[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smith, Andrew Philip"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[BlackICU "1932"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500833"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8.
Qd1 Nbc6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qa4 11. dxc5 Ng6 12. Be2 Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5
14. O-O Nc4 15. Bc1 Bd7 16. Rb1 Bb5 17. f4 f5 18. g4 g6 19. Qd4 Kf7 20.
gxf5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[WhiteICU "2071"]
[BlackICU "2237"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1
8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Ke7 11. Rac1 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14.
Ne2 Ne4 15. Be1 Rac8 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. Nd4 a5 18. Nb5 Bxf4 19. exf4 Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 Nec5 21. Bc2 Rc8 22. Na7 Ra8 23. Nb5 Rc8 24. Na7 Ra8 25. Nb5 b3 26.
Bb1 Nxa4 27. Nc7 Ra7 28. Nb5 Ra6 29. Nc7 Rc6 30. Rxc6 Bxc6 31. Bxa5 Nxb2
32. Bc3 Na4 33. Bb4+ Kd8 34. Ba5 Ndb6 35. Na6 Kc8 36. Nb4 Bb5 37. Nd3 Bxd3
38. Bxd3 b2 39. Bd2 Nd5 40. f5 e5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "2012"]
[BlackICU "2171"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500930"]
[BlackFideId "2500477"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. Be2 Bc5 7. O-O Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 h6 10. a3 a5 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Kh8 13. Kh2 Ng8 14. Bd2 Nd4
15. Ne2 c6 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Qc2 Ne7 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 c5 20. h4 Nc6
21. f4 Nd4 22. f5 a4 23. Bf3 Qa5 24. Rf2 Rfb8 25. Raf1 Qxc3 26. bxc3 Nxf3+
27. Rxf3 b5 28. f6 g6 29. Rd1 Ra6 30. cxb5 Rxb5 31. d4 cxd4 32. cxd4 Rb3
33. Rdd3 Rab6 34. dxe5 dxe5 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rf2 Rb2 37. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 38. Kh3
Rb6 39. Ra8 Rxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hurley, John"]
[Black "Brady, Cormac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[WhiteICU "2015"]
[BlackICU "1922"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500906"]
[BlackFideId "2500825"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 Be7
8. Bxg7 Rg8 9. Bb2 b6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd2 Bb7
14. c4 Qc5 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. Kh1 f5 17. f3 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Qh5 19. Bf6 Qf7
20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. c5 Kb8 22. b4 b5 23. a4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qg7 25. Ra2 e5 26.
axb5 d5 27. cxd6 Rxd6 28. Qe2 Qg5 29. bxa6 Rb6 30. a7+ Ka8 31. Qe4+ Rb7 32.
b5 Qe7 33. Re1 Qe6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[WhiteICU "2317"]
[BlackICU "2033"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "4604415"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, Alapin gambit"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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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. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. dxe5 Qh6 12. Nf1 Rd8 13. Bxf4 Qxf4 14.
Qc1 Qxc1 15. Raxc1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 g5 17. Kg2 Bg7 18. Ng3 Bxe5 19. Rcd1 Ke7
20. c3 h4 21. Ne2 Rhg8 22. f4 gxf4+ 23. Kf3 Rd6 24. Nd4 Rdg6 25. Nf5+ Ke6
26. Rh1 Bf6 27. Kxf4 Bg5+ 28. Kf3 Ke5 29. Rd7 Rd8 30. Rhd1 Rgg8 31. Rxd8
Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Bxd8 33. Nh6 Kf6 34. Kg4 Kg6 35. Nf5 a5 36. f4 a4 37. b3 axb3
38. axb3 c5 39. c4 b6 40. e5 Kh7 41. Nxh4 c6 42. Nf3 b5 43. Ng5+ Kg8 44.
Ne4 bxc4 45. bxc4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Welsh, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "2301"]
[BlackICU "2094"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SUI"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "1303325"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Goldman (Spielmann) variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. d4 Ngf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7
8. O-O-O Nb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Bb3 f5 11. Ng3 a5 12. a3 a4 13. Ba2 Nd5 14.
N1e2 Qc7 15. Kb1 b5 16. c3 Nf6 17. Nf4 Bd6 18. Nd3 Bb7 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20.
Qxh5 O-O-O 21. Rhe1 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxf7 Be4+ 25. Ka1
Qxf2 26. Qxe6+ Kb7 27. Qe7+ Kc6 28. Qe6+ Kb7 29. Rd7+ Rxd7 30. Qxd7+ Ka6
31. Rd1 Rb8 32. c4 Qc2 33. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[BlackICU "2218"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "2500639"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7
8. O-O Nc5 9. Qe2 b5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 h6 14.
Bf4 b4 15. Na4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nd5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxg7 Nxf4 19. Qxh8+ Kd7
20. Qd4+ Nd5 21. Rad1 Bd6 $18 { ... ? } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Muntadas, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[BlackICU "1883"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500957"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nh6 6. Be2 Nf5 7. O-O h5 8. Na3
Be7 9. Nc2 Qb6 10. Ne3 g6 11. Nxf5 gxf5 12. h4 cxd4 13. c4 Bd7 14. Bd3
O-O-O 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Rh7 17. Rb1 h4 18. Kh2 Rg8 19. f3 Qc7 20. Qe2
Kd8 { ... ? } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Crichton, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Shorts"]
[BlackClub "Cavendish ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500973"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 d6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Rb1 f5 8.
Bd3 Bg7 9. Nh3 Qa5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 12. Qh5 Qf6 13. Nf4 b5 14. c4
b4 15. Bc2 h6 16. h4 a5 17. Rfe1 Rg8 18. g3 a4 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 Qxe6
21. Bxf5 Qxc4 22. Rbc1 Qxa2 23. Be4 Rg6 24. Bxa8 a3 25. Re2 Qe6 26. Bd5 Qf6
27. Bb3 Nc6 28. Ba4 Kd7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[WhiteICU "2156"]
[BlackICU "2364"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500450"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. e3 Nd7 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 O-O 10. e4 e5 11. d5 c5 12. a3 Ne8 13. Rb1 f5 14. b4 Nb6
15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Nd6 18. Be3 b6 19. Qc2 Qh4 20. a4 Bh6
21. Rb3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Qf6 24. a5 Re7 25. axb6 axb6 26. Rb1
Rb7 27. Reb3 fxe4 28. Bg4 Rfb8 29. Be6+ Kg7 30. Qe2 Qf4 31. g3 Qf6 32. Kg2
Qe7 33. f3 b5 34. cxb5 c4 35. Rb4 exf3+ 36. Qxf3 Rxb5 37. Rxb5 Rxb5 38.
Rxb5 Nxb5 39. Qe2 Qc7 40. d6 Qc6+ 41. Kh2 Qxd6 42. Bxc4 Nd4 43. Qe4 Qf6 44.
Kg2 Qf5 45. Bd3 Qxe4+ 46. Bxe4 Ne6 47. h4 Nc5 48. Bc6 e4 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. g4
Nd3+ 51. Ke3 Ne5 52. Bxe4 Nxg4+ 53. Kf4 Ne5 54. Kg3 h6 55. Kf4 Nc4 56. Bc6
Nd6 57. Ba4 h5 58. Kg3 Ke5 59. Bc6 Nf5+ 60. Kh3 Kf4 61. Be8 Ne7 62. Bd7 Kf3
63. Be8 Kf2 64. Bf7 Ke3 65. Kg3 Ke4 66. Be8 Ke5 67. Bf7 Kf6 68. Be8 Nf5+
69. Kh3 Nd6 70. Ba4 Ke5 71. Bc6 Kf4 72. Bd7 Kf3 73. Bc6+ Kf2 74. Bd7 Nc4
75. Be6 Ne3 76. Bd7 Nd5 77. Bc8 Nf4+ 78. Kh2 Kf3 79. Bd7 Nd3 80. Kh3 Ne5
81. Bc8 Kf4 82. Be6 Nf3 83. Bd7 g5 84. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[BlackICU "2227"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500612"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Wade) variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. Nc3 c6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. exf3 Ngf6 7. d5 cxd5
8. cxd5 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 b5 13. b3 Nb6 14. a3
Qb8 15. Qd2 Qb7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. f4 Rc7 18. Bf3 Rfc8 19. Ne2 Rxc1 20. Nxc1
Nfd7 21. Bd4 Qc7 22. Ne2 Qc2 23. Bxg7 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Kxg7 25. Nd4 Rc1+ 26.
Kh2 Nf6 27. g4 Ra1 28. Nc6 Rxa3 29. g5 Nfd7 30. Bd1 a5 31. Nxe7 f5 32. Nc6
a4 33. Nd4 axb3 34. Nxb3 Kf7 35. Nd4 b4 36. Nb5 Nc4 37. Rd4 Ra5 38. Rxc4
Rxb5 39. Rc7 b3 40. Rxd7+ Ke8 41. Rxd6 b2 42. Bc2 b1=Q 43. Bxb1 Rxb1 44.
Ra6 Rb7 45. h4 Kf7 46. h5 Rb2 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Rxh7 gxh5 49. d6 Ke8 50. Kg2
Rb4 51. Kg3 Rb3+ 52. f3 Rd3 53. d7+ Kd8 54. g6 h4+ 55. Kxh4 Rd1 56. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2174"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "closed system"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8.
O-O Nh5 9. b3 f5 10. f4 Nf6 11. Bb2 Ng4 12. Nd5 e4 13. Qd2 a5 14. a3 Nb8
15. Ndc3 Nd7 16. Rfd1 c6 17. Bf1 h6 18. h3 Ngf6 19. Qc2 h5 20. h4 Ng4 21.
Qd2 Qb6 22. Nc1 Kh7 23. Be2 Ndf6 24. Kg2 Be6 25. Re1 Rfd8 26. Bd1 Kh6 27.
N1e2 Qa7 28. a4 Qb6 29. Ng1 Qc7 30. Nh3 b6 31. Rc1 d5 32. Ng5 Bg8 33. Be2
Qe7 34. Nb1 Qb4 35. Qxb4 Nxe3+ 36. Kf2 Nfg4+ 37. Kg1 axb4 38. cxd5 Bxd5 39.
Nd2 c5 40. Nc4 cxd4 { ... ? } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1810"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hurley, John"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[WhiteICU "2015"]
[BlackICU "2317"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2500906"]
[BlackFideId "4604415"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Hungarian defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8.
Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bb3 a5
15. a3 Na6 16. Nc3 Qb6 17. Be3 Qb7 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. Nd2 Ng4 20. Nf1 Rfb8 21.
Bd2 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ne2 b3 24. Bd3 Nc5 25. Rxa8 Qxa8 26. Bb1 Qa1 27.
f3 Nf6 28. Bc3 Qa7 29. Kh1 Na4 30. Bd3 h5 31. Nd2 Qf2 32. Rf1 Qe3 33. Nc4
Qc5 34. Nd2 Qe3 35. Nc4 Qa7 36. Nd2 Nc5 37. Bc4 Qa4 38. Qa1 Bb5 39. Qxa4
Bxa4 40. Ra1 Nfd7 41. Nc1 Bg5 42. Ra3 Nb6 43. Be2 Ra8 44. g3 Be3 45. Kg2 g6
46. Bb4 Rc8 47. Bc3 Bxd2 48. Bxd2 Ncd7 49. Bd3 Nc4 50. Rxa4 Nxd2 51. Ra7
Nc5 52. Kf2 Nxd3+ 53. Nxd3 Rc2 54. Rb7 Nxe4+ 55. Ke3 Nd2 56. g4 Nf1+ 57.
Ke4 Re2# 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[WhiteICU "2237"]
[BlackICU "2034"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "King's pawn game"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. c3 exd4 6. cxd4 Qf6 7. Be3 g6 8.
Nc3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bg7 11. O-O-O Nge7 12. Kb1 f5 13. Rhe1 O-O-O
14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 f4 16. Bxf4 Nxd4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Nec6
20. Re3 Rhf8 21. Bd5 Rd6 22. Red3 Rfd8 23. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2301"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bf5 7. Re1 e6 8.
c4 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nb4 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Qe5 Nf6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Qb5+ Nc6 15. d5 a6 $2 (15... Qb6 $1 $10) 16. Qxb7 Na5 $6 (16... Ne7 $16)
17. Qb4 Rb8 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Nc3 $18 Rxb2 $4 21. Qa3+ Kg7 22.
Qxb2 Qd3 23. Ne5 Qd4 24. Rad1 Bxe5 25. Rxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxe6 Rf8 27. Re2 Rf5
28. Qb4 Nc6 29. Qb7+ Rf7 30. Qxc6 Bxc3 31. Qxc4 Bf6 32. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[WhiteICU "1810"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500833"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, 6.Be2"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a6 8.
a4 O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Bf3 d5 14. e5
Ne4 15. Qe2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. a5 Bc5 19. Bd4 Bb5 20. Qf2
Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qc7 22. c3 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Qe3 Rcf8 25. g3 Kh8 26. Be2
Bxe2 27. Qxe2 h6 28. Ra3 Qf7 29. c4 Rf5 30. cxd5 e5 31. Rd1 exf4 32. d6
fxg3 33. Rxg3 Rf2 34. Qd3 Rxb2 35. d7 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[BlackClub "Shorts"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500612"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d5 O-O 7. a3 Bc5 8.
e3 c6 9. Na4 Ba7 10. dxe6 dxe6 11. Bc3 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14.
Nxc3 Nc5 15. O-O-O Qf6 16. e4 Bb8 17. Rhe1 Bd7 18. e5 Qh6+ 19. Kb1 Be8 20.
Na4 Nxa4 21. Qxa4 c5 22. Qc2 Bc6 23. Be2 Be4 24. Bd3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qxh2 26.
Qe2 Qf4 27. Bc2 Bc7 28. Rd7 Rf7 29. Qd3 Bxe5 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Qd7+ Kf6 32.
Qb5 b6 33. Rd1 Qxf3 { So White is three pawns down with no compensation.
Somehow Black fails to convert. } 34. Qd7 Rb8 35. Rg1 Rg8 36. Qd2 Qf4 37.
Qe2 Qd4 38. Ba4 Qe4+ 39. Qxe4 fxe4 40. Bc2 h5 41. Bxe4 g5 42. Kc2 g4 43. b3
Bd4 44. Rf1 Ke5 45. Bh1 Rf8 46. f3 g3 47. Bg2 Kf4 48. Re1 Be3 49. Rh1 Rd8
50. Rd1 Bd4 (50... Rxd1 51. Kxd1 Bc1 { is the simplest of many winning
continuations. }) 51. Re1 e5 52. Re4+ Kg5 53. Kc1 a4 54. bxa4 h4 55. Kc2
Rf8 56. Rg4+ Kh5 57. Re4 Rg8 58. Re2 Rg5 59. Kd3 Bf2 60. Ke4 ({ Black has
made it all much tougher than it needed to be. It was essential to turn
back via ( } 60. Ke4 { ) } 60... Bd4 { , e.g. } 61. Re1 Rg8 62. Rb1 Ra8 63.
Rxb6 Kg5 (63... Rxa4 $2 64. f4 $1 $10) { and the win should still be there.
}) 60... h3 $2 61. Bxh3 g2 62. Bxg2 Rxg2 63. Rb2 Kg5 64. Rxb6 Bd4 65. Rb3
Rh2 66. a5 Rh8 67. a6 Rh6 68. a7 Ra6 69. Rb7 Rxa3 70. Rf7 Ra6 71. Kd5 Kg6
72. Rc7 Kf5 73. Rf7+ Kg5 74. Ke4 Kh4 75. Rg7 Kh3 76. Kd5 Bf2 77. Rh7+ Kg2
78. Kxe5 Kxf3 79. Kd5 Ke2 80. Ke4 Bd4 81. Rh2+ Kd1 82. Rh7 Kc2 83. Rf7 Kc3
84. Kd5 Kd3 85. Rf3+ Ke2 86. Rf7 Ke3 87. Re7+ Kf4 88. Rf7+ Kg5 89. Rc7 Be3
90. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Quinn, Mark"]
[Black "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[WhiteICU "2364"]
[BlackICU "2012"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500450"]
[BlackFideId "2500930"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
exd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 a6 12. h4 Nf6 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Rc1
Rc8 15. b4 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa7 17. Bd6 Rfe8 18. Bc5 Qb8 19. Nec3 Bf8 20. Nb6
Rcd8 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Qf3 Bg7 23. Rfd1 Ne7 24. b5 axb5 25. Bf1 Rc8 26.
Bxb5 Nc6 27. a4 Nd5 28. Ne2 Rdd8 29. h5 Nce7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. a5 Nc6 32.
Ra1 Nxa5 33. Rxa5 b6 34. Bxb6 Qxb6 35. Qa3 Qd6 36. Qa1 Nc7 37. Bc4 Ra8 38.
Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McMahon, Daire"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "2171"]
[BlackClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500477"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8.
d5 Ne7 9. Rb1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. f4 Ng6 13. Qd2 Rf7 14. Kh1
Bh6 15. Rbe1 Kh8 16. Nd1 Ng7 17. Nf2 exf4 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20.
Qxf4 Qf6 21. Ne4 fxe4 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Nh5 24. Rf7 Be6 25. dxe6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[WhiteICU "2218"]
[BlackICU "2156"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500639"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8.
exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 e6 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Nxa7 Rxa7 14.
Qxb6 dxc3 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. bxc3 O-O 18. Bd6 Ra6 19. Qc5 Bxd6
20. Rxd6 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. g3 h6 23. Qb5 Rb6 24. Qe2 Qc7 25. Rd1 Ra6
26. Rd2 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Welsh, Michael"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[WhiteICU "2094"]
[BlackICU "2227"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "SUI"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1303325"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. a4 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nb5 a6 11. Na3 Bf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. c3 Ne4 14.
Bf4 e6 15. Nc2 Kh8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qh4 18. g3 Qe7 19. f3 Nc5 20. Nd4
Qc7 21. Re1 Nd7 22. Qe2 Qc5 23. Be3 Qe7 24. f4 Rg8 25. Nf3 Bh6 26. Kf2 Rac8
27. Bd4 Nc5 28. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Kxe3 Bf8 31. Kd3 Bc5 32. Re2
Ba7 33. Nd2 Bc5 34. Nf3 Be7 35. Rg1 Rc4 36. b3 Rc7 37. Rc2 Rd8 38. Nd4 h5
39. h4 Bc5 40. Rgg2 Kg8 41. Nf3 Be7 42. Nd4 Kf8 43. Rg1 Ke8 44. Rgc1 Kd7
45. Ne2 f6 46. exf6 Bxf6 47. c4 dxc4+ 48. Rxc4 Ke8+ 49. Ke3 Rcd7 50. b4
Rd3+ 51. Kf2 Rb3 52. R1c2 Rd7 53. Nc1 Rb2 54. Rxb2 Bxb2 55. Ne2 Kd8 56. Ke3
Bf6 57. b5 axb5 58. axb5 Rd5 59. b6 Rb5 60. Rc7 Rxb6 61. Rf7 Rb3+ 62. Kd2
Ba1 63. Rh7 b5 64. Rxh5 b4 65. Rh7 Rb2+ 66. Kd3 Rb1 67. Kc2 Rb2+ 68. Kd3 b3
69. Ra7 $4 (69. Rb7 $10) 69... Rb1 70. Rb7 Rd1+ 71. Kc4 b2 72. Nc3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "1932"]
[BlackICU "2174"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "closed system"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e3 O-O 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. b3 Qf6 13. Bb2 Nf3+ 14.
Bxf3 Qxf3 15. Qd1 Bc6 16. Qxf3 Bxf3 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. e4 Re8 19. Re3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Brady, Cormac"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[WhiteICU "2033"]
[BlackICU "1922"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500825"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
a4 Rb8 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Nh4 a6 11. f4 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Ne3 b4 14. f5 Nde5
15. Kh1 Bd7 16. Nd5 e6 17. Ne3 Nd4 18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. dxc4 exf5 20. exf5 Nxf5
21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Ra6 Be5 23. Bh6 Re8 24. b3 Qc7 25. Bd5 Be6 26. Qf3 Bxd5
27. Qxd5 Qb7 28. Qxb7 Rxb7 29. Re1 Rbb8 30. Kg2 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Kf3
f6 33. Be3 Kf7 34. Ke4 Ke6 35. Re2 Ra1 36. Bf4 Rd1 37. Bxe5 dxe5 38. Ke3 f5
39. Rf2 e4 40. Ke2 Rc1 41. Kd2 Ra1 42. Ke3 Rd1 43. Ke2 Rd6 44. Rf1 g5 45.
Ra1 Ke5 46. h3 f4 47. gxf4+ gxf4 48. Rg1 Rg6 49. Rd1 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 f3 51.
Rd8 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Crichton, Martin"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[BlackICU "2071"]
[WhiteClub "Cavendish ENG"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500973"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 O-O 8.
d4 d6 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. a4 h6 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Bc4 Nh5
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. a5 Nf4 17. Re3 Rf7 18. Kh2 Raf8 19. g3 Nh5 20. Kg2 Bf6
21. Nc4 g5 22. b3 Qc7 23. Rd3 Be7 24. Ra2 Nf6 25. Qe2 g4 26. hxg4 Nxg4 27.
Qd1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Nh2 Nxh2 30. Kxh2 Qd7 31. Rd2 Rxf2+ 32. Kg1 Rxd2
33. Qxd2 Qxd2 34. Bxd2 Kg7 35. Nd6 Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muntadas, Alan"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1883"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500957"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[WhiteICU "2317"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[BlackClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "4604415"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Annotator: John Hurley, <em>Sunday Tribune</em>, July 14, 1996 p. 62
(M30). } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 e5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 h5 7. Nd5 Nf6 8. d3
Nxd5 9. exd5 Nb8 10. h4 Bg4 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qb3 b5 13. O-O bxc4 14. dxc4
Na6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qb8 17. Qc2 Nb4 18. Qb1 Qc8 19. Re1 Bf5 20. Be4
Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qg4 22. Qe2 f6 23. Be3 Qf5 24. Rec1 g5 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. a3
Nd3 27. Rc3 Nf4 28. Qc2 Qg4 29. Qa4+ Kf7 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Rb3 h4 32. Rb7+
Kf6 33. Qc6 Rad8 34. Qc7 Qg8 35. Qe7+ Kf5 36. Qf7+ Qxf7 37. Rxf7+ Kg4 38.
gxf4 exf4 39. f3+ Kg3 40. Rg7+ Kxf3 41. Rf1+ Ke3 42. Re7+ Kd3 43. Rxf4 a5
44. b3 Rdf8 45. Rfe4 Rf3 46. Kg2 Rg3+ 47. Kh2 Rhg8 48. Rxh4 Kc2 49. Re6
Kxb3 50. Rxd6 Rg2+ 51. Kh1 R2g4 52. Rh5 Kxc4 53. Rc6 R4g5 54. Rxg5 Rxg5 55.
d6 Rd5 56. Rb6 Kd4 57. Kg2 c4 58. Kf2 Kc5 59. Rb8 Rxd6 60. Ke2 Rd3 61. a4
Rb3 62. Rc8+ Kb4 63. Kd2 Rb2+ 64. Kc1 Rh2 65. Rc7 Kc3 66. Kb1 Rb2+ 67. Kc1
Ra2 68. Kb1 Rxa4 69. Rh7 Kb3 70. Rh2 c3 $2 ({ &#91;RR } 70... Rb4 ({ and }
70... Ra3) { are the only moves that win.&#93; }) 71. Rb2+ Kc4 72. Rh2 Rb4+
73. Ka2 Kb5 74. Rh5+ Ka4 75. Rc5 Rb2+ 76. Ka1 Rb3 77. Ka2 $2 ({ &#91;RR }
77. Rc4+ { (or rook to any vacant square on the c-file) draws.&#93; })
77... Ra3+ 78. Kb1 Kb3 79. Rc8 Ra4 80. Rb8+ Rb4 81. Rc8 a4 82. Rc7 a3 83.
Ra7 c2+ 84. Kc1 a2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smith, Andrew Philip"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[BlackICU "2237"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500833"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd2 c6 7. Bc4 Nf6
8. Qe2 Bb4 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 13. Rxd2
cxd5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Kb1 Rac8 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Rc4 18. Rb3 Rb8 19.
Qh5 h6 20. Rc1 Qd2 21. a3 b5 22. Qf3 a6 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Rbc8 25. Rg3
g6 26. Re3 R8c5 27. f3 h5 28. Re2 g5 29. Rd1 Rf4 30. c3 Rcc4 31. Rd3 g4 32.
fxg4 hxg4 33. h4 gxh3 34. Rxh3 Rce4 35. Rhe3 Rf1+ 36. Ka2 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Rf2
38. g3 a5 39. a4 bxa4 40. Ka3 Kd7 41. Kxa4 Rxb2 42. Kxa5 Kc6 43. Rf3 Kc5
44. Ka6 Re2 45. Rxf7 Rxe5 46. Rf3 Rg5 47. Ka5 e5 48. Ka4 e4 49. Re3 Kc4 50.
Ka3 Rf5 51. Kb2 Rf3 52. Re2 Rxg3 53. Rc2 Rd3 54. Rc1 Rd2+ 55. Kb1 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2171"]
[WhiteClub "Shorts"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500477"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 e6 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Nbd2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bh7 13. a4 Bb4 14.
a5 Qc7 15. a6 b5 16. Be2 O-O 17. Nf3 Qb6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfe8 20.
Rfc1 Rac8 21. g4 e5 22. Qf5 Qc7 23. Bg3 Bd6 24. g5 g6 25. Qh3 e4 26. Nd2
Bxg3 27. hxg3 hxg5 28. Qh6 Qd8 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. b4 Nb6 31. Rc5 Nd5 32. Rh1
Qg7 33. Qxg5 Nxb4 34. Re5 f6 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Qc5 Qe7 37. Qc3 Qd6 38. Rh4
Nd5 39. Qc1 f5 40. Qh1 Qf6 41. Rh7 Re7 42. Rh4 Nb4 43. Qb1 Nd5 44. Nb3 g5
45. Rh3 f4 46. gxf4 gxf4 47. Kh1 fxe3 48. Rg3+ Kf8 49. fxe3 Qh4+ 50. Kg2
Nxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500612"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O exf4 8.
Bxf4 Ne5 9. Bb3 c6 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Qd2 d5 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Qd4 Be6 19. Rad1 b6 20. c3
Bc5 21. Qf4 f6 22. Bxc5 fxe5 23. Qxf8+ Rxf8 24. Rxf8+ Kh7 25. Be3 Kg6 26.
Bxd5 Qe7 27. Be4+ Kh5 28. Rdf1 g5 29. R8f6 Bg4 30. Bg6+ Kh4 31. Bf2# 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brady, Cormac"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[WhiteICU "1922"]
[BlackICU "2364"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500825"]
[BlackFideId "2500450"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8.
Nd5 Nge7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Nc2 Nf5 14.
Bg3 Be7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nb4 Bd7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Qc5 19. Rxa4 Qxc6 20.
Rc4 Qd7 21. Ra4 a5 22. Qd5 O-O 23. Bb5 Qd8 24. Bd3 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Qd7 26.
Bc2 Bg5 27. g4 Rab8 28. b3 Rb5 29. Qe4 g6 30. c4 Rc5 31. O-O f5 32. gxf5
gxf5 33. Qe2 e4 34. Rfa1 Bf6 35. Rd1 Be5 36. Qe3 Qg7 37. Qd2 Kh8 38. Qe2
Rg8 39. f3 Qg3 40. Kf1 Qh2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Hurley, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[WhiteICU "2301"]
[BlackICU "2015"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500906"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Annotator: Michael Hennigan, <em>Sunday Independent</em>, July 28, 1996
p. 50 (14L). } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Qb6 9. Bc1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd7 11. Be2 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Be7 13. Rb1 a5 14. h4
a4 15. h5 Na5 16. h6 g6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Bb5 19. Bxb5+ Qxb5+ 20. Kg1
Qd7 21. Rh4 O-O 22. Rh3 Nc6 23. Ra3 Qe7 24. Nf3 b5 25. Rc3 Rfc8 26. Rbc1
Qd7 27. Qd2 Na7 28. Qg5 Qe8 29. Rc7 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Nc8 31. Qf6 Qf8 32. Ng5
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[WhiteICU "2227"]
[BlackICU "2218"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2500639"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Yusupov-Rubinstein system"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 O-O 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 d6 11. Nd4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Bb5 Nbd7 14. Nc6
Qc7 15. Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. Rc1 Re5 17. Bf4 Rf5 18. Bg3 Qc5 19. Bd3 Rh5 20. Be2
Rf5 21. Ne4 Qb4 22. Nxd6 Rxd5 23. Qe1 Qxe1 24. Rfxe1 Nc5 25. Nxb7 Nxb7 26.
Bf3 Rd7 27. Rc7 Rxc7 28. Bxc7 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Bxb7 Kg7
32. a4 Kf6 33. b4 Ke5 34. a5 bxa5 35. bxa5 Kd6 36. a6 Kc7 37. Bd5 Kb6 38.
Bxf7 Nd6 39. Bg8 h6 40. Bh7 Kxa6 41. Bxg6 Kb6 42. f4 Kc7 43. Kf2 Kd7 44.
Kf3 Ke6 45. g4 Kf6 46. Bd3 Ke6 47. h4 Nb7 48. Bc4+ Kf6 49. Bd3 Nc5 50. g5+
Kf7 51. Bc2 Kg7 52. Kg4 Ne6 53. f5 Nd4 54. Bd3 hxg5 55. hxg5 Kf7 56. Kf4
Kg7 57. Be4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[WhiteICU "2174"]
[BlackICU "2156"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500620"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[WhiteFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 d6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. a3 a6 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. d4 d5
15. Bf4 Rb6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qd2 Bg4 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Be3 Qd7
21. Rfd1 Rfb8 22. Bf1 Bf8 23. Bf4 R8b7 24. Ne2 Bh3 25. Bxh3 Qxh3 26. Ra1
Bxb4 27. Ra8+ Kg7 28. Qe3 Re7 29. Qd3 Qe6 30. Be3 Qe4 31. Qb3 Bd2 32. Bxd2
Qxe2 33. Be3 b4 34. Rd2 Qh5 { Remaining moves unknown. John Hurley gave a
later stage of the game in the <em>Sunday Tribune</em>, July 14, 1996 p. 62
} 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Muntadas, Alan"]
[Black "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1883"]
[BlackICU "2012"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500957"]
[BlackFideId "2500930"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. exd4
e6 8. g3 d5 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. a3 Bc6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Nge2 Bd6 13. Rhe1 O-O-O
14. Kb1 f5 15. Ng1 Nf6 16. Rd2 h5 17. Nf3 Rdg8 18. h4 Rg7 19. Ng5 Ne4 20.
Ncxe4 dxe4 21. c4 e3 22. fxe3 Bxg3 23. Rh1 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 Bc7 25. Rgg1 Rhg8
26. Rf1 Bd8 27. e4 Bxg5 28. hxg5 Rxg5 29. exf5 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Rxh5
Rg4 32. Rxf5 Rxd4 33. b3 Rd7 34. Kc2 Kd8 35. Kc3 Ke7 36. b4 Ke6 37. Rf3 f5
38. a4 Ke5 39. c5 f4 40. b5 Ke4 41. Rf1 Ke3 42. Re1+ Kf2 43. Re8 f3 44. Rf8
Ke2 45. Re8+ Kf1 46. Rf8 f2 47. Kc4 Rg7 48. c6 bxc6 49. bxc6 Kg2 50. Kc5
f1=Q 51. Rxf1 Kxf1 52. Kd6 a5 53. c7 Rg8 54. Kd7 Ke2 55. c8=Q Rxc8 56. Kxc8
Kd3 57. Kc7 Kc4 58. Kc6 Kb4 59. Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[WhiteICU "2071"]
[BlackICU "1810"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8.
Bh4 c5 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qa5 11. Be2 Ne5 12. O-O g5 13. Bg3 Nc6 14. Nb3
Qb6 15. e4 Nb4 16. Qb1 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. a3 Nc6 20. h3
Nge5 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. b3 e6 24. Ne3 h5 25. b4 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4
27. g3 Qg5 28. Kg2 f5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Rh1 Rce8 31. Nd5 Ng6 32. Qd3 Rf7
33. c5 dxc5 34. bxc5 Ne5 35. Qb3 Kf8 36. Nf4 Qf6 37. Kg1 Nc6 38. Nf1 Nd4
39. Rxd4 Qxd4 40. Ne6+ Rxe6 41. Qxe6 Qxc5 42. Rh5 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Crichton, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[BlackClub "Cavendish ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "2500973"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 e6
8. O-O Ngf6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. c4 Bxe5
14. dxe5 Nfd7 15. Bg5 Nc8 16. Rad1 O-O 17. h4 Re8 18. h5 f6 19. exf6 gxf6
20. Qe4 f5 21. Qd4 Nf8 22. hxg6 e5 23. Qh4 Nxg6 24. Qh6 Nf8 25. Nh5 Nh7 26.
Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Welsh, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "2033"]
[BlackICU "2094"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SUI"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "1303325"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Ba6 12. Nf1 Rac8 13. c3 b5 14. Bf4 Rfd8
15. N1h2 d4 16. Ng4 dxc3 17. bxc3 Bf8 18. Ng5 Ne7 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. exf6 e5
21. fxe7 (21. Qh5 { wins immediately. }) 21... Bxe7 22. Qh5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5+
Kh8 24. Bxe5+ Nxe5 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Rxe5 Rd6 27. Rg5+ Kf8 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29.
Re1+ Re6 30. Rxe6+ fxe6 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Rg7+ Kf6 33. Rxc7 Rxg8 34. Rxa7
Bc8 35. Rxh7 Rd8 36. Rc7 c4 37. dxc4 bxc4 38. Rxc4 e5 39. Rc6+ Kf7 40. Rc7+
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[WhiteICU "1932"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2034"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "C31"]
[Opening "KGD"]
[Variation "Falkbeer, 4.d3"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nf6
8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. dxe4 Qxe4+ 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Qxe4+ Bxe4 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Ne2
O-O-O 14. Nc3 f5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. g3 Nf6 17. Bh3+ Kb8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.
Rd1 Re8 20. c4 h5 21. Bd7 Re7 22. Bf5 a6 23. Kd2 c5 24. Ke3 Kc7 25. h3 Ne8
26. Rd5 b6 27. Re5 Kd6 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Bxe4 Nd6 30. Bd5 b5 31. cxb5 axb5
32. Bf3 h4 33. gxh4 b4 34. h5 f5 35. h6 Kf6 36. Bh5 Ne4 37. Kd3 Nf2+ 38.
Kc4 Ne4 39. h7 Kg7 40. Bg6 Kh8 41. Kd5 Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "2237"]
[BlackICU "2171"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500477"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Dubois-Reti defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 Bb6 14.
Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Qc4 Rab8 18. a4 Ba5 19. Reb1 Rb4
20. Qe2 Rbb8 21. Nb3 Bb6 22. a5 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 f6 24. Re1 Be6 25. Qxe4 Bxb3
26. cxb3 Rxb3 27. Qc4+ Qe6 28. Qxe6+ Rxe6 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Re8+ Rf8 31.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rc1 Rxb2 33. Rxc6 Ra2 34. Ra6 c5 35. Rxa7 c4 36. Rc7 Rxa5
37. Rxc4 Ra2 38. h3 Kf7 39. Kh2 h5 40. Rc5 g6 41. Kg3 h4+ 42. Kf3 Ra3+ 43.
Ke4 Kg7 44. Rd5 Kh6 45. Rd3 Ra4+ 46. Kf3 g5 47. fxg5+ Kxg5 48. Rd5+ Kf6 49.
Ke3 Ra2 50. Rd2 Rxd2 51. Kxd2 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Quinn, Mark"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[WhiteICU "2364"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500450"]
[BlackFideId "2500833"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Budapest"]
[Variation "Adler variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ngxe5 7. Nxe5
Nxe5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Na4 Bf8 11. f4 Nc6 12. Bf3 b6 13. Bd5 Qe7
14. a3 Bb7 15. Qf3 Rab8 16. b4 g6 17. Bd2 Bg7 18. Rab1 Nd8 19. c5 Bxd5 20.
Qxd5 b5 21. Nb2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[WhiteICU "2227"]
[BlackICU "2317"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "4604415"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[Annotator "Joe Ryan"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Joe Ryan, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 8,
issue 4, August-September 1996 p. 18. }

1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bd5 Rb8 13. Ba7 b4 14.
Bxb8 bxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Ba7 c5 { The critical position. } 17. e5 $2 (17.
Bb3 $1 { The refutation to Black's enterprising sacrifice } 17... c4 {
(only move). Black's best shot, now 18. Bxc4 Qc7 is very promising for
Black, capturing the d-pawn is also bad since Black has a beautiful winning
line, however there is a third possibility ... . } (17... Qc7 18. Qxd6 Qxa7
19. e5 Bh6+ 20. Kb2 c4 21. Bxc4 $1 Rb8+ 22. Bb3 $18 { . }) (17... Qa5 18.
Qxd6 Qxc3 19. e5 $18 { . }) 18. Qxd6 ({ A) } 18. Qxd6 $2 cxb3 19. cxb3 Qa5
$1 20. Bd4 (20. Kb2 Nxe4 $1 $19) ({ &#91;RR } 20. Kb1 $1 $16 { , so this is
the strongest line for White after all.&#93; }) 20... Qxa2 $1 { (
fortunately for Black - this works! ) } 21. Bxf6 Bh6+ 22. f4 Be6 $1 23. Qd2
({ &#91;RR ?; } 23. c4 $1 Qxb3 24. Kd2 Bxc4 25. Rb1 $10 { , e.g., } 25...
Bxf4+ 26. Qxf4 Rd8+ 27. Kc1 Qa3+ 28. Bb2 Qc5 29. Bc3 { .&#93; }) 23... Bxf4
$3 24. Qxf4 Bxb3 $19) ({ B) ( } 18. Bxc4 $2 Qc7 19. Bd4 ({ &#91;RR ?; } 19.
Qd4 $10 { e.g., } 19... Ne8 20. Bb6 Bxd4 21. Bxc7 Be3+ 22. Kb2 Nxc7 23.
Rxd6 { .&#93; }) 19... Qxc4 20. Kb2 Rb8+ 21. Ka1 Be6 $19) ({ C) } 18. Kb2
$1 { (positional chess!) } 18... cxb3 19. cxb3 Qc7 20. Bd4 { &&#91;RR +/=
&#93; } { material stands R+2Ps v B+N, however the initative is now with
White, a possible continuation is } 20... Re8 21. g4 Be6 22. g5 Nd7 23.
Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. h4 $16)) 17... Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxe5 19. Bxc5 ({
&#91;RR ?? The losing move. } 19. Rhe1 $15 { .&#93; }) 19... Qg5+ $1 { The
move I missed, White has no defence to Black's various threats. } 20. Kb2
Be6 21. f4 (21. h4 Qf6 $19) 21... Qxf4 22. Qd2 Rb8+ 23. Kc1 (23. Ka3 Qc4
$19) 23... dxc5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[WhiteICU "2174"]
[BlackICU "2301"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500620"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[WhiteFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8.
Nc3 Na6 9. d4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qc2 Nc7 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. Qb1
Qe7 15. Qa1 Rad8 16. Na4 c4 17. Nh4 Ba6 18. Nc3 Qd7 19. bxc4 Bxc4 20. e4
dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxc4 Nd5 23. Qb1 Nef6 24. Nf3 b5 25. Rcc1 b4 26. Qc2
Rc8 27. Qb3 a5 28. Ne5 Qb5 29. Bf1 Qb7 30. Qa4 Ne4 31. Bg2 f5 32. Qb3 Kh8
33. Qf3 Rf8 34. Qh5 Kg8 35. Rxc8 Qxc8 36. Rc1 Ndc3 37. Bxc3 bxc3 38. Qe2
Bxe5 39. dxe5 Qc5 40. e6 Qc6 41. Qe3 Rc8 42. g4 Qc4 43. gxf5 Nf6 44. Bf1
Qg4+ 45. Qg3 Kf8 46. Qxg4 Nxg4 47. f3 Ne3 48. Bd3 Nd5 49. Be4 Nf4 50. Kf2
g6 51. Ke3 Ng2+ 52. Kf2 Nf4 53. fxg6 hxg6 54. Ke3 g5 55. Rg1 Rc5 56. h4
Nxe6 57. hxg5 Nxg5 58. Bc2 Ke7 59. f4 Ne6 60. Bb3 Kf6 61. Bxe6 Kxe6 62. Kd3
c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[WhiteICU "1810"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Shorts"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Qa5 8.
a4 cxd4 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. a5 Qc7 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Bb4+ 14.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Kxd2 b6 16. Rhc1 Qd8 17. Rc6 bxa5 18. Rd6 Rb8 19. Nxa5 Rxb2+
20. Kd1 Qc7 21. Rc6 Qb8 22. Rac1 O-O 23. Qc3 Qb5 24. Rc2 Rb1+ 25. Rc1 Ba6
26. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 27. Qc1 Qb5 28. Qd2 Rb8 29. Rc1 Nb6 30. g4 Na4 31. Rc2 Nb2+
32. Kc1 Qf1+ 33. Ne1 Nd3+ 34. Kd1 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Black "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[WhiteICU "2012"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500930"]
[BlackFideId "2500612"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[ECO "D56"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Lasker defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14.
Bb3 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Muntadas, Alan"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1883"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[BlackClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500957"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Rfe8 11. Rc1 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Nxd4 13. exd4
Qa6 14. O-O Rxe2 15. Nf3 c6 16. a3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Rxe2
Rxe2 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 c5 22. f3 cxd4 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke7 25. Nd3
g5 26. g3 f6 27. Nc1 Kd6 28. Nb3 Ke5 29. Kd2 Bd7 30. Na1 Bb5 31. Nc2 Ba6
32. Nb4 Bb5 33. Nc2 Bc4 34. Ne1 f5 35. Nc2 Bf1 36. Ne1 f4 37. g4 Kd6 38.
Nd3 Bxd3 39. Kxd3 Kc5 40. b3 b5 41. Kd2 Kd6 42. Kd3 Ke5 43. Kd2 Kd6 44. Kd3
Kc5 45. Kd2 Kc6 46. Kd3 b4 47. a4 b6 48. Kxd4 Kd6 49. Kd3 Ke5 50. Ke2 d4
51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Kd2 Kc5 53. Kd3 Kd5 54. Kd2 Ke5 55. Kd3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[WhiteICU "2218"]
[BlackICU "2033"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500639"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, Alapin gambit"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d4 Bxf3
8. Qxf3 Qxd4 9. Rd1 Qc4 10. Be3 Qe6 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. b3 Be7 13. Na4 b6 14.
Nb2 g6 15. Nc4 O-O 16. Bc1 b5 17. Ne3 Rad8 18. Bb2 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Nf1 Be7 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Qc3 c5 24. Nf3 f6 25. Nh4 Kh7 26.
Qg3 Nf8 27. Qe3 Nd7 28. Qg3 Nf8 29. Bc1 g5 30. Nf5 Bd6 31. Qf3 Qf7 32. Nxd6
cxd6 33. Bxg5 Kg6 34. Be3 Qe6 35. Bc1 Nh7 36. Qg3+ Kf7 37. Bh6 Ke7 38. Qg6
Qf7 39. Qf5 Nf8 40. Bxf8+ Kxf8 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qxa6 Qd7 43. a4 bxa4 44.
bxa4 Kh6 45. Qb5 Qg7 46. a5 Qg5 47. Qb1 Qd2 48. a6 Qa5 49. Qf1 h4 50. Qe2
Qa4 51. Qd3 Qa5 52. Kh2 Qb6 53. Qc4 Qa5 54. c3 Qa3 55. Qd3 c4 56. Qf3 Qxa6
57. Qxf6+ Kh7 58. Qxh4+ Kg7 59. Qg5+ Kf7 60. h4 Qc6 61. Qf5+ Ke7 62. h5 Qe8
63. h6 Qg8 64. g4 Qh8 65. g5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hurley, John"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[WhiteICU "2015"]
[BlackICU "2071"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500906"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Nf5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O a6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Kh1 Nh4 14.
Be3 f5 15. f4 Bf6 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. b4 Ng6 19. Ne2 Rae8 20. Rfe1
exf4 21. Nxf4 Be5 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bg5 Bc3 24. Rxe7 Bxd2 25. Rxe8 Bxg5 26.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Rc2 b6 28. c5 dxc5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Rxc5 Be3 31. Rc7 Ke7
32. Bxa6 Kd6 33. Rc3 Bd4 34. Rg3 Kxd5 35. Bb7+ Kc5 36. Rxg6 Bf6 37. Rxf6
gxf6 38. g3 Be6 39. a4 Kb6 40. Bg2 Bb3 41. Bh3 Bxa4 42. Bxf5 Kc7 43. Bg6
Kd8 44. h4 Ke7 45. h5 Bc6+ 46. Kg1 Bf3 47. Kf2 Bg4 48. Ke3 Bh3 49. h6 Kf8
50. Kd4 Be6 51. Kc5 Kg8 52. Kd6 Bg4 53. Ke7 Kh8 54. Kxf6 Bd1 55. Kg5 Be2
56. Kh4 Bd1 57. Bh5 Bc2 58. g4 Kh7 59. g5 Bd3 60. Kg3 Bc2 61. Kf4 Bb1 62.
Ke5 Ba2 63. Kf6 Bb3 64. Bg4 Ba4 65. Bf5+ Kg8 66. g6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[WhiteICU "2156"]
[BlackICU "1932"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "e3, Huebner variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6
8. O-O e5 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Rb1 Qd7 12. Qa4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14.
Ba3 b6 15. Rxb6 Nxd4 16. Qa6 Nf5 17. e4 Qc8 18. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Crichton, Martin"]
[Black "Brady, Cormac"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1922"]
[WhiteClub "Cavendish ENG"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500973"]
[BlackFideId "2500825"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5
8. d4 Qc7 9. c4 Nf6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 Bb8 14.
dxe6 Bxe6 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Bxb7 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxb7 19. Nc3 Qb4
20. b3 Qxc4 21. bxc4 Ng4 22. Ba3 Be5 23. Rac1 Bd4 24. Rf1 Rfe8 25. h3 Ne5
26. Nd5 Rad8 27. Nf4 g5 28. Nh5 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nd2 30. Rfe1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1
Nxc4 32. Bc1 f6 33. Re7 Nd6 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Ra7 Ne4 36. f3 Nc3 37. Rxa6
Kf7 38. g4 Re8 39. Ra7+ Re7 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Ng3 Nxa2 42. Ba3 Nc3 43. Kf1
Ke6 44. Nf5 Kd5 45. h4 gxh4 46. Nxh4 Kc4 47. Bc1 Kd3 48. Bh6 Nd5 49. Ke1
Ne3 50. Bf8 c4 51. f4 c3 52. g5 c2 53. Ba3 fxg5 54. fxg5 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Welsh, Michael"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "2094"]
[WhiteNationality "SUI"]
[WhiteFideId "1303325"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1810"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O Qb6
8. Nb3 e6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 Be7 11. a4 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 h5 14. Nd4
Ng4 15. Bc1 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 d5 17. exd5 Bc5 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 O-O-O 20.
Kh1 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 h4 22. Qxg7 $4 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Welsh, Michael"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[WhiteICU "2094"]
[BlackICU "2071"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "SUI"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1303325"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "B26"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 6.Be3"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Bg2 e6 7. Qd2 Qa5 8. f4
Nge7 9. Nf3 Nd4 10. Nh4 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. c3
Nc6 15. f5 Bf6 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qf4 Bxh4 19. gxh4 e5 20. Qg3
Qe6 21. h5 Ne7 22. Qg5 Qg4 23. Qf6 gxh5 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Qxd6
Rac8 27. Qxe5 Nf5 28. Qf4 Nxh6 29. Qxh6 Rc6 30. Qf4 Rg6 31. Qxg4 Bxg4 32.
Rf2 Rd8 33. Rd2 Bf3 34. Re1 h4 35. Re3 Rf8 36. h3 Kh8 37. Rf2 Bxg2 38.
Rxf8+ Kg7 39. Rf2 Bxh3+ 40. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McMahon, Daire"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[WhiteICU "2171"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[BlackClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500477"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Annotator: Michael Hennigan, <em>Sunday Independent</em>, July 21, 1996
p. 53 (17L). } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nge2 Nh5 8.
O-O f5 9. exf5 gxf5 10. f4 e4 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Be3 Ndf6 13. h3 a6 14. a4 Qe8
15. Qe1 Qg6 16. Qh4 h6 17. Kh2 Kh8 18. Rg1 Rg8 19. Raf1 Bd7 20. a5 Rae8 21.
Qf2 $2 Ng4+ $3 22. hxg4 Nf6 23. Qh4 Nxg4+ 24. Kh1 Nxe3 25. Rc1 Nxc4 26. g4
fxg4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Ng3 Bf5 29. Nxf5 Qxf5 30. Rce1 Rge8 31. Re2 Qxd5 32.
Rd1 Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smith, Andrew Philip"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[BlackICU "2174"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500833"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Nc4 Qd8
8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Ne3 Bg6 10. f4 e6 11. O-O Bd6 12. f5 exf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14.
Rxf5 Qc7 15. h3 O-O-O 16. Be3 Rhe8 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Bf3 Nce4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4
20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Raf1 f6 22. Kh1 Rde8 23. Bg1 Re2 24. Qd3 Qf7 25. R5f2
Rxf2 26. Bxf2 Qxa2 27. Qxh7 Qc4 28. Ra1 Re7 29. Bg1 a6 30. b3 Qc3 31. Rd1
Qg3 32. Rd3 Qg5 33. Rf3 Re2 34. Rf2 Re1 35. Qg8+ Kc7 36. Qf7+ Kb8 37. Qg8+
Ka7 38. Qd8 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[WhiteICU "2301"]
[BlackICU "2034"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Capablanca variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be6 7. Be2 Be7
8. O-O g5 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qa4+ c6 13. Rd1 O-O 14.
Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qb2 18. Bf3 Rfc8 19. Rab1 Qxc3
20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 h6 22. h4 Rc4 23. Qb5 Rxh4 24. Rxg5+ Kf8 25. Rc5 Qd2
26. Qxb7 Rd8 27. Rc8 Rxc8 28. Qxc8+ Kg7 29. g3 Qd3 30. Qb8 Rh5 31. Qb2+ Kh7
32. Rc1 Qe4 33. Kf1 Qf3 34. Qc2+ Kg7 35. Qc3+ Kh7 36. Qd3+ Kg7 37. Qd4+ Kh7
38. Qd3+ Kg7 39. Qc3+ Kh7 40. Qc2+ Kg7 41. Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Muntadas, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[WhiteICU "2156"]
[BlackICU "1883"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500957"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 d6 8.
g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Qb6 12. Qc2 Bc4 13. Nd2 Qa6 14. Re1
Nb6 15. Nxc4 Qxc4 16. e4 Rfb8 17. Bf1 Qb4 18. a3 Qa5 19. Bd2 c4 20. a4 Qc5
21. Be3 Qb4 22. Bd2 Nfd7 23. Ra3 Ne5 24. Kg2 Nd3 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Qxd3
Qxb2 27. Ra2 Qb3 28. Rb1 Qc4 29. Qxc4 Nxc4 30. Rxb8+ Rxb8 31. Nb5 Nb2 32.
Be3 h5 33. Na7 Nc4 34. Nc6 Ra8 35. a5 Ra6 36. Nxe7+ Kf8 37. Nc6 Bc3 38. Rc2
Nxe3+ 39. fxe3 Be1 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Rxa5 42. Nxa5 Bxa5 43. Kf3 Ke7 44.
Kf4 Kf6 45. g5+ Ke7 46. e5 Bb4 47. Rc7+ Ke8 48. e6 fxe6 49. dxe6 Kd8 50.
Rg7 Bc3 51. Rxg6 Ke7 52. Ke4 Bd2 53. Kd3 Bc1 54. e4 Bf4 55. Kc4 Bc1 56. Kd5
Bb2 57. Rh6 Be5 58. Rh7+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2364"]
[WhiteClub "Shorts"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500450"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g5 7. O-O-O Bg7
8. h4 Nc6 9. hxg5 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. gxh6 Rxh6 12. Rxh6 Bxh6+ 13. Kb1
Nc6 14. Nb5 Kd8 15. Nf3 a6 16. Na3 Ke7 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Rh1 Rh8 19. c3 Nd8
20. Kc2 Bg7 21. Rxh8 Bxh8 22. Nc4 b5 23. Ncd2 c5 24. a4 Nb7 25. axb5 axb5
26. Nb1 Bc6 27. Nfd2 c4 28. f3 Be5 29. b3 d5 30. exd5 exd5 31. Nf1 Nc5 32.
Nbd2 Bd7 33. Ne3 Be6 34. bxc4 bxc4 35. g4 Na4 36. Nb1 Kf6 37. Bd1 Kg5 38.
Kd2 Nc5 39. Bc2 Kf4 40. Ke2 Nb3 41. Nf5 Nc1+ 42. Kf2 Na2 43. Na3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Black "Hurley, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[WhiteICU "2012"]
[BlackICU "2015"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500930"]
[BlackFideId "2500906"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5.e3"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. b3 Qc7 11. Bb2 Rac8 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. Qb1 Rfe8 14. h3
a6 15. Bd3 h6 16. Rd2 Bd6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rdd1 b5 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. Rxc8
Rxc8 21. Rc1 b4 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qc2 Qxc2 24. Bxc2 Bc6 25. Kf1 Bb5 26.
Ke1 f6 27. Nd2 Nxd2 28. Kxd2 Kf7 29. Bd3 Bxd3 30. Kxd3 f5 31. Bc1 h5 32. h4
Nf6 33. Bd2 Ne4 34. Be1 Nf6 35. f3 Nd7 36. Ng1 Be7 37. Nh3 g6 38. Nf4 Bd6
39. Ne2 Nb6 40. Bg3 Nc8 41. Be5 Be7 42. g3 Nd6 43. Nf4 Nb5 44. Ne2 g5 45.
hxg5 Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[WhiteICU "2317"]
[BlackICU "2237"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "4604415"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7
8. Re1 Nbd7 9. d4 c6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. a3 Rac8 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14.
Qd2 Qd8 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. Ba2 Nfd5 17. Ne2 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Qc7 19. Qg4 Nd5 20.
c4 Nf6 21. Qf3 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. b4 Qc6 24. Qe3 Qa4 25. c5 Rcd8 26. Nd4
Nd5 27. Qc1 Bf6 28. Bb3 Qd7 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Qc2 Rfe8 31. Qd3 a6 32. Rxe8+
Qxe8 33. Kf1 Qa4 34. Qb3 Qd7 35. a4 Qc7 36. Qg3 Be5 37. Qe3 Bxd4 38. Rxd4
a5 39. g3 Qd7 40. Kg2 Qxa4 41. Qe7 Qd7 42. Qxd7 Rxd7 43. bxa5 Kf8 44. Kf3
Ke7 45. Ke3 Kd8 46. Rd2 Kc7 47. Kd4 Re7 48. Rb2 Re4+ 49. Kxd5 Ra4 50. Re2
Kd7 51. Re4 Rxa5 52. Rf4 f6 53. Rb4 Kc7 54. Ke6 Ra2 55. Kf7 Rxf2 56. Kxg6
Rf3 57. Rg4 f5 58. Rg5 f4 59. gxf4 Rxf4 60. Rh5 Kd7 61. Kxg7 Ke6 62. Kg6
Rf6+ 63. Kg7 Rf7+ 64. Kg8 Rf4 65. h4 Kf6 66. Rh7 Rc4 67. Kf8 b5 68. c6 b4
69. Rh6+ Kf5 70. Ke7 b3 71. Kd6 Rd4+ 72. Ke7 Rc4 73. Kd7 Rd4+ 74. Rd6 b2
75. c7 b1=Q 76. c8=Q Rxd6+ 77. Kxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Black "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[BlackICU "2218"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500612"]
[BlackFideId "2500639"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6...e6"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7
8. O-O Be7 9. a4 Qc7 10. Kh1 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 O-O 13. Qe1 h6 14. Bh4
Rfe8 15. Rd1 Bf8 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. e5 Bxf3 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Nxf3 Qc7 20. Ne5
Kg8 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. f5 Qxg3 23. Bxg3 Nf6 24. Bc7 Bc5 25. h3 e5 26. Bd6
Bd4 27. g4 Rac8 28. Rd3 Rc4 29. Re1 Rc6 30. Bb4 a5 31. Ba3 Bxc3 32. Rxc3
Rxc3 33. bxc3 e4 34. Kg2 Nd5 35. c4 Nc3 36. Kg3 Nxa4 37. Kf4 Nc5 38. Ke3 g6
39. fxg6 fxg6 40. Rb1 Na4 41. c5 Nc3 42. Rf1 b5 43. Bb2 Nd5+ 44. Kd4 Nb4
45. c4 bxc4 46. Kxc4 e3 47. Kc3 Re5 48. Kc4 e2 49. Re1 Rxc5+ 50. Kxc5 Nd3+
51. Kd4 Nxe1 52. Ke3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brady, Cormac"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[WhiteICU "1922"]
[BlackICU "2227"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500825"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Rc8 7. a3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Qb6 9. Nbd2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. b4 Ne7 13. Be3 Qd8 14.
O-O Ng6 15. Qb3 Be7 16. a4 a6 17. b5 axb5 18. Bxb5 O-O 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20.
Rab1 Rc7 21. Bb6 Rc4 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. Rxb5 f6 24. Nd4 Rfc8 25. Rbb1 Kf7 26.
Nb3 fxe5 27. Na5 Rc2 28. Nxb7 d4 29. a5 d3 30. a6 d2 31. Be3 Nf4 32. a7 Ra8
33. Ra1 Bg5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Crichton, Martin"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteClub "Cavendish ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500973"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[WhiteICU "2033"]
[BlackICU "1932"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2364"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2500450"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Qxd4 Nh6 9. e6 f6 10. exd7+ Qxd7 11. Qa4 c5 12. Nc3 Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Ba6
14. Re1 Rc8 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Nxc5 Nxe3 17. Nxa6 Nxc2 18. Rac1 Bh6 19. Nb4
Bxc1 20. Rxc1 a5 21. Rxc2 $4 (21. Nxc2 $16) 21... Rd8 $19 22. Nd3 Rxd3 23.
Kf1 Kd7 24. Ke2 Rd5 25. Nd2 Rc8 26. Nc4 Rc6 27. b3 a4 28. Rd2 Rxd2+ 29.
Kxd2 axb3 30. axb3 Ra6 31. Kc3 Ra1 32. Kd3 Kc6 33. h4 Rd1+ 34. Ke2 Rd4 35.
g3 Kc5 36. Ke3 Rd8 37. g4 Kb4 38. Nd2 Rd5 39. f4 Kc3 40. Nc4 Kxb3 41. Nb6
Rd6 42. Nc8 Rc6 43. Na7 Rc5 44. Kd4 Kb4 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 h5 47. Kd3 Ka5
0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[WhiteICU "2174"]
[BlackICU "2317"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2500620"]
[BlackFideId "4604415"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[WhiteFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 a5 13. a3 Qe7 14. Bb2
Ng5 15. Nd2 axb4 16. axb4 Nh3+ 17. Kh1 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Ra8 19. Qc3 Ng5 20.
Bb2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[WhiteICU "2237"]
[BlackICU "2301"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8.
exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 dxc3 11. Nb5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Rc8 13. Bxe6 fxe6
14. bxc3 h6 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Bxa7 g5 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. Nfxd4 Kf7 19. Rd3 Bg7
20. Nxe6 Kxe6 21. Re1+ Be5 22. g3 g4 23. f4 gxf3 24. Nd4+ Kf6 25. Rxf3+ Bf4
26. gxf4 Rxc3 27. Re6+ Kf7 28. Rxc3 Nxc3 29. Rb6 Ra8 30. Nf5 Rxa2 31. Nxh6+
Kf8 32. f5 Ra6 33. Rxa6 bxa6 34. Kf1 a5 35. Ke1 a4 36. Kd2 Ne4+ 37. Kc2 Nf6
38. h3 Kg7 39. Ng4 Nxg4 40. hxg4 Kh6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[WhiteICU "2227"]
[BlackICU "2156"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. e4 h6 7. Bh4 e5 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Qe8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. h3 c6 14.
Nf3 Be6 15. Qb3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qe7 17. g3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. Rxd7 Qxd7
20. Kg2 Rd8 21. Re1 Kg7 22. Qc5 b6 23. Qc4 Qd6 24. a4 h5 25. h4 Qd7 26. Re3
Qd6 27. Ne1 Rd7 28. Rd3 Qc7 29. b4 Be7 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Nd3 b5 32. axb5
cxb5 33. Nxe5 bxc4 34. Nxd7 f6 35. Kf3 Bd6 36. Ke3 g5 37. e5 fxe5 38. hxg5
Kg6 39. Ke4 Kxg5 40. f3 Bc7 41. Nxe5 a5 42. f4+ Kh6 43. Nxc4 a4 44. b5 Bb6
45. Na3 Bf2 46. Kf3 Bc5 47. Nc2 Kg6 48. g4 hxg4+ 49. Kxg4 a3 50. b6 a2 51.
b7 Bd6 52. c4 Kf6 53. c5 Bb8 54. c6 Bd6 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. Ke3 Bxf4+ 57. Kd4
Ke6 58. Kc3 Kd5 59. Nb4+ Kc5 60. Nxa2 Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "2218"]
[BlackICU "2171"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500639"]
[BlackFideId "2500477"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, Beverwijk variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Bxf2+ 7. Rxf2
Nxf2 8. Kxf2 O-O 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nbd2
Re6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Qd5 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Bf4 c5 18. Rd1 cxd4 19. Rd2
c5 20. b3 h6 21. Rc2 b6 22. Bc1 f5 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. bxc4 g5 25. a4 Kg7 26.
a5 Kg6 27. axb6 axb6 28. Rb2 f4 29. g3 fxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Ra8 31. h4 Ra3 32.
hxg5 hxg5 33. Kg2 Rc3 34. Nxg5 Rc6 35. Bf4 Rxc4 36. Nf3 Re6 37. Ne5+ Rxe5
38. Bxe5 Kf5 39. Bc7 Rb4 40. Re2 d3 41. Re5+ Kf6 42. Kf3 d2 43. Rd5 Rd4 44.
Rxd4 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500833"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Opening "Vienna gambit"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. a3 Ba5 7. Qe2 Nxc3
8. dxc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Qe3 Nd7 12. Bd3 c5 13. Qf4 c4 14.
Bf6 Bd8 15. Bxd8 Qxd8 16. Bf5 Re8 17. Rhe1 Nf8 18. Ng5 h6 19. Ne4 Qc7 20.
Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nd6 Re7 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Nd4 b5 24. g4 a5 25. g5 Rf7 26. Qg3
hxg5 27. Rf1 b4 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Qxg5 bxa3 30. bxa3 Ra7 31. Nc6 Rd7 32. h4
Qf3 33. Qd2 Qg3 34. h5 Rc7 35. Nd4 Qxe5 36. h6 g6 37. Re1 Qf6 38. Qe3 Re7
39. Nc6 Rb7 40. Nxa5 Rb8 41. Qa7 Re8 42. Nc6 Qxc3 43. Re5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hurley, John"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[WhiteICU "2015"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Shorts"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500906"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 f6 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 fxe5 12. b5 Nxd4 13. exd4 e4 14.
Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 g6 16. O-O Bg7 17. Kh1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxb5 19. Nc3 Qxe5
20. Qb3 b6 21. Rad1 Bd7 22. Qb4 Bc6 23. Rde1 e3 24. Qc4 Rc8 25. Rf3 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1810"]
[BlackICU "2012"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500930"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7
8. O-O c5 9. c3 b6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Ng5 cxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. Be5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. N5e4 Bb4 17. Re2 Be7 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qc7 20. Qb3
Qxe5 21. Nc5 Qg5 22. Nd3 Nf4 23. Nxf4 Qxf4 24. Rec2 Bc5 25. Bf1 Bxf2+ 26.
Kh1 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[WhiteICU "2033"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Kaufmann attack"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Qe7 7. Nxe4
Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Qe8 11. d4 Nc6 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Qd2 Qe7
14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Rad1 a6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. b3 Qe7 19. Nxf5 gxf5
20. Bd3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qf6 22. Bf4 Qc3 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Bxe3
Re8 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. Rd3 Bb4 28. Bd4+ f6 29. Bc3 Bc5 30. g3 Re4 31. f3 Re8
32. h3 b5 33. Be1 b4 34. Bf2 Rd8 35. Bxc5 dxc5 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Re3 Rd6 38.
Rd3 f4 39. gxf4 f5 40. Kf2 Rh6 41. Kg2 Rg6+ 42. Kh2 h5 43. h4 Ke7 44. Re3+
Kd7 45. Re5 Rf6 46. Kg3 Kd8 47. Kf2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Welsh, Michael"]
[Black "Brady, Cormac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "2094"]
[BlackICU "1922"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "SUI"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1303325"]
[BlackFideId "2500825"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 6.f4"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Rb8 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Rae1 b5 12. g4 b4 13. Nd1 f5 14. gxf5
gxf5 15. Qf2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 fxe4 17. dxe4 Ba6 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Kh8 20.
Kh1 Qc7 21. c4 Nc6 22. b3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Ne3 Rg8 25. Qf3 Qg7 26. Rg2
Qh6 27. Rfg1 Bxe3 28. Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. Qxe3 e5 31. Qg3+ Qg6
32. f5 Qxg3 33. hxg3 Kg7 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. Kh3 Kg5 36. Kg2 Kh5 37. Kf2 Kg5
38. Kf3 Kh5 39. Kg2 Kg5 40. Kh3 Kh5 41. g4+ Kg5 42. Kg3 h5 43. gxh5 Kxh5
44. Kh3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muntadas, Alan"]
[Black "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[WhiteICU "1883"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500957"]
[BlackFideId "2500612"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. c3 Nd7 7. f4 e6 8.
Ndf3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qb6 11. Ne2 Qxb2 12. O-O Qb5 13. Qxb5 cxb5
14. Rfb1 b4 15. cxb4 Ke7 16. a3 Rhc8 17. Rd1 Nb6 18. Nd2 Na4 19. e4 dxe4
20. Nxe4 b6 21. Kf2 f5 22. Nd2 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "Crichton, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[WhiteICU "1932"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Cavendish ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[BlackFideId "2500973"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d4 e5 8.
b3 Nh5 9. e4 a6 10. Bb2 Nhf6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. d5 Nf8 13. b4 Nh5 14. c5 f5
15. exf5 gxf5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Qd1 Nf6 19. a4 e4 20. Nc4 Ne5
21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Ne2 Re8 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Re1 Qf7 25. Qd2 Bd7 26. Bf1 Rac8
27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Ng4 29. Ra7 Bxb2 30. Qxb2 Ne5 31. Rea1 b6 32. R1a3 Qg7
33. Kh1 Qh6 34. h4 Rc5 35. Rb7 Rec8 36. Raa7 Rc2 37. Qd4 Rc1 38. Kg2 Nf3
39. Qe3 R1c3 40. Qxb6 Nxh4+ 41. gxh4 Qxf4 42. Rxd7 Qg4+ $2 (42... Rg3+ $1 {
leads to a quick mate. }) 43. Kh2 Qxh4+ 44. Kg1 Qg4+ 45. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[WhiteICU "2071"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Shorts"]
[BlackClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. Nd2 Nxd2 5. Qxd2 h6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. h5 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qb6 14.
O-O-O Nf6 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. Be5 O-O 17. Nxd4 Qa5 18. Kb1 Rac8 19. Nb3 Qb4
20. Rd4 Qb6 21. f4 Rfd8 22. Rhd1 Nd5 23. c4 Nb4 24. c5 Qa6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8
26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Qxa6 Nxa6 28. Bd6 Nb4 29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. b4
a6 32. a4 f6 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. c6 Kf7 36. c7 Bxc7 37. Bxc7 g6
38. Kc2 gxh5 39. Kd3 Kg6 40. Ke4 b4 41. Ba5 b3 42. Bc3 h4 43. Bb2 e5 44.
fxe5 fxe5 45. Bxe5 { Draw wih best play, per the Lomonosov tabebases. }
45... Kg5 46. Kf3 Kf5 47. Bc3 h5 48. Bd4 Kg5 49. Be3+ Kf5 50. Bc1 Ke5 51.
Kf2 Kd4 52. Kg1 Kd3 53. Kh2 Ke2 54. Kh3 Kf1 55. Kh2 Kf2 56. Bb2 Ke2 57. Bd4
Ke1 58. Kh3 Kf1 59. Bf6 Kg1 60. Bd4+ Kh1 61. Bb2 Kg1 62. Bf6 Kf2 63. Bxh4+
Kg1 64. Bf6 Kf2 65. Bd4+ Ke2 66. Kg3 Kd3 67. Bf6 Ke3 68. Bg7 Ke2 69. Bb2
Ke3 70. Bc1+ Ke2 71. Kf4 Kf2 72. g3 Kg2 73. Bb2 Kf2 74. Be5 Kg2 75. Bd4 Kh2
$4 { Any other king move draws. } 76. Kf3 Kh3 ({ Or } 76... Kh1 77. Kf2 Kh2
78. Be5 Kh1 79. Kf1 $18 { . }) 77. Be5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Quinn, Mark"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "2364"]
[BlackICU "2174"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500450"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 b5 8.
a4 Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Na3 b4 12. Ba4+ Nbd7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14.
Nfe5 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qf4 Qb7 17. Bxd7+ Nxd7 18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19. Qxg7
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[WhiteICU "2317"]
[BlackICU "2034"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "4604415"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O
8. c4 c5 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 d5 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Qb3 Nc6 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Qd1 Bd6 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Be7 Bxe7 19. Rxe7 Qf4 20.
Qe2 Nc5 21. Rd1 Ne6 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Rc7 Rfd8 25. Rxa7 Rac8
26. Qe2 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rd8 28. Qe2 Qd4 29. Ra4 Qb6 30. b3 h6 31. Qa6 Qc7
32. Qa5 Qd6 33. Ne4 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 f5 35. Qe5 Qd5 36. Qxd5 Rxd5 37. Nc3 Rd2
38. f4 Rc2 39. Nd1 Bd5 40. Ne3 Rd2 41. Nxd5 cxd5 42. Ra7 d4 43. Kg3 Kh7 44.
Ra6 h5 45. h4 d3 46. Rd6 Rxa2 47. Rxd3 Rb2 48. Kf3 Kg6 49. g3 Kf6 50. Ke3
Ke6 51. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[WhiteICU "2301"]
[BlackICU "2227"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Wade) variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Be7 7. Be3 Bh5 8.
h3 Bg6 9. Nd2 d5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. f4 h5 12. Nf3 h4 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 g6
15. Ne2 b5 16. b3 Nb6 17. Kh1 N8d7 18. Neg1 b4 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. N1f3 Nh7 21.
Nxh7 Rxh7 22. Rfc1 Nd7 23. a3 bxa3 24. c4 Qb6 25. c5 Qb5 26. Qxb5 cxb5 27.
Rxa3 Nb8 28. Ra5 Nc6 29. Rxb5 Kd7 30. Ra1 Bd8 31. Ra6 Bc7 32. Nh2 Nb8 33.
Ra1 Rh8 34. Ng4 a5 35. Rb4 Nc6 36. Rba4 Rab8 37. R4a3 Rb4 38. Rd1 Rhb8 39.
Rd3 Bd8 40. Nh2 Ne7 41. Bd2 R4b5 42. Nf3 Nf5 43. Be1 Kc6 44. Kg1 R8b7 45.
Kf1 Rb8 46. Ke2 Rc8 47. Kd1 Rcb8 48. Kc2 R8b7 49. b4 axb4 50. Ra6+ Kc7 51.
Kb3 Kb8 52. Rd2 Ra7 53. Rxa7 Kxa7 54. Ra2+ Kb7 55. Bf2 Kb8 56. Ra4 Kb7 57.
Ra1 Kb8 58. Ra6 Kb7 59. Ra4 Be7 60. Rxb4 Ka6 61. Rxb5 Kxb5 62. Kc3 Bd8 63.
Kd3 Be7 64. Ke2 Kc4 65. c6 Bd8 66. Ng5 Bxg5 67. c7 Ne7 68. fxg5 Kb5 69.
Bxh4 Kc6 70. Be1 Kxc7 71. Bb4 Nf5 72. Bc5 Ng3+ 73. Kf3 Ne4 74. h4 Kd7 75.
g4 Ke8 76. Kf4 Nf2 77. Ba3 Kd7 78. Kf3 Ne4 79. Bf8 Ke8 80. Bb4 Kd7 81. Bf8
Ke8 82. Bh6 Kd7 83. h5 Ke8 84. Kg2 Kd7 85. Kh3 Nd2 86. Bg7 Nf3 87. Bf6 gxh5
88. gxh5 Nxd4 89. h6 Ne2 90. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[WhiteICU "2218"]
[BlackICU "2237"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500639"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 c6
8. Qe2 Bb4 9. a3 Bg4 10. Ne4 Bxf3 11. Bxb4 Bxe2 12. Bxa5 Bxc4 13. Nd6+ Ke7
14. Nxc4 Na6 15. O-O-O Nd5 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rhe1 Rhd8 18. Ne3 Kf8 19. c4
Nf4 20. Bc3 b5 21. b3 Rd7 22. Kc2 Nc7 23. g3 Ng6 24. h4 h5 25. f3 Ne8 26.
Bb4+ Kg8 27. Bc5 Nf6 28. Ra1 Rcd8 29. a4 bxc4 30. Nxc4 Nd5 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32.
dxe5 Kh7 33. Rac1 Kg6 34. Re4 Nb6 35. Re2 Rd5 36. Bd6 Nc8 37. Bc7 R8d7 38.
Ba5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McMahon, Daire"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[WhiteICU "2171"]
[BlackICU "2156"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500477"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O
8. Be3 c5 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Nc6 13. d5 exd5 14.
exd5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxe5 17. Qb5 Qb8 18. h3 Rd8 19. Rfd1 a6 20.
Qb3 Rd7 21. Bb6 Qd6 22. a4 Qf6 23. a5 Re8 24. Qa4 Rde7 25. Bc5 Bd6 26. Qb4
Bxc5 27. Qxc5 Rd7 28. Rc2 Red8 29. Rcd2 Qe5 30. Rd3 Kg7 31. g3 h5 32. h4
Rd6 33. Qc7 R8d7 34. Qc5 Qb2 35. Qc4 Qb5 36. Qa2 Kg8 37. Qd2 Kh7 38. Qa2
Rc7 39. Qd2 Rc5 40. Qf4 Qd7 41. Qd2 Qb5 42. Qf4 Rd7 43. d6 Qxa5 44. Re3 Rf5
45. Qd4 Qd8 46. Red3 Rf6 47. Qc5 Re6 48. Rd5 Qf6 49. Kg2 Kg7 50. R1d4 Re1
51. Qc8 Qe6 52. Qc3 Kh7 53. Qd3 Qe2 54. Qxe2 Rxe2 55. Rc5 Kg7 56. Rc7 Rxc7
57. dxc7 Rc2 58. Rd7 b5 59. Rd6 Rxc7 60. Rxa6 Rb7 61. Ra2 Kf6 62. Kf3 Ke5
63. Ke3 Kd5 64. Kd3 Ke5 65. Ke3 Rb6 66. Ra5 Rb7 67. Ra3 b4 68. Rb3 Kf5 69.
f3 Ke5 70. g4 f5 71. gxh5 gxh5 72. Kd3 Kf4 73. Kd4 Rd7+ 74. Kc5 Kg3 75.
Rxb4 Kxf3 76. Rb8 Kg4 77. Rf8 f4 78. Kc4 f3 79. Kc3 Kg3 80. Kc2 Rd4 81. Rf5
f2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[WhiteICU "2012"]
[BlackICU "2033"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500930"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "D56"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Lasker defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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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 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14.
Bb3 Re8 15. Re1 e4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Rc5 Be6 18. Re5 Bxb3 19. Rxe7 Bxd1 20.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxd1 Nd5 22. Rc1 Re7 23. Kf1 f5 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. a3 Ke6 26.
Rc5 a6 27. Nb1 Kd6 28. Nc3 Nxc3+ 29. Rxc3 b6 30. Kd2 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smith, Andrew Philip"]
[Black "Muntadas, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackICU "1883"]
[BlackClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500833"]
[BlackFideId "2500957"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 Ba6 8.
Nge2 Ne7 9. Ng3 Qc7 10. Nce2 Nd7 11. O-O g6 12. Re1 h6 13. Nf4 Bg7 14. Nfh5
Bxe5 15. dxe5 gxh5 16. Qg7 O-O-O 17. Qxf7 Nxe5 18. Qxe6+ Nd7 19. Qxe7 Rhe8
20. Qxe8 Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kb7 22. Bxh6 Qd6 23. Bd2 h4 24. Nf1 h3 25. Rae1
Bxf1 26. R8e6 Qb8 27. Bxc6+ Ka6 28. R1e3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Black "Hurley, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[BlackICU "2015"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500612"]
[BlackFideId "2500906"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav accepted"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Ne5 Be6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 Nbd7 10. f4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Bg4 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Nd7 14.
e6 fxe6 15. Rxf8+ Nxf8 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Rd1 b5 19. Qf2 Qe8 20.
Rf1 Nd7 21. e5 Kh8 22. Ne4 h6 23. h4 Qg8 24. Qg2 Rf8 25. Rxf8 Qxf8 26. g4
Nb6 27. Nc5 Nd5 28. Qe4 Qf7 29. Bd2 h5 30. Nd7 hxg4 31. Qxg4 Qf5 32. Qe2
Kh7 33. Kg2 Bh6 34. Bxh6 Kxh6 35. Qd2+ Kg7 36. Nc5 Qg4+ 37. Kf1 Nf4 38. Qf2
Qd1+ 39. Qe1 Qf3+ 40. Qf2 Qh1+ 41. Qg1 Qxg1+ 42. Kxg1 Ne2+ 43. Kf2 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Welsh, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[BlackICU "2094"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SUI"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "1303325"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Nc3 Qc7
8. O-O b5 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Kh1 d6 12. a3 Nbd7 13. Qe1 O-O 14. Rd1
Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. e5 Ng4 17. Bg1 c4 18. Be4 Rad8 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qe4
Qxe4 21. Nxe4 f5 22. Nc3 g5 23. h3 Nh6 24. Be3 Nf7 25. Ne2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. g3 g4 29. Kg2 Be7 30. Nd4 gxh3+ 31. Kxh3 Nd8 32. Kg2
Kf7 33. Kf3 h5 34. c3 Ke8 35. Nc2 Nc6 36. Nd4 Kd7 37. Nxc6 Kxc6 38. Bd2 Kb6
39. Be1 Ka5 40. Ke2 Ka4 41. Kd2 Kb3 42. Kc1 Bc5 43. Kb1 Be3 44. g4 hxg4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Crichton, Martin"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "1810"]
[WhiteClub "Cavendish ENG"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500973"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 a6
8. Bf1 e5 9. d3 Ne7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Be3 O-O 14.
d4 d6 15. Qd2 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bc4+ Kf8 20.
Bb6 Re8 21. Rad1 Be6 22. Bc5+ Kg8 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Rd7 b5 25. Red1 f4 26.
Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[WhiteICU "2071"]
[BlackICU "1932"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2500701"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Leningrad variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 e5 7. Qc2 d6 8. e3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nbd7 10. f3 a6 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. a4 O-O 14. Ne2 Re8
15. Nc3 Qf8 16. g4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. cxb5 e4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f5
21. gxf5 Ne5 22. Qg2 Kh8 23. f6 g5 24. Bg3 Rxb5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Ra8 Rb7
27. O-O Re8 28. Re1 Rb6 29. Kh1 Bf5 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Ng3 Bg6 32. Qh3 Kh7
33. Ra1 Rb7 34. e4 Qe5 35. Rf1 Qxf6 36. Qc8 Rxb2 37. Qd7+ Kg8 38. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brady, Cormac"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1922"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500825"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Quinn, Mark"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[WhiteICU "2364"]
[BlackICU "2317"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2500450"]
[BlackFideId "4604415"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Benoni defence, Hromodka system"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nge2 O-O 8. h3
a6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Kh7 11. Qd2 Ne8 12. h4 Nd7 13. h5 g5 14. Ng3 Ndf6 15.
f3 Ng8 16. Ke2 Rb8 17. a3 Bd7 18. b4 Qc7 19. Rab1 b6 20. Nf5 Bf6 21. Rhc1
Ne7 22. Rc2 Ng7 23. g4 Rfc8 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rcb2 Ne8 26. Qc2 Ng8 27. Na4
Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Rb8 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. Bd2 Bd8 31. Qb2 Qxb2 32. Nxb2 Bc7 33.
Bc2 Ng7 34. Ne3 Ne7 35. Ba4 Bxa4 36. Nxa4 Kg8 37. Nc2 Kf8 38. Na1 f6 39.
Nb3 Ke8 40. Kd3 Kd8 41. Be3 Nc8 42. Bd2 Ne8 43. Naxc5 dxc5 44. Nxc5 Bd6 45.
Ne6+ Ke7 46. c5 Bb8 47. Ba5 Na7 48. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2237"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 c6
8. Qe2 Bb4 9. a3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qb5 13. Qe5 Qxe5
14. Nxe5 O-O 15. Bb4 Rfe8 16. f3 a5 17. Be1 Nbd5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bd2 Ne7 20.
h4 h5 21. Nxg6 Nxg6 22. Rdg1 hxg4 23. fxg4 Ne4 24. Be3 Ne7 25. c4 b5 26.
Bc2 Nd6 27. cxb5 Nd5 28. Bf2 cxb5 29. h5 Rac8 30. Kb1 b4 31. a4 Nc4 32. Bb3
Nf4 33. Rd1 Rc6 34. g5 Rec8 35. h6 Nb6 36. Bg3 Ng6 37. d5 Nxd5 38. Bxd5
exd5 39. Rxd5 Rc5 40. Rhd1 gxh6 41. gxh6 Kh7 42. Bf2 Rxd5 43. Rxd5 Nf4 44.
Rxa5 Nd3 45. Be3 Re8 46. Bd2 Re2 47. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[WhiteICU "2156"]
[BlackICU "2301"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "e3, Huebner variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6
8. e4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe1
exf4 15. Bxf4 Nh5 16. Bd2 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 g5 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. e5 dxe5 20. Re1
Bd7 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Bf5 Kf7 25. g3 Ke7 26.
Kf2 Nf6 27. h4 gxh4 28. gxh4 Bd7 29. Bd3 Ng4+ 30. Kg3 Ne5 31. Be2 Kf6 32.
h5 b6 33. Bf4 Be8 34. Bg4 Ba4 35. d6 Nxg4 36. Kxg4 Bd7+ 37. Kh4 Kf5 38. Bh2
Ke4 39. a3 Kf5 40. Bg3 Ke4 41. Bh2 Kf5 42. Bg3 a5 43. Bh2 a4 44. Bg3 Ke6
45. Bh2 Be8 46. Bg3 Bf7 47. Bh2 Kd7 48. Be5 g6 49. hxg6 Bxg6 50. Bf4 h5 51.
Kg5 Bf7 52. Kh4 Kc6 53. Kg5 Bxc4 54. Kxh5 Kd7 55. Kg4 Ke6 56. Kf3 Bb5 57.
Ke3 Kd5 58. Kd2 Kc4 59. Kc2 Bd7 60. Kb2 Kd3 61. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Shorts"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qh4 Nf5 11. Qh3 Qc7 12. b4 Bb6 13. a4 Qxe5 14.
Re1 Qf6 15. a5 Bc7 16. g4 Qh4 17. Qg2 Ne7 18. Nd2 Ng6 19. Nf3 Qd8 20. Bg5
Qd6 21. Bb5+ Bd7 22. Bxd7+ Qxd7 23. c4 dxc4 24. Qf1 h6 25. Red1 Qc6 26. Nd4
Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 hxg5+ 28. Kg3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McMahon, Daire"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "2171"]
[BlackICU "2174"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500477"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Gligoric system with 7...dc"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qd3 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bb3 Nbd7 14.
c4 Rac8 15. Bb2 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Qf4 17. Qe3 Qb8 18. Ng5 Re8 19. f3 h6 20. Nh3
Ba6 21. Rac1 b5 22. c5 Bb7 23. Nf2 Bd5 24. Ne4 Rc6 25. Qd3 a6 26. Bc3 Nxe4
27. fxe4 Bxb3 28. axb3 e5 29. Rf1 b4 30. Qc4 bxc3 31. Qxf7+ Kh7 32. Qxd7
Qc8 33. Qxc8 Rcxc8 34. Rfd1 exd4 35. Rxd4 Rxc5 36. b4 Rce5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brady, Cormac"]
[Black "Smith, Andrew Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[WhiteICU "1922"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500825"]
[BlackFideId "2500833"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "B87"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bb3 b5 8.
f4 Bb7 9. Be3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. O-O Nd7 12. f5 e5 13. Qh5 Qe7 14. Bg5
Nf6 15. Qh4 Qb7 16. Nf3 Be7 17. Rad1 a5 18. a4 b4 19. Qh3 Rc8 20. Ne1 O-O
21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Nd3 Bc6 23. Nf2 d5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Ng4 Qe7 26. Qh5 e4
27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. g4 e3 29. g5 Qe5 30. Re2 Rf8 31. Rf3 d4 32. Rg3 Qxf5 33.
Bc4 Qe4 34. Rgg2 g6 35. Qh3 Qf4 36. Bd3 Bxg2 37. Qxg2 b3 38. Bc4 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hurley, John"]
[Black "Welsh, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "2015"]
[BlackICU "2094"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SUI"]
[WhiteFideId "2500906"]
[BlackFideId "1303325"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6
8. Qe2 Nge7 9. c4 d6 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. f4 Bxe3+ 13. Qxe3 Nb4 14.
Rad1 b6 15. Be2 Bb7 16. a3 Nbc6 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. Qf2 Ng6 20.
g3 Nce7 21. h4 f5 22. Nd4 Nc6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. exf5 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Re5 26.
Bf3 Na5 27. Qxe5 Bxf3 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Re1 Nxc4 30. Rf2 Bg4 31. Nd5 Qf7 32.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rf4 Ne5 34. Nxb6 Nf3+ 35. Rxf3 Bxf3 36. Kf2 Bg4 37. Nd5 Bxf5
38. Re7+ Kf8 39. Ra7 Rb8 40. b4 Be4 41. Nc7 Rb7 42. Ne6+ Kg8 43. Ra8+ Kf7
44. Ng5+ Kf6 45. Nxe4+ Ke5 46. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[WhiteICU "2227"]
[BlackICU "2071"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5
Qxe5+ 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Nc4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2
O-O 14. Bf3 Be6 15. Na5 b5 16. O-O Rac8 17. c4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nb4 19. Be2
Bf6 20. a3 Nc2 21. Rac1 Nd4 22. Bd1 Nf5 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. a4 Nd4 25. h3 Nf5
26. Bg4 Nxe3 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. fxe3 Rb8 29. Rc2 Rb4 30. a5 Kf8 31. e4 Ke8
32. e5 Be7 33. Rf3 Rd4 34. Rfc3 Kd7 35. Kf1 Kc6 36. Ke2 Ra4 37. b3 Ra1 38.
Rc1 Rxc1 39. Rxc1 Bg5 40. Rf1 Rf4 41. Rd1 Rd4 42. Rxd4 cxd4 43. Kd3 Kc5 44.
a6 Be7 45. Ke4 Kb5 46. Kxd4 Bc5+ 47. Ke4 Kxa6 48. Nd6 Kb6 49. Ne8 Bf8 50.
Nd6 Kc6 51. Nc4 Kc5 52. Nd2 h6 53. Nf3 Kc6 54. Nd4+ Kd7 55. Kd3 Bc5 56. Nf3
Kc6 57. Kc4 a5 58. Ne1 g5 59. Nd3 Be3 60. Nb2 Bc5 61. Nd3 Be3 62. Ne1 Bc5
63. Nf3 Bf2 64. Nd2 Bc5 65. Ne4 Ba3 66. Nf2 Bc5 67. Ng4 Bf8 68. Nf6 Ba3 69.
g4 Bb4 70. Ne4 Ba3 71. Nf2 Bc5 72. Nd3 Be3 73. Nb2 Bc5 74. Na4 Bb4 75. Kd4
Ba3 76. Kc4 Bb4 77. Nb2 Bc5 78. Nd1 Bg1 79. Nc3 Bc5 80. Nb5 Bf2 81. Nd6 Bc5
82. Nf7 Bf8 83. Nd8+ Kd7 84. Nb7 Bb4 85. Nc5+ Ke7 86. Nb7 Kd7 $16 { ... ? }
{ &ldquo;P. Cafolla suffered another endgame debacle this time against Joe
Ryan allowing the knight free reign in a drawn B+4 b N+4.&rdquo; (<em>Irish
Chess Journal</em>, vol. 8, issue 4, August-September 1996 p. 17). } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[WhiteICU "1810"]
[BlackICU "2218"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500639"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7
8. O-O Nc5 9. f4 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 Nxb3 14.
cxb3 b5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bb7 17. Ng3 f6 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. Qg4 Rf7 20.
a3 Rc8 21. Ne4 Rc2 22. Rf2 Qc7 23. Nc3 Rxf2 24. Bxf2 Bd8 25. h4 Bc8 26. h5
Qd7 27. Ne4 Bc7 28. Ng3 Qd8 29. Rc1 Bb6 30. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 31. Kh2 Bb7 32. h6
Qe3 33. Rc3 Qxh6+ 34. Kg1 Qd2 35. Qe2 Qxd5 36. Rd3 Qc5+ 37. Kh2 d5 38. Rc3
Qd4 39. Qc2 h6 40. Nf1 Qf4+ 41. Kg1 d4 42. Rc7 Rxc7 43. Qxc7 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Crichton, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[WhiteICU "2033"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Cavendish ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500973"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "closed (Breyer) variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 f5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. exd5 cxd5 8.
O-O O-O 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nc6 11. Re1 e4 12. Ng5 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500612"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Italian variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 O-O 6. b4 Bb6 7. d3 c6 8.
Qe2 Qe7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Be6 13. Kh1 Bxc4 14.
dxc4 Nbd7 15. Nd2 Qe6 16. f4 Qg4 17. Rf3 Nh5 18. Nf1 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20.
Rg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 Nf6 22. gxf4 Kg7 23. g3 Rh8+ 24. Kg2 Rh6 25. Rd1 Rg6 26.
Qf3 Re8 27. Rxd6 Nxe4 28. Rxg6+ fxg6 29. c5 Bd8 30. Qg4 Nxc3 31. Qd7+ Kf8
32. a3 Nb5 33. Qxb7 Re3 34. Kh3 Re1 35. Nh2 Nd4 36. Qd7 Bf6 37. Ng4 Bg7 38.
Ne5 Kg8 39. Nxg6 Kh7 40. Ne5 Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "Muntadas, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[WhiteICU "1932"]
[BlackICU "1883"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[BlackFideId "2500957"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxe5 Bxe5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bg5 Ne7 7. Nd5 Nbc6
8. Bf6 O-O 9. Qc1 d6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qc3+ f6 12. g3 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne5 14.
Nd4 Qe7 15. Bg2 Bd7 16. Qxc7 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Nc5 18. Qa5 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Qe5 20.
Qf4 Re7 21. Qxe5 Rxe5 22. f4 Re7 23. Kf2 Rae8 24. Rhe1 Ne4+ 25. Bxe4 Rxe4
26. e3 Rc8 27. Rac1 Ree8 28. Ke2 Bh3 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. e4 a6 31. Kd2 Kf7
32. Nf3 Rc5 33. Re3 Bg4 34. Rb3 b5 35. Nd4 Rc4 36. Ke3 Rc1 37. Rc3 Re1+ 38.
Kf2 Rxe4 39. Nf3 Bd7 40. Rc7 Ke7 $10 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2012"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500930"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Muntadas, Alan"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[WhiteICU "1883"]
[BlackICU "2033"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500957"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Dubois-Reti defence"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd3 O-O-O 12. Be3 Qc6 13. c3
Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. f3 Nc5 17. Rd1 Rhe8 18. f4 f6 19. exf6
gxf6 20. Kf1 Re4 21. g3 Re3 22. Na3 c6 23. Nc2 Re4 24. Nd4 Rde8 25. Nf5 Kc7
26. b3 b5 27. Rd2 b6 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Rcd1 Nb7 30. Kf2 Nd6 31. Ne3 Ree8 32.
Kf3 h5 33. h3 Ra8 34. Rc2 Ra3 35. Rdd2 Raa8 36. Re2 Kd7 37. g4 hxg4+ 38.
hxg4 Rh8 39. Rh2 Rae8 40. Rxh8 Rxh8 41. Kg2 Re8 42. Kf3 Rh8 43. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smith, Andrew Philip"]
[Black "Hurley, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[BlackICU "2015"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500833"]
[BlackFideId "2500906"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8.
Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Nc5 a5 12. Be2 b5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4
Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Qb1 Nxc5 18. dxc5 f6 19. Bd4 Bd7 20. Bd1
f5 21. Rf2 Ra8 22. Bc2 Qa7 23. Qc1 Qa3 24. Qe3 g6 25. Bb1 Qb3 26. Qc1 Ra1
27. Rb2 Qa3 28. Be3 Kg7 29. Ne1 Qa8 30. Qd2 Qa3 31. Qc1 Qa8 32. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[WhiteICU "2301"]
[BlackICU "2364"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500450"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Annotator: John Hurley, <em>Sunday Tribune</em>, August 4, 1996 p. 64
(M30). } { Event information: <a
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1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e3 $1 { This move order favours White. }
4... Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. d5 d6 7. Bd3 { Controlling rather than occupying e4.
} 7... e6 8. h3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O a6 $6 (10... Na6) 11. a4 Nbd7 12.
Re1 Ra7 $6 ({ Better } 12... Rb8 ({ or } 12... Ne5)) 13. e4 b6 14. Bf4 Ne5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Nb1 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Na3 Bd7 20. Qe2 Rea8
21. Nc2 Bf8 22. Ra2 Bd6 23. Rea1 Kg7 24. Ne3 Bb8 25. Rc1 Qe7 26. b3 Bc7 27.
Rac2 a5 { Stopping a5 but accepting a permanent, probably losing, strategic
disadvantage. } 28. Bb5 Qd8 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Rd1 Bd6 31. Nc4 Qc7 32. Na3
Qd7 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. Nxb5 Rd7 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Kd3 Rdd8 38. Kc4
f5 39. f3 Rd7 40. Re2 f4 41. Rg1 Rf8 42. h4 Rf6 43. Rh1 Kf7 44. Rh3 Kg7 45.
Re1 Kf7 46. Rg1 Kg7 47. Nc3 Rc7 48. Nd1 Be7 49. Nb2 Kf7 50. Rc1 Rb7 51. Kb5
Bd6 52. Nc4 Rb8 { Kc6! winning was threatened. } 53. Rg1 Bc7 54. Rd1 Ke7
55. d6+ $1 Bxd6 56. Rd5 Re6 57. Rh1 Bc7 58. Rhd1 Rd8 59. Rxd8 Bxd8 60. Rd5
Bc7 61. Ka6 Kf6 62. Kb7 Re7 63. Kc6 Ke6 64. Na3 Bb8 65. Nb5 Re8 66. Kxb6 g5
67. hxg5 hxg5 68. Kb7 g4 69. Rxc5 gxf3 70. gxf3 Kd7 71. Rd5+ Ke6 72. Kb6
Rc8 73. Rc5 Ba7+ $5 { A shot but Black's position is beyond saving. } 74.
Nxa7 Rb8+ 75. Kxa5 Rxb3 76. Nb5 Rxf3 77. Rc1 Rb3 78. Rc6+ Kd7 79. Rc3 Rb2
80. Kb6 Rb4 81. a5 Rxe4 82. a6 Ra4 83. Ra3 Rc4 84. a7 Rc8 85. Rd3+ ({
Simpler was } 85. a8=Q) 85... Ke6 86. Kb7 Rf8 87. Nd6 f3 88. Ne4 Rf7+ 89.
Kb6 Rf8 90. Nf2 Ke7 91. Rxf3 Rg8 92. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[WhiteICU "2317"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[BlackClub "Shorts"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "4604415"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, classical variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8.
exf6 Nxf6 9. Qg3 Qa5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qd3 Ne4 14.
Nf3 Qxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Nxc3 16. Bb2 Nxe2 17. Kxe2 b6 18. Rhe1 Ba6+ 19. Kd2 Rae8
20. Be5 Na5 21. Ke3 Rc8 22. c3 Rc4 23. Nd2 Ra4 24. Bd4 g5 25. Be5 Nc6 26.
Bd6 Rd8 27. Bb4 Bb7 28. c4 a5 29. Bc3 d4+ 30. Kd3 dxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Nd4 32.
Re5 h6 33. Nb3 Rc8 34. Nd2 Rd8 35. Nb3 b5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2145"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[WhiteICU "2156"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nbd2 bxc4 6. e4 c3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Bg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Rb1 Nb6 13. Nxe5 Nfxd5 14.
Qb3 Be6 15. Ndf3 Qc7 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qa3 Rab8 18. Rb2 Rxb2 19. Bxb2 Nb6
20. Qa5 Rc8 21. Qa6 Rd8 22. c4 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Bxb2 25. Ng5 e6
26. Qh4 h5 27. Qc4 Qe5 28. Rxe5 Rd1+ 29. Qf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Bxe5 31. Nf3
Bd4 32. Ke2 e5 33. Nd2 f5 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. Kc4 a6 37. Nb3 Kd6 38.
h3 g5 39. Nd2 Be3 40. Nf1 Bf4 41. g3 Bc1 42. Kd3 f4 43. g4 h4 44. Kc2 Be3
45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Nh2 c4+ 47. Kc3 Bb6 48. Nf1 Ba5+ 49. Kc2 Kd4 50. a4 Bb4 51.
Kd1 Kd3 52. a5 c3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[WhiteICU "2237"]
[BlackICU "2227"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne2 Qh4 7. Nd2 Bg4
8. Nf1 Nge7 9. Be3 Bf5 10. Nfg3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Qd2 Rae8 13. Bf4 Bxf4
14. Qxf4 Qxf4 15. Nxf4 Ng6+ 16. Nfe2 f5 17. f3 Nf4 18. Kd2 Nxg2 19. h4 Ne3
20. b3 g6 21. Nf4 Nd8 22. Rae1 Ne6 23. Kxe3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Black "O'Shaughnessy, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[WhiteICU "2174"]
[BlackICU "2218"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500620"]
[BlackFideId "2500639"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[WhiteFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. cxd5 Nxe5 6. d4 Ng6 7. Bb5+ c6
8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. d5 exd5 11. Qxd5 a6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Qe4 Qd6 14.
Bg5 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qxe6+ fxe6 18. O-O-O Be7 19. Ne4
Bxg5+ 20. Nxg5 Ke7 21. Rhe1 Nd8 22. Rd2 Rc8+ 23. Kb1 Rf8 24. Red1 Rc7 25.
Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Nxe6+ Kd7 28. Nxc7 Kxc7 29. Kc2 Kc6 30. Kd3 Kd5
31. f4 a5 32. a4 Kc5 33. g4 Kd5 34. b3 b6 35. Ke3 Kc5 36. Ke4 Kd6 37. h4
Ke6 38. f5+ Kf6 39. g5+ Ke7 40. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Crichton, Martin"]
[Black "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[WhiteClub "Cavendish ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500973"]
[BlackFideId "2500612"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "QP counter-gambit (elephant gambit)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nxe5 Bd6 4. d4 dxe4 5. Nc3 Bxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1
Nc6 8. Nd5 Bg4+ 9. Be2 Bxe2+ 10. Kxe2 O-O-O 11. Rd1 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Ng6 13.
Bg3 c6 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1 17. Kxd1 Kd7 18. Ke2 Ke6 19.
f3 exf3+ 20. gxf3 Ne5 21. b3 Nfd7 22. Ne4 h6 23. f4 Ng6 24. f5+ Kxf5 25.
Nd6+ Kg4 26. Nxf7 Ne7 27. c4 Nf5 28. Bc7 Nd4+ 29. Kf2 Ne6 30. Bd6 h5 31. b4
Kf5 32. Bg3 Ke4 33. Nd6+ Kd4 34. Ke2 c5 35. Kd2 b6 36. Bf2+ Ke5 37. Bg3+
Kf6 38. b5 g5 39. Nc8 Ne5 40. Nxa7 Nxc4+ 41. Kd3 Ne5+ 42. Ke4 Nd7 43. Nc6
h4 44. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Welsh, Michael"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "2094"]
[BlackICU "1810"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "SUI"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1303325"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Bb3 Nd4 10. Ra3 e6 11. Ne2 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh3 13. Rf2 Ne7 14.
d4 Nc6 15. Be3 Qe7 16. c3 Rd8 17. Kh1 Bh6 18. Ng1 Qh4 19. Nxh3 Qxh3 20.
dxc5 dxc5 21. Bxc5+ Kg7 22. Qf1 Qh5 23. Bb6 Rde8 24. Be3 Rhf8 25. Ra1 Bxf4
26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Rd1 Ne5 28. Qg2 Ref8 29. Rdf1 Nd3 30. Rd2 Rxf3 31. Rxf3
Rxf3 32. Bd1 Qh4 33. Bxf3 Qe1+ 34. Qg1 Qxd2 35. Qd4+ Kh6 36. e5 Qc1+ 37.
Kg2 Nf4+ 38. Kg3 g5 39. Qc5 Qe1+ 40. Qf2 Qxe5 41. Qd2 Kg6 42. Kf2 b6 43.
Qd7 Qc5+ 44. Kf1 Qc4+ 45. Kg1 Qc5+ 46. Kf1 Qf5 47. Qd1 Nd5 48. Kg1 Ne3 49.
Qe2 Qf4 50. h3 Qg3+ 51. Kh1 Qxh3+ 52. Kg1 Qg3+ 53. Kh1 Qf4 54. Kg1 g4 55.
Bg2 g3 56. Bc6 Kg5 57. Be8 Ng4 58. Bd7 Ne5 59. Bxe6 Nf3+ 60. Kg2 Nh4+ 61.
Kg1 Qc1+ 62. Qf1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[BlackICU "2171"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500477"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 Na5 6. Nf3 d6 7. Na4 Nxc4
8. dxc4 Bxf2+ 9. Kf1 Bd7 10. c3 Bb6 11. c5 Bxc5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Nxe5 Bb5+
14. c4 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nxe4 16. Bf4 Ba6 17. Re1 f5 18. g4 O-O 19. Kg2 Nd6
20. b3 b6 21. Rhf1 Bb7+ 22. Kg1 Rae8 23. g5 Ne4 24. g6 hxg6 25. Nxg6 Rf6
26. Nh4 Rf7 27. Nf3 Rfe7 28. h4 a5 29. Kh2 Nf6 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Ne5 Nh5
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[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Brady, Cormac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[WhiteICU "2071"]
[BlackICU "1922"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2500825"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "2012"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500930"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Palmer, Bernard"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[WhiteICU "1932"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500701"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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