[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[WhiteICU "2263"]
[BlackICU "2162"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2501112"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Nc4 Qc7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Rc1 b6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bf4 Qb7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qa4 Bxc4 14.
Bxc4 d6 15. Bb5 Nd8 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Bg5 Rb8 18. Ba6 Qc6 19. Qxc6 Nxc6 20.
Bc4 Nb6 21. Bb5 Rfc8 22. e4 Kf8 23. b3 Nd7 24. Ba6 Rc7 25. f4 Rb6 26. Be2
a5 27. Nc4 Rb8 28. Ne3 Nf6 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. exd5 Na7 31. f5 Be5 32. Bc4 Nc8
33. Bd3 Kg7 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. Ba6 Nb6 36. c4 Ra7 37. Bb5 Nxd5 38. cxd5 Rxb5
39. Rc4 a4 40. Rxa4 Rxa4 41. bxa4 Ra5 42. Bxe7 Rxa4 43. Rd1 Rxa2 44. g3 f6
45. Bd8 Kh6 46. h3 Kg5 47. Rf1 Rd2 48. Bxf6+ Bxf6 49. h4+ Kh5 50. Rxf6 Rxd5
51. Kg2 c4 52. Rf7 Kh6 53. g4 Rd3 54. Kf2 Rh3 55. Rc7 c3 56. Rc6 c2 57. Kg2
Rxh4 58. Rxc2 Rxg4+ 59. Kf3 Rg5 60. Rc7 Rd5 61. Rc1 Kg5 62. Ke4 Rc5 63. Rd1
Re5+ 64. Kd4 Kf5 65. Rf1+ Ke6 66. Rf8 g5 67. Re8+ Kf5 68. Rf8+ Kg6 69. Rd8
Re6 70. Kd5 Rf6 71. Ke4 Kh5 72. Rh8+ Kg4 73. Rh1 Re6+ 74. Kd5 Re5+ 75. Kxd6
Ra5 76. Ke6 Kf4 77. Rf1+ Kg3 78. Rg1+ Kh2 79. Rg4 Kh3 80. Rb4 g4 81. Rb8 g3
0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[WhiteICU "2344"]
[BlackICU "1885"]
[WhiteClub "Swords"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500930"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: John Hurley, <em>Sunday Tribune</em>, April 11,
1999 p. P-9. }

1. c4 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 b6 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. e3 e6 7. Nf3 d6 8.
g3 Be7 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. O-O f5 11. Rc1 Nf6 12. Ne1 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 h5 14. Qf3
Ng4 15. d4 h4 16. Rfd1 hxg3 17. hxg3 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Qc8 19. Nb5 Ne5 20. Qe2
Qc6 21. e4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 a6 23. Nd4 Qc5 24. Nf4 Rh6 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3
O-O-O 27. b4 Qc6 28. b5 axb5 29. Nd3 Kb8 30. cxb5 Qxb5 31. Rb4 Qd5 32.
Rxb6+ Ka7 33. Ra6+ Kb7 34. Rb1+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[WhiteICU "2065"]
[BlackICU "2288"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Wandering Dragons SCO"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500035"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "closed (Breyer) variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 Bc5
8. O-O O-O 9. c3 a5 10. Qc2 b6 11. Nb3 Be7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Nxc5
Bxc5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Rd8 17. Bf1 Be6 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20.
Rd1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Qe7 22. Bc4 Rd8 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Nxd7
26. b4 Kf8 27. f3 Ke7 28. Kf2 g5 29. Ke3 f6 30. Bf1 c5 31. Kd3 cxb4 32.
cxb4 axb4 33. Kc4 Kd6 34. Kxb4 Kc7 35. a5 bxa5+ 36. Kxa5 Kd6 37. Kb4 Nc5
38. Kc4 g4 39. Be2 gxf3 40. Bxf3 Ne6 41. h4 Nd4 42. Bg4 Nc6 43. Bd1 h6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[WhiteICU "1721"]
[BlackICU "2247"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Qe1 Bh7 8.
e4 O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. a3 Qc7 12. h4 Rad8 13. e5 Nd7 14. Re1 b5
15. Nf1 Rc8 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. g4 c4 18. dxc4 bxc4 19. Qd2 Qxb2 20. Rec1 Nc5
21. Ne1 Rfd8 22. Ng3 Qd4 23. Nf3 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Ne4 25. Bf4 Bc5 26. Nxe4
Bxe4 27. Nd2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Bd4 29. Rab1 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Kg3 Rb8 32.
f4 Nc6 33. Nf3 Kf8 34. c3 Ke7 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. cxd4 a5 37. Kf3 a4 38. Rb4
Rxb4 39. axb4 Rb8 40. Rb1 a3 41. Ke3 a2 42. Ra1 Ra8 43. Kd2 Kd7 44. Kc2 Kc6
45. f5 Kb5 46. fxe6 fxe6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicholson, John"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[WhiteICU "1935"]
[BlackICU "2155"]
[WhiteClub "Newtownards"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501724"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Qd2 Rb8 7. Bg2 b5 8.
Nge2 b4 9. Nd1 Nd4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nc1 Nf6 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nc6 14. Bh6
O-O 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 e5 17. Ne3 Ng8 18. Ne2 f6 19. f5 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qc7
21. g4 g5 22. Ng3 Be8 23. Kf2 Na5 24. Ne3 Bf7 25. Rh1 Ne7 26. h4 h6 27.
Nh5+ Bxh5 28. gxh5 Qb6 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Rab1 Qc7 31. Ng4 Ng8 32. Kg3 Nf6
33. Rbg1 Nxg4 34. Kxg4 Kf6 35. Bf3 Rb6 36. d4 Nc4 37. Qd3 cxd4 38. cxd4
exd4 39. Qxd4+ Ne5+ 40. Kg3 Qc5 41. Qa1 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "Dooley, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[WhiteICU "2086"]
[BlackICU "1920"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2501236"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. a4 b6
8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Re1 d6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Be7 14.
f4 Nd7 15. f5 e5 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Qh5+ g6 18. fxg6 Nf6 19. g7+ Kd7 20.
gxh8=Q Qxh8 21. Qxe5 Nxe4 22. Qxh8 Rxh8 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Bxb6 Bxc2 25. Rc1
Rc8 26. a5 (26. Re2 Bf5 27. Rxc8 Kxc8 $18) 26... e5 27. Kf2 Ke6 28. Ke2 Rc6
29. Kd2 Ba4 30. Ra1 $2 (30. Rc3 $16) 30... Bb5 $6 (30... Rc4 $10) 31. g3 $2
(31. Rac1 $14) 31... d5 32. Rec1 Bb4+ 33. Kd1 Rxc1+ (33... d4 $15) 34. Rxc1
$10 Bc4 35. Kc2 d4 36. b3 d3+ 37. Kb2 d2 $10 { The position is equal;
probably White lost on time. } 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Path, David"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "1769"]
[BlackICU "2110"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501910"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qc2 O-O 7. e3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qe8 11. Kh1 Qh5 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Rg1 Qh4 14.
Rg2 f4 15. Rag1 Rf7 16. a3 Bf8 17. Nb5 d6 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Ne5 20. e4
h5 21. Nd4 Nfg4 22. Be1 g6 23. Qc3 Rh7 24. fxg4 hxg4 25. Nf3 gxf3 26. Bxf3
Bg7 27. Bd1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[WhiteICU "2258"]
[BlackICU "2001"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8
8. O-O e5 9. Nb3 e4 10. Nfd2 h6 11. Bh4 Nf8 12. c4 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc5
g5 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. h3 Bf8 17. Rc1 Bd6 18. Re1 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qd6 20. g4 Nh4
21. Nf1 Kg7 22. Qc2 h5 23. gxh5 Rh8 24. g4 Nxh5 25. gxh5 Bxh3 26. Nxb7 Qf6
27. Qc7 Rae8 28. Qg3 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 exf3 30. Nh2 Re4 31. Rc2 Bg2 32. Rf2
Rxh5 33. Nxf3 Bxf3 34. Rxf3 Qh6 35. Nd6 g4 36. Nf5+ Rxf5 37. Rxf5 Re6 38.
Rf4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[WhiteICU "2039"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bennett, Eric"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1794"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501384"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bennett, Eric"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[WhiteICU "1794"]
[BlackICU "2263"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501384"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be7
8. Be3 Nd7 9. Bd3 c5 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. Ng3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxc2 13. Bxc2 b5 14.
Bd3 b4 15. O-O Nb6 16. f4 O-O 17. f5 Bb7 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Ne2 Rad8 20.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. Ke1 Bb7 25. g3 Nd7
26. Kf2 a5 27. h3 h6 28. g4 Nf6 29. Kf3 Bc6 30. Nc1 a4 31. Bd2 Nh7 32. Ne2
Ng5+ 33. Bxg5 Bxg5 34. Bc4 Bd2 35. Nf4 Bd7 36. Nd3 Ke7 37. Nc5 b3 38. axb3
a3 39. b4 Bxb4 40. Nxd7 Kxd7 41. Ke3 Bc3 42. Kd3 Bb2 43. Ba2 e5 44. d5 Bd4
45. Kc4 Kd6 46. Kb3 Bb2 47. Kc4 Bc1 48. Bb1 Kc7 49. Ba2 Kb6 50. Bb1 Bg5 51.
Ba2 Be7 52. Bb1 Kc7 53. Kb5 Kd7 54. Ba2 Bd6 55. Bb1 Be7 56. Ba2 g6 57. Bb1
h5 58. Ba2 h4 59. Bb3 Bd6 60. Ba2 Bf8 61. Bb3 Ke7 62. Kc6 Kf6 63. d6 Kg5
64. Kd5 Kf4 65. d7 Be7 66. Ba2 g5 67. Bb1 Bd8 68. Kd6 Kg3 69. Kxe5 Kxh3 70.
Kd6 Kxg4 71. e5 h3 72. e6 h2 73. Be4 a2 74. e7 Bxe7+ 75. Kxe7 a1=Q 76. d8=Q
Qe5+ 77. Kf7 Qxe4 78. Qd1+ Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dooley, Michael"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[WhiteICU "1920"]
[BlackICU "2065"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501236"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 c6 8.
d3 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. d4 Re8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nh4
Qb6 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Ne3 Rad8 17. Nf3 g6 18. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Black "Nicholson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "1885"]
[BlackICU "1935"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Newtownards"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500930"]
[BlackFideId "2501724"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Opening "Semi-Benoni ('blockade variation')"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Nd2 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 a6 9. a4 Ngf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc4 Ne8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Kh8 14. Rf3
f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Kh1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxd5 19. Bg3 Ndf6 20.
Ne3 Rh5 21. Ng4 g6 22. Qe6 Nxg4 23. Rf8+ Kg7 24. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "2247"]
[BlackICU "2110"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500620"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "A89"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation with Nc6"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[WhiteFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

{ Annotator: Anon., <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 11, no. 4,
September-October 1999, p. 14; Mel &Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/games/28339">ICU games archive</a> (excerpted
here). } { Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 h6 11. c5 Kh8 12. Rd1 g5 13. Bd2 f4 14. Be1 Bg4
15. Qc4 Qc8 { Tom builds up an attacking position here, but White's
position is perfectly solid. } 16. Ne4 Bh3 17. Bh1 Ng4 18. Rac1 Qe8 19. Nd2
Qh5 20. Nf3 fxg3 21. hxg3 Bf1 $3 { This move, and the subsequent play, are
in some way very typical of Tom's style. Nothing is threatened, and indeed
the move may not be objectively good, but it ratchets up the tension in the
position considerably. I spent my next 14 moves wondering how to exploit
this cheeky bishop, before finally imploding: } 22. Qe4 Rf7 23. Rc4 Raf8
24. d6 exd6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Rxd6 Nf6 27. Qc2 e4 28. Ne5 Re7 29. g4 $6 {
About here the pressure got to me... } 29... Qe8 30. Bc3 $2 Rxe5 31. Bxe5
$2 Qxe5 32. Rxf6 Qxf6 33. f3 exf3 34. Bxf3 { And here I dreamed briefly
that Tom's bishop was trapped on f1. However } 34... Bxe2 { and it's all
over } 35. Bxe2 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[WhiteICU "2155"]
[BlackICU "2344"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Swords"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Gerard O'Connell, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>,
vol. 11, no. 4, September-October 1999, p. 14. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. cxd5 { I could not figure out which
variation Colm was heading for and so decided to avoid it. } 4... cxd5 5.
Nc3 { We have entered the realm of the Slav Exchange Variation where White
can look forward to a small but long term plus, due to his one move lead in
development and Black's poor white squared bishop. } 5... Be7 { This is
committal. Black normally develops a knight first here and often plays ...
Bd6 in reply to Bf4 by White. } 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 (7. e4 { was very tempting
in view of Black's lack of development, but this would give Black certain
long-term advantages. }) 7... Nf6 8. h3 { Giving the bishop a nice retreat
on h2. } 8... O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 { This is the key square
for White in this variation. } 11... Nc6 12. Rc1 Rc8 { Both sides have
completed their development and White has come out slightly better in view
of his better placed pieces. } 13. Bb1 { Creating the possibility of Qc2
and Qd3, doubling up on the b1-h7 diagonal. } 13... g6 $6 { Weakening the
dark squares around the black king. } 14. Bh6 Re8 15. f4 ({ Gaining space
and cementing e5, White's advantage is now significant, if ( } 15. f4 { ) }
15... Bf8 16. Bg5 { is good. }) 15... Nd7 16. Qf3 { Preventing any
immediate exchange on e5 due to pressure on the f-file. } 16... Rc7 $1 {
Covering the bishop on b7 and the pawn on f7 in some lines. } 17. Kh2 ({ I
was convinced that I had a winning advantage here, however despite 30
minutes of analysis neither } 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. f5) ({ nor } 17. Nxf7 Kxf7
18. f5 gxf5 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rf3 Kh8) ({ nor } 17. Nxd5) ({ nor } 17. f5 {
seem to work! }) ({ &#91;RR } 17. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 18. f5 gxf5 $2 (18... Bf6
19. fxg6+ hxg6 $18) 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Nxd5 $1 { wins quickly: } 20... exd5 (
20... Rc8 21. Rxf5 $1) 21. Qxf5 Nf6 22. Qg5+ { and mates.&#93; }) 17...
Ndxe5 18. fxe5 Bg5 { Black has opened up the f-file it is true, but he has
rid himself of that powerful knight on e5 and White's aggressive bishop on
h6 and his rook on c7 covers the f7 square. } 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qg3 { This
move swapping off queens offers White an advantage in the ending. The
alternative was 20. Nd1-f2-g4-f6 but Black can prevent this with ... h5 or
... Rec8, ... Nb8, ... Nd7. } 20... Qxg3+ 21. Kxg3 Rec8 22. Ne2 Na5 {
Heading for the lovely square c4. } 23. b3 Bc6 24. Bd3 Kg7 25. h4 { Trying
to control g5 later on. } 25... Be8 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Nxc1 f6
$1 ({ A very good move, if White takes ( } 28... f6 { ) } 29. exf6+ Kxf6 {
and ... e5 follows freeing Black's position, so ... }) 29. Be2 $1 fxe5 30.
dxe5 Nc6 31. Nd3 { All of Black's pawns are on the same colour as his
bishop, however White's e5 pawn is very weak. } 31... h6 32. Nc5 $1 Kf7 33.
Kf4 $2 ({ Missing } 33. Nxa6 Nxe5 34. Kf4 Kf6 (34... Nc6 35. Bxb5 e5+ 36.
Kg3 d4 37. Nc7 Bd7 38. exd4 exd4 39. a4 { winning }) 35. Nc7 Bc6 36. Nxb5
g5+ 37. hxg5+ hxg5+ 38. Kg3 { and White is a very dangerous passed a-pawn
to the good. }) 33... Nb8 34. Bg4 Bd7 35. b4 Ke7 36. a3 Bc6 37. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[WhiteICU "2162"]
[BlackICU "2258"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501112"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8.
h4 h5 9. Qh3 Ba6 10. Bg5 Qc8 11. g4 hxg4 12. Qxg4 c5 13. Kd2 cxd4 14. cxd4
Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Qc4 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Rfg1 Rc8 18. Rh3 Ncxe5 19. dxe5 Qxc2+ 20.
Ke1 Rc4 21. f4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Rxg4 23. Rxg4 Qf5 24. Rc3 Qxg4 25. Rc8+ Kd7
26. Rxh8 Qf5 27. Rf8 Kc7 28. Rg8 Qg6 29. Kd2 Kb7 30. Nf4 Qh7 31. Rf8 Qf5
32. Nd3 a5 33. Rg8 Qh7 34. Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[WhiteICU "2001"]
[BlackICU "2086"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. h4 Rfc8 13. N1h2 Kf8 14. Ng5
Bxg5 15. hxg5 Ne7 16. Qh5 Kg8 17. Ng4 Ng6 18. Kh2 Kf8 19. Bd2 Ke7 20. f4
Ndf8 21. f5 exf5 22. Ne3 Ne6 23. Nxf5+ Kf8 24. Qxh7 b4 25. Re2 d4 26. Bxb7
Qxb7 27. Re4 Qd5 28. Rh4 Ke8 29. Qg8+ Ngf8 30. Nd6+ Kd7 31. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[WhiteICU "2288"]
[BlackICU "2039"]
[WhiteClub "Wandering Dragons SCO"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500035"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nc6 3. e3 h6 4. Bh4 Nf6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 O-O
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bf5 10. Nf3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O cxd4
14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nc4 17. Rfb1 Qd7 18. a4 b6 19. h3 Rc7
20. Nd2 Rfc8 21. Nxc4 Rxc4 22. Qb3 f5 23. Qb5 Qe6 24. Rd1 f4 25. exf4 Qe4
26. d5 Qxf4 27. a5 Rc2 28. Qf1 b5 29. a6 Rd8 30. Rab1 b4 31. Qe1 Ra2 32.
Rxb4 Qd6 33. Re4 Rxa6 34. Re8+ Rxe8 35. Qxe8+ Qf8 36. Qd7 Qd6 37. Qc8+ Kh7
38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Rc1 g6 40. Qd3 Qf6 41. g3 Rd6 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Qe4 Rd8 44.
Rxd8 Qxd8 45. Qc4 Kg7 46. Qc6 Kf8 47. d6 a5 48. g4 a4 49. Qc5 Ke8 50. Qe3+
Kd7 51. Qa7+ Ke6 52. Qxa4 Qxd6 53. Qb3+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Path, David"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[WhiteICU "1769"]
[BlackICU "1721"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501910"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[ECO "B26"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 6.Be3"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 a6 8. f4
e5 9. Nge2 Nh5 10. O-O exf4 11. gxf4 Nd4 12. Kh2 O-O 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Nd5
Be6 15. c3 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nf5 17. Bf2 Re8 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. Qd2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bennett, Eric"]
[Black "Path, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1794"]
[BlackICU "1769"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501384"]
[BlackFideId "2501910"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "D98"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Russian, Smyslov variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Anon., <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 11,
no. 4, September-October 1999, pp. 14-15. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4
8. Ne5 Be6 9. d5 Bc8 10. f4 e6 11. Be3 exd5 12. exd5 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14.
h3 Qh4+ 15. Kd2 c6 16. g3 Qh5 17. Bg2 Bd7 18. Raf1 Rd8 19. Kc1 Qf5 20. g4
Qf6 21. g5 Qd6 22. Bc5 Qc7 23. Be7 Re8 24. d6 Qa5 25. a3 b5 26. Qd3 b4 27.
axb4 Qxb4 28. Be4 Bd4 29. h4 { Black found an interesting way to develop
his queenside: } 29... Na6 $1 30. Qxa6 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Qxe4 32. Rh2 Rab8 33.
Qa2 Bf5 34. Rb2 Qe3+ 35. Rd2 Rb1+ $2 (35... Qxc3+ $19) 36. Qxb1 Bxb1 37. d7
Qxc3+ 38. Kd1 Qb3+ 39. Kc1 Qc3+ 40. Kd1 Qb3+ 41. Kc1 Qc4+ 42. Kxb1 Qxf1+ $2
(42... Rb8+ 43. Rb2 Qxf1+ 44. Ka2 Rxb2+ 45. Kxb2 Qe2+ $19 { and 46... Qxe7
}) 43. Kc2 $10 Qc4+ 44. Kd1 Qb3+ 45. Kc1 Qc3+ 46. Kd1 Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[WhiteICU "2263"]
[BlackICU "2288"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "Wandering Dragons SCO"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500035"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Anon., <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 11,
no. 4, September-October 1999, p. 15 (excerpted here). }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nh6 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Na5 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Rad1 { In this
French-type position from Stephen Brady v Mark Orr in round 3, Black seems
to have a promising position. What should be play? } { He could continue
with 19... Rf8 with the idea of sacrificing the exchange on f3 and taking
on d4 if given the opportunity. White is tied to the defence of d4 and
lacks an active plan. However the move he plays allows White to gain the
initiative with an unexpected manoeuvre: } 19... g5 ({ &#91;RR } 19... Rf8
$10 { .&#93; }) 20. Ne2 $1 g4 ({ &#91;RR Better } 20... Be8 $14 { .&#93; })
21. Ne1 Ne7 22. Ng3 Bb5 $2 (22... Rg5 $16 { After the move played, White is
winning. }) 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Nd3 Rf8 25. Rfe1 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Nh4 27. Qg3 h5
28. Re5 Nf5 29. Qf4 Qg6 30. Rde1 Ng7 31. Qd2 Rc8 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 Qd3
34. Qc3 Qb1+ 35. Re1 Qxa2 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qxb7 a5 38. g3 Kg6 39. Qb5 Kf6
40. Qe2 Kg6 41. h3 gxh3 42. Kh2 Qb3 43. Kxh3 a4 44. Ra1 Kf7 45. Kg2 Qb4 46.
Qf3+ Kg8 47. Qc3 Qb5 48. Qc8+ Kf7 49. Qc2 h4 50. Rxa4 h3+ 51. Kxh3 Qf1+ 52.
Kh2 Nf5 53. Qc7+ Kg6 54. Qf4 Qd1 55. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[WhiteICU "2039"]
[BlackICU "1885"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2500930"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Stockholm variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Anon., <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 11,
no. 4, September-October 1999, p. 15. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5
8. e3 Bg7 9. Qf3 Qd8 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14.
h3 Qc7 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Rac1 b5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qa5 19. Bg3 Rac8 20.
Be5 Bc6 { Was this a good or a bad move? White continued } 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7
22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Qxc6 Qxa2 { Black has restored material equality and
gained a passed a-pawn into the bargain, but his king posiiton has been
weakened. } { &#91;RR $16&#93; } 24. Nf4 Rd8 ({ &#91;RR ? Better } 24...
Bh6 $16 { .&#93; }) 25. Rd1 ({ &#91;RR ? White misses } 25. d5 $1 $18 { ,
e.g. } 25... Nxd5 $2 26. Ne6 $1 Bxe5 (26... Rg8 27. Ng5+ Kf8 28. Qc8# { is
the point }) 27. Nxd8+ Kg7 (27... Kf8 28. Qe6 Ke8 29. Qxe5 Kxd8 30. Rd1)
28. Qe6 Bf6 29. Qf7+ Kh6 30. Qf8+ { with a winning attack.&#93; }) 25... g5
{ This second weakening is too much for the black position to bear. } 26.
Nd3 Qe2 27. Qc4+ Kf8 28. Ra1 a5 29. Qc7 Ra8 30. Nc5 Kf7 31. Qc6 Qb2 32. Rf1
$1 { Once the rook joins the attack it's all over. } 32... Re8 33. f4 gxf4
34. Rxf4 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc4 36. d5 Qa2 37. Qe6+ Kg6 38. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[WhiteICU "2110"]
[BlackICU "2155"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 h6 5. Bh4 d6 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+
8. Rxd1 Ng4 9. h3 Bxe5 10. hxg4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bxg4 12. Be2 Be6 13. Nf3 Nc6
14. Bg3 Rc8 15. a3 Kf8 16. Nd4 Bd5 17. f3 a6 18. Nb3 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Kg7 20.
Rd7 e5 21. Bc4 Rhf8 22. Bd5 Kf6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxh6 Ke6 25. Rd2 Rb8 26.
b4 c5 27. Re2 f6 28. Rxg6 cxb4 29. axb4 a5 30. bxa5 Rb1+ 31. Kf2 Ra1 32.
Rg7 Rf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Bxe5 Rxa5 35. Bxc7 Rc5 36. Bd8 Rxc3 37. Re7+ Kf8
38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[WhiteICU "2344"]
[BlackICU "2162"]
[WhiteClub "Swords"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2501112"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Capablanca variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Anon., <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 11,
no. 4, September-October 1999, p. 15 (light notes, not shown here). }

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Re8
8. e4 d6 9. Be2 a6 10. h3 Nd7 11. b4 Nf8 12. O-O Ng6 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Bf1
Qf6 15. Kh2 g5 16. g3 g4 17. Ng1 Nh5 18. Ra2 Qg6 19. Be2 Nf6 20. hxg4 Bxg4
21. Kg2 Be6 22. Nf3 Nh5 23. Rh1 Nf4+ 24. Kf1 Nxe2 25. Qxe2 Bg4 26. Qe3 Bxf3
27. Qxf3 Re6 28. Rh4 Rf6 29. Qe3 Qg7 30. f4 Rg6 31. Be1 f6 32. f5 Rg5 33.
Rah2 Rf8 34. R2h3 Nd4 35. Bc3 c5 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Qf2 Qe7 38. Qf4 Rg7 39.
Rg4 Rxg4 40. Qxg4+ Kh8 41. bxc5 dxc5 42. a4 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. cxb5 Rb8
45. Qg6 Rxb5 46. Rxh7+ Qxh7 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qxb5 Qh3+ 49. Ke2 Qxg3 50. Kd1
Qf2 51. Qc4 Qg2 52. Kc1 Qe2 53. Kb1 Qd2 54. Ka1 Qe2 55. Qxc5 Qd1+ $6 (55...
Qxd3 $10) 56. Kb2 Qd2+ 57. Qc2 Qb4+ 58. Ka2 Qa5+ 59. Kb2 Qb4+ 60. Qb3 Qd2+
61. Kb1 Qe1+ 62. Ka2 Qd2+ 63. Qb2 $6 { "Playing for the loss." } (63. Ka3
$16) 63... Qxd3 $19 64. Qb7+ $2 (64. Qg2+ $1 $10 { with accurate play, but
this should not have been necessary. }) 64... Kh6 65. Qe7 Qc2+ 66. Ka1 Qc3+
67. Ka2 d3 68. Qd6 d2 69. Qf4+ Kg7 70. Qg4+ Kf8 71. Qd1 Qc1 72. Qh5 Qc2+
73. Ka3 Qd3+ 74. Ka2 d1=Q 75. Qh8+ Kf7 76. Qh7+ Ke8 77. Qg8+ Kd7 78. Qe6+
Kc7 79. Qe7+ Qd7 80. Qc5+ Qc6 81. Qe7+ Qdd7 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[WhiteICU "2065"]
[BlackICU "2247"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. e5 Qc7 10. Qe2 g5 11. Nxg5 Qxe5 12. Qxe5 Nxe5 13. Ngf3 N5c6 14.
Nb3 b6 15. c3 e5 16. Bd2 Ba6 17. Bf1 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Nh4 Be6 20. Bg5
f6 21. Bc1 Rd7 22. Bg2 Rfd8 23. h3 Kf7 24. Kh2 Ng6 25. Nf3 Bf8 26. Ng1 Rd6
27. Bf3 d4 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. c4 Bf5 30. g4 Bc8 31. Nf3 Re6 32. Nbd2 Bh6 33.
g5 Bxg5 34. Nxg5+ fxg5 35. Ne4 h6 36. Bxg5 hxg5 37. Nxg5+ Kf6 38. Nxe6 Bxe6
39. Rg1 Rh8 40. Rg3 Nf4 41. Rd2 Bxh3 42. Kg1 Bf5 43. a3 Bc8 44. b4 Bb7 45.
f3 Bc8 46. bxc5 bxc5 47. Rh2 Rxh2 48. Kxh2 Be6 49. Rg1 Nxd3 50. Rb1 Bxc4
51. Rb7 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[WhiteICU "1721"]
[BlackICU "2001"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. d3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8.
h3 Be6 9. O-O Qd7 10. Kh2 Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Be3 Bxg4 13. hxg4 Nxg4+ 14.
Kg1 Qe7 15. Ng3 Qh4 16. Re1 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh1 f4 19. Bd2 Nd4 20. f3
Qh2+ 21. Kf1 h5 22. Nb5 Ne3+ 23. Bxe3 fxe3 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Nf2 exf2 26.
Kxf2 Qh4+ 27. Kf1 Bh6 28. Re4 Qh2 29. Qe2 Be3 30. Ke1 Rae8 31. Kd1 Rxe4 32.
dxe4 h4 33. Bf1 Qg3 34. Bg2 h3 35. Bh1 Qg1+ 36. Qe1 Qh2 37. Rb1 Rf7 38. Qe2
Qxh1+ 39. Kc2 Qg2 40. Kd3 Qxe2+ 41. Kxe2 h2 42. Rh1 Bg1 43. c5 Rg7 44. cxd6
cxd6 45. b4 Rg2+ 46. Kd3 Rxa2 47. f4 Ra3+ 48. Kc4 d3 49. e5 dxe5 50. fxe5
d2 51. e6 Re3 52. e7 d1=Q 53. e8=Q+ Rxe8 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "Nicholson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "2086"]
[BlackICU "1935"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "Newtownards"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2501724"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen defence"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 b6 2. d3 Bb7 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bf3 c6 8.
Bf4 d4 9. Nb5 cxb5 10. Bxb7 Ng6 11. Qe2+ Be7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14.
Bxa8 Qxa8 15. cxb5 Nc5 16. Nf3 Kf7 17. O-O Qd5 18. Rfc1 Bd6 19. b4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Dooley, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[WhiteICU "2258"]
[BlackICU "1920"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2501236"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8
8. O-O e5 9. Nb3 c6 10. Rc1 a5 11. c4 a4 12. Nbd2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 e4 14. Nfd2
Qe7 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 N7f6 17. Nd6 Rd8 18. Nxc8 Rdxc8 19. Nc4 Ne8 20. a3
h5 21. h3 Qe6 22. Nd2 Bh6 23. Bc4 b5 24. Ba2 Ng7 25. Qc2 f5 26. Nb1 Kh7 27.
Qc5 Qd7 28. Nc3 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 f4 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. exf4 Ne6 32. Bxe6 Qxe6
33. Qe5 Qxe5 34. fxe5 Rd8 35. Rd1 Rac8 36. Kf1 c5 37. d5 Kg7 38. Re3 c4 39.
Rxe4 Kf7 40. Rf4+ Ke7 41. Rf6 c3 42. bxc3 Rxc3 43. d6+ Ke8 44. e6 Rxd6 45.
Re1 Rdc6 46. Rxg6 Rc1 47. Rg5 R6c5 48. h4 b4 49. Rxc5 Rxc5 50. axb4 Rb5 51.
Re4 a3 52. Re3 Rxb4 53. Rxa3 Rxh4 54. Re3 Rg4 55. Re5 h4 56. Kg1 Rf4 57.
Re3 Ke7 58. f3 Rc4 59. Kh2 Rf4 60. Re4 Rxe4 61. fxe4 Kxe6 62. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[WhiteICU "2110"]
[BlackICU "2258"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd3 c5 7. e5 Qe7 8.
O-O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Qxc5 bxc5 13. Nd2 Ke7
14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Na5 Rc7 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. g3 Nc6 18. Bg2 Rb6 19. Rd6 Rc8
20. f4 Nd4 21. c3 Nb5 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. a4 Na7 24. Rd1 Rc7 25. Kc2 Nc8 26.
Ra1 d5 27. exd6+ Nxd6 28. Bf3 c4 29. a5 bxa5 30. Rxa5 f6 31. Ra6 Kd7 32. b4
cxb3+ 33. Kxb3 g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. h4 gxh4 36. gxh4 Nb5 37. Bg4 f5 38. c4
Nd6 39. Be2 Ne4 40. Ra5 Kd6 41. Bd3 Nc5+ 42. Kc3 Rh7 43. Bxf5 exf5 44. Kb4
Nd3+ 45. Kc3 Ne5 46. c5+ Ke6 47. Ra4 Kd5 48. Kd2 Nf3+ 49. Ke3 Nxh4 50. Kf4
Rg7 51. Ke3 Re7+ 52. Kf2 Re4 53. Ra5 Rc4 54. Kg3 Rxc5 55. Rxc5+ Kxc5 56.
Kxh4 Kd4 57. Kg3 Ke3 58. Kg2 f4 59. Kf1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[WhiteICU "2065"]
[BlackICU "2086"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Anon., <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 11,
no. 4, September-October 1999, pp. 15-16. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. c3 Nge7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Na3 Rb8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 b6 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Nc2 Qd7 14. Rab1
Rbc8 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Nh4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 d5 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. exd5 Nxd5 20.
Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rbc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Rxc1 25. Bxc1
Bd1 26. Nf3 Bc3 27. Nd2 f5 28. Nc4 b5 29. Ne3 Be2 30. Nd5 Bg7 31. a3 Bd1
32. Nc7 Bxb3 33. Nxb5 a6 34. Nc7 Bc4 35. f3 Kf7 36. Be3 Bf8 37. a4 Bb4 38.
Na8 Ba5 39. Nb6 Bb3 40. Nd7 Bxa4 41. Ne5+ Ke6 42. Nd3 Bb5 43. Nf4+ Ke5 44.
h4 Bb4 45. h5 g5 46. Nh3 g4 47. fxg4 fxg4 48. Ng5 Bd3 49. Nf7+ Kf6 50. Nd8
Be4+ 51. Kf2 Ba5 52. Bd4+ Ke7 53. Ke3 Bf3 54. Kf4 Bxd8 55. Kg5 Ke6+ 56. Kh6
Be4 57. Bf6 Bc7 58. Bh4 Bf5 59. Kg7 a5 60. Kh6 a4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Black "Bennett, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[WhiteICU "1885"]
[BlackICU "1794"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500930"]
[BlackFideId "2501384"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8.
Be2 Qe7 9. O-O b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd3
g6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17. Qe2 c5 18. Be4 Rad8 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rad1
cxd4 21. Nxd4 e5 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Nc2 a5 24. Rd5 Bc5 25. Red1 Bd4 26. Nxd4
exd4 27. Qf3 Qe7 28. h3 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Rd8 30. Qf3 Kg7 31. Kf1 Rd7 32. g3
Qe6 33. h4 f5 34. Re1 Qf6 35. Qd3 f4 36. gxf4 Qxf4 37. Re4 Qf5 38. Ke2 Qf6
39. a3 Qd6 40. a4 Qc5 41. Qg3 d3+ 42. Kd1 Qa3 43. Qe5+ Kh6 44. Qf4+ Kg7 45.
Qe5+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicholson, John"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[WhiteICU "1935"]
[BlackICU "1721"]
[WhiteClub "Newtownards"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501724"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. c3 d5
8. d4 c4 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. b3 Be7 11. Nbd2 cxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Nc4 Qd8 14.
Bf4 b5 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb7 17. Re3 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Rg3 Qe7 20.
f4 Rad8 21. Qg4 f6 22. Nd3 Rd6 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Re1 Qf7 25. Qe2 Rfd8 26. Re3
Re8 27. f5 e5 28. dxe5 Rd5 29. exf6 Rxe3 30. Qxe3 Bxf5 31. fxg7 Kxg7 32.
Nxa6 Rd6 33. Nc5 Qg6 34. Qe5+ Kh6 35. Rf1 Rd2 36. g3 Bh3 37. Qe3+ Qg5 38.
Qxg5+ Kxg5 39. Ne4+ Kg4 40. Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[WhiteICU "2247"]
[BlackICU "2344"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Swords"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500620"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[WhiteFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Anon., <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 11,
no. 4, September-October 1999, p. 16 (excerpted here). }

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 a6 4. d4 b5 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Qb6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nb3 d6 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. a3 O-O 13. Rc1 Rfc8 14.
Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qc2 Be4 16. Qd2 Qb7 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Ne1 Nc4 19. Qc3 Bxg2 20.
Nxg2 Nd5 21. Qb3 Na5 22. Qf3 c4 23. Qg4 Nb3 24. Rc2 Nf6 25. Qh4 Rd8 26. Ne3
Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Qe4 28. Ne3 h6 29. f3 Qd4 30. Kg2 Qc5 31. Ng4 Nxg4 32. Qxg4
Kh7 33. Bd2 f5 34. Qf4 g5 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. Bxe3 e5 $15 { &ldquo;Black's
space advantage and control of the d-file gave him a decisive
advantage,&rdquo; ICJ, but this does not seem accurate. } 37. Bd2 Kg6 38.
h3 Kf6 39. e4 f4 40. g4 Ke6 41. Bb4 Kd7 42. h4 Ke6 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Rf2
Rd8 45. Rf1 Rd3 46. Rh1 Nd4 47. Rh3 $2 (47. Rh6+ $1 Kf7 48. Rh7+ Kg6 49.
Rd7 Nc2 50. Rxd3 cxd3 $15) 47... Kf6 $2 (47... Re3 $1 $19) 48. Kf2 $2 ({
Missing the reprieve. } 48. Rh6+ { etc. }) 48... Kg6 $19 49. Bc3 Re3 50.
Kg2 Re2+ 51. Kf1 Rc2 52. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Dooley, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[WhiteICU "2155"]
[BlackICU "1920"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2501236"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "D89"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Sokolsky variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Anon., <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 11,
no. 4, September-October 1999, p. 16. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5
8. Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14.
d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Rb1 Bf7 17. Nd4 a6 18. a4 Rc8 19. Rb4 Qd6 20. Qb2
Rc5 21. Rb6 Qc7 22. Bh6 Rc8 23. Ne2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 { White has played a
theoretical exchange sacrifice in the grunfled Defence. Has he a decisive
continuation of his attack? } { White played } 25. Rxf6 exf6 26. Qxf6 { but
after } 26... Bxd5 $1 27. exd5 Qf7 { the attack was easily repulsed. } {
&#91;RR White is lost anyway after 24... Rxc4.&#93; } 28. Qa1 Qd7 29. Ng3
Rxa4 30. Qb2 b5 31. Ne4 Qa7+ 32. Kf1 Qd4 33. Qxd4 Rxd4 34. d6 Rd8 35. d7
Kf7 36. Nc5 a5 37. Nb7 R8xd7 38. Nxa5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[WhiteICU "2162"]
[BlackICU "2039"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501112"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4
8. Be2 Nxd4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Ne7 13. Rb1
Nc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Ba3 f6 16. h3 Kf7 17. Rd6 Kg6 18. Bc5 Bf5 19. Rb7
Rhb8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Rxc6 Rb7 22. Ra6 Rc7 23. Bd6 Rxc3 24. Rxa7 Rd3 25.
Bb4 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[WhiteICU "2001"]
[BlackICU "2263"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English, Kramnik-Shirov counterattack"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O
8. d3 Rb8 9. a4 Qe8 10. e4 b6 11. Nh4 Bd7 12. g4 Nd8 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4
Ng6 15. Nf5 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 f6 17. Ra2 Qe5 18. Qd2 Nf7 19. d4 Qe6 20. Qd3
Rbe8 21. Ne3 Qe7 22. a5 Ra8 23. Rf1 Bc6 24. Nf5 Qe8 25. a6 Rd8 26. Raf2 Ng5
27. Ng3 Qg6 28. h4 Ne6 29. Nf5 Rde8 30. Qg3 Nd8 31. d5 Bd7 32. Rf4 Nf7 33.
Bh3 Bc8 34. g5 fxg5 35. hxg5 h6 36. Nd4 Bxh3 37. Qxh3 Nxg5 38. Rxf8+ Rxf8
39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Qc8+ Kf7 41. Qxc7+ Kg8 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Kf1 Nxe4 44. Ne6
Qf6+ 45. Ke2 h5 46. Nf8+ Kh6 47. Qe6 Nc5 48. Qe3+ Qg5 49. Qe8 Qg2+ 50. Ke3
Qg3+ 51. Ke2 Qd3+ 52. Ke1 Qxc3+ 53. Kf2 Qd4+ 54. Kf3 Qg4+ 55. Kf2 Ne4+ 56.
Ke3 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Black "Path, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[WhiteICU "2288"]
[BlackICU "1769"]
[WhiteClub "Wandering Dragons SCO"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500035"]
[BlackFideId "2501910"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 d6 6. h5 f5 7. Nd2 Nc6 8.
c3 Qe7 9. g3 Bd7 10. Bg2 O-O-O 11. Ne2 g5 12. Qc2 Qf6 13. O-O-O Ne7 14. Kb1
Bc6 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. b4 d5 17. Nb3 b6 18. b5 Nb8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Qe6
21. Qa4 Qe4+ 22. Ka1 Kb7 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. h6 Bf8 25. Nc3 Qe6 26. d5 Qf6 27.
Kb1 Bxh6 28. Ne2 Bg7 29. Nbd4 Qe5 30. Nc3 f4 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. Nc6 Nxc6 33.
bxc6+ Ka8 34. Rh4 Qf5+ 35. e4 Qe5 36. Rh5 Qd4 37. Qxd4 Bxd4 38. f3 f6 39.
Ne2 Be5 40. Rch1 Rcg8 41. Rxh7 Rxh7 42. Rxh7 a5 43. Rh2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[WhiteICU "2039"]
[BlackICU "2344"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Swords"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 f5 10. Nh3 O-O 11. e3 Nc6 12. Bc4 b6 13. O-O Na5 14.
Ba2 Ba6 15. Re1 Bc4 16. e4 fxe4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qc2 Nd6 19. fxe4 Rc8 20.
Qa2 Nc7 21. Bg5 Qd7 22. Rad1 Ncb5 23. Bd2 Nc4 24. Bb4 Rfe8 25. a4 Nxd4 26.
e5 Nxe5 27. Ng5 Rc2 28. Qb1 Qd5 29. Rd2 Nef3+ 30. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Rxd2
32. Bxd2 Qxd2 33. Qe4 Qd7 34. f4 Rf8 35. Qc4 Qd5 36. Qb4 Rf6 37. Re3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dooley, Michael"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[WhiteICU "1920"]
[BlackICU "2001"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501236"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: John Hurley, <em>Sunday Tribune</em>, May 30,
1999 p. P-9 (puzzle after 27B); Anon., <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol.
11. no. 4, September-October 1999, p. 16. }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8.
Bd3 d6 9. O-O dxe5 10. dxe5 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. b4 Nf4 14.
Bf1 Be8 15. Qb3 g5 16. Nc4 a6 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Nd4 20.
Qb2 Nc6 21. Ne4 Rg8 22. Ncd6+ Kb8 23. Rac1 f6 24. Nc5 Rxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6
26. Rxe6 Qf4 27. b5 Nd4 { White to play and win. } 28. Nxa6+ $1 bxa6 29.
bxa6+ $2 (29. Rxe8+ $1 { and mates quickly. }) 29... Bb5 30. Bxb5 Rxg2+ 31.
Kxg2 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke1 Qxe6+ 34. Be2+ Qb6 35. Qxb6+ Nxb6 36. Rc5 f5
37. a7+ Kxa7 38. Rc7+ Ka8 39. Rxh7 f4 40. Bd3 Kb8 41. h4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Bennett, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[WhiteICU "1721"]
[BlackICU "1794"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2501384"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

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report</a>. }

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 h6 8.
e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bc5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ng4 13. Rd3 Nb4 14.
Rc3 Be6 15. a3 Na2 16. Rc7 Rd8 17. Nbd2 Nxe3 18. b3 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 Nc3 20.
Rxc3 O-O 21. Rc7 Rd3 22. Rxb7 Rfd8 23. Ra2 g5 24. h3 h5 25. Nc4 f6 26. Rf2
Bxc4 27. bxc4 Rxa3 28. c5 Rc3 29. Rxa7 Rxc5 30. Ra6 Kg7 31. Nh2 Rf8 32. g4
h4 33. Ra3 Rc4 34. Kf3 Rd4 35. Nf1 Rfd8 36. Ke3 Rd1 37. Ra6 Rf8 38. Nd2 Rh1
39. Rf3 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Rd1 41. Ke2 Rc1 42. Rd3 Rc2 43. Rd7+ Kg6 44. Raa7 Rg8
45. Kd3 Rb2 46. Kc3 Rb6 47. Nc4 Rc6 48. Kd3 Rcc8 49. Nxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Black "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[WhiteICU "1885"]
[BlackICU "2288"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Wandering Dragons SCO"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500930"]
[BlackFideId "2500035"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e4 Nxc3 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. bxc3 Bc5 12. Bc4 e5 13. Ke2 Rb8
14. Ra2 Ke7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Kxe3 Rd8 17. Ke2 Be6 18. Bxe6 Kxe6 19. Rd1
Rxd1 20. Kxd1 Rb1+ 21. Ke2 Kd6 22. Rd2+ Kc7 23. Ra2 Rh1 24. g3 Rxh2 25. Ra1
Rh6 26. Rb1 Rd6 27. Rb4 Rd7 28. a4 Rd8 29. Rb2 h5 30. Rb1 g6 31. Ke3 Rb8
32. Rc1 Rb2 33. f4 exf4+ 34. Kxf4 Ra2 35. Ke5 Rxa4 36. Re1 f5 37. exf5 Ra5+
38. Kf6 Rxf5+ 39. Kxg6 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicholson, John"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[WhiteICU "1935"]
[BlackICU "2065"]
[WhiteClub "Newtownards"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501724"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Qd3 c5
15. f4 c4 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Qg3 Bf6 18. Nf3 Kh8 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Qh4 f6 21.
Be3 Nb7 22. Nd4 Rf7 23. Rf5 g6 24. Rf3 Qc8 25. Raf1 Nbc5 26. Nc6 Qe8 27.
Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Rxf6 Ncd7 29. Rxf7 Nxf7 30. Qf2 Kg8 31. Bd4 Nfe5 32. Qg3 Qe7
33. Bd1 Rf8 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Bg4 Nxg4 36. Qxg4 Kf7 37. h4 h5 38. Qf4+ Ke8
39. Kf2 a5 40. b3 cxb3 41. axb3 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. g3 a3 44. Qc1 Qxe4 45.
Qxa3 Qxd5 46. Qa6 Ke7 47. Qd3 Ne5 48. Qe3 Kd7 49. Bxe5 dxe5 50. c4 Qxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "2162"]
[BlackICU "2110"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501112"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Qg4 Qa5 8.
Bd2 g6 9. Qd1 Qa4 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. Bb5 Qxa3 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. Nf3 Qf8 14.
O-O Qg7 15. Re1 h6 16. c4 Nge7 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Qa2 a6 19. Ba4 b5 20. cxd5
exd5 21. Bd1 Bf5 22. Rb3 Be4 23. Ra3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nxd4 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26.
Qxa6 Nef5 27. Qb7 Rd8 28. Ba5 Qf8 29. Qb6 Rb8 30. Qf6 Re8 31. Qb6 Qa3 32.
Bd2 Qd3 33. Be3 Nxe3 34. fxe3 Nf5 35. Be2 Qxe3+ 36. Qxe3 Nxe3 37. Bxb5 Rxe5
38. Kf2 d4 39. Bd3 Rg5 40. Bf1 Rh5 41. Kg3 Nxf1+ 42. Rxf1 Rd5 43. Kf2 Kg7
44. Ke2 Rh5 45. Rf2 Kf6 46. Kd3 Ke5 47. Re2+ Kf4 48. Rf2 Rh3 49. Kxd4 Rxf3
50. Ra2 Rf1 51. Rd2 g5 52. Kd3 Kf5 53. Kd4 g4 54. Kd5 h5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[WhiteICU "2086"]
[BlackICU "2247"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nd2
c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Bb5 Bxc5 11. Nb3 Bf8 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. O-O Ne7 14. Re1 a6
15. Ba4 O-O-O 16. c3 Kb8 17. b4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc4 19. Qb6 Qc7 20. Qd4 Qc4
21. Qb6 Qc7 22. Qd4 b5 23. Bb3 Nc6 24. Qg4 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxc3 26. Bf4 Bd6
27. Ree1 Qf6 28. Bxd6+ Rxd6 29. Qe2 Qf4 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Rxe3 Rc8 32. Ree1
Rdc6 33. Ne2 Bd3 34. Nd4 R6c7 35. Re3 Bc4 36. Rg3 e5 37. Nf5 Bxb3 38. Rxb3
f6 39. Rg3 Rc2 40. Rxg7 Rb2 41. Nxh6 d4 42. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Path, David"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[WhiteICU "1769"]
[BlackICU "2155"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501910"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Rb8 8.
Rb1 b5 9. f4 Nge7 10. Nf3 b4 11. Nd1 Nd4 12. Nf2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qc7 14. O-O
O-O 15. c3 Ba6 16. c4 Bb7 17. g4 f5 18. Nh1 Nc6 19. h3 Nd4 20. Bg2 Bc6 21.
Ng3 a5 22. Ne2 Qb7 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Ng3 Rbe8 25. a3 Rb8 26. exf5 exf5 27.
axb4 Bxg2 28. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 fxg4 30. hxg4 Rxb4 31. Ne4 Rfb8 32. Nxd6
Rxb2+ 33. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 34. Kf3 Bf8 35. Nb5 a4 36. Ra1 a3 37. Nxa3 Rb3 38. Nb5
Rxd3+ 39. Ke4 Rd2 40. Nxd4 Rxd4+ 41. Kxd4 Bg7+ 42. Kd5 Bxa1 43. Ke6 Bd4 44.
Kd5 Be3 45. Ke4 Ba7 46. Ke5 Kf7 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. f5+ Kf6 49. Kf4 g5+ 50. Ke4
h6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[WhiteICU "2258"]
[BlackICU "2263"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Yusupov-Rubinstein system"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
d5 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. e4 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. f4
Bd6 15. f5 Ne8 16. Be3 Be7 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Rf3 Nf6 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. Qf2 Ne8
21. Qe2 Ra8 22. Raf1 Bg5 23. Bf2 Qe7 24. Qe1 Nc7 25. h4 Bf6 26. g4 g5 27.
fxg6 fxg6 28. Bg3 Bg7 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2
Ne8 33. b3 Kg8 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Nb1 Nd6 36. Bf2 Bf8 37. a5 bxa5 38. Bxc5 Nb5
39. Bxf8 Nd4+ 40. Ke3 Kxf8 41. Bc4 Ke7 42. Nd2 Kd6 43. Kd3 h6 44. g5 hxg5
45. hxg5 Kc5 46. Kc3 Bc8 47. Bd3 Nb5+ 48. Bxb5 axb5 49. Nf3 Kd6 50. Nh4 Bg4
51. Nxg6 Bf3 52. Kd3 a4 53. bxa4 bxa4 54. Nh4 a3 55. Nf5+ Kc5 56. Ne3 a2
57. Nc2 Bh5 58. Kc3 Bg6 59. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bennett, Eric"]
[Black "Nicholson, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "1794"]
[BlackICU "1935"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Newtownards"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501384"]
[BlackFideId "2501724"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Nf4 c6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. b4 Bd6 12. g3 a5 13. b5 c5 14. Ncxd5
cxd4 15. O-O g5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Ng2 Bh3 18. exd4 Nd5 19. Bxh7+ Kg7 20.
Bf5 g4 21. Re1 Qf6 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Be4 Nc3 24. Qxc3 Rxe4 25. Bf4 Rxd4 26.
Qc1 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Bxf4 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. Ra2 Rd4 30. Qc3 Qf4 31. Re2 Kg6
32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. Rxe3 Kf6 34. Rc3 Ra4 35. Kg3 Ke5 36. Rc7 f5 37. Re7+ Kf6
38. Rxb7 Rxa3+ 39. Kg2 a4 40. Rb8 Rb3 41. Ra8 a3 42. b6 f4 43. b7 Rxb7 44.
Rxa3 Kg5 45. Ra8 Rb1 46. Rg8+ Kf5 47. Rf8+ Kg5 48. Rg8+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[WhiteICU "2263"]
[BlackICU "2086"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8.
exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Qh4 Qe2
14. Bd2 Qc4 15. Qg3 Qd3 16. Be3 Nc4 17. Bxa7 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Nxb2 19. Na3 e5
20. Nb5 Kd7 21. c4 Rc8 22. Rab1 Nxc4 23. Nc3 b6 24. Na4 Ra8 25. Nxb6+ Nxb6
26. Bxb6 Rxa2 27. Rfd1+ Bd6 28. Bc5 Ra6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Rb7+ Ke6 31.
Rxd6+ Kxd6 32. Rxf7 Rg8 33. Ra7 Ke6 34. Ra6+ Kf5 35. f3 h5 36. Ra5 g5 37.
Ra4 g4 38. f4 exf4 39. Ra5+ Ke4 40. Ra4+ Kf5 41. Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Dooley, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "2110"]
[BlackICU "1920"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2501236"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. e3 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. c3 Qb6 8.
Qb3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nxg5 10. hxg5 cxd4 11. exd4 a6 12. b4 Rc8 13. b5 axb5 14.
Bxb5 Bd7 15. Nb3 e6 16. Ke2 Bd6 17. Rh4 Ke7 18. Bd3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20.
Rxh7 Ra2 21. Rxg7 Rxb2+ 22. Nfd2 Kf8 23. Rh7 e5 24. g6 Be6 25. Bf5 exd4 26.
cxd4 Bb4 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Rxb7 Bxd2 29. Rf7+ Kg8 30. Nxd2 Nxd4+ 31. Kd3
Nc6 32. Kc3 Rb6 33. Nf3 e5 34. Ng5 d4+ 35. Kc4 Na5+ 36. Kd5 Rxg6 37. Rf5 d3
38. Ne4 Rxg2 39. Kxe5 Nc4+ 40. Kd4 d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[WhiteICU "2344"]
[BlackICU "2258"]
[WhiteClub "Swords"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

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report</a>. }

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. h3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d4
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Na4 Nc6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxd5 Qh6 17. Re1 Be6 18. Nf4 Bxf4 19. exf4 Qxf4 20.
Re4 Qf6 21. Rc1 Red8 22. Qe2 Bf5 23. Re3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Rd8
26. Qe4 h6 27. Re1 Qd6 28. h4 Qd5 29. Qf4 Qd7 30. a3 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32.
b4 Qd7 33. Qe4 Qe7 34. Qf5 Qd8 35. g3 Ne7 36. Qf4 Nc6 37. Qe4 Qe7 38. Qxe7
Nxe7 39. Kf1 Nc6 40. Ke2 Kf8 41. Kd3 Ke7 42. Ke4 Kd6 43. h5 g6 44. hxg6
fxg6 45. Nh4 Ne7 46. f4 Ke6 47. Nxg6 Nxg6 48. f5+ Kf6 49. fxg6 Kxg6 $10 50.
Kd5 Kg5 51. Kc5 Kg4 52. Kb6 Kxg3 53. Kxb7 h5 54. Kxa6 h4 55. b5 h3 56. b6
h2 57. b7 h1=Q 58. b8=Q+ Kf2 59. a4 Qd5 60. a5 Ke1 61. Qb1+ Kd2 62. Qb2+
Kd1 63. Qb1+ Kd2 64. Qb4+ Kd1 65. Qg4+ Ke1 66. Qg3+ Kd2 67. Qf4+ Kd1 68.
Kb6 Qd8+ 69. Qc7 Qd4+ 70. Kb7 Qd5+ 71. Kc8 Ke1 72. Kb8 Qb3+ 73. Ka7 Qe3+
74. Kb7 Qb3+ 75. Kc8 Qg8+ 76. Kd7 Qd5+ 77. Ke8 Qg8+ 78. Ke7 Qg5+ 79. Kd7
Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Path, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[WhiteICU "2065"]
[BlackICU "1769"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2501910"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Anon., <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 11,
no. 4, September-October 1999, p. 17. }

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 b6 5. c3 Be7 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Be2 Ba6 8.
e5 b5 9. Qc2 Nfd7 10. d4 c5 11. Nb3 c4 12. Nbd2 b4 13. h4 Nc6 14. Nf1 h6
15. Ng3 Rb8 16. Nh5 g6 ({ &#91;RR ?? } 16... Kf8 $10 { .&#93; }) { White
showed that Black had not paid enough attention to king safety: } 17. Ng7+
Kf8 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. Qxg6 Bf6 20. Bxh6+ Rxh6 21. Qxh6+ Bg7 22. Qxe6 Qc7
23. Ng5 Ndxe5 24. Nh7# 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[WhiteICU "1721"]
[BlackICU "1885"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2500930"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Rubinstein system"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5
8. Qc2 Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. d3 Be6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Qd1 b6 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14.
Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Bxc6 Bh3 16. Bg2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rcd8 18. b4 Ne6 19. Ne4 Qe7
20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Qb3 Rc8 23. Rac1 Qe7 24. f3 Rc7 25. Rc4
Rxc4 26. dxc4 Rc8 27. Rd1 g6 28. Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[WhiteICU "2247"]
[BlackICU "2001"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500620"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[WhiteFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Re8 8.
f4 exf4 9. gxf4 c5 10. d3 Nc6 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. h3 Qh4 13. Kg1 Nf6 14. Qe1
Qxe1 15. Rxe1 Nb4 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. a3 Nc2 18. Rb1 Nh5 19. Bf3 Bxh3 20. Kh2
Bd7 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. f5 Be5+ 23. Bf4 Ne3 24. Rh1 Kh8 25. Kg3 Rg8+ 26. Kf3
Nxf5 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Bxe5+ dxe5 29. Ke3 Bg4 30. Ng3 f5 31. Nxh5 Raf8 32.
Nd5 Rg6 33. Kd2 f4 34. Rbe1 f3 35. Rxe5 f2 36. Ne3 Bd7 37. Nf1 Rg1 38. Nhg3
Bc6 39. Rhh5 Bf3 40. Rhf5 Rxf5 41. Rxf5 Bg2 42. Rxf2 Bxf1 43. Nxf1 h5 44.
Ne3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[WhiteICU "2155"]
[BlackICU "2039"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Chigorin defence, Janowski variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Bxf3 6. exf3 Ne5 7. Bf4 Ng6
8. Bxc4 a6 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Bb5 axb5 11. Qxa8+ Qd8 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bg3 f5
14. h4 h5 15. Nxb5 f4 16. Bh2 Nf6 17. O-O-O Kc8 18. Kb1 e6 19. dxe6 Bb4 20.
Rd4 c5 21. Rc1 Kb8 22. Bxf4+ Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Bd2 24. Rf5 Bxc1 25. Kxc1 b6 26.
Rg5 Re8 27. Rxg7 Rxe6 28. Rg6 Kc8 29. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Black "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[WhiteICU "2288"]
[BlackICU "2162"]
[WhiteClub "Wandering Dragons SCO"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500035"]
[BlackFideId "2501112"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 f5 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. f4 O-O 8. Be2
Ne4 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. b4 Qe8 13. a4 a6 14. Qb3 Kh8
15. c5 Bc7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Nd7 19. Ra8 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Qf7
21. Be1 Qd7 22. Qa4 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Bd8 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Rb8 Bc6 26. Bg4 Be7
27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Bxe6 g5 29. Ba5 Be7 30. g4 Kg7 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Ke2 Ke8
33. Kd2 h6 34. Kc3 Bf8 35. Bc7 Be7 36. Kb4 b5 37. Bc8 Kf7 38. h3 Kg6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "2263"]
[BlackICU "2110"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation, main line"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Rc1 O-O 14.
Bh4 Nh5 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bg3 Be8 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Nf4 20.
Bb5 Nxe2+ 21. Bxe2 Bh5 22. Bb5 Bxf3 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. gxf3 Rab8 25. b3 Rb6
26. Rfc1 Ra6 27. a4 Rc8 28. a5 Kf7 29. b4 Ke7 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. Ra4 Kd6 32.
Kg2 e5 33. dxe5+ Kxe5 34. f4+ Kd6 35. Rc3 d4 36. Rg3 Rb7 37. f5 Ke5 38. Rd3
Rd7 39. Ra1 Rb7 40. Re1+ Kd5 41. Rg3 c5 42. bxc5 Kxc5 43. Rg6 Rxg6+ 44.
fxg6 d3 45. Ra1 Re7 46. f4 Kb4 47. Kf2 d2 48. h4 Kb3 49. h5 Kb2 50. Rg1 Kc2
51. Kf3 d1=Q+ 52. Rxd1 Kxd1 53. f5 Re5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[WhiteICU "2039"]
[BlackICU "2247"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Leningrad variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. Rc1 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Bxf6
Qxf6 8. Qxf6 gxf6 9. e3 b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. a3 Be7 13. Nd2 f5
14. Bf3 Ba6 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. Ne2 Bf6 17. Nd4 Rc7 18. O-O Ke7 19. a4 Rhc8
20. b3 Bxd4 21. exd4 d5 22. Rc3 Rd7 23. Rd1 dxc4 24. Nxc4 Bb7 25. Rh3 Rg8
26. f3 Rg7 27. Kf2 Bd5 28. Rd3 Rc7 29. Ne3 Kd6 30. Rh6 Rg6 31. Rxh7 f4 32.
Nc4+ Bxc4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34. Rxf7 Rxa4 35. Rd2 Rh6 36. h3 Rh4 37. Rb2 Kd5
38. Rd7+ Kc6 39. Rf7 Kd6 40. Ke2 Kd5 41. Rd7+ Kc6 42. Rf7 Rxd4 43. Rxa7 Rh5
44. Ra8 b5 45. Ra6+ Kd7 46. Ra7+ Kd6 47. Ra6+ Ke7 48. Rb6 Rdd5 49. Kf2 Kf6
50. Rb8 Rhf5 51. Rb6 Rc5 52. Ke2 Rfd5 53. Kf2 Rf5 54. Ke2 Rce5+ 55. Kf2 Kg5
56. Rb8 Rc5 57. Rb6 Kf6 58. Ke2 Rfe5+ 59. Kf2 Rg5 60. Kf1 Rc1+ 61. Kf2 Rcc5
62. Rb8 Ke7 63. Rb7+ Kd6 64. Rb6+ Kd7 65. Ra6 Rgd5 66. Ke2 Rc6 67. Ra7+ Rc7
68. Ra6 Rc1 69. Rb6 Rg1 70. Kf2 Rdd1 71. Rd2+ Rxd2+ 72. Kxg1 Rd5 73. g4
fxg3 74. Kg2 e5 75. Kxg3 Kc7 76. Ra6 b4 77. Ra1 Kd6 78. h4 Ke6 79. Kg4 Rb5
80. f4 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dooley, Michael"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[WhiteICU "1920"]
[BlackICU "2344"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Swords"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501236"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Ne2 e6 5. Ng3 Ne7 6. c3 a6 7. Nxf5 Nxf5 8.
Bd3 h5 9. Nd2 Be7 10. O-O g6 11. f4 Ne3 12. Qb3 Nxf1 13. Qxb7 Nxd2 14. Bxd2
Nd7 15. Qxc6 a5 16. a4 Qc8 17. Qxc8+ Rxc8 18. b4 Bd8 19. Rb1 O-O 20. Kf2
Nb6 21. Bb5 Nc4 22. Bc1 Bb6 23. Ke2 Rc7 24. h3 Rfc8 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4
axb4 27. f5 bxc3 28. Bg5 Nd2 29. Rh1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[WhiteICU "1885"]
[BlackICU "2065"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500930"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6
8. Rd1 c6 9. e3 Nd7 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. a3 Qb8 13. h3 Rd8 14. Rfe1
a6 15. e4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 b5 17. e5 Be7 18. Ba2 Nb6 19. Bb1 g6 20. Re4 Kh7
21. Rf4 Rf8 22. Rxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qxf7 Qg8 25. Qxe7 Rf8 26. Nh4
Rf7 27. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[WhiteICU "2162"]
[BlackICU "1721"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501112"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7
8. Nc3 Qd6 9. Bc4 a6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Nc6 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Ne5 Nbd5 14.
Rad1 b6 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. f4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Rd3 Bxg5 19. fxg5 Nxc3 20.
Rxc3 Qxd4+ 21. Re3 Bd5 22. Rd1 Bxc4 23. Rxd4 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 b5 25. a5 Rfe8
26. Rd7 Rf8 27. Rd6 h6 28. g6 fxg6 29. Nxg6 Rf7 30. Rexe6 Rc8 31. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Black "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[WhiteICU "2086"]
[BlackICU "2288"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "Wandering Dragons SCO"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500868"]
[BlackFideId "2500035"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e5 Be7 8.
f4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qg4 g6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. h4 h5 13. Qg3 Bd7 14. Nf3
Qa5 15. Ng5 Bb4 16. Bd3 Rg8 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qg5 Qd8 19. Qh6 Qf8 20. Qg5
Be7 21. Qg3 Nd4 22. Qh3 Nf5 23. g3 a6 24. Rhe1 Bb4 25. Qg2 Bxc3 26. bxc3
Bc6 27. Qf3 Qa3+ 28. Kb1 d4 29. Be4 dxc3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Bennett, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[WhiteICU "2001"]
[BlackICU "1794"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2501384"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "Scandinavian variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. Nce2 d4 5. d3 Nc5 6. f4 Nc6 7. h3 g5 8.
Ng3 gxf4 9. Bxf4 Ne6 10. Qd2 Nxf4 11. Qxf4 Qd5 12. Nf3 h5 13. Be2 Bg7 14.
O-O Be6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 e6 17. Qg5 Bxe5 18. Rae1 Qd6 19. Bd1 Bf4 20.
Qf6 Rh6 21. Qg7 Rg6 22. Qh8+ Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. Nxd4 e5 25. Nxc6 Rxc6
26. Rf3 h4 27. Re4 f5 28. Rb4 Rb6 29. Rxb6 axb6 30. a3 Rd8 31. Kf1 Kg7 32.
b3 Kg6 33. Ke2 Bg3 34. c3 Kg5 35. Bc2 Ra8 36. a4 Rd8 37. Rf1 Bf4 38. Ra1
Kf6 39. b4 Rg8 40. Kf2 Rg3 41. Rd1 Ke6 42. Bb3+ Kf6 43. Bd5 c6 44. Bf3 Rg7
45. Ke2 Re7 46. c4 Ke6 47. Ra1 Kd6 48. a5 bxa5 49. Rxa5 Bg3 50. Bh5 Rg7 51.
Ra8 e4 52. Rd8+ Ke5 53. d4+ Ke6 54. Re8+ Kd7 55. Rf8 Rg5 56. Rf7+ Kd8 57.
Rh7 Bd6 58. c5 Bf4 59. Kf1 Be3 60. Be2 Kc8 61. Rh8+ Kc7 62. Rxh4 Bxd4 63.
Rh7+ Rg7 64. Rh5 Rf7 65. Bc4 Rf8 66. Rh7+ Kb8 67. h4 Bc3 68. b5 Bd4 69.
bxc6 bxc6 70. Be6 Bxc5 71. Rh5 Be7 72. Bxf5 Bxh4 73. Ke2 Kc7 74. Bxe4 Be7
75. Rh7 Kd6 76. Bxc6 Kxc6 77. Rxe7 Kd6 78. Re3 Kd7 79. g4 Re8 80. g5 Rg8
81. Re5 Kd6 82. Ra5 Ke6 83. Kf3 Kf7 84. Kg4 Rd8 85. Ra7+ Kg6 86. Ra6+ Kg7
87. Rc6 Re8 88. Rb6 Rd8 89. Kf5 Rf8+ 90. Kg4 Rd8 91. Rf6 Rc8 92. Re6 Rd8
93. Kf5 Rf8+ 94. Ke5 Rf1 95. Rc6 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Path, David"]
[Black "Nicholson, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "1769"]
[BlackICU "1935"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Newtownards"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501910"]
[BlackFideId "2501724"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5
8. O-O e5 9. Nxd5 exd4 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nxb4 Nxb4 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Qd2 a5
14. e5 Ne4 15. Qxb4+ axb4 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 17. Rfd1 Ke7 18. f3 Nc5 19. Rd2 Ra8
20. Rxd4 b3 21. Rd2 Rxa2 22. Rad1 bxc2 23. Rxc2 Bb3 24. Rxc5 Bxd1 25. Rc7+
Kd8 26. Rd7+ Kc8 27. Rxd1 Rxb2 28. Bc4 Rf8 29. e6 fxe6 30. Bxe6+ Kb8 31.
Rd7 Re8 32. Bc4 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[WhiteICU "2258"]
[BlackICU "2155"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5
8. Bc4 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. h3 Nh5 11. O-O Qc7 12. a4 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Qe2
Rad8 15. Nf1 Na5 16. Ba2 Nf4 17. Qc2 Ba6 18. Bg3 Bd3 19. Qc1 e5 20. Bxf4
exf4 21. e5 g5 22. h4 Qe7 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. e6 f6 25. b4 Nc4 26. bxc5 bxc5
27. N1d2 g4 28. Bxc4 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 gxf3 30. Qxf4 fxg2 31. Qf5 Rfe8 32. Re4
Bh6 33. Qg6+ Qg7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Rb1 Re7 36. Kxg2 f5 37. Re5 Kf6 38.
Rbe1 Bf4 39. Rxc5 Rxe6 40. Rxe6+ Kxe6 41. Kf3 Bh2 42. Ne3 Be5 43. Ke2 Rd7
44. Rc6+ Rd6 45. Rc8 Rd7 46. Re8+ Kf6 47. c4 Bd6 48. Nd5+ Kf7 49. Rh8 Bc5
50. f4 Bd4 51. Rh5 Ke6 52. Rh6+ Kf7 53. Rh5 Ke6 54. Ne3 Rf7 55. Rh6+ Kd7
56. Kd3 Bc5 57. Rg6 Bd6 58. Nd5 Bc5 59. Ne3 Bb6 60. Rh6 Bc5 61. a5 Bb4 62.
a6 Bc5 63. Nd5 Rg7 64. Rf6 Rg3+ 65. Kc2 Ra3 66. Rxf5 Rxa6 67. Nf6+ Kc6 68.
Ne4 Bd4 69. Rd5 Ra2+ 70. Kd3 Bg7 71. Rd6+ Kc7 72. Rg6 Ra3+ 73. Kc2 Bd4 74.
Rg3 Ra4 75. Kd3 Bh8 76. f5 Ra3+ 77. Kc2 Rxg3 78. Nxg3 Kd6 79. Kb3 Ke5 80.
Kb4 Bf6 81. Kb5 Bh4 82. Ne2 Bf2 83. Nc1 Kxf5 84. Nd3 Bg1 85. Nb4 Ke4 86.
Nc6 Kd3 87. Ne5+ Ke4 88. Nc6 Kd3 89. Nb4+ Ke4 90. Na6 Kd3 91. Nc5+ Kc3 92.
Na6 Kd3 93. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bennett, Eric"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[WhiteICU "1794"]
[BlackICU "2086"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501384"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 bxc4 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Ba6 7. f4 e6 8. Nf3
exd5 9. exd5 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 Bf8 13. Bxc4 Bb7 14. a5
Na6 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. g4 Nb4 17. a6 Nc2 18. Ra4 Nd4 19. Qg3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5
Nxd5 21. Rxd4 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[WhiteICU "2344"]
[BlackICU "2110"]
[WhiteClub "Swords"]
[BlackClub "North Belfast"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 a5 7. a3 Be7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. e3 Ng4 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. h3 Nh6 12. f4 Nf7 13. Nf3 exf4 14. exf4 d5
15. O-O Ra6 16. Kh2 Rh6 17. Re1 c6 18. Qe2 Re6 19. Qf2 dxc4 20. dxc4 Nd6
21. Rbd1 Qc7 22. b3 h6 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 24. Nd4 Bc8 25. Qe3 Rf6 26. c5 Nf7 27.
Ndb5 cxb5 28. Nxb5 Qb8 29. Qxe7 Re6 30. Rd8+ Nxd8 31. Qxd8+ Kh7 32. Bd5
Re2+ 33. Kg1 Qa8 34. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dooley, Michael"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[WhiteICU "1920"]
[BlackICU "2263"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501236"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Michael Dooley, <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>,
vol. 11, no. 4, September-October 1999, p. 18 (excerpted here). } { The day
before this game I rang up to get the draw and found out that I was playing
Stephen so I decided to prepare with the aid of my database. }

1. c4 e6 { Somehow when I was quickly looking through the games of my
opponent I thought he played 1... e6. In actual fact he nearly always plays
1... e5 here. So I prepared for 1... e6 and not 1... e5. Later after the
game Stephen said he had played this to avoid my preparation! } 2. Nf3 d5
3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 a5 6. Bg2 a4 7. Qc1 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. d4 Bd7 10.
Rd1 axb3 11. axb3 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 Qa8 13. Bb2 Qa7 14. Nbd2 Ra8 15. Bc3 Be8
16. Qc2 Nb4 17. Qb2 b5 18. c5 Nc6 19. b4 Qa3 20. Rb1 Nd7 21. Ne1 f5 22. Nc2
Qxb2 23. Rxb2 g5 24. e3 Nf6 25. Bf1 Nd8 26. f3 c6 27. Bd3 Bg6 28. Kf2 f4
29. Bxg6 fxe3+ 30. Kxe3 hxg6 31. Ne1 g4 32. f4 Nf7 33. Rb1 Nh6 34. Ra1 Nf5+
35. Ke2 Rxa1 36. Bxa1 g5 37. Nd3 gxf4 38. Nxf4 Kf7 39. Nb3 Bd8 40. Nc1 Bc7
41. Ncd3 Ne4 42. Ng2 Kf6 43. Ne3 Nxe3 44. Kxe3 Kf5 45. Nc1 Kf6 46. Nb3 Ke7
47. Bb2 Ng5 48. Nd2 Nf7 49. Nb3 Nh6 50. Bc3 Nf5+ 51. Kd3 Kd7 52. Nd2 Bd8
53. Nb3 Bf6 54. Ke2 Ne7 55. Nc1 Nf5 56. Nb3 Bg7 57. Kd3 Ne7 58. Ke2 Ng6 59.
Kf2 Bh6 60. Kg2 Ne7 61. h3 gxh3+ 62. Kxh3 Bg7 63. Nd2 Nf5 64. Nf3 Ne3 65.
g4 Nd1 66. Bd2 Nf2+ 67. Kh4 Ke7 68. Kh5 { Here Stephen made what in actual
fact turned out to be a blunder. It accompanied a draw offer and in the
sixth hour of play I didn't look at the position too closely. Obviously the
lesson to be learned from this is to take your time. } 68... Nd3 $2 (68...
Nd3 { White could have won by } 69. Kg6 $1 Bf8 (69... Kf8 70. Ng5 Bh8 71.
Nxe6+ Ke7 72. Kf5 Nf2 73. g5 Ne4 74. Be1 Ke8 75. Bh4 $18) (69... Bh8 70.
Kh7 $18) 70. g5 Nf2 71. Ne5 Ke8 72. Nxc6 $18) ({ &#91;RR } 68... Kf7 $10 {
.&#93; }) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[WhiteICU "2065"]
[BlackICU "1721"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[ECO "B26"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 6.Be3"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Bg2 e6 7. Qd2 Nge7 8.
Nge2 Nd4 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Rb8 11. Nd1 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 b5 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. a3
d5 15. e5 d4 16. Bf2 Bb7 17. c3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Kg1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nicholson, John"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[WhiteICU "1935"]
[BlackICU "2039"]
[WhiteClub "Newtownards"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501724"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, Korchnoi variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Annotator: Se&aacute;n Coffey, <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/2017/04/13/irish-championship-1999/">Irish
Championship 1999</a>, IRLchess, July 16, 2017. } { Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. Nce2 Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. c3 Be7 8. f4
Rb8 9. Nf3 O-O 10. h3 dxc3 11. bxc3 c4 12. e5 cxd3 13. Ned4 Ne4 14. Qxd3
Nxg3 15. Rg1 Nf5 16. Be3 Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 Bh4+ 18. Ke2 b6 19. Be4 Nxd4+ 20.
Bxd4 g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rxg6+ Kf7 23. Rh6 Rh8 24. Rxh7+ Rxh7 25. Qxh7+
Ke8 26. Rg1 Be7 27. Rg8+ (27. Rg7 $1 Kd7 28. f5 $1 exf5 29. Kd2 $1 (29. Qg6
Ba6+ 30. Ke3 f4+ $16) 29... f4 30. a4 Bb7 31. Qf5+ Kc7 32. Qe6 { and White
recovers a piece, when the extra pawn should be enough to win. }) 27... Bf8
28. Qg6+ Kd7 29. f5 (29. Qf7+ Qe7 30. Qxf8 $4 Ba6+ $19) 29... Ba6+ 30. Kd1
Bc4 31. f6 Kc6 32. Qf7 Qe8 33. Qxa7 Qh5+ 34. Kc1 Bh6+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Black "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[WhiteICU "2247"]
[BlackICU "1885"]
[WhiteClub "Crumlin"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500620"]
[BlackFideId "2500930"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "A89"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation with Nc6"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[WhiteFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Nc6 8.
d5 Na5 9. Qa4 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Rd1 c5 12. Nd5 Bd7 13. Qc2 Rb8 14. Bd2
Nxd5 15. cxd5 Rxb2 16. Qd3 Bb5 17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Qf4 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Rb4 20.
Qe3 Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Bd7 22. Nf3 Rf6 23. Ng5 h6 24. a3 Rb6 25. Nf3 Kg7 26. Rd1
Ba4 27. Rc1 Rb3 28. Rc3 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Qd7 30. h4 Qb7 31. Ng5 Bd7 32. Kh2 c4
33. e4 Qb3 34. Qd4 Qb6 35. Qa1 Kg8 36. Nh3 fxe4 37. Nf4 Rxf4 38. gxf4 Qxf2
39. Qb1 Qxf4+ 40. Kg1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[WhiteICU "2155"]
[BlackICU "2162"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2501112"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange, Spassky variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5
8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd5 Bd7 13. Rb1 Qc7 14.
Bf4 Qc8 15. a3 Re8 16. e5 Be6 17. Be4 Rd8 18. Rb5 Qc7 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20.
dxc5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rc8 22. Rb1 Bc4 23. Nd4 Rxc5 24. Bxb7 Bxe5 25. Be3 Bd3
26. Rb4 a6 27. Nb3 Nxb3 28. Rxb3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Bxc3 30. Bc5 e5 31. Kf2 Bc4
32. Ke3 f5 33. g4 Kf7 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Bc8 Kf6 36. Bd7 Bb2 37. a4 Bc1+ 38.
Kf2 Bf4 39. h3 Bd3 40. Bd6 Bd2 41. Bc5 Bg5 42. Bb6 Ke7 43. Bc8 Kd6 44. Bb7
Bd2 45. Be3 Bb4 46. f4 a5 47. fxe5+ Kxe5 48. Bc6 Kd6 49. Be8 Bc2 50. h4 Kd5
51. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Black "Path, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[WhiteICU "2001"]
[BlackICU "1769"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501023"]
[BlackFideId "2501910"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 Ba6 12. Bh3 b4 13. N1h2 a4 14. a3 Bb5
15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Ng5 Qe8 17. Ng4 Nd4 18. Ne3 Bc6 19. Bg2 bxa3 20. bxa3 Rb8
21. c3 Nb3 22. Ra2 Na5 23. Qc2 Rb3 24. c4 d4 25. Ng4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qa8+ 27.
Ne4 Rfb8 28. Qe2 Nf8 29. h5 h6 30. Kh2 Nh7 31. Nxh6+ gxh6 32. Bxh6 Kh8 33.
Qg4 Rg8 34. Qf4 Qe8 35. Nf6 Bxf6 36. exf6 Qb8 37. Bg7+ Rxg7 38. fxg7+ Kxg7
39. h6+ Kf8 40. Qg4 Nf6 41. Qg7+ Ke7 42. Rae2 Rb6 43. h7 Nh5 44. Qh6 Nf6
45. Qg7 Nh5 46. Qg5+ Nf6 47. Qxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Black "Ryan, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[WhiteICU "2288"]
[BlackICU "2258"]
[WhiteClub "Wandering Dragons SCO"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500035"]
[BlackFideId "2500426"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. b3 e6 8.
e4 exd5 9. exd5 Bd6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Nge2 d6 14. Qd2
Qd8 15. Be3 Bf8 16. Ng3 Na6 17. Be2 Nc7 18. O-O b5 19. cxb5 Bd7 20. Bc4 g6
21. Bh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Qe7 23. Rae1 Qf8 24. Qd2 Reb8 25. a4 a6 26. bxa6 Nxa6
27. Qf4 Kg7 28. Nge4 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Rd8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Nxd6 Bxa4 32. Nxf7
Qxf7 33. d6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bennett, Eric"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[WhiteICU "1794"]
[BlackICU "2065"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501384"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 Qc7 9. Qc1 b6 10. Re1 e6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Ne5 Rad8 13. Ndf3 Nd7 14. Nxd7
Rxd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. d4 f6 17. Bb5 a6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qb2 Kg8 20. Rac1
Qd6 21. g3 a5 22. c3 Rc7 23. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[WhiteICU "2263"]
[BlackICU "2155"]
[WhiteClub "Public Service"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8.
exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 e6 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Nbxd4 Be7 14.
Be3 O-O 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. c4 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Rab8 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bd4 c5 20.
Be5 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Ne5 Rb7 24. Rd3 Nd7 25. Nf3 Rfb8 26.
b3 a5 27. a4 Nf6 28. h3 Rd8 29. Red1 Rbd7 30. Ne5 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxd3 32.
Qxd3 Qc7 33. f4 Kf8 34. Qf3 Qd8 35. Qb7 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Kg8 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38.
Nxf7 Ne4 39. Qh8+ Kg6 40. Ne5+ Kf5 41. Qf8+ Nf6 42. Nf3 Qe3 43. Qd6 Qc1+
44. Ng1 Qe3 45. Qc7 Kg6 46. Qc6 Kh7 47. Qf3 Qxf3 48. Nxf3 Nh5 49. Ne5 Nxf4
50. Nc6 Nd3 51. Nxa5 Nb4 52. Nb7 Na6 53. a5 Kg6 54. Nxc5 Nxc5 55. b4 e5 56.
bxc5 e4 57. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[WhiteICU "2110"]
[BlackICU "2086"]
[WhiteClub "North Belfast"]
[BlackClub "Public Service"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. e3 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Qxb3 8.
axb3 Nc6 9. Ngf3 cxd4 10. exd4 f6 11. Bf4 e6 12. b4 Bd6 13. Nxe4 Bxf4 14.
Nc5 Nd8 15. Bb5+ Ke7 16. h5 b6 17. Na6 Rc8 18. Rh4 Bd6 19. g4 Bc2 20. Kd2
Be4 21. Ne1 h6 22. Bd3 Bf4+ 23. Ke2 Nf7 24. f3 Bg5 25. Rh1 Bxd3+ 26. Kxd3
f5 27. gxf5 exf5 28. f4 Bxf4 29. Rf1 Bd6 30. Ng2 f4 31. Nxf4 Bxf4 32. Rxf4
Rhf8 33. Rf5 Rfd8 34. Re1+ Kf8 35. Ree5 Kg8 36. Re7 Ng5 37. Rxa7 Ra8 38.
Rxa8 Rxa8 39. Nc7 Ra2 40. Kc2 Ra1 41. Nxd5 Rh1 42. Nf4 Rh2+ 43. Kb3 Rf2 44.
d5 Nf7 45. Ng6 Rg2 46. d6 Rd2 47. Ne7+ Kf8 48. Nd5 Ke8 49. d7+ Kd8 50. Nxb6
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Orr, Mark J. L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[WhiteICU "2344"]
[BlackICU "2288"]
[WhiteClub "Swords"]
[BlackClub "Wandering Dragons SCO"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500035"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 6.Bf4 Bf5"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qd8 13. Nc3 O-O 14.
O-O Re8 15. g3 Bf8 16. Rc1 a6 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Qd6 19. a3 Red8 20. Na4
b5 21. Nc5 Na5 22. Qc2 g6 23. Ne5 Nc6 24. Ne4 fxe4 25. Qxc6 Qd5 26. Qxd5
Rxd5 27. Nc6 Ra8 28. b4 Kg7 29. Rc2 h5 30. Rdc1 h4 31. Na5 hxg3 32. hxg3 f5
33. Rc7+ Kh6 34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Rxc8 Be7 36. Rc6 Kh5 37. Rxa6 g5 38. Re6 Bd6
39. Nc6 Kg4 40. Ne5+ Bxe5 41. Rxe5 Rd8 42. Rxb5 Ra8 43. Rc5 Kf3 44. b5 Rb8
45. a4 Ra8 46. Rc4 f4 47. exf4 gxf4 48. gxf4 e3 49. fxe3 Rg8+ 50. Kf1 Rh8
51. Ke1 Kxe3 52. Rc3+ Kxd4 53. Ra3 Rb8 54. Ke2 Ke4 55. Rb3 Kxf4 56. a5 Ke5
57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Kc3 Kc5 59. b6 Kc6 60. Kb4 Rh8 61. Rc3+ Kb7 62. Rc7+ Kb8
63. a6 Rg8 64. Kb5 Rg5+ 65. Rc5 Rg8 66. a7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[WhiteICU "1721"]
[BlackICU "2039"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Anon., <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, vol. 11,
no. 4, September-October 1999, p. 18 (adapted here). }

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Be6 4. b3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. e3 Nc6 8.
Nge2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bb2 Qd7 11. Rc1 Bh3 12. Na4 h5 13. f3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
h4 15. Rh1 e4 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qf5 18. Qe2 exf3+ 19. Qxf3 h3+ 20. Kf2
Ne4+ 21. Ke2 Qxf3+ 22. Kxf3 Nxd2+ 23. Ke2 Ne4 24. Bxg7 Rh5 25. Bd4 Rf5 26.
Rhf1 Rxf1 27. Kxf1 Kd7 28. Nc5+ $2 (28. Nb2 Ba3 29. Rc2 $10) (28. Nc3 Rc8
29. Ne2 $10) 28... Nxc5 29. Bxc5 Rc8 $19 30. b4 b6 31. Rd1 bxc5 32. Rxd5+
Ke6 33. Rh5 c4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McCarthy, Jim"]
[Black "O'Rourke, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[WhiteICU "1885"]
[BlackICU "2001"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500930"]
[BlackFideId "2501023"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
e4 e5 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Qa5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Nb3 Qb4 14. a5
Nbd7 15. Qd2 Bf8 16. Ra4 Qe7 17. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "O'Connor, Jonathan"]
[Black "Dooley, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[WhiteICU "2162"]
[BlackICU "1920"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501112"]
[BlackFideId "2501236"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.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. Bd2 Bb7 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Ng5 dxe5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh3
Be7 15. Qh6 Bf8 16. Qh3 Be7 17. Qh6 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Path, David"]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[WhiteICU "1769"]
[BlackICU "2247"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Crumlin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501910"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Ne2 e6 7. Bd2 c6
8. Nd5 Qd8 9. Ne3 Bh5 10. f3 Qc7 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Nd5
14. Rde1 Nf4 15. Qf1 Ne5 16. Kb1 Bc5 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Nexd5 exd5 19. Bf4 f6
20. g3 Kb8 21. g4 Bg6 22. Ne2 Bd6 23. d4 Nc4 24. Bxd6 Nd2+ 25. Kc1 Nxb3+
26. axb3 Qxd6 27. f4 Be4 28. Rg1 Qb4 29. f5 Qa5 30. Kb1 c5 31. dxc5 Qxc5
32. Nc3 Rc8 33. Re2 Rhe8 34. Qf4+ Ka8 35. Rge1 Bxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Rxe2+ 37.
Rxe2 d4 38. Qf3 dxc3 39. bxc3 Qa3 40. Qd5 Qa2+ 41. Kd3 Qb1+ 42. Ke3 Qc1+
43. Kf2 Qf4+ 44. Qf3 Qxh2+ 45. Kf1 Qc7 46. Re4 Qc6 47. Kg2 Rd8 48. Re7 Rd2+
49. Kg1 Qc5+ 50. Qe3 Qxe3+ 51. Rxe3 a5 52. Re4 Kb8 53. Ra4 b6 54. b4 axb4
55. Rxb4 Kc7 56. Re4 Rc2 57. Re7+ Kd6 58. Rxg7 Rxc3 59. Rxh7 Rg3+ 60. Kf2
Rxg4 61. Kf3 Rb4 62. Rb7 Ke5 63. Rb8 Kxf5 64. Rb7 Rb3+ 65. Ke2 Kf4 66. Rc7
Rb2+ 67. Kd3 f5 68. Kc3 Rb5 69. Rf7 Ke4 70. Re7+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 1999"]
[Site "Drogheda IRL"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Nicholson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "2258"]
[BlackICU "1935"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Newtownards"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2501724"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[EventDate "1999.04.03"]

{ Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1999_allfiles/pairings_irlch1999.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 a6 7. Ne5 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 dxe4 9. Bc4 e6 10. h4 c5 11. c3 f6 12. Ng4 h5 13. Nh2 b5 14. Bb3 c4
15. Bc2 f5 16. Nf1 Nc6 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Ng3 Bb7 20. Ne2 Rad8
21. Qd2 e5 22. g3 exd4 23. exd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 1-0

