[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Quinn, Rory"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[WhiteICU "2099"]
[BlackICU "2435"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501643"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, 6.Bd3"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 Nd4 12. Qf2 c6 13. O-O-O b5 14. g4
Re8 15. Rdg1 Qa5 16. Kb1 c5 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nd5 c4 19. c3 $6 (19. Be2 $16)
19... cxd3 20. Nf6+ $4 (20. cxd4 $16) 20... Bxf6 $19 21. gxf6 Ne2 22. fxg6
hxg6 23. Rg5 Qa4 24. Rxh5 Qxe4 25. Rg1 d2+ 26. Ka1 Nxg1 27. Qxg1 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[WhiteICU "2440"]
[BlackICU "1991"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[ECO "A12"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bled variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e3 Nc6
8. d4 Bb4+ 9. Nfd2 O-O 10. Be2 f5 11. g3 Re8 12. a3 Qa5 13. O-O f4 14. gxf4
Bh3 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Rf1 Bh3 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Ra2 Bxb1 19. Qxb1 Bxd2 20. b4
Bxb4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Rb2 Qd6 23. Rxb7 Rab8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Qa2 Qb4 26.
Rc1 Ne7 27. Qxa7 Rb7 28. Qa2 Kg7 29. Bf3 Qd6 30. Rc5 Rd7 31. Qc2 h5 32. Bg2
Qe6 33. Qb3 Ra7 34. h3 Rd7 35. Qb5 Qd6 36. Qe2 Qe6 37. Qf3 f5 38. Kh2 Qd6
39. Qg3 Qf6 40. Bf3 Kf7 41. Qg2 Qe6 42. Rc1 Qf6 43. Ra1 Qc6 44. Rg1 Qf6 45.
Qf1 Qc6 46. Qd1 Qf6 47. Rg5 Rd8 48. Qb3 Qd6 49. Rg1 Rb8 50. Qa2 Rd8 51. Qa5
Rd7 52. Kh1 Qc6 53. Rb1 Qc2 54. Rf1 Qc4 55. Kg2 Qc6 56. Qa3 Rc7 57. Rb1 Rc8
58. Rb4 Qd6 59. Qb3 Rd8 60. Rb6 Qd7 61. Rb7 Qd6 62. Qb5 Qe6 63. Kh2 Qd6 64.
Rb6 Qd7 65. Qa6 Qc8 66. Qa5 Qd7 67. Bd1 Rc8 68. Bb3 Rd8 69. Ba4 Qc8 70. Qb4
Qc7 71. Rb7 Qd6 72. Qa5 Rb8 73. Rd7 Qe6 74. Qc7 Rb2 75. Bc6 $2 (75. Bc2 $1
Rxc2 76. Rxe7+ Qxe7 77. Qxc2 $16) 75... Qxe3 $2 (75... Rxf2+ 76. Kg1 Rg2+
$1 $10) 76. Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[WhiteICU "1952"]
[BlackICU "2351"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O b5 8.
e4 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qxg6+ Ke7 14.
Nxd5+ cxd5 15. f4 Qe8 16. Qc2 Kd8 17. Bd2 b4 18. f5 exf5 19. Qxf5 Nb6 20.
a3 bxa3 21. bxa3 Be7 22. Ba5 Kc7 23. e6 Rf8 24. Qh7 Kc6 25. Qc2 Ba6 26.
Rab1 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rd8 28. Rf7 Bc8 29. Qh7 Bd6 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. e7 Rd7
32. Qf5 Bxe7 33. Qe6+ Kc7 34. Bxd5 Bb7 35. Bxc4 Bc6 36. Qe5+ Kb7 37. Qe6
Qd8 38. d5 Ba4 39. d6 Bg5 40. Bd5+ Kb8 41. Qf5 Rxf7 42. Qxf7 Qd7 43. Qf8+
Qc8 44. Qf7 Be8 45. Qf3 Qc5+ 46. Kg2 Qxd6 47. h4 Be7 48. Ba8 Qd2+ 49. Kh1
Qd7 50. Kh2 Bc5 51. a4 Qd2+ 52. Kh3 Bd7+ 53. g4 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[WhiteICU "2256"]
[BlackICU "1934"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2508664"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Capablanca variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Bd2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Rc1 O-O
8. e3 Kh8 9. Be2 f5 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qc2 Be6 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 a6 14. Be1 g5
15. Nd2 g4 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Bd2 Qe8 18. b5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Rc8 20. Bc3 Bf6 21.
Rfd1 f4 22. exf4 exf4 23. Re1 Qf7 24. Bf1 Bd5 25. Qb2 g3 26. hxg3 fxg3 27.
fxg3 Kg8 28. Ne3 Be6 29. Rcd1 Nb6 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxf6 Rxf6 32. d4 Ne7
33. Rc1 Ned5 34. Nxd5 Nxd5 35. Bc4 c6 36. Rxe6 cxb5 37. Bxd5 Rxc1+ 38. Re1+
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[WhiteICU "1970"]
[BlackICU "2246"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Ne7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nbc6 7. d3 Be6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Rb1 f5 10. b4 Qd7 11. Nd5 h6 12. f4 fxe4 13. dxe4 Bg4 14. Be3
Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 c6 19. c5 dxc5 20.
Qc4+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Rxf7 22. bxc5 Bf8 23. Rbc1 Rd8 24. h4 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5
26. Bh3 Kg7 27. Be6 Re7 28. f5 Kf6 29. Kf2 Ke5 30. Ke2 Rh7 31. Kd3 Rh3 32.
Rg1 g4 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. Bd7 Bxc5 35. Bxc6 Bb6 36. Rb5+ Kf6 37. e5+ Kxf5 38.
Bd7+ Kg5 39. e6+ Kf6 40. Rf1+ Ke7 41. Rf7+ Kd6 42. Ke4 $2 (42. Kc4 $18)
42... Bc5 $16 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Delaney, Killian"]
[Black "Mirza, Diana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[WhiteICU "2218"]
[BlackICU "1946"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Michael's"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501570"]
[BlackFideId "2503999"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Qc7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 O-O 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc4 Bd6 14. f4
Bg4 15. Qb3 e4 16. Nd2 c4 17. Nxc4 Nxd5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxe4 Nf6 20. Rd4
Qe7 21. Bd2 Rae8 22. h3 Bc8 23. Qc4 b5 24. Qd3 Bb7 25. Rf1 Ne4 26. Kh2 Bc6
27. Bc1 Qb7 28. Qf3 f5 29. Rdd1 Rf6 30. Rfe1 Rfe6 31. Qh5 g6 32. Qh6 $2 (
32. Qe2 $17) 32... Qe7 $2 (32... Nf6 $19) 33. b3 $2 (33. Be3 $10) 33... Nf2
$2 (33... Nf6 $1 $19) 34. Bxc6 $4 (34. Ba3 $1 $10) 34... Nxd1 $4 (34...
Rxe1 $19) 35. Bd5 $10 Qc5 36. Rxe6 Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[WhiteICU "1894"]
[BlackICU "2171"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "C58"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6
bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Nf4 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf1 c5 13. d3 Ng6
14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. c3 Rb8 17. Ned2 Qd5 18. Qa4 Be6 19. d4 cxd4 20.
Bc4 Qd7 21. Bb5 Rfc8 22. cxd4 exd4 23. Bxc6 Rxc6 24. Qxd4 Rd6 25. Qe3 Rd3
26. Qe2 Bb4 27. a3 Bxd2 28. Nxd2 Rxb2 29. Bxb2 Rxd2 30. Qf3 Rxb2 31. Qa8+
Nf8 32. Red1 Qc7 33. Rd8 Qc5 34. Qf3 h6 35. h3 Kh7 36. Rd3 Ng6 37. Rc3 Qb6
38. Qe3 Qxe3 39. Rxe3 Nf4 40. Rd1 Ra2 41. Rf3 g5 42. Rd6 a5 43. Ra6 Bd5 44.
Rxf4 gxf4 45. Rxa5 Rd2 46. Ra4 f3 47. gxf3 Bxf3 48. Rf4 Bd5 49. Kh2 Kg6 50.
h4 f5 51. Kg1 Kf6 52. Rb4 Ke5 53. Rb6 Kf4 54. Rxh6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[WhiteICU "2306"]
[WhiteClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.29"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Scott, Luke"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[WhiteICU "1769"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507986"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[WhiteICU "2435"]
[BlackICU "2256"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical main line"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
e4 c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. d5 Nc5 11. Ne1 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Rb1 Qb4 14. Nd3
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Rac8 16. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[WhiteICU "2351"]
[BlackICU "2440"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6
8. Bd3 Nf6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. O-O Ne8 12. Ne5 g6 13. a3 f6 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. b4 a6 16. Qg4 Ng7 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Qe2 a5 19. Qb2 axb4 20. axb4
Nf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Ra1 Rac8 23. Rfc1 Rc4 24. b5 Rfc8 25. Na4 b6 26. Rxc4
dxc4 27. Nc3 e5 28. Qa3 Qe6 29. d5 Qe8 30. Qd6 exf4 31. Qxf4 Bxb5 32. Nxb5
Qxb5 33. Qxf5 Qe8 34. e4 Rc7 35. d6 $5 (35. Qxf6 $18) 35... Rf7 36. Qd5 $2
(36. Qg4+ $1 Kh8 37. e5 $1 $18) 36... Qe5 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Qxc4 Qxd6 39.
Ra1 b5 40. Qd5 Qxd5 41. exd5 Rd7 42. Rd1 Kg6 43. d6 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[WhiteICU "2171"]
[BlackICU "2306"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Ne7 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Ng6 8.
Be3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Delaney, Killian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[WhiteICU "2246"]
[BlackICU "2218"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2501570"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6
8. Nc3 d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. b3 Qd7 11. Bb2 Bh3 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 e6 14. e4
Rfd8 15. Ne3 a6 16. Qe2 b5 17. cxb5 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nxb5 19. a4 Nxc3 20. Bxc3
Qb7 21. f3 d5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. exd5 exd5 24. Rfd1 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Scott, Luke"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "1928"]
[WhiteICU "1769"]
[BlackICU "1970"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507986"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch, 2.Bg5 variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bg3 e6 6. h4 g4 7. h5 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Nf4 Re8 11. Qd2 c6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Bc4 d5 14. Be2 e5 15.
Ng6 exd4 16. exd4 Nf8 17. Nf4 Ne6 18. O-O-O Qa5 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. f3 b5 21.
axb5 cxb5 22. Kb1 b4 23. Na2 Bf7 24. Be5 Nxh5 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Qxh6 Bg6
27. Qxg6 Rxe2 28. Rh7 Qc7 29. Nxb4 a5 30. Rdh1 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qf7 32. Rh8+
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Mirza, Diana"]
[Black "Quinn, Rory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1918"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[WhiteICU "1946"]
[BlackICU "2099"]
[WhiteClub "St. Michael's"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503999"]
[BlackFideId "2501643"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. a4 Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qb3 Qf6 11. Be3 g5 12. Qd1 g4 13. Nfd2 Nf4 14. Nb3 Ne7
15. d4 Neg6 16. Bf1 h5 17. d5 h4 18. c4 Qe7 19. Nc3 f5 20. Rc1 Nxg2 $6 (
20... fxe4 $10) 21. Bxg2 f4 22. Bd2 f3 23. Bf1 g3 24. Re3 $2 (24. Be3 $15)
24... Bg4 $17 25. Qe1 Bh6 26. Nd1 g2 27. Bxg2 fxg2 28. Rec3 Bxd2 29. Nxd2
Nf4 30. f3 Bh5 31. Nf2 a5 32. b5 b6 33. Rb1 Rf7 34. Rbb3 Raf8 35. Qd1 Rg7
36. Qe1 Qg5 37. Ra3 Be8 38. Rab3 Bd7 39. Ra3 Kh8 40. Rab3 Rfg8 41. Ra3 Qh6
42. Rc1 Rg3 43. Qe3 Rh3 44. Qe1 Qg5 45. Nd3 Rxh2 46. Kxh2 Ne2 47. Rca1
g1=Q+ 48. Qxg1 Nxg1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1907"]
[WhiteICU "1991"]
[BlackICU "1894"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2509571"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. a4 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. f4 d5 7. d3 Be7 8. Bd2
h5 9. h3 b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. O-O Qc7 12. e5 Nd7 13. h4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15.
Qe2 Qd6 16. Rae1 Nb4 17. Qxe6 Qxe6 18. Rxe6 d4 19. Rfe1 Rh7 20. Ng5 fxg5
21. Bxb7 dxc3 22. bxc3 Ra7 23. Be4 Rg7 24. cxb4 gxh4 25. Rg6 Rxg6 26. Bxg6+
Kf8 27. Bxh5 Nf6 28. Bf3 hxg3 29. Kg2 cxb4 30. Re2 Rd7 31. Be1 b3 32. cxb3
Rxd3 33. Bxg3 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.30"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[WhiteICU "1934"]
[BlackICU "1952"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

{ Annotator: Alexander Baburin, <em>Chess Today</em>, CT-216 (6114), 4
August 2017. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Kb1 Bd6 14.
Ne2 O-O-O 15. c4 c5 16. Qc2 Rhe8 17. Nc3 a6 18. b3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bf4 20.
Ndb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qe5 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Nd6+ Kc7 24. Nxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rh3
Qe4 26. f3 Qxc2+ 27. Kxc2 Ra8 28. a4 Ra5 29. g4 Rg5 30. b4 e5 31. Rf1 e4
32. fxe4 Rxg4 33. Re3 Ne5 34. c5 Nxe4 35. Rd1 f5 36. Rd5 Rg2+ 37. Kd1 Nf2+
38. Ke1 Nfd3+ 39. Rdxd3 Nxd3+ 40. Rxd3 Rg4 41. Rd5 Rxb4 42. Rxf5 Kc6 43.
Rf7 Rh4 44. Rxg7 Rxh5 45. Kd2 Rg5 46. Rh7 h5 47. Kd3 Rxc5 48. Rh6+ Kc7 49.
Kd4 Ra5 50. Kc3 Kb8 51. Kb4 Rg5 52. a5 Ka7 53. Ka4 Rg4+ 54. Kb3 h4 55. Kb2
Rg2+ 56. Kb1 Rh2 57. Ka1 h3 58. Kb1 Kb8 59. a6 Rh1+ 60. Kb2 bxa6 61. Rxa6
Kc7 62. Rh6 Kd7 63. Kc2 Ke7 64. Kb2 Kf7 65. Kc2 $2 (65. Ra6 $1 { is the
only move that draws, per tablebases }) 65... Kg7 66. Rh4 Kg6 67. Rh8 Kg5
68. Kb2 Kf4 69. Rg8 Kf3 70. Rg7 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[WhiteICU "2171"]
[BlackICU "2435"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

{ Reference: <em>Chess Today</em> CT-214 (6112), 2 August 2017. } { Event
information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6
8. Nge2 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. O-O Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. b3 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14.
Be3 Bf6 15. Qd2 b6 16. Rfe1 N8e7 17. Bg5 Kf8 18. g4 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 f6 20.
Qd2 g5 21. cxb6 cxb6 22. Ng3 Qd6 23. Qe3 Qf4 24. Rad1 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Rd8
26. Re6 Rd7 27. Nb5 a6 28. Nc3 Kf7 29. Re3 b5 30. Nce2 Rc8 31. Kf2 Nb4 32.
a4 bxa4 33. bxa4 Rc4 34. Rc1 Rdc7 35. Rxc4 dxc4 36. Nc3 Ned5 37. Nxd5 Nxd5
38. Re1 c3 39. Ke2 c2 40. Kd2 Nb4 41. Ne2 Rc4 42. a5 Nc6 43. Ra1 Ke7 44.
Nc3 Nxd4 45. Kd3 Rxc3+ 46. Kxc3 c1=Q+ 47. Rxc1 Ne2+ 48. Kd2 Nxc1 49. Kxc1
Kd6 50. Kd2 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Scott, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[WhiteICU "2440"]
[BlackICU "1769"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "2507986"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O e5 7. Nc3 Nc7
8. a3 Rb8 9. Rb1 Bf5 10. d3 f6 11. Nh4 Bd7 12. e3 g6 13. f4 Be7 14. f5 Kf7
15. g4 g5 16. Nf3 Be8 17. Ne4 h6 18. Qc2 b6 19. Bd2 Rc8 20. h4 Nd5 21. Kf2
Kg7 22. Rh1 Bf7 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. Bf1 Qd7 26. Be2 Kg7 27. Rh1
Rh8 28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Qb1 Kg7 30. Bd1 Nc7 31. Bc2 Qd8 32. Qh1 Qh8 33. Qg2
Qd8 34. Qf1 Qb8 35. Kg1 Qd8 36. Bc1 Kh6 37. Nfxg5 fxg5 38. f6 Bxf6 39. Nxf6
Kg7 40. Ne4 Bg6 41. Ng3 Ne7 42. Qe2 Ne6 43. b3 Qd6 44. Bb2 Kg8 45. Qf3 b5
46. Qf6 e4 47. Be5 exd3 48. Bxd6 dxc2 49. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.31"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[WhiteICU "2256"]
[BlackICU "2351"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b4 Bg4 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. c4 e5 6. Qb3 e4 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8.
Bxe5 Bd6 9. Bd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rc1 Be5 13. Bc5 Bd6 14.
Bd4 Be5 15. Bc5 Bd6 16. Bd4 Be5 17. Bc5 Bd6 18. Bd4 Be5 19. Bc5 Bd6 20. Bd4
Be5 21. Bc5 Bd6 22. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.31"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Delaney, Killian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[WhiteICU "2306"]
[BlackICU "2218"]
[WhiteClub "Richmond ENG"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2501570"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 Qb6 5. b3 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Be2 f6 8. O-O
fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. c3 Bxb1 13. Rxb1 Qxc3 14.
Bg4 Kd7 15. b4 Nh6 16. b5 Rab8 17. Bh3 Nf5 18. bxc6+ bxc6 19. Bxf5 exf5 20.
e6+ Kxe6 21. Rc1 Qa5 22. Rxc6+ Kf7 $10 23. Qc2 Rhe8 24. Rc5 Qa6 25. Qxf5+
Kg8 26. Qxd5+ Qe6 27. Qd4 Red8 28. Qc3 Rbc8 29. Rc7 Rxc7 30. Qxc7 Qd7 31.
Qa5 Qd5 32. Qa6 h5 33. h4 Kh7 34. Re1 Qd4 35. g3 Rd6 36. Qe2 Qd5 37. Qc2+
Kh6 38. Kh2 Rc6 39. Qb2 Rb6 40. Qc1+ Kh7 41. Qc2+ Kh6 $2 42. Re8 g6 43.
Qc1+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.31"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Quinn, Rory"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[WhiteICU "2099"]
[BlackICU "2246"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501643"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Petrosian variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. Nh3 Ba6 8.
Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Bd2 Bf8 10. O-O c5 11. Ne2 Ne7 12. Nhf4 Nc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14.
Ba5 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. Bxc7 Rxc7 17. c4 d4 18. a3 a5 19. Nd3 a4 20. Nef4
Na5 21. Rac1 g6 22. Nxe6 $4 (22. h4 $10) 22... Qxe6 23. Nf4 Qc6 24. Nd5 Bg7
25. e6 Rb7 26. Qg5 O-O 27. Ne7+ Rxe7 28. Qxe7 Nb3 29. Rc2 Kh8 30. Re2 Qe8
31. Qa7 Bf6 32. Qc7 Be7 33. Qe5+ Kg8 34. Rd3 Nc1 35. Rdd2 Nxe2+ 36. Rxe2
Qb8 37. Qd5 Rd8 38. Qc6 Qb3 39. Rd2 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.31"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[WhiteICU "1952"]
[BlackICU "1991"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Qb6 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Nf3 f6 12. O-O fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nf6 14.
g4 Nd7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. b3 Bd6 17. g5 Ne4 $2 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nc4 $18 Qc6
20. Nxd6 Rxf4 21. exf4 Qxd6 22. Qxe4 Bd7 23. Rbd1 Qc7 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. fxe5
Bc6 26. f4 g6 27. Rd6 Kf7 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. Ke3 Rh8 30. Kf2 h6 31. Kg3 Rf8
32. Rf2 Rf5 33. h4 h5 34. Kh2 Rf8 35. Kg1 a5 36. Kf1 a4 37. b4 Rc8 38. Ke1
cxb4 39. cxb4 Bd5 40. Rb6 Rc1+ 41. Kd2 Rh1 42. Ke3 Rxh4 43. Kd4 Rh1 44. Kc5
h4 45. Rd2 h3 46. Rxd5 Rc1+ 47. Kb5 exd5 48. Rxb7+ Ke6 49. Rh7 Rc3 50. Kxa4
$2 (50. Ka6 $10) 50... d4 51. b5 d3 52. Rxh3 d2 53. Rxc3 d1=Q+ 54. Rb3 Qd2
55. a3 Qxf4+ 56. Rb4 Qxg5 57. b6 Qxe5 { Lomonosov tablebase draw. } 58. b7
Qb8 59. Kb3 Kd6 60. a4 Kc7 61. Rc4+ $2 (61. Kc2 $1 { is the only move to
draw. }) 61... Kb6 62. Rb4+ Ka7 63. a5 g5 64. Kc3 g4 65. Rxg4 Qxb7 66. Rd4
Ka6 67. Rd6+ Kxa5 68. Rd4 Qc6+ 69. Rc4 Qd5 70. Rd4 Qe6 71. Kd3 Kb5 72. Re4
Qf6 73. Rg4 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.31"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Mirza, Diana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1928"]
[BlackElo "1918"]
[WhiteICU "1970"]
[BlackICU "1946"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "St. Michael's"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2503999"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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report</a>. }

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Rb1 Be6 10. a3 d5 11. Qa4 a5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Nb6 14. Qc2
Nd7 15. N2c3 c4 16. dxc4 Bxc4 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nd6 Ba6 19. b4 Nd4 20. exd4
Qxd6 21. b5 Rac8 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Bf4 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26.
Rxd7 Re8 27. Bd5 Rf8 28. Bd6 Rfc8 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. Rbb7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.07.31"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[WhiteICU "1894"]
[BlackICU "1934"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "2508664"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7
8. Nbd2 b6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 a6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Na3 Bb7 14. Bg3
Nh5 15. Nc4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bf6 17. Qc2 g6 18. Ne3 Bg7 19. Be4 Nf6 20. Bxb7
Qxb7 21. Nd2 d5 22. f4 Qc6 23. Qd3 Reb8 24. Nc2 Bf8 25. Ne1 b5 26. axb5
axb5 27. Nef3 b4 28. Ne5 Qb7 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. g4 Bd6 31. g5 Nd7 32. g4
Nxe5 33. dxe5 Bc5+ 34. Kh2 bxc3 35. bxc3 Ra2 36. Rd1 Qb2 37. Kh1 Qc2 38.
Qxc2 Rxc2 39. c4 Be3 40. Nf3 Rxc4 41. f5 Rc1 42. Rxc1 Bxc1 43. fxe6 fxe6
44. Kg2 Kf7 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. Ke2 Kd7 47. Kd3 Bf4 48. Ke2 Bc1 49. Kd3 Bb2 50.
Kc2 Ba1 51. Kb1 Bxe5 $2 (51... Bc3 $19) 52. Nxe5+ Kd6 53. Nf7+ Kc5 54. Kc2
Kd4 55. Nd8 e5 56. Kd2 Ke4 57. Ne6 Kf3 58. Nf8 Kf2 59. Ne6 Kf3 60. Nf8 e4
61. Ke1 d4 62. Nxh7 Kxg4 63. Nf6+ Kxg5 64. Nxe4+ Kf4 65. Nf2 Kf3 66. Nd3
Ke3 67. Nf2 g5 68. Ng4+ Kf3 69. Nf2 g4 70. Nxg4 Kxg4 71. Ke2 Kf4 72. Kd3
Ke5 73. Kd2 Kd6 74. Kd3 Kc5 75. Kd2 Kc4 76. Kc2 d3+ 77. Kd2 Kd4 78. Kd1 Ke3
79. Ke1 d2+ 80. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[WhiteICU "2419"]
[BlackICU "2441"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
h3 Bh5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[WhiteICU "2361"]
[BlackICU "2290"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irishchesscogitations.com/blog/baburin-set-to-win-2017-irish-championships/">BABURIN
SET TO WIN 2017 IRISH CHAMPIONSHIPS?</a>, Colm Daly, Irish Chess
Cogitations blog, August 4, 2017. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5
8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bc5 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14.
Qe2 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxc4 19. a4 f6 20.
Qd6 a5 21. Red1 Kf7 22. Rab1 Ra7 $4 (22... h6 $14) 23. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[WhiteICU "2287"]
[BlackICU "2268"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Cambridge Springs defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irishchesscogitations.com/blog/baburin-set-to-win-2017-irish-championships/">BABURIN
SET TO WIN 2017 IRISH CHAMPIONSHIPS?</a>, Colm Daly, Irish Chess
Cogitations blog, August 4, 2017. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bd7 14.
Rfd1 Rac8 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Ne4 h6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. f4 Qb8 19. Qe4 g6 20.
b4 Bg7 21. Bc4 Qd6 22. a3 Rc7 23. Bb3 Qe7 24. h3 a5 25. Nd3 Ra8 26. Ra1
Rcc8 27. Qf3 b6 28. Ra2 axb4 29. axb4 Rxa2 30. Bxa2 Ra8 31. Qe2 Ra3 32. Qc2
Bf8 33. Bb3 g5 34. g3 Qf6 35. Kh2 Qf5 36. Qb2 Ra8 37. Qg2 Ra3 38. Qb2 Ra7
39. Qg2 Qb5 40. Qd2 Ra3 41. Bc2 Ra2 42. Qc3 Qd5 43. Nc1 $2 (43. Rd2 $15)
43... Ra7 $2 (43... Bxb4 $1 $17) 44. e4 Qb5 45. Nd3 Ra2 46. Rd2 Bg7 $2 (
46... Qa6 $10) 47. Nc1 Ra7 48. Bd3 $18 Qa4 49. Ra2 Qxa2+ 50. Nxa2 Rxa2+ 51.
Kg1 gxf4 52. gxf4 Ra4 53. Bc2 Ra8 54. e5 Rd8 55. f5 exf5 56. Bxf5 Bf8 57.
Be4 Bg7 58. Kf2 f6 59. Bxc6 Bxc6 60. Qxc6 Rxd4 61. e6 Bf8 62. Qe8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.01"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Scott, Luke"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[WhiteICU "1798"]
[BlackICU "2172"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507986"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation (Yugoslav attack / Mar del Plata variation)"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. Bg5 Nh5 10. Ne1 Nf4 11. Nd3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 h6 13. Be3 g5 14. c5
Ng6 15. Rac1 f5 16. f3 Nf4 17. Qc2 fxe4 18. fxe4 Bg4 19. Nf2 Bh5 20. g3 Bf3
21. Bxf4 exf4 22. g4 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Qd7 25. Qd3 Bxg4 26. b4 Bh5
27. Qh3 Qxh3 28. Nxh3 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.01"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[WhiteICU "1968"]
[BlackICU "1929"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. f4 Nf6 6. d3 d5 7. e5 Nd7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 f6 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. Bh3 Qd6 14. Bd2 Re8
15. Rae1 Bd8 16. Qd1 Bc7 17. Ne5 Qd8 18. b3 Bd6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qf3 e5
21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Ne2 Qd7 24. Qf5 Qxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.01"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Delaney, Killian"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[WhiteICU "2179"]
[BlackICU "1959"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501570"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be3 Re8 14.
Nbd4 Qd6 15. Be2 Rad8 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Nfd4 Bg6 19. Bg4 f5 20.
Bh5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Nc6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Nf3 b5 25. Qb3 Ne5
26. Nd4 Nc4 27. Rd1 Re4 28. Qc2 Qe8 29. Kf1 Qe5 30. Nf3 Qd6 31. b3 Ne5 32.
Qd2 d4 33. Nxd4 Qb6 34. Nf3 Nxf3 35. Qd8+ Qxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kf7 37. gxf3 Re7
38. Rd5 Kf6 39. Rxb5 Kg5 40. Kg2 Rc7 41. c4 Kh4 42. Rb6 g5 43. Rb5 f4 44.
c5 Rd7 45. b4 g4 46. hxg4 Re7 47. Rb6 Rc7 48. a4 Rd7 49. a5 Re7 50. a6 bxa6
51. Rxa6 Rb7 52. Rb6 Rd7 53. Rd6 Rb7 54. Rd4 Rf7 55. c6 Rc7 56. b5 g5 57.
Rd1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.01"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "Quinn, Rory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[WhiteICU "1929"]
[BlackICU "2089"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "2501643"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8.
Qc1 e6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. h3 h6 11. Be2 O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5
Rfe8 15. h4 e5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. h5 Bh7 18. Bf4 Bc5 19. Ng5 Ncxe5 20. Nxh7
Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bxe3 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qc2 Bf2+ 24. Kf1 Bg3 25. Rh2 Bxh2 26.
Nf3 Rae8 27. Nd4 Qh6 28. Kg2 Qxh7 29. Qd2 Qh6 30. Qxh6 gxh6 31. Kxh2 Rxe2+
32. Nxe2 Rxe2+ 33. Kg3 Rxb2 34. Rd1 Rxa2 35. Rxd5 Ra3 36. Rd7 Rxc3+ 37. Kf4
b5 38. Rxa7 b4 39. Ke5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.01"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "Mirza, Diana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[WhiteICU "1913"]
[BlackICU "1872"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "St. Michael's"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[BlackFideId "2503999"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8.
Ba2 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Rb1 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[WhiteICU "2361"]
[BlackICU "2419"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Cambridge Springs defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 c5 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Qb3 cxd4 14.
exd4 Bd7 15. Ne5 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. O-O Rab8 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Na4 Qxd4
20. Rfd1 Qg4 21. Qxc6 Nd5 $6 (21... Rbd8 $10) 22. h3 Qh5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24.
Qxd5 Qxh3 25. Qd7 Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Rc7 Bf6 28. Rxa7 Bxb2 29. Nxb2 Rxb2
30. Rdd7 Rfxf2 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Rxh7 Kg8 33. Rhd7 Rbe2 34. Rd8+ Rf8 35.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Kf1 Rc2 37. a4 Ra2 38. a5 e5 39. a6 e4 40. g4 e3 41. g5 Kg8
42. g6 Rf2+ 43. Ke1 Rf6 44. g7 Re6 45. Ke2 Kh7 46. Ra8 Kxg7 47. a7 Ra6 48.
Kxe3 Ra1 49. Kd4 Rd1+ 50. Kc4 Rc1+ 51. Kb3 Ra1 52. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[WhiteICU "2441"]
[BlackICU "2287"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Nd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8.
Ndf3 cxd4 9. exd4 Ne4 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O Ne7 12. Re1 h6 13. h4 Bd7 14. Be2
Be8 15. Nd3 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Qd6 17. Qc1 Rc8 18. a4 Nc6 19. Nd3 Qe7 20. Qe3 g5
21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Nfe5 Kg7 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Bf3 Rh8 25. g3 Bg6 26. Bg2 Qf6
27. f4 g4 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. Ne5 Bf5 30. Kg2 Rh3 31. Qe2 $2 (31. Re2 $15)
31... Rch8 $19 32. Rh1 e3 (32... Qh6 $1) 33. Rxh3 Rxh3 34. Nxg4 Qg6 35.
Qxe3 Qxg4 36. Rg1 Be4+ 37. Kf2 Rh2+ 38. Ke1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[WhiteICU "2268"]
[BlackICU "2172"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8.
Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Nc2 Na6 11. Rb1 Nc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bf2 d5
15. exd5 cxd5 16. c5 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne6 19. Rfd1 Rc8 20. Qb5 Qe7
21. b4 b6 22. Nd4 a6 23. Qxa6 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 bxc5 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6
Bxf6 27. Nxd5 Be5 28. Rbc1 Ra8 29. bxc5 Rxa2 30. c6 Rb8 31. c7 Bxc7 32.
Rxc7 Rbb2 33. Ne3 Re2 34. Rc3 f5 35. Rd7 Ra8 36. Kf1 Rb2 37. Rcd3 Raa2 38.
Nd1 Rb8 39. Rd8+ Rxd8 40. Rxd8+ Kf7 41. Rd6 h5 42. Nf2 Ra1+ 43. Rd1 Ra2 44.
Ke1 Ke6 45. Rd2 Ra1+ 46. Nd1 f4 47. Kf2 Ke5 48. Nc3 Ra5 49. Rb2 Ra3 50.
Re2+ Kf5 51. Rc2 g4 52. Nb5 Rd3 53. Rc5+ Kg6 54. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[WhiteICU "2290"]
[BlackICU "1968"]
[WhiteClub "Richmond ENG"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Be6 8.
Nbd2 Qd7 9. a5 a6 10. c3 h6 11. Nf1 Rfe8 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. Qxb3
d5 15. h3 Rab8 16. Be3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qe6 18. Qa4 Red8 19. Nd2 Bc5 20. Nb3
Bxe3 21. Rxe3 g6 22. Nc5 Qe8 23. b4 Ne7 24. Qb3 Kg7 25. Rf3 Rd6 26. Nf1 Nd7
27. Nd3 Ng8 28. Nd2 Ngf6 29. Re3 Qe6 30. Qc2 Qe7 31. Nb3 c6 32. c4 Rd8 33.
Qc3 Re8 34. c5 Re6 35. Nd2 Kh7 36. Nc4 Rb8 37. Rd1 Ne8 38. g3 f6 39. f4 Ng7
40. Nd6 Qf8 41. Nf2 exf4 42. gxf4 Re7 43. Kh2 Nh5 44. Rf3 Qg7 45. Rg1 Qh8
46. Qd3 Nf8 47. Rg4 Rd8 48. Rh4 Qg8 49. e5 f5 50. Qc2 Ng7 51. Ng4 fxg4 52.
hxg4 Qe6 53. Rfh3 Rxd6 54. cxd6 Rd7 55. Rxh6+ Kg8 56. Rh8+ Kf7 57. Rg3 Qd5
58. Qf2 Ke8 59. Rg2 Rf7 60. Qa7 Ne6 61. Rf2 Nd8 62. Qe3 Ne6 63. f5 gxf5 64.
gxf5 Nd4 65. Rh5 Rh7 66. Rxh7 Nxh7 67. Qg3 Nf8 68. Qf4 Nd7 69. e6 Nf6 70.
d7+ Ke7 71. Qc7 Qe5+ 72. Qxe5 Ng4+ 73. Kg3 Nxe5 74. f6+ Kd8 75. e7+ Kxd7
76. Rd2 c5 77. bxc5 Nc6 78. Kf4 Ke8 79. Rh2 Nxe7 80. fxe7 Kxe7 81. Ke4 $4 (
81. Rb2 $18) 81... Nb3 82. Kd5 Nxa5 { Tablebase draw. } 83. Rh7+ Kd8 84.
Kd6 Nc4+ 85. Ke6 Kc8 86. Rh4 Na5 87. Kd6 Kb8 88. Rh8+ Ka7 89. Rg8 Nb3 $2 (
89... Nc6 $1 { is the only move to draw, per tablebases. }) 90. Rg3 $2 (90.
Rg4 $1 $18 (90. Rg7 { also wins })) 90... Nd4 91. Rd3 Nc6 92. Kc7 a5 $1 {
The only move to draw. } 93. Rb3 Nb4 94. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Delaney, Killian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[WhiteICU "1929"]
[BlackICU "2179"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2501570"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. Bf4 Qxf4
8. Nxf4 Bxd1 9. Kxd1 e6 10. Re1 Nf6 11. h3 Bd6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Nd2 Rab8 14.
Nf3 b5 15. a3 Rfc8 16. Nc1 Na5 17. b4 Nc4 18. Kc2 a5 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Nd2
Rc7 21. Nd3 Rbc8 22. Nc5 Nd7 23. Ndb3 a4 24. Nd2 Re8 25. Re2 Bf4 26. Nf1
Nb6 27. g3 Bh6 28. f4 g6 29. Nd2 Bf8 30. Rb1 Bd6 31. Rf1 Rce7 32. Rfe1 f6
33. Nxe6 Kf7 34. f5 gxf5 35. Nf4 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Rg8 37. Re3 Bxf4 38. gxf4
Rg2 39. Kc1 h5 40. Rf3 h4 41. Kd1 Nc4 42. Nxc4 bxc4 43. Re3 Ra2 44. Re2
Rxa3 45. Rb2 Rxc3 46. b5 a3 47. Rb4 Rb3 48. Ra4 Rxh3 49. b6 Rb3 50. Ra7+
Kg6 51. b7 h3 52. Rxa3 Rxb7 53. Rxh3 Rb3 54. Rxb3 cxb3 55. Kd2 Kh5 56. Kc3
Kg4 57. Kxb3 Kxf4 58. Kb4 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Quinn, Rory"]
[Black "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[WhiteICU "2089"]
[BlackICU "1913"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501643"]
[BlackFideId "2508664"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Qg4 c5 6. dxc5 Nbc6 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O b6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Bb5 Bxc3 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Bxe7 Bxe5 13. Nf3 Qc7
14. Bxf8 Bf4+ 15. Kb1 Kxf8 16. g3 Bh6 17. c6 Qxc6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Qh5 Ba6
20. Rhe1 Rc8 21. c3 Qe7 22. f4 Bc4 23. Ng4 Qd7 24. Nxh6 gxh6 25. Qxh6+ Ke8
26. b3 Bxb3 27. axb3 Rxc3 28. Kb2 Rxb3+ 29. Kxb3 Qb5+ 30. Kc3 Qc4+ 31. Kd2
Qd4+ 32. Ke2 Qe4+ 33. Kf2 Qc2+ 34. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Scott, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[WhiteICU "1959"]
[BlackICU "1798"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2507986"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Qe1 Be7 8.
e4 O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. h4 Nc6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nf1 Rfc8 14. Bf4
Qd8 15. h5 c4 16. d4 b4 17. N1h2 a5 18. Ng4 Bf8 19. Qe3 Kh7 20. Ngh2 Ne7
21. g4 a4 22. a3 c3 23. Bf1 Nb6 24. Bd3+ Kh8 25. bxc3 bxa3 26. g5 Ng8 27.
Ng4 Rxc3 28. Qd2 Rac8 29. gxh6 Nxh6 30. Bxh6 gxh6 31. Nxh6 Qe7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Mirza, Diana"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[WhiteICU "1872"]
[BlackICU "1929"]
[WhiteClub "St. Michael's"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503999"]
[BlackFideId "2509571"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bc5 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5
8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. c3 a5 11. a4 b6 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. b3 b5 14. axb5
Bxb5 15. Bg5 Qe6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nfd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 a4 19. bxa4 Rxa4 20.
Rxa4 Bxa4 21. Rc1 Bb5 22. Qe1 Ne7 23. Ne3 Qg5 24. Ndc4 h5 25. h4 Qf6 26.
Rb1 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 g6 28. Qe2 Nc8 29. Ne3 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Nb6 31. Bf1 Qc6 32.
Bb5 Qd6 33. c4 Qd4 34. Qe2 Qc5 35. Qe3 Rd4 36. Rc1 c6 37. Ba6 Qa5 38. c5
Qxa6 39. cxb6 Qxb6 40. Qc3 Rxe4 41. Qxc6 Qxc6 42. Rxc6 Kg7 43. Kg2 Rd4 44.
Rb6 Rd7 45. Kf3 f5 46. Ke3 Re7 47. Ra6 Kf7 48. Rb6 Re6 49. Rb7+ Kf6 50. Ra7
Rb6 51. Ra4 g5 52. hxg5+ Kxg5 53. f4+ $2 (53. Kf3 $10 { is much simpler. })
53... Kg4 54. fxe5+ Kxg3 55. Kd4 $2 (55. Ra8 $1 { is the now only move to
draw, per tablebases. }) 55... f4 $2 (55... h4 $1 { is the only move to win
}) 56. Ra3+ $2 (56. Ra8 $1 $10) 56... f3 $19 57. Ke4 Rb4+ 58. Kd5 h4 59. e6
Kg2 60. Ra8 Rb7 $2 (60... f2 $1 $19 (60... Rb5+ { also wins })) 61. Rg8+
Kh2 62. Rf8 Kg3 63. Rg8+ Kf4 64. Rf8+ $4 (64. Rh8 $10) 64... Ke3 65. Rf7
Rb8 66. e7 Re8 67. Kd6 f2 68. Kd7 Rxe7+ 69. Rxe7+ Kf3 70. Rf7+ Kg2 71. Rg7+
Kf1 72. Rh7 h3 73. Kd6 Ke2 74. Re7+ Kd3 75. Rf7 h2 76. Rxf2 h1=Q 77. Rf6
Qa1 78. Ke7 Kd4 79. Kf7 Ke5 80. Kg7 Qb1 81. Rg6 Qb7+ 82. Kh6 Kf5 83. Rg5+
Kf4 84. Rg6 Qe4 85. Kg7 Qe5+ 86. Kh7 Kf5 87. Rg7 Qh2+ 88. Kg8 Kf6 89. Rf7+
Ke6 90. Rg7 Qb8+ 91. Kh7 Kf6 92. Rg6+ Kf5 93. Rg7 Qe8 94. Rg8 Qf7+ 95. Rg7
Qh5+ 96. Kg8 Kf6 97. Kf8 Qh6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[WhiteICU "2287"]
[BlackICU "2361"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. a3 a5 12. b3 Qb8 13. h3 b4 14. axb4
axb4 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Na4 c5 17. Bb2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rc8 19. Qb1 Be4 20. Qa1
Bd5 21. Nd2 Qb7 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Qd5 24. Qb1 Ne4 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Bb2
Nc3 27. Nxc3 bxc3 28. Bxc3 Qxc3 29. Rxd6 Nf6 30. Rd3 Qb4 31. Rd4 Qa3 32.
Rc4 Rb8 33. Qc2 Qa6 34. Nd4 Nd5 35. Nc6 Re8 36. e4 Nb6 37. Rc5 Qa1+ 38. Kh2
g6 39. Ra5 Qf6 40. Ra7 e5 41. Rb7 Nc8 42. Rb8 Nd6 43. Rxe8+ Nxe8 44. Nb4
Qb6 45. Nd5 Qb5 46. Qc8 Kg7 47. Qd8 h5 48. Qe7 Qb8 49. b4 Kg8 50. Qxe8+
Qxe8 51. Nf6+ Kf8 52. Nxe8 Kxe8 53. Kg3 Kd7 54. f4 Kd6 55. fxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Delaney, Killian"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[WhiteICU "2179"]
[BlackICU "2419"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501570"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, fianchetto variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Nbd2 e6 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Bg5 c5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Qf4 19. Be5 Bxf3 20.
Bxf4 Bxd1 21. Raxd1 Rfd8 22. Bg5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Na4 24. Bf6 Nb6 25. Kf1 Nd5
26. Bd4 a6 27. a4 f6 28. Ra1 e5 29. Be3 Rd8 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ke2 Rd7 32.
Ra8+ Kf7 33. Rb8 Nc7 34. Bb6 Nd5 35. Be3 Nc7 36. Bb6 Nd5 37. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Quinn, Rory"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[WhiteICU "2089"]
[BlackICU "2441"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501643"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irishchesscogitations.com/blog/baburin-set-to-win-2017-irish-championships/">BABURIN
SET TO WIN 2017 IRISH CHAMPIONSHIPS?</a>, Colm Daly, Irish Chess
Cogitations blog, August 4, 2017. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Qb6 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Bb3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nd5
8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. fxe4 Qg6 10. Qd2 Qxe4+ 11. Ne2 Qe6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Nc3 Bd7
14. a4 Bc6 15. a5 Nc8 16. Bxd5 Qd7 17. Bb3 e6 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bc5+ 20.
Be3 Bd6 21. Bd4 f6 22. Rfe1+ (22. Bxf6 $18) (22. Rae1+ Kd8 23. Rxf6 $18)
22... Kd8 23. Rad1 (23. a6 $18) 23... Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Nf4 Kc7 26.
Ne6+ Kb8 27. Be3 (27. Nxg7 $18) 27... g5 28. Bc5 (28. a6 $18) 28... Be5 29.
Re1 Qd7 30. Qb4 b6 31. a6 Bb5 32. Nf8 Qc6 33. Bf2 Bxa6 34. Rd1 $6 (34. Qg4
$16) 34... Bb7 35. Nd7+ Kc7 36. Bd5 $4 (36. Qg4 $14) 36... Qxd7 37. Qc4+
Bc6 38. Bf3 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[WhiteICU "2290"]
[BlackICU "2268"]
[WhiteClub "Richmond ENG"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Reference: <a
href="http://www.irishchesscogitations.com/blog/baburin-set-to-win-2017-irish-championships/">BABURIN
SET TO WIN 2017 IRISH CHAMPIONSHIPS?</a>, Colm Daly, Irish Chess
Cogitations blog, August 4, 2017. }

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Nd2 Bb7 8.
Qf3 c5 9. c3 a5 10. g4 Nc6 11. Qh3 cxd4 12. exd4 g6 13. Ndf3 Qc7 14. Bg3
Kg7 $2 (14... Ba6 $10) 15. g5 $16 Nh5 16. O-O-O $2 (16. Ng4 $16) 16... a4 (
16... Nxd4 $1 $10) 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. a3 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 Ba6 21.
Rhe1 Bxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Rae8 23. Rde3 Rh8 24. Qf1 h6 25. gxh6+ Rxh6 26. Qb5 Nf6
27. Qxa4 Rh3 28. Ng1 Rxh2 29. Rf3 Qg4 $2 (29... Qh4 $17) 30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31.
Qxe8 Qf5+ 32. Ka2 Qxf2 33. Rb1 $2 (33. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 34. Qf8+ Kg5 35. Nh3+
$18) 33... Rh1 34. Qd8+ Kf5 35. Qc7 f6 36. Ne2 Rxb1 37. Ng3+ Kg4 38. Kxb1
Qxg3 39. Qxb6 Qe3 $2 (39... Qe1+ $17) 40. a4 $10 f5 41. a5 f4 42. a6 f3 43.
a7 f2 44. Qa6 Qe1+ 45. Ka2 f1=Q 46. Qxf1 Qxf1 47. a8=Q g5 48. b4 Qd3 49.
Qc8 Kf5 50. Qc7 Kg6 51. Qc8 Qe2+ 52. Ka3 g4 53. b5 Qxb5 54. Qxe6+ Kg5 55.
Qe5+ Kh4 56. Qh2+ Kg5 57. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[WhiteICU "2172"]
[BlackICU "1968"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4
Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd4 Rxa3 20. bxa3
Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Re3 Nc5 23. Bb2 g6 24. h4 Qxh4 25. Nxb5 Qd8 26. Qf3
Ba6 27. Na7 Bg7 28. Nc6 Qc7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qf4 Bb5 31. Nd4 Ba6 32. Rh3
Rh8 33. Rg3 Bc8 34. Nb5 Qe7 35. Nxd6 Bd7 36. e5 Ra8 37. Qd4 Ra4 38. N2c4
Nb3 39. Qxd3 Nc5 40. Qd4 Kh7 41. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[WhiteICU "1929"]
[BlackICU "1959"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system reversed"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. Nd5 a5 11. Nec3 f5 12. f4 Rb8 13. Rb1 b6 14. Bd2 Qd7
15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bf7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ra8 20. e4
Ra3 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Bc1 Ra4 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Bb2 Bd4+ 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26.
Qc2 Qe7 27. Rb6 c4 28. Qc3 Rxd3 29. Qxc4 Qa7 30. Qxd3 Qxb6+ 31. Kh1 fxe4
32. Qxe4 Qb7 33. Rb1 Qc7 34. Bh3 Re8 35. Be6 Qe7 36. Re1 Rb8 37. Qf4 Kg7
38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Qf4 Kg7 40. Qxf7+ Qxf7 41. Bxf7 Kxf7 42. Re6 Rb5 43. Rxd6
Ke7 44. Re6+ Kf7 45. Rd6 Ke7 46. Re6+ Kf7 47. Ra6 Rxd5 48. Ra7+ Kf6 49.
Rxh7 Rd2 50. Kg1 Kg5 51. Rf7 Kg4 52. Rf2 Rxf2 53. Kxf2 Kh3 54. Kf3 g5 55.
Ke4 Kxh2 56. g4 $4 (56. Kf5 $10) 56... Kg3 57. Ke3 Kxg4 58. Kf2 Kh3 59. Kg1
g4 60. Kh1 g3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[WhiteICU "1913"]
[BlackICU "1929"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nge2 e5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. h3 Be6 8.
Nd5 O-O 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bh6 Bg7 12. Qd2 d5 13. Nc3 d4 14. Ne2
Qd6 15. a3 Qb6 16. b3 Qc5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. g4 a5 19. Ng3 f6 20. O-O g5 21.
Nf5+ Bxf5 22. gxf5 Ra6 23. Rfb1 Rc6 24. Ra2 Qc3 25. Qe2 Nc8 26. Kh2 Nd6 27.
Rh1 Qc5 28. a4 b5 29. axb5 Qxb5 30. Kg3 Qb4 31. h4 Ra8 32. hxg5 fxg5 33.
Qh5 Nf7 34. Qxh7+ Kf8 35. Qh5 Qd2 36. Qf3 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Qxc2 38. f6 Qd2 39.
Qf5 Qf4+ 40. Qxf4 gxf4+ 41. Kg4 Rb8 42. Rc1 Rxb3 43. Rxc7 Nd6 44. Rc6 Ne8
45. Kg5 Rxd3 46. Kg6 Rd1 47. f7 $2 (47. Bf1 $1 $18) 47... Rg1 $10 48.
fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 49. Kf5 Rxg2 50. Kxe5 Rxf2 51. Kxd4 a4 52. Rc3 f3 53. Ke3 $4 (
53. Rd3 $1 $10) (53. Ke5 $1) 53... Rh2 $4 (53... Rb2 $1 $19) 54. Rc1 f2 55.
Kf3 Rh4 56. Kxf2 Rxe4 57. Kf3 Rb4 58. Ke3 Kd7 59. Kd3 Kd6 60. Rc4 Rb3+ 61.
Kc2 Ra3 62. Kb2 Rb3+ 63. Ka2 Kd5 64. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Mirza, Diana"]
[Black "Scott, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[WhiteICU "1872"]
[BlackICU "1798"]
[WhiteClub "St. Michael's"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503999"]
[BlackFideId "2507986"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 e6 5. O-O d5 6. e4 c5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Ne5 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. c4 Nb4 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 12. cxb5 Nd4 13. Nc3 Qd7 14.
a4 Be7 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Qe2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. a5 Rb8 20.
Ra4 Qd6 21. Qg4 Qc7 22. Qe4 Bf6 23. b6 axb6 24. a6 b5 25. a7 bxa4 26. a8=Q
Rxa8 27. Qxa8+ Qd8 28. Qxa4 g6 29. Qb5 Bd4 30. Ne4 Rd5 31. Rc1 Qe7 32. Ra1
h5 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Qb8 Kh6 35. Ra7 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Qf8+ Kh7 $4 (
37... Bg7 $14) 38. Ng5# 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[WhiteICU "2419"]
[BlackICU "2287"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Ne4 8.
Nbd2 Nc6 9. c4 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6
Qc8 15. Rad1 Rb8 16. Qa5 b6 17. Qxa7 e4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qa3 Qxe6 20. Qb2+
Qf6 21. Qxf6+ Rxf6 22. f3 exf3 23. Bxf3 g5 24. b4 Ng6 25. c5 dxc5 26. bxc5
Ne5 27. Rd5 Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Kg6 29. Ra3 Re8 30. Kf2 Rfe6 31. Rd2 Rc6 32.
cxb6 cxb6 33. Ra7 Ree6 34. Rb7 Kf6 35. h3 Kg6 36. Rb2 Kf6 37. g4 $6 { White
overpresses. } 37... f4 38. Rd2 Rc3 39. Rb2 Rxh3 40. a4 Rhe3 41. R7xb6 $2 (
41. R2xb6 $1 Rxe2+ 42. Kf3 $10) 41... Rxe2+ 42. Rxe2 Rxb6 43. Re4 Rb2+ 44.
Kf3 $2 Rb3+ $2 (44... h5 $1 { wins immediately. }) 45. Kf2 h5 46. gxh5 Kf5
47. Re8 Rb6 48. Rh8 g4 49. h6 g3+ 50. Ke2 Re6+ 51. Kf3 Re3+ 52. Kg2 Re2+
53. Kf1 g2+ 54. Kxe2 g1=Q 55. Rf8+ Ke5 56. Re8+ Kd6 57. Re4 Qg2+ 58. Kd3
Qg6 59. Kd4 Qxh6 60. Re2 Qg6 61. a5 Qf5 62. Rd2 Kc6 63. a6 Kb6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[WhiteICU "2441"]
[BlackICU "2172"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2017_allfiles/pairings_irlch2017.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Ng4 10. Nxd7 Bxb2 11. Nxf8 Qxf8 12. Nd2 Nxh2 13. Kxh2
Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Qh6+ 15. Kg1 Qxd2 16. Rd1 Qg5 17. Qd4 Bg4 18. Bxb7 Re8 19.
Bf3 Bxf3 20. exf3 Qf5 21. Qd7 Re1+ 22. Kg2 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Qc5 24. Qd3 Kg7
25. c3 a5 26. Qd2 Qb6 27. b4 c5 28. Qb2 cxb4 29. cxb4+ Kg8 30. b5 Kf8 31.
a4 Ke7 32. Qe5+ Kd7 33. Qd5+ Ke8 34. Qe4+ Kf8 35. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Quinn, Rory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[WhiteICU "2361"]
[BlackICU "2089"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2501643"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Stean variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 d6 8.
Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Qc2 f5 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 a5 13. c5 Ba7 14. b5 Ne7
15. d4 e4 16. Ng1 f4 17. exf4 dxc5 18. dxc5 Nf5 19. Qc3 f6 20. Bc4+ Kg7 21.
Rd1 Qe7 22. g4 Nh6 23. g5 Ng4 24. gxf6+ Nxf6 25. Ne2 Rf8 26. Rg1+ Kh6 27.
b6 cxb6 28. f5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[WhiteICU "1959"]
[BlackICU "2290"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. e3 g6 5. b4 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 e5 8.
dxe5 Ng4 9. Qb3 Nxe5 10. c5+ Nf7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nc3 Qf6 13. O-O Be6 14.
Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 c6 16. e4 a5 17. b5 fxe4 18. Nd4 d5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20.
Qxd5 Re8 21. Qxb7 Na6 22. bxa6 Qxd4 23. Rad1 Qxc5 24. Rd7 Qc4 25. Qb2+ Kg8
26. Rc1 $2 (26. a7 $17) 26... Qxa6 27. h4 Rab8 28. Qd4 Qb6 29. Qc3 e3 30.
fxe3 Rxe3 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32. Rxc5 Re5 33. Rcc7 Rf5 34. g4 Rf4 35. h5 Rxg4+
36. Kf2 Rf8 37. Re7 Nd6+ 38. Ke2 Rg2+ 39. Ke1 Re8 40. hxg6 Rxe7+ 41. Rxe7
hxg6 42. Re5 Nc4 43. Rc5 Rc2 44. a4 Kf7 45. Rc6 g5 46. Ra6 g4 47. Kf1 g3
48. Kg1 Ne3 49. Ra7+ Ke6 50. Ra6+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Mirza, Diana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1901"]
[WhiteICU "1968"]
[BlackICU "1872"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "St. Michael's"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2503999"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. f4 d5 6. d3 Nf6 7. e5 d4 8.
Nce2 Nd5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O Qb6 11. b3 a5 12. a4 Bd7 13. Bd2 f5 14. exf6
gxf6 15. Kh1 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. Nd2 O-O 18. Ng3 f5 19. Nc4 Bf6 20. Qe2
Qb8 21. Nh5 Qe8 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Rae1 Qf8 24. Rf3 Kh8 25. Qe5 Qg7 26. Rg3
Rg6 27. Rxg6 hxg6 28. h4 Kg8 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Re5 Rh8 31. g3 g5 32. fxg5
f4 33. Kg2 Be8 34. Nxa5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[WhiteICU "1929"]
[BlackICU "1929"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2509571"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, reverse dragon"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be6
8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. a3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. b4 Bf6 13. Rc1 a6 14. Bc5
Re8 15. e4 Be6 16. Re1 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bg5 19. Be3 Nd4 20. Qg4
Bxe3 21. fxe3 Ne6 22. Red1 Qd6 23. d4 Qb6 24. d5 Nf8 25. Kh2 Re7 26. Rc3 a5
27. Rdc1 axb4 28. axb4 Ra2 29. Qc8 Qxb4 30. R1c2 Ra1 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7
Qe1 33. h4 Qg1+ 34. Kh3 Ra2 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Qxe3 37. Qb2 Qd4 38. Qxb7
g6 39. Qe7 Kg7 40. Bf3 h5 41. Qg5 $4 Nh7 $4 (41... Qc3 $1 $19 { , e.g. }
42. Bg2 f6) 42. Qe7 $2 (42. Qc1 $15) 42... Nf6 43. d6 Qc3 $2 (43... Qf2 $19
{ as White will lose the bishop or get mated. }) 44. Bh1 $2 (44. Kg2 $10)
44... Qc8+ $2 (44... Qa1 $1 { wins immediately. }) 45. Kg2 Ng4 46. Qc7 Qe6
47. Kf1 Qb3 48. Ke2 Qe3+ 49. Kd1 Nf6 50. Qe7 Qd3+ 51. Kc1 Qxg3 52. d7 Qc3+
53. Kb1 Nxd7 54. Qxd7 Qe1+ 55. Kc2 Qxh1 56. Qd5 Qxh4 57. Qxe5+ Qf6 58. Qd5
g5 59. e5 Qf5+ 60. Kd1 g4 61. Qd4 Kg6 62. Qd6+ Kg5 63. Kd2 Kh4 64. Qe7+
Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Scott, Luke"]
[Black "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[WhiteICU "1798"]
[BlackICU "1913"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507986"]
[BlackFideId "2508664"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2
Nbd7 8. c3 c6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Delaney, Killian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[WhiteICU "2268"]
[BlackICU "2179"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2501570"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8.
Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rfd1 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14.
Qxd4 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 b6 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Qg5 18. Qd2 Qe5 19. Nd5 Bxd5
20. cxd5 Re7 21. Rc4 f5 22. f4 Qf6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qc3 Qg7 25. fxe5 Rd8 26.
e6 Qxc3 27. bxc3 b5 28. Rc6 Rd6 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. Rb1 a6 31. a4 bxa4 32.
Rb4 a3 33. Ra4 Ra7 34. Kf2 a5 35. Ke3 a2 36. Kd4 Kf8 37. Rxa2 a4 38. Ra3
Ke7 39. c4 Ra5 40. Kc3 Ra7 41. Kb4 Rb7+ 42. Kc3 Ra7 43. Kb4 g5 44. Rxa4
Rxa4+ 45. Kxa4 h6 46. Kb3 Kf6 47. Kc3 Ke7 48. Kd4 Kd8 49. c5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[WhiteICU "2287"]
[BlackICU "2290"]
[BlackClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b4 c6 7. c4 d6 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Qb3 h6 10. Nbd2 a5 11. a3 Kh7 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Nh4 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[WhiteICU "2268"]
[BlackICU "2441"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

{ Annotator: Alexander Baburin, <em>Chess Today</em>, CT-223 (6121), August
11, 2017 and <em>Sunday Independent</em>, August 13, 2017. } { Event
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 f6 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Nb6 15. g4 h5 16. gxh5 e5 17. N4b3 a5 18. a4 f5 19. c4 e4 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21.
Nc4 Kh8 22. Rc1 f4 23. Nc5 Re8 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 Qe7 26. Nd7 Rad8 27.
Ndb6 Nb4 28. Rcd1 Nd3 29. Qf5 Rf8 30. Qxa5 f3 31. g4 Qe6 32. Qxg5 Rf6 33.
Rxd3 exd3 34. Kh2 Rg8 35. Rg1 d2 36. Qd5 Qe7 37. g5 Rh6 38. Kg3 Rxh5 39.
Kxf3 Rf8+ 40. Ke2 Rh2 41. Rg2 Rxg2 42. Qxg2 Rd8 43. Nxd2 Qd6 44. Nbc4 Qd3+
45. Ke1 Bxb2 46. Qe4 Qd7 47. Qc2 Bg7 48. Ne4 Qf5 49. Ncd2 Rc8 50. Qb1 Qd5
51. Ke2 Rd8 52. Qc2 Qd7 53. Nf3 Rf8 54. Ned2 Ra8 55. Ne4 Rxa4 56. Kf1 Ra8
57. Kg2 Rc8 58. Qb1 b5 59. Ng3 Qc6 60. e4 Re8 61. Qh1+ Kg8 62. Qh5 Re6 63.
Nf5 Qxe4 64. g6 Kf8 65. Qg5 Rf6 66. Nh4 Qc6 67. Qg4 Ke8 68. Kg1 Qc2 69. Kg2
Qc4 70. Qh5 Qc6 71. Qg4 Kd8 72. Qd4+ Kc8 73. Qa7 Qb7 74. Qc5+ Kb8 75. Qe5+
Ka8 76. Qe8+ Qb8 77. Qe4+ Ka7 78. Nd4 Ka6 79. Ndf5 Qa7 80. Qd5 Bf8 81. f4 (
81. f3 $1) 81... Qb7 $1 82. Qxb7+ Kxb7 83. Kf3 b4 84. Nd4 Kb6 85. Ke4 Bg7
86. f5 Rd6 87. Nhf3 Kc5 88. Ne6+ { &ldquo;At that point both players relied
on the 30 seconds per move increment.&rdquo; } 88... Kc4 $4 (88... Rxe6+ $1
89. fxe6 Kd6 $10) 89. Nxg7 b3 90. Ne5+ $4 (90. Ne8 $1 Rd8 91. Nd6+ $1 Rxd6
92. g7 Rd8 93. Nd2+ Kc5 94. f6 $18 { &ldquo;though this isn't an easy line
to find in time trouble.&rdquo; }) 90... Kc3 $19 91. Ne6 b2 92. g7 b1=Q+
93. Kf4 Qb8 94. Nf8 Rd4+ 95. Kg5 Qxe5 96. Ne6 Qg3+ 97. Kf6 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Delaney, Killian"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[WhiteICU "2179"]
[BlackICU "2361"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501570"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g4 h6 5. h3 e5 6. Nge2 c6 7. Bg2 b5 8. a3
a5 9. f4 Ba6 10. b4 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Be3 O-O 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. f5 Qe7 15.
Rb1 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Ne8 17. h4 Bf6 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. h5 Bh4 20. Bf2 Bxf2+ 21.
Qxf2 g5 22. Ng3 Ndf6 23. Nf5 Qa7 24. Ne3 Bc8 25. Kh1 Be6 26. Qg3 Qc7 27.
Nf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 axb4 29. axb4 Rd2 30. Rbf1 Qe7 31. Nb1 Rxc2 32. Qb3+ Rc4
33. Nd2 Qxb4 34. Qf3 Rc3 35. Qf2 Qd6 36. Nf3 Nxe4 37. Qe1 Ra4 38. Nxg5 Ng3+
39. Qxg3 Rxg3 40. Ne4 Rxe4 41. Bxe4 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[WhiteICU "2419"]
[BlackICU "1968"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 6.Qc2"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7
8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 Nb6 11. O-O g6 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Nc1 f5 14.
f3 Be6 15. Nb3 Rae8 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Qg7 19. f4 Nf6 20. h3 Nbd7
21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Re7 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Na4 Rfe8 26. Qf2
Rb8 27. Rb1 Ree8 28. Nc5 Qe7 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Re1 Qd8 31. Ra1 Qe7 32. Ra7
Re8 33. Bc2 Qd6 34. Kh2 Re7 35. Nd3 Qb8 36. Ra1 Be8 37. Ne5 Ra7 38. Qe1 Qa8
39. Rxa7 Qxa7 40. Qb4 Qc7 41. Qa3 Kg7 42. Ba4 Ne4 43. Bxc6 Bxc6 44. Qc1 Qd8
45. Qxc6 Qh4 46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Nf7+ Kh5 48. g4+ fxg4 49. Qxd5+ g5 50. Qxe4
Qf2+ 51. Qg2 g3+ 52. Kh1 Qxe3 53. Qc2 h6 54. Qd1+ Kg6 55. Qd3+ Qxd3 56.
Ne5+ Kf5 57. Nxd3 gxf4 58. Kg2 Ke4 59. Ne1 Kxd4 60. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[WhiteICU "2172"]
[BlackICU "1913"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2508664"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8.
Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O
14. Bd3 b5 15. Nb2 Nb6 16. O-O h6 17. Nb3 Qa3 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20.
Nxd4 Rb8 21. Nd1 Bd7 22. Rf3 Qa5 23. Nc3 Rb6 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Rd1 Qc5 26. h4
Rfb8 27. Qg4 Qf8 28. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Quinn, Rory"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[WhiteICU "2089"]
[BlackICU "1929"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501643"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3
O-O 8. Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Qf4 Be7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Neg5 h6 13. Nh7 Re8
14. h4 f5 15. g4 Bd6 16. Ne5 Bxh1 17. Rxh1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qd5
20. Qxd5 exd5 21. Bxf5 Re2 22. Rf1 Rae8 23. Kd1 c5 24. h5 R8e5 25. Bd3 R2e4
26. f3 Rf4 27. Rf2 Re3 28. Bg6 Rfxf3 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. g5 d4 31. Ke2 Rf4
32. Kd3 b5 33. b3 Rf2 34. Be4 Kf7 35. b4 cxb4 36. Kxd4 Rf4 37. Ke5 Rh4 38.
Bg6+ Ke7 39. gxh6 gxh6 40. Nf6 Kf8 41. Bd3 a6 42. Ke6 Rh1 43. Nd7+ Kg7 44.
Nc5 a5 45. Nb7 a4 46. Bxb5 a3 47. Nd6 b3 48. cxb3 Rh2 49. Nc4 Rxa2 50. Nxa3
Rxa3 51. Bc4 Ra5 52. Be2 Ra3 53. Bc4 Ra2 54. Kd6 Rh2 55. b4 Rxh5 56. b5
Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Mirza, Diana"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[WhiteICU "1872"]
[BlackICU "1959"]
[WhiteClub "St. Michael's"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503999"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation, main line"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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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 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Bh4 Nh5 14.
Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 Nf4 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 18. Bg3 Bd7 19. Ne5 Rac8 20.
Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22. Qd2 Rcf8 23. Rac1 Qe7 24. g3 R4f6 25. Bd3 e5
26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Rce1 Qh5 28. f4 Qf7 29. Re5 Re8 30. Rfe1 Rfe6 31. Qc3 Kg8
32. Bc2 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Qxe5 Qe8 35. Qxe8+ Bxe8 36. Bb3 Bf7 37. Kf2
Kf8 38. Ke3 Ke7 39. Kd4 Kd6 40. g4 Be6 41. f5 Bf7 42. a4 b6 43. h4 Be8 44.
g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 Bc6 46. Bc2 a5 47. b3 b5 48. axb5 Bxb5 49. f6 gxf6 50.
gxf6 Ke6 51. f7 Kxf7 52. Kxd5 Bd7 53. Kc5 Be6 54. Kb5 Bxb3 55. Bxb3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Scott, Luke"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "1936"]
[WhiteICU "1798"]
[BlackICU "1929"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507986"]
[BlackFideId "2509571"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. Ne2 Bd7 6. d4 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Rxd8 10. Bxe5 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Be4 12. Nd2 Bxc2 13. Rc1 Bg6
14. Rxc7 Nd7 15. Bd4 Bd6 16. Rxb7 Bxh2 17. Rg5 f6 18. Ra5 Be5 19. Nc4 Be4
20. Ra7 Bb8 21. R7xa6 Ke7 22. Bc5+ Nxc5 23. Rxc5 h5 24. Ng3 h4 25. Nxe4 h3
26. f4 h2 27. Nf2 g5 28. Rf5 g4 29. Nh1 g3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[WhiteICU "2172"]
[BlackICU "2287"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+
Be7 8. Bf1 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5 12. Bf4 c6 13. Nd2 Bg5 14.
Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nf3 Qd8 16. Bd3 Nd6 17. Qc2 g6 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. Qh6 f6 20.
Bxf5 Nxf5 21. Qf4 Qd6 22. Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[WhiteICU "2290"]
[BlackICU "2441"]
[WhiteClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. Ng3 c5 8.
Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Ndf5 Be6 13. Be3 Qc7 14.
f4 e4 15. Bb5+ Nc6 16. c4 O-O-O 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qa4 dxc4 19. Nd4 Bd5 20.
Kh1 Ng4 21. Bg1 e3 22. Nde2 Bc5 23. b3 cxb3 24. axb3 Bb6 25. Nc3 Kb8 26.
Nxd5 cxd5 27. b4 Rhe8 28. Rfc1 Qb7 29. Rc6 d4 30. h3 Nf2+ 31. Bxf2 exf2 32.
Kh2 d3 33. Rd6 Re1 34. Rxd8+ Bxd8 35. Rd1 Bc7 36. b5 f1=N+ 37. Nxf1 Re2 38.
Ne3 Rxe3 39. Qd4 Re2 40. Qxg7 Bxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1936"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[WhiteICU "1929"]
[BlackICU "2361"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. c4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. g3 Bxf3 4. exf3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. f4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
O-O e6 9. b3 Nge7 10. Bb2 Nf5 11. d3 O-O 12. Qd2 a6 13. Rfd1 Ra7 14. Ne2
Ncd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rac1 b5 18. Rc2 b4 19. Rb1 a5 20. Qd1
Qc7 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. Qf1 Rb6 23. Bd1 a4 24. Re2 axb3 25. Bxb3 Kg7 26. Qg2
Ra3 27. Qf3 Rba6 28. Rc2 Qa7 29. Qe2 h6 30. h4 Qb7 31. Qe4 Qc7 32. Kg2 Rd6
33. Rh1 Qd8 34. Qf3 f5 35. Re2 Bf6 36. Qe3 Qa8+ 37. f3 Bd4 38. Qd2 Bc3 39.
Qe3 Bd4 40. Qd2 Bf6 41. Qe3 Rd4 42. Rd2 Qc6 43. Rdd1 Ra8 44. Rhe1 Re8 45.
Kh3 Kf7 46. Re2 Qd6 47. Bc2 Ra8 48. Bb3 Rg8 49. Bc2 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51.
fxg5 Bxg5 52. Qe5 Qf8 53. Rh2 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Mirza, Diana"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1901"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[WhiteICU "1872"]
[BlackICU "2419"]
[WhiteClub "St. Michael's"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503999"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern variation, 4...Bg4"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 Nb6 8.
exd6 cxd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. b3 d5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 dxc4 14. bxc4
Nc6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nd4 19. Bb2 Nxe2+ 20.
Qxe2 Bd6 21. Qf3 Re8 22. Rab1 Qa5 23. Bc3 Qa6 24. Rb2 Re7 25. Re1 Rae8 26.
Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Kg2 Qc4 28. Rd2 b5 29. Rd4 Qxa2 30. Bb4 Qa6 31. Re4 Rxe4 32.
Qxe4 Kh7 33. Bc3 b4 34. Bb2 Qa2 35. Qd4 f6 36. g5 Be5 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. Bxe5
Qxd5+ 39. Kf1 Qb5+ 40. Kg1 fxe5 41. Qe4 b3 42. Qxg6 b2 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44.
Qd6+ Ke8 45. Qe6+ Kd8 46. Qg8+ Kc7 47. Qxg7+ Kb6 48. Qf6+ Qc6 49. Qd8+ Qc7
50. Qf6+ Ka5 51. Qf5 Qc1+ 52. Kg2 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Quinn, Rory"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2301"]
[WhiteICU "2089"]
[BlackICU "2268"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501643"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8.
Qf3 b5 9. g4 Bb7 10. Be3 h5 11. g5 Ng4 12. Bd2 e5 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5
Qb6 15. h3 exf4 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Qf1 Rxh1 18. Qxh1 f3 19. a4 Nd7 20. a5
Ne5 21. Qf1 g3 22. Ra3 Nxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Qf2+ 24. Kd1 g2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[WhiteICU "1959"]
[BlackICU "1929"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O a5 8.
Re1 Ne4 9. Qd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. e4 e5 12. Ba3 fxe4 13. Qxe4 exd4 14.
Nxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bf6 16. c5 c6 17. cxd6 Bd7 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Bc5 Qb2 20.
Qe2 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 b5 22. d5 Bg4 23. f3 Bd7 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. f4 Bxg2 26.
Kxg2 Rfc8 27. d7 Rcb8 28. Bd6 Rd8 29. Bc7 Rf8 30. Red2 Bd8 31. Rc2 Bxc7 32.
Rxc7 Rfd8 33. Rdc1 Kf7 34. Rc8 Rxd7 35. Rxa8 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Rxa2 37. Rc6 h6
38. f5 b4 39. Ra7+ Kg8 40. f6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "Delaney, Killian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1926"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[WhiteICU "1913"]
[BlackICU "2179"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[BlackFideId "2501570"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. N1f3 h6
8. Nxe6 Qe7 9. O-O fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. Re1 Ne8 12. Qd3 b6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14.
c4 Kc8 15. Rac1 Nc7 16. Bg3 Qd8 17. Re2 Be7 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Rce1 Bxd2 20.
Rxd2 Nf8 21. Be4 Nd7 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. b4 Qd7 24. a4 a6 25. Rc1 b5 26. cxb5
axb5 27. axb5 Nfd5 28. bxc6 Bxc6 29. Qc4 Bb5 30. Qc5 Kd8 31. Bxc7+ Qxc7 32.
Qxc7+ Nxc7 33. Bxa8 Nxa8 34. Ra2 Nb6 35. Ra5 Bd7 36. Ra6 Nc8 37. Rc5 Ke7
38. b5 Nd6 39. Ra7 Rc8 40. b6 Kd8 41. b7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2017"]
[Site "Ennis IRL"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Scott, Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[WhiteICU "1968"]
[BlackICU "1798"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2507986"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[EventDate "2017.07.29"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 b5 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 Rxb5 11. e5 Nd7 12. h4 Qc7 13. Qe2 a5 14. c4 Rb4
15. cxd5 exd5 16. e6 Nf6 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Ng5 Nd4 19. Qd1 Bg4 20. f3 Qxg3
21. Nf1 Qxh4 22. Nxf7 $4 (22. fxg4 $10) 22... Nxf3+ $19 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24.
Qxf3 Rg4+ 25. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 26. Kf2 Kxf7 27. Rxa5 Ne4+ 28. Rxe4 Bh4+ 29. Ke3
dxe4 30. dxe4 Bg5+ 31. Kf2 Bxc1 32. Rxc5 Qf4+ 33. Kg2 Qxe4+ 34. Kh3 Bxb2
35. Ng3 Qe3 36. Rc7+ Kg6 37. Rc6+ Kg5 38. Rc5+ Be5 0-1

