hxg4 11. fxg4 Nf6 12. Ng3 Nxg4 13. Bg5 Bh6 14.
Bxh6 Nxh6 15. h4 Qd7 16. h5 Nhg8 17. hxg6 Nxg6 18. Rxh8 Nxh8 19. Qg5 Ng6
20. Bh3 Qe7 21. Qe3 Qh4 22. Rh1 Qf4 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. Bg4 Ke7 25. Rf1 Ng6
26. Bf3 a6 27. Kd2 Rb8 28. Bh5 Nf6 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Rh1 Rg8 31. Ke3 Rg7
32. b4 Rh7 33. Rxh7+ Nxh7 34. Na4 b5 35. Nb2 c6 36. c5 e5 37. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Jackson, David"]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Ng3 Qd7 12. Qe2 Nd8 13. O-O Nf7 14.
h3 Nh8 15. Be3 Ng6 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. d4 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Qc8 19. a4 Nd7 20. b3
Rxf3 21. gxf3 Nh4 22. Qe2 Rf8 23. Rd3 Nxf3+ 24. Kh1 Qe8 25. Bc1 Qf7 26. Qf1
Bh4 27. Ra2 Qg6 28. Qe2 Ng5 29. Bxg5 Bxg5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra7 Nf6 32.
dxe5 dxe5 33. f3 Bf4 34. Nf1 Nh5 35. Qg2 Qf6 36. Rxc7 Bg5 37. Qg4 Nf4 38.
Rdd7 h5 39. Qg3 Ne2 40. Qf2 Nf4 41. Rxg7 Qxg7 42. Rxg7 Kxg7 43. Qc5 Bf6 44.
Qxb5 Rd8 45. c4 Rd1 46. c5 h4 47. Kh2 Rc1 48. Ne3 Re1 49. c6 Rc1 50. Qb7+
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Jackson, Greg"]
[Black "McCormick, Graeme"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open, 4.ed ed"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+
Qe7 8. O-O Qxe2 9. Bxe2 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. c3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3
Bd6 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Be3 a6 17. Nfd4 Bd7 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Ne2
Bf5 20. Nf4 Ne7 21. Nd4 Ng5 22. Bxd5 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Nh3+ 24. gxh3 Nxd5 25.
Bd6 Rxd6 26. Nxf5 Re6 27. Nd4 Rg6+ 28. Kf1 Nf4 29. Nf5 Rb6 30. b3 Nxh3 31.
Rd6 Rb5 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Nd5 Ra5 34. Re2 f6 35. b4 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Nf4 37.
Rd7 Nxe2 38. Kxe2 Rb8 39. Kd3 Kg8 40. c4 Kf8 41. c5 h5 42. Kd4 g5 43. Kd5
Ke8 44. Ke6 b6 45. Rh7 Kd8 46. Kd6 Kc8 47. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "James, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[BlackFideId "2511282"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 Nxc5 8.
e5 Nfe4 9. exd6 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bb2 exd6 12. Nd4 Re8+ 13. Be2 Bh3 14.
f3 Qf6 15. Rg1 Bf5 16. Kf2 Re7 17. Kg2 Rae8 18. Qd2 Rxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Bh3+ 20.
Kxh3 Qxf3 21. Qf4 Qxe2 22. Rae1 Nd3 23. Rxe2 Nxf4+ 24. gxf4 Rxe2 25. Ba3
Rxa2 26. Bxd6 Bxc3 27. Rg3 Rc2 28. Re3 Bd4 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Rb8 Rxc4 31.
Rxb7 Rc8 32. Rb4 Bc3 33. Rb1 Bf6 34. Rb7 Ra8 35. Rb4 a5 36. Ra4 Bc3 37. Rc4
Bf6 38. Ra4 Bd8 39. Kg4 Rc8 40. f5 Rc6 41. Bg3 Rc5 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. Rd4
Bf6 44. Ra4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Blair, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. f3 b5 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
d5 Bb7 9. dxc6 Bxc6 10. Nh3 Ne5 11. Qd2 h5 12. Ng5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. e5
dxe5 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Bxa7 h4 17. a4 h3 18. gxh3 Rh5 19. Nge4 Nxe4 20.
fxe4 Rxh3 21. Rd1 f5 22. Rg1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Kf7 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Rf1 f4
26. Bg1 Bh6 27. a5 e4 28. a6 Rh5 29. a7 Ra5 30. Ke2 f3+ 31. Kf2 e3+ 32. Kg3
Rxa7 33. h4 Ra8 34. Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Black "Hall, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. O-O O-O
14. Rae1 Bd7 15. Bb1 Rae8 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. h3 a6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Re7
20. Rfe1 Ref7 21. Qd3 g6 22. f3 Nh5 23. Qd2 Qd8 24. Qf2 Nf4 25. Ne2 Qb6 26.
Nxf4 Rxf4 27. Rd1 Qd8 28. Re3 Qf6 29. Rc3 Bc6 30. Bc2 e5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32.
Bb3 Kg7 33. Rcd3 Rd8 34. Qd2 Rf6 35. Rd4 Re6 36. Kf2 Red6 37. Rh4 R6d7 38.
Qh6+ Kg8 39. Rhd4 Qg7 40. Qg5 Kh8 41. h4 h6 42. Qd2 Rd6 43. Bc2 h5 44. Re1
Be8 45. Qe3 b5 46. Qe5 Bf7 47. Bb3 Re8 48. Qxg7+ Kxg7 49. Rxe8 Bxe8 50.
Rxd5 Rxd5 51. Bxd5 a5 52. Ke3 a4 53. a3 Kf6 54. Kd4 Kf5 55. g3 g5 56. g4+
hxg4 57. fxg4+ Kxg4 58. hxg5 Kxg5 59. Kc5 Kf6 60. Bc6 Bf7 61. Bxb5 Ke7 62.
Bxa4 Kd8 63. Bc6 Kc7 64. b4 Bb3 65. b5 Kb8 66. b6 Be6 67. a4 Bc8 68. a5 Be6
69. a6 Bf5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Black "Wallace, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackClub "Wexford"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500892"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 h5 7. a3 b5 8. Nge2
a6 9. Nf4 Nbd7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bb6+ Ke8 14.
Rd1 Bf5 15. Bc7 Nfd7 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rc8 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Nh3 e6 20.
d4 Bg7 21. Ne4 Ke7 22. Ke2 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Rd2 Rhc8 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Littleton, Michael"]
[Black "Kernan, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackICU "2312"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500159"]
[BlackFideId "2500019"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Blumenfeld counter-gambit accepted"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. a4 Qe7 12. a5 Rae8 13. b6 axb6 14. a6
Ba8 15. Nb5 e5 16. Nd2 e4 17. Nc4 Be5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bd2 Ng6 20. b4 Nh4
21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Ba5 Nd7 23. Nc7 Qg5 24. g3 Ne5 $2 ({ This should go
nowhere with best play. Black had nothing better than } 24... Nf3+ $16 { .
}) 25. Nxa8 Nef3+ 26. Kh1 Nxh2 27. Kxh2 Re6 28. f4 $4 (28. Nc7 $18) 28...
exf3 $4 (28... Rh6 $1 { wins: } 29. fxg5 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Rh2#) 29. Bxf3 Rh6
30. Bxd5+ Rf7 31. Bxf7+ Kh8 32. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Doyle, Tony"]
[Black "Healy, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Printers"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500329"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "E65"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Nbd7 8.
e4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qe2 b6 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bh3 Qe7 13. Bg5 Qf8 14. Rd3
h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Rad1 Rcd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8
20. Nxe5 Ne8 21. Nf3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qf6 23. Qd3 Ng7 24. Kg2 Ne6 25. e5 Qe7
26. Qd5 Kg7 27. h4 Qe8 28. Nd2 Qa4 29. Qf3 Qxa2 30. Ne4 Qa4 31. Qf6+ Kf8
32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qf6+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Nf6 Nc7 36. Qc8 Ne8 37. Ng8+ (
37. Qb7+ $1 Kf8 (37... Kd8 38. Qb8+ Ke7 39. Nxe8 $18 { ( } 39... Qxe8 $2
40. Qd6# { ) }) 38. Nd7+ Kg7 39. Qc8 $18) 37... Kf8 38. Nf6 Ke7 39. Ng8+
Kf8 40. Nf6 Ke7 41. Nd5+ Kf8 42. e6 Qxc4 43. e7+ Kg7 44. Qxe8 Qxd5+ 45. f3
Qa2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[BlackICU "2272"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500612"]
[BlackFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. } { Other information: Times: White: 1.15; Black:
1.18. }

1. f4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 d6 7. h3 Bd7 8. a4
a6 9. Na3 b5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rb1 Qb6 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Qe1 Ra2
15. Qh4 Na5 $2 ({ ('??' Ludgate) } 15... h6 $17) 16. f5 (16. e5 $1 $14)
16... Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.23"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "Delaney, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[BlackFideId "2500094"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. e4 Ne7 6. Nge2 Nbc6 7. Rb1 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 O-O 10. b4 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. d3 Rb8 13. Nf4 a6 14. b5
axb5 15. Rxb5 Bd7 16. Rb2 b5 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Bd2 Qa7 19. Qb1 Ba6 20. Rd1
h5 21. Bf1 Kh7 22. Qc2 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 Rb8 24. Qc2 Qb7 25. Qa4 Bh6 26. Bh3
Nc6 27. Bf1 Ne5 28. Kg2 c4 29. f3 c3 30. Bc1 Nc6 31. Ba3 Bf8 32. Nd5 Qb5
33. Qc2 Qa5 34. Qc1 Kg7 35. f4 Ne7 36. Bxd6 Rb2+ 37. Kg1 Nxd5 38. Be5+ f6
39. Bxd4 Bc5 40. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 41. d4 Qb6 42. exd5 c2 43. Qe3 Qb4 44. Rc1 Rb1
45. d6 Kh6 46. f5+ g5 47. d7 Qd6 48. Bxa6 Rxc1+ 49. Qxc1 Qxd4+ 50. Kf1 Qd1+
51. Kf2 Qxd7 52. Qxc2 Qa7+ 53. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.23"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Black "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "Scandinavian variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. Nxd5 Nxe5 5. Nc3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Nf3
Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. O-O a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Qg3 e6 12. d3 Qd7 13. Ne4 f5
14. Ng5 h6 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 O-O-O 17. Bf4 Qd5 18. Rfe1 Qxf3 19. gxf3
Bd6 20. Be5 Rhg8 21. Re2 g5 22. Rae1 Rg6 23. Bxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.23"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Jackson, Greg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2187"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Ne2 c6 7. c4 Ne8 8.
Nbc3 e5 9. dxe5 Qe7 10. exd6 Nxd6 11. b3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. O-O fxe4 14.
Be3 Bg4 15. Rc1 Na6 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Qb1 Nc5 18. Rc2 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.23"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "James, Kevin"]
[Black "Jackson, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511282"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "A69"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "four pawns attack, main line"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Rxe5 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. Bc4 Re8 17. Qf4 f5 18. d6+ Kh8 19. Rae1 Re5 20. Bh6
Qxd6 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rd1 Qf6 23. Nd5 Qf8 24. Nc7 Re4 25. Qxe4 fxe4 26.
Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.23"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Blair, David"]
[Black "Hegarty, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 c6 4. b3 Be6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb2 Bd6 8.
O-O Ne7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bh3 Qb6 14. a4
a6 15. Nc3 Ba7 16. a5 Qc6 17. Rc1 Qd6 18. Ra1 Nf5 19. Na4 Qe7 20. Ba3 Nc5
21. Rc1 Rc6 22. Bg2 Qc7 23. e4 Ne7 24. exd5 exd5 25. Nc3 e4 26. Qh5 Rf5 27.
Qe8+ Rf8 28. Qh5 Qd8 29. Nd1 Rh6 30. Qg5 Rf5 31. Qg4 Rg6 32. Qe2 Nd3 33.
Bxe7 Qxe7 34. Rc8+ Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Ne3 Rf6 37. Nxd5 Rxf2 38. Rxf2
Nxf2 39. Ne3 Nd3 40. Bxe4 Nb4 41. Qc4+ Kh8 42. Bxb7 h6 43. Kg2 Qe7 44. Be4
Qf8 45. Qe6 Qd8 46. Nd5 Nxd5 47. Qxd5 Qf8 48. Qa8 Qxa8 49. Bxa8 Bc5 50. Bb7
Bb4 51. d3 Bxa5 52. Kf3 Kg8 53. Ke4 Kf7 54. Kd5 g5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.23"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Wallace, Paul"]
[Black "Gilmore, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Wexford"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500892"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. c3 d4 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d3 Nh6 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. Qa4 Nf5 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qe4 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Bc5 14.
Qe2 Ba7 15. Nc4 Bb5 16. b3 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Qb6 18. Qb2 Ne3 19. Qxb6 Bxb6 20.
Bxe3 dxe3 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Ke2 O-O 23. d4 Rfc8 24. c5 Ba5 25. Kxe3 Bc3 26.
Rhc1 Bb2 27. Rd1 Rb5 28. Ke4 Rcb8 29. Rd2 Kf8 30. Rc2 Ba3 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32.
c6 Rb8 33. c7 Rc8 34. d5 Ke7 35. d6+ Bxd6 36. exd6+ Kxd6 37. Ne5 f5+ 38.
Kd4 Rxc7 39. Rxc7 Kxc7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.23"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Taylor, M."]
[Black "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500035"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Opening "Richter-Veresov attack"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. f3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Bg3 Nh5 9. Bf2 e5 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Ng3 exd4 12. exd4 Nf4 13. Bf1 Re8+ 14.
Nce2 Qb6 15. Qc1 g5 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. g3 Bb4+ 18. Kd1 Nxe2 19. Bxe2 Bf8 20.
h4 Ne5 21. hxg5 Bxf5 22. gxh6 Ng6 23. g4 Bd7 24. f4 Rxe2 25. Kxe2 Bxg4+ 26.
Kf1 Qc7 27. f5 Bxf5 28. Qg5 Qf4 29. h7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Bg7 31. Qxf7 Bd3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.23"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "McComb, Brian"]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Marienbad system"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 e6 6. b3 d5 7. O-O Bd6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Ne8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Ne1 Ba6 14. c4
Nd7 15. Bf3 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Rxc4 Rxc4 18. bxc4 Qc7 19. Be2 Nef6 20.
Nf3 Bc5 21. Qa1 Rc8 22. Ne5 Ne8 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26.
Qd1 Qxd1+ 27. Bxd1 f6 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ke2 Nd6 30. Bb3 h5 31. Kf3 a5 32. Bc3
e5 { The tournament book omitted move 33 for each player and continued '34.
Ke2 Be7 35. c5+ Ke8 37. Bd5 Bf8' (note missing move 36 as well). The
following moves seem to be the most likely reconstruction . } 33. Bb2 Nc8
34. Ke2 Be7 35. c5+ Ke8 36. Bd5 Bf8 { ... ? The game was listed as
adjourned in the Irish Times report on round 7, so it presumably reached
move 40. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.23"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "McCormick, Graeme"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "A89"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation with Nc6"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. g3 f5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bd2 f4 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Be4
Qd6 15. a3 Kh7 16. Kh1 Bh3 17. Bg2 Bg4 18. Qd3 Rf7 19. Bf3 Bf5 20. Ne4 Qd7
21. Rg1 fxg3 22. fxg3 Bg4 23. Nc5 Bxf3+ 24. exf3 Qh3 25. Ne6 e4 26. Qxe4
Bxb2 27. Rab1 Bxa3 28. Rxb7 a5 29. Qe3 Bd6 30. f4 Ng7 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. c5
Qh5 33. Qd4+ Kh7 34. cxd6 Qf3+ 35. Rg2 cxd6 36. h3 a4 37. Bc3 a3 38. Kh2 g5
39. Ba1 Rg8 40. Rf2 Qh5 41. Qe4+ Qg6 42. f5 Qh5 43. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.23"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Hall, E."]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.23"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Byrne, Ray"]
[Black "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "E93"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system, main line"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a5 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. f3 a4 12. O-O g5 13. Bf2 b6 14. Qc2 Nh5
15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Bd7 17. b4 Nb7 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qb2 Qd8 20. Ra1 Nf4
21. Bf1 h5 22. Ra7 Bc8 23. c5 dxc5 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Qb5 g4
27. Ne2 Bh6 28. Nxf4 Bxf4 29. Qe2 Bxh2+ 30. Kf2 f5 31. Qc4 Qd6 32. Ra5 Qh6
33. Qc3 Bf4 34. Nb3 fxe4 35. Nxc5 Bd2 36. Qxe5 Bxa5 37. Nxe4 Bb6+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kernan, Bernard"]
[Black "Doyle, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2312"]
[BlackICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500019"]
[BlackFideId "2500329"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Opening "two knights defence"]
[Variation "Ulvestad variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 Nd4 7. c3 Nxd5
8. cxd4 Qxg5 9. Qe2 e4 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Qxe4+ Qe7 12. Bxb5+ Bd7 13. Kd1 Qxe4
14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. f3 f5 17. Nf2 Be7 18. a3 Nc6 19. d5 Nd4 20.
b4 Bf6 21. Bb2 Kd6 22. Nd3 Re7 23. Rc1 Rhe8 24. Nf4 g5 25. Ne6 Nxe6 26.
Bxf6 Rf7 27. dxe6 Rxf6 28. Re1 Rfxe6 29. Rxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rc5 Re5 31. Rc3 a5
32. bxa5 Rxa5 33. Kc2 Re5 34. Rd3+ Kc6 35. Re3 Ra5 36. Rc3+ Kb6 37. d4 Rd5
38. Kd3 Kb5 39. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Black "Littleton, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[WhiteICU "2272"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500183"]
[BlackFideId "2500159"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. } { Other information: Times: White: 1.31; Black:
1.48. }

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O Be6 8.
Nd5 Qd7 9. d3 O-O 10. Rb1 f5 11. b4 h6 12. b5 Nd8 13. a4 g5 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nc3 Qd7 17. Be3 Bh3 18. Nd5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 c6 20. bxc6
bxc6 21. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Black "Devenney, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500612"]
[BlackFideId "2507102"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Na3 Nge7 7. Rb1 O-O 8.
Nc2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 c4 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. a3 Bf5 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bc3
Re8 15. Re1 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Delaney, Paul"]
[Black "Healy, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Printers"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500094"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bb3 Bg7
8. Qe2 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 a5 11. a4 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Na3 Nc7 14.
Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Qxe6 Nxe6 16. c3 Rfd8 17. Be3 Nc7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh4 Nd5 20.
Nc4 Kf7 21. Kf1 b6 22. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Black "James, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500035"]
[BlackFideId "2511282"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Be3 e6
8. f4 Qc7 9. a4 b6 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. f5
e5 15. Nb3 Bf8 16. g4 d5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Bh1 Rac8 20. Rf2 Nf6
21. Bf4 Qc4 22. Rd4 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Bxd5 24. Rd1 Bc4 25. Ree1 Bxb3 26. cxb3
Nxg4 27. Bd6 e3 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Bb7 Rc2 30. Bxa6 Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Black "Wallace, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Wexford"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500892"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Be7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nd4 9. Qf2 c6 10. Be3 Ne6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O b5 14. Bb3
c5 15. Ng3 Rc8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. c3 c4 18. Bc2 cxd3 19. Bxd3 Nc5 20. Bc2
Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Nxg7 Nfxe4 24. Qh4 Bxg7 25. Bxe4 Nxe4
26. Qxe4 Qd7 27. Rf3 a6 28. Bg5 Re8 29. Bf6 Bxf6 30. Rxf6 Re6 31. Qa8+ Kg7
32. Rf5 Qd3 33. Rg5+ Rg6 34. Rxe5 Qxh3 35. Re8 Qg3 36. Rg8+ Kh6 37. Rxg6+
Qxg6 38. Qf3 f5 39. Qh3+ Kg7 40. Kf2 Kf6 41. b3 Qg5 42. Qd3 Qh4+ 43. Ke2
Qg4+ 44. Qf3 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Ke5 46. g3 a5 47. a3 a4 48. bxa4 bxa4 49. Ke3
Kd5 50. Kd3 h5 51. c4+ Kc5 52. Kc3 f4 53. gxf4 h4 54. f5 Kd6 55. Kd4 h3 56.
c5+ Ke7 57. c6 h2 58. f6+ Kxf6 59. c7 h1=Q 60. c8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Blair, David"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "2187"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "bishop's gambit, Bledow variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bb3 Ng4
8. Nh3 g5 9. d4 Bg7 10. Qe1 Qh6 11. Nf2 Bxd4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Ne2 Bb6 14.
Ng1 O-O 15. h3 Nd7 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. h4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Bd2 g4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "Jackson, Greg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "classical defence, 4.c3"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5
8. e5 O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. O-O Qd7 12. Ne2 f6 13. exf6 Rxf6 14.
Bg5 Rff8 15. Ng3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Bd6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "Gilmore, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. c4 { .... } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Hegarty, Liam"]
[Black "McCormick, Graeme"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. c3 c6 6. h3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Be6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. Qa4 Kb8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14.
Nbd2 g5 15. Ne5 g4 16. hxg4 Nxg4 17. Ndf3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc5 19. b4 Bb6 20.
Qc2 Rdg8 21. a4 a6 22. b5 a5 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Rab1 Bh3 25. Nh4 Bd8 26. Bf5
Bxh4 27. Bxh3 Rg7 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Qc4 30. Qb2 Rf7 31. Kh1 Qxa4 32. c4
Rhf8 33. Rb6 Qe8 34. Rxb7+ Ka8 35. Qb6 Bxf2 36. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Jackson, David"]
[Black "McComb, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 e6 5. Qd2 Bg7 6. Be2 d6 7. f4 Ne7 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 a5 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 exf5 13. Nh4 Ne4 14.
Qe2 d5 15. Rhf1 Qd7 16. Qh5 Nd6 17. Nxf5 Ndxf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Rxf5 Qe6
20. Bf2 Qh6+ 21. Qxh6 Bxh6+ 22. Kb1 Rd8 23. Bh4 Rd7 24. Bf6 Rg8 25. Re5+
Kf8 26. Rde1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Black "Taylor, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Nxe4 8.
Re1 Ng5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5+ Ne6 11. Bd5 c6 12. Bf3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qc7 14.
h3 O-O-O 15. d4 g5 16. b4 h5 17. Bxh5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Bg4 Rdf8 20.
Qd3 Rh4 21. Nd2 Rxg4 22. hxg4 Rh8 23. Nf3 Qd6 24. Kf1 a5 25. a3 c5 26. bxc5
Qf6 27. Rab1 Bd5 28. Rxb5 Rh1+ 29. Ke2 Bxf3+ 30. gxf3 Qe6+ 31. Qe4 Qa2+ 32.
Kd3 Qd2+ 33. Kc4 d5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Goering gambit"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3
Bg4 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O Qh5 10. d5 O-O-O 11. Qa4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Rxd5 13. Bf4
Re8 14. Rac1 Bc5 15. Ba6 Re6 16. Bc4 Bxf3 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxc5 Re4 $4 (
18... Qf5 19. Rd1 Qe4 $18) 19. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.24"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Hall, E."]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...c5"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. a3 ({ The tournament book gives } 14. g3 { but with that continuation,
Black's 18th and White's 19th would make no sense. }) 14... Ng4 15. h3 Nge5
16. Be2 Rf8 17. Bd2 Rf5 18. f4 Rxf4 19. Kh1 Rf2 20. Rf1 Raf8 21. Rxf2 Rxf2
22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Na5 24. Qc2 Nac4 25. e4 Qf6 26. Bxc4 Nxc4 27. Nb5
Qf2 28. exd5 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kernan, Bernard"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[WhiteICU "2312"]
[BlackICU "2272"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500019"]
[BlackFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. } { Other information: Times: White: 0.14; Black:
0.13. }

1. e4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Healy, Denis"]
[Black "Littleton, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[WhiteClub "Printers"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500159"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Canal variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2187"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500612"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Bg4 6. f3 Bh5 7. Bd2 Qc5
8. b4 Qe5+ 9. Nge2 c6 10. Bf4 Qf5 11. g4 Nxg4 12. fxg4 Bxg4 13. Rf1 e5 14.
Bg3 Qg5 15. Bxf7+ Kd8 16. a3 Nd7 17. Qd2 Be7 18. Ne4 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 b6 20.
N2c3 Kc8 21. b5 cxb5 22. Nxb5 Bh3 23. Rf2 a6 24. Bd5 Rb8 25. Nbd6+ Bxd6 26.
Nxd6+ Kc7 27. Nc4 Rbd8 28. Re1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Black "Delaney, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500035"]
[BlackFideId "2500094"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qh5 f4 14. g3
Ne7 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. c3 Rb8 17. Nc2 a5 18. gxf4 exf4 19. Bxb5+ Bd7 20. a4
Be5 21. Na3 Rxb5 22. Nxb5 Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Bg4 24. Rg1 Bxh5 25. Rxg8+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "James, Kevin"]
[Black "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511282"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Bb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Doyle, Tony"]
[Black "Wallace, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2254"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Wexford"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500329"]
[BlackFideId "2500892"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 Nfd7 7. Nc3 c5 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. O-O-O b5 11. h4 h5 12. g4 Nf6 13. gxh5 b4 14. Nb1
Nxh5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ng5 Qc7 17. Bf3 c4 18. Qd4+ Nf6 19. Kb2 Bf5 20. e4
Rfc8 21. Rc1 c3+ 22. Ka1 Nxb3+ 23. cxb3 a5 24. exf5 a4 25. Bd1 Ra5 26. h5
gxh5 27. Rxh5 c2 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Bxc2 axb3 30. Bxb3 Qxc1 31. Qh4 Qxg5 32.
Qxg5+ Kxh7 33. Qh4+ Kg7 34. Qxb4 Rac5 35. Nd2 Nxd5 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Qb7
Rc1+ 38. Nb1 Rcc5 39. Qxe7 Rxf5 40. Qxd6 Rcd5 41. Qg3+ Kf8 42. Nc3 Rd2 43.
Ne4 Rd1+ 44. Kb2 Rb5+ 45. Kc2 Rdb1 46. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Jackson, Greg"]
[Black "Hegarty, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Worrall attack, solid line"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
a4 Bg4 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c5 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. d3 O-O 14. Be3
Qc7 15. Nd2 b4 16. g4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Ra3 Rab8 19. g5 Nd7 20. Qg4 Qd8
21. h4 Rb2 22. Bb3 Na5 23. Ba2 Nb6 24. Nb3 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Nxb3 26. h5 Qd7
27. Qxd7 Nxd7 28. Rb1 Na5 29. Rab2 f5 30. gxf6 Rxf6 31. d4 c4 32. dxe5 dxe5
33. Rd2 Bd6 34. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Jackson, David"]
[Black "Blair, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 g6 { and drawn in 44 moves. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[Variation "Zaitsev system"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. bxa6 Bxa6 8.
Bxa6 Rxa6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 Re8 14. a3
Qc7 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Ne3 Nfd7 17. Bd2 Na4 18. Nxa4 Rxa4 19. Nd1 Nb6 20. Nc3
Ra5 21. Nb5 Qb8 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "McCormick, Graeme"]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "A89"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation with Nc6"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. b3 Nh5 11. Bb2 a6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. c5 e4
15. Qc4 Bb5 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Qxb5 Qxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rbd1 Qe5 20. Qc4
Nf6 21. Rd4 b5 22. cxb6 cxb6 23. Rfd1 Rfc8 24. Qb4 Rc5 25. Rc4 Nd5 26. Rxc5
bxc5 27. Qxc5 e6 28. f4 Qb2 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Qc7+ Kh6 31. Qxb8 Qxe2 32. h3
Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd4 34. Qf8+ Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Kg1 Kf6 37. Kf2 d4 38. Bf1
g5 39. fxg5+ Kxg5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Taylor, M."]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Albin-Alekhine-Chatard attack, Maroczy variation"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 7. Bd3 c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Bf1 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Ne5 Nxd4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qh5+ Ke7 14.
Qf7+ Kd6 15. Ne4+ dxe4 16. Nc4+ Kc6 17. O-O-O b5 18. Nd2 Qe8 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8
20. Nxe4 Bb7 21. g4 Kb6 22. f3 Rad8 23. Bg2 Ne2+ 24. Kb1 Nf4 25. Nd6 Rf8
26. Rhe1 Bxh4 27. b4 cxb4 28. Re3 Be7 29. Red3 Nxd3 30. Nxb7 Kxb7 31. f4+
Kb6 32. cxd3 Rxf4 33. Rc1 Rf2 34. Rc6+ Ka5 35. Be4 Rdf8 36. Rc7 Rf1+ 37.
Kc2 R1f2+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Gilmore, Alan"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 g5 4. Be5 f6 5. e3 h5 6. Be2 g4 7. Bf4 d6 8. h3
e5 9. Qd3 Bf5 10. hxg4 Ng3 11. gxf5 Nxh1 12. Bh2 Qd7 13. Nh3 Qg7 14. Bf3 c6
15. d5 h4 16. Nc3 c5 17. O-O-O Ng3 18. fxg3 hxg3 19. Bg1 a6 20. Qe2 b5 21.
Bh5+ Kd8 22. Bg6 Qd7 23. Qd3 Rh4 24. Ne4 $4 (24. Ne2 $18) 24... c4 $10 25.
Qe2 Rxe4 26. Qf3 Rh4 27. Qxg3 Rh8 28. Qf3 b4 29. e4 Qa4 30. Kb1 c3 31. bxc3
$2 (31. Nf2 $15) 31... bxc3 $19 32. Qxc3 Nd7 33. Ka1 Rc8 34. Qb3 Qxe4 35.
Bb6+ Ke7 36. Ba5 Qxg2 37. c4 Rxh3 38. Qb7 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Cootes, Arthur"]
[Black "McComb, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch opening"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nf6 4. d5 Ne7 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qf3 Nf6 7. d6 cxd6
8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. Bc4+ d5 10. Bb3 g6 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. O-O-O Kg7
14. h4 d4 $2 (14... h6 $16) 15. Na4 (15. Qf4 $1 { immediately. }) 15... Qc6
16. Qf4 b5 $4 (16... Nf5 17. Qxb8 b5 $16) 17. Bh6# 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Hall, E."]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

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[Event "Irish Championship 1976"]
[Site "Coleraine IRL"]
[Date "1976.07.25"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[EventDate "1976.07.17"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1976_allfiles/pairings_irlch1976.html">Tournament
report</a>, IRLchess. }

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