[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harding, Tim"]
[Black "Killane, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2248"]
[BlackICU "2037"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500256"]
[BlackFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Prendergast, Colm"]
[Black "Delaney, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2035"]
[BlackICU "2248"]
[WhiteClub "Portmarnock"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500094"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2224"]
[BlackICU "2010"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500183"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16710"]

{ Annotator: Anon., tournament book. } { Event information: <a
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1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
a5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. O-O-O Nxe4 11. Nxe4 f5 12. f3 ({ The tournament book
suggests that } 12. Ng5+ { would give a strong attack, e.g., } 12... hxg5
13. Bxg5 Qe8 14. h4) ({ but here ( after } 12. Ng5+ hxg5 13. Bxg5 { Black
has } 13... Qxg5 $1 $10 { , as pointed out by Ludgate. }) 12... fxe4 13.
fxe4 a4 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. Nc3 h5 17. Bc2 Bd7 18. Rdf1 Ra6 19. Kb1
a3 20. b3 Ra8 21. h3 Qh4 22. Bf2 Qf4 23. Qe2 Qg5 24. Be3 Qg3 25. Nd1 Bh6
26. Bxh6 Kxh6 27. Qe3+ Qxe3 28. Nxe3 Rf4 29. Rxf4 exf4 30. Nd1 Re8 31. Nc3
c6 32. Rd1 cxd5 33. Rxd5 Bc6 34. Rxd6 Nxe4 35. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 36. Nxe4 Rxe4 37.
Kc2 f3 38. gxf3 Rh4 39. Kd3 Rxh3 40. Ke3 Rh1 41. Rb6 Rh2 42. Rxb7 Rxa2 43.
c5 Rc2 44. Ra7 Rxc5 45. Rxa3 Rc2 46. Ra8 Rc3+ 47. Kf2 Kg5 48. b4 Rb3 49.
Rb8 Kh4 50. b5 g5 51. b6 Rb2+ 52. Ke3 Kg3 53. b7 g4 54. fxg4 hxg4 55. Kd4
Kg2 56. Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lavery, William"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[BlackICU "2207"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16708"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O
8. O-O Qe7 9. Qe2 e5 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nc4 Bc5 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 a6 16. b5 axb5 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Qxb5 Qc7 19. Be3 Nd7 20.
Rfb1 Na7 21. Qb3 Nc8 22. Bg4 Rd8 23. Bg5 Re8 24. Qb5 Re6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26.
Rd1 Nf8 27. Qe8 Qf7 28. Rd8 Qxe8 29. Rxe8 Kf7 30. Rd8 b5 31. a5 b6 32. a6
h6 33. Be3 Ng6 34. Rad1 Nge7 35. R1d7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Quigley, Colm"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2168"]
[BlackICU "1999"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510464"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blair, David"]
[Black "Kennefick, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1973"]
[BlackICU "2113"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Leningrad, ...b5 gambit"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16692"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 b5 7. Qc2 bxc4 8.
e4 g5 9. Bg3 exd5 10. exd5 Qe7+ 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. O-O-O a6 13. f4 d6 14. a3
Bxc3 15. Nxc3 Kd8 16. Re1 Qf8 17. Qf5 Nbd7 18. Bxc4 Kc7 19. Rhf1 Nh5 20.
Ne4 Nxf4 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxf4 Kd8 23. Rf2 Qg6 24. Qxf7 Qxf7 25. Rxf7 Ra7
26. Ree7 Bc8 27. Bb3 Re8 28. d6 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Rb7 30. Be6 Nb6 31. Bf2 Rxe7
32. dxe7+ Kxe7 33. Bxc8 Nxc8 34. Bxc5+ Ke6 35. Kc2 Kd5 36. b4 Ke5 37. Kd2
Kd5 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. Kf3 Kd5 40. g4 a5 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. h3 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barry, Colm"]
[Black "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2105"]
[BlackICU "1985"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Carrigaline"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500175"]
[BlackFideId "2505940"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2010"]
[BlackICU "2102"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500140"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlile, Orison"]
[Black "McCarthy, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2071"]
[BlackICU "1984"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504120"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Delaney, John"]
[Black "Allen, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1911"]
[BlackICU "1994"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500060"]
[BlackFideId "2501147"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gibson, John F."]
[Black "Kennedy, John G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[BlackICU "1965"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503336"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16702"]

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1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Ne2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nd2 O-O 8.
f4 Bd7 9. c3 e6 10. Nf3 Rb8 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Bd2 Rfc8 13. Rae1 a5 14. Nh4 a4
15. f5 e5 16. Bh3 h6 17. Ng2 g5 18. Ne3 b5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 $4 20. exd5 Na5 21.
f6 { Times: White: 1.50; Black 2.16. } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Driscoll, Pat"]
[Black "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1952"]
[BlackICU "2053"]
[WhiteClub "Portmarnock"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2051"]
[BlackICU "1994"]
[WhiteClub "Bangor"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A87"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16700"]

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1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O a5 8. d5
e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Ng5 Bc8 11. Bd5+ Nxd5 12. Qxd5+ Kh8 13. Nf7+ Rxf7 14.
Qxf7 Nc6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Bxd7 17. Nd5 Rc8 18. Bf6 Be6 19. Rac1 Bxf6
20. Nxf6 Nd4 21. Rfe1 c6 22. Kg2 Rf8 23. e3 Nb5 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. cxb5 cxb5
26. Rc7+ Kh6 27. Rd1 Rb8 28. a3 d5 29. Re7 Bg8 30. Rc1 d4 31. exd4 Rd8 32.
h4 Bd5+ 33. f3 g5 34. hxg5+ Kxg5 35. Rc5 Bc6 36. Ree5 Rxd4 37. Rxf5+ Kg6
38. Rxb5 Bxb5 39. Rxb5 Rd7 40. Kh3 a4 41. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Butler, John"]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1956"]
[BlackICU "2058"]
[WhiteClub "C.C.Y.M.S."]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barrington, Conor"]
[Black "McConnell, Ivor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2020"]
[BlackICU "1869"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Roche, Laurence"]
[Black "James, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1909"]
[BlackICU "2060"]
[WhiteClub "Regency"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2511282"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "O'Shea, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2026"]
[BlackICU "1874"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2501902"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flannery, David"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1884"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508125"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Delaney, Paul"]
[Black "Devenney, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2248"]
[BlackICU "2051"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500094"]
[BlackFideId "2507102"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16697"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8.
b4 f6 9. Bb2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. Na4 Qd8 14. g3
Be7 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Rc1 Bg5 17. Rb1 Be7 18. Bd4 b6 19. f4 Rc8 20. O-O Rc7
21. Nc3 Qe8 22. Qd2 Bd8 23. Rbc1 Ne7 24. g4 g6 25. Bf2 Nc8 26. Bd4 Ne7 27.
Qe3 Rc8 28. Ba6 Rc7 29. Qd3 Bc8 30. Bb5 Bd7 31. Be3 $4 ({ "Over-confidence
in a good position" (tournament book). } 31. Ba6 Bc8 32. Bxc8 $14) 31...
Rxc3 $1 $19 32. Qxc3 Bxb5 33. Rf2 Qd7 34. Bd4 Nc6 35. Kg2 Bh4 36. Rf3 Nxd4
37. Qxd4 Bd8 38. Kg3 Qe7 39. g5 Qf7 40. h4 Qf5 41. Re3 Bc4 42. Rce1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2102"]
[BlackICU "2026"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500140"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nh5 9. Be5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 g6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14.
Qb3 b6 15. Nb5 Rf7 16. Nbd4 e5 17. Nc6 Qd6 18. e4 Be6 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bc4
Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Re8 22. Rfd1 Qe6 23. Qxe6 Rxe6 24. Nd8 Bxd8 25. Rxd8+ Rf8 26.
Rd7 h6 27. Rcc7 Rf5 28. h3 a6 29. Nh4 Rf8 30. g4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Byrne, Ray"]
[Black "Harding, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2058"]
[BlackICU "2248"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500922"]
[BlackFideId "2500256"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16693"]

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1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
c6 9. h4 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. h5 Nc5 12. hxg6 Ncxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bf3
Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Ng5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Be4 fxg6 18. Bxg6 Rf6 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20.
Rc1 Bd7 21. Nf3 Bh6 22. Nd2 g4 23. Ne4 Bb5+ 24. Kg1 Bxc1 25. Nxf6 Qd2 26.
Qxd2 Bxd2 27. Bf5 Kg7 28. Ne4 Bh6 29. Nxd6 Be2 30. Be6 Bg5 31. Ne4 Bc1 32.
b3 Bb2 33. Rh5 Rd8 34. Rf5 Bd3 35. Rf7+ Kg6 36. Nc5 e4 37. Nxb7 Rh8 38. Rf4
g3 39. Rg4+ Kf6 40. Rxg3 Bd4 41. Rh3 Rf8 42. Nd6 Bc5 43. Nf5 a5 44. Ne3 Rb8
45. Rh7 (45. Ng4+ Ke7 46. Ne5 $18) 45... Ke5 46. Rc7 $4 (46. g4 $18) 46...
Bxe3 $1 47. fxe3 Bb1 48. Rc5 Bxa2 49. Rxa5 Bxb3 { White has made matters
much more difficult than they needed to be and now needs to be accurate to
preserve the win. } 50. Kf2 Rf8+ 51. Kg3 Bc4 52. Rc5 Ba2 53. Rc2 $2 ({ The
final error. } 53. Rc8 $1 $18 { e.g., } 53... Rf6 54. Re8 $1 Bxd5 55. Bg8+
Kd6 56. Rd8+ Ke7 57. Rxd5 Rg6+ 58. Kf4 Rxg8 59. g4 { and wins. }) 53...
Bxd5 54. Bxd5 Kxd5 $10 55. Rc7 Rf1 56. Rc8 Rh1 57. Kf4 Rf1+ 58. Kg3 Rh1 59.
Rb8 Rf1 60. Rb5+ Kc4 61. Ra5 Kd3 62. Ra3+ Ke2 63. Kg4 Rf8 64. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Allen, Keith"]
[Black "Lavery, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1994"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501147"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, classical variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16689"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Be3 Nc6 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qc2 e5 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd3
c6 15. c4 Rac8 16. Qa4 f5 17. f3 Ba6 18. c5 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 fxe4 20. fxe4
Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qh4 22. Bf2 Rf8 23. Ng3 cxd5 24. cxb6 Nc4 25. bxa7 Qf4 26.
Qc2 Bh6 27. Rf3 Nd2+ 28. Qxd2 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Bxd2 30. exd5 Bc3 31. Ne2 Bb2
32. Ke1 Kf7 33. Kd2 $18 Ke7 $2 34. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barrington, Conor"]
[Black "Barry, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2020"]
[BlackICU "2105"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500175"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blair, David"]
[Black "Gibson, John F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1973"]
[BlackICU "2034"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2503336"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "John Gibson scoresheet"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be2 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 Na6 8.
O-O Nc7 9. a5 Bd7 10. e5 Nfe8 11. Nh4 e6 12. Nf3 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Rxa8
Qxa8 15. g4 d5 16. Nh4 Qd8 17. Qe1 c5 18. Be3 Qe7 19. g5 Kh8 20. Qf2 c4 21.
Ra1 Qb4 22. Nd1 Nb5 23. c3 Qe7 24. Bd2 Nec7 25. Ne3 Ra8 26. Rxa8+ Nxa8 27.
Ng4 Nac7 28. Nf6 Na7 29. Qg2 Nc6 30. Qh3 Bxf6 31. gxf6 Qf8 32. Nf3 b5 33.
f5 Ne8 34. Bh6 Qg8 35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Ng5 Nd8 37. Bg4 Nf7 38. Bxe6 $4 (38.
Nxe6 Nxh6 39. Qxh6 Bxe6 40. Bxe6 Qxe6 41. Qf8+ Qg8 42. Qe7 $18) 38... Nxg5
39. Bxg8 Nxh3+ 40. Kg2 { Scoresheet gives Kh2. } 40... Kxg8 { Times: White:
2.30; Black: 2.07. } 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Quigley, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2010"]
[BlackICU "2168"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2510464"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16696"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Be3 Nc5
8. f3 e6 9. a4 Be7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe1 O-O 12. g4 b6 13. g5 Nh5 14. b4 Nd7
15. f4 g6 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Ra3 d5 18. e5 Bxb4 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxb4 Nc5
21. a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 Ne4 23. Rxd5 Bb7 24. Ra5 Rab8 25. Qa4 Nc3 26. Qa3 Nb5
27. Rxb5 axb5 28. Qb2 Qd7 29. Qxb5 Qg4+ 30. Kf2 Qg2+ 31. Ke1 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "McCarthy, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2053"]
[BlackICU "1984"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Black "Carlile, Orison"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1999"]
[BlackICU "2071"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2504120"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Roche, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2207"]
[BlackICU "1909"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[BlackClub "Regency"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "James, Kevin"]
[Black "O'Driscoll, Pat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2060"]
[BlackICU "1952"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Portmarnock"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511282"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flannery, David"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "1884"]
[BlackICU "2224"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508125"]
[BlackFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16701"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. h3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bf4 Nb4 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14.
Nd1 Qb6 15. c3 Rad8 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bh4 Bf7 20. f4
Rd6 21. f5 Re8 22. Bg3 e5 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Kh1 Qa6 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Ng4
Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Rde6 28. Rae1 d4 29. cxd4 exd4 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rd1 Re2 32.
Bf2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Shea, Kevin"]
[Black "Delaney, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1874"]
[BlackICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501902"]
[BlackFideId "2500060"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Black "McConnell, Ivor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1985"]
[BlackICU "1869"]
[WhiteClub "Carrigaline"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505940"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kennefick, Maurice"]
[Black "Kennedy, John G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2113"]
[BlackICU "1965"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Killane, Jack"]
[Black "Butler, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2037"]
[BlackICU "1956"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "C.C.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Black "Prendergast, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1994"]
[BlackICU "2035"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "Portmarnock"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2010"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gibson, John F."]
[Black "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[BlackICU "2102"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503336"]
[BlackFideId "2500140"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "anti-anti-Caro-Kann defence"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "John Gibson scoresheet"]

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1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7
8. Bg2 O-O 9. Nge2 e6 10. d6 Nc5 11. Qc4 Qxd6 12. d4 Ncd7 13. Nb5 Qe7 14.
Bd2 Nb6 15. Qc5 $2 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Na4 17. c6 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nc7 Rb8
20. Nxd5 bxc6 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nxc6 Rxb2 23. Nxa7 Bg4 24. Nf4 Bf3 25. O-O
Rxd2 26. Rac1 Nc3 27. h4 Bd4 { Times: White 2.13; Black 2.05. } 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barry, Colm"]
[Black "Allen, Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2105"]
[BlackICU "1994"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500175"]
[BlackFideId "2501147"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16691"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8.
O-O cxd4 9. c4 Ndxe5 10. cxd5 Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 exd5 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Ng5 Be6
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qh5+ Kd7 16. Rxe6 Raf8 17. Qxd5+ Kc7 18. Qe4 Kb8 19. Bf4+
Ka8 20. Rc1 Bc5 21. a3 a5 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6+
Qb7 26. Ra1+ Ba7 27. Be4 (27. Rxa7+ $1 Kxa7 28. Qa4+ Kb6 29. Qb5+ Ka7 30.
Qa5+) 27... Rf7 28. Qb6 $4 ({ Both players missed ( } 28. Qb6 $4 { ) }
28... Qxe4 $19 { and Black resigned in a winning position. }) (28. Rb1 {
wins on the spot. }) 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Quigley, Colm"]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2168"]
[BlackICU "2058"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510464"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "Harding, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2051"]
[BlackICU "2248"]
[WhiteClub "Bangor"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[BlackFideId "2500256"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8.
Qb3 Qc7 9. Nh4 Be6 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14.
Bd2 Nc7 15. O-O-O O-O 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Bd6 Rfe8 20.
Rhe1 Nf8 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Nc3 Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Black "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2224"]
[BlackICU "2053"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16711"]

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1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 e5 5. d3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qc1 Bd7 10. Rb1 Qe7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd8 13. Qxc7 Rc8 14.
Bg5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Qa5 Rc5 17. Qxa7 Rxd5 18. a4 Rc5 19. Rbc1 Rxc1
20. Rxc1 d5 21. Qc5 Rd6 22. Qb4 e4 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. d4 g5 26.
e3 f4 27. b3 h5 28. h3 Qf8 29. a5 Qh6 30. Rc3 Rf6 31. Qe7 Rf7 32. Qe5 fxe3
33. Rxe3 g4 34. h4 Qg6 35. Qg5 Qxg5 36. hxg5 Re7 37. Rc3 Kg7 38. a6 Kg6 39.
Rc1 Kxg5 40. b4 Bd7 41. axb7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlile, Orison"]
[Black "O'Driscoll, Pat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2071"]
[BlackICU "1952"]
[BlackClub "Portmarnock"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504120"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "Keres (Mason-Steinitz) gambit"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16694"]

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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nc3 Qh4+ 4. Ke2 d6 5. d4 g5 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. Nd5 Na6 8.
Kf2 c6 9. Bxa6 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Kd8 11. Qe2 g4 12. Ne1 g3+ 13. Kg1 Qxe2 14.
Bxe2 dxe4 15. Bxf4 gxh2+ 16. Rxh2 d5 17. c3 Be6 18. Nc2 Bg7 19. Kf2 Ne7 20.
Rah1 Bf5 21. Ne3 Bg6 22. Bb5 a6 23. Ba4 Kc8 24. Bd6 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26.
Rh5 Be6 27. Rxh7 Rxh7 28. Rxh7 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Flannery, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2026"]
[BlackICU "1884"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2508125"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Killane, Jack"]
[Black "Delaney, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2037"]
[BlackICU "2248"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500949"]
[BlackFideId "2500094"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Black "Barrington, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1994"]
[BlackICU "2020"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Blair, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2207"]
[BlackICU "1973"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "three pawns attack"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16706"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. c4 c6 11. Nc3 b5 12. cxb5 cxd5 13. Nxe5 dxe4 14. Nxe4
$4 Qd4+ 15. Nf2 Qxe5 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Bg5 Be6 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Qa4 h6 20. Bd2
Nfd5 21. Qa6 Nb6 22. a4 Bd5 23. h3 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Nexc8 25. Bc3 Nd6 26.
Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qa5 Qb7 28. Qc3+ f6 29. Ng4 Qf7 30. Qd2 g5 (30... Rh8 $19)
31. Rf1 Ndc4 $4 (31... Nd7 $19) 32. Bxc4 $18 Nxc4 33. Qd4 Qe6 34. Rxf6 Qe4
35. Rg6+ Kf8 36. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lavery, William"]
[Black "Kennefick, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "2113"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, fianchetto variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16707"]

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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 d5 8.
f4 f6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. Nh4 fxe5 13. fxe5 Qd7 14. Nxf5
Rxf5 15. Rxf5 Qxf5 16. Bc2 Qf7 17. Nd2 Nd8 18. Qg4 Qe6 19. Qh4 Nf7 20. Nf3
Rf8 21. Bg5 Nc8 22. Re1 Re8 23. Bc1 Nb6 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. Bxg5 Bf8 26. Re3
Qf7 27. e6 Qg7 28. Rh3 Nc4 29. b3 Nd6 30. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McCarthy, Anthony"]
[Black "James, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1984"]
[BlackICU "2060"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2511282"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Delaney, John"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1911"]
[BlackICU "2010"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500060"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tom Clarke scoresheet (via David McAlister)"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. c3 Ne7 6. Qc2 c6 7. Ne2 Qc7 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Bf2 Nd7 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. Bg3 f5 13. c4 Bxg3+ 14. Nxg3
O-O 15. O-O f4 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. Ngf1 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20.
Qxc4+ Nd5 21. Re6 Qf7 22. Re4 Rae8 23. Rae1 Rxe4 24. fxe4 f3 25. gxf3 Qxf3
26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 Nf4 28. Rd2 Ne6 29. Ng3 Rd8 30. d5 cxd5 31. exd5 Nc7
32. d6 Ne8 33. Ne4 b6 34. h4 Rd7 35. Rc2 Kf7 36. Ng5+ Kf6 37. Rf2+ Ke5 38.
Re2+ Kf5 39. Rxe8 Rxd6 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 41. Re2 Rd1 42. Nf3 Rc1 43. Kg3 Rc4 44.
Re7 a5 45. Rf7+ Ke6 46. Rxg7 Rb4 47. Rxg6+ Kd5 48. b3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roche, Laurence"]
[Black "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1909"]
[BlackICU "1985"]
[WhiteClub "Regency"]
[BlackClub "Carrigaline"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2505940"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McConnell, Ivor"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1869"]
[BlackICU "1999"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Prendergast, Colm"]
[Black "O'Shea, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2035"]
[BlackICU "1874"]
[WhiteClub "Portmarnock"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501902"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kennedy, John G."]
[Black "Butler, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1965"]
[BlackICU "1956"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "C.C.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2010"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Black "Barry, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2102"]
[BlackICU "2105"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500140"]
[BlackFideId "2500175"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2051"]
[BlackICU "2224"]
[WhiteClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[BlackFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16699"]

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1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Ne7 5. e3 Nbc6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Rb1 a5 8.
O-O d6 9. b3 Rb8 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. d3 Qd7 12. Qd2 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlile, Orison"]
[Black "Quigley, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2071"]
[BlackICU "2168"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504120"]
[BlackFideId "2510464"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16695"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. b3 Be7
8. d3 Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 d5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Bg5 13. Ba3 Be7 14.
Na4 Qc7 15. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 16. Nxc5 Qxe5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Qf2 e5 19. Rae1 f6
20. Re4 Bf5 21. Rh4 g6 22. g4 Be6 23. c4 Qd6 24. Ne4 Qd8 25. Nxf6+ Kg7 26.
g5 Rf7 27. Qe3 Bf5 28. Qxe5 Re7 29. Qb2 Qd6 30. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harding, Tim"]
[Black "Barrington, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2248"]
[BlackICU "2020"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500256"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Byrne, Ray"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2058"]
[BlackICU "2207"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500922"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lavery, William"]
[Black "Gibson, John F."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "2034"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2503336"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "John Gibson scoresheet"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7
8. Qe2 a6 9. a4 Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Rd1 Nbd5 12. a5 Be6 13. c4 Nc7 14. Nc3
Rb8 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Bf4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qe8 18. Be3 Rd8 19. Bb6 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Qb8 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. f4 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Bc2 Qc8 25. h3 h5 26. b4
Re8 27. Be4 Bh6 28. Qf1 Bf5 29. Qf3 Bxe4 30. Qxe4 e6 31. Qd4 Bf8 32. Bc5
Bxc5 33. Qxc5 Rd8 34. Rd6 Qc7 35. Qb6 Rd7 36. Qd4 Re7 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4
Kf8 39. Qd3 c5 40. Qh3 Kg7 41. Qa3 $2 (41. f5 $1 $18 { e.g., } 41... exf5
42. gxf5 gxf5 $2 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Qg5+ Kf8 45. Qf6 $1) { Times: White:
2.47; Black: 2.49. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Allen, Keith"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1994"]
[BlackICU "2026"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501147"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Rubinstein (anti-Meran) system"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16690"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 dxc4 7. Nxd7 Bxd7
8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. e4 e5 10. f4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Qe7 12. Be3 Bb4 13. e5 Ng4 14.
O-O-O Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 O-O-O 17. h3 Be6 18. a3 Rhe8 19. Rxd8+
Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Qd7+ 22. Qd3 $4 (22. Kc2 $10) 22... Bxc4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Driscoll, Pat"]
[Black "Delaney, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "1952"]
[BlackICU "2248"]
[WhiteClub "Portmarnock"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500094"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "Roche, Laurence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2053"]
[BlackICU "1909"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "Regency"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5 Be7"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16713"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 c6 7. e3 Nbd7
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Ne2 Nf6
14. Rb1 Be6 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nc3 Rad8 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Qc2 Qf7 19. Rfc1 f4
20. Nc4 f3 21. Ne5 Rxe5 22. dxe5 Qg6 23. g3 Qg4 24. Qd1 Rf5 25. Rc5 Rxe5
26. Qf1 Rh5 27. Rd1 h6 28. b4 b6 29. Rc2 Rh3 30. Kh1 b5 31. Rc5 Qh5 32. Qg1
a6 33. Rd4 Qf5 34. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Shea, Kevin"]
[Black "Killane, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1874"]
[BlackICU "2037"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501902"]
[BlackFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kennefick, Maurice"]
[Black "Delaney, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2113"]
[BlackICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500060"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McCarthy, Anthony"]
[Black "Flannery, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1984"]
[BlackICU "1884"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2508125"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Butler, John"]
[Black "Blair, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1956"]
[BlackICU "1973"]
[WhiteClub "C.C.Y.M.S."]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "James, Kevin"]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2060"]
[BlackICU "1994"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511282"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[ECO "A82"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Staunton gambit"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16704"]

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1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. f3 e5 4. dxe5 Nc6 5. Bf4 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. Nd5 Qd6
8. Qd4 Ne7 9. O-O-O Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Rxd5 Nc6 12. Bxc7 exf3 13. Nxf3
b6 14. Bc4 Nd8 15. Re5+ Ne6 16. Bd5 Be7 17. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "McConnell, Ivor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2010"]
[BlackICU "1869"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Black "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1999"]
[BlackICU "1985"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "Carrigaline"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2505940"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Morphy defence"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16714"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Nxe5+ Ke6 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qc3 Nxe4 11. Qf3 Qf6 12. Bf4 d5 13. Ng4 Qxb2
14. O-O Bd6 15. Bxd6 Kxd6 16. Qf4+ Kc6 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5+ Kb6 19. f3
Nf6 20. Nc3 Bf5 21. g4 Be6 22. g5 Nh5 23. f4 Rhf8 24. Ne2 Rad8 25. a3 d4
26. Rad1 g6 27. Rf2 Ng7 28. Ng3 Nf5 29. Ne4 Ne3 30. Rdd2 Nd5 31. Nd3 c4 32.
Ndc5 Bf5 33. Rxd4 Bxe4 34. Nxe4 Kc7 35. Nc5 Kd6 36. Nxa6 Ra8 37. Nb4 Kc5
38. Rxd5+ Kb6 39. Rf3 Rfe8 40. Kf2 Re4 41. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kennedy, John G."]
[Black "Prendergast, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1965"]
[BlackICU "2035"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Portmarnock"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2010"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Black "Devenney, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2102"]
[BlackICU "2051"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500140"]
[BlackFideId "2507102"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 e6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nbd2 d5 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Ndf3 g5 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14.
a4 c5 15. e3 Be8 16. f4 Qe7 17. Rf2 Rac8 18. Bf1 Bxe5 19. fxe5 g4 20. h3
gxh3 21. Bxh3 Qg5 22. Qf3 Bh5 23. Qf4 Rd7 24. Kh2 Rg7 25. Rg1 Kh7 26. Qxg5
Rxg5 27. dxc5 Rxc5 28. Rf4 ({ White loses the thread and gradually goes
downhill. Better } 28. Bf1 { followed by Bd3 and sitting tight, about
equal. }) 28... Rc7 29. Rd4 Rcg7 30. a5 Bg4 31. Bxg4 $2 (31. Bf1 $15) 31...
fxg4 $17 32. e4 Rxe5 33. exd5 exd5 34. Rg2 Rgg5 35. Rgd2 h5 36. c4 dxc4 37.
Rxc4 Rg7 38. b4 Rge7 39. Rcd4 Kg6 40. Rd5 Kf6 41. Rf2+ Ke6 42. Rxe5+ $2 {
The single rook ending is hopeless. } 42... Kxe5 43. Rf4 Rd7 44. Rc4 a6 45.
Kg2 Rd2+ 46. Kg1 Rd4 47. Rc5+ Ke4 48. b5 Rd5 49. bxa6 bxa6 50. Rc4+ Kd3 51.
Ra4 Kc3 52. Kf2 Kb3 53. Ra1 Kb4 54. Ke3 Rxa5 55. Rb1+ Kc4 56. Rb6 Ra1 57.
Rh6 a5 58. Rxh5 a4 59. Kf4 Rd1 60. Kxg4 Rd4+ 61. Kh3 a3 62. Ra5 Kb3 63. g4
a2 64. Rxa2 Kxa2 65. Kh4 Kb3 66. Kh5 Kc4 67. g5 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barry, Colm"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2105"]
[BlackICU "2026"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500175"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Black "Carlile, Orison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2224"]
[BlackICU "2071"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500183"]
[BlackFideId "2504120"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 Nf6 6. Rb1 b6 7. e4 Bb7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. d3 d6 10. O-O e5 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 Nd7 13. Be3 f5 14. Nd5
Nf6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Ng3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Kh1 Na5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20.
Qf3 d5 21. cxd5 Qd7 22. Nh5 Rf7 23. Rg1 Rd8 24. Rg3 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26.
Rbg1 Rdd7 27. Bd2 Nd8 28. Nxg7 Rxg7 29. Rxg7 Rxg7 30. Bc3 Ne6 31. Bxg7+
Nxg7 32. Re1 Nh5 33. Re8+ Kg7 34. Re7+ Kg6 35. Rxa7 Nxf4 36. Rb7 Nxd3 37.
Rxb6+ Kg5 38. a4 Kg4 39. Kg2 Ne1+ 40. Kf1 Nf3 41. a5 Nd2+ 42. Ke2 Nc4 43.
Rb5 f4 44. a6 f3+ 45. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quigley, Colm"]
[Black "O'Driscoll, Pat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2168"]
[BlackICU "1952"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "Portmarnock"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510464"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, dragon formation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. Qf2 Nc5 14.
Rad1 a6 15. Qh4 b5 16. a3 Rac8 17. f5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qb7 19. fxg6 hxg6 20.
Bg5 b4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Rd2 Qd4+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rb8 25. Ra1 Ra8
26. d4 Rfd8 27. Ke2 Kf8 28. Kd3 Rdb8 29. Ra3 e6 30. Na4 Nd7 31. Rc2 Rb4 32.
Rc4 Rxc4 33. Kxc4 Rc8+ 34. Kd3 f6 35. Be3 Ke7 36. Rb3 Rb8 37. Kc4 Rxb3 38.
Kxb3 f5 39. exf5 gxf5 40. Kb4 e5 41. dxe5 dxe5 42. g3 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harding, Tim"]
[Black "Lavery, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2248"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500256"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gibson, John F."]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[BlackICU "2058"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503336"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Mieses opening"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "John Gibson scoresheet; tournament book (with misprints)"]

{ Other information: Note: The tournament book gives 31. "K-R3"
(impossible) 31... a6 32. Kf2 Red8 33. Bf3 Kg7 34. "P-KN3" (impossible). }
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1. d3 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Be7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Nc3 Be6 9. Bd2 Qd7 10. Rc1 f6 11. Re1 Rad8 12. Ne4 Ncb4 13. a3 Na6 14.
b4 Rc8 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bf7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. bxc5 c6 19. e4 Nc7 20. Bf4
Rcd8 21. Nf5 Rfe8 22. Qg4 g6 23. Red1 Qc8 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26.
Bd6 Ree8 27. a4 Ne6 28. Rb1 Rcd8 29. f4 Rd7 30. e5 f5 31. a5 a6 32. Kf2
Red8 33. Bf3 Kg7 34. h3 h5 35. Ke3 Rh8 36. Rd2 Be8 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rh3
39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Rg1+ Kh7 41. Rh1 { (Sealed move.) } 41... Rxh1 42. Bxh1
Bh5 43. Rh2 Kg6 44. Bg2 Rh7 45. Bf1 Kf7 46. Rb2 Ke8 47. Bc4 Nc7 $2 ({ '??'
tournament book, but Black is lost anyway after } 47... Nd8 48. e6) 48.
Rxb7 (48. Rxb7 Nd5+ 49. Bxd5 Rxb7 50. Bxc6+ Rd7 51. e6 { (tournament book).
}) { Times: White: 3.03; Black: 2.54. } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Barrington, Conor"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2020"]
[BlackICU "2207"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Killane, Jack"]
[Black "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2037"]
[BlackICU "2053"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500949"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3
Bb4 8. Bd2 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. f4 f5 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. Ne2 Bxd2 14.
Qxd2 c5 15. c3 a5 16. Rfd1 g5 17. Bb5 gxf4 18. Nxf4 Qe7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20.
Nh5 Qc7 21. Re1 Rad8 22. Qh6 Qe7 23. Re3 Rf7 24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Nf4 Rg8 26.
Ng6+ Rxg6 27. Rxg6 Bc8 28. Rf1 Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rg3 Ba6 31. Re1 d4
32. cxd4 cxd4 33. Kg1 Rd8 34. Kf2 Rd5 35. Rb3 Bb5 36. Ra3 a4 37. b3 axb3
38. Rxb3 d3 39. Rb4 Kg7 40. a4 Be8 41. Rd1 Rxe5 42. Rxd3 Ra5 43. Ra3 Kf6
44. Ke3 e5 45. g3 Ke6 46. Rb7 h5 47. Rb8 f4+ 48. gxf4 exf4+ 49. Kxf4 Rxa4+
50. Rxa4 Bxa4 51. Kg5 Bd1 52. h3 Kd7 53. Rb1 Bf3 54. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Delaney, Paul"]
[Black "Delaney, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2248"]
[BlackICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500094"]
[BlackFideId "2500060"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Roche, Laurence"]
[Black "Allen, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1909"]
[BlackICU "1994"]
[WhiteClub "Regency"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501147"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Black "McCarthy, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1999"]
[BlackICU "1984"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "O'Shea, Kevin"]
[Black "James, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1874"]
[BlackICU "2060"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501902"]
[BlackFideId "2511282"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blair, David"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1973"]
[BlackICU "2010"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tom Clarke scoresheet (via David McAlister)"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O c6 5. c4 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8.
e4 Re8 9. h3 Bf8 10. Be3 a6 11. b4 b5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. c5
Be6 15. Qc2 a5 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. g4 axb4 18. Ne2 Ra4 19. f4 Qa6 20. fxe5 Nd7
21. Nf4 Nxe5 22. Bd4 Bxa2 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rd8 Bb3 25. Rxa4 bxa4 26. Qd2
Qa5 27. Rb8 Qxc5+ 28. Kh1 g6 29. Nh5 gxh5 30. Qh6 a3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kennefick, Maurice"]
[Black "Butler, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2113"]
[BlackICU "1956"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "C.C.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McConnell, Ivor"]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1869"]
[BlackICU "1994"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flannery, David"]
[Black "Prendergast, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1884"]
[BlackICU "2035"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Portmarnock"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508125"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Black "Kennedy, John G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1985"]
[BlackICU "1965"]
[WhiteClub "Carrigaline"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505940"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2010"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Black "Barry, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2224"]
[BlackICU "2105"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500183"]
[BlackFideId "2500175"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16709"]

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1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 Nf6 6. Rb1 O-O 7. e4 d6 8.
Nge2 Be6 9. d3 Qc8 10. Nf4 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. O-O Nd4 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4
b5 15. Be3 Ne8 16. Nce2 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qb7 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. c5 dxc5 20. Bxc5
Bc6 21. d4 Rfe8 22. d5 Bd7 23. e5 Nh5 24. Nxh5 gxh5 25. f4 Rad8 26. h3 Qc7
27. Rbc1 e6 28. d6 Qb8 29. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gibson, John F."]
[Black "Devenney, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[BlackICU "2051"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503336"]
[BlackFideId "2507102"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Mieses opening"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "John Gibson scoresheet; tournament book (with discrepancy)"]

{ Annotator: Anon., tournament book. } { Other information: Note:
Tournament book gives Black resigning after 31. Kg1. } { Event information:
<a
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1. d3 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nh3 Nge7 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bd2 Nd4 9. e3 Ne6 10. e4 f5 11. Rc1 c6 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. c3 Nc5
15. Be3 Ne6 16. Nf2 Rf7 17. d4 fxe4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bxe4 Nf5 $1 ({ 'Very
strong. ( } 19... Nf5 { ) } 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 { is good for
Black.' }) 20. Bd2 Nc5 21. Bc2 Be6 22. b4 $2 e4 $4 ({ 'A miscalculation. }
22... Bd5+ 23. Kg1 e4 $1 { is correct and Black has the superior position'
(tournament book). Engines think the position is then equal, e.g., } 24.
bxc5 e3 25. Bxf5 exf2+ { and that Black should instead play }) (22... Bd5+
23. Kg1 Ne6 $17) 23. bxc5 e3 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxe3 Re7 26. Bd4 Rae8 27.
Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nd4 Bc8 29. Qd2 Qd8 30. Nd3 Qd5+ 31. Kg1 Qxc5 $4 { Times:
White: 2.14; Black: 2.12. } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Harding, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2207"]
[BlackICU "2248"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500256"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Larsen variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. O-O Be6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. f4 O-O 13. f5 gxf5 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qh5 Kh7 16. exf5 Bxb3 17. axb3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rg8 19. Rae1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Allen, Keith"]
[Black "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1994"]
[BlackICU "2102"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501147"]
[BlackFideId "2500140"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Quigley, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2026"]
[BlackICU "2168"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2510464"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "D95"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld with e3 & Qb3"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Sunday Independent 7 Aug 1977 p22"]

{ Source: <em>Sunday Independent</em>, August 8, 1977 p. 22 (Cyril
Hardiman). } { Annotator: Rolande Anderson (see Source). } { Event
information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1977_allfiles/pairings_irlch1977.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6
8. Qc2 Bf5 9. Qe2 Na5 10. O-O c5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. d5 a6 13. e4 Bg4 14. Bd3
Nd7 15. Bg5 Ne5 16. Bc2 Nac4 17. d6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 exd6 19. f4 Nxb2 20. fxe5
Nxd1 21. Rxd1 dxe5 22. Nd5 Qa5 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Rd3 Rfc8 25. Rh3 h6 26. Qe3
Rc6 27. Rxh6+ Bxh6 28. Qh3 Rxf6 29. Bxf6+ $4 ({ This must be a misprint: }
29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Bxf6 { leaves Black with only a few spite checks, while }
) (29. Bxf6+ $4 Kh7 30. Bg5 Rh8 31. Bxh6 { ("etc.", per Anderson) } 31...
Qd8 { even leaves Black with a slight edge ( } 32. Bg5+ Kg7 33. Bxd8 $2
Rxh3 { and Black is even winning). }) 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Driscoll, Pat"]
[Black "Killane, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1952"]
[BlackICU "2037"]
[WhiteClub "Portmarnock"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Delaney, Paul"]
[Black "Carlile, Orison"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2248"]
[BlackICU "2071"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500094"]
[BlackFideId "2504120"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "two knights, Suttles variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O e5 7. Re1 Nh6 8.
a4 f6 9. Bc4 Nf7 10. a5 O-O 11. Be3 Kh8 12. h3 Qe7 13. Qd2 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6
15. Bb3 Bb7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 c5 19. Qc3 Rfc8 20. Nd2 Bh6
21. Bxh6 Nxh6 22. Nc4 Bc6 23. Ra5 Nf7 24. f3 Nd8 25. Ne3 Bb7 26. Bd5 a6 27.
Bxb7 Nxb7 28. Raa1 c4 29. Nd5 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Kg7 31. Ra4 Nd6 32. Rea1 Nb5 33.
Qb4 c3 34. bxc3 Nxc3 35. Qb7+ Kh6 36. Nxc3 Qxc3 37. Qe7 Rc6 38. Qb7 Rac8
39. Rxa6 Qxc2 40. Rxc6 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McCarthy, Anthony"]
[Black "Barrington, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1984"]
[BlackICU "2020"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 c5 8. d5
Qa5 9. Qd2 a6 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Nxe4 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. h4 Ne5 14. h5 Nf6
15. hxg6 fxg6 16. f4 Bf5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nf3 Kf7 19. Nxe5+ Ke8 20. Qg7
Rg8 21. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Delaney, John"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1911"]
[BlackICU "1999"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500060"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "Lavery, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2053"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "James, Kevin"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2060"]
[BlackICU "2010"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511282"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Albin counter-gambit"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tom Clarke scoresheet (via David McAliste)"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6
8. g3 Qd7 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Bc5 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. c5 Kh8 14.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qf5 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19. Rfe1
Ba6 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 c6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Bb8 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nd6
Ng4 26. Bd4 Rd8 27. Bc3 Rf8 28. Rd2 Rd8 29. h3 Nf6 30. f4 Bxd6 31. cxd6 Bc4
32. Be5 Kf7 33. Rd4 Bb3 34. g4 Ke6 35. Rd3 Bd5 36. Bxd5+ cxd5 37. Bxf6 gxf6
38. Kf2 Kxd6 39. Kf3 Re8 40. f5 Re4 41. Rb3 b5 42. Ra3 Rxb4 43. Ra6+ Ke7
44. Ra7+ Kf8 45. Rxh7 Rb3+ 46. Ke2 Kg8 47. Rd7 Rxh3 48. Rxd5 b4 49. Rb5 b3
50. Rb7 b2 51. Kd2 Rh2+ 52. Kc3 Kh8 53. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Byrne, Ray"]
[Black "O'Shea, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2058"]
[BlackICU "1874"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500922"]
[BlackFideId "2501902"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kennefick, Maurice"]
[Black "Roche, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2113"]
[BlackICU "1909"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Regency"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McConnell, Ivor"]
[Black "Butler, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1869"]
[BlackICU "1956"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "C.C.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prendergast, Colm"]
[Black "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2035"]
[BlackICU "1985"]
[WhiteClub "Portmarnock"]
[BlackClub "Carrigaline"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2505940"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, Alapin gambit"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Ng6 12. Kg2 O-O-O 13. Be3 Be7
14. Rad1 f6 15. Rg1 Nf8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 g5 18. Be3 c5 19. Kf1 Ne6 20.
c3 Rhg8 21. f3 Rdf8 22. d4 cxd4 23. cxd4 f5 24. d5 fxe4 25. dxe6 Rxf3+ 26.
Ke2 Rxh3 27. Rd7 Rh2+ 28. Kd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Black "Blair, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1994"]
[BlackICU "1973"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kennedy, John G."]
[Black "Flannery, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1965"]
[BlackICU "1884"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2508125"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2010"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2102"]
[BlackICU "2224"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500140"]
[BlackFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "two knights, Suttles variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Qc7 8.
a4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bf1 Rd8 13. Qc1 Ne6 14. Ng5
Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Re8 16. Bc4 Nd7 17. Bh6 Nf8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qe3 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barry, Colm"]
[Black "Gibson, John F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2105"]
[BlackICU "2034"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500175"]
[BlackFideId "2503336"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "three pawns attack"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book; Sunday Independent 24 Jul 1977 p23 (Hardiman); John Gibson scoresheet"]

{ Source: Tournament book; <em>Sunday Independent</em>, July 24, 1977 p. 23
(Cyril Hardiman); John Gibson scoresheet. } { Annotator: Cyril Hardiman
(see Source). } { Event information: <a
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qxc3+ 7. Bd2
Qxc5 8. Bd3 d6 9. Rb1 Nf6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Nc5
14. O-O Nxd3 15. cxd3 Qxa2 16. Ra1 Qe6 17. Nc4 d5 $2 (17... Nd7 $16) 18. f5
$18 Qc6 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Rac1 Qb5 21. Rc5 Qb4 22. Nxc8 dxe4 23. Rc4 exd3 24.
Qxd3 Qb5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rxf6 Qh5 27. Nd6+ Kf8 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Rh4 {
Times: White: 1.23; Black: 1.52. } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2051"]
[BlackICU "2207"]
[WhiteClub "Bangor"]
[BlackClub "Ierne"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

{ Event information: <a
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1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 c6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Rb1 e4 10. dxe4 fxe4 11. Ne1 Bf5 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Nc2 Na6
15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Bh3 Nh5 18. Qd2 Qe6 { Mysteriously given '??'
in the tournament book. } 19. Rfd1 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Qf7 21. Kh1 Qh5 22. Qe3
Ne6 $2 (22... Kf7 $17) 23. Nxe4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 fxe4 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Qxe4
Re8 ({ The tournament book says that 27... Ne6 loses, but after } 26... Rf8
27. f4 Bh6 28. e3 Rae8 { Black has full compensation. }) 27. Qg4 Qe5 $2 (
27... Qh6 $10) 28. Bf5 Qxe2 $2 (28... Re7 $16) 29. Qh3 $18 h6 30. Rxd6 Rad8
31. Rxh6+ Kg8 32. Rg1 Rd1 33. Rh8+ Kf7 34. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harding, Tim"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2248"]
[BlackICU "2026"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500256"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kennefick, Maurice"]
[Black "O'Driscoll, Pat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2113"]
[BlackICU "1952"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Portmarnock"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McCarthy, Anthony"]
[Black "Delaney, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "1984"]
[BlackICU "2248"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500094"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlile, Orison"]
[Black "O'Shea, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2071"]
[BlackICU "1874"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504120"]
[BlackFideId "2501902"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. Bb5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bd7
8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Re1+ Be7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. d4 b6 13. Ne5 Bb5 14.
Qg4 O-O 15. a4 Be8 16. Ra3 f5 17. Qe2 cxd4 18. Rh3 Bf6 19. Qd3 Be7 20. g4
Bxa4 21. Rxh7 { "Purely a speculative sacrifice" (tournament book). } 21...
Kxh7 22. Qh3+ Bh4 $4 (22... Kg8 23. g5 Be8 { "and it is hard to find a good
continuation for White" (tournament book). }) 23. g5 Rh8 $4 (23... Be8 $16)
24. Qxf5+ Kg8 25. Qf7+ Kh7 26. g6+ Kh6 27. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Quigley, Colm"]
[Black "James, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2168"]
[BlackICU "2060"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510464"]
[BlackFideId "2511282"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Allen, Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2010"]
[BlackICU "1994"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2501147"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, Smyslov variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tom Clarke scoreshhet (via David McAlister)"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Qg5 Ng6 12. Bf4 h6 13. Qg3 Nce7 14. Nd4
a6 15. Bd3 Qxc5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. f4 Rb8 18. O-O h5 19. Rae1 h4 20. Qg4 Bxa4
21. f5 exf5 22. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Killane, Jack"]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2037"]
[BlackICU "2058"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500949"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Opening "two knights defence"]
[Variation "Fritz variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 6. c3 b5 7. Bf1 Nxd5
8. cxd4 Qxg5 9. Bxb5+ Kd8 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Nc3 exd4 12. Ne2 Rb8 13. Qh3 Bc8
14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qxd4+ Bd6 16. Bd3 Ba6 17. O-O Bxd3 18. Re1 Re8 19. a3 Rxe2
20. Rxe2 Bxe2 21. axb4 Bf3 22. g3 Rxb4 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. dxe3 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "Delaney, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2053"]
[BlackICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500060"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lavery, William"]
[Black "Barrington, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "2020"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. d4 Ng6 7. Re1 Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 Qc7 10. Ng3 a6 11. Bd3 b5 12. h4 Bxh4 13. Nxh4 Nxh4 14. f4
Re8 15. f5 exf5 16. Bg5 Ng6 17. exf5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Ngf8 19. Qe2 Bb7 20.
Qg4 Re8 21. f6 Ng6 22. fxg7 Bd5 23. Kf2 Qb7 24. Rh1 Kxg7 25. Nf5+ Kg8 26.
Qh5 Ndf8 27. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Black "Butler, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1985"]
[BlackICU "1956"]
[WhiteClub "Carrigaline"]
[BlackClub "C.C.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505940"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Roche, Laurence"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1909"]
[BlackICU "1999"]
[WhiteClub "Regency"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "closed system"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 f5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 d6 9. Rb1 g5 10. f4 h6 11. b4 Ne7 12. e4 gxf4 13. gxf4 c6 14. Kh1 Be6
15. b5 fxe4 16. bxc6 exd3 17. cxb7 Rb8 18. Qxd3 Qc7 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1
d5 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. fxe5 Ng4 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26.
Nf4 Nf2+ 27. Kg2 Qg5+ 28. Kxf2 Qxf4+ 29. Ke2 Qxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Prendergast, Colm"]
[Black "McConnell, Ivor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2035"]
[BlackICU "1869"]
[WhiteClub "Portmarnock"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blair, David"]
[Black "Kennedy, John G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1973"]
[BlackICU "1965"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Flannery, David"]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1884"]
[BlackICU "1994"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508125"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2010"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harding, Tim"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2248"]
[BlackICU "2224"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500256"]
[BlackFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "Pseudo-Austrian attack"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16703"]

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1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Rb1 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. d5 Qa5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O
Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "Barry, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2051"]
[BlackICU "2105"]
[WhiteClub "Bangor"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[BlackFideId "2500175"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16698"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Ng5 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Ngxe4 f5
8. Ng5 Nxc3 9. dxc3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 h6 11. Nh3 Be6 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. h4 Bc5
14. Nd3 Bd5 15. f3 O-O-O 16. Kc2 Bb6 17. Bh3 Rhf8 18. Bf4 Kb8 19. b3 Rde8
20. Rhe1 Bg8 21. e4 fxe4 22. fxe4 a6 23. Re2 Bh7 24. Bg2 Re7 25. Rae1 Rfe8
26. g4 Nd8 27. Nb4 Ne6 28. Bg3 Nc5 29. Nd5 Nxe4 30. Kb2 Nxg3 31. Rxe7 Rd8
32. Re8 Rxe8 33. Rxe8+ Ka7 34. Nxb6 Kxb6 35. Re3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Delaney, Paul"]
[Black "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2248"]
[BlackICU "2102"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500094"]
[BlackFideId "2500140"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gibson, John F."]
[Black "Carlile, Orison"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[BlackICU "2071"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503336"]
[BlackFideId "2504120"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Mieses opening"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "John Gibson scoresheet"]

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1. d3 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. c3 Bg4 7. Nxe5 Nxe5
8. d4 Bd6 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Bg5 c6 14.
Rae1 h6 15. Be3 b6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nd2 Re8 18. Bd4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rd1
Qc7 21. Be3 Be6 22. Qa4 f5 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Bf4 Qd7 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Rd1
Qc7 27. b3 c5 28. c4 Kf7 { Times: White: 1.51; Black: 1.52. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "O'Driscoll, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2207"]
[BlackICU "1952"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[BlackClub "Portmarnock"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Delaney, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2026"]
[BlackICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2500060"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "E72"]
[Opening "King's Indian with e4 & g3"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book; CHESS Apr 1978 p225"]
[ICUid "16715"]

{ Source: Tournament book; <em>CHESS</em>, vol. 43, nos. 791-792, April
1978, p. 225. } { Event information: <a
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8.
d5 Ne7 9. O-O Nd7 10. f4 f5 11. Kh1 Nc5 12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Nd4
Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Ne6+ Bxe6 19. dxe6 Nc6 20.
Rf7+ Kg8 21. Qd5 Kh8 22. Nxe4 Ne5 23. Raf1 c6 24. Qd2 Nxf7 25. Rxf7 Rxe6
26. Qc3+ Re5 27. Nf6 Re7 28. Ne8+ Re5 29. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kennefick, Maurice"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2113"]
[BlackICU "2010"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16705"]

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1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e6 8.
Bd3 c5 9. Nge2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. O-O Ne5 13. c5 Re8 14.
Rfe1 a6 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Bf1 Qc7 17. b4 Re7 18. Bg5 Bc6 19. a4 b5 20. axb5
axb5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Bxb5 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Byrne, Ray"]
[Black "James, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2058"]
[BlackICU "2060"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500922"]
[BlackFideId "2511282"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lavery, William"]
[Black "Quigley, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "2168"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2510464"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Shea, Kevin"]
[Black "McCarthy, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1874"]
[BlackICU "1984"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501902"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Allen, Keith"]
[Black "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1994"]
[BlackICU "2053"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501147"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McConnell, Ivor"]
[Black "Killane, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1869"]
[BlackICU "2037"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500949"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]
[ICUid "16712"]

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1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. f4 Nd7 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. e4 Qh4+ 8.
Ng3 Ngf6 9. Qf3 Ng4 10. h3 Ngf6 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O-O Nxg3 14.
Nxg3 Nb6 15. Be2 c5 16. c4 Be6 17. Nf1 Rad8 18. Ne3 Nc8 19. g3 Qe7 20. g4
Nd6 21. d3 b5 22. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Black "Flannery, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1999"]
[BlackICU "1884"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2508125"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Butler, John"]
[Black "Roche, Laurence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1956"]
[BlackICU "1909"]
[WhiteClub "C.C.Y.M.S."]
[BlackClub "Regency"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barrington, Conor"]
[Black "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2020"]
[BlackICU "1985"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Carrigaline"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2505940"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Blair, David"]
[Black "Prendergast, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1973"]
[BlackICU "2035"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Portmarnock"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kennedy, John G."]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1965"]
[BlackICU "1994"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2010"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Black "Delaney, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[WhiteICU "2224"]
[BlackICU "2248"]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500183"]
[BlackFideId "2500094"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. e3 f5 6. d4 c6 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. b3 Na6 10. Ba3 Ke8 11. Nge2 Be6 12. O-O-O Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8
14. Kb2 Nf6 15. f3 Ke7 16. Nc1 Nc5 17. Nd3 Nfd7 18. Bf1 a5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5
20. a3 Rhb8 21. a4 f4 22. exf4 exf4 23. Bd3 Rd8 24. Be4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 fxg3
26. hxg3 Rd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Bc2 Ke7 29. Ne2 Kf6 30. Nd4 h6 31. Kc3 g5
32. Kd2 h5 33. Ke3 h4 34. gxh4 gxh4 35. f4 Bg4 36. Nf3 Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Ne6
38. Kg4 Nd4 39. Bd3 Nxb3 40. Kxh4 Nc5 41. Bc2 Nd7 42. Kg4 Nb6 43. Bb3 Nc8
44. Bc2 { Tournament book gives the impossible "B-K2". } 44... Nd6 45. Bd3
b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kennefick, Maurice"]
[Black "Devenney, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2113"]
[BlackICU "2051"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2507102"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Neo-orthodox variation, 7.Bh4"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5
14. e4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rfe8 19. Rad1
Rad8 20. Rfe1 Rd6 21. Re3 Red8 22. Red3 { Tournament book gives the
ambiguous "R-Q3". } 22... c5 23. dxc5 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Qxc5 26.
g3 Qe7 27. Qe2 Nd7 28. Kh2 Qc5 29. Qf3 Qe7 30. Kg2 b5 31. Qf5 Nc5 32. Bd5 (
32. Bxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxc5 Qxa2 34. Qxb5 { and eventually the black a-pawn and
white e-pawn will disappear, leading to a drawn Q + 3P v Q + 2P ending with
all the pawns on one side. }) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barry, Colm"]
[Black "Harding, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2105"]
[BlackICU "2248"]
[WhiteClub "Kevin Barry"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500175"]
[BlackFideId "2500256"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical (two knights) system"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Qe2 c6 7. Bb3 a5 8.
O-O a4 9. Nxa4 b5 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nb1 Ba6 12. Bc4 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Nxe4 14.
Qxb4 Na6 15. Qc4 d5 16. Qe2 c5 17. c3 Qc7 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nd3 cxd4 20. cxd4
Rfd8 21. f3 Nd6 22. Nf4 Qa7 23. Qe6+ Nf7 24. Qe3 Bh6 25. Qf2 Nb4 26. Rd1 e5
27. Ne6 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Nd3 29. Rc7 Qa5 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Re8 32. Rc6
exd4 33. Rb6 Ra4 34. b3 Rb4 35. Rxb4 { "White was in bad time trouble at
this stage" (tournament book). } 35... Nxb4 36. Nxd4 $16 Ra8 37. a3 Ne5 38.
Kf1 (38. f4 Ned3 39. g3 $16) 38... Kf7 39. f4 Ng4 40. h3 $2 ({ Last move
before the time control, giving away most of White's advantage. Better }
40. Kg1 $16) 40... Ne3+ 41. Kg1 $2 (41. Kf2 $14) 41... Nbc2 $10 42. Nxc2
Nxc2 43. Ra2 Nb4 44. Ra1 Nc2 45. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlile, Orison"]
[Black "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2071"]
[BlackICU "2102"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504120"]
[BlackFideId "2500140"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8
8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Ndf3 O-O 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6
14. O-O a6 15. a4 Nh5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Rb8 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. b4 Rbc8 20.
b5 Na5 21. Ne5 Qd6 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23. Bxg6 Bg5 24. Qh5 Bh6 25. g4 Qe7 26. h4
Nb3 27. Rad1 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. g5 Nd2 31. Qe2 Bxg5 32.
hxg5 Ne4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Qxe4 Qc8 35. g6 ({ Tournament book gives the
ambiguous "P-N6": White also wins easily after } 35. b6) 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Gibson, John F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2207"]
[BlackICU "2034"]
[WhiteClub "Ierne"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2503336"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "John Gibson scoresheet"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Qd2 c6 5. f3 e5 6. dxe5 Bxe5 7. Nc3 Qh4+ 8.
g3 Qe7 9. Nge2 f5 10. O-O-O fxe4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Bc5 Qd8 13. Qe3 Ne7 14.
Ng5 Nd7 15. Bh3 Nxc5 16. Qxe5 O-O 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Nd4 Nf5 19. Nge6 Qe7
20. Rhe1 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Rce8 23. Rde1 Kf7 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25.
Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Kd2 Ke7 27. Ke3 Kf6 28. b3 Ke5 29. c3 a5 30. h4 Kf6 31. g4
Ke5 32. Ne2 Kf6 33. Ng3 Ke5 34. f4+ Kf6 35. h5 Nd7 36. g5+ Ke6 37. h6 Nc5
38. c4 (38. f5+ $5 Kf7 $10) 38... a4 $2 (38... dxc4 39. bxc4 Nd7 $10) 39.
cxd5+ cxd5 40. bxa4 $18 Nxa4 41. Kd4 Kf7 42. a3 b5 43. Kxd5 Nc3+ 44. Kc5
Kf8 45. Kb4 Nb1 46. Ne4 Kf7 47. Nf6 Kf8 48. Nxh7+ Kg8 49. Nf6+ Kh8 50. Ne4
Kh7 51. Kb3 Kh8 52. Kb2 Nxa3 53. Kxa3 { Times: White: ?; Black: 2.53. } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "McCarthy, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2026"]
[BlackICU "1984"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

{ Event information: <a
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. O-O Nc5 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Re8 12. Ng3 h5 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bxc5
Qh4 15. h3 dxc5 16. e5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qxg3 18. e6 fxe6 19. Ne4 Qe3+ $1 { '?'
Tournament book. } 20. Kh1 e5 $2 ({ "Unfortunately forced since } 20...
exd5 21. Re1 { ! poses problems for Black since if Queen moves Nf6+ wins"
(tournament book). But after } 21... Qxe1+ $1 22. Qxe1 dxe4 { Black is
winning. }) 21. Rf3 Qxe4 22. Rf8+ Rxf8 23. Bxe4 $15 Bf5 24. Qe2 Rae8 25.
Rg1 Kh7 26. Rg5 Bh6 27. Rg3 $2 (27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 gxf5 29. Qf2 $16)
27... Rf6 28. Rb3 $2 (28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Qe4 $15) 28... Bxe4+ 29. Qxe4 Rf4
$19 30. Qe2 b6 31. d6 cxd6 32. Rxb6 e4 33. Rxd6 e3 34. Qc2 Rf1+ 35. Kg2
Rf2+ 36. Qxf2 exf2 37. Kxf2 Rb8 38. b3 a4 39. bxa4 Ra8 40. Rc6 Bg7 41. Kf3
Bd4 42. Kf4 Rxa4 43. Kg5 Be3+ 44. Kf6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "O'Driscoll, Pat"]
[Black "Byrne, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1952"]
[BlackICU "2058"]
[WhiteClub "Portmarnock"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500922"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Quigley, Colm"]
[Black "Delaney, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2168"]
[BlackICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "Kevin Barry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510464"]
[BlackFideId "2500060"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Killane, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2010"]
[BlackICU "2037"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500949"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "two knights"]
[Variation "Max Lange attack"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tom Clarke scoresheet (via David McAlister)"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne6 12. c3 g6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bb6 15. b4 Qe7 16. a4 a5 17. Bxb6 cxb6 18. Qd4 O-O 19. Qxb6 Rfb8 20. Qc5
Qxc5+ 21. bxc5 Rb3 22. c4 dxc4 23. Nd2 Rb4 24. g3 Bf5 25. Rfc1 Bd3 26. Kf2
Rd8 27. Ke3 Rd5 28. Ra3 Rd8 29. g4 Kf8 30. Nf3 c3 31. Ne1 Be4 32. Rcxc3
Rdd4 33. h3 Bd5 34. Nd3 Re4+ 35. Kf2 Rxa4 36. f5 gxf5 37. gxf5 Rxa3 38.
Rxa3 Bc4 39. f6 Bxd3 40. Rxd3 Rxe5 41. Rd6 Ke8 42. Rxc6 a4 43. Kg3 Kd7 44.
Rd6+ Kc7 45. Ra6 Rxc5 46. Rxa4 Kd6 47. Kf4 Rc1 48. Re4 h6 49. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "James, Kevin"]
[Black "Lavery, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2060"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511282"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Simagin's improved variation"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Bg5 Na5 10. Bd3 c5 11. d5 Qd6 12. Qd2 e5 13. O-O f5 14. f4
fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bd7 16. Qd3 a6 17. Rac1 Rae8 18. fxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Qxe5 20.
Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6 Rf8 22. Nf4 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Nc4 24. Bh6 Qxc3 25. h3 Ne3 26.
Rf3 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Nf5 28. Ne6 Rf6 29. Qg4 Qe5+ 30. Kg1 Rf7 31. Bxg7 Rxg7 32.
Qxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Allen, Keith"]
[Black "Kennedy, John G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1994"]
[BlackICU "1965"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501147"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "McConnell, Ivor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2053"]
[BlackICU "1869"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "O'Shea, Kevin"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Eddie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1874"]
[BlackICU "1999"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501902"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Coveney, Maurice"]
[Black "Blair, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1985"]
[BlackICU "1973"]
[WhiteClub "Carrigaline"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505940"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barrington, Conor"]
[Black "Prendergast, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2020"]
[BlackICU "2035"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Portmarnock"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Black "Butler, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1994"]
[BlackICU "1956"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "C.C.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, classical, Nd7 system"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]
[Source "Tournament book"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7
8. f4 Be7 9. a4 b6 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. g4
Nc5 15. Qg2 Rfd8 16. g5 Ne8 17. h4 Bf8 18. f5 e5 19. Nde2 f6 20. Ng3 Qd7
21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Bh5 Kh8 23. Rd3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rfd1 Nc7 26. Nf1 b4
27. Na2 Qa4 28. Nc1 Rxc2 29. Ne2 b3 30. Nc3 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flannery, David"]
[Black "Roche, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1884"]
[BlackICU "1909"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Regency"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508125"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1977"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2010"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1977.07.09"]

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