[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[WhiteICU "1967"]
[BlackICU "2293"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22139"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Colm Daly, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 9,
no. 4, August-September 1997, p. 13 (not shown here); Michael Hennigan,
<em>Sunday Indpendent</em>, August 17, 1997 p. 57. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be6
8. Nf3 Nb4 9. Be4 Bd5 10. Bxd5 N4xd5 11. O-O e6 12. a4 Bb4 13. Bd2 a5 14.
Bxb4 Nxb4 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Qe2 N6d5 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Nb5 Nc6 19. Rac1 Nce7
20. Qe4 Nf5 21. Nc3 Nfe7 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Nd2 c6 24. Nd6 f5 25. Qf3 Ng6 26.
Nb3 Qe7 27. g3 f4 28. Qg4 fxg3 29. hxg3 $2 (29. Qxg6 $2 Nf4 30. Qe4 Nh3+
31. Kg2 Rf4 $19) (29. fxg3 $1 $16) 29... Ngf4 $1 30. gxf4 Rxf4 31. Qh3 $4 (
31. Qg3 $10) 31... Raf8 $19 32. Nc5 Qg5+ 33. Qg3 Rg4 34. Nce4 Rxg3+ 35.
fxg3 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Qe2+ 37. Kh3 Ne3 38. Re1 Qh5# 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Joyce, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[WhiteICU "2120"]
[BlackICU "2146"]
[WhiteClub "Shorts"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500655"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Opening "Semi-Benoni ('blockade variation')"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22140"]

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1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. f4 exf4 5. Bxf4 Ne7 6. Nf3 Ng6 7. Bg3 Be7 8.
Bb5+ Nd7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a4 Nf6 11. a5 Nh5 12. Bf2 Nhf4 13. g3 Nh3 14. Nc4
Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Be3 Rae8 17. Qd3 f5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nfxe5 Nxe5 20.
Nxe5 Qc7 21. Nc4 f4 22. Qf1 Qd7 23. gxf4 Qxd5 24. Ne5 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "2291"]
[BlackICU "2048"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "Ukrainian variation, 4.Nf3"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22141"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Colm Daly, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 9,
no. 4, August-September 1997, p. 18 (excerpted here). }

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Bb7
8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O Qd7 10. Qb3 O-O-O 11. a4 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 Nh5 14.
Rfd1 $1 ({ After the game my opponent suggested now } 14. Bxc7 { but this
is not as good as it looks and in fact becomes unclear who would have the
advantage: }) (14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. Nb5 Qa5 16. Rfc1+ Kb8 17. Rc7 Qb4 { . The
text develops and adds great pressure on the centre while preparing a piece
sac. &#91;RR Here White is winning after } 18. Qe3 { , e.g. } 18... Bc5 19.
Rxc5 Rde8 20. Rc8+ Kxc8 21. Qxa7 { , though it is certainly true that these
complications were unnecessary. }) (14. Be3 $1 $18 { may be the simplest
and best solution of all.&#93; }) 14... Nxf4 15. gxf4 c6 16. Nxd5 $1 { The
point. } ({ &#91;RR In fact this is a mistake that hands the advantage over
to Black. Better was } 16. a5 a6 17. e4 $18 { .&#93; }) 16... cxd5 17. Rxd5
$1 Qc7 $2 ({ Better } 17... Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Qc3+ { (this takes
advantage of having not already committed the rook to c1 thereby being able
to check and then penetrate the K-side and go pawn hunting) } 19... Kb8 20.
e4 Rd7 21. Qxg7 Rhd8 22. Qxh7 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kg2 $16 { . However
the point of all this is that White would have had to play accurately to
win. }) ({ &#91;RR After } 17... Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Qc3+ $2 Kb8 20. e4
(20. a5 $15) 20... Rd7 $2 ({ much better } 20... Bf6 $1 $19) 21. Qxg7 $15
Rhd8 22. Qxh7 { , Black should play } 22... Bc5 $17 { , with ... Rd2 to
follow } (22... Rd1+ $2 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kg2 $18) { .&#93; }) 18. Qh3+
Kb8 19. Rb5 Rd6 20. Bxb7 Rb6 21. Bg2 a6 22. Rxb6+ Qxb6 23. Qf3 Ka7 24. Rc1
Rd8 25. a5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dempsey, Paul"]
[Black "Brady, Cormac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[WhiteICU "1705"]
[BlackICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "Straffan"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501058"]
[BlackFideId "2500825"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22142"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Qc2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e3 d6 8.
Nbd2 Bd7 9. Rc1 Rc8 10. Qb3 Qa5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. a3 g5
15. Bg3 g4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. dxe5 Qxd2 19. Rd1 Qa5 20. exf6
Bxf6 21. Rc1 O-O 22. Bd6 Qd2 23. Rd1 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26.
a4 a6 27. Rb1 Be5 28. Be2 h5 29. h3 f5 30. f3 gxh3 31. f4 Bd6 32. g3 Ke7
33. Kh2 Bc5 34. Rb3 Kd6 35. Bd1 Bd7 36. Rxb7 Bxe3 37. Kxh3 Bc6 38. Rb2 e5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Roberts, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[WhiteICU "2017"]
[BlackICU "1883"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Rathfarnham"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2501074"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22143"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8.
c3 Rb8 9. d4 Bg4 10. Na3 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Be3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 a6 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Qe2 f5 18. f3 f4 19. Bf2 h5 20. Nc4 Qe7
21. Kh1 Bh6 22. Rc3 Kh7 23. Rg1 Rbc8 24. g4 b5 25. Na5 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Nb8
27. c4 Qc7 28. Be1 hxg4 29. Rxg4 bxc4 30. Qxc4 Qb6 31. Qb3 Qxb3 32. Nxb3
Rc8 33. Bb4 Bf8 34. Rg1 Rc2 35. Rg2 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Kg7 37. Na5 Kf7 38. Nc4
Kf6 39. Bxd6 Bxd6 40. Nxd6 Nd7 41. Nc4 Nc5 42. Kf1 Na4 43. a3 Nc5 44. Na5
Ke7 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. Nc6 Nb7 47. Kd3 Nc5+ 48. Kc4 Nb7 49. Nb8 Nd6+ 50. Kd3
Nb5 51. a4 Nd4 52. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "1864"]
[BlackICU "2162"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "B79"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, 12.h4"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22144"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Bb3 O-O
8. f3 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. O-O-O Rfc8 12. h4 Ne5 13. h5 Nxh5 14.
g4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Rdg1 Rc8 18. Kd1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4
20. Qd2 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Bxd4 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Bxa7 Rxe4 24. g5 Ra4 25. Be3
0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[WhiteICU "1928"]
[BlackICU "2164"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "2500477"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "classical defence, Benelux variation  "]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22145"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nxe5 Nxe5
8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Qh5 d5 10. Nd2 Nc5 11. Nf3 c6 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Bd3 f5 14.
exf6 Qxf6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. Qf3 Qh4 19. Qe3 Rae8
20. Nf3 Qd8 21. Qc1 Qf6 22. Qc2 Bh5 23. Nd4 Qh6 24. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "O'Kearney, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[WhiteICU "2237"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Rubinstein (Colle-Zukertort) variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[BlackFullName "O'Kearney, Se&aacute;n"]
[ICUid "22146"]

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1. d4 c5 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
c4 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. cxd5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nb4 13. Qd1 Nfxd5 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. e4 Nf4 16. g3 Nh3+ 17. Kg2 Ng5 18. dxc5 Nxf3 19. Qxf3 Rxc5
20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Rxc5 Bxc5 22. Qg4 f5 23. exf5 exf5 24. Qc4+ Qf7 25. Rd7
Qxc4 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. bxc4 Ba3 28. Ba1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salter, David"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[WhiteICU "1979"]
[BlackICU "2116"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501988"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22147"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8.
O-O c5 9. b4 Nbd7 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Qa4 c4 12. Be2 Re8 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. Qb5
Bc8 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. Rb2 Qd6 17. Bf4 Qa3 18. Qb4 Qa4 19. f3 Bf8 20. e4 Qxb4
21. Rxb4 dxe4 22. Ndxc4 Nbd5 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Rb3 Nexc3 25. Rb2 Nxe2+ 26.
Rxe2 f6 27. g4 fxe5 28. Nxe5 Bc8 29. Ref2 Ba6 30. Re1 Nxf4 31. Rxf4 Bh6 32.
Rfe4 Bd2 33. Rd1 Bb7 34. Re2 Ba5 35. h4 Bb6 36. h5 g5 37. Nc4 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brady, Cormac"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[WhiteICU "1911"]
[BlackICU "2120"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Shorts"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500825"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Milner-Barry gambit"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22148"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Ng5 Be7 10. h4 Nh6 11. Be3 Qxb2 12. Nd2 Ndf5 13. Ndf3 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 Ng4 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Nd4 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[WhiteICU "2293"]
[BlackICU "2237"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Botvinnik variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22149"]

{ Event information: <a
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report</a>. } { Annotator: Colm Daly, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 9,
no. 4, August-September 1997, p. 13. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8.
Bb1 Nc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qe7 13. O-O Qb4
14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Re1 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Rc8 17. a3 Rc1+ 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1
Nc6 20. Nf3 h6 21. Bd3 Ndb8 22. Rc1 Kd7 23. Kf1 a6 24. Ke2 Rc8 25. Ke3 b5
26. Nd2 Na5 27. Rxc8 Kxc8 28. f4 Nc4+ 29. Nxc4 dxc4 30. Bc2 Nc6 31. g4 Ne7
32. Be4 g6 33. h4 Kc7 34. Bf3 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Joyce, John"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[WhiteICU "2146"]
[BlackICU "1928"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500655"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22150"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8.
Nbd2 c6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. a4 a5 11. Bd2 Re8 12. b4 axb4 13. Bxb4 Bf8 14. a5 d5
15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nb6 Ra6 18. Nxd7+ Bxd7 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Qb4
b6 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. Qa5 e4 23. Nd4 exd3 24. Rxe8 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "2048"]
[BlackICU "1864"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22151"]

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1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Qa5 5. Na3 Nh6 6. Be2 e6 7. Nc2 Be7 8. a3
c4 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. d3 Nf5 11. d4 Na5 12. O-O Nb3 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. g4 Nh6 15.
Ne3 O-O-O 16. f5 Bc6 17. Nd2 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Nf3 Qe4 20. Qc2 d4 21.
Qxe4 Bxe4 22. Ra1 dxe3 23. Bxe3 Kb8 24. f6 Bf8 25. Ng5 Bd3 26. Rfd1 gxf6
27. exf6 Bd6 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Bxh6 Rhg8 31. h3 Rg6 32. Be3
Bf8 33. Kg2 Rd5 34. Rf1 e5 35. Rf5 h5 36. g5 Kc8 37. Kf3 Kd7 38. Ke4 Ke6
39. Rc1 d2 40. Rd1 Bd6 41. Rxd2 Rxd2 42. Bxd2 Rg8 43. f7 Rc8 44. Rf6+ Ke7
45. Kf5 e4 46. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McMahon, Daire"]
[Black "Dempsey, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[WhiteICU "2164"]
[BlackICU "1705"]
[BlackClub "Straffan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500477"]
[BlackFideId "2501058"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22152"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
a3 a5 9. h3 Re8 10. c5 b6 11. cxb6 Nxb6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. Na4
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bg3 Rc8 17. Qb3 Ba8 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Rc1
e5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. O-O Bd6 23. g3 Qg5 24. h4 Qg4 25. e4 Ne5 26. f4 Rb8
27. Qe3 d4 28. Qf2 Rb3 29. Kg2 Ng6 30. Kh2 Nxf4 31. Nc3 dxc3 32. Rxc3 Rxc3
33. bxc3 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[WhiteICU "2162"]
[BlackICU "2291"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22153"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4
a5 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Re8 14. f4
Nc5 15. Bf3 Ne6 16. Nxc6 Nxg5 17. fxg5 Nd7 18. e5 bxc6 19. Bxc6 Ra6 20. Bb5
Ra7 21. c5 Bxe5 22. Rad1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rc7 24. c6 Nb8 25. Rd6 Be6 26. Rfd1
Kg7 27. Re1 Rec8 28. Re5 Nxc6 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxa5 Rxc3 32.
Re5 Rd3 33. Re4 Rd5 34. h4 Ra5 35. g4 Bd7 36. Kf2 Rxa4 37. Rxa4 Bxa4 38. h5
h6 39. hxg6 Kxg6 40. gxh6 Kxh6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[WhiteICU "2116"]
[BlackICU "2017"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "Abbazia defence, modern variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22154"]

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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. Bxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3
Qd8 8. d4 Be7 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. d5 Nb4 13. Qc4 Bxf3
14. gxf3 Na6 15. Rhg1 Kh8 16. Ne4 Bd6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Qd4 f6 19. Rge1 Qc7
20. Rd3 Rfd8 21. Rc3 Qf7 22. Qc4 h6 23. Re6 Qf8 24. Qd4 Rd7 25. a3 Rad8 26.
Re1 Nc7 27. Rd3 a6 28. Qb6 Qg8 29. Qxb7 Ne6 30. Qb4 a5 31. Qd2 Nxf4 32.
Qxf4 Rb7 33. Re6 Rdb8 34. b3 Qc8 35. Rde3 Qc7 36. Re8+ Rxe8 37. Rxe8+ Kh7
38. Qf5+ g6 39. Qxf6 Qg7 40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Re6 Rf7 42. Rxd6 Rxf3 43. Re6
Kf7 44. Re2 Rf6 45. c4 Rd6 46. Kd2 Rd8 47. Kc3 g5 48. Kd4 h5 49. c5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Kearney, Sean"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[BlackICU "1967"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Kearney, Se&aacute;n"]
[ICUid "22155"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Be2 e5 6. Na3 e4 7. Nb5 Qd8 8.
Ng1 a6 9. Na3 Bf5 10. f3 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe7 12. Nc4 g6 13. Ne3 Nf6 14. fxe4
Bxe4 15. Nf3 Bh6 16. O-O Bxe3+ 17. dxe3 O-O 18. Ng5 Bf5 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Bb3
Rad8 21. Qe1 h6 22. e4 Nd3 23. Qe3 Ng4 24. Qf3 Nde5 25. Qg2 Bd7 26. Nf3 g5
27. h4 Bb5 28. c4 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Nxc4 30. Qe2 Nce5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Nxg5 f6
33. Nf3 Qh7 34. Nh4 Rd4 35. Rf4 Qd7 36. Nf5 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Nh2 38. Kxh2 Qh7+
39. Rh4 Qd7 40. Qh5 Rd2+ 41. Bxd2 Qxd2+ 42. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Roberts, Danny"]
[Black "Salter, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1883"]
[BlackICU "1979"]
[WhiteClub "Rathfarnham"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501074"]
[BlackFideId "2501988"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22156"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8.
Nf3 b6 9. h4 h6 10. h5 Ba6 11. Rh4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 c4 13. Rg4 Rh7 14. Nh4 Nc6
15. Rf4 Nge7 16. Ra2 Rc8 17. Qf3 Nd8 18. Kg1 Qb5 19. Ra1 Qb2 20. Qd1 Ndc6
21. a4 Rh8 22. Rg4 Rg8 23. Rg3 Kd7 24. Rb1 Qa2 25. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brady, Cormac"]
[Black "Roberts, Danny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[WhiteICU "1911"]
[BlackICU "1883"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Rathfarnham"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500825"]
[BlackFideId "2501074"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bellon gambit"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22157"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 b5 5. d3 bxc4 6. dxe4 h6 7. Nxf7 Kxf7
8. e5 d5 9. exf6 Be6 10. e4 d4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qxd5+ Qxd5 14.
exd5 Bb4+ 15. Kd1 d3 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Kxd2 Nd7 18. b3 Nxf6 19. f3 cxb3 20.
axb3 Nxd5 21. Bxd3 Rhd8 22. Bc4 Kg7 23. Ke2 g5 24. Kf2 Nb6 25. Rhd1 Nxc4
26. bxc4 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 a5 28. Ra1 a4 29. Ra3 Kf6 30. Ke3 c5 31. Ke4 Ke6 32.
g3 Ra6 33. f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 Ra5 35. f5+ Kf6 36. Kd5 Kxf5 37. Kc6 Ra6+ 38.
Kxc5 Re6 39. Rxa4 Re2 40. Kd6 Rxh2 41. Ra5+ Kg4 42. c5 Rd2+ 43. Ke7 h5 44.
c6 Rc2 45. Kd6 Rxc6+ 46. Kxc6 h4 47. Kd5 h3 48. Ke4 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "2120"]
[BlackICU "2162"]
[WhiteClub "Shorts"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22158"]

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report</a>. } { Annotator: Tom Clarke, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol.
9, no. 4, August-September 1997, p. 17. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 (3... h6 { is the main line but this is just
as good. }) 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bd2 c5 6. c4 Nc7 ({ Gerry didn't like } 6... Nb6 {
because of } 7. a4 { but } 7... d5 { is fine for Black. In the game
continuation Black is more cramped. }) 7. Qg4 Kf8 ({ Too committal. } 7...
g6 ({ or even } 7... cxd4) { should be considered. }) ({ Definitely not }
7... Bf8 8. Bg5 { winning a pawn. }) 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bxc5 10. Nc3 d5 11.
O-O-O Bd7 12. Bd3 h5 13. Qg3 Nb4 14. Bg5 Qe8 $2 ({ This is a mistake. }
14... Be7 ({ or } 14... Nxd3+) { had to be played instead. }) 15. Bb1 $6
Rc8 16. Bf6 $1 { Spectacular though it may also have worked on the previous
move e.g. 15. Bf6 and (a) Nxd3+ Rxd3 and (a1) 16... Rg8 17. Ng5 gxf6 18.
exf6 Rg6 19. Qxc7 Rc8 20. Qf4; (a2) 16... Rh7 17. Ng5 Rh8 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7
19. Nxe6+ Kh7 20. Qg7 mate; or (b) 15... gxf6 16. exf6 Rg8 17. Qxc7 Rc8 18.
Qf4 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Rg6 20. Ne5. } 16... gxf6 17. exf6 Rg8 18. Ng5 Rg6 19.
Bxg6 fxg6 20. a3 ({ Not } 20. f7 { as this gives Black the e7 square for
his bishop. }) 20... Nba6 21. b4 ({ Here } 21. Rhe1 { retaining presure was
probably better. The game continuation gets a material advantage but
exposes the white king posiiton. }) 21... Nxb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Qe5 $1 {
Preventing ... e5 followed by ... Bf5. } 23... Qd8 $1 ({ This stops ( }
23... Qd8 { ) } 24. f7 { by } 24... Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxg5+) 24. Rd3 Ne8 25.
Rf3 ({ Still } 25. f7 { is premature because of } 25... Ng7 { -f5. }) 25...
Qa5 26. f7 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Ba4+ 28. Kd3 dxc4+ 29. Ke3 Qxh1 30. Nxe6+ Ke7 {
(Time) } { Black lost on time but his posiiton is gone anyway. } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[WhiteICU "2291"]
[BlackICU "2116"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22159"]

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report</a>. } { Annotator: Colm Daly, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 9,
no. 4, August-September 1997, pp. 13-14. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Nd5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Ne4 Ba6 12. Bf1 Bb4+ 13. c3 Bxf1 14.
Kxf1 Be7 15. c4 Nb6 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. b3 f5 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. Rb1 Kf7 20.
Ke2 e5 21. Rd1 Nd7 22. Nf1 Nc5 23. Be3 Ne4 24. Rdc1 a6 25. f3 Ng5 26. Rd1
Ne6 27. Bb6 Nd4+ 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Kd3 h5 30. h3 g5 31. Re1 Rhe8 32. c5
Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Rd5 34. b4 Be5 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 fxg4 37. fxg4 a5 38. a3
axb4 39. axb4 Ke6 40. Nd2 Kd7 41. Nc4 Bg3 42. Nb6+ Kd8 43. Rg1 Bf2 44. Rf1
Be3 45. Nxd5 cxd5 46. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Joyce, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[WhiteICU "2017"]
[BlackICU "2146"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500655"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22160"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d3 b6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. c3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. e5 Nfd7 8.
Bg2 a5 9. O-O Ba6 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Ne1 Nbd7 12. Ndf3 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14.
Be3 Qe7 15. Nd2 Rae8 16. Nb3 c6 17. Rd1 e5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 axb4 20.
cxb4 Nd7 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. a3 e4 23. dxe4 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 dxe4 25. Bxe4 h6 26.
Kg1 c5 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Qd5 Ne5 29. bxc5 Rfd8 30. Qb3 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 bxc5
32. Qh5 Re8 33. Bxh6 gxh6 34. Qxh6+ Kg8 35. Bd5+ Nf7 36. Nd3 Bg7 37. Qg6
Qf6 38. Qg4 Rd8 39. Nf4 Qe5 40. Bc4 Rb8 41. Ng6 Qf6 42. Qe4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Kearney, Sean"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[BlackICU "2048"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open, 4.ed ed"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Kearney, Se&aacute;n"]
[ICUid "22161"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Bd6
8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 Qb6 13. Nb3 Bd7 14.
Be3 Nb4 15. Bb1 Ne4 16. Ne5 Ba4 17. f3 Bxb3 18. fxe4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 d4 20.
Bf2 Be6 21. Qd2 Rd8 22. b3 Nc6 23. Bg3 d3+ 24. Kh2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[WhiteICU "1864"]
[BlackICU "1967"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22162"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Ne3 Bb7 13. Qg4 Bh6 14.
Qf3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 f5 16. O-O Qb6 17. c4 b4 18. c5 Qxc5 19. Rac1 Qa7 20. Nc4
Rd8 21. Qh5 f4 22. Kh1 Ng6 23. Rf3 Qc5 24. Rcf1 Bc8 25. Qg5 Be6 26. b3 Qc7
27. exf4 exf4 28. e5 Bxc4 29. exd6 Rxd6 30. Bxc4 Qe7 31. Qh5 O-O 32. Rh3
Rfd8 33. Qxh7+ Kf8 34. Rhf3 Qf6 35. Qh6+ Qg7 36. Qh5 Rd2 37. Qc5+ Kg8 38.
Qg5 Re8 39. Rh3 Re5 40. Qg4 Ra5 41. Re1 Rd8 42. Rh5 Rxh5 43. Qxh5 Qf6 44.
h3 Kg7 45. Qe2 a5 46. Rf1 Qf5 47. Rf3 Ne5 48. Rf1 Rd6 49. g4 Qg5 50. Re1
Nxc4 51. bxc4 Re6 52. Qb2+ Qf6 53. Qf2 Qc3 54. Rxe6 Qxh3+ 55. Qh2 Qf1+ 56.
Qg1 Qxg1+ 57. Kxg1 fxe6 58. c5 a4 59. c6 b3 60. axb3 axb3 61. c7 b2 62.
c8=Q b1=Q+ 63. Kh2 Qh7+ 64. Kg1 Qg6 65. Qc7+ Qf7 66. Qc5 Qf6 67. Kg2 e5 68.
Kf3 Kg6 69. Qc8 Qf7 70. Qa6+ Kg5 71. Qb5 Qe6 72. Kf2 Kxg4 73. Qe2+ Kg5 74.
Qe4 Qf5 75. Qd5 Qc2+ 76. Kf1 Qc3 77. Qg8+ Kf5 78. Qh7+ Ke6 79. Qg8+ Kd6 80.
Qf8+ Kd5 81. Kf2 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[WhiteICU "1928"]
[BlackICU "2293"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22163"]

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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 Bg4 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qh5 12. Bb4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3
14. gxf3 Nbd7 15. Bd6 O-O-O 16. Bd3 Nf8 17. Be7 Rxd4 18. Bc5 Rf4 19. Bxa7
N8d7 20. Be3 Rxf3 21. Rdg1 g6 22. h4 Ne5 23. Be2 Rf5 24. Rg5 h6 25. Rxf5
exf5 26. h5 g5 27. f4 Nd5 28. Bd4 Nxf4 29. Bxe5 Nxe2+ 30. Kd2 Re8 31. Bg7
Ng3 32. Rh3 Ne4+ 33. Kc1 Re6 34. Rf3 f4 35. Kd1 Ng3 36. Bc3 Nxh5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Dempsey, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[WhiteICU "2237"]
[BlackICU "1705"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Straffan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2501058"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22164"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Be4 Rc8
14. Qd3 g6 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Ne2 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxd5 Bc6 19. Qd4 Qg5
20. Nf4 a6 21. Qb2 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Re4 23. f3 Re7 24. Qf2 Rce8 25. Rad1 Qc5
26. e4 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 h6 28. Re2 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Rd2 Bc6 31. h4 Re7
32. g4 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Bxd7 34. g5 hxg5 35. hxg5 Kf8 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Kd4 Kd6
38. Nd5 Bc6 39. Ne3 b5 40. b4 Bb7 41. a3 Bc8 42. f4 Bd7 43. f5 Bc6 44. fxg6
fxg6 45. Ng2 Be8 46. Nf4 Bf7 47. e5+ Kd7 48. Kc5 Bc4 49. Kb6 Bf1 50. Kxa6
Kc6 51. Nxg6 Kd5 52. Kb6 Ke6 53. Kc5 Kf5 54. Ne7+ Kxg5 55. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salter, David"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[WhiteICU "1979"]
[BlackICU "2164"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501988"]
[BlackFideId "2500477"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22165"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Qb6 8.
dxc5 Qxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Qb6 11. c4 Rd8 12. Qc2 a6 13. O-O Bd7 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bc4 Be8 17. Ne4 f6 18. Nc5 Bf7 19. e4 Nc7 20. Bxf7
Kxf7 21. Qc4+ Kg7 22. Rad1 a5 23. b5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Qxb5 25. Qc2 b6 26. Nd7
Rc8 27. Rb1 Nb4 28. Qd2 Rd8 29. Rd1 Nba6 30. Nd4 Qxd7 31. Ne6+ Qxe6 32.
Qxd8 Qxe4 33. h3 Qe5 34. Rd2 Qa1+ 35. Rd1 Qe5 36. Rd7 Qa1+ 37. Rd1 Qe5 38.
Rd7 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. g3 Kf7 41. Qh8 Ke6 42. Rd3 Qh5 43. Re3+ Kf7 44.
Re4 g5 45. Qd8 Ne6 46. Rxe6 Kxe6 47. Qxb6+ Kf7 48. Qxa6 Qf3 49. Qc4+ e6 50.
Qc5 h5 51. Kg1 Qd1+ 52. Kh2 Qd5 53. Qc2 Qf5 54. Qc7+ Kg6 55. Kg2 g4 56.
hxg4 hxg4 57. Qc3 Qe5 58. Qc2+ f5 59. Qc8 Qd5+ 60. Kh2 Kf7 61. Qc7+ Kf6 62.
Qc3+ Qe5 63. Qc8 Qd5 64. Qc3+ e5 65. Qc8 e4 66. Qf8+ Ke5 67. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[WhiteICU "2293"]
[BlackICU "2291"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22166"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Colm Daly, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 9,
no. 4, August-September 1997, p. 14. } { The big clash between the top four
saw Stephen deservedly beat me after the opening turned out to be virtually
winning for White, even though during the game we both thought Black had
the advantage in the opening phase. I should have contented myself in
getting a draw but was too greedy. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 ({ Although Stephen has been playing } 3. Nd2 { in
recent times I was sure he would revert to the Advance variation owing to
my extensive experience with the Tarrasch. }) 3... c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7
6. Be2 f6 $5 { An underrated move which I think ensures speedy equality. It
has taken a few knocks though, notably Romanishin - Ivanchuk, Irkutsk 1986
and Ivanchuk - Short - Novi Sad 1990. } 7. O-O fxe5 8. dxe5 ({ Much more
common is } 8. Nxe5 { but although at the time I understood that Nxe5 was
in fact virtually mandatory, now I think a simple transposition to lines
with Ne5 played is the best way to proceed for Black. There is no real
drawback to 8. dxe5. }) 8... Qc7 9. Re1 $1 ({ My only real knowledge of
this position was that after } 9. Na3 a6 10. c4 d4 11. Nc2 Nh6 { Black has
a good position, but 10. Re1 allows White to keep the option of putting his
N on e4 via d2 should I play ... d4?. Afterwards I found a game Levitt -
Lehtivaara. }) 9... O-O-O 10. c4 d4 $2 { Amazingly both of us assumed Black
was better from the opening, based on the perceived weakness of the e5
pawn. However this pawn is in fact a tower of strength simply because of
the plan Bf4-Nd2-e4 with a3-b4 ideas. } ({ &#91;RR } 10... d4 $10 { is
best; Black's later problems arose from other sources.&#93; }) 11. Bf4 Nh6
{ I find it difficult to recommend or criticise moves in this position as
after 10... d4 I think Black's position is awful. neither one of us
realized this during the game but having spent time looking at this opening
I cannot find a good plan for Black. } 12. Nbd2 Nf7 13. Bd3 $1 Be7 ({ I
understand that if I had offered a draw in the opening Stephen would have
accepted. I actually thought about this during the game but was too
overconfident and incorrectly judged the position. A huge mistake in
retrospect. If } 13... h6 14. Bg6 $1 { and Black is totally tied up. }) 14.
h4 Rdf8 (14... Kb8 15. Ne4 a5 { This might have been a better plan. Simply
taken useful preventative measures for a few moves. }) 15. a3 h6 16. Bg6 $1
$16 Ng5 { What else? } 17. Bg3 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Bd8 (18... a5 $5) (18... Kb8
$5) ({ &#91;RR } 18... Bd8 $2 { (why?) is the main source of Black's
difficulties. After the natural }) (18... Be8 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Nd2 { ,
White has only a small edge.&#93; }) 19. b4 Be7 $1 { The best practical
try, forcing White to make a critical decision. Unfortunately for me,
Stephen chooses correctly. } ({ &#91;RR } 19... Kb8 $5 20. Nd2 Ne7 21. Be4
Bc6 22. bxc5 $14 { was worth considering (and is far from hopeless).&#93; }
) 20. Nd2 $1 $18 { A hugely powerful move which leads to a speedy and
decisive king attack. } (20. b5 $2 Na5 { unclear; }) (20. bxc5 $6 Bxc5 {
unclear. }) 20... cxb4 21. Ne4 $1 { The point. } 21... bxa3 { I might as
well grab as much as I can, as I am unlikely to get to do much of anything
soon! } ({ &#91;RR } 21... Kb8 $16 { .&#93; }) 22. c5 Qa5 23. Qc1 Be8 24.
Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxa3 Qb4 26. Qa1 Qc4 (26... Bxc5 { loses to } 27. Ra4) 27.
Rc1 Qd5 28. Nd6+ { Curtains! } 28... Bxd6 29. exd6 Kd7 (29... e5 30. Rxa7
Nxa7 31. Qxa7 { with the idea of Rb1 and Qa8+. }) 30. Qb1 $1 { The quickest
way, but also winning was Rb1-b8, Rab3. } 30... e5 ({ Instead Rb8 allows
the queen to penetrate with Qg6. } 30... Rb8 31. Qg6 Rhg8 32. Qf7+) 31.
Qxb7+ Ke6 32. Ra6 Nb8 $2 (32... Rc8 33. Qxg7 { wins anyway. }) 33. d7+ Nxa6
34. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 35. Qxa6+ Kf5 36. Qxa7 g6 37. h5 gxh5 38. Qh7+ Kg5 39.
Qg7+ Kf5 40. Qxh6 Qf7 41. Qd2 Qd5 42. c6 Rc8 43. Re1 Re8 44. Rxe5+ Rxe5 45.
Qf4+ Kg6 46. Qxe5 Qc4 47. c7 d3 48. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Salter, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[WhiteICU "1967"]
[BlackICU "1979"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2501988"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "main line"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22167"]

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 a6 10. a3 Qc7 11. h3 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. b4 Rac8 14. Nd2
Rfe8 15. Rfd1 b5 16. c5 a5 17. Nf1 Ra8 18. Ng3 g6 19. Nf1 Ra7 20. Nh2 Rea8
21. Rab1 Bc8 22. Nf3 Nf8 23. Bxb5 axb4 24. axb4 Rb8 25. Bc4 Rab7 26. Ng5
Rxb4 27. Rxb4 Rxb4 28. Qa2 Ne6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kg7
32. Bg5 Rd4 33. Ra1 Qd7 34. Qxe5 h6 35. Be3 Rd3 36. Ra4 Rd1+ 37. Nxd1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dempsey, Paul"]
[Black "Joyce, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[WhiteICU "1705"]
[BlackICU "2146"]
[WhiteClub "Straffan"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501058"]
[BlackFideId "2500655"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22168"]

{ Event information: <a
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Qe7 8. c4
c6 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. a4 a5 13. Qc1 Ne4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ba3 Bh5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qa3 Qxa3 19. Rxa3 Ra6 20. Rb1
Rb6 21. cxd5 exd5 22. b4 Rxb4 23. Rxb4 axb4 24. Rb3 Ra8 25. h3 Rxa4 26. g4
Bg6 27. Bf1 b6 28. Rb1 c5 29. Bb5 Ra2 30. Bc6 Bf7 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. dxc5 bxc5
33. Rd1 b3 34. Bxd5 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 b2 36. Rd8+ Ke7 37. Rb8 c4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[WhiteICU "2048"]
[BlackICU "2120"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Shorts"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22169"]

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

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 a5 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne4 9. Qd3 b6 10. Ne5 d5 11. f3 Nd6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Qc2
Nd7 15. e4 fxe4 16. fxe4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qe7 20.
Bf4 Rad8 21. e6 c5 22. Bg5 Qxg5 23. e7 h5 24. Qe6+ Rf7 25. exd8=Q+ Qxd8 26.
Rad1 Qc7 27. Re5 Bc8 28. Qd5 g6 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. Rd6 Rb7 32.
Kf2 Bf5 33. Ke3 a4 34. a3 Bg4 35. Ke4 Bh3 36. Kf4 Kh6 37. Rf6 Bf5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McMahon, Daire"]
[Black "Brady, Cormac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[WhiteICU "2164"]
[BlackICU "1911"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500477"]
[BlackFideId "2500825"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "A65"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "6.e4"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22170"]

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
h3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. a4 Na6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. Nc4
Qh4 15. Qf3 Be5 16. Be3 g5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. g4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Kh2
h5 21. gxh5 Rxh5 22. Rg1+ Kf8 23. Bf1 Ke7 24. Ne2 Rh6 25. Ra3 Rf6 26. Nc3
Rh8 27. Nb1 Rfh6 28. Nd2 Qf6 29. e5 Qxe5 30. Nc4 Qxd5 31. Qxf4 Ne6 32. Re3
Rxh3+ 33. Bxh3 Kd8 34. Qf6+ Kc7 35. Qxh8 Qxc4 36. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "O'Kearney, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "2162"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[BlackFullName "O'Kearney, Se&aacute;n"]
[ICUid "22171"]

{ Event information: <a
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1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 Bxc5 5. e5 Nd5 6. Ne4 Qb6 7. Nf3 Nc6
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 Ndb4 11. Bb1 Qc7 12. a3 Na6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6
Nxe5 15. Qc3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 e5 17. f4 d6 18. c5 d5 19. Nd6 d4 20. Qg3 Rd8
21. fxe5 Qxc5 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Nxc8 Raxc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bf5 Rd8 26. e6
Qd6 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Bf4 Qf6 29. Bd3 Nc5 30. Bc4+ Kf8 31. Bh6+ Ke8 32.
Re1 Qf5 33. Qh4 Rd7 34. Bg5 Qf8 35. Bb5 Kd8 36. Bxd7 Bxg5 37. Qxg5+ Kxd7
38. b4 Ne6 39. Qd5+ Qd6 40. Qxb7+ Nc7 41. Qe4 Ne6 42. Qb7+ Nc7 43. Qxa7 Qf4
44. Qa4+ Kd6 45. Qb3 Nd5 46. Qh3 Qf5 47. Qxf5 gxf5 48. Rd1 Ke5 49. b5 Nb6
50. Kf1 Kd5 51. Ke2 Kc4 52. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[WhiteICU "2116"]
[BlackICU "2237"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22172"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: John Hurley, <em>Sunday Tribune</em>, July 27,
1997 p. M-39 (excerpted here). }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8.
Bg5 Qb6 9. b3 Rc8 10. h4 cxd4 11. cxd4 h6 12. Bc1 Be7 13. g3 O-O 14. h5 Nh8
15. Na3 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bb2 Nf7 18. Nc2 a5 19. Ne3 Ng5 20. Ne5 $2 ({
Appears to lose by force. Better was } 20. Nxg5) ({ &#91;RR } 20. Nxg5 $10
{ .&#93; }) 20... Bxe5 ({ &#91;RR ?!; the right move order was } 20... Nh3+
21. Kg2 Nxf2 $17 { .&#93; }) 21. dxe5 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Nxf2 $1 23. Nxd5 $5 exd5
24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Qxd7 (25. e6) ({ &#91;RR } 25. Qxd7 $2 { is the losing
move. Instead } (25. e6 $1 { , as suggested by Hurley, leaves White very
much in the game, as after } 25... Be8 26. Bf3 { , White recovers the piece
} { ( } 26... Rd8 27. e7 $1 Nxe7 28. Qe5 $10 { ) . In the complicated
position after 26. Bf3, Black appears to have at most a small edge.&#93; })
) 25... Rcd8 26. Qe6 Qe3 27. Qc4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[WhiteICU "1928"]
[BlackICU "2017"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22173"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. Re1 Nc6 8.
Nbd2 Rb8 9. a4 b6 10. Nc4 Bb7 11. Bd2 h6 12. Bc3 e5 13. Rf1 a6 14. h3 b5
15. axb5 axb5 16. Na5 Nxa5 17. Bxa5 Qc8 18. Bd2 Ra8 19. b3 Qc7 20. Qc1 Rxa1
21. Qxa1 Ra8 22. Qb2 b4 23. Ra1 Qb8 24. c3 bxc3 25. Bxc3 Rxa1+ 26. Qxa1 Bc6
27. Qb2 Nd7 28. Nd2 Nb6 29. Qa3 Bf8 30. Qa6 Qb7 31. Qxb7 Bxb7 32. Ba5 Nc8
33. b4 cxb4 34. Bxb4 Ba6 35. Bf1 Na7 36. Nc4 Bxc4 37. dxc4 Nc6 38. Bc3 Be7
39. Bd3 Bd8 40. Bc2 Bb6 41. Kg2 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roberts, Danny"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1883"]
[BlackICU "1864"]
[WhiteClub "Rathfarnham"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501074"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22174"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. cxd4 Bb4+
8. Bd2 Nb6 9. Bb3 d5 10. Bxb4 Nxb4 11. a3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd3 f5 14.
Nc3 Bd7 15. Rac1 Be8 16. Nb5 Nc8 17. Rc2 g5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Nc7 f4 20.
Nxe6 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Nxe8 Nxd4 24. Bxd5+ Kf8 25. Rd2 Nc6
26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Nf6 Nb6 28. Re1 h5 29. b4 Rb7 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. e6+ Kxf6
32. Rf8+ Kg6 33. Rxf5 Re7 34. Rxf4 Nd5 35. Rc4 Rc7 36. Rec1 Ne7 37. Rf4 Nf5
38. Rc5 Ne7 39. h4 a6 40. Rg5+ Kh6 41. Rf6+ Kh7 42. Rf7+ Kh6 43. Rgg7 c5
44. bxc5 a5 45. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "1967"]
[BlackICU "2162"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Stockholm variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22175"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5
8. e3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 e6 11. Rb1 Be7 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7
14. Nf3 Nc6 15. h4 h6 16. Ke2 Rac8 17. Bd3 Rc7 18. Rb2 Rd8 19. Rhb1 Bc8 20.
Bb5 f6 21. Rc2 Bd7 22. Rbc1 Rdc8 23. Bd3 Be8 24. Nd2 f5 25. f4 Kd8 26. a3
Ne7 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Kxc7 29. Bc4 Nd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Kd3 Bb5+ 32.
Kc3 Be2 33. Kb4 Kc6 34. Nb1 b6 35. Nd2 a5+ 36. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[WhiteICU "2120"]
[BlackICU "2116"]
[WhiteClub "Shorts"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22176"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. Nd2 Nxd2 5. Qxd2 cxd4 6. Nf3 d5 7. Nxd4
g6 8. Nb5 Bg7 9. Qxd5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qb6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. e3 O-O
14. Bg3 Rac8 15. a3 a6 16. Nc7 Rxc7 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Be2 Bf5 19. Qc4 Qb6
20. Qa2 Na5 21. Bd3 Nb3+ 22. Kc2 Be6 23. c4 Nc5 24. b4 Nxd3 25. Kxd3 Qc6
26. f3 b5 27. Qc2 Bxc4+ 28. Kd2 Qe6 29. Rde1 Rd8+ 30. Kc1 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Dempsey, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[WhiteICU "2017"]
[BlackICU "1705"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Straffan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2501058"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "closed (Breyer) variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22177"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Qc7 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
c3 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. b4 Be7 14. Nh4
Rfe8 15. Bf1 c5 16. b5 Nb6 17. a4 Nc8 18. Nc4 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. Bc4 Qd7
21. Kg2 Bf8 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Be3 b6 24. f3 Qb7 25. Nf5 Bg6 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7
27. Bg5 Red7 28. Rad1 h6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Kf2 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Rd1
Qd7 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34. g4 Kg7 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Qc1 Kg7 37. Qa1 Qd8 38. Qa2
Kf8 39. Qa3 Qa8 40. Bd5 Qe8 41. Qc1 Kg7 42. Qd2 Qd8 43. Qa2 Qd7 44. Kd3 Bh7
45. Kc4 Bg8 46. a5 Qd8 47. axb6 axb6 48. Qa8 Qc7 49. Qb7 Qd8 50. Bc6 Qd2
51. Qa7 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Joyce, John"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[WhiteICU "2146"]
[BlackICU "2164"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500655"]
[BlackFideId "2500477"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "Fischer defence"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22178"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. d3 g5 6. h4 Bg7 7. c3 Nc6 8. Na3
Qe7 9. Bd2 g4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 c6 12. Qe2 Bxd4 13. Nc2 Bxb2 14. Rb1
Bg7 15. Bxf4 b5 16. Bb3 Nf6 17. Qe3 Nh5 18. O-O Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Be6 20. d4
O-O 21. d5 Bd7 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Qxg4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Rbd1 d5 26.
Nd4 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Rad8 28. Rfd1 Rfe8 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rxa4 Re7 31. Re1 Rb7
32. Re3 Rd6 33. Rg3+ Kf8 34. Ra5 d4 35. Rc5 d3 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Bc4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[WhiteICU "2048"]
[BlackICU "2293"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22179"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Michael Hennigan, <em>Sunday Indpendent</em>,
August 17, 1997 p. 57. }

1. e4 d5 2. e5 Bf5 3. f4 e6 4. Be2 h5 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. d4 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Bb6 10. b5 Ne7 11. Nd4 Bg4 12. Bxg4 hxg4 13. Be3 Nhf5 14. Nxf5
Nxf5 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qxg4 Qe3+ 17. Kd1 Qd3+ 18. Ke1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "O'Kearney, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1864"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[BlackFullName "O'Kearney, Se&aacute;n"]
[ICUid "22180"]

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

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8.
Qa4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Ng5 cxd4 13. Ndf3 e5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bd6 16. Re2 Bg4 17. Re1 h6 18. Nf3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rae8
20. Rf1 Qc7 21. Qxd4 Bxh2+ 22. Kg2 Be5 23. Qh4 Qf7 24. Be3 Nh5 25. Qg4 Nf4+
26. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Roberts, Danny"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1883"]
[BlackICU "1928"]
[WhiteClub "Rathfarnham"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501074"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "bishop's gambit, Ruy Lopez defence"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22181"]

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

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nf3 Bc5
8. Qe2+ Kf8 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qf6 11. d4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. c3 Be5
14. O-O g5 15. Be3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[WhiteICU "2237"]
[BlackICU "2291"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22182"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Colm Daly, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 9,
no. 4, August-September 1997, pp. 14-15. } { My own tournament effectively
came to an end when I made a horrendous positional mistake against Joe. I
was frustrated when Joe played without ambition or conviction but by
exchanging a lot of pieces early on he kept my advantage to slight. Still a
draw should have been preferred to losing. After the game it was easy to
see that my choice of opening was wrong despite having no problems in the
opening. I should have opted for a more complicated game. }

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. a4
a5 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Nb1 Na6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14.
Nbd2 (14. Ne5 $6 Ng4 $1 15. Nxg4 fxg4 { when Black has a clear advantage
due to his kingside space and control of e4 in conjunction with his
queenside bind and ideas like Bf5-e4+Qh4 Rf6-h6. }) 14... Bd7 ({ It might
have been better to play } 14... Be6 { and follow up with Rc8 b6-c5 when
Black has a slight plus. More space and options. }) 15. Ne5 Be8 16. f4 Bh5
17. Qc2 Ng4 18. Nxg4 fxg4 $4 ({ This is positional suicide. It would be
good if Black could control e4 and f5 but as this is not possible it is
fair to say Black is now lost. Instead } 18... Bxg4 { would have been
slightly better for Black for the reasons stated earlier, e.g. }) (18...
Bxg4 19. Rfe1 Qb4 $1 20. Nf1 Bh5 21. Ng3 Be8 22. Ne2 Bd7 23. Kf2 b6 24. Nc1
Rc8 25. Nd3 Qd6 26. Rec1 c5 27. Ne5 Be6 28. Qb2 Ra7 29. Qa3 Rac7 { Black
has more space and his bishop is no longer bad. White's only really good
piece is his knight but he has no breaks to aim for. }) ({ &#91;RR Contra
these notes, } 18... fxg4 ({ and } 18... Bxg4) { are each about equal.&#93;
}) 19. Rae1 Qd7 ({ &#91;RR ?!; better } 19... Qb4 $10 { . Black should aim
to impede an e4 break.&#93; }) 20. f5 Raa8 21. Rf4 $1 Rae8 22. Nf1 g5 $2 {
This only speeds up the win that was inevitable for White as now there is
another weakness to worry about. } ({ &#91;RR The solid } 22... Bf7 {
leaves Black close to equality. }) ({ The more forcing } 22... Bg6 $5 23.
Ng3 h5 { also seems fully satisfactory, e.g. } 24. Ref1 h4 25. fxg6 Rxf4
26. Rxf4 hxg3 27. hxg3 Rxe3 28. Qf2 Re8 29. Rxg4 $10 { .&#93; }) 23. Rf2
Re7 ({ &#91;RR ?; better } 23... Qd6 $16 { .&#93; }) 24. Ng3 { &#91; RR $18
.&#93; } 24... Be8 25. Qd2 Rg7 26. e4 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Qd8 28. Nc5 { There is
no hope for Black in this position and resignation was a serious option,
but I was just coming to terms with the fact that my hopes of winning the
tournament were now history. } 28... Bd7 29. Nxb7 Qb8 30. f6 Rg6 31. Nc5
Qd6 32. Re7 Bc8 33. f7+ Kg7 34. Re8 g3 35. hxg3 Bg4 36. Rxf8 Kxf8 37. Qxa5
Bf5 38. Qa8+ Kxf7 39. Rxf5+ Kg7 40. Qa7+ Kh6 41. Ne4 Qd8 42. Qc5 Re6 43.
Re5 Rg6 44. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salter, David"]
[Black "Brady, Cormac"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[WhiteICU "1979"]
[BlackICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501988"]
[BlackFideId "2500825"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22183"]

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

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bd6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 e5 8.
Re1 Re8 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Nf1 Qe7 11. Ne3 g6 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. h3 Be6 14. Ng4
Nxg4 15. hxg4 Rad8 16. Qf3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qf8 18. Kh2 Be7 19. Bh3 Bc4 20. g5
Rd3 21. Qh1 Red8 22. Kg2 R8d6 23. b3 Be6 24. c4 c5 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. exf5
Bd7 27. Bg4 Bc6+ 28. f3 Qd8 29. f6 Bxf6 30. gxf6 Qxf6 31. Be3 e4 32. f4
Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Rd2+ 34. Re2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brady, Cormac"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[WhiteICU "1911"]
[BlackICU "1928"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500825"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, main line"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22184"]

{ Event information: <a
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bd3 Nc6
8. Qf4 Be7 9. O-O Be6 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. Bc3 f6 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Nd4 g5 14.
Qe3 Nf5 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[WhiteICU "2293"]
[BlackICU "2116"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22185"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Colm Daly, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 9,
no. 4, August-September 1997, p. 15 (not shown here). }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4
8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 Qe6
14. Qb4 O-O 15. Bc4 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Rd1 Qb5 18. Qxe4 Bc6 19. Qe2 Qc5
20. Qg4 Bb5 21. Qd4 Qc8 $2 (21... Qc7 $1 $14 (21... Qxd4 $6 22. Rxd4 $16))
22. f3 Qe6 23. a4 Ba6 24. Kf2 Rfc8 25. Rhe1 h6 26. Qd7 Qb6+ 27. Qd4 Qe6 28.
a5 Bc4 29. Kg1 b5 30. Qe4 Qe7 31. f4 Rab8 32. f5 Bb3 33. f6 Qe6 34. Rd6 Qc4
35. Rd4 Qc5 36. fxg7 b4 37. Bd2 Bc2 38. Qf4 Rc6 39. Be3 Qxa5 40. e6 Rb7 41.
Qxh6 Bh7 42. exf7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Roberts, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[WhiteICU "2120"]
[BlackICU "1883"]
[WhiteClub "Shorts"]
[BlackClub "Rathfarnham"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2501074"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22186"]

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

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. h4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. h5 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. Bd3 Qc8 8.
Nc3 c4 9. Be2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. hxg6 Bxg6 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. a4 O-O 14.
Nh3 Ne5 15. Nf4 Qf5 16. Nxg6 Qxg6 17. g4 Qe4 18. Rg1 Nxd5 19. Qd4 Nf3+ 20.
Bxf3 Qxd4 21. cxd4 Rxf3 22. Bh6 Nb4 23. Rb1 Nxc2+ 24. Kd1 Nxd4 25. Rxb7
Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[WhiteICU "2291"]
[BlackICU "2164"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500477"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22187"]

{ Event information: <a
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2
Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 a5 10. Qe3 a4 11. Bd3 Ra5 12. Nf3 c5 13. O-O h6 14.
Bd2 Ra7 15. Bc3 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qd2 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bd7 19. Bc4 Rg8 20.
e6 fxe6 21. Ne5 g5 22. Qh3 Bg7 23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24. Rae1 Re8 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26.
Bxe6+ Rxe6 27. Qf5 Kd6 28. Rd1+ Bd4 29. Qf8+ Kc6 30. Qf3+ Kb6 31. Rf1 Rf6
32. Qe4 Bxb2 33. a3 Bd4 34. Rb1+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Joyce, John"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[WhiteICU "2146"]
[BlackICU "1967"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500655"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22188"]

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

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7
8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 c5 10. c3 Qc7 11. Rf3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rh3 Nxe5
14. fxe5 g6 15. Bd2 b5 16. Rf1 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Rxf6 Bxf6 19. Rg3 e5
20. Qxb5 Rb8 21. Qc4+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. b3 exd4 24. exd4 cxd4 25. cxd4
Bxd4+ 26. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[WhiteICU "2162"]
[BlackICU "2017"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[ECO "D56"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Lasker defence, Teichmann variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22189"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Colm Daly, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 9,
no. 4, August-September 1997, pp. 15-16 (excerpted here). }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. O-O Nd7 14.
Rfc1 Rfc8 15. b4 Bg4 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qd4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rac8 20.
Rxc5 Rxc5 21. f4 g6 22. a4 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. a5 Ke7 26. Ke2
Kd6 27. f3 Rc3 28. Kd2 Rc8 29. Rb1 Nd7 30. h4 h5 31. Rg1 Nc5 32. Bc2 Nd7
33. Bd3 b6 34. a6 Nc5 35. Bc2 Nd7 36. e4 dxe4 37. fxe4 Ke7 38. Bd3 Nc5 39.
Bc2 Ne6 40. f5 Nd4 41. Bd1 gxf5 42. exf5 Rd8 43. Ke3 Nxf5+ 44. Kf4 Kf6 45.
Bxh5 Rd4+ 46. Kf3 Nxh4+ 47. Ke2 Ng6 48. Rc1 Ne5 49. Rc7 Rd7 50. Rc8 Ke7 51.
Ke3 Kd6 52. Ke4 f6 53. Be8 Rc7 54. Rxc7 Kxc7 55. Kf5 Kd6 56. Kxf6 Nf3 57.
Bg6 Nd4 58. Bd3 Kc5 59. Ke7 Nxb5 { Tablebase draw. } 60. Kd7 Nd4 61. Kc7
Nc6 ({ Colm Daly's notes gave this a &lsquo;?&rsquo;, giving } 61... b5 62.
Kb7 Kd6 63. Kb8 b4 64. Kb7 b3 { and wins, but simply capturing on a7 on
either of the last two moves draws straightforwardly. }) 62. Kb7 Kd6 63.
Bb5 Nb4 64. Kxa7 Kc7 65. Be8 Nxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Kearney, Sean"]
[Black "Dempsey, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "1705"]
[BlackClub "Straffan"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501058"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Kearney, Se&aacute;n"]
[ICUid "22190"]

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

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 e6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Nf6 10. f4 O-O 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Qe1 f5 14. Bc2
b5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qe7 17. Nc1 g5 18. Nd3 Rf7 19. Nf2 h5 20. Bxe4
dxe4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Raf8 23. Qg6+ Rg7 24. Qxh5 Rf4 25. Rxf4 gxf4
26. Qf3 Qg5 27. Qa8+ Kh7 28. Qe4+ Kh8 29. Rf1 Bc8 30. Rxf4 Bb7 31. Rf8+ Rg8
32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Qxb7 Qe3+ 34. Kf1 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 36. Kg3 Qg5+ 37. Kf3
Qh5+ 38. Ke3 Qg5+ 39. Ke2 Qf5 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qxa7+ Kg6 42. Qb7 Qc2+ 43.
Ke3 Qc1+ 44. Kf3 Qf1+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kh3 Kg5 47. Qg7+ Kf4 48. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "2237"]
[BlackICU "2048"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22191"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Bd2 Ne4 9. h3 Nd7 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd5 12. c4 e5 13. Bc3 exd4 14.
Bxd4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bb5 Re6 17. Bxg7 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Kxg7 19. Rac1 a6
20. Be2 Re7 21. Nd4 Be6 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Bf3 Rb8 24. Rd6 Rc8 25. Rxc8
Nxc8 26. Rd8 Na7 27. a4 e5 28. Rb8 b5 29. a5 Kf6 30. Rb6+ Re6 31. Bb7 Ke7
32. Bxa6 Rxb6 33. axb6 Nc6 34. Bxb5 Nb8 35. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salter, David"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1979"]
[BlackICU "1864"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501988"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22192"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 Bf5 7. h3 h5 8.
Be2 Nh7 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. g4 hxg4 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Rxh7 Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14.
Bxg4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 c5 17. Qc2 d4 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Ngf3 Bg7 20.
O-O-O Qa5 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Nb3 Qxa2 23. Nbxd4 Bh6+ 24. Nd2 Rfe8 25. Bd3
Kg7 26. Rg1 Qa1+ 27. Qb1 Qxb1+ 28. Bxb1 Kf6 29. Kd1 Bxd2 30. Kxd2 Rad8 31.
Bd3 a5 32. Ra1 Re5 33. Kc2 Rh8 34. f3 Kg5 35. f4+ Kxf4 36. Rf1+ Ke3 37.
Rf3# 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brady, Cormac"]
[Black "O'Kearney, Sean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[WhiteICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500825"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Milner-Barry gambit"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[BlackFullName "O'Kearney, Se&aacute;n"]
[ICUid "22193"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nxd4 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Nf3 Ne7 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Kh1 Qxe5
14. Re1 Qf6 15. Qh5 h6 16. Re3 Ng6 17. Qxd5 Bc6 18. Qc5 Ne7 19. Re2 O-O 20.
Qh5 Rfd8 21. Bc2 Rd5 22. Qh3 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dempsey, Paul"]
[Black "Salter, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1705"]
[BlackICU "1979"]
[WhiteClub "Straffan"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501058"]
[BlackFideId "2501988"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22194"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nbd2 e5 5. c3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e4 g5
8. Nc4 Bg7 9. Ne3 Nb6 10. d5 Bd7 11. a4 Nc8 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Bb5 Ne7 14.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rd1 Qg6 16. Qc4 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Qg4 Rbf8 19. Nh4 h5 20.
Nxg6 hxg4 21. Nxf8+ Rxf8 22. Nxg4 Nh4 23. O-O Rf4 24. Ne3 Rxa4 25. Ra1 Rxa1
26. Rxa1 a6 27. Ra4 Bf6 28. f3 Ng6 29. g3 Bd8 30. Rg4 Nf8 31. h4 Nh7 32. f4
c6 33. dxc6+ Kxc6 34. fxg5 d5 35. g6 Nf6 36. g7 Ng8 37. h5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[WhiteICU "2017"]
[BlackICU "2291"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22195"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b5 8. e5
Nd7 9. h4 a5 10. Bf4 b4 11. Nbd2 Ba6 12. Rfe1 h6 13. h5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 hxg5
15. g4 Nf8 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Qxg5 Qxg5 18. Nxg5 g6 19. f4 gxh5 20. gxh5 Rxh5
21. Nde4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Ke7 23. Nxc5 Nb8 24. Nxa6 Nxa6 25. Bb7 Rxc2 26. Bxa6
Ng6 27. Rac1 Rxb2 28. f5 Rxf5 29. d4 Rg5+ 30. Kf1 Rh5 31. Bb7 Rhh2 32. Re3
Nf4 33. Rc7+ Kd8 34. Rc8+ Kd7 35. Rc1 Nd5 36. Bc6+ Ke7 37. Bxd5 exd5 38.
Kg1 Rbg2+ 39. Kf1 Rxa2 40. Kg1 Rag2+ 41. Kf1 Rc2 42. Rxc2 Rxc2 43. Ke1 a4
44. Kd1 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Joyce, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[WhiteICU "2048"]
[BlackICU "2146"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500655"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22196"]

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1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. e5 Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Na3 Bf5 6. g4 Be4 7. Nf3 h5 8. d3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 hxg4 10. Qxd5 e6 11. Qg2 Nh6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. h3 gxh3 14. Rxh3
O-O-O 15. Be3 g5 16. fxg5 Rg8 17. Nd6+ Kb8 18. O-O-O Nxe5 19. Qxb7+ Qxb7
20. Nxb7 Nhg4 21. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McMahon, Daire"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[WhiteICU "2164"]
[BlackICU "2237"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500477"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22197"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Colm Daly, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 9,
no. 4, August-September 1997, p. 16 (not shown here); Michael Hennigan,
<em>Sunday Independent</em>, August 10, 1997 p. 51. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O Nh5 8.
Be3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rc1 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. h3 Nf6 14. c5 Ne8 15.
Qb3 h5 16. Nb5 g4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nxa7 Ng6 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8
21. Rc1 Qd8 22. Qxb7 ({ '? This is too greedy, and allows Ryan to whip up
an irresistible attack in just a few moves', Hennigan, who suggests } 22.
Kh1 $18 { instead. In fact the move played is objectively just as good,
though it does require White to be careful. }) 22... gxf3 23. gxf3 Nh4 24.
Bxh4 Qxh4 25. Qd7 Kh8 26. Rc8 $4 (26. Kf1 $1 $18 (26. Kg2 Rg8 27. Kf1 {
also wins. })) 26... Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Rg8 28. Rxe8 Bf8+ 29. Qg4 hxg4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "2116"]
[BlackICU "2162"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, main line with d3"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22198"]

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report</a>. }

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8.
h3 Bd7 9. Be3 Qc8 10. Kh2 Rb8 11. Qd2 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Bh6 Qc7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Rfc1 Nxd5 18. d4 Nf6 19. b4 c4 20. d5 b5
21. axb5 axb5 22. Qc3 Ra8 23. Nd4 Ra7 24. Rxa7 Qxa7 25. Ra1 Qb6 26. e3 e5
27. dxe6 fxe6 28. Ra5 e5 29. Ne2 Bc6 30. Qa1 Bxg2 31. Ra6 Qd8 32. Kxg2 Rf8
33. Nc3 d5 34. Nxb5 d4 35. exd4 Qd5+ 36. f3 Nd7 37. dxe5 Qxf3+ 38. Kh2 Qe2+
39. Kg1 Qf2+ 40. Kh1 Qf3+ 41. Kh2 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Rf2 43. e6+ Nf6 44. Ra7+ Kh6
45. Qc1+ g5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[WhiteICU "1864"]
[BlackICU "2120"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Shorts"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22199"]

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

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8.
Ne2 f6 9. g3 cxd4 10. cxd4 fxe5 11. fxe5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bd3 Ndxe5 14.
dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 d4 17. Qh5 h6 18. Qg6 dxc3 19. Qh7+ Kf7
20. Rf1 cxb2+ 21. Bd2+ Ke8 22. Qg6+ Kd8 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Rd1 Bd7 25. Qf7
Kc7 26. Bf4+ Bd6 27. Be4 e5 28. Bf5 Rd8 29. Bd2 Kb8 30. Bd3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[WhiteICU "1928"]
[BlackICU "1967"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22200"]

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

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Nxe7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bd2 d5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. c3
O-O 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Be3 Nxe4 19. Bxb6 Nf6 20. O-O
Nd7 21. Bc7 f5 22. Bc2 e4 23. Rd6 Nde5 24. Bb3+ Kh7 25. Bd5 Ra7 26. Bb6 Rd7
27. Rxc6 Rxd5 28. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Roberts, Danny"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[WhiteICU "1883"]
[BlackICU "2293"]
[WhiteClub "Rathfarnham"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501074"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22201"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 c6 5. d4 cxd5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qxc5
8. Qg4 Ne7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. cxd5 Qb6 11. d6 Qxd6 12. Bb4 Qf6 13. Bd3 d6 14.
Rxc8 Rxc8 15. Ne2 Nbc6 16. Bc3 Qe6 17. Qg3 Qh6 18. h4 f5 19. Qh3 Kh8 20. g4
fxg4 21. Qxg4 Nd5 22. Bd2 Nf6 23. Qh3 e4 24. Bb1 Ne5 25. Nd4 Rc4 26. Rg1
Rf8 27. Rg3 Nh5 28. Rg5 Rxd4 29. exd4 Nf3+ 30. Ke2 d5 31. Qg4 Qa6+ 32. Ke3
Nxg5 33. hxg5 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "2293"]
[BlackICU "2162"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22202"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Colm Daly, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 9,
no. 4, August-September 1997, p. 16 (excerpted here). }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8.
cxd4 d5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. a3 a5 12. Qd3 a4 13. Ba2 Na5 14. Nd2 Rc8
15. f4 g6 16. Rf2 Nbc4 17. Nf1 Qb6 18. Ne3 Nb3 19. Bxb3 Qxb3 $17 20. Nxc4
Rxc4 21. Be3 Bb5 22. Qd2 Bc6 23. Rf3 Qb6 24. Bf2 h5 25. Rc1 Kd7 26. Nd1
Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Rc8 $15 28. Rc3 Qa6 29. Qd2 Bb5 30. Rxc8 Kxc8 31. Be1 Bc4 32.
Qc1 Qb6 33. Bc3 Kd7 34. Qd2 Qb3 35. Ne3 Qa2 36. Qc1 Bd3 37. Bb4 Bxb4 38.
axb4 Qb1 $4 39. Qxb1 $10 Bxb1 40. Nd1 Bd3 41. Nc3 b5 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Nd1
Kf8 44. Ne3 Kg7 45. g4 Kh6 46. Kg3 hxg4 (46... Be2 $5) ({ &#91;RR } 46...
hxg4 $2 { is the losing move, as illustrated by the game continuation.
Instead } (46... Be4) { holds, provided Black answers an eventual gxh5 with
... gxh5.&#93; }) 47. Nxg4+ Kg7 48. Kh4 Be2 49. Nf6 Bd3 50. Kg5 Be2 $2 (
50... Kf8 51. h4 Ke7 $10) ({ &#91;RR Black is already lost. } 50... Kf8 51.
h4 Ke7 { fails to } 52. Nh7 { followed by Kh6-g7, and the f-pawn falls. })
{ If Black keeps the king on g7, White transfers the knight to c7, and
plays h4 and f5!, winning.&#93; } 51. h4 Bd3 52. h5 gxh5 53. Nxh5+ Kf8 54.
Kf6 Bf5 55. Ng3 Bg4 56. Nh1 Bh3 57. Nf2 Bf5 58. Nd1 Be4 59. Nc3 Bd3 60. f5
exf5 61. Nxd5 Ke8 62. Nf4 Be4 63. d5 Bc2 64. Nh5 Be4 65. e6 fxe6 66. dxe6
Bc6 67. Kxf5 Ke7 68. Ke5 Bf3 69. Ng3 Bg4 70. Nf5+ Kd8 71. Nd4 Ke7 72. Nc6+
Ke8 73. Kd6 Bh3 74. Nd4 Bf1 75. e7 Bc4 76. Nf5 Kf7 77. Ng7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[WhiteICU "1967"]
[BlackICU "2237"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Leningrad variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22203"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. Rc1 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Bxf6
Qxf6 8. Qxf6 gxf6 9. a3 Be7 10. Nf3 b6 11. Nb5 Rb8 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 a6
14. Nc3 Na5 15. Nb1 Rc8 16. Nbd2 d5 17. Nd4 b5 18. c5 Bxc5 19. N2b3 Bxd4
20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nxd4 Nc4 22. b3 Nxa3 23. Kd2 Bd7 24. Kc3 a5 25. Ra1 b4+
26. Kb2 Ke7 27. e4 dxe4 28. Bxe4 Rc8 29. h4 f5 30. Bd3 Rc5 31. Re1 Kf6 32.
Nf3 Nb5 33. h5 h6 34. Nd2 Nc3 35. Bc4 Bc6 36. f3 Bd5 37. f4 Bxc4 38. Nxc4
a4 39. Ne5 a3+ 40. Ka1 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "O'Kearney, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[WhiteICU "2291"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "closed system"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[BlackFullName "O'Kearney, Se&aacute;n"]
[ICUid "22204"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Colm Daly, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 9,
no. 4, August-September 1997, pp. 18-21. } { Other information: Note: This
game won the Best Game prize. }

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. a3 Nf6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Ne7 14. b5 e4
15. dxe4 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bc3+ 17. Kf1 f5 18. Qc2 Bg7 19. Nh4 Qf6 20. e3 fxe4
21. Bxe4 Bh3+ 22. Bg2 Bg4 23. h3 Ra1 24. f4 Rfa8 25. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 26. Kf2 Ra2
27. Rxa1 Rxc2+ 28. Kg1 Bxa1 29. hxg4 Kg7 30. Be4 Rc5 31. Nxg6 Rxb5 32. Nh4
Rb4 33. Nf5+ Kf6 34. Bf3 Kg6 35. Be2 Rb2 36. Kf1 b5 37. Bd3 Rb3 38. Ke2
Rb2+ 39. Kf3 Rb3 40. Bc2 Rc3 41. Be4 b4 42. Nxd6+ Kf6 43. Nf5 b3 44. Nxh6
b2 45. g5+ Kg7 46. Nf5+ Kf8 47. Ke2 Rc1 48. Kf3 b1=Q 49. Bxb1 Rxb1 50. e4
Re1 51. Ne3 Bd4 52. Nf5 Bb2 53. Nh4 Kf7 54. Nf5 Bc3 55. Nh6+ Kg6 56. Nf5
Kf7 57. Ne3 Bd4 58. Ng4 Rf1+ 59. Ke2 Rg1 60. Nh6+ Kg6 61. Nf5 Bc3 62. Kf2
Re1 63. Kf3 Bb2 64. Ne7+ Kf7 65. Nc6 Bc3 66. Nd8+ Ke7 67. Nc6+ Kf7 68. e5
Kg6 69. Kg4 Re4 $2 ({ &ldquo;This makes it easy but Black was demoralized
by his complete lack of options, in any event there seems to be no defence,
e.g. } 69... Rd1 70. f5+ Kf7 (70... Kg7 71. f6+ Kf7 72. e6+ Kg6 73. Ne7+
Kh7 74. g6+ Kh6 75. g7 $18) 71. f6 Rxd5 72. Kf5 $18 Rd3 73. g6+ { .&rdquo;
}) ({ In fact } 69... Re4 $2 { is a losing blunder. }) (69... Kf7 70. Kf5
Rd1 71. Nd8+ Ke7 ({ and White has nothing better than a repetition; Colm's
main line claiming a win runs } 71... Kg8 72. d6 ({ better } 72. Nc6 $10)
72... cxd6 73. e6 Re1 ({ here } 73... Kf8 { wins }) 74. Kg6 d5 75. f5 d4
76. f6 d3 77. e7 $18 { , but instead of 76... d3??, simply 76... Kf8 wins
for Black. })) (69... Kf7 70. e6+ Kg7 71. f5 (71. Kf5 Rd1 $10) 71... Rd1
72. Ne7 (72. f6+ $2 Bxf6 $1 $19) 72... Rd3 73. f6+ Bxf6 { and White has
nothing better than a perpetual via } 74. Nf5+ Kg6 75. Nh4+) 70. d6 ({ The
Irish Chess Journal gives the additional moves ( } 70. d6 { ) } 70... cxd6
71. exd6 { . After } 71... Bd4 72. d7 Bb6 73. d8=Q Bxd8 74. Nxd8 {
&ldquo;the knight and three pawns will win fairly soon&rdquo; (tablebase
win). }) 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dempsey, Paul"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[WhiteICU "1705"]
[BlackICU "2120"]
[WhiteClub "Straffan"]
[BlackClub "Shorts"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501058"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22205"]

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1. d4 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Joyce, John"]
[Black "Roberts, Danny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[WhiteICU "2146"]
[BlackICU "1883"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Rathfarnham"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500655"]
[BlackFideId "2501074"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "E76"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Four pawns attack, dynamic line"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22206"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Nd4 11. Bd2 e5 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
exf4 15. Rxf4 Rxf4 16. Bxf4 Be5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Rc1 Qg5 19. Rc2 Bg4 20.
Qc1 Qxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McMahon, Daire"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[WhiteICU "2164"]
[BlackICU "2116"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500477"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22207"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nge2 a5 8. h3
Na6 9. Bg5 Nc5 10. Bc2 c6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. O-O Kh8 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. Ng3 Ra6
15. Kh2 f6 16. Be3 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Qd8 18. a3 Nc7 19. Nc3 Rc6 20. Nb5 Ne8 21.
Na7 Rc7 22. Qxa5 Qe7 23. Nb5 Rc6 24. Qd2 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. f4 exf4 27.
Bxf4 Ne6 28. Bh6 f4 29. Bxg7+ Qxg7 30. Ne4 Qxb2 31. Qd3 Qg7 32. Nbc3 Nc5
33. Nxc5 dxc5 34. Qf3 Re6 35. Nd5 Ra6 36. Rde1 Re6 37. Rxe6 Bxe6 38. Nxf4
Bxc4 39. Ng6+ hxg6 40. Qxf8+ Qxf8 41. Rxf8+ Kg7 42. Rxe8 b5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Brady, Cormac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[WhiteICU "1864"]
[BlackICU "1911"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500825"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22208"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d5 7. Bb5 Bd7
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Ng8 10. N4b3 Qc7 11. f4 c5 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. c4 d4 14. Bf2
f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. f5 e5 17. g4 h5 18. g5 Ng4 19. h3 Nxf2 20. Qxf2 Be7
21. f6 Qc6 22. f7+ Kf8 23. Rg1 e4 24. Qf4 Qd6 25. Qxd6 Bxd6 26. Nxe4 Rb6
27. h4 Kxf7 28. g6+ Ke7 29. Nxd6 Kxd6 30. O-O-O Ba4 31. Rd3 Bxb3 32. axb3
a5 33. Kc2 Rf8 34. Rd2 Rf3 35. Rg5 Rfxb3 36. Rxd4+ Kc6 37. Rdd5 Rxb2+ 38.
Kd3 R6b3+ 39. Ke4 Re2+ 40. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "1928"]
[BlackICU "2048"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open, 4.ed ed"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22209"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Qxe7+
Bxe7 8. Ngf3 c4 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Kxd7 11. Nf3 f6 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. O-O Ne7
14. h4 a6 15. Bxc6+ Nxc6 16. a3 Rhe8 17. Rfe1 Re4 18. Kf1 Rae8 19. c3 Na5
20. Rxe4 dxe4 21. Ng1 Nb3 22. Rd1 h6 23. Ke2 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Nh3 g4
26. Ng1 Kc6 27. Ke3 Kd5 28. Ne2 f5 29. Nf4+ Kc6 30. Ng6 Rg8 31. Nf4 Rh8 32.
Be1 Rh1 33. Ng6 g3 34. f3 exf3 35. Kxf3 Rf1+ 36. Ke2 Rg1 37. Kf3 Kd5 38.
Nh4 f4 39. Ng6 b5 40. Nh4 Rf1+ 41. Kg4 Ke4 42. Nf5 Bf8 43. d5 Nc5 44. d6
Nd7 45. Rd4+ Ke5 46. Bd2 Nf6+ 47. Kg5 f3 48. Bf4+ Ke6 49. d7 Nxd7 50. Rd2
Rf2 51. Nd4+ Kf7 52. Nxf3 Be7+ 53. Kg4 Nf6+ 54. Kf5 Nh5 55. Kg4 Nxf4 56.
Kxf4 Rxd2 57. Nxd2 Bd6+ 58. Kf3 a5 59. Ne4 Be5 60. Ke3 Ke6 61. Nc5+ Kd5 62.
Ne4 b4 63. axb4 axb4 64. cxb4 Bxb2 65. Nxg3 Kc6 66. Kd2 Kb5 67. Kc2 Be5 68.
Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salter, David"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[WhiteICU "1979"]
[BlackICU "2017"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501988"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22210"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. f3 Bg6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 13. Ne3 a6 14. a3 c5
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Kh1 Rfd8 17. Nc2 Qb6 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 Re8
21. Rad1 Rac8 22. Nb4 Be7 23. Nd3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. f4 f5
27. e5 Red8 28. Qc2 Be3 29. Qb1 Rd4 30. g3 Bd2 31. Na2 Rcd8 32. Nc1 Be3 33.
Nd3 a5 34. Bf3 R4d7 35. Rfe1 Rc8 36. Re2 Rdc7 37. Rde1 Bd4 38. Rc1 Rxc1+
39. Nxc1 b4 40. Rc2 Rb8 41. a4 b3 42. Rc4 Bh5 43. Bg2 Rd8 44. h3 Bxb2 45.
Nd3 Bd4 46. Rc6 Qb8 47. Rd6 b2 48. g4 fxg4 49. hxg4 Bxg4 50. Be4 Rxd6 51.
exd6 Qxd6 52. Qa2 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brady, Cormac"]
[Black "Joyce, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[WhiteICU "1911"]
[BlackICU "2146"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500825"]
[BlackFideId "2500655"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22211"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Be3 a6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bg2 Nxd4
8. Bxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Ne2 b5 14.
Bf4 d6 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. e5 Bb7 17. exd6 Qb6 18. b3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rfd8 20.
Rfd1 Nb7 21. d7 Nc5 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Rd1 Ra7
26. Nd4 Rc7 27. Nc6 Rxc6 28. Rxd7 g5 29. Ra7 b4 30. Kf3 Rc3+ 31. Kg2 Rc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[WhiteICU "2120"]
[BlackICU "1967"]
[WhiteClub "Shorts"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22212"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h4 h5 8.
O-O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. e5 Nh7 11. Be3 Ne6 12. exd6 exd6 13. Bh6 Be5 14.
Nd5 Re8 15. f4 Bh8 16. f5 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Dempsey, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[WhiteICU "2291"]
[BlackICU "1705"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Straffan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2501058"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22213"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bb2 Bf6 9. Qc1 Bxb2 10. Qxb2 Qf6 11. Qxf6 Nxf6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Nc3 O-O 14.
Na4 Nd4 15. Kf1 Rd8 16. Ke1 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Rb8 18. Nxc5 Ne5 19. Bg2 b6 20.
Na4 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Rc3 Rbd7 23. d3 Ng4 24. Rac1 Nf6 25. Rc8 Nd5 26.
a3 g6 27. e4 Nf6 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Ke2 Rd7 30. h3 Kf8 31. Rc8+ Ne8 32. Ke3
Rc7 33. Rxc7 Nxc7 34. Nc3 Ke7 35. f4 h5 36. b4 f6 37. Kd4 a6 38. a4 Kd7 39.
Kc4 Kd6 40. d4 f5 41. e5+ Kd7 42. b5 a5 43. d5 exd5+ 44. Nxd5 Na8 45. Kd4
Ke6 46. Ne3 Nc7 47. Kc4 Kd7 48. Nd5 Na8 49. Kd3 Ke6 50. Kd4 Kd7 51. g4 hxg4
52. hxg4 Ke6 53. gxf5+ gxf5 54. Kc4 Kd7 55. Ne3 Ke6 56. Kd3 Nc7 57. Ke2 Kf7
58. Kf3 Kg6 59. Kg3 Na8 60. Nd5 Kf7 61. Kh4 Ke6 62. Ne3 Nc7 63. Kg5 Kd7 64.
Kxf5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[WhiteICU "2017"]
[BlackICU "2293"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22214"]

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report</a>. } { Annotator: Colm Daly, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 9,
no. 4, August-September 1997, pp. 16-17. } { &ldquo;The game looked drawish
for about 95% of the time but just when it seemed to be turning in
Stephen's favour, his opponent started to play passively and allowed
Stephen to build up a Q-side initiative. Soon the position was winning for
Stephen (even if it had to be proved) but he went badly wrong and allowed a
perpetual check.&rdquo;&mdash;Colm Daly. }

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 c6
8. Nh4 Bg4 9. f3 Qh5 10. g3 Bh3 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Bb3 O-O-O
14. Be1 g5 15. Ng2 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 Nfd5 17. Qe2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bg7 19. Rd3 Rd7
20. Rhd1 Rhd8 21. a3 Qg6 22. Kb1 Bf6 23. Qe4 Kb8 24. Ka2 Qg7 25. Kb1 h5 26.
h3 Nc8 27. g4 Nd6 28. Qe2 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nb5 30. a4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32.
Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Bxd4 34. c3 Be5 35. Bc2 Kc7 36. Qe3 a6 37. Be4 f6 38.
Kc2 Qe7 39. Qf2 Qd6 40. Qd2 Qc5 41. Qd3 Bf4 42. Qd4 Qe7 43. Qc4 Bd6 44. Qd3
Bc5 45. Qc4 Qd6 46. Qd3 Qe5 47. Bg6 Qh2+ 48. Kb3 Qe5 49. Kc2 Bd6 50. Be4
Kd7 51. Qd4 Qa5 52. Qxf6 Qxa4+ 53. Kb1 Qb5 54. Qg7+ Be7 55. Qd4+ Kc7 56.
Bd3 Qd5 57. Qe4 b5 58. Qe2 Qb3 59. Qc2 Qd5 60. Be4 Qd6 61. Qf2 c5 62. Kc2
a5 63. Qe2 Kb6 64. Bd3 $2 (64. c4 $10) 64... c4 65. Be4 Qc5 66. Ba8 b4 67.
cxb4 axb4 68. Qxe6+ Ka7 $2 (68... Bd6 $17) ({ &#91;RR Is Black winning with
best play? It's not an easy question, but the best answer seems probably
not. After } 68... Bd6 { , best play seems to run } 69. Be4 Qd4 70. Kc1 b3
71. f4 $3 gxf4 72. g5 Ka5 73. Qd5+ Qxd5 74. Bxd5 Kb4 75. g6 Be5 76. Be4 c3
(76... Kc5 77. Bf3 Kd4 78. Kd2 { , while transferring the king around via
the h-file allows Bd5 }) (76... Bf6 77. Bd5 { : White needs to have the
bishop on e4, d5, or c6 when Black plays ... c3 }) 77. bxc3+ Kxc3 78. Kd1 {
, with a tablebase draw: the king stops the f-pawn, leaving the bishop to
hold the b-pawn. How else can Black make meaningful progress?&#93; }) 69.
Be4 b3+ 70. Kc3 Qb4+ 71. Kd4 c3+ 72. Ke3 c2 73. Qd7+ Kb8 74. Qe8+ Kc7 75.
Qc6+ Kb8 76. Qa8+ Kc7 77. Qc6+ Kd8 78. Qa8+ Kd7 79. Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[WhiteICU "2048"]
[BlackICU "2164"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500477"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "C37"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "Rosentreter gambit"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22215"]

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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 h6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. h4 d6 7. e5 Nc6 8.
exd6 cxd6 9. Qe2+ Kf8 10. hxg5 hxg5 11. Rxh8 Bxh8 12. d5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4
14. c3 Be5 15. Nd2 g4 16. Nf1 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 Ne7 18. Bd2 f3 19. Qe4 Bf5 20.
g3 Bxe4 21. gxh4 g3 22. Bh6+ Kg8 23. Nxg3 Bxg3 24. Kd2 Kh7 25. Ke3 f5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "2162"]
[BlackICU "1928"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22216"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Gerard O'Connell, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>,
vol. 9, no. 4, August-September 1997, p. 21 (not shown here). }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 c6 14. cxd6
Qxd6 15. Qb3 fxe4 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Bc5 Rfd8 19. Rd7 $6 ({
Simply } 19. b5 $1 { leaves White with a huge advantage. }) 19... Rxd7 20.
exd7+ Ned5 21. Be7 Qxd7 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bc4 $10 e3 24. fxe3 e4 25. Bxd5+
cxd5 26. Nxd5 Kg7 27. Nxf6 Kxf6 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. Qb2+ Ke6 30. Rf1 Qe5 31.
Qb3+ Qd5 32. Rf6+ Ke5 33. Qb2+ Qd4 34. Qxd4# 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[WhiteICU "2116"]
[BlackICU "1864"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22217"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Na3 Be7 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. b3 Bg5 11. Be2 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Qa5 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. O-O
O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. h3 Rc7 17. Qe3 h6 18. Rd2 b5 19. cxb5 Nd4 20. Nxd4
exd4 21. Qxd4 Rdc8 22. Rdc2 axb5 23. b4 Qa8 24. Bd3 d5 25. e5 Ne4 26. Nxe4
Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Bxc2 dxe4 29. Bxe4 Qxa2 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "O'Kearney, Sean"]
[Black "Salter, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "1979"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501988"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Guimard main line"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Kearney, Se&aacute;n"]
[ICUid "22218"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 e5 11. Bg5 Qf7 12. dxe5 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14.
Bc2 Bg4 15. f3 Qh5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. fxg4 Nxg4 18. h4 h6 19. Qe4 hxg5 20.
Rf3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Nh2 22. Kg2 gxh4 23. f4 Re8 24. Bd1 Ng4 25. Qf3 Re3 26.
Qxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Bxg4 Rg3+ 28. Kf2 Rxg4 29. Nd4 Rxf4+ 30. Ke3 Rg4 31. Nf5 Bg3
32. Rd1 h3 33. Kf3 Rf4+ 34. Kxg3 Rxf5 35. Kxh3 Rf2 36. Rd7 Rxb2 37. Rxc7
Kh7 38. a4 Kg6 39. a5 a6 40. c4 Kf6 41. c5 g6 42. c6 bxc6 43. Rxc6+ Kf5 44.
Rxa6 Rb3+ 45. Kg2 g5 46. Rb6 Ra3 47. Rb5+ Kg4 48. Rc5 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 Kh4 50.
Rb5 g4 51. Rc5 Kh3 52. Rh5+ Kg3 53. Kf1 Ra1+ 54. Ke2 Kg2 55. Kd3 g3 56. Kc4
Kf3 57. Kb5 Kf4 58. Rh8 g2 59. Rg8 g1=Q 60. Rxg1 Rxg1 61. a6 Ke5 62. Kc6
Ra1 63. Kb7 Kd6 64. a7 Kd7 65. a8=Q Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1997"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1997.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Roberts, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[WhiteICU "2237"]
[BlackICU "1883"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Rathfarnham"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2501074"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "Geller's system"]
[EventDate "1997.07.12"]
[ICUid "22219"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1997_allfiles/pairings_irlch1997.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { &ldquo;In the end Joe won his game after some tense
moments. He had started the game strongly and had a comfortable advantage
when he became nervous and misplayed the position. With so much at stake it
was understandable, but just when it looked as if it was slipping away he
fought back and created winning chances. Danny lost the thread but it was
all over before he knew what hit him.&Rdquo;&mdash;Colm Daly. }

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. h3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bb5 Qa5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Qc2 Nh5 15. Na4 Nf4 16. Kh2 Nd3 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Be8 20. b3
Nf4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nb2 h6 23. Nf3 Ne6 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Kg1 Nd4 26. Bxd4
exd4 27. Rd1 c5 $15 28. Nb2 Bb5 29. Ne1 a5 30. a4 Ba6 31. Ned3 Bf8 32. Rc1
Rb8 33. Nc4 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 Qb7 35. Nxc5 Bxc5 36. Qxc5 Qxe4 37. Rd1 Rxb3 38.
Rxd4 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Kg7 $4 (39... Rb8 $10) 40. Rd8 $18 Qc3 41. Qf8+ Kf6 42.
Rd6+ Kg5 43. Qe7+ f6 44. Rd5+ Kf4 45. Qd6+ Ke4 46. Qe6+ Kf4 47. Qg4# 1-0

