[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[BlackICU "2232"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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after 19... Ba6 (source unknown; via Alan Ludgate). }

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. b4 b6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15.
a4 a5 16. c5 dxc5 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nc4 Ba6 20. Nxa5 Bxe2 21.
Nb7 Qb8 { Black offered a draw. } 22. Nxe2 Qa7 23. Qb5 $16 Rfb8 24. Rfb1
Bf8 25. a5 c4+ 26. Kh1 Qa6 27. Nc3 Nc8 28. Ra4 Kg8 29. Rxc4 Qxb5 30. Rxb5
Rxb7 31. Rxb7 Nd6 32. Rcxc7 Nxb7 33. Rxb7 Rxa5 34. Rb1 (34. h4 $1 $18)
34... Bc5 35. h4 Kg7 36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Kh2 h5 38. hxg5 $2 (38. d6 $1 $18)
38... Ra1 $1 39. Ne2 Kxg5 40. Rf7 $6 (40. Rc7 $10) 40... Bf2 41. Rc7 $4 ({
"White sealed a blunder; } 41. Nxf4 $10 { or } (41. d6 Kh4 42. Rg7 Rd1 43.
d7 Bb6 $10) { " Ludgate. }) 41... Re1 42. Rc2 h4 43. g3 $2 ({ White offered
a draw. The only alternative, and perhaps a better prospect, was } 43. Rc1
$5 Rxe2 44. Rc8 { , but even here Black seems to be winning, e.g. } 44...
Re1 45. Rg8+ Kf6 46. Rf8+ Ke7 47. Rc8 Bg3+ 48. Kh3 Rh1+ 49. Kg4 Bf2 50.
Rc7+ Kd6 51. Rc6+ Kd7 52. Kf5 Bd4 53. Rh6 Rh2 54. Rg6 h3) 43... fxg3+ 44.
Kg2 Rd1 ({ Or } 44... h3+ $19 { immediately. }) 45. Ra2 h3+ 46. Kxh3 Rh1+
47. Kg2 Rh2+ 48. Kf1 Bd4 $2 ({ '!' Ludgate, but this throws away the win.
Black has to play } 48... Be3 $1 { e.g. } 49. Nc3 ({ after } 49. Ra8 g2+
50. Ke1 Rh1+ { , the white king can no longer escape to d2. }) { and only
now } 49... Bd4 $1) 49. Ra8 g2+ 50. Ke1 Rh1+ $2 ({ This unnecessary
intermediate check allows White to draw immediately. Better } 50... Kf6 $1
{ immediately, transposing to the game &#40; } 51. f4 $2 Be3 $1 { &#41;. })
51. Kd2 Kf6 52. Rg8 $2 ({ White could force a draw via } 52. f4 $1 exf4 53.
Rf8+ Ke5 54. Rf5+ Kxe4 55. Rxf4+ Ke5 56. Rxd4 g1=Q 57. Nxg1 Kxd4 58. Ne2+
Kxd5 $10) 52... g1=Q 53. Nxg1 Bxg1 54. Re8 $2 ({ This allows the bishop to
get to f4. Better } 54. Kd3 Bc5 (54... Bf2 $2 55. f4 $1 $10) 55. Rc8 Be7
56. Rc6+ { , when it's not clear how Black can make progress. }) 54... Bh2
55. d6 $2 (55. Kc3 { and it's still not evident that Black is winning. })
55... Bf4+ 56. Ke2 Rh2+ 57. Ke1 Rh7 { Even the resignation seems premature.
Black must now be winning but there is much work to do to prove it. } {
White 3.16; Black 3.24. } 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Littleton, Michael"]
[Black "Killane, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2190"]
[BlackICU "2014"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500159"]
[BlackFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Barry, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2011"]
[BlackICU "2183"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "Yellow House"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500175"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Black "Carton, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2151"]
[BlackICU "2000"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "Clontarf"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500140"]
[BlackFideId "2500213"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Blair, David"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1991"]
[BlackICU "2114"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2110"]
[BlackICU "1954"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "Inchicore"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Black "Gibson, John F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[WhiteICU "1951"]
[BlackICU "2104"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501864"]
[BlackFideId "2503336"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "Pseudo-Austrian attack"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qd2 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Nd7 9. Bh3 Qa5 10. f5 b5 11. e5 d5 12. O-O gxf5 13. Bxf5 e6 14. Bd3
Bf8 15. f4 b4 16. Ne2 f5 17. exf6 Ngxf6 18. Kh1 c5 19. c4 bxc3 20. bxc3 c4
21. Bc2 Rb8 22. f5 $18 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Bf4 Bd6 25. Nd4 Kd7 26. Rfe1
Rhe8 27. Qg2 Rg8 28. Qh3 $2 (28. Qf1 $16) 28... Neg4 $10 29. Qg3 Nh5 $2 (
29... Bxf4 30. Qxf4 Qxc3 $10) (29... Nh5 30. Qh4 $1 $18) { (Time) } { White
2.30; Black 2.18. } 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Bergin, Eugene"]
[Black "Wallace, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1918"]
[BlackICU "2088"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500892"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Barrington, Conor"]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2046"]
[BlackICU "1916"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Galligan, Sean"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1911"]
[BlackICU "2044"]
[WhiteClub "Cavan"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506645"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]
[WhiteFullName "Galligan, Se&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "McDonnell, Gerard"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1889"]
[WhiteClub "Castlebar"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2102"]
[WhiteClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.08"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Collins, William J."]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2060"]
[WhiteClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Black "Barrington, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2232"]
[BlackICU "2046"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
d3 c6 9. h3 Ne8 10. Be3 Nc7 11. b3 Ne6 12. d4 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. f4 Nd4
15. f5 b6 16. Nd5 Bb7 17. Nec3 h6 18. h4 Nf6 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6
21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 { White 1.41; Black 1.23.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Barry, Colm"]
[Black "Galligan, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2183"]
[BlackICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "Yellow House"]
[BlackClub "Cavan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500175"]
[BlackFideId "2506645"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]
[BlackFullName "Galligan, Se&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gibson, John F."]
[Black "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2104"]
[BlackICU "2151"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503336"]
[BlackFideId "2500140"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Re1 c6
8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Qc7 11. h4 e5 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qe2 Nf8 14.
Nd2 Be6 15. h5 Qc8 16. h6 Bh8 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. f3 Bh3 19. Nc4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Qc7 21. Bc5 b5 22. Nd6 Red8 23. Qe3 Ne6 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Qe7 26. Kf3
Nxc5 27. Qxc5 Qe6 28. Kg3 Bf6 29. e5 Be7 30. Qxc6 Rab8 31. Qc7 Bf8 32. Ne4
Rdc8 33. Qxa7 Bxh6 34. Rd7 Bxf4+ 35. Kxf4 Qf5+ 36. Ke3 Qh3+ 37. Kd2 Qg2+
38. Nf2 Qg5+ 39. Kd1 Rd8 40. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 41. Nd3 { White 2.30; Black 2.30.
} 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carton, Pat"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2000"]
[BlackICU "2034"]
[WhiteClub "Clontarf"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500213"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Ngf3 c5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Nb1 c4 12. d4 a5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Bf4 Be7
15. Nc3 Na7 16. a4 b5 17. axb5 Qb6 18. Bd2 Nxb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. b3 Nb6
21. Reb1 Bc6 22. Bf1 a4 23. bxc4 Qa6 24. cxd5 Qxe2 25. Bxe2 Nxd5 26. c4 Nc7
27. Ne1 f6 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Nxf3 fxe5 30. Nxe5 O-O 31. Rb7 Bd6 32. Nd7 Rfd8
33. c5 Rxd7 34. cxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxc7 Rxd4 36. Bc3 Rg4 37. h3 Rg5 38. Rc4 a3
39. Ra2 Rb5 40. Rb4 Rc5 41. Rb3 Rac8 42. Raxa3 R8c7 43. Bd4 Rd5 44. Be3 e5
45. Ra8+ Kf7 46. Ra7 Rdd7 47. Rxc7 Rxc7 48. Kg2 Ke6 49. Rb6+ Kf7 50. Kf3
Rc4 51. Ke2 Re4 52. Kd3 Ra4 53. Rc6 Rb4 54. Rc4 Rb8 55. Ke4 Re8 56. Rc5 Kf6
57. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Killane, Jack"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2114"]
[BlackICU "2014"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2044"]
[BlackICU "1951"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[BlackFideId "2501864"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McDonnell, Gerard"]
[Black "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1889"]
[BlackICU "2110"]
[WhiteClub "Castlebar"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Collins, William J."]
[Black "Littleton, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2060"]
[BlackICU "2190"]
[WhiteClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500159"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "Bergin, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2102"]
[BlackICU "1918"]
[WhiteClub "Bangor"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wallace, Paul"]
[Black "Blair, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2088"]
[BlackICU "1991"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500892"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1916"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Griffin, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1954"]
[BlackICU "2011"]
[WhiteClub "Inchicore"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]
[Source "CHESS 1978 p. 295"]
[Annotator "John Griffin"]

{ Source: <a href="CHESS-vol-45-Oct-1980-pages-294-5.pdf"><em>CHESS</em>,
vol. 45, October 1980, pp. 294-5</a> (John Griffin). } { Annotator: John
Griffin (see Source). } { Event information: <a
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bg5 O-O
8. f4 f6 9. Bh4 Nbc6 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. O-O-O Nf5 ({ &ldquo;A bit
hasty; } 12... Be6 { is better.&rdquo; }) 13. Bf2 d4 14. Na4 Ne3 15. Nxb6
Qxb6 16. Re1 Nxf1 17. Rhxf1 Rd8 18. h3 ({ &ldquo;If } 18. Rd1 { , } 18...
Bg4 { .&rdquo; }) 18... Qa6 19. Kb1 Qa4 20. Qd3 Kh8 21. Qe4 h6 22. Qg6 $2 {
&ldquo;Overlooking Black's idea.&rdquo; } 22... d3 $1 23. Re8+ ({ &#91;RR
The losing move, according to engines. } 23. cxd3 $10 { .&#93; }) 23...
Rxe8 24. Qxe8+ Kh7 25. cxd3 ({ &ldquo; Apparently White has prevented ( }
25. cxd3 { ) } 25... Nb4 { due to the pin, and he menaces 26. Qe4+.&rdquo;
}) 25... Bf5 $1 26. Qxa8 ({ &ldquo;If } 26. Qe2 (26. Qe3 { isn't much
better }) 26... Nb4 { is very strong. One sample line: } 27. Nc1 Bxd3+ $1
28. Nxd3 Qxa2+ 29. Kc1 Qc4+ { regaining the piece with a pawn ahead ( } 30.
Kd2 $2 Qc2+ 31. Ke3 Re8+ { ).&rdquo; }) 26... Bxd3+ 27. Ka1 ({ &ldquo;If }
27. Kc1 { , } 27... Qc4+ 28. Kd2 Qc2+ 29. Ke3 Qe2# { .&rdquo; }) 27... Nb4
$1 ({ &ldquo;There is no defence. If ( } 27... Nb4 { ) } 28. Qxa7 { , }
28... Nc2+ 29. Kb1 Ne3+ { and Qxa7. &#91;RR Or } (29... Nd4+ 30. Kc1 Qc4+ {
and mate in three more moves. &#93; })) ({ The prettiest is ( } 27... Nb4 {
) } 28. Nc1 Nc2+ 29. Kb1 Na3+ 30. Ka1 Qc2 31. Nxd3 Qb1+ $1 32. Rxb1 Nc2#) {
White takes the easy way out.&rdquo; } 28. a3 Qxb3 29. axb4 Qa4# 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gibson, John F."]
[Black "Barry, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2104"]
[BlackICU "2183"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Yellow House"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503336"]
[BlackFideId "2500175"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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report</a>. } { Reference: "Quiet battle of the board", Cormac MacConnell,
<em>Irish Press</em>, July 11, 1978 p. 4 (100-word description of this
game). }

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. e4 d6 6. d4 Na6 7. Nge2 Nh6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Nf7 10. Be3 fxe4 11. Bxe4 Nc7 12. Qb3 Bh3 13. Rfd1 Rb8 14.
Nf4 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. h4 b5 17. cxb5 Nxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 19. Qc2 Qb6 20.
Rab1 d5 21. a4 Rb3 22. a5 Qb8 23. Bd3 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Kg2 Nxd3 26.
Nxd3 Re8 $2 (26... Qb5 $19 { , e.g. } 27. Bf2 Bf5) 27. Bxa7 $6 (27. Bf2 $10
) 27... Qb5 28. g4 $2 (28. Nc1 $15) 28... d4 (28... h5 $1 $19) 29. Rd2 Bh6
$6 (29... Qd5 $17) 30. Nc5 $10 Bxd2 $2 (30... Rbe3 $10) { White 2.23; Black
2.20. } 31. Qxb3+ Qxb3 32. Nxb3 $18 Re2+ 33. Kf1 d3 34. Nxd2 (34. a6 $18) (
34. Rd1 $18 { would be simpler. }) 34... Rxd2 35. Be3 $2 (35. a6 $18) {
White 2.27; Black 2.26. } 35... Re2 36. Bf4 $6 (36. Bh6 $14) 36... Bc8 $2 (
36... c5 $10) 37. Rc1 $2 (37. Re1 $16) 37... Ba6 (37... Rxb2 $10) 38. Rxc6
Re6 39. Rxa6 Rxa6 40. Bd2 $2 (40. b4 Rf6 $16 (40... Re6 $2 41. b5 $18))
40... Kf7 $6 (40... Re6 $15) { White 2.30; Black 2.30. After several twists
and turns in time trouble, the players reach a level ending. } 41. b4 {
Sealed move. } 41... Re6 42. b5 Re2 43. Bf4 Rb2 44. b6 Ke6 45. Ke1 $6 (45.
Be3 $1 $10) 45... Kd7 46. Bd2 Kc6 47. Bc3 ({ Better } 47. f4) 47... Rc2 48.
Bd4 Kb7 49. f4 Rg2 50. g5 Rh2 51. h5 $4 (51. Be5 { holds: removing the
White f- and h-pawns and the Black d-pawn and placing the bishop on d2
gives a drawn ending. }) 51... gxh5 $19 52. f5 Rg2 53. g6 hxg6 54. f6 Re2+
55. Kd1 Re4 56. Bc5 Rf4 57. Be7 h4 58. f7 h3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2110"]
[BlackICU "2232"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nge2 f5 9. f3 Nf6 10. Qd2 fxe4 11. Bxe4 Rf7 12. O-O-O Qf8 13. b4 b6 14. Kb2
a5 15. a3 Nf5 16. Bf2 Bh6 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Ng3 Nxe4 19. Ngxe4 Ng7 20. Rhe1
Qe7 21. c5 axb4 22. axb4 bxc5 23. bxc5 Qf8 24. Ra1 Bf5 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26.
Ra1 Qb8+ 27. Kc2 Nh5 28. Qa6 Nf6 $10 { Black offered a draw. } 29. Qc6 Rf8
30. Be1 ({ "??" Ludgate, who says that } 30. Ra4 { draws. But that would be
a losing move, after the less-than-obvious } 30... Nxe4 31. Nxe4 (31. fxe4
Bd7) 31... Qd8 $3 { followed by ... Qg5, with a winning attack. The move
played is fine and the blunder comes later. }) 30... Qb4 31. Ra4 Qxc5 32.
Qxc5 dxc5 33. Kb3 $6 (33. Bh4 $10) 33... Nxd5 34. Nxc5 $4 (34. Nxd5 Be6 35.
Nxc5 $15) 34... Rb8+ 35. Ka2 Nb4+ { White 2.22; Black 2.13. } 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Littleton, Michael"]
[Black "Devenney, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2190"]
[BlackICU "2102"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500159"]
[BlackFideId "2507102"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barrington, Conor"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2046"]
[BlackICU "2114"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Black "McDonnell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2151"]
[BlackICU "1889"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "Castlebar"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500140"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carton, Pat"]
[Black "Wallace, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2000"]
[BlackICU "2088"]
[WhiteClub "Clontarf"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500213"]
[BlackFideId "2500892"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blair, David"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1991"]
[BlackICU "2044"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2011"]
[BlackICU "1916"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galligan, Sean"]
[Black "Collins, William J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1911"]
[BlackICU "2060"]
[WhiteClub "Cavan"]
[BlackClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506645"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]
[WhiteFullName "Galligan, Se&aacute;n"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Killane, Jack"]
[Black "Bergin, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2014"]
[BlackICU "1918"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[BlackICU "1954"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "Inchicore"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system, Kotov variation"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. e4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Nge2 f5 8.
f3 Nf6 9. exf5 gxf5 10. Qd2 f4 11. Bf2 Bf5 12. g3 fxg3 13. Nxg3 Bg6 14. h4
Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. h5 h6 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Nb5 e4 19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. Rh4
Bxd3 21. Qxd3 a6 22. Nd4 O-O-O 23. O-O-O Ng4 24. Be1 Bf6 25. Rh1 Bxd4 26.
Qxd4 Kb8 27. Rg1 Rhg8 28. Rg3 Qf5 29. Rb3 Nf6 30. Bf2 b6 31. a4 Rg4 32. Qe3
Rxc4+ 33. Rc3 Rxc3+ 34. bxc3 Ng4 35. Qe7 Rf8 36. Bxb6 $5 (36. Bd4 Kb7 $19)
36... cxb6 $2 (36... Qf4+ 37. Kc2 cxb6 $19) 37. Qxd6+ Kc8 38. Qc6+ Kb8 39.
Qxb6+ $10 { (Time) } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1951"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501864"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barry, Colm"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2183"]
[BlackICU "2232"]
[WhiteClub "Yellow House"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500175"]
[BlackFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 c6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3
a6 9. Ng5 Nh6 10. Be2 Nf8 11. Nd1 Ne6 12. a4 Bd7 13. g4 $2 (13. c3 $16)
13... hxg4 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2102"]
[BlackICU "2151"]
[WhiteClub "Bangor"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[BlackFideId "2500140"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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report</a>. }

0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wallace, Paul"]
[Black "Littleton, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2088"]
[BlackICU "2190"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500892"]
[BlackFideId "2500159"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1916"]
[BlackICU "2114"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barrington, Conor"]
[Black "Gibson, John F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2046"]
[BlackICU "2104"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2503336"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 a5 10. h3 Nc5 11. b3 Re8 12. Re1 Nfd7 13. f4 Ne6 14. Be3
Ndc5 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Nd5 f5 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. e5 c6 20. Nc3
Re8 21. Na4 Bf8 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Qf2 b6 24. Rcd1 Re7 25. Rd3 Ra7 26. Red1
Rg7 27. Qe3 Be6 28. Kh2 Ra8 $2 (28... Rd7 $16) 29. Rd6 Bd5 30. cxd5 Bxd6
31. exd6 Qxd6 32. Qe6+ Qxe6 33. dxe6 Rc7 34. Nxb6 Re8 35. Rd6 Kg7 36. Bxc6
Ree7 37. Nd5 c4 38. bxc4 { White 2.06; Black 2.29. } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Galligan, Sean"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1911"]
[BlackICU "2034"]
[WhiteClub "Cavan"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506645"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]
[WhiteFullName "Galligan, Se&aacute;n"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qa5 8.
Bd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4 10. Ne2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 f6 13. Nc3 fxe5
14. fxe5 O-O 15. Nb5 Nb6 16. Nd6 Na5 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Bd3 h6 19. Rhf1 Rab8
20. b3 Nc6 21. Ke3 Nc8 22. Nxc8 Rbxc8 23. Nd2 Rxf1 24. Nxf1 g5 25. Ng3 Be8
26. Bb5 Bg6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Ne2 h5 30. g3 Kg7 31. h4 Kh6
32. Ng1 Bb1 33. a3 Bc2 34. b4 g4 35. Ne2 Bg6 36. Nf4 Bf7 37. Kd3 Kg7 38.
Kc3 Kf8 39. Kb3 Ke7 40. Ka4 Kd8 41. Ka5 Kc7 42. Ka6 Kb8 43. Nd3 Bg6 44. Nc5
Bf7 45. a4 Bg6 46. Nxe6 Bc2 47. Nf4 c5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Killane, Jack"]
[Black "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2014"]
[BlackICU "2110"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Carton, Pat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2011"]
[BlackICU "2000"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "Clontarf"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500213"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bergin, Eugene"]
[Black "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1918"]
[BlackICU "1951"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501864"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "McDonnell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2044"]
[BlackICU "1889"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Castlebar"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Collins, William J."]
[Black "Blair, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2060"]
[BlackICU "1991"]
[WhiteClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1954"]
[WhiteClub "Inchicore"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Barry, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2114"]
[BlackICU "2183"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Yellow House"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2500175"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Black "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2232"]
[BlackICU "2151"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500183"]
[BlackFideId "2500140"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3
8. Nxc3 c5 9. d3 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Bh3 Qe7 13. Qd2 d5 14. exd5
exd5 15. Rae1 Qd8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bg2 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 { White offered a
draw. } 18... Qd7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qe2 Qd7
23. Qe3 Kf8 { White 1.32; Black 1.49. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Littleton, Michael"]
[Black "Barrington, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2190"]
[BlackICU "2046"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500159"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "Wallace, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2110"]
[BlackICU "2088"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500892"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.12"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Gibson, John F."]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2104"]
[BlackICU "2044"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503336"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 e5 8.
e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Be6 10. Ng5 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. c3 Qc8 13. f4 h6 14. Ngf3
exf4 15. gxf4 Nh5 16. Nf1 Bh3 17. Qe2 Qg4 18. Ne3 $4 (18. f5 Rfe8 19. Ne3
Nf4 20. Nxg4 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Bxg4 $15) 18... Nxf4 $19 19. Qb5 $2 Qc8 20. Bh1
a6 21. Qc4 Qe6 22. Nd5 Qg4+ 23. Kf2 Bg2 24. Bxg2 Qxg2+ 25. Ke3 Nxd5+ 26.
Qxd5 Rad8 27. Rg1 Qc2 28. Qc4 Rd1 29. Qe2 Qxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Rxg1 { White 2.21;
Black 1.40. } 31. Nxg1 Re8 32. Kf3 Ne5+ 33. Kf4 Nd3+ 34. Kf3 Nc5 35. Bf4
Nxe4 36. Bxc7 Nd2+ 37. Kf2 Nc4 38. Rb1 Re7 39. Bf4 g5 40. Bg3 f5 41. Kg2
Kf7 42. Be1 g4 43. h3 h5 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. b3 Ne3+ 46. Kf2 Bf6 47. Kg3 {
Sealed move. } 47... Kg6 48. Bd2 Bg5 49. Ne2 Nf1+ 50. Rxf1 Rxe2 51. Bf4
Bxf4+ 52. Rxf4 Re3+ 53. Kh4 Rh3# { White 3.22; Black 2.13. } 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blair, David"]
[Black "Devenney, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1991"]
[BlackICU "2102"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2507102"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Black "Collins, William J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1916"]
[BlackICU "2060"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carton, Pat"]
[Black "Galligan, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2000"]
[BlackICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "Clontarf"]
[BlackClub "Cavan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500213"]
[BlackFideId "2506645"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]
[BlackFullName "Galligan, Se&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McDonnell, Gerard"]
[Black "Killane, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1889"]
[BlackICU "2014"]
[WhiteClub "Castlebar"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bergin, Eugene"]
[Black "Griffin, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1918"]
[BlackICU "2011"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1951"]
[BlackICU "1954"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "Inchicore"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501864"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Black "Barry, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2151"]
[BlackICU "2183"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "Yellow House"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500140"]
[BlackFideId "2500175"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

{ Source: <em>Sunday Independent</em>, July 23, 1978 p. 8 (Cyril Hardiman).
} { Annotator: Rolande Anderson (see Source). } { Event information: <a
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1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Na6 7. O-O Nh6 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Nf7 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Rfe1
Ned3 $2 (14... a4 $10) 15. Nc6 $1 $18 ({ Even } 15. exd3 Bxd4 16. Na4 Bxb2
17. Nxb2 $14 { is comfortably better for White. }) 15... bxc6 16. exd3 Ba6
17. dxc6 Rc8 18. Nd5 e5 19. c7 Qe8 20. Qxa5 Bxd3 21. Ba3 Ne4 22. Nb6 Kh8
23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Rad1 Ba6 25. Bxd6 Re8 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rd8 Qe6 28. Qxa6
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2232"]
[BlackICU "2114"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500183"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Be6 8.
d3 Qd7 9. f4 c6 10. b3 Bh3 ({ Better } 10... Bg4) 11. f5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 d5
13. Bg5 dxc4 14. dxc4 h6 15. Qxd7 Nbxd7 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rad1 b6 ({ If }
17... Bf8 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Bxa7) 18. h3 Bf8 19. Rd3 Kg7 20. fxg6 fxg6 21.
Rfd1 Be7 22. Ng1 Nf8 23. Nf3 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 N8d7 ({ Better } 24... N6d7) 25.
g4 Rd8 26. g5 hxg5 27. Bxg5 Kf7 28. Bh4 Bb4 (28... Nh5 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30.
Nxe5+ Ke6 31. Nxd7 Bxh4 32. Nb8 Kd6 $10) 29. Ng5+ Kg8 $6 (29... Ke7 $10)
30. Ne2 (30. Nd1 $14) 30... Re8 31. Ng3 Nc5 $4 ({ "Black blundreed in a
very difficult position", thought Ludgate at the time, but it's equal after
} 31... a5) 32. Rd6 $18 Ncxe4 33. N3xe4 Nxe4 34. Rxg6+ { White 2.21; Black
1.48. } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "Barrington, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2044"]
[BlackICU "2046"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "Littleton, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2110"]
[BlackICU "2190"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500159"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wallace, Paul"]
[Black "Devenney, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2088"]
[BlackICU "2102"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500892"]
[BlackFideId "2507102"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Collins, William J."]
[Black "Carton, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2060"]
[BlackICU "2000"]
[WhiteClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[BlackClub "Clontarf"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500213"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Blair, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2011"]
[BlackICU "1991"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[BlackICU "1916"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.13"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Gibson, John F."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1954"]
[BlackICU "2104"]
[WhiteClub "Inchicore"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "2503336"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system, Randspringer variation"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 f5 5. f3 c6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Qd2 Nf7 8. Bd3
Na6 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. exf5 gxf5 11. O-O e5 12. a3 Nc7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. f4 e4
15. Bc2 Qe7 16. Bd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Ne6 18. Qe3 h5 19. Rad1 h4 20. h3 Nh6
21. b4 a5 22. Qb6 axb4 23. axb4 Bc8 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Kf7 26. Rd1 Ng8
27. b5 Qc5+ 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Rd8 Ba6 { White 2.24; Black
2.15. } 31. Nd4 Ne6 32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. c5 Kf7 34. Bb3+ Kg7 35. Ra8 (35. Rd7+
Kf8 (35... Kg6 36. Rc7 Nf6 37. Bf7+ Kh6 38. Rxc6) 36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. Rxf5 $18
) 35... Bd3 36. Be6 $2 (36. Ra7+ $16) 36... Ne7 $10 37. Rxh8 Kxh8 38. Kf2
Kg7 39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Bd7 Bf1 { White 2.28; Black 2.27. } 41. Kf2 { Sealed
move. } 41... Bc4 42. g3 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Killane, Jack"]
[Black "Galligan, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2014"]
[BlackICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Cavan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500949"]
[BlackFideId "2506645"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]
[BlackFullName "Galligan, Se&aacute;n"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Black "McDonnell, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1951"]
[BlackICU "1889"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "Castlebar"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501864"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bergin, Eugene"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1918"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2044"]
[BlackICU "2232"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[BlackFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d5 f5 9. Ne1 Nf6 10. f3 f4 11. Nd3 b6 12. b4 a5 13. Ba3 Bd7 14. bxa5 Rxa5
15. Bb4 Ra7 16. a4 g5 17. Ra3 { White offered a draw. } 17... Ng6 18. Qa1
h5 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Qxa5 g4 22. Nb5 Ne8 23. c5 $6 (23. Ra1 $1
Nh4 24. Ne1 $14) (23. Nxc7 Qxc7 ({ or } 23... Nxc7 24. Bxd6 $10) 24. Qxc7
Nxc7 25. Bxd6 $10 { &#40;Ludgate&#41; }) 23... g3 24. cxd6 $2 (24. h3 Qh4
25. Bd1 $1 Bxh3 26. gxh3 Qxh3 27. Qa2 $10) 24... Qh4 25. h3 Bxh3 $1 $19 26.
gxh3 Qxh3 27. Rf2 Nh4 28. Ne1 gxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 cxd6 31. Nxd6
Nxd6 32. Bxd6 Rf6 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Bd1 Rg6 35. Bc5 Ng2 { White 1.35; Black
1.52. } 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Barrington, Conor"]
[Black "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2046"]
[BlackICU "2151"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500140"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.14"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Barry, Colm"]
[Black "Collins, William J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2183"]
[BlackICU "2060"]
[WhiteClub "Yellow House"]
[BlackClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500175"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.14"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Littleton, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2114"]
[BlackICU "2190"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2500159"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.14"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2102"]
[BlackICU "2110"]
[WhiteClub "Bangor"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.14"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Wallace, Paul"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2088"]
[BlackICU "2034"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500892"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation, main line"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+
14. Kxd2 O-O 15. Rhe1 Ne4+ 16. Bxe4 Rxf4 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. Ke3 Nxf3 19. Kxf4
Nxe1 20. Rxe1 $10 Bd7 21. Ke5 Bc6 22. Re2 Kf7 23. Re3 h6 24. Rg3 Rd8 25.
Rf3+ Ke7 26. Rg3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McDonnell, Gerard"]
[Black "Griffin, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1889"]
[BlackICU "2011"]
[WhiteClub "Castlebar"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blair, David"]
[Black "Killane, Jack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1991"]
[BlackICU "2014"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.14"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Gibson, John F."]
[Black "Carton, Pat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2104"]
[BlackICU "2000"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Clontarf"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503336"]
[BlackFideId "2500213"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d6 5. d3 Nh6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 c6 8.
c3 Na6 9. Re1 e5 10. a4 f4 11. d4 Qe7 12. h3 (12. gxf4 exd4 13. cxd4 Rxf4
14. e5 $14) 12... g5 13. g4 Nxg4 $6 (13... Nf7 $10) 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15. Qb3+
$2 (15. b4 $16) 15... Be6 16. d5 Bf7 17. Bf1 (17. Nh2 $10) 17... g4 $17 18.
Nh2 Qh4 19. Qd1 Bh5 $19 20. Nxg4 Bxg4 21. f3 Bh3 22. Re2 Rf6 23. Rh2 Rg6+
$2 (23... Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Rh6 $19) 24. Kh1 Rg3 25. dxc6 $2 (25. Nc4 $14) 25...
Kh8 $1 { White 2.18; Black 1.48. } 26. cxb7 (26. Qe2 Rg8 27. Qf2 Bf6 28.
Bxh3 Qxh3 29. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 30. Qh2 Rxh2+ 31. Kxh2 bxc6 $17) 26... Rg8 $19 27.
Qb3 Bf6 28. Qxg8+ Rxg8 29. Bxh3 Qg3 30. Bf5 Qg1# { White 2.29; Black 1.54.
} 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Bergin, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1954"]
[BlackICU "1918"]
[WhiteClub "Inchicore"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Black "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1916"]
[BlackICU "1951"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501864"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Galligan, Sean"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "Cavan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506645"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]
[WhiteFullName "Galligan, Se&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Littleton, Michael"]
[Black "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2190"]
[BlackICU "2232"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500159"]
[BlackFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. g3 Ne7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. b3 N7c6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Bb2 Nd4 13. Qd2 Be6 ({
"Better } 13... Bh3 $10 { " &#40;Ludgate&#41;, but White can reply } 14. f4
$16) { Black offered a draw. } 14. Nd5 $2 (14. f4 $16) 14... Nc6 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Qc3+ f6 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. Nd5 Rc8 20. f4 Ne7 21. e5
Nxd5 22. Bxd5 dxe5 23. fxe5 $6 ({ "Better } 23. Rfe1 $16 { "
&#40;Ludgate&#41; $#40; } { &#41; }) (23. Bxb7 $16 { is also good. }) 23...
Qxe5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 25. Bxb7 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rf8 { Black offered a draw. }
27. Rxf8 ({ " } 27. Re1 Kf6 $10 { " &#40;Ludgate&#41;. "Now Black has a
winning ending" &#40;unknown annotator, ICU games archive&#41;, but the
move played is fine and the game should still be easily drawn. }) 27...
Kxf8 28. Bd5 $6 (28. c5 $14) 28... c5 { White 2.20; Black 1.50. } 29. Kf2 {
White offered a draw. } 29... a5 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. h4 Bf5 32. Be4 Kf6 { White
2.25; Black 2.00. } 33. Kf3 h5 34. Ke3 $2 ({ The losing move. } 34. Bc6 Bb1
35. a3 Bc2 36. Ba4 g5 37. Ke3 gxh4 (37... g4 38. Kd2 { and White is no
worse }) 38. gxh4 { and the black king has no way to infiltrate. }) 34...
Bxe4 35. Kxe4 Ke6 36. a3 Kd6 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Kf3 Kf6 39. Ke4 Ke6 40. a4 Kd6
41. Kf3 { The sealed move. Black is winning. White's only remaining hope
lies with a suitably timed break via b4. } 41... Ke7 42. Ke3 Kf6 43. Ke4
Ke6 44. Ke3 Kf5 45. Kf3 e4+ 46. Ke2 g5 $1 (46... Kg4 47. Ke3 Kxg3 $2 ({
it's not too late to turn back with } 47... Kf5) 48. Kxe4 Kg4 (48... Kxh4
$4 49. b4 $1 { and White even wins }) 49. b4 $1 cxb4 50. c5 b3 51. Kd3 Kf5
52. Kc3 Ke5 53. Kxb3 Kd5 54. c6 Kxc6 55. Kc4 $10) 47. hxg5 Kxg5 48. Ke3 Kf5
49. Ke2 Kg4 50. Kf2 Kh3 $1 51. b4 axb4 52. a5 b3 53. a6 b2 54. a7 b1=Q 55.
a8=Q Qc2+ 56. Ke1 Qc1+ 57. Ke2 Qxc4+ 58. Ke1 Qc3+ 59. Ke2 Qd3+ 60. Ke1
Qxg3+ 61. Ke2 c4 62. Qe8 h4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Barry, Colm"]
[Black "Barrington, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2183"]
[BlackICU "2046"]
[WhiteClub "Yellow House"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500175"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.15"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Black "Wallace, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2151"]
[BlackICU "2088"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500140"]
[BlackFideId "2500892"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2110"]
[BlackICU "2044"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.15"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Griffin, John"]
[Black "Collins, William J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2011"]
[BlackICU "2060"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Blair, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[BlackICU "1991"]
[WhiteClub "Fisherwick"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5 Nbd7"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8.
Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 N7f6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd3 b6 14.
Ne5 Bb7 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. f4 Ne4 17. g4 Rac8 18. Qe2 Qh4 19. Qg2 Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rf1 f5 22. g5 Rc7 23. Nf3 Qg4 24. Qxg4 fxg4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26.
Ne5 Bd5 27. a3 h5 28. Rf2 Bb7 29. Kg2 Rc1 30. g6 Ba6 31. Kg3 Bd3 32. Nxd3
exd3 33. Rd2 Rc2 34. Rxd3 Rxb2 35. Rc3 Kf8 36. Rc7 h4+ 37. Kxg4 Rxh2 38.
Rf7+ Kg8 39. Rxa7 Rg2+ 40. Kxh4 Rxg6 41. Rb7 Rg1 42. Rxb6 Kf7 43. a4 Kf6
44. d5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Killane, Jack"]
[Black "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2014"]
[BlackICU "1951"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "U.C.C."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500949"]
[BlackFideId "2501864"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gibson, John F."]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2104"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503336"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Galligan, Sean"]
[Black "Devenney, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1911"]
[BlackICU "2102"]
[WhiteClub "Cavan"]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506645"]
[BlackFideId "2507102"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]
[WhiteFullName "Galligan, Se&aacute;n"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carton, Pat"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2000"]
[BlackICU "2114"]
[WhiteClub "Clontarf"]
[BlackClub "Refinery"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500213"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1916"]
[BlackICU "1954"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "Inchicore"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bergin, Eugene"]
[Black "McDonnell, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1918"]
[BlackICU "1889"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "Castlebar"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ludgate, Alan"]
[Black "Griffin, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[WhiteICU "2232"]
[BlackICU "2011"]
[BlackClub "Dundrum"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500183"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O Na6 9. b3 Nh5 10. Bb2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ba3 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Re8 14.
b4 Bf8 15. c5 Nc7 16. Bb2 Rb8 17. Rd2 Be6 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. Nc1 Ncd5 20.
N3e2 Bf7 21. Nd3 e4 22. Ndc1 Bg7 23. a3 Rbd8 24. Nd4 Nd7 25. Bf1 Ne5 {
Black offered a draw. } 26. Be2 Rd7 27. Ncb3 Red8 28. Na5 Re8 29. Ndb3 Red8
30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Bc4 g5 32. Kh1 { "At the end -/+, thought Ludgate at the
time, but it's a modest =/+. White 2.05; Black 2.28. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.16"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Curtin, Eugene"]
[Black "McDaid, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2151"]
[BlackICU "2110"]
[WhiteClub "Dundrum"]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500140"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.16"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Devenney, Ray"]
[Black "Barrington, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2102"]
[BlackICU "2046"]
[WhiteClub "Bangor"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507102"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Littleton, Michael"]
[Black "Barry, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteICU "2190"]
[BlackICU "2183"]
[WhiteClub "Collegians"]
[BlackClub "Yellow House"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500159"]
[BlackFideId "2500175"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2114"]
[BlackICU "2034"]
[WhiteClub "Refinery"]
[BlackClub "Fisherwick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. d4 f5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nc6 8.
O-O e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. b3 Be6 11. Ba3 Rf7 12. Qc2 g5 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. Nd5
Rd8 15. Nec3 Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. a3 h5 18. b4 e4 19. f4 g4 20. Kf2 Kg7
21. Rd2 Rfd7 22. Rfd1 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Ne7 25. Qc3+ Kg6 26. Qe5
Qf7 27. d6 Nc6 28. Qc5 Qf8 29. Bxe4 $5 (29. Bf1 $15) 29... Rxd6 $2 (29...
cxd6 $1 $15) 30. Rxd6+ $2 (30. Bd3 $14) 30... cxd6 $17 31. Qd5 fxe4 32.
Qg5+ Kh7 33. b5 $2 (33. Qxh5+ $17) 33... Na5 $2 (33... Ne7 $19) 34. Rd5 $10
Qf7 35. Qxd8 Qxd5 36. Qxa5 Qc5 37. Qa4 d5 38. Qb3 b6 39. Ke2 Kg6 $2 (39...
Qc1 $10) 40. Kf2 $2 (40. Kd2 $1 $16 { as White will take control of the
long diagonal. }) 40... Kf5 $2 (40... Qc1 $10) 41. Qb2 Qc7 42. a4 Qd6 $4 (
42... Ke6 $10 { . The possibility of the black queen inflitrating down the
c-file was the only factor holding the balance. }) 43. Qc3 $18 ({ Or } 43.
Qh8 $18) 43... Ke6 44. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McCarthy, Pat"]
[Black "Blair, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1951"]
[BlackICU "1991"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.C."]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501864"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wallace, Paul"]
[Black "O'Hare, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2088"]
[BlackICU "1916"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "City of Derry"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500892"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "Carton, Pat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2044"]
[BlackICU "2000"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Clontarf"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[BlackFideId "2500213"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Collins, William J."]
[Black "McDonnell, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "2060"]
[BlackICU "1889"]
[WhiteClub "C.I.Y.M.S."]
[BlackClub "Castlebar"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bergin, Eugene"]
[Black "Gibson, John F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1918"]
[BlackICU "2104"]
[WhiteClub "City of Derry"]
[BlackClub "Collegians"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2503336"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. e4 Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 d6 9. Qd2 f5 10. Bh6 f4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ne2 fxg3 13. fxg3 h6 14. h3
b5 15. c3 Qb6 16. Kh2 Bb7 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. d5 Nb8 20. b3 g5 $2
(20... Nd7 21. a3 Nf6 $15) 21. h4 $16 g4 $4 22. Ng5 $1 $18 Rxf1 23. Rxf1
Re8 24. Nf7 Ng8 25. Nxh6 Nxh6 { White 1.30; Black 1.56. } 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27.
Rf6 Ng8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Galligan, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1954"]
[BlackICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "Inchicore"]
[BlackClub "Cavan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "2506645"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]
[BlackFullName "Galligan, Se&aacute;n"]

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[Event "Irish Championship 1978"]
[Site "Galway IRL"]
[Date "1978.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Killane, Jack"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "2014"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500949"]
[EventDate "1978.07.08"]

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