[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Walsh, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[WhiteICU "2186"]
[BlackICU "1832"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2501260"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "modern Scheveningen, main line with Nb3"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O
8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb3 a6 11. a4 b6 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Bc8 14. Qc4
Bb7 15. f5 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bd6 19. f6 g6 20. Qh4
Rfd8 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Qd6 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[WhiteICU "2057"]
[BlackICU "2197"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Rubinstein counter-gambit, exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6
Qxf6 8. dxc3 Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qh5 Be7 11. Re1 d6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Bd3 g6
14. Qh6 Qh4 15. Qxh4 Bxh4 16. g3 Be7 17. a4 d5 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Rad1 Bd6 20.
Bd4 Bg4 21. Rc1 c5 22. Bf6 Re6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. c4 Kf7 25. Be5 Bxe5 26.
fxe5 Ke7 27. Kg2 Rd8 28. b3 Bf5 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. cxd5 Rxd5 31. Kf3 Rxe5
32. Rd1 Re6 33. h4 Re4 34. Rd5 b6 35. a5 h6 36. axb6 axb6 37. Rd1 Rd4 38.
Re1+ Kf6 39. Re8 Rd6 40. Rh8 Rc6 41. Rb8 Ke5 42. Ke3 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44.
c3 Rd6 45. Re8+ Re6 46. Rb8 Kf6+ 47. Kf3 g4+ 48. Kf2 Ke5 49. Ke3 f4+ 50.
gxf4+ Kf5+ 51. Kf2 Kxf4 52. Rf8+ Ke4 53. Rg8 Kd3 54. Rxg4 Kxc3 55. Rg3+ Kb4
56. Rh3 b5 57. Rg3 Ra6 58. Ke2 Ra3 59. Kd2 Rxb3 60. Rg4+ c4 61. Kc2 Rh3 62.
Rg2 Rh4 63. Kb2 c3+ 64. Kc2 Kc4 65. Kb1 b4 66. Rg1 Kb3 67. Kc1 Rh2 68. Rf1
Ra2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[WhiteICU "2334"]
[BlackICU "2155"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500990"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nc6 7. Qd3 Nf6
8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O-O Qd5 10. N2c3 Qa5 11. Qb5 Qb6 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. Rhe1 Rac8
14. d5 Nxe4 15. Qxb6 cxb6 16. dxc6 Nxc3 17. Rxd7 Rxc6 18. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McMahon, Daire"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[WhiteICU "2117"]
[BlackICU "2327"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500477"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 c5"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6
8. O-O e5 9. Ng3 h6 10. Ne4 O-O 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Nxc5 Qe7 13. Ne4 Bf5 14.
Ba3 Qxa3 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Bxf5 Rfd8 17. Qg4+ Kf8 18. Qh4 Ke7 19. Rab1 b6
20. Be4 Rac8 21. Bd5 Rd6 22. Qh3 Rc7 23. e4 Na5 24. Qh5 Kd8 25. Qxh6 Rc8
26. Qf8+ Kc7 27. Qe7+ Kb8 28. Rb5 Nc6 29. Bxc6 Rcxc6 30. Qe8+ Rc8 31. Qe7
Rcc6 32. Rd5 a6 33. h4 Rxd5 34. Qxa3 Rdc5 { It's surprising Black didn't
resign here. But it's nothing short of amazing that White didn't win. } 35.
Qxa6 $4 Ra5 36. Qxa5 bxa5 37. Rd1 Rxc4 38. f3 f5 39. exf5 Rxh4 40. Rd5 Ra4
41. Rxe5 Rxa2 42. f6 a4 43. Re8+ Kc7 44. Re7+ Kd6 45. Kh2 a3 46. Rxf7 Ke6
47. Rf8 Ra1 48. Kg3 a2 49. Ra8 Kxf6 50. Kf4 Ke6 51. g4 Kd5 52. Ra4 Kc5 53.
g5 Kb5 54. Ra3 Kc5 55. g6 Kd6 56. Kf5 Rf1 57. f4 $4 ({ White has misplayed
an overwhelmingly won position for close to 20 moves but even now it wasn't
too late: } 57. Rxa2 $18) 57... a1=Q 58. Rxa1 Rxa1 59. g7 Rg1 60. Kf6 Kd5
61. c4+ Kxc4 62. Kf7 Kd5 63. f5 Ke5 64. f6 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[WhiteICU "2300"]
[BlackICU "2095"]
[WhiteClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2000_allfiles/information_irlch2000.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Reference: Se&aacute;n Coffey, <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/2011/10/08/deja-vu/">D&eacute;j&agrave;
vu</a>, IRLchess, October 8, 2011. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. dxc5 Qxc5 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Bd3 Bb5 $4
8. Be3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McMahon, Pat"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1738"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507285"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Path, David"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1720"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501910"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[WhiteICU "2155"]
[BlackICU "2057"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bf5 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
e3 Be7 9. c5 Qd8 10. Bg3 Ngf6 11. b4 Nh5 12. b5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 O-O 14. bxc6
bxc6 15. Ba6 Qc7 16. O-O Rab8 17. Qa3 e5 18. Ne1 exd4 19. exd4 Bf6 20. Rd1
Rfe8 21. Rd2 Nf8 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Ne6 24. Nc2 a5 25. Na4 Ng5 26. Nb6
Re2 27. Ne3 Ne6 28. Rfd1 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Nxd4 30. Rde1 Ne6 31. Qxa5 Bd4 32.
Rb3 Rd8 33. Qd2 Bxc5 34. Na4 Bd6 35. Reb1 Qe7 36. Rb7 Qf6 37. Nc3 Ng5 38.
a4 Be5 39. Nd1 Ne4 40. Qc2 h5 41. R1b3 Qg6 42. Rf3 Ng5 43. Rf5 d4 44. Qb1
Bd6 45. Nb2 Re8 46. Nc4 d3 47. Rxg5 Qxg5 48. Nxd6 Rf8 49. Qxd3 h4 50. gxh4
Qxh4 51. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[WhiteICU "2186"]
[BlackICU "2300"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6
8. a4 c5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14.
Bxf5 Nxf5 15. a5 Bg5 16. Nc4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Qg5 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Rxe8 Rxe8
20. Qd2 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Re5 22. c4 Nd4 23. Kf1 f5 24. Nf3 Nxf3 25. gxf3 f4
26. Rc3 Kf7 27. Rb3 Re7 28. Rb6 Rd7 29. Ke2 Kf6 30. b4 cxb4 31. Rxb4 Ke5
32. Kd3 Rc7 33. Rb1 Re7 34. Re1+ Kf6 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 36. Kd4 Kd7 37. c5 dxc5+
38. Kxc5 Kc7 39. d6+ Kd7 40. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "McMahon, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[WhiteICU "2327"]
[BlackICU "1738"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2507285"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5
8. Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. h3 Nf8 12. O-O-O Ne6 13. Be5 b5 14. Kb1
a5 15. g4 Nd7 16. h4 Ba6 17. Bf5 b4 18. Na4 b3 19. axb3 Bb5 20. g5 Bxa4 21.
bxa4 c5 22. gxh6 cxd4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Bxg7 Bf6 25. Rdg1 Kf7 26. Bxf6 Kxf6
27. Rg7 Nf8 28. Rhg1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Walsh, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[WhiteICU "2095"]
[BlackICU "1832"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2501260"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qa4+
Nc6 8. Qxe4 Qd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Kd1 Bf5 11. Ne2 O-O-O 12. Nxd4 Rxd4 13. b3
Bb4 14. d3 Bc3 15. Rb1 Bxd3 16. Bxd3 Rxd3+ 17. Ke2 Rd5 18. f4 f6 19. Be3
fxe5 20. f5 e4 21. Rbc1 Ba5 22. g4 Rdd8 23. Rc4 Rhe8 24. Rf1 Bb6 25. Bxb6
axb6 26. f6 gxf6 27. Rxf6 e3 28. Rc2 h5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rd4 31. Rf3
Rxg4 32. Rxe3 Rg2+ 33. Kd1 Rxc2 34. Rxe8+ Kd7 35. Kxc2 Kxe8 36. Kd3 Kd7 37.
Kc4 Kd6 38. Kd4 b5 39. a3 Kc6 40. Ke5 Kc5 41. Ke4 Kd6 42. Kd4 c5+ 43. Ke4
Ke6 44. Kd3 Kd5 45. Kc3 Ke4 46. b4 c4 47. a4 bxa4 48. Kxc4 b5+ 49. Kxb5 a3
50. Kc6 a2 51. b5 a1=Q 52. b6 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Path, David"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[WhiteICU "1720"]
[BlackICU "2117"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501910"]
[BlackFideId "2500477"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Riumin variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bc3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 c5 9. e3 Na6 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14.
Nd2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nb4 17. Bc3 Qc6+ 18. Qf3 Rfd8 19. b3 d5 20.
Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Rac1 Ba3 22. Rc2 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rxc4 25. bxc4
Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. Rb3 Bd6 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Rb5 Kc6
32. a4 Rd8+ 33. Kc2 f5 34. Nd2 Bf6 35. a5 g6 36. a6 e5 37. Nf3 Kd6 38. Nd2
e4 39. Rd5+ Kc6 40. Rb5 Rd3 41. Rb3 Rd7 42. Rb5 h5 43. h4 Rd8 44. Nb1 Rd3
45. Rb3 Rxb3 46. Kxb3 b5 47. Na3 bxc4+ 48. Kxc4 Kb6 49. Nb5 Be5 50. Nxa7
Kxa7 51. Kd5 Bc3 52. Ke6 Be1 53. Kf6 Bxf2 54. Kxg6 Bxg3 55. Kxf5 Bxh4 56.
Kxe4 Be7 57. Kf3 Kxa6 58. Kg2 Kb5 59. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[WhiteICU "2197"]
[BlackICU "2334"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2500990"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2000_allfiles/information_irlch2000.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. Bf4 Qb6
8. O-O Ng6 9. Bxg6 fxg6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Na4 Qb4 12. Nxc5 Qxf4 13. Nd3 Qg4
14. h3 Qh5 15. Rc1 b6 16. c4 d4 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Qe2 g5 19. f4 Bb7 20. fxg5
Qxg5 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Qg4 Rad8 23. Ng5 Bc8 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. c5 bxc5 26. Rxf8+
Rxf8 27. Rxc5 Qb6 28. Nf4 Ne7 29. Qg5 Qd8 30. Nd6 Bd7 31. Nh5 Ng6 32. Qxd8
Rxd8 33. Kf2 Be8 34. Nxe8 Rxe8 35. Ke2 Re7 36. Kd3 Rd7 37. g3 Kf7 38. Nf4
Nxf4+ 39. gxf4 Kg6 40. Rc8 Rf7 41. Ke4 Rd7 42. Rc2 Kh5 43. f5 exf5+ 44.
Kxf5 Kh4 45. e6 Rd5+ 46. Ke4 Rd8 47. Rd2 Kxh3 48. Rxd4 Re8 49. Kf5 Rf8+ 50.
Ke5 h5 51. Rd3+ Kg4 52. e7 Re8 53. Ke6 g5 54. Kf7 Rh8 55. Rd8 Rh7+ 56. Kf6
Rxe7 57. Kxe7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[WhiteICU "2057"]
[BlackICU "2095"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2000_allfiles/information_irlch2000.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 f5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Ngf3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. c3 Bd6 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 a5 13. Bf4 a4 14. Nc1 Qc7
15. Ne2 Ne7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nf4 h6 18. h4 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Nc6 20. Re2 a3 21.
b3 Rae8 22. Rae1 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Qc1 c4 26. bxc4 dxc4
27. d4 Ne4 28. Nd2 Nxd2 29. Qxd2 Bf7 30. Qc2 Ne7 31. Qa4 Kh7 32. Qb5 g5 33.
hxg5 hxg5 34. Nh3 Kg6 35. f4 g4 36. Nf2 Nd5 37. Bxd5 Bxd5 38. Nd1 Qe6 39.
Kf2 Bf3 40. Ne3 Bc6 41. Qxc4 Qe8 42. d5 Bb5 43. Qd4 Qe4 44. Qxe4 fxe4 45.
Nxg4 Ba4 46. Ne5+ Kf6 47. Nc4 Bb3 48. Nxa3 Bxa2 49. c4 b5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[WhiteICU "2334"]
[BlackICU "2327"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500990"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5
8. d4 Nf6 9. c3 Be7 10. g3 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. Nc3 Rd8 14.
Na4 Qa7 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Nc3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bd7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qe2 Be8 20.
Red1 Rc7 21. a3 h6 22. Qe1 Rcc8 23. Bh3 Rb8 24. b4 b5 25. Ne4 a5 26. Nc5
Qb6 27. Bg2 Rdc8 28. Rc2 Rc7 29. Rdc1 axb4 30. axb4 Ra7 31. Qd2 Rd8 32. Qe1
Ra3 33. Kh1 Nb8 34. Ne5 f6 35. Ned3 Bg6 36. Rc3 Ra2 37. Qd1 Bf7 38. R3c2
Ra7 39. Qf3 Bg6 40. Rc3 Bf8 41. Nf4 Bf7 42. Nfd3 Re7 43. Nb7 Rdd7 44. Ndc5
Rd5 45. Na5 e5 46. Qd1 exd4 47. Bxd5 dxc3 48. Rxc3 f5 49. Qd4 Qg6 50. Kg2
Kh7 51. Bf3 Re8 52. Rd3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McMahon, Daire"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[WhiteICU "2117"]
[BlackICU "2155"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500477"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Polish defence"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 b5 2. e4 a6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 cxd4 10. e5 g5 11. Bg3 Nd5 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Rd1
h5 15. h3 g4 16. hxg4 h4 17. Bh2 h3 18. Be4 hxg2 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rc8
21. Rd3 d6 22. Bxg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rg8 24. Qf3 dxe5 25. Bxe5 f5 26. Re1
Rxg4+ 27. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[WhiteICU "2197"]
[BlackICU "2186"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system, 8.cd Nxd5"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. dxc5 Qxc5
14. Qe2 Nd7 15. e4 Bb7 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. a3 Rac8 18. Bb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nc5
20. Bd3 Rd8 21. Bc2 Ba6 22. Qe3 Qb5 23. b4 Nd3 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. Bxd3 Rxd3
26. Rxd3 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Bxd3 28. Nd2 e5 29. f3 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke7 31. Ke3 Bb5
32. Nb1 Ke6 33. Nc3 Bc4 34. g3 g6 35. Nd1 Kd6 36. Nc3 h5 37. Nd1 f6 38. Nc3
Ke6 39. Nd1 Bb5 40. Nc3 Bc6 41. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Path, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[WhiteICU "2300"]
[BlackICU "1720"]
[WhiteClub "Richmond ENG"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2501910"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Wade variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8.
Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qa6 10. Be3 h6 11. b4 Nd7 12. b5 Qb6 13. O-O Ne7 14. Qd3
Ng6 15. Nd2 Be7 16. f4 O-O 17. f5 Nh8 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. Ne2 Rfe8 20. Nf4 Bf8
21. a4 Rc4 22. Nd2 Rcc8 23. Rf3 Qc7 24. f6 Qc2 25. fxg7 Bxg7 26. Qf1 Ng6
27. Nh5 Rf8 28. Qf2 Ne7 29. Rg3 Nf5 30. Nxg7 Nxg7 31. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Walsh, Paul"]
[Black "McMahon, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1832"]
[BlackICU "1738"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501260"]
[BlackFideId "2507285"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Maroczy bind (Reti variation)"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 Qc7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Re1 Rac8 14. Bb1
Rfd8 15. Kh1 Qb8 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. f4 Ng6 18. f5 Nf4 19. Qf2 e5 20. Nf3 Kh8
21. Qxb6 Ng4 22. h3 d5 23. hxg4 Rd6 24. Qf2 Rh6+ 25. Nh2 Bh4 26. Qf3 Bxe1
27. Rxe1 dxc4 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 e4 31. Qg3 Qxb2 32. Qxf4
Qb4 33. Qe3 Rc3 34. Qxe4 Qxe4 35. Bxe4 f6 36. d6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Path, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[WhiteICU "2155"]
[BlackICU "1720"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2501910"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Rc8 7. a3 Qb6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O f6 10. b4 Be7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 fxe5 14.
Ng5 Nd8 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Rc1 b5 17. Bxb5 Qxc1 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Qxc1 Rxc1
20. Rxc1 Nd5 21. Ngf3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Nf7 23. Nc4 Bf6 24. Kf2 Rc8 25. Ke2 Ke7
26. a4 Nd6 27. Nfd2 e4 28. Kd1 Nf5 29. g4 Nh4 30. Nxe4 Nf3 31. h3 Bh4 32.
Ncd6 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Kd7 34. Nb5 a5 35. bxa5 Be7 36. a6 Kc8 37. Ned6+ Kb8
38. a7+ Ka8 39. Nc4 Bc5 40. Nc7+ Kxa7 41. Nxe6 Be7 42. Nxg7 Bf6 43. Nf5 Ng5
44. h4 Nf3 45. g5 Nxg5 46. hxg5 Bxg5 47. Ng3 Ka6 48. Kc2 h5 49. Nxh5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[WhiteICU "2186"]
[BlackICU "2117"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2500477"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "classical defence, 4.c3"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Bb6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. Qe2 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. Na3 d5 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Rad1
h6 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. Rfe1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nh4 19. Kh1 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[WhiteICU "2327"]
[BlackICU "2197"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Rb1"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 Nf6 7. d3 d6 8. b4
axb4 9. axb4 O-O 10. Bg5 Nd4 11. e3 Ne6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b5 Bg7 14. Nge2
f5 15. f4 exf4 16. exf4 Nd4 17. O-O c6 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Ne2
Bg7 21. d4 Re8 22. Ng1 Ra2 23. c5 dxc5 24. dxc5 Kh8 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Qxe1
Qf6 27. Nf3 Qe6 28. Qxe6 Bxe6 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Ng5 Bg8 31. Bxc6 h6 32. Nf3
Rc2 33. Rb5 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rc2+ 35. Kh3 Bc4 36. Rb1 Be2 37. Bd5 g5 38. fxg5
Bxf3 39. Bxf3 hxg5 40. g4 Rc3 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Rxc5 43. Rb8+ Kh7 44.
gxf5 Rxf5 45. Ke2 Re5+ 46. Kd3 Bf6 47. Be4+ Kg7 48. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[WhiteICU "2057"]
[BlackICU "2334"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500990"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 b4 11. Nd5 Rb8 12. a5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Na7 14. Be3 c5
15. c3 Qc7 16. Nd2 Bxd5 17. exd5 f5 18. f3 Rb7 19. c4 Qd8 20. Qe2 Bh4 21.
Rf1 Re7 22. Bf2 Bg5 23. Be3 Bh4 24. Bf2 Bf6 25. Nb3 Rfe8 26. Rfe1 Nc8 27.
Qc2 g6 28. Re2 Rg7 29. Rae1 Rf8 30. Qd2 Bg5 31. Qc2 Be7 32. Qd2 f4 33. Qc2
h5 34. Ra1 g5 35. h3 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Kf1 Qd7 38. Nd2 Kf7 39. Ke1 Rh8
40. Rc1 Rh1+ 41. Nf1 gxf3 42. gxf3 Qh3 43. Kd2 Rxf1 44. Rxf1 Qxf1 45. d4
Qh3 46. dxe5 dxe5 47. Rxe5 Rg2 48. Re2 Nd6 49. Qd3 Qf5 50. Qb3 Qb1 51. Bxc5
Qf1 52. Rxg2 Nxc4+ 53. Kc2 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McMahon, Pat"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[WhiteICU "1738"]
[BlackICU "2095"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507285"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Budapest"]
[Variation "Alekhine variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Ng6 6. Be3 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 Qe7
8. Qc2 f5 9. O-O-O Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 fxe4 11. f5 Ne5 12. Bg5 Qf7 13. Qf4 d6
14. Qxe5+ Kf8 15. Qxe4 Nc6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Qd5 Qh5 19. Rhe1 Nb4
20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qe4 Kf7 22. Re1 Qxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxa2+ 24. Kb1 Nb4 25. Bh4
h6 26. g4 b5 27. Bd5+ Nxd5 28. cxd5 g5 29. fxg6+ Kxg6 30. Nd4 Bxg4 31. Nxb5
Bf5+ 32. Ka2 Bd3 33. Nxc7 Rb8 34. Re6+ Kh5 35. Bg3 Bc4+ 36. Kb1 Rf8 37.
Bxd6 Bd3+ 38. Ka2 Rf2 39. Bg3 Rd2 40. Re5+ Kg4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Walsh, Paul"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[WhiteICU "1832"]
[BlackICU "2300"]
[BlackClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501260"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defence"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O a6
8. a4 Nc6 9. Re1 Nb4 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Bxf7+ $6 Kxf7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 $2 (12...
Nf6 $1 13. Nxb4 c5 $17) 13. Ne6 N5f6 14. Nxd8+ Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[WhiteICU "2334"]
[BlackICU "2186"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500990"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, fianchetto variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nce2 O-O 11. c4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. b3 Ng4 14. Bb2
Bf6 15. Qd2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 b5 17. Rac1 bxc4 18. Rxc4 Qa5 19. Rd1 Bb5 20.
Rcd4 Rfd8 21. h3 Nf6 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4
26. Rd4 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Nxc3 28. Rd3 Nd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rxd5 a5 31. Rd4 Re8
32. Ra4 Re5 33. b4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[WhiteICU "2095"]
[BlackICU "2155"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
O-O a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 d6 11. Rad1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qf6 16. e4 Nc6 17. exf5 exf5 18. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McMahon, Daire"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[WhiteICU "2117"]
[BlackICU "2197"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500477"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 c5"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 Qc7 14.
Re1 Nd8 15. c4 f5 16. Qh4 Qg7 17. Nh3 Nf7 18. Bd2 Re8 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. f3
Bc6 21. Qf2 g5 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxf5 Be5 25. Be3 Nd6 26. Bd3
h6 27. Kh1 b6 28. Qd2 Bb7 29. Nf2 Rac8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rc1 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1
Bd4 33. h4 Qe5 34. Ng4 Bxe3 35. Nxe3 Qd4 36. Nf5 Nxf5 37. Bxf5 Qxh4+ 38.
Kg1 Qf4 39. Be6+ Kf8 40. Qc3 Ke7 41. Bb3 Kd6 42. Qd3+ Kc5 43. Qc3+ Kd6 44.
Qd3+ Kc5 45. Qc3+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McMahon, Pat"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[WhiteICU "1738"]
[BlackICU "2057"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507285"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[ECO "E07"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 6...Nbd7"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5
8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Rc1 Nb6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b3 Bf5 13. e3 a5 14. Na4
Nxa4 15. bxa4 Qd7 16. Qb3 h5 17. h4 Be4 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rab8 20. Qd1
g6 21. Nb3 b6 22. Nd2 Kg7 23. Nf3 Qd6 24. Qc2 Rbc8 25. Rfd1 c5 26. dxc5
Rxc5 27. Qb3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Re4 29. Rd1 Rb4 30. Rxd5 Qc6 31. Qd3 Rg4 32. Rd6
Qc5 33. Ng5 Rxa4 34. Qd1 Bxg5 35. hxg5 Rxa2 36. Rd5 Qc6 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. e4
Ra4 39. Qe5 Qe6 40. Qxe6 fxe6 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Kf3 e5 43. Rd6 Ra3+ 44. Kg2
b5 45. Rxg6+ Kf7 46. Rf6+ Kg7 47. f4 h4 48. gxh4 exf4 49. e5 b4 50. e6 Re3
51. Kf2 b3 52. h5 b2 53. Rf7+ Kg8 54. Rb7 Rxe6 55. Rxb2 Re5 56. Rb8+ Kg7
57. Rb7+ Kf8 58. Rb8+ Re8 59. Rb5 a4 60. Ra5 Re4 61. Kf3 Re3+ 62. Kxf4 {
'Pat McMahon v Anthony Fox went down to the wire but neither could get the
full point'&mdash;Gerry Graham. Since the end position here is easily
winning for White, the game score may not be complete. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Path, David"]
[Black "Walsh, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1720"]
[BlackICU "1832"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501910"]
[BlackFideId "2501260"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Nbd2 Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 e5 13. Be3 Nf6 14.
Qc2 e4 15. Nd2 h6 16. h3 Bf5 17. a3 Qd7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nf1 h5 20. g5 Nh7
21. h4 f5 22. f4 exf3 23. Bxf3 Qf7 24. Qg2 Qxc4 25. Rac1 Qa4 26. Rc3 Nf8
27. Rdc1 Bf7 28. Bf2 Rad8 29. d5 c5 30. Rc4 Qb3 31. Bxc5 Rc8 32. R1c3 Bxc5+
33. Rxc5 Qb6 34. Qf2 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 Rd8 36. b4 Nd7 37. Rc3 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2
Ne5 39. Bg2 Rd7 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Ne3 g6 42. Nc4 Nxc4 43. Rxc4 Kg7 44. Rc3
Kf8 45. d6 Rxd6 46. Bxb7 Ke7 47. Rc7+ Rd7 48. Rxd7+ Kxd7 49. Ke3 Kd6 50.
Kf4 Bd5 51. Ba6 Be6 52. Bb5 Bd7 53. Bc4 Be6 54. Bb5 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[WhiteICU "2300"]
[BlackICU "2327"]
[WhiteClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8.
Nc4 O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. c3 d5 11. Ne3 Na5 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. d4 Nc7 14. Bd3 cxd4
15. cxd4 a5 16. Nc2 Na6 17. Nfe1 Nab4 18. Nxb4 Nxb4 19. Bb1 b5 20. Ra3 g6
21. Bh6 Re8 22. Rh3 bxa4 23. Nf3 Bb5 24. Re1 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Ne5 Bxe5
27. dxe5 Ra7 28. Qg4 Rg7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "McMahon, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[WhiteICU "2155"]
[BlackICU "1738"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2507285"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qd2 Bg7 7. O-O-O O-O
8. f4 a5 9. Nf3 d6 10. g4 a4 11. h4 a3 12. b3 c5 13. e5 Qe7 14. d5 exd5 15.
Nxd5 Qd8 16. Ne3 Nc6 17. Qxd6 Qa5 18. Qd2 Nb4 19. Kb1 Be6 20. f5 Rfd8 21.
Qe1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qe1 Bc8 24. fxg6 b5 25. gxf7+ Kh8 26. Bg2 Bb7
27. Nf5 Qa8 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. e6 Be4 30. Qc3+ Kf8 31. Qxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Path, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[WhiteICU "2327"]
[BlackICU "1720"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2501910"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.e3"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O Be6 11. c5 Ne4 12. Bf4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. cxb6
axb6 15. Qd2 g5 16. Bg3 Bf5 17. h4 f6 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3
Na5 21. Rfe1 Nc4 22. a4 Qd7 23. Qg6 Nb2 24. Nh2 Rxa4 25. Rab1 Nc4 26. f4
gxf4 27. Bxf4 Qe8 28. Qf5 e5 29. Ng4 Qc8 30. Qg6 Qe8 31. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[WhiteICU "2095"]
[BlackICU "2186"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxb8 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Rxb8 12. Rd1 Bf6 13. Qf4 Be6
14. Bd3 Qxa2 15. O-O Qxb2 16. Nf3 a5 17. g4 Qb4 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Rbd8
20. Rb1 Qd6 21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. g5 Bc3 23. Rxb7 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Ra7 Rf5
26. Kg2 f6 27. Rc1 Rc5 28. h4 Rfc8 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxa5 fxg5 31. Nxg5
R3c4 32. Kg3 h6 33. Nf3 Rc3 34. Rf5 Rf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Kg4 Rc2 37. Kg3
Ke7 38. Nd4 Rc4 39. Nf5+ Kf6 40. Ne3 Ra4 41. f3 Ra3 42. Nd5+ Ke5 43. Nf4
Kf5 44. Nh3 Ra2 45. Nf4 Rd2 46. Nh3 Rd1 47. Kg2 Rd5 48. Kg3 Rd1 49. Kg2 Ke5
50. Kg3 Rh1 51. Kg2 Ra1 52. Kg3 Rb1 53. Kf2 Rb4 54. Kg3 Rb6 55. Kf2 Rg6 56.
Ng1 Ra6 57. Nh3 Kf5 58. Kg3 Ra1 59. Kg2 g6 60. Kg3 Rh1 61. Kg2 Ra1 62. Kg3
Rb1 63. Kg2 Rb2+ 64. Kg3 Ra2 65. Ng1 g5 66. hxg5 Kxg5 67. Nh3+ Kf5 68. Kh4
Ra3 69. Kg3 h5 70. Ng1 Ra2 71. Nh3 Ra4 72. f4 Ra3+ 73. Kh4 Ra8 74. Kg3 Rg8+
75. Ng5 Rh8 76. Nf3 Ra8 77. Nd4+ Ke4 78. Ne6 Rg8+ 79. Kh4 Rh8 80. Ng5+ Kxf4
81. Nf7 Rh7 82. Ng5 Re7 83. Nh3+ Kf5 84. Nf2 Kg6 85. Kg3 Rh7 86. Kh4 Ra7
87. Kg3 Ra3+ 88. Kh4 Ra4+ 89. Kg3 Kf5 90. Nh3 h4+ 91. Kg2 Ra2+ 92. Kf3 Rb2
93. Nf2 Rb3+ 94. Kg2 Rg3+ 95. Kh2 Kf4 96. Nh3+ Kg4 97. Nf2+ Kf3 98. Nd3 Kg4
99. Nf2+ Kh5 100. Ne4 Re3 101. Nf6+ Kg5 102. Nd5 Rd3 103. Nb4 Rd4 104. Nc6
Re4 105. Nd8 Kg4 106. Nf7 Re2+ 107. Kg1 Re6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McMahon, Daire"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[WhiteICU "2117"]
[BlackICU "2334"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500477"]
[BlackFideId "2500990"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g6
8. g3 c5 9. d5 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8
Qxa8 15. cxb5 Rb8 16. Nc4 Rxb5 17. Bd2 Qa2 18. Rc1 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20.
Bc3 Rb3 21. Qe3 Kf8 22. Bf3 Ng8 23. Kg2 $4 Bh6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[WhiteICU "2197"]
[BlackICU "2300"]
[BlackClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6
8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Kh1 Rb8 10. f4 Nd7 11. Rb1 Nc5 12. Be3 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Rb7
14. Qf3 Rb4 15. Rfd1 f5 16. Ne2 c5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Ng3 Bb7 19. Bc3 Qe8 20.
Qe2 Bf6 21. exf5 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 h5 23. Re1 Ba6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Nc1 Rxf5
26. g3 Kf7 27. h4 Rd5 28. Re3 Re8 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. b4 c4 31. dxc4 Rd1+ 32.
Kg2 Bxc4 33. Ra1 d5 34. a4 d4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Walsh, Paul"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[WhiteICU "1832"]
[BlackICU "2057"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501260"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. a3 Nb8 14. b4 Nbd7
15. Bb2 c5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. dxe5 Nh5 18. c4 Bg7 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a4 b4
21. Nc4 Ba6 22. Nd6 Nxe5 23. Nxe8 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Bxb2 25. g4 Qxe8 26. gxh5
Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Qe5 28. Rd1 Qxh5 29. Qf6 Qxh3 30. e5 Qg4+ 31. Kh2 h6 32. Bxg6
fxg6 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34. Qxd8+ Kf7 35. Qf6+ Ke8 36. Qc6+ Kf7 37. Qf6+ Ke8 38.
Qc6+ Kf7 39. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[WhiteICU "2186"]
[BlackICU "2155"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "St. George (Baker) defence"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. e4 a6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bd3 Qe7 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qc2 c5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14.
Rae1 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. e5 Rae8 17. Qd1 Ng7 18. Bc2 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20.
Qd3 d6 21. f3 h5 22. f4 Rxe1 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Rxe1 g4 25. Bh4 Qxh4 26. Qg6+
Kg8 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Bg6+ Kf6 29. g3 Qh3 30. Re2 Bf3 31. Qh6 Bxe2 32. Be4+
(32. Bxh5+ $1 { , though less natural, wins much more quickly, after }
32... Ke7 33. Qxg7+ Ke6 34. f5+ $1) 32... Kf7 33. Qg6+ (33. Qg6+ Ke7 34.
Qxg7+ Rf7 35. Qg5+ Kd7 36. Bg2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Walsh, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[WhiteICU "2327"]
[BlackICU "1832"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2501260"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rab1 O-O 13. b4 Bd6 14.
b5 Qa5 15. Rb3 Rae8 16. Qf5 Nb6 17. Rc1 g6 18. Qc2 f5 19. g3 Re6 20. bxc6
bxc6 21. Ne2 Nc4 22. Qd3 Rfe8 23. Rc2 Qd8 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Bb8 26. Qc1
Qf6 27. Qb2 Qf8 28. Rbc3 Rc8 29. Qb7 Qe8 30. Qb3 g5 31. Qxd5 cxd5 32. Rxc8
Kf7 33. Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Rc5 Ke6 35. Kg2 Rd8 36. Nc1 Rd7 37. Nb3 Bd6 38. Rc6
Rc7 39. Ra6 Ke7 40. Kf3 Kd7 41. Nc5+ Ke7 42. g4 fxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Bxh2 44.
Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[WhiteICU "2057"]
[BlackICU "2117"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500477"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. O-O Be7
8. Re1 O-O 9. Bf4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nh5 11. Bd2 Bf6 12. Qd3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nf4
14. Qg3 Ng6 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Rad1 Rae8 17. e5 d5 18. Bb4 Ne7 19. c4 c6 20.
cxd5 cxd5 21. Qb3 Rd8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qb3 Rd2
26. Qc3 Qd7 27. h3 h6 28. a3 a6 29. Re3 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rd2 31. Rg3 Rd1 32.
Qe3 Qc6 33. Qc3 Qd7 34. Rf3 Rb1 35. b4 Qe6 36. Re3 Rf1 37. Rf3 Rb1 38. Qd4
Rc1 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qd3+ Kg8 41. Re3 Ra1 42. f4 g6 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qd4
Ra2 45. f5 Qxf5 46. e6+ Kh7 47. exf7 Rf2 48. Re8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[WhiteICU "2334"]
[BlackICU "2300"]
[BlackClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500990"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6
8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be6 10. f3 a6 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nb6
14. Qd3 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McMahon, Pat"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[WhiteICU "1738"]
[BlackICU "2197"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507285"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 bxc4 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bxc4 Bg7 8. f4
O-O 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. O-O Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Bd2
Qb4 15. a5 Nc4 16. Ra4 Nxd2 17. Rxb4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 cxb4 19. Nb5 Nd7 20.
Qb3 a6 21. Nxd6 exd6 22. Qxb4 Nc5 23. e5 Rab8 24. Qc4 Rxb2 25. exd6 Nb7 26.
Qc7 Re8 27. d7 Ree2 28. d8=Q+ Nxd8 29. Qxd8+ Bf8 30. Qg5 Ra2 31. Qg4 Red2
32. f5 Bc5+ 33. Kh1 Rf2 34. Rg1 Rxf5 35. Re1 Rxd5 36. Qe4 Rd8 37. Rf1 Rxa5
38. Qc4 Rd7 39. h4 Kg7 40. Qc3+ Rd4 41. Rd1 Ra4 42. g4 Rc4 43. Qa1 a5 44.
Rxd4 Bxd4 45. Qa2 Rc5 46. Qa4 Bf6 47. g5 Bc3 48. Kg2 h6 49. Qf4 hxg5 50.
hxg5 Rf5 51. Qh4 Be5 52. Qa4 Rxg5+ 53. Kf3 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Path, David"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[WhiteICU "1720"]
[BlackICU "2095"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501910"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Budapest"]
[Variation "Adler variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Be2
Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. O-O d6 10. a3 Bxd2 11. Bxd2 Be6 12. Rc1 f5 13. f3 Qh4
14. Qe1 Qh6 15. e4 f4 16. g4 Qh3 17. Qf2 Bxg4 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Be6
20. b3 Rad8 21. Bc3 Ng6 22. Rcd1 Nh4+ 23. Kf2 g5 24. Rg1 h6 25. a4 Kf7 26.
Rd2 Rg8 27. Rgd1 g4 28. fxg4 f3 29. Bf1 Rxg4 30. Bh3 Rxe4 31. Bxe6+ Kxe6
32. Rd4 Re2+ 33. Kg3 Nf5+ 34. Kxf3 Nxd4+ 35. Rxd4 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "Walsh, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[WhiteICU "2155"]
[BlackICU "1832"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2501260"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 e6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 c5 7. Nc3 cxd4
8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Na5 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. d5 Nc4 14.
Qe2 Nd6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nd4 e5 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Nd5 Rc5 19. Nf4 exf4 20.
Qxc5 Nf5 21. Qxa7 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 f3 23. Bc4 Bc6 24. Qe3 h5 25. Rad1 Qe8 26.
Qe6 h4 27. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[WhiteICU "2186"]
[BlackICU "2327"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Ne7 5. Nf3 Nec6 6. Be2 a5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 a4 9. Nbd2 a3 10. c4 axb2 11. Bxb2 b6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. cxd5 exd5 14.
e6 f6 15. Ng5 O-O 16. Bd3 f5 17. Nf7 Rxf7 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20.
Bxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Qd7 22. Qh5 Na6 23. Re3 Bf8 24. a3 Nc7 25. Rae1 Qf7 26.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Nf3 d4 28. Rb3 Na5 29. Ne5+ Kg8 30. Rf3 Re8 31. Kf1 Rd8 32.
Rc1 Nd5 33. Ba1 Nb6 34. Rd3 Bd6 35. f4 Rf8 36. Rf3 Nd5 37. Nd7 Rxf4 38.
Rxf4 Bxf4 39. Rxc5 Ne3+ 40. Ke2 Nb3 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Rf8+ Ke7 43. Rxf4 g5
44. Re4+ Kxd7 45. Rxe3 dxe3 46. Bc3 Nc5 47. Kxe3 h5 48. Bd4 Ne6 49. a4 h4
50. a5 Nf4 51. a6 Kc8 52. Kf3 Nd3 53. Be3 Nb4 54. a7 Kb7 55. Bxg5 Kxa7 56.
Bxh4 Kb7 57. Bf6 Nd5 58. Bd4 Ne7 59. h4 Kc6 60. h5 Kd5 61. Bf6 Nf5 62. g4
Nh6 63. Bg7 Nf7 64. h6 Ke6 65. Kf4 Nd8 66. h7 Kf7 67. Ba1 Ne6+ 68. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[WhiteICU "2095"]
[BlackICU "2117"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500477"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Pierce gambit"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. d4 Bg7 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nd4 d6 8.
Bb5+ Kf8 9. h4 h6 10. hxg5 hxg5 11. Rxh8 Bxh8 12. Qh5 Qf6 13. Be2 Ne7 14.
Bd2 Bg7 15. O-O-O c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. g3 Be6 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. gxf4 gxf4
20. Rf1 N7g6 21. Qh2 Ke7 22. Kb1 Rf8 23. Qf2 c5 24. Na4 Bh6 25. Nxc5 dxc5
26. Qxc5+ Kf7 27. Qxa7+ Kg8 28. Bc3 Qf7 29. Qa5 f3 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Ba6
Bg7 32. c4 Rb8 33. b3 Qf6 34. Qc3 Qf4 35. Qc2 Ng4 36. c5 Ne3 37. Qd2 Qxe4+
38. Bd3 Qe5 39. Rxf3 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McMahon, Pat"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[WhiteICU "1738"]
[BlackICU "2334"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507285"]
[BlackFideId "2500990"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Reti variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. Nc5 b6 14. Nb3
Rc8 15. Nbd4 Na5 16. Ne5 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Bc5 18. Nef3 Nc4 19. Bg5 Bxf3 20.
Nxf3 Rxe2 21. b4 Bxb4 22. Nd4 Ba3 23. Qf4 Re8 24. Nf5 Bb2 25. Rd1 b5 26.
Qh4 Qa5 27. Nxg7 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 29. Bf1 Ne4 30. Be3 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Qf2+
32. Kh1 Qxf1# 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Path, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[WhiteICU "2197"]
[BlackICU "1720"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2501910"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5
8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Nc6 13. d5 Ne5
14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bb4 Bd6 16. Bc3 Qa3 17. Qd2 a5 18. Ra1 Qc5 19. Rfc1 a4
20. e5 Bb8 21. Bb4 Qa7 22. d6 exd6 23. exd6 Be6 24. Qh6 Qb6 25. Rc4 Bxc4
26. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[WhiteICU "2300"]
[BlackICU "2057"]
[WhiteClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "stonewall attack"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Bf5 10. Bxf5 exf5 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. b3 cxd4 13. exd4 Ne4 14.
Nxe4 fxe4 15. Qg4 f5 16. Qg3 Qe7 17. Be3 Na5 18. Bd2 b6 19. Rac1 Nc6 20.
Rfd1 b5 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Be3 Rc7 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Rfc8 26.
Rb1 Nb4 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Rc1 Nc2 29. Rxc2 Qxc2 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nxd6 Rb8
32. Nxf5 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 g6 34. Qg5 Qc7 35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Ng4 Qd6 37. Qe5+ Qxe5
38. fxe5 h5 39. Nf6 Re1 40. Bg5 Rd1 41. d5 Rd3 42. e6 Kf8 43. Nxe4 Rxd5 44.
e7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[WhiteICU "2327"]
[BlackICU "2095"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[ECO "A86"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. d5 e5 8.
dxe6 c6 9. Nf4 Na6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Rb1 Nxe6 12. b4 Ne8 13. Qd3 a6 14. a4
Nxf4 15. gxf4 Be6 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Be3 Qf7 18. c5 Bc4 19. Qc2 d5 20. Bd4
Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc7 22. e3 Ne6 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Bf1 Qf6 25. Bxc4 Kh8 26. Ne2
Rae8 27. Kh1 Rd8 28. Ng1 Nc7 29. Nf3 Nd5 30. Qb3 h6 31. Rg1 Kh7 32. h4 Qe7
33. Rg3 Qe4 34. Kh2 Nf6 35. Ne5 Ng4+ 36. Rxg4 fxg4 37. Bf7 g3+ 38. Kxg3 Qh1
39. Bxg6+ Kg7 40. Qe6 Qg1+ 41. Kh3 Qh1+ 42. Kg3 Qg1+ 43. Kf3 Qh1+ 44. Kg4
h5+ 45. Kxh5 Rh8+ 46. Kg4 Qxh4+ 47. Kf5 Rhf8+ 48. Bf7 Qh5+ 49. Ke4 Rxf7 50.
Nxf7 Qxf7 51. Qe5+ Kh7 52. Qf5+ Qg6 53. Qxg6+ Kxg6 54. Ke5 Re8+ 55. Kd6 Re4
56. b5 cxb5 57. axb5 axb5 58. Kd5 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[WhiteICU "2057"]
[BlackICU "2186"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, Korchnoi variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be6 7. Bb5+ Nc6
8. Nge2 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Na4 Be7 11. O-O Bf6 12. Qc5 Ne7 13. Bd2 O-O
14. Rad1 Ng6 15. Bc3 Be7 16. Qd4 f6 17. f4 Bg4 18. Rd2 Re8 19. Nc1 Bd6 20.
Nc5 Bh3 21. Rfd1 Qc8 22. N1d3 Ne7 23. Qf2 Nf5 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Qf8
26. Ned3 Re8 27. b4 a5 28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Qe7 30. Rd1 Qf7 31. Re1 Be7 32.
Qf3 Nh6 33. Nf2 Bf5 34. Ncd3 Be6 35. h3 Nf5 36. g4 Nd6 37. Nc5 Bc8 38. Nfd3
Nb5 39. Nf2 Bxc5 40. Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. bxc5 Qe7 42. Bb2 Qxc5 43. Qe2 Kf7 44.
g5 Bf5 45. gxf6 gxf6 46. Bxf6 Kxf6 47. Qe5+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kh6 49. Qd8 Bg6
50. Kh1 Qxf2 51. Qg5+ Kg7 52. Qe7+ Kg8 53. Qd8+ Kf7 54. Qd7+ Kf6 55. Qxc6+
Kf5 56. Qxd5+ Kxf4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McMahon, Daire"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[WhiteICU "2117"]
[BlackICU "2300"]
[BlackClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500477"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8.
Re1 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Qe7 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Nc4 Ne4 13. Qe2 Be6 14.
Nfd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Qf7 16. b3 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Bg5 Qf7 19. Rac1 Rae8
20. a4 Re6 21. Rc2 f4 $2 22. Bxf4 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Path, David"]
[Black "McMahon, Pat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1720"]
[BlackICU "1738"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501910"]
[BlackFideId "2507285"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 a5 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. e4 c6 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qc2 Na6 13. a3 Bc5 14. Bg5
Nc7 15. Bh4 Ne6 16. Rad1 Nf4 17. Ne2 Ng6 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Bh2 Qf6 20. Ne1
Qh4 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Ne1 Be6 23. g4 Nhf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Qxf4 26. Kh1
h5 27. f3 Qh6 28. Kg2 Be3 29. Qe2 Rd6 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Rad8 32. c5 R6d7
33. Nc2 Bf4 34. b5 Qg5 35. Nb4 Bb3 36. Bc2 Bxc2 37. Rxd7 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Clarke, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[WhiteICU "2197"]
[BlackICU "2155"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2500302"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Polish defence"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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1. d4 b5 2. e4 a6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Ne2 c5 5. c3 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. f3 Nc6 8. a4
Qb6 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8+ Bxa8 11. Be3 c4 12. Bc2 d5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Nf4 e5 16. Bxf6 exf4 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Qd2 Qh6 19. Na3 f5 20. e5
Bc6 21. Bb1 g5 22. Nc2 g4 23. fxg4 fxg4 24. g3 Nf5 25. Kg1 fxg3 26. Qxh6
Nxh6 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. hxg3 Kg7 29. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2000"]
[Site "Castleconnell IRL"]
[Date "2000.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Walsh, Paul"]
[Black "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[WhiteICU "1832"]
[BlackICU "2334"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501260"]
[BlackFideId "2500990"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "classical, Vistaneckis (Nimzovich) variation"]
[EventDate "2000.04.22"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2000_allfiles/information_irlch2000.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ng8 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. f4 b6 8.
Nf3 Qd7 9. Qd2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Kb1 Kb7
14. g4 Rc8 15. Rhf1 g6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 a6 18. Rd2 Ka7 19. a3 Nbc6 20.
Nd1 Na5 21. Ne3 c5 22. f5 Rhf8 23. c4 Nb3 24. Rdd1 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26.
Rxd4 Nc6 27. Rd2 Nxe5 28. cxd5 exf5 29. gxf5 Rfe8 30. Qf2 Qd6 31. Ka1 Re7
32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Qf6 Qxf6 34. Rxf6 Nd7 35. Re6 Rxe6 36. dxe6 Nc5 37. Rd6
Re8 38. e7 Rxe7 39. Nd5 Re5 40. Rd8 a5 41. Nc3 Re6 42. Rh8 g5 43. Rh7+ Kb8
44. a4 Nd3 45. Ka2 g4 46. Kb3 Ne5 47. Rd7 { 'Mark Heidenfeld, Black,
eventually overcame the stiff resistance of Paul Walsh on the 73rd move'. }
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