[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Quinn, Mark"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[WhiteICU "2308"]
[BlackICU "1963"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteFideId "2500450"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[WhiteICUId "1402"]
[BlackICUId "1321"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O c5 8.
Re1 Bb7 9. c3 Nbd7 10. a4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3
f5 15. f3 cxd4 16. cxd4 f4 17. Bf2 exf3 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nf6 20. exf4
Ng4 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. fxg5 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Qxd4+ 24. Qe3 Qxb2+ 25. Kg1 hxg5
26. Rab1 Qc3 27. Qxg5 Qd3 28. Rbd1 Qc2 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Rxe7
Qg6 32. Re6 Qg4 33. h3 (33. Re4 $18) 33... Qf5 34. Qc4 (34. Ne5 $18) 34...
Rac8 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Re7 $18 { White has made matters more complicated
than they needed to be over the past few moves, but is probably still
winning. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[WhiteICU "1848"]
[BlackICU "2288"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2500990"]
[WhiteICUId "3666"]
[BlackICUId "4017"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
a3 e5 9. Qe1 Re8 10. h3 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. c3 a5 13. Rd1 a4 14. Rb1 Ra7 15.
b3 axb3 16. Nxb3 Ba6 17. Qc2 Rd7 18. Bg5 dxe4 19. Bxf6 exd3 20. Qd2 Bxf6
21. h4 e4 22. Ng5 Rde7 23. Re1 Bxg5 24. hxg5 c4 25. Nc1 Re5 26. Na2 Bb7 27.
Qe3 b5 28. a4 Qa5 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Rxb5 Qxb5 31. Qd2 Na5 32. Nb4 Qe5 33.
Na2 Nb3 34. Qe3 Ra8 35. f4 Qc5 36. Qxc5 Nxc5 37. Nb4 e3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[WhiteICU "2295"]
[BlackICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "Swords"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2501104"]
[WhiteICUId "295"]
[BlackICUId "4581"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Rb1 d6 7. d3 e5 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. b4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. b5 Ne7 13. O-O Kh7 14. Nxe7
Qxe7 15. Ne1 f4 16. Nc2 fxg3 17. fxg3 Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 Rb8 19. Be4 Be6 20.
Kh1 Rf8 21. Qg2 Qg5 22. Rd1 b6 23. h4 Qf6 24. h5 Bf5 25. Ne3 Qg5 26. hxg6+
Bxg6 27. Bxg6+ Qxg6 28. Qe4 h5 29. Kg2 Bh6 30. Nd5 Qxe4+ 31. dxe4 Rf7 32.
Rf1 Rg7 33. Rf5 Bg5 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. a4 Rh7 36. Rf8 h4 37. gxh4 Rxh4 38.
Rg8+ Kh5 39. Rh8+ Bh6 40. e3 Kg6 41. Rc8 Bg5 42. Rxc7 Rh3+ 43. Ke2 Rh2+ 44.
Kd3 Bh4 45. Rxa7 Be1 46. c5 dxc5 47. Nxb6 Rb2 48. Nc4 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 Bc3 50.
b6 Kf6 51. a5 Ke6 52. a6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Brian"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[WhiteICU "1984"]
[BlackICU "2228"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteFideId "2501350"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[WhiteICUId "4192"]
[BlackICUId "720"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. Bc4 e6
8. g4 Bg6 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qb6 12. f3 Nfd7 13. h4 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Qe3+ 15. Be2 h5 16. Qd6 Nd7 17. Rd1 O-O-O 18. Ba5 Nb6 19. Bd2 Rxd6 20.
Bxe3 Rd7 21. gxh5 Bxh5 22. Kf2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bg6 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxh4
26. Bg5 Rh8 27. Rd4 Nd7 28. Ra4 a6 29. Bf4 Rh5 30. Ra5 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[WhiteICU "2134"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[WhiteICUId "1263"]
[BlackICUId "1383"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "Fischer defence"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 Qf6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8.
Nge2 Bh6 9. Qd2 Nbc6 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nxc7 Rb8 12. c3 d5 13. e5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qxc7 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qxf4 18. Nxf4 Ng6 19. Nxd5
Re8+ 20. Kf2 Re5 21. c4 Be6 22. h5 Bxd5 23. hxg6 Be4 24. gxh7+ Bxh7 25. Kg3
f5 26. Rd1 Rbe8 27. Rd7 R8e7 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. c5 Kg7 30. Kf4 Re1 31. b3
Rc1 32. b4 Bg8 33. Kxf5 Bc4 34. Bxc4 Rxh1 35. Bd5 Rb1 36. a3 a5 37. Bxb7
axb4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Bd5 Rb5 40. Kxg4 Rxc5 41. Bf3 Kf6 42. Kf4 Rc4+ 43.
Be4 Rb4 44. g4 Ra4 45. g5+ Ke6 46. g6 Kf6 47. Kf3 Ra1 48. Kf2 Ra5 49. Ke3
Rg5 50. Kd4 Ke6 51. Bb1 Kd6 52. Bc2 Rg4+ 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Kf3 Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Collins, Danielle"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[WhiteICU "1923"]
[BlackICU "2075"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteFideId "2501040"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[WhiteICUId "3279"]
[BlackICUId "208"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2c3 Nc6
8. Be3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. Nc3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O-O Qxd2+
14. Rxd2 f4 15. Bd4 Nc6 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Re1 Bg5 18. Bc5 f3 19. Bxf8 fxg2
20. Ne4 Bf4 21. Bc5 Bh3 22. Be3 Bxh2 23. f3 h6 24. Kb1 Ne5 25. Be2 Rf8 26.
Bg1 Bf4 27. Rdd1 b6 28. Nf2 Bf5 29. Rd4 g5 30. Bd1 Ng6 31. Nd3 Bg3 32. Bf2
Bxf2 33. Nxf2 Nh4 34. Rc4 c5 35. Ne4 Be6 36. Rc3 Bd5 37. Rce3 g4 38. Nc3
Bxf3 39. Rg1 Bxd1 40. Rxd1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Kelly, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[WhiteICU "2174"]
[BlackICU "1910"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga "]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[WhiteICUId "1231"]
[BlackICUId "4177"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. a4
a5 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Nc2 b6 12. Nce1 Bb7 13. Nd3 Nbd7 14. Rc1
Rfc8 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. c5 b5 19. Qd2 b4 20. f4
Rf8 21. Rf3 Rf6 22. Re3 Raf8 23. Re5 Bc8 24. Bf3 Qf7 25. Rf1 h5 26. Qe3 Kh8
27. Rf2 Rh6 28. Qd2 Qf6 29. Bg2 Rg8 30. Re3 g5 31. fxg5 Rxg5 32. Ref3 Kh7
33. Qf4 Qd8 34. Qb8 Rg7 35. Rf4 Qc7 36. Qxc7 Rxc7 37. Rh4 Bd7 38. Rff4 Be8
39. Kf2 Rf7 40. Ke3 Kg7 41. Rf1 Kf8 42. Kf4 Ke7 43. Bf3 Rfh7 44. Ke5 Bf7
45. Bg2 Be8 46. Rff4 Bf7 47. Bf3 Be8 48. Rh3 Bf7 49. Rfh4 Be8 50. Kf4 Kf6
51. e3 Bg6 52. Be2 Rh8 53. Ba6 Be8 54. Bc8 R8h7 55. Ba6 Rh8 56. Be2 Bg6 57.
Bd1 R6h7 58. Bc2 Rh6 59. Kf3 Bf7 60. Rf4 Ke7 61. Rhh4 Be8 62. Kg2 Bf7 63.
Rf2 Be8 64. Rhf4 Rg8 65. Rh4 Rgh8 66. Bd1 Bf7 67. h3 Bg6 68. Kf3 Bf7 69.
Kf4 Kf6 70. Rf1 Be8 71. Bc2 Bf7 72. Bd1 Be8 73. g4 hxg4 74. Rxh6+ Rxh6 75.
hxg4 fxg4 76. Kxg4+ Ke7 77. Re1 Rg6+ 78. Kf4 Rf6+ 79. Kg3 Bg6 80. Rh1 Be4
81. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dooley, Michael"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[WhiteICU "1882"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteFideId "2501236"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[WhiteICUId "3660"]
[BlackICUId "456"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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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 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. g3 Re8 11. Bb2 f6 12. f4 fxe5 13. fxe5 Qg5
14. Nd2 Bb4 15. Bh3 Re7 16. a3 Bc3 17. O-O-O Rxe5 18. Qf2 Bxb2+ 19. Kxb2
Qf6 20. Qd4 c5 21. Qh4 g5 22. Bxd7+ Kb8 23. Qh3 Re2+ 24. Kc2 Qc3+ 25. Kb1
Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Qxd2 27. cxd5 Bd3+ 28. Ka1 Qc3+ 29. Ka2 Qc2+ 30. Ka1 Qxb3 31.
Qg2 Bc2 32. Qxc2 Qxc2 33. Rb1+ Qxb1+ 34. Kxb1 Rf8 35. Be6 Rf1+ 36. Kc2 Rf2+
37. Kd3 Rxh2 38. Bf5 h6 39. Kc4 Ra2 40. Kxc5 Rxa3 41. g4 Rb3 42. Kc4 Rb2
43. Kc3 Rb6 44. Kc4 a5 45. Bd7 Rb4+ 46. Kc5 Rf4 47. Be6 a4 48. d6 cxd6+ 49.
Kxd6 Rf6 50. Ke7 Rxe6+ 51. Kxe6 a3 52. Kf5 a2 53. Kg6 a1=Q 54. Kxh6 Qe5 55.
Kh5 Kc7 56. Kh6 Kd6 57. Kh5 Ke6 58. Kg6 Ke7 59. Kh7 Kf6 60. Kg8 Qe7 61. Kh8
Qg7# 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Roberts, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[WhiteICU "2048"]
[BlackICU "1877"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Rathfarnham"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2501074"]
[WhiteICUId "159"]
[BlackICUId "3373"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system, Stein variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5
Na6 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 Qe8 11. h3 Bd7 12. O-O Nh7 13. Rc1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5
15. Bh5 Qc8 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bxe8 Qxe8 18. Bh4 e4 19. Re1 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nd3
21. Rc2 Nxe1 22. Qxe1 Qh5 23. Bg3 Re8 24. Bf4 Be5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Qe2 Qg6
27. Kh2 Nf6 28. Nf1 f4 29. g3 f3 30. Qd1 Qh5 31. h4 Qg4 32. Ne3 Qh3+ 33.
Kg1 Ng4 34. Nxe4 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Colm"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1859"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteFideId "2504316"]
[WhiteICUId "438"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brady, Cormac"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[WhiteICU "1852"]
[WhiteClub "Bray"]
[WhiteFideId "2500825"]
[WhiteICUId "1409"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[WhiteICU "2288"]
[BlackICU "2075"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteFideId "2500990"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[WhiteICUId "4017"]
[BlackICUId "208"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qf3 Qe7+ 7. Ne2 c5
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bg4 10. Bb5+ Kd8 11. Qg3 c4 12. f3 Bf5 13. a4 a6 14.
Ba3 Qe6 15. Kd2 Bxc2 16. Rhe1 Bb3 17. Bc5 Ne4+ 18. fxe4 Qh6+ 19. Qf4 axb5
20. Qxh6 gxh6 21. axb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 dxe4 23. Bd6 Kd7 24. Be5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2295"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Swords"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[WhiteICUId "456"]
[BlackICUId "295"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 e6 9. d3 Nge7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Na3 Rb8 12. Nc2 b5 13. Be3 b4 14. d4
bxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Qd3 Rb2 17. Rfb1 Rfb8 18. Rxb2 Rxb2 19. e5 d5 20. h4
c4 21. Qd2 Qa4 22. Rc1 Qxa2 23. Qd1 Qb3 24. Bd2 a5 25. Ne3 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1
a4 27. Bc1 Rb3 28. Bd2 Rb2 29. Bc1 Rb1 30. Ba3 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Nc8 32. Ne3
Bf8 33. Nc2 N8a7 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Na3 Nb8 36. Bf3 Nd7 37. Bd1 Nb6 38. Kf1
Ke8 39. Ke2 Kd7 40. Kd2 Kc6 41. Kc1 Kb7 42. Kb2 Ka6 43. Ka2 Ka5 44. Kb2 Na8
45. Bc2 Nc7 46. Bb1 Ncb5 47. Nc2 Nc8 48. f3 h6 49. g4 h5 50. Ba2 Nb6 51.
Ne3 a3+ 52. Kc2 Na4 53. Nd1 Kb6 54. Bb1 Kc7 55. Kd2 Kd7 56. g5 Kc6 57. Kc2
Naxc3 58. Nxc3 Nxd4+ 59. Kd2 Nxf3+ 60. Ke2 Nxh4 61. Ba2 Nf5 62. Kf2 Kc5 63.
Ne2 Kb4 64. Ke1 h4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Black "Roberts, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[WhiteICU "2228"]
[BlackICU "1877"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Rathfarnham"]
[WhiteFideId "2500620"]
[BlackFideId "2501074"]
[WhiteICUId "720"]
[BlackICUId "3373"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]
[WhiteFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Nbd7 8.
Rb1 c6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. c5 Be6 12. a3 dxc5 13. Nxe5 Nd5 14. Nxd5
Bxe5 15. Nc3 Qd7 16. Ne4 b6 17. Qa4 Bd5 18. Rfd1 f5 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Rad8 21. Nf3 Rf7 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 Bg7 24. Rd2 Re7 25. e3 g5 26. Rc1 g4
27. Nh4 Qd5+ 28. Kg1 Re6 29. Ng2 Qb5 30. Qxa7 Qxb4 31. Qa2 Kh7 32. Nf4 Red6
33. d4 Ra8 34. Qc2 Kh8 35. Rb1 Qa5 36. Rd3 c5 37. dxc5 Rxd3 38. Nxd3 bxc5
39. Qxc5 Qxc5 40. Nxc5 Kh7 41. Rb7 Re8 42. Nd3 Kg8 43. Kg2 Rf8 44. Nf4 Rf7
45. Rb6 Kh7 46. h3 Bf6 47. Re6 Bg5 48. hxg4 fxg4 49. Re4 Re7 50. Rc4 Re5
51. Ne2 h5 52. Nf4 h4 53. Nd3 Rd5 54. Rxg4 Bxe3 55. fxe3 h3+ 56. Kxh3 Rxd3
57. e4 Rd2 58. Rf4 Kg6 59. Kg4 Re2 60. Kf3 Re1 61. Kf2 Ra1 62. Rf8 Ra2+ 63.
Ke3 Ra3+ 64. Kf4 Ra1 65. Rb8 Rf1+ 66. Ke5 Kf7 67. Rb7+ Kg6 68. Rb3 Kf7 69.
g4 Rg1 70. Kf4 Rf1+ 71. Rf3 Re1 72. Re3 Rf1+ 73. Kg5 Ke6 74. Kg6 Rg1 75. g5
Ke5 76. Re2 Kf4 77. Rf2+ Kxe4 78. Kf6 Ra1 79. g6 Ra6+ 80. Kg7 Ke5 81. Kh7
Ra1 82. g7 Rh1+ 83. Kg6 Rg1+ 84. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brady, Cormac"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[WhiteICU "1852"]
[BlackICU "2308"]
[WhiteClub "Bray"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteFideId "2500825"]
[BlackFideId "2500450"]
[WhiteICUId "1409"]
[BlackICUId "1402"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7
8. f4 Nc5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 Nxb3 14.
axb3 b5 15. g4 b4 16. g5 bxc3 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxc3 Bb7 19. Qh5 Rac8 20.
Rf3 Rfe8 21. Rh3 Qd7 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Kf2 Ke7 24. Rg1 Rh8 25. Qxh8 Rxh8
26. Rxh8 g6 27. Bg5 gxf5 28. Bxf6+ Kxf6 29. Rd1 Kg7 30. Rh5 fxe4 31. Rxe5
Qh3 32. Rg5+ Kf6 33. Rdg1 Qxh2+ 34. Ke3 Qxc2 35. R5g3 Qd3+ 36. Kf4 Qd2+ 37.
Kg4 Bc8+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kelly, Adam"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[WhiteICU "1910"]
[BlackICU "2134"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga "]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[WhiteICUId "4177"]
[BlackICUId "1263"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. e5 f6 6. exf6 Nxf6 7. d3 Be7
8. Nc3 Qc7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 d6 11. Qe2 e5 12. Ne4 Bg4 13. Nxf6+ Rxf6 14.
Qe3 Raf8 15. Nd2 Rg6 16. f3 Bh4+ 17. Kd1 Bg5 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Ne4 Be7 20.
Re1 Rh6 21. Kc1 Rxh2 22. Bc3 Bh3 23. Rg1 Bf5 24. Kb2 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Qd7 26.
Rh1 Qh3 27. Rxh2 Qxh2 28. Rf1 Rxf1 29. Qxf1 Qf4 30. Qd1 Bg5 31. Ba5 g6 32.
Bc7 Be7 33. a4 h5 34. Ba5 Qf2 35. Qh1 Kg7 36. Qh3 Kf7 37. Bc7 Qd4+ 38. Kb1
Qg1+ 39. Kb2 Qd4+ 40. Kb1 Qf2 41. a5 a6 42. Kb2 Qd4+ 43. Kb1 d5 44. Qf3+
Kg7 45. exd5 cxd5 46. Qg3 Bf6 47. Bb6 e4 48. Kc1 Be5 49. Qh4 Qg1+ 50. Kd2
Qxg2+ 51. Kc1 Qf1+ 52. Kd2 Bf4+ 53. Kc3 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[WhiteICU "1949"]
[BlackICU "2174"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[WhiteICUId "1383"]
[BlackICUId "1231"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 a6
8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. Ne1 Qc7 12. f4 Na5 13. Rd1 Rad8 14. Qd3
d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. b3 b5 18. Qd4 Bd6 19. Qb6 Rfe8 20. Rxd5
Bc6 21. Qxc7 Bxc7 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Kf2 bxa4 24. bxa4 Bxa4 25. Bxa6 Nc6 26.
c4 Bf6 27. Bb5 Bxb5 28. cxb5 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 30. Kf3 Re3+ 31. Kg4 Rb3
32. Nf3 Bf6 33. Rc1 h5+ 34. Kxh5 Rxb5+ 35. Kg4 g6 36. Rc7 Kg7 37. h4 Rb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[WhiteICU "1963"]
[BlackICU "1859"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2504316"]
[WhiteICUId "1321"]
[BlackICUId "438"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, Leonhardt variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8.
O-O Qc7 9. a4 Na5 10. Be3 Be7 11. f4 O-O 12. Qe2 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5
Nxb3 15. cxb3 d5 16. Rac1 d4 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bxd4 e4 20. Bc5
Qd7 21. Bxf8 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Rxf8 23. Rc4 Qd5 24. Rb4 Rd8 25. h3 h6 26. Kh2
Qc6 27. Rc4 Qd6 28. Rcc1 Qb4 29. Rfd1 Rd3 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Rxd3 exd3 32.
Qxd3 Qxf4+ 33. Kg1 Ne4 34. Rc2 Qxf5 35. Re2 Qc5+ 36. Qe3 f5 37. Qxc5 Nxc5
38. Re3 Kg6 39. Rc3 Ne6 40. b4 Kf6 41. Kf2 Ke5 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 g5 44.
b6 Kd4 45. Rc7 Nc5 46. Rh7 Nd3+ 47. Kg3 Nxb2 48. Rxb7 Kc5 49. Rb8 Kc6 50.
Rh8 Kxb6 51. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Brian"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[WhiteICU "1984"]
[BlackICU "2048"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteFideId "2501350"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[WhiteICUId "4192"]
[BlackICUId "159"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 d6 8.
a4 Bd7 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. c3 Rab8 11. Re1 e5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rc1 Be6
15. Ne3 Na5 16. c4 Rb7 17. b4 cxb4 18. Bxb4 Nc6 19. Ba3 Qd7 20. Nd5 Bg4 21.
h3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 h5 23. Bb2 Qxh3 24. Bg2 Qg4 25. Qb3 Rfb8 26. Kh2 h4 27.
Bh3 hxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qf3 29. Rc2 Ng4+ 30. Bxg4 Qxg4 31. Kg2 Nd4 32. Bxd4 exd4
33. Rh1 Be5 34. Rh3 Kg7 35. Qb1 Rh8 36. Rxh8 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1 Kxh8 38. Rg2
Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. Qc2 Rb8 41. Qe2 Qxe2 42. Rxe2 Rh8 43. Ne7 Rh3 44. Rd2
Bf4 45. Rd1 Rh5 46. Nc6 a5 47. Rb1 Rh3 48. Rb3 Be5 49. Ne7 Bf6 50. Nc8 Re3
51. Nxd6 Re1+ 52. Kg2 Bd8 53. Nc8 Rc1 54. Kf3 Rc3 55. Rb2 Rxd3+ 56. Kf4
Bc7+ 57. e5 f6 58. Ke4 Ra3 59. Nxb6 Bxe5 60. Nd5 Rxa4 61. Rc2 Ra3 62. c5 d3
63. Rd2 Ra4+ 64. Kxd3 Rd4+ 65. Kc3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Collins, Danielle"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[WhiteICU "1923"]
[BlackICU "1848"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2501040"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[WhiteICUId "3279"]
[BlackICUId "3666"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 d6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. O-O Bb7 13. h3 Rc8 14. c4
Bf4 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Qd2 Bxf3 18. Bxf4 e5 19. dxe5 Bc6 20. e6
Ne5 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Rce1 Qh5 24. Be4 Qc5 25. Qd3 h6 26.
Re3 b5 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rfd7 30. Re5 a6 31. Qe4 Rf8 32.
Qe2 Rd6 33. Re8 Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Kg8 36. Qd3 Qc4 37. Qd2 b4 38.
Kh1 b3 39. axb3 Qxb3 40. Qd4 a5 41. Rd3 Qb4 42. Qe3 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Black "Dooley, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[BlackICU "1882"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2501104"]
[BlackFideId "2501236"]
[WhiteICUId "4581"]
[BlackICUId "3660"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
b4 Nbd7 9. c3 Qe8 10. a4 e5 11. Qb3 h6 12. Bh4 exd4 13. cxd4 Ne4 14. Nxe4
dxe4 15. Nd2 Kh7 16. Bg3 c6 17. Bd6 Rh8 18. Bc4 f5 19. Bf7 Qd8 20. Qe6 Nf6
21. Be5 c5 22. bxc5 Bd5 23. Bxf6 Bxe6 24. Bxd8 Rhxd8 25. Bxe6 bxc5 26. Nb3
cxd4 27. Nxd4 Rd6 28. Bxf5 Bxd4 29. Bxe4 Re8 30. Bxg6+ Kxg6 31. exd4 Rxd4
32. Rfd1 Rb4 33. Kf1 Re6 34. Rd2 Kf6 35. f3 Kf5 36. Kf2 Re5 37. a5 h5 38.
a6 Rc4 39. Rad1 Ra4 40. Rd6 Ra2+ 41. R1d2 Ra4 42. Kg3 Kg5 43. R2d5 Rxd5 44.
Rxd5+ Kg6 45. Rd6+ Kg5 46. h4+ Kf5 47. Rh6 Ra2 48. Rxh5+ Kg6 49. Rh8 Rxa6
50. Kg4 Ra2 51. g3 a5 52. Ra8 a4 53. Ra6+ Kg7 54. Kg5 Ra3 55. Ra7+ Kg8 56.
Kf4 Ra1 57. g4 a3 58. Kg5 a2 59. f4 Kf8 60. h5 Kg8 61. h6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[WhiteICU "2295"]
[BlackICU "2288"]
[WhiteClub "Swords"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500990"]
[WhiteICUId "295"]
[BlackICUId "4017"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. c4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 O-O 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Ne5 Ne4
15. Re1 Bf6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Ba3 Bg5 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. exf4 c4 20. Bxe4
Rxe4 21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. d5 Rc8 23. Qd4 cxb3 24. axb3 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Bb7 26.
Bb2 f6 27. d6 Qd7 28. f5 Bc6 29. g4 Kf8 30. Ba3 Bb7 31. Qc4 b5 32. Qxb5 Bc8
33. Qc4 g6 34. Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Quinn, Mark"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[WhiteICU "2308"]
[BlackICU "2228"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteFideId "2500450"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[WhiteICUId "1402"]
[BlackICUId "720"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. a4 b5
8. Qc2 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. d3 Be7 11. Na3 O-O 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14.
Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nd5 16. Ne3 Rab8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Qb3 N7f6 19. Nd1 Nd7
20. Ne3 N7f6 21. Nd1 Nd7 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Nf6 24. Bf4 Rb7 25. Qc2 Nd5
26. Bd2 Rbc7 27. Qb3 Rb7 28. Kg2 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[WhiteICU "2134"]
[BlackICU "1963"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[WhiteICUId "1263"]
[BlackICUId "1321"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 Nd7 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14.
Bb5 f4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qd3+ Kh8 17. Bc5 Rf7 18. Ne4 Qe8 19. Bb4 a5 20.
Neg5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 e4 22. Nxf7+ Qxf7 23. Qa3 Ba6 24. Qxa5 Nb6 25. Qg5 Bxf1
26. Qh4+ Kg8 27. Rxf1 Nd5 28. Bc5 Re8 29. c4 Ne7 30. b3 Ng6 31. Qg4 Ne5 32.
Qg5 Re6 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Qh4+ Bh6 35. Bd4 Ng6 36. Qg4 Ne7 37. Kh1 Rg6 38.
Qh5 Nf5 39. Bb2 f3 40. g4 Ng7 41. Qh4 Kg8 42. Qd8+ Ne8 43. Qh4 Bg7 44. Bxg7
Kxg7 45. Re1 Re6 46. Qg5+ Qg6 47. Qf4 c5 48. Qe3 Qh7 49. Kh2 Qh4 50. Rg1
Nf6 51. g5 Nd7 52. Rg4 Qh7 53. g6 Qh5 54. Rg5 Qh4 55. Rg4 Qe7 56. h4 Qd6+
57. Kh3 Nf6 58. Rg3 Re5 59. a4 Qd7+ 60. Kh2 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[WhiteICU "2075"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[WhiteICUId "208"]
[BlackICUId "1383"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. d4 c5 2. c3 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qh4 d5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bf5 7. e3 e6
8. Bb5 Qb6 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. b4 Bd6 12. c4 Bb8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Ba6 Rd8 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Rc1 e5 17. Nf3 d4 18. c5 Qc7 19. exd4 exd4 20. Bxd4
Rfe8+ 21. Kf1 Rxd4 22. Nxd4 Qf4 23. Rd1 Ne4 24. Nf3 Qf6 25. Qb3 Bh5 26. Be2
Nc3 27. Re1 Ne4 28. Kg1 Rd8 29. Bf1 Qf4 30. Qe3 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 f5 32. Qxf4
Bxf4 33. g3 Bd2 34. Rb1 Rb8 35. a3 a5 36. f3 Nc3 37. Bc4+ Kf8 38. Rb2 Be3+
39. Kg2 axb4 40. axb4 Bd4 41. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[WhiteICU "2174"]
[BlackICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2501104"]
[WhiteICUId "1231"]
[BlackICUId "4581"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[ECO "A87"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Na6 8.
Nc3 Qe8 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. Bg5 c5 11. Ndb5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. e4
Qc8 15. Rae1 Nc7 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20.
Re3 Rae8 21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. Qe2 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Rf7 24. Bf1 Qa4 25. a3 Kg7 26.
h4 a6 27. h5 gxh5 28. Be2 Bg6 29. Kg2 Qd7 30. Bf3 b5 31. b3 bxc4 32. bxc4
Qf5 33. Be4 Qxe4+ 34. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 35. Rxe4 f5 36. Re6 Rf6 37. Re8 Rf7 38.
Re6 Rf6 39. Re2 f4 40. Rb2 fxg3 41. fxg3 Kg6 42. Rb8 Kg5 43. Ra8 Kf5 44.
Kf3 Ke5+ 45. Ke3 Rg6 46. Re8+ Kf5 47. Kf3 Rg4 48. Re6 Rxc4 49. Rxd6 Rc3+
50. Kg2 Rxa3 51. Rc6 Ra5 52. Rxh6 Kg5 53. Rc6 c4 54. d6 Kf6 55. Rxc4 Rd5
56. Rc6 a5 57. Ra6 Ke6 58. Kh3 Kd7 59. Kh4 Kc8 60. Rb6 Rc5 61. Ra6 Kd7 62.
Kh3 Kc8 63. Ra7 Rd5 64. d7+ Kd8 65. Kg2 Rf5 66. Rb7 Rd5 67. Ra7 Rf5 68. Kh3
Rd5 69. Kh2 Rc5 70. Kg2 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roberts, Danny"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[WhiteICU "1877"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Rathfarnham"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteFideId "2501074"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[WhiteICUId "3373"]
[BlackICUId "456"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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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. Nbd2 Nc6 8.
c3 e5 9. a4 Rb8 10. Nc4 b6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nfd2 Bg7 14. f4 Ne7
15. Kh1 Be6 16. Ne3 f5 17. Nd5 Qd7 18. Nc4 Kh7 19. Nce3 a6 20. Nxe7 Qxe7
21. Nd5 Qd7 22. Ra3 Rfe8 23. b4 Bxd5 24. exd5 exf4 25. gxf4 Re3 26. Qd2 Qe7
27. Be4 cxb4 28. cxb4 Bd4 29. Bf3 Re8 30. Rb3 Qh4 31. Qg2 Re1 32. Rb1 Rxb1
33. Rxb1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Brady, Cormac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[WhiteICU "2048"]
[BlackICU "1852"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Bray"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2500825"]
[WhiteICUId "159"]
[BlackICUId "1409"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit half accepted"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. a4
O-O 9. Ra3 Nbd7 10. Be2 axb5 11. Bxb5 Bb7 12. O-O Ne8 13. e4 Nc7 14. Rb3
Nxb5 15. axb5 Ra1 16. Qc2 Qa5 17. Bd2 c4 18. Ra3 Rxa3 19. bxa3 Qxa3 20. Rc1
Rc8 21. Be3 Nc5 22. Nb1 Qd3 23. Qxc4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.
Nd4 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Bb7 28. f3 Nc5 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Nc3 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke8 32.
Ke3 Kd7 33. Kd3 Kd6 34. Kc4 e6 35. Ne4+ Ke5 36. d6 Bc8 37. Kxc5 f5 38. Nd2
Kf4 39. Kc6 e5 40. b6 e4 41. fxe4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Kelly, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[WhiteICU "1848"]
[BlackICU "1910"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga "]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[WhiteICUId "3666"]
[BlackICUId "4177"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Nbd2 e5 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O
8. O-O Qe8 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Ng5 Nc6 11. c3 Kh8 12. Be4 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Bh3
14. Re1 Qf7 15. Qe2 Bf5 16. Qf3 Qg6 17. Be3 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. dxe4 Nd8
20. Kg2 Ne6 21. Rad1 a5 22. Rd2 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Colm"]
[Black "Collins, Danielle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1859"]
[BlackICU "1923"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteFideId "2504316"]
[BlackFideId "2501040"]
[WhiteICUId "438"]
[BlackICUId "3279"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Na5
8. Bxf7+ Ke7 9. Qa4 Kxf7 10. Qxa5 Be7 11. Ng5+ Kf8 12. f4 h6 13. O-O c6 14.
Qa4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Ng4 16. Nh3 Kg8 17. Qc4+ Kh7 18. Qf7 Bf6 19. Rf3 Rd8 20.
Nd1 Qd4 21. Ndf2 Qb4 22. Be3 Qxb2 23. Rg1 Qe2 24. Bc1 Rd7 25. Qh5 Nxf2+ 26.
Nxf2 Re7 27. f5 d5 28. Qg6+ Kg8 29. Ng4 Bg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. f6 Bxg4 32.
fxe7 Qxe4 33. Qf7+ Kh7 34. Rff1 Bd7 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Re1 Be8 37. Qh3 Qg6
38. Rgf1 Bf7 39. Qd7 Re8 40. Re3 g4 41. h3 gxh3 42. Qxe8+ Bxe8 43. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dooley, Michael"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1882"]
[BlackICU "1984"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteFideId "2501236"]
[BlackFideId "2501350"]
[WhiteICUId "3660"]
[BlackICUId "4192"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. a3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 h6 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. Qg4 f5 14. exf6
Nxf6 15. Nxf6+ Rxf6 16. Nc3 d5 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Ne2 Qd6 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20.
hxg3 Rc8 21. Ba6 Rd8 22. f4 Nb8 23. Bd3 Rf7 24. Rc3 Bc8 25. b4 Bb7 26. b5
a6 27. a4 axb5 28. axb5 g5 29. Rfc1 Rdd7 30. Kf2 Kf8 31. Rh1 Rf6 32. Ke3 g4
33. Rh4 Rg7 34. Rc1 Ke8 35. Rch1 Ke7 36. Rxh6 Rxh6 37. Rxh6 Nd7 38. Nc3 Rg8
39. Rg6 Rxg6 40. Bxg6 Kd6 41. Na4 Bc8 42. Bd3 Kc7 43. Nb2 Nf6 44. Nd1 Bd7
45. Nf2 Nh5 46. Nxg4 Nxg3 47. Nf6 Kd6 48. Kf3 Nf5 49. Bxf5 exf5 50. Nxd7
Kxd7 51. g4 Ke6 52. g5 Kf7 53. Kg3 Kg7 54. Kh2 Kg6 55. Kh3 Kh7 56. Kg3 Kg7
57. Kf2 Kg6 58. Kg2 Kh7 59. Kh2 Kg6 60. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[WhiteICU "2228"]
[BlackICU "2295"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Swords"]
[WhiteFideId "2500620"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[WhiteICUId "720"]
[BlackICUId "295"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]
[WhiteFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rac1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14.
e4 Rc8 15. Qa4 a6 16. Qc2 Be7 17. Qd3 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Ne3 Qb8 20. d5
cxd5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. exd5 Nc5 23. Qe2 exd5 24. Nxd5 Bf8 25. Nd4 Re8 26.
Qg4 Qe5 27. Qf5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Qxf5 29. Nxf5 g6 30. Ne3 b5 31. a3 Kg7 32.
Kg2 h5 33. b4 Na4 34. Bb7 Re6 35. Rd7 Nb6 36. Rc7 Na4 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Bxc6
Be7 39. Nd5 Bd8 40. Bb7 a5 41. Bc6 axb4 42. axb4 Nb6 43. Nf4 Be7 44. Nd3 h4
45. Kf3 hxg3 46. hxg3 f5 47. Ke2 g5 48. Ke3 Bf6 49. Bxb5 Nd5+ 50. Kd2 Be7
51. Bd7 Nxb4 52. Bxf5 Nxd3 53. Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[WhiteICU "1963"]
[BlackICU "2048"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[WhiteICUId "1321"]
[BlackICUId "159"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 d6 8.
h3 Rb8 9. Nh4 e5 10. c3 b5 11. a3 a5 12. f4 Nh5 13. Qe1 b4 14. f5 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Ba6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. dxc4 a4 18. Bf3 Bf6 19. Ng2 Ng7 20. h4 Na5 21.
Bh6 Re8 22. g4 g5 23. Ne3 gxh4 24. Ra2 Bg5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Rg2 Rb3 27.
Bd1 h3 28. Rg3 h2+ 29. Kh1 Rxa3 30. f6 Ne6 31. Rf5 Qg6 32. Nd5 Nc6 33. Qd2
Ra1 34. Kxh2 Kf8 35. Rh3 Rb8 36. Rfh5 Rxd1 37. Qxd1 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Nf4 39.
Nxf4 exf4+ 40. Kxf4 Qxf6+ 41. Rf5 Rf2+ 42. Kg3 Rxf5 43. gxf5 Qxc3+ 44. Kg2
Qb2+ 45. Kf1 Nd4 46. Rxh7 Ke7 47. Qg4 Qc1+ 48. Kg2 Qc2+ 49. Kh3 Qc3+ 50.
Kh4 Qe1+ 51. Kh5 Qh1+ 52. Qh4+ Qxh4+ 53. Kxh4 Nf3+ 54. Kg3 Nd2 55. Kf4 Nxc4
56. Rh8 Kf6 57. Ra8 Nb2 58. Ra6 Ke7 59. Rb6 a3 60. Ra6 Nc4 61. Kg5 Nd2 62.
Ra7+ Ke8 63. Kf4 Nc4 64. Ra4 Ne5 65. Rxa3 Kd7 66. Kg5 c4 67. Kf6 Kc6 68.
Ra5 Kb6 69. Rd5 Kc6 70. Ke7 c3 71. Rxd6+ Kb5 72. Rd1 Kc4 73. Kf6 Nd3 74. e5
c2 75. Ra1 Kd5 76. e6 fxe6 77. fxe6 Kc4 78. e7 Nb4 79. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[WhiteICU "2075"]
[BlackICU "2308"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500450"]
[WhiteICUId "208"]
[BlackICUId "1402"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nd2 Nd7 4. c4 h6 5. Bh4 Qb6 6. e3 Qxb2 7. cxd5 cxd5
8. Ngf3 e6 9. a4 Qc3 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Qc2 Ngf6 12. Bg3 Bb4 13. Bc7 Nb6 14.
Bb5+ Bd7 15. O-O Bxb5 16. axb5 Qxb5 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qa4+ Ke7 19. Rb1 a5
20. Ne5 Qd6 21. Ndf3 Rab8 22. Rfc1 Rhc8 23. Qb5 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Nd7 25. Qd3
Nf6 26. g4 Ne4 27. h4 f6 28. Ng6+ Kf7 29. h5 a4 30. Nfh4 a3 31. Ng2 a2 32.
Qb3 Ra8 33. Ra1 Nc3 34. N2f4 Ra3 35. Qb2 b5 36. Nd3 Ba5 37. Nc5 b4 38. Nb3
Bc7 39. f4 Qa6 40. Kf2 Qc4 41. Nc5 Bd6 42. Nb7 Ne4+ 43. Kg1 Bb8 44. Nd8+
Ke8 45. Nxe6 Rxe3 46. Rxa2 Rg3+ 47. Kh2 Qf1 48. Nc7+ Kf7 49. Nh8+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[WhiteICU "2288"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteFideId "2500990"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[WhiteICUId "4017"]
[BlackICUId "456"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, Alapin gambit"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. dxe5 Qg6 12. Nh4 Bxd1 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14.
Rxd1 O-O-O 15. Re1 Bc5 16. Nf3 Rde8 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5
Rxe5 20. f4 Rc5 21. Re2 Rd8 22. Kf2 a5 23. Ke3 a4 24. a3 Rb5 25. c3 f5 26.
e5 Rbd5 27. Rg1 Rd3+ 28. Kf2 h4 29. g3 hxg3+ 30. Rxg3 Rxg3 31. Kxg3 Rd3+
32. Kh4 Kd7 33. Rg2 Ke6 34. Rxg7 Rd2 35. Rg6+ Ke7 36. Kg5 Rxb2 37. Kxf5 Rb3
38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Kf6 c5 40. e6 Rb6 41. f5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[BlackICU "2134"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteFideId "2501104"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[WhiteICUId "4581"]
[BlackICUId "1263"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5
8. c3 Qb6 9. Rb1 Re8 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nf8 12. Qb3 Bf5 13. Rbc1 Rec8 14.
Ne5 Be6 15. Bh4 a6 16. a4 Qd8 17. Qa3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rc3 Rxc3 20.
Qxc3 Qc8 21. Qxc8 Bxc8 22. Nb3 e6 23. Nc5 N6d7 24. Nexd7 Nxd7 25. Nxd7 Bxd7
26. b5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. axb5 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke8 30. Ke2 Kd7 31. Bg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Colm"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[WhiteICU "1859"]
[BlackICU "2174"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2504316"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[WhiteICUId "438"]
[BlackICUId "1231"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "B77"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, 9...Bd7"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. g4 Qa5 11. h4 Rfc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. h5 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3
Bxg4 15. hxg6 Bxf3 16. Bxf7+ Kf8 17. Rh4 Rxc3 18. Bh6 Bh5 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7
20. Qxc3 Qg5 21. Rh1 hxg6 22. Bd5 Qg2 23. Rxh5 Qg1+ 24. Kd2 Qf2+ 25. Kd1
gxh5 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Qc7 Rf8 28. Qc3 Qf1+ 29. Qe1 Qxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Rb8 31.
Bc6 Rxb2 32. Kd2 Kf7 33. Rf1 Ke6 34. a3 Ke5 35. Kc3 Rb6 36. Rf5+ Ke6 37.
Bd5+ Nxd5+ 38. Rxd5 Rc6+ 39. Kd4 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Roberts, Danny"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[WhiteICU "1877"]
[BlackICU "1848"]
[WhiteClub "Rathfarnham"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2501074"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[WhiteICUId "3373"]
[BlackICUId "3666"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "B59"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Boleslavsky variation, 7.Nb3"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qe1 a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Na7 14.
c4 b6 15. f4 Nd7 16. f5 Bf6 17. g4 Qd8 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Ne4 Bh4 20. Qd2 Nc5
21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. g5 f6 23. g6 h6 24. Rf3 Bg5 25. Qe1 Rb8 26. b3 Bf4 27.
Bd3 Re7 28. h4 Qc7 29. Qf1 Rd8 30. Nf2 Qa5 31. Qe2 Rde8 32. Be4 Nc8 33. Nd3
Nb6 34. Rb1 Nd7 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. Kh3 Kg8 37. b4 cxb4 38. Nxb4 Nb8 39. Rfb3
Rc7 40. Nc6 Nxc6 41. dxc6 Rec8 42. Qd3 Rd8 43. Qd5+ Qxd5 44. Bxd5+ Kf8 45.
Rb7 Rcc8 46. Rf7+ Kg8 47. Rbb7 Kh8 48. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kelly, Adam"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1910"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga "]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[WhiteICUId "4177"]
[BlackICUId "1383"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6
8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Nf1 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3
Qd7 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Qc2 Ne7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Kg7 19. f4 gxf4 20. Rf1
Ng6 21. Nf5+ Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Qe7 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Rxf4 Kh7 25. Bxf6 Rxf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brady, Cormac"]
[Black "Dooley, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[WhiteICU "1852"]
[BlackICU "1882"]
[WhiteClub "Bray"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2500825"]
[BlackFideId "2501236"]
[WhiteICUId "1409"]
[BlackICUId "3660"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8.
Be2 b5 9. f4 d6 10. O-O Na5 11. Qd3 Nc4 12. Ndxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qc6 14.
Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Rb8 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. a4 Rc8 18. b3 Nxe4 19. Bb6 f5 20.
Nc7+ Kf7 21. a5 d5 22. Ba6 Rb8 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Bb4 25. Na3 Bxe1 26.
Rxe1 Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Brian"]
[Black "Collins, Danielle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1984"]
[BlackICU "1923"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteFideId "2501350"]
[BlackFideId "2501040"]
[WhiteICUId "4192"]
[BlackICUId "3279"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Qe7 10. Nf1 h6 11. g4 Nh7 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Nf5 Qf6 14. Ne3
Ng5 15. Ng1 Bxb3 16. axb3 Ne6 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. Qf3 Nxf5 19. exf5 Ng5 20. Qg2
e4 21. d4 Bb6 22. h4 Nh7 23. Qh3 Qe7 24. g5 h5 25. Ne2 g6 26. Nf4 Qe8 27.
Rg1 c5 28. d5 c4 29. b4 Qe5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Nxg6 Bxf2+ 32. Ke2 Qg7 33.
Qe6+ Qf7 34. Nxf8 Qxe6 35. Nxe6 Bxg1 36. Bf4 Bb6 37. Bxd6 Ra7 38. Rf1 Rd7
39. Bf8 Nxf8 40. Rxf8+ Kh7 41. Rf5 Rd6 42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. g6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[WhiteICU "2295"]
[BlackICU "1963"]
[WhiteClub "Swords"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[WhiteICUId "295"]
[BlackICUId "1321"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation (Yugoslav attack / Mar del Plata variation)"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8.
d5 Ne7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. b4 b6 12. a4 Bg7 13. a5 f5 14. Nd2 Rf6
15. Ra3 f4 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 g5 18. Rfa1 Nc8 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. h4 gxh4
21. Nf3 Qf7 22. Nxh4 Kh7 23. Rh3 c6 24. Nc3 c5 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Rb1 Qc7
27. Kh2 a6 28. Na4 Ne7 29. Nb6 Rd8 30. Rh1 Nc8 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Rb1 Rb8
33. Rxb8 Qxb8 34. Qd7 Qb1 35. Nf3 Kg8 36. Qe8+ Bf8 37. Rh4 Qxe4 38. Rg4+
Kh7 39. Nh4 Qb1 40. Qd7+ Kh8 41. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quinn, Mark"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[WhiteICU "2308"]
[BlackICU "2288"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteFideId "2500450"]
[BlackFideId "2500990"]
[WhiteICUId "1402"]
[BlackICUId "4017"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. d4 d6 2. e4 e5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Nxd2
8. Bxd2 Be7 9. h3 Be6 10. Qe2 Qd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Rae8 13. Bf4 Qc8 14.
Qc2 h6 15. Rfe1 f5 16. h4 Nd8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Kh8 19. Rd3 Bxc4 20.
Qxc4 Ne6 21. h5 Rd8 22. Red1 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 b5 24. Qc1 Kh7 25. Be3 c5 26.
Qd1 a6 27. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[WhiteICU "2174"]
[BlackICU "2228"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[WhiteICUId "1231"]
[BlackICUId "720"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Be3 e5 5. d5 Nce7 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng6
8. f3 Bd6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Ng3 Bc5 12. Nf5 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nb6 14.
Bb3 Bxf5 15. exf5 Nh4 16. O-O Nxf5 17. Qxe5 Nd6 18. Rfe1 Qh4 19. Qe7 Qd4+
20. Kh1 Rac8 21. Rad1 Qf4 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Rfe8 24. Rde1 Kf8 25. Kg1
a6 26. Kf2 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Rd8 28. f4 h6 29. Kf3 Nb5 30. Nxb5 axb5 31. g4 Nd7
32. Re2 Nc5 33. Rd2 Ke7 34. Bd1 Kd6 35. Be2 b4 36. h4 Re8 37. Rd4 b3 38. a3
Ra8 39. Bd1 Ra4 40. Rxa4 Nxa4 41. Bxb3 Nxb2 42. Ke4 b5 43. Kd4 Na4 44. Bxa4
bxa4 45. h5 f6 46. Kc4 c6 47. dxc6 Kxc6 48. Kb4 Kd5 49. Kxa4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "Roberts, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[WhiteICU "2134"]
[BlackICU "1877"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "Rathfarnham"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2501074"]
[WhiteICUId "1263"]
[BlackICUId "3373"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 b6 8.
Be3 Bb7 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Rfd1 Nd7 11. Bg5 c5 12. d5 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. h3
Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Be3 Qf8 17. f4 Nf7 18. Bf3 g5 19. Be4 gxf4 20. Bxf5
fxe3 21. Qxe3 Bd4 22. Rxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. a5 bxa5 26.
Rxa5 a6 27. Ra4 Ne5 28. Rb4 Bc8 29. Be4 a5 30. Ra4 Bd7 31. Ra1 Be8 32. Ne2
Bg6 33. Bxg6 hxg6 34. Nd4 Nc4 35. Nc6 Ne3 36. c3 Nxd5 37. Rxa5 Rxa5 38.
Nxa5 Kf6 39. Kf2 Ke5 40. Nc6+ Ke4 41. Kg3 e5 42. h4 Kd3 43. Kg4 Ne3+ 44.
Kh3 Nc2 45. Ne7 Ne3 46. Nxg6 Nd5 47. h5 e4 48. h6 Nf6 49. g4 e3 50. g5 Nh5
51. h7 e2 52. h8=Q e1=Q 53. Qd4+ Kc2 54. Kg4 Qe2+ 55. Kf5 Ng7+ 56. Kf4 Nh5+
57. Kf5 Ng3+ 58. Kf6 Ne4+ 59. Kg7 Nxg5 60. Qxd6 Kxb2 61. Qb4+ Kc2 62. c4
Ne6+ 63. Kf6 Nd4 64. Nf4 Qe4 65. Qd6 Qf5+ 66. Ke7 Qe4+ 67. Kd8 Qa8+ 68. Kd7
Qb7+ 69. Qc7 Qb5+ 70. cxb5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[WhiteICU "2048"]
[BlackICU "2075"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[WhiteICUId "159"]
[BlackICUId "208"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 fxe4 5. f3 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 exf3 10. Nxf3 Qe7+ 11. Be2 Qe3 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qc2 Kd8 14.
Rd1 Re8 15. Rd2 d6 16. Rf1 Bg4 17. Qg6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxf3 19. Qxf6+ Kc7 20.
Qxf3 Qe5 21. Qh3 Re7 22. Rf8 b5 23. Qc8+ Kb6 24. a4 Ka5 25. axb5 Ka4 26.
Qg4+ Ka5 27. Qc8 Ka4 28. Kf1 Qxh2 29. Qg4+ Ka5 30. b6 Nd7 31. Ra2+ Kxb6 32.
Rb2+ Kc7 33. Rxa8 Rf7+ 34. Bf3 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 Rxf3+ 36. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2501104"]
[WhiteICUId "456"]
[BlackICUId "4581"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "closed (Breyer) variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Qc7 4. Ngf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 Ngf6 8.
O-O dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Qe1 Be7 11. b3 O-O-O 12. Bb2 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Bd6 14.
Nh4 Rhe8 15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. a4 Ne6 18. Nf3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Nc5 20.
Nh4 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qc4 Ne6 23. Nf3 Nd7 24. Qc3 Bd6 25. Qd2 Ke8 26.
h4 Nf6 27. Qe2 h6 28. Bh3 Qa5 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Nd2 Bc7 31. Nc4 Qc5 32. Kg2
b5 33. axb5 cxb5 34. Ba3 Qd4 35. Bb2 Qxe4+ 36. Qxe4 Nxe4 37. Nxe5 a6 38.
Nd3 Kf7 39. Bd4 a5 40. Kf3 Nf6 41. c4 bxc4 42. bxc4 a4 43. Bb2 Nd7 44. Ba3
Nb6 45. Nb2 Be5 46. c5 Bxb2 47. Bxb2 Nc4 48. Bc3 e5 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. f4 exf4
51. gxf4 g6 52. h5 gxh5 53. f5+ Kf7 54. Kf4 a3 55. c6 a2 56. c7 Nd6 57. Be5
Nc8 58. Kg3 Ne7 59. Kh4 Nxf5+ 60. Kxh5 Ne7 61. Kxh6 Ke6 62. Bb2 Kd6 63. Kg5
Kxc7 64. Kf4 Kc6 65. Ke4 Kb5 66. Kd3 Nd5 67. Kc2 Kb4 68. Bg7 Ka3 69. Bf8+
Nb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kelly, Adam"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1910"]
[BlackICU "1984"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga "]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackFideId "2501350"]
[WhiteICUId "4177"]
[BlackICUId "4192"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen (Paulsen), classical variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. a4 Re8 12. Qe1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3
exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Qg3 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. b3 Bf6 20. Nd5
Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rac8 22. Rcd1 Rc6 23. Bd3 Rc3 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Bd4 Rc6 26. b4
Rxc2 27. Bxc2 Qxc2 28. Rf1 Re6 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Bxc3 Ng4 31. Rc1 Nf2+ 32.
Kg1 Nxe4 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Rc7 b6 35. Rc6 a5 36. b5 Nc5 37. Rxb6 Nxa4 38.
Rbxd6 Nb6 39. Rxe6 Nxd5 40. Rd6 Nc3 41. b6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1949"]
[BlackICU "1859"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "2504316"]
[WhiteICUId "1383"]
[BlackICUId "438"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, Leonhardt variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 a6 8.
a4 Na5 9. Ba2 Qc7 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Kh1 Be7 13. f4 Qb6 14. Nf3
O-O 15. e5 Ne8 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rf3
Nac4 21. Bg1 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Nf5 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Nd5 Qxe5 25. Bxc4 Qxe2 26.
Bxe2 Rxc2 27. Bd1 Rd2 28. Bf3 Bxa4 29. b3 Bc6 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Nxc6 bxc6
32. Bxc6 Rc8 33. Bb7 Rcc2 34. Bxa6 Rxg2 35. Bd3 Rcd2 36. Bxf5 g6 37. Be4
Rg4 38. Bf3 Rb4 39. Bc5 Rh4 40. Bg2 Rg4 41. Rg1 Rb2 42. Bd5 Rh4 43. Bd6 f6
44. Bg3 Rd4 45. Bc4 Kg7 46. Rf1 h5 47. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dooley, Michael"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[WhiteICU "1882"]
[BlackICU "1848"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2501236"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[WhiteICUId "3660"]
[BlackICUId "3666"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14.
Rxe5 Bd6 15. Rh5 g6 16. Rh3 O-O 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qe2 Rae8 19. Bb5 Bc6 20. Bh6
Rf7 21. Re1 Qd7 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Re3 f4 24. Rxe6 Rfe7 25. d5 Rxe6 26. dxe6
Qe7 27. Qg4 Qf6 28. Rd1 Bc7 29. Bg5 Qxc3 30. Qh4 Be5 31. Bxf4 Bf6 32. Bd2
Qe5 33. Qf4 Qxf4 34. Bxf4 g5 35. Be3 Kg7 36. Bb3 Re7 37. Rc1 Be4 38. f3 Bf5
39. Rc6 h5 40. Kf2 Kg6 41. Ke2 g4 42. Bf4 gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Re8 44. h3 h4 45.
Rc7 Bxe6 46. Bxe6 Rxe6 47. Rxa7 Bg5 48. Bxg5 Kxg5 49. Rg7+ Kh6 50. Rg4 Kh5
51. Kf4 Rc6 52. Ke5 b5 53. Kd5 Rc2 54. a3 Ra2 55. Kc5 Rxa3 56. Kxb5 Ra2 57.
Kc5 Rf2 58. Kd5 Rf7 59. Ke5 Rf2 60. Rg8 Kh6 61. Ke6 Kh5 62. Ke7 Kh6 63. Ke8
Kh5 64. Rf8 Re2+ 65. Kd7 Kh6 66. Rh8+ Kg7 67. Rxh4 Rxg2 68. Ke6 Kg6 69. Ke5
Rg5+ 70. Kf4 Rb5 71. Rg4+ Kh5 72. Rg8 Kh4 73. Rh8+ Rh5 74. Rxh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Collins, Danielle"]
[Black "Brady, Cormac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[WhiteICU "1923"]
[BlackICU "1852"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Bray"]
[WhiteFideId "2501040"]
[BlackFideId "2500825"]
[WhiteICUId "3279"]
[BlackICUId "1409"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4
8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O-O+ 11. Ke1 Nge7 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3
Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxe5 15. Be4 Rhe8 16. f3 Nd5 17. Kf2 g6 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bxd5
Nd3+ 20. Kg3 Rxd5 21. Bxf6 Re6 22. c4 Rf5 23. Rad1 Re3 24. Bd4 Rg5+ 25. Kh4
Rh5+ 26. Kg3 Rg5+ 27. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Quinn, Mark"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[WhiteICU "2308"]
[BlackICU "2295"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Swords"]
[WhiteFideId "2500450"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[WhiteICUId "1402"]
[BlackICUId "295"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. e3 Be7
8. Bd3 a6 9. a4 h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ne5 Nhf6 13. f4 b6 14. O-O
Bb7 15. Qf3 O-O 16. g4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Nh7 18. Qg3 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Rac1
Rac8 21. h3 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Bg6 Rfc8 24. Rce1 Re7 25. Rf4 e5 26. dxe5
Rxe5 27. Rb4 Rc6 28. Bd3 Rd6 29. Rd4 Rde6 30. Kf2 h5 31. Bf5 Rc6 32. Kf3
hxg4+ 33. Kf4 Rxf5+ 34. Kxf5 gxh3 35. Kf4 Kf7 36. Kg3 Bc8 37. Rf1 Ke7 38.
Rf2 Be6 39. Rfd2 g5 40. Rf2 Nh5+ 41. Kf3 Nf6 42. Rfd2 g4+ 43. Kf2 Rc8 44.
Kg1 g3 45. Rd1 Rg8 46. Rh4 Rc8 47. Rf1 Ne4 48. Rh7+ Kd6 49. Nxe4+ dxe4 50.
Rd1+ Ke5 51. Rg7 Rg8 52. Rxg8 Bxg8 53. Rd7 Kf6 54. Rd6+ Kg5 55. Rxb6 Bc4
56. Rb7 Kg4 57. Rc7 Be2 58. Rg7+ Kf3 59. Rf7+ Kxe3 60. b4 h2+ 61. Kh1 Bf3+
62. Rxf3+ Kxf3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[WhiteICU "1963"]
[BlackICU "2174"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[WhiteICUId "1321"]
[BlackICUId "1231"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Nh4 Rb8 10. f4 f5 11. Re1 b5 12. a3 a5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Ndf3 b4
15. axb4 axb4 16. Ng5 Rf6 17. g4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rh6 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. gxf5
Rxh4 21. fxe6 Bxc3 22. Bd2 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Bb7 24. Nf3 Ne7 25. Ra7 Qb6 26. Ra4
Qc6 27. Re4 Rg4 28. Nxd4 Qxe4+ 29. dxe4 Bxe4+ 30. Nf3 Rb1 31. Rxe4 Rxd1+
32. Be1 Kg7 33. h3 Rg3 34. Ng1 Ra3 35. Kg2 Rd4 36. Rxd4 cxd4 37. Bh4 Nf5
38. Bd8 Re3 39. e7 Nxe7 40. Nf3 Nf5 41. Bb6 Re2+ 42. Kf1 d3 43. Bf2 Kf6 44.
h4 h5 45. Bb6 Ng3+ 46. Kg1 d2 47. Nxd2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[WhiteICU "2288"]
[BlackICU "2134"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteFideId "2500990"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[WhiteICUId "4017"]
[BlackICUId "1263"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. a4 Be6 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Na3 Rc8 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rb1 Nb4 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Nd5 Nbxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Rbc1 Qd7 19. Qb4 Rc5 20.
Nc4 Bh3 21. Nxe5 Qf5 22. Nd3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qxd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[WhiteICU "2228"]
[BlackICU "2048"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteFideId "2500620"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[WhiteICUId "720"]
[BlackICUId "159"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]
[WhiteFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Be6 4. Bg2 c6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O Na6 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. b4 Rc8 10. a4 Qc7 11. Ba3 Nd7 12. Qb3 b6 13. Rfc1 Qb8 14. b5
Nac5 15. Qa2 cxb5 16. axb5 f5 17. d4 Nb7 18. dxe5 Bxc4 19. Qd2 Ndc5 20. Nd5
Bxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Nd4 Nd8 23. e6 Rc7 24. Nxf5 Ndxe6 25. Nxd6 Rd7 26.
Bxc5 Ng5 27. Bb4 h6 28. h4 Bxd6 29. hxg5 Bxg3 30. Qxd7 Bxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qf4
32. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Kelly, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "1910"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga "]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[WhiteICUId "456"]
[BlackICUId "4177"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qe2 d4 11. e5 Nd5 12. c4 Ndb4 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Bf4 Qa5
15. a3 Na6 16. h4 Nc6 17. N1h2 Nc7 18. Ng4 Ne8 19. Ng5 Bd7 20. Ne4 f5 21.
exf6 Nxf6 22. Nexf6+ Bxf6 23. Bd6 Bg7 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Qxe6+
Kh8 27. Ne5 Be8 28. Re2 Qd8 29. Rae1 Rf6 30. Qd5 Qxd5 31. cxd5 Rf5 32. d6
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[BlackICU "2075"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteFideId "2501104"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[WhiteICUId "4581"]
[BlackICUId "208"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Milner-Barry gambit"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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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.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. O-O a6 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roberts, Danny"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1877"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "Rathfarnham"]
[WhiteFideId "2501074"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[WhiteICUId "3373"]
[BlackICUId "1383"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "bishop's gambit, Cozio (Morphy) defence"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Bxf4 Bc5
8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nge2 Na5 10. Qd2 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Qa5 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nd5 Qxa2
14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Nc3 Qxc4 16. Bh6 Rfc8 17. Qd3 Qh4 18. Qg3+ Qxg3 19. hxg3
Bf5 20. Rd5 Bg6 21. Re1 Bb4 22. Bd2 Rc7 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxd2+ 25.
Kxd2 Rac8 26. c3 Kg7 27. Ke3 f5 28. Rxf5 Kg6 29. Rd5 Rc5 30. Rd6+ Kg7 31.
Re7 R8c7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Kd3 f6 34. b4 Kf7 35. Rd4 Ke6 36. Re4+ Kd6 37.
c4 b6 38. Kd4 a5 39. bxa5 bxa5 40. Re8 Ra7 41. c5+ Kd7 42. Re1 a4 43. Kd5
a3 44. c6+ Kd8 45. Kd6 a2 46. g4 Ra6 47. Ra1 h6 48. g3 Kc8 49. Re1 Kd8 50.
Ra1 Kc8 51. Re1 Kd8 52. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Colm"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1859"]
[BlackICU "1984"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteFideId "2504316"]
[BlackFideId "2501350"]
[WhiteICUId "438"]
[BlackICUId "4192"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen (Paulsen), classical variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
a4 Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Bf3 Rad8 14. Rf2 d5
15. exd5 Nb4 16. Qd4 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxb6 Qxb6 19. Bxb6 Rb8 20.
Bxd5 Rxb6 21. Be4 f5 22. Bf3 Nxc2 23. Rxc2 Rxb3 24. Re1 Rfb8 25. Rxe6 Rxb2
26. Rxb2 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Brady, Cormac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[WhiteICU "1848"]
[BlackICU "1852"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Bray"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2500825"]
[WhiteICUId "3666"]
[BlackICUId "1409"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
Re1 e5 9. a3 Re8 10. c3 a5 11. a4 b6 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Rd1 Ra7 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Ne1 Rd7 16. Ne4 f5 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Qb3 fxe4 19. dxe4 c4 20. Qc2 Nf6 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bh3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Be6+ Kg7 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Qe2 Ne7
27. Bxc4 Bxc4 28. Qxc4 Qd1 29. Kf1 Qd7 30. Nf3 Qc6 31. Qxc6 Nxc6 32. Nd2
Be7 33. Nc4 Bc5 34. h4 Kf6 35. Ke2 h5 36. Kf3 Ne7 37. b4 axb4 38. cxb4 Bd4
39. a5 bxa5 40. bxa5 Nc6 41. Kg2 Ke6 42. f3 Bc3 43. a6 Bd4 44. f4 Nb4 45.
a7 Bxa7 46. Nxe5 Kf6 47. g4 Bd4 48. gxh5 gxh5 49. Nf3 Be3 50. f5 Bf4 51.
Ne1 Ke5 52. Kf3 Bd2 53. Ng2 Nc2 54. Ke2 Bh6 55. Ne1 Nd4+ 56. Kd3 Bf4 57.
Ng2 Bg3 58. Ke3 Bh2 59. Ne1 Bg1+ 60. Kd3 Bf2 61. Ng2 Nb5 62. Ke2 Bc5 63.
Kd3 Nd6 64. f6 Nxe4 65. f7 Nf6 66. Ke2 Nd5 67. Kf3 Be7 68. Ne3 Nf6 69. Ng2
Ke6 70. Kf4 Nh7 71. Kf3 Bd6 72. Kf2 Kxf7 73. Ne1 Kf6 74. Nf3 Kf5 75. Kg2
Kg4 76. Nd4 Nf6 77. Nf3 Nd5 78. Nd4 Nf4+ 79. Kh1 Ng6 80. Ne2 Kxh4 81. Ng1
Kg4 82. Kg2 Ne7 83. Nh3 Bc5 84. Kh2 Nf5 85. Kg2 Ne3+ 86. Kh2 Nf1+ 87. Kh1
Ng3+ 88. Kg2 Nf5 89. Kh1 Ne3 90. Nf2+ Kf3 91. Nh3 Kg3 92. Ng1 Bd6 93. Ne2+
Kf2 94. Nf4 Kf3 95. Nxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Collins, Danielle"]
[Black "Dooley, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1923"]
[BlackICU "1882"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2501040"]
[BlackFideId "2501236"]
[WhiteICUId "3279"]
[BlackICUId "3660"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 d6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Ng5 dxe5 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Nf6 14.
Qxa8 exd4 15. cxd4 Ba3 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. Qh3 Qd6 18. O-O Qxd4 19. Rad1 Qd5
20. Bc3 Qc6 21. Be5 g5 22. Rfe1 Bc5 23. Bxf6 Kxf6 24. Be4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4
Bxe4 26. Rd7 h5 27. Qc3+ e5 28. Qc4 Bg6 29. Qd5 Rc8 30. Qb7 Re8 31. Qc6+
Re6 32. Qf3+ Bf5 33. h3 e4 34. Qc3+ Re5 35. Rd5 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 e3+ 37. Ke1
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[WhiteICU "2295"]
[BlackICU "2174"]
[WhiteClub "Swords"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[WhiteICUId "295"]
[BlackICUId "1231"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O c6 7. b3 Bf5 8.
Bb2 Be4 9. Nc3 e6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14.
Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rc2 f5 16. Qe1 a6 17. a4 Bf8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Ra1 Qb4 20.
Ba3 Qxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Kf7 23. Nd3 Ke7 24. Ra1 Kd6 25. b4 a5 26.
bxa5 Ra8 27. Rb2 Reb8 28. Nc1 Rxa5 29. Nb3 Ra7 30. a5 b6 31. axb6 Rxa1+ 32.
Nxa1 Rxb6 33. Rxb6 Nxb6 34. Nb3 Nd7 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Kg2 c5 37. dxc5+ Nxc5
38. Nxc5 Kxc5 39. g4 Kd5 $2 (39... fxg4 40. Kg3 Kc4 41. Kxg4 h6 42. Kf4 Kd3
43. h4 Ke2 44. Kxe4 Kxf2 45. Kf4 g5+ $10) 40. gxf5 $18 gxf5 41. Kg3 Ke5 42.
Kh4 f4 43. Kg5 fxe3 44. fxe3 Kd5 45. Kf5 Kd6 46. Kxe4 Ke6 47. h3 h6 48. h4
h5 49. Kf4 Kf6 50. e4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[WhiteICU "2228"]
[BlackICU "2288"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteFideId "2500620"]
[BlackFideId "2500990"]
[WhiteICUId "720"]
[BlackICUId "4017"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]
[WhiteFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. d4 a6 8.
Bg5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Qd2 Qb7 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. Qxd4 f6 13. Be3 Bc5 14.
Qc3 O-O 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Rd2 a5 18. Rad1 Ra6 19. h4 d5 20.
cxd5 exd5 21. Ne1 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 d4 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Ne1 Ne5 26.
Qc2 Raa8 27. b3 a4 28. Rb1 Rab8 29. Rdd1 axb3 30. axb3 Kg8 31. Nd3 Qe4 32.
Qd2 Rb5 33. Rdc1 Rcb8 34. Nxe5 fxe5 35. Qd3 Qd5 36. Qc4 Qf7 37. Rc2 e4 38.
Rbc1 Qxc4 39. Rxc4 d3 40. exd3 exd3 41. Rxc5 Rxc5 42. Rxc5 Rxb3 43. Rd5 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[WhiteICU "2134"]
[BlackICU "2308"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2500450"]
[WhiteICUId "1263"]
[BlackICUId "1402"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. Rd1 b5 11. a3 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Na1
Rfd8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bf3 Qb8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rc4 19. c3 Re8 20. Nc2
a5 21. Ne3 Rf4 22. Qe2 e4 23. Bg4 Nxg4 24. Nxg4 f5 25. Ne3 Bf6 26. Nc2 Re7
27. Nd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Re5 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rxa4 Qb6 31. Qe3 Qb5 32. Rea1 Rg4
33. Rxa5 Qxb2 34. Ra8+ Kf7 35. R8a2 Qb3 36. h3 f4 37. Qa7+ Re7 38. Qd4 Rg5
39. c4 Qxh3 40. f3 exf3 41. Qxf4+ Rf5 42. Qd4 Qg3 43. Rf1 Rf6 44. Qd1 g5
45. Qb1 Kg7 46. Qa1 g4 47. Qc1 Qe5 48. Raf2 g3 49. Rxf3 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[WhiteICU "1963"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[WhiteICUId "1321"]
[BlackICUId "456"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

{ Source: <a href="http://www.iol.ie/~jghurley/new4.htm">>CHESS IRELAND,
Jun-Sep 1998</a>. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1998_allfiles/pairings_irlch1998.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
h3 O-O 9. c3 Bb7 10. Bc2 Re8 11. a4 Bf8 12. d3 h6 13. b4 Nb8 14. Nbd2 Nbd7
15. Nf1 c5 16. Rb1 cxb4 17. cxb4 Qc7 18. Ne3 d5 19. Nf5 Rac8 20. Re2 dxe4
21. dxe4 Nb6 22. a5 Nc4 23. g4 Rcd8 24. Qf1 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. g5 hxg5
27. Bxg5 Rc6 28. Ne1 Nh5 29. Bd1 Nf4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. f3 Ree6 32. Nd3 Rg6+
33. Kh1 Rg3 34. Rh2 Rcg6 35. Rc1 Qd6 36. Be2 Rg1+ 37. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 38. Rxg1
Qd4 39. Rhg2 Qe3 40. Ne5 Qd4 41. Ng4 g6 42. h4 Bxb4 43. h5 Kf8 44. h6 Bxa5
45. e5 Bc8 46. Rh2 Kg8 47. h7+ Kh8 48. Nh6 Be6 49. Rc1 Qd7 50. Rd1 Qc7 51.
Bd3 Qxe5 52. Bf5 Bc4 53. Be4 Bb6 54. Ng4 Qe7 55. Rh6 a5 56. Kg2 a4 57. Rhh1
a3 58. Bc6 a2 59. Rde1 Qxe1 60. Rxe1 Bd4 61. Nf2 a1=Q 62. Rxa1 Bxa1 63. Ne4
b4 64. Nd2 Be6 65. Ba4 Kxh7 66. Bc2 Kg7 67. Kf2 Bd4+ 68. Ke2 Be3 69. Ne4 f5
70. Nd6 Kf6 71. Kf1 Ke5 72. Ne8 b3 73. Bb1 Bb6 74. Ke2 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[WhiteICU "2048"]
[BlackICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2501104"]
[WhiteICUId "159"]
[BlackICUId "4581"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch with c4 & Nc3"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 c6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Rab1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b4 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14.
Rfd1 Be6 15. Rd2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Ne1 Qe7 18. Qc3 Rf7 19. Bd1 Raf8 20.
Bb3 c5 21. b5 Bg4 22. Bd1 Be6 23. Bc2 Bf5 24. Rb2 b6 25. Bb1 h5 26. Nc2 Qh4
27. Na3 Qg4 28. Qc1 h4 29. Qd1 Qg5 30. Bc2 Bg4 31. Qe1 Bf3 32. Qf1 Rf4 33.
Bd1 Rg4 34. Bxf3 exf3 35. g3 hxg3 36. hxg3 e4 37. Rb3 Rf5 38. Qh3 Bd4 39.
Nc2 Rf7 40. Nxd4 cxd4 41. Rxd4 Rh7 42. Qf1 Rgh4 43. Rd8+ Qxd8 44. gxh4 Qxh4
0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[WhiteICU "2075"]
[BlackICU "1859"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2504316"]
[WhiteICUId "208"]
[BlackICUId "438"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 Be6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qf3
Nc6 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 O-O 10. f4 Ng4 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qxg4 Bxe3+ 13. Kb1
Qa5 14. a3 Rac8 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qh4 Bf5 17. Ne2 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rfe8 19. Nc3
Qc7 20. Re1 Bc5 21. Red1 Red8 22. Nd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxa3 24. Qf2 Bxb2 25.
Rc5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Collins, Danielle"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1949"]
[BlackICU "1923"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "2501040"]
[WhiteICUId "1383"]
[BlackICUId "3279"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Opening "KGD"]
[Variation "classical, Soldatenkov variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1998_allfiles/pairings_irlch1998.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. fxe5 dxe5 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Nd5 8.
cxd4 Be7 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. O-O Nc6 14.
e6 Bf6 15. exf7+ Qxf7 16. Re1+ Ne7 17. Qa4+ Bd7 18. Bb5 Bxd4+ 19. cxd4 O-O
20. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brady, Cormac"]
[Black "Roberts, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[WhiteICU "1852"]
[BlackICU "1877"]
[WhiteClub "Bray"]
[BlackClub "Rathfarnham"]
[WhiteFideId "2500825"]
[BlackFideId "2501074"]
[WhiteICUId "1409"]
[BlackICUId "3373"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Bf4 c5 8.
dxc5 dxc5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Rad1 Rf8 11. Rd2 Nc6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Bxc5 Nd7
14. Bd4 Bh6 15. Rdd1 Bg4 16. Nd5 e5 17. Bc3 f5 18. Nc7 fxe4 19. Bc4+ Kh8
20. Ne6 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Bxe6 22. Bxe6 Nc5 23. Bd5 e3 24. Rfe1 Nd4 25. Rxd4
exd4 26. Bxd4+ Bg7 27. Bxc5 Bxb2 28. Rxe3 Rc8 29. Bd6 Rxc2 30. Be5+ Bxe5
31. Rxe5 b5 32. Re7 a5 33. Ra7 a4 34. Rb7 Rc5 35. Be4 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Ra1 37.
Rxb5 Rxa2 38. Rb7 a3 39. Ra7 Ra1 40. h4 Kg8 41. Kg3 h6 42. Kf4 Kf8 43. Ke5
a2 44. Kf6 Ke8 45. Bxg6+ Kd8 46. h5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Brian"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[WhiteICU "1984"]
[BlackICU "1848"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2501350"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[WhiteICUId "4192"]
[BlackICUId "3666"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]
[Annotator "Michael Hennigan, Sunday Independent 16 Aug 1998 p50"]

{ Annotator: Michael Hennigan, <em>Sunday Independent</em>, August 16, 1998
p. 50. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1998_allfiles/pairings_irlch1998.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Be2 Qxc3+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Ng5 Bb7 12. Rc1 Qd8 13. Bf3 Nc6 14.
Be4 g6 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Rxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Bb7 Rc2 19. Ne4 Bg7 20.
Nd6+ Kf8 21. Be4 Rxa2 22. Bxg6 Bxe5 23. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dooley, Michael"]
[Black "Kelly, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1882"]
[BlackICU "1910"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga "]
[WhiteFideId "2501236"]
[WhiteICUId "3660"]
[BlackICUId "4177"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3
O-O-O 8. h3 Bh5 9. O-O e5 10. Nxe5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. f4
Qa5 14. Qc4 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. Rad1 Ra5 18. a3 Bc5 19.
Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[WhiteICU "2134"]
[BlackICU "2295"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "Swords"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[WhiteICUId "1263"]
[BlackICUId "295"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bd6
8. h3 Nc6 9. Be3 Bf4 10. Bxf4 Qxf4 11. Nde2 Qc7 12. Qd2 d6 13. Qe3 O-O 14.
a4 b6 15. Ra3 Bb7 16. f4 Ne7 17. b4 Nd7 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Ne2
a5 21. b5 Bb7 22. Rc3 Qd8 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. Ra3 Kh8 25. Nb3 Rc8 26. Nxc5 Rxc5
27. Raa1 Rc3 28. f5 f6 29. fxe6 Re8 30. Qd4 Qc7 31. e5 dxe5 32. Qh4 e4 33.
Bxe4 Qc5+ 34. Rf2 Bxe4 35. Qxe4 Re3 36. Qc6 Qxc6 37. bxc6 R3xe6 38. c7 Rc6
39. Rb1 h6 40. Rd2 Rxc7 41. Rxb6 Re4 42. Ra6 Rc5 43. c4 Rexc4 44. Ra2 Rb4
45. Ra7 h5 46. Kh2 Kh7 47. Kg3 Rf5 48. Kh2 h4 49. Ra1 Rb2 50. Rc7 Rff2 51.
Rg1 Rfc2 52. Rd7 Rb4 53. Ra1 Rc5 54. Ra7 Rg5 55. Ra2 Rb1 56. Rf2 Rb4 57.
Ra2 Kg6 58. Rc7 Kh6 59. Rc8 Rd5 60. Ra8 Rd1 61. Rxa5 Rbb1 62. g4 g6 63. Rc5
Rh1+ 64. Kg2 Rbg1+ 65. Kf2 Rg3 66. Rac2 Rhxh3 67. a5 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[WhiteICU "2174"]
[BlackICU "2308"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500450"]
[WhiteICUId "1231"]
[BlackICUId "1402"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "D66"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence, Bd3 line"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Rc1 O-O 8.
Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qa5 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf4 Qa5 14.
Qe2 Re8 15. h3 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2228"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[WhiteICUId "456"]
[BlackICUId "720"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

{ Event information: <a
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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5
8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. O-O-O O-O-O
14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qc7 16. Kb1 Nd5 17. Bd2 N7b6 18. Bg5 Rde8 19. Bb3 f6
20. Bc1 g5 21. Qf3 Rh4 22. c4 Nf4 23. Rde1 Reh8 24. Qe4 Nxh3 25. Qxe6+ Qd7
26. f3 Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Nf4 28. Rxh4 Rxh4 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Re4 g5 31. Re6 Rh3
32. c5 Nd5 33. Bxd5 cxd5 34. Rxf6 Rxf3 35. Rf5 Rd3 36. Rxd5 f3 37. Rf5 Rxd4
38. Rxf3 Rxg4 39. Rf7 Rc4 40. b4 g4 41. Rg7 a5 42. bxa5 Kb8 43. Kb2 Rxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2055"]
[WhiteICU "2288"]
[BlackICU "2133"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteFideId "2500990"]
[BlackFideId "2501104"]
[WhiteICUId "4017"]
[BlackICUId "4581"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "B16"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Bronstein-Larsen variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2
e6 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Qe3 O-O-O 13. Kb1
Nb6 14. c4 Qc7 15. b3 Kb8 16. Kb2 Nd7 17. Rd2 f5 18. h3 Bh5 19. Qh6 Bg6 20.
h4 Nf6 21. Ng5 Ng4 22. Bxg4 fxg4 23. h5 Qf4 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 25. hxg6 Qxg6 26.
Qxg6 hxg6 27. Re1 Rh2 28. Rxe6 Rxg2 29. Rf6 g3 30. Kc3 gxf2 31. Rdxf2 Rxf2
32. Rxf2 Rd7 33. Rf8+ Kc7 34. Rg8 Rd6 35. Rg7+ Kc8 36. a4 Rf6 37. Kb4 Kb8
38. a5 b6 39. c5 bxa5+ 40. Kxa5 Rf4 41. Rxg6 Kb7 42. Rg7+ Kb8 43. Ka6 Rxd4
44. Rb7+ Kc8 45. Kxa7 Rd3 46. Ka6 Rc3 47. b4 Rb3 48. Ka7 Rb1 49. Ka8 Rb3
50. Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[WhiteICU "2075"]
[BlackICU "1963"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[WhiteICUId "208"]
[BlackICUId "1321"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nd7 3. Nd2 Ngf6 4. c4 e6 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Bg7 8.
h4 Nh7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 c6 11. hxg5 Nxg5 12. O-O-O Kf8 13. Ngf3 Nxf3
14. Bd6+ Kg8 15. gxf3 Nf6 16. Ba3 Be6 17. Bd3 Ne8 18. Rdg1 Nd6 19. Rg2 Kf8
20. Qc5 Bf6 21. Qxd6+ Qxd6 22. Bxd6+ Ke8 23. f4 Kd7 24. Ba3 Kc7 25. Nf3 a5
26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. fxe5 h5 28. Bd6+ Kd7 29. f4 Bg4 30. Rxg4 hxg4 31. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kelly, Adam"]
[Black "Brady, Cormac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[WhiteICU "1910"]
[BlackICU "1852"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga "]
[BlackClub "Bray"]
[BlackFideId "2500825"]
[WhiteICUId "4177"]
[BlackICUId "1409"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4
8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. Nb5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 O-O 13. f3 Ne8
14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Nc7 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Kf2 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Ne6 19. Rc1
Rad8 20. f4 f5 21. Re1 Kf7 22. Re5 g6 23. Kf3 Rfe8 24. Re3 Rd1 25. Be5 Rd2
26. Ra4 a6 27. Rb4 Re7 28. Rb6 g5 29. Rd6 Rc2 30. Rc3 Rxc3+ 31. bxc3 gxf4
32. Bxf4 Kf6 33. h4 Kf7 34. Be5 Kg6 35. g4 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 h5+ 37. Kf3 Kf5
38. Bd4 Nxd4+ 39. Rxd4 Rc7 40. Rd5+ Ke6 41. Rd3 Rc4 42. Re3+ Kd5 43. Kg3
Rg4+ 44. Kh3 Ra4 45. Rg3 Re4 46. Rg5+ Re5 47. Kg3 Ke4 48. c4 Rf5 49. c5 a5
50. Rg7 Rxc5 51. Re7+ Kf5 52. Rf7+ Kg6 53. Rxb7 Rc3+ 54. Kf4 Rc4+ 55. Kg3
Rg4+ 56. Kh3 Re4 57. Rb6+ Kf5 58. Rb5+ Re5 59. Rb3 Kf4 60. Rb2 Re3+ 61. Kg2
a4 62. Rc2 Re4 63. a3 Kg4 64. Rc3 Kxh4 65. Kh2 Re2+ 66. Kg1 Kg4 67. Rc4+
Kg3 68. Rc3+ Kf4 69. Rh3 Kg4 70. Rc3 h4 71. Rc4+ Kg3 72. Rc3+ Kf4 73. Kf1
Re3 74. Rc4+ Re4 75. Rc3 Kg4 76. Kg2 Rd4 77. Kh2 Rd2+ 78. Kg1 Rd4 79. Kh2
h3 80. Rg3+ Kf4 81. Kxh3 Ke4 82. Kg2 Kd5 83. Kf2 Rd2+ 84. Ke1 Rd4 85. Rc3
Rh4 86. Kd1 Rh2 87. Kc1 Kd4 88. Rg3 Kc4 89. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Porter, Liam"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1949"]
[BlackICU "1984"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteFideId "2502992"]
[BlackFideId "2501350"]
[WhiteICUId "1383"]
[BlackICUId "4192"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
a4 Nc6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b6 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. f4
Rb8 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bh4 Qc5 17. Qf3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. e5 Bb7 20. Qe2 dxe5
21. fxe5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Bxh4 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Qe4 Qe7 26. g3
Bg5 27. h4 b4 28. Ne2 f5 29. Qd4 Qf7 30. hxg5 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Qxe2 32. g6 Rd7
33. Qxd7 Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Qe2+ 35. Kh3 Qg4+ 36. Kh2 Qe2+ 37. Kh1 Qf3+ 38. Kh2
Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Collins, Danielle"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[WhiteICU "1923"]
[BlackICU "2048"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteFideId "2501040"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[WhiteICUId "3279"]
[BlackICUId "159"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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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. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bd7
14. Qc2 Bc6 15. Rfd1 Qc5 16. b4 Qb6 17. Bd4 Qxb4 18. Bc5 Qa4 19. Qxa4 Bxa4
20. Rd4 Nc6 21. Rxa4 Rfe8 22. Rxe4 Nxe5 23. Bb5 Re6 24. Rae1 a6 25. Rxe5
axb5 26. a3 Raa6 27. g3 g6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Re5 Kf7 30. Bb4 Rb6 31. Rc5 h5
32. Rc7+ Kf6 33. Bc5 Rc6 34. Be7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[WhiteICU "1848"]
[BlackICU "1859"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2504316"]
[WhiteICUId "3666"]
[BlackICUId "438"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 Nc6 6. c3 Qd7 7. Re1 Bh3 8.
Bh1 e6 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. Qc2 h6 11. Nf3 e5 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. e4 Be6 14. exd5
Nxd5 15. a4 O-O 16. Nc4 f6 17. Nfd2 b6 18. a5 b5 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qe7
21. Be3 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Rac8 23. Qe2 a6 24. Nd2 Qd6 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. f4 exf4
27. gxf4 Rfe8 28. Re1 Bd7 29. Qf2 Nxa5 30. Nxc5 Qf7 31. c4 bxc4 32. Nxa6
Rxe3 33. Rxe3 cxd3 34. Qd2 Nc4 35. Qxd3 Nxe3 36. Qxe3 Qg6+ 37. Kf2 Rc2+ 38.
Ke1 Rxb2 39. Bd5+ Kh7 40. Be4 Bf5 41. Qd4 Rxh2 42. Bd5 Qg3+ 43. Kd1 Bg4+
44. Kc1 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Roberts, Danny"]
[Black "Dooley, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1877"]
[BlackICU "1882"]
[WhiteClub "Rathfarnham"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2501074"]
[BlackFideId "2501236"]
[WhiteICUId "3373"]
[BlackICUId "3660"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 b5
8. O-O Bb7 9. Kh1 Nf6 10. f4 Na5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. b3 Bb4 14.
Qe2 Bc3 15. Rad1 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. f5 Bxe5 18. c4 bxc4 19. bxc4 Be4 20.
Bd4 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 f6 23. fxe6 dxe6 24. Rd3 O-O 25. Rg3 e5 26.
Qg4 Ra7 27. h4 Qd7 28. Qe4 Rc7 29. Ra3 Qc8 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Rc1 Rc5 32. Qd6
Rc6 33. Qb4 Rd8 34. c5 Rd4 35. Rc4 Rxc4 36. Qxc4 Rxc5 37. Qxa6 Qxa6 38.
Rxa6 h5 39. Kh2 Kh7 40. Ra7 Kg6 41. Ra3 Rc4 42. Rg3+ Kf7 43. Kh3 Rd4 44.
Rb3 e4 45. Kg3 Ra4 46. a3 Ke6 47. Rb6+ Ke5 48. Rb5+ Kd4 49. Rb3 Ra5 50.
Rb4+ Kd3 51. Rb3+ Kd2 52. Kf4 Re5 53. Re3 g5+ 54. hxg5 fxg5+ 55. Kxe5 Kxe3
56. a4 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[WhiteICU "2295"]
[BlackICU "2075"]
[WhiteClub "Swords"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[WhiteICUId "295"]
[BlackICUId "208"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 d6 8.
Nge2 Qe8 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Bd8 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Qh5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. f4
Kh8 15. Ng1 Qh6 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Nh4 exf4 18. exf4 Nd4 19. Ne2 Nxe2 20. Qxe2
Bd7 21. O-O c6 22. Qf2 Ra6 23. Kh1 Bb6 24. c5 Bc7 25. Bh3 Qh5 26. Rbe1 Qf7
27. Qf3 dxc5 28. bxc5 Ra5 29. d4 Ra4 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Nxf5 Qd5
33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34. g4 h5 35. h3 b6 36. Rde1 Rd7 37. Re6 bxc5 38. Rxf6 cxd4
39. g5 d3 40. g6 Kg8 41. Re1 Ra8 42. Re7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Quinn, Mark"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[WhiteICU "2308"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteFideId "2500450"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[WhiteICUId "1402"]
[BlackICUId "456"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 a6 13. Na4 Be7 14.
Rab1 Bd6 15. Bf5 Qf6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Nc5 Rc7 18. a4 Ne6 19. Rfc1 Kh8 20.
Qd1 Qh6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 g5 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rb8+ Kg7
26. g3 Qh5 27. Nd2 g4 28. Qa4 Rf6 29. Nf1 Qf5 30. Qc2 Qf3 31. Qb2 Ba3 32.
Qxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[WhiteICU "2174"]
[BlackICU "2288"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500990"]
[WhiteICUId "1231"]
[BlackICUId "4017"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Re8 10. f3 Nh5 11. f4 Nf6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qd3 Nxe4 14.
Bf3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bf5 16. Qd2 Be4 17. c5 Qe7 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Rae1 Qc4 20.
cxd6 Bxc3 21. Qc2 cxd6 22. Bf2 d5 23. Rc1 d4 24. Rfe1 Qd5 25. Red1 Re4 26.
Qa4 Qe6 27. f5 gxf5 28. Rd3 Rg4 29. h3 Rg6 30. Kh2 c5 31. Rf3 Kh8 32. Qc2
Rag8 33. g3 Rf6 34. Rxc3 dxc3 35. Qxc3 Rd8 36. Bxc5 Kg8 37. Rc2 Rc8 38. Qd4
Qe4 39. Qf2 Re6 40. Rd2 f4 41. Bxa7 fxg3+ 42. Qxg3+ Rg6 43. Qe3 Qc6 44. Qe7
Re8 45. Qc5 Qb7 46. Qf2 Qc7+ 47. Kh1 Rg3 48. Qxg3+ Qxg3 49. Rg2 Re1+ 50.
Bg1 Qg6 51. Kh2 Rc1 52. Rxg6+ hxg6 53. Bd4 Rc2+ 54. Kg3 Rxa2 55. h4 Ra3+
56. Kf4 Ra4 57. Ke5 Kh7 58. Bf2 Kh6 59. Be3+ Kh5 60. Kf6 Kxh4 61. Kxf7 g5
62. Bf2+ Kh3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Scannell, Stephen"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[BlackICU "2228"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteFideId "2501104"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[WhiteICUId "4581"]
[BlackICUId "720"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Rc1 a6 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Na4 O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qb6 Qe7 14.
Bxa6 Ne4 15. Bc3 Qa7 16. Bb7 Qxb6 17. Nxb6 Rab8 18. Nd7 Rxb7 19. Nxf8 Nxc3
20. bxc3 Ba3 21. Rd1 Bc2 22. Ra1 Kxf8 23. Kd2 Be4 24. c4 dxc4 25. Kc3 Bd3
26. Rad1 Bb4+ 27. Kb2 Bd2+ 28. Ka3 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Colm"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[WhiteICU "1859"]
[BlackICU "2134"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteFideId "2504316"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[WhiteICUId "438"]
[BlackICUId "1263"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8.
Nd5 Nge7 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qd2 h6 11. Be3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. c4 Nf5 14. c5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brady, Cormac"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[WhiteICU "1852"]
[BlackICU "1963"]
[WhiteClub "Bray"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteFideId "2500825"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[WhiteICUId "1409"]
[BlackICUId "1321"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. f4 Nc6 10. O-O b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. a5 O-O 14. Na2
Qxe4 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Nxb4 d5 17. Na2 Ng4 18. Bb6 d4 19. Bxd4 Rfd8 20. c3
Bh4 21. Bc2 Qd5 22. Nb4 Qh5 23. h3 Bg3 24. Qd3 Qxh3 25. Rf3 Qh2+ 26. Kf1
Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxg2+ 28. Rf2 Bxf2 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Qxg7+ Ke7 31. Qg5+ f6 32.
Qc5+ Rd6 33. Bxf2 Nxf2 34. Qc7+ Rd7 35. Qc5+ Ke8 36. Qh5+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kelly, Adam"]
[Black "Collins, Danielle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1910"]
[BlackICU "1923"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga "]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackFideId "2501040"]
[WhiteICUId "4177"]
[BlackICUId "3279"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Konstantinopolsky opening"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8.
Nc4 f5 9. exf5 Rxf5 10. Ne3 Rf8 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Ne4 Qe8 13. h4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Qf7 15. Qe2 Be6 16. g4 d5 17. Bf5 Bc5 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. b4 Bb6 20. b5
Ne7 21. Bb2 Ng6 22. O-O-O Nf4 23. Qc2 a6 24. c4 d4 25. Nf5 axb5 26. cxb5
Rxa2 27. Rhe1 Rfa8 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 Rxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dooley, Michael"]
[Black "Porter, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1882"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2501236"]
[BlackFideId "2502992"]
[WhiteICUId "3660"]
[BlackICUId "1383"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd2 c6 7. Bc4 Nbd7
8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. Bb3 e6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. c3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. O-O Rae8 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. Rd2 f5 19. Re1 Kh8
20. Rde2 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Qf4 g5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Nf3+ 25. gxf3
Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Rd8 27. Re5 Rxd4 28. Rxf5 h6 29. Rf7 Rb4 30. Re7 a5 31. Re4
Rb5 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Ke2 h5 34. f4 gxf4 35. Rxf4 Kg6 36. Ke3 Kg5 37. h4+ Kh6
38. Re4 Kg6 39. f4 Rb6 40. Kf3 Kf6 41. Re6+ Kg7 42. Re2 Rb4 43. Re4 Rb6 44.
Re5 a4 45. Bxa4 Rxb2 46. Bb3 Kh6 47. Re6+ Kg7 48. Re7+ Kf6 49. Rxb7 c5 50.
Rc7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Brian"]
[Black "Roberts, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1984"]
[BlackICU "1877"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Rathfarnham"]
[WhiteFideId "2501350"]
[BlackFideId "2501074"]
[WhiteICUId "4192"]
[BlackICUId "3373"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
a4 Qc7 9. Nc4 Rb8 10. h3 Nd7 11. Bg5 a6 12. Qc1 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ne3 e6
15. Ng4 f5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Ne3 Nb6 18. h4 Be6 19. Re1 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Rxa8
21. Nd2 c4 22. Nexc4 bxc4 23. Rxe6 Nd4 24. Qe1 Nxe6 25. Qxe6+ Qf7 26. Qxf7+
Kxf7 27. Bxa8 cxd3 28. Bb7 dxc2 29. Nb3 Bxb2 30. Ba6 d5 31. Bd3 Ke6 32.
Bxc2 d4 33. Nc5+ Kd5 34. Nd3 Ba3 35. Bd8 Nd7 36. Nf4+ Kc4 37. Bd3+ Kb3 38.
Kf1 Bc1 39. Ke2 Bxf4 40. gxf4 Nc5 41. Be7 Na4 42. Kd2 Nb6 43. Bf6 Nc4+ 44.
Bxc4+ Kxc4 45. Be5 h6 46. Bf6 h5 47. Be5 d3 48. Ba1 Kd5 49. Kxd3 Ke6 50.
Be5 Kf7 51. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1998"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[Termination "forfeit"]
[WhiteElo "2110"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[WhiteICU "2048"]
[BlackICU "1848"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[WhiteICUId "159"]
[BlackICUId "3666"]
[Venue "Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1"]
[EventDate "1998.07.11"]

{ Source: <a href="http://www.iol.ie/~jghurley/new4.htm">CHESS IRELAND,
Jun-Sep 1998</a>. } { Walkover/default } { Event information: <a
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report</a>. }

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