[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[WhiteICU "2428"]
[BlackICU "2111"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 7.Nc3"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Bd2 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. e4 Bc8 12. Nd2 a5 13. f4 Bf6 14. f5 Na6
15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Nb3 Na4 17. Be1 Ba6 18. Bf2 Rc8 19. Rac1 c6 20. Rfd1 cxd5
21. Rxd5 Qe7 22. Nxa5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Nxb2 26.
Qc2 Qb7 27. Bf1 Rc8 28. Qb1 Qc7 29. Rb5 Na4 30. Qb3 Nc5 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32.
Rb7 Qd6 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Qd5 Qxd5 35. exd5 c4 $2 36. Bxc4 Kg8 37. Bb3 Kf8
38. d6 Rd8 39. d7 Ke7 40. Be6 e4 41. Rc7 Rb8 42. Rc8 Bd4+ 43. Kg2 Rb2+ 44.
Kh3 Bb6 45. Re8+ Kf6 46. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[WhiteICU "1999"]
[BlackICU "2425"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 Na6 7. a5 c5 8. c3
Rb8 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. e4 Nc5 12. Qe2 a6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nc4 e5
15. Nc2 Bb5 16. N2a3 Nb3 17. Rb1 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxa5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Rd1
Rbd8 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rd5 Qb6 24. Rbd1 Kg7 25. h4 h5 26. Qd2
Be7 27. Bh3 Rh8 28. Kg2 Qb3 29. Kg1 Qb6 30. Kg2 Qb3 31. Kg1 Rhf8 32. Qe2
Rfe8 33. Qd2 Qc4 34. Qe3 Rf8 35. Qd3 Qxd3 36. R1xd3 f5 37. exf5 gxf5 38.
Rd2 Kg6 39. Bg2 b5 40. Bf1 Rc8 41. Be2 Rc6 42. Bf3 Rb6 43. Be2 Rc8 44. Kg2
Rcc6 45. Kg1 Bf6 46. Kg2 e4 47. f3 exf3+ 48. Kxf3 Be5 49. Bd3 Rc7 50. Rg2
Kf6 51. Rd2 Ke6 52. Bb1 Rg7 53. Ba2 Kf6 54. Rg2 Rg4 55. Bb3 Rb7 56. Rd1
Rbg7 57. Rdg1 f4 58. gxf4 Rxf4+ 59. Ke3 Rxg2 60. Rxg2 Rxh4 61. Rf2+ Kg5 62.
Be6 b4 63. Bc8 a5 64. Rg2+ Kf6 65. Rf2+ Ke7 66. Rc2 bxc3 67. bxc3 Rc4 68.
Ba6 Rxc3+ 69. Rxc3 Bxc3 70. Bc4 a4 71. Kf4 h4 72. Bd5 a3 73. Bc4 Be1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Butler, Kevin C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[WhiteICU "2476"]
[BlackICU "2000"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "2501538"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Nd5 Ne8 13. Qd2 Bxb2 14.
Qxb2 e6 15. Ne3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Rd4 Rf7 19. Rfd1 b6 20.
f3 g5 21. h4 Rg7 22. hxg5 Rxg5 23. Qd2 Qg7 24. Nf1 Rd8 25. Kf2 Rd7 26. Qe3
Qf6 27. Rh4 Rdg7 28. Rh3 R5g6 29. Qd4 Qf7 30. Ne3 Qf6 31. Nc2 Qxd4+ 32.
Nxd4 Rf6 33. Nb5 Rd7 34. Rh4 a6 35. Nc3 Nc7 $2 (35... Rg6 $16) 36. Na4 $18
b5 37. Nc5 Re7 38. Rxd6 bxc4 39. Rxc4 Rh6 40. Nxa6 Nd5 41. Rh4 Rxh4 42.
gxh4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[WhiteICU "2024"]
[BlackICU "2337"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "628859"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. a4 Nc6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nge2 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bf2 Rc8 14. Nce2
Re8 15. c3 Bf8 16. Qd2 Na5 17. b3 g6 18. Rfe1 Bg7 19. Rab1 Qc7 20. Rec1 Qd8
21. Re1 h6 22. Nf4 Qc7 23. Rec1 Nc6 24. Nd3 Ne7 25. g4 Qd8 26. Re1 Nc6 27.
Nxc6 Bxc6 28. Bd4 Qd6 29. Bc5 Qb8 30. Bd4 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8
33. Qf4 Nd7 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Qd4+ Kh7 { (Time) } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[WhiteICU "2290"]
[BlackICU "1999"]
[WhiteClub "Richmond ENG"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2509571"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8.
Bd3 Nge7 9. b5 Na5 10. O-O a6 11. bxa6 bxa6 12. Qe2 Ng6 13. Bxa6 Qc7 14.
Na3 O-O 15. Bd2 Bc5 16. Nc2 Nc4 $2 (16... Nc6 $17) 17. Bxc4 $10 dxc4 18.
Rfe1 Ra5 19. Be3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxc4 Bd6 22. f4 Qf5 23. Nd4 Qf6 24.
Ne2 Rc8 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Rca8 27. Red1 Bb5 $6 (27... R5a6 $15) 28. Bb6
Bc5+ $6 (28... Ra3 $10) 29. Bxc5 Bxe2 30. Bb4 $14 R5a6 31. Rd4 Rc8 32. a4
h6 33. Kf2 Bc4 34. a5 Bd5 35. Rad1 Kh7 36. g4 Rc4 37. Rxc4 Bxc4 38. Rd7 Kg6
39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Kd4 Be2 41. h3 g5 42. fxg5+ hxg5 43. Ke3 Bf1 44. Rd1 Bc4
45. Kd4 Bd5 46. c4 Bg2 47. Rg1 Bc6 48. Rf1+ Kg6 49. Re1 Bg2 50. Re3 f5 51.
gxf5+ exf5 52. Rg3 Be4 $2 (52... Bf1 53. Be7 Kf7 54. Bxg5 Rxa5 55. h4 $16)
53. Bd2 $18 Rd6+ 54. Kc3 g4 55. hxg4 Rd7 56. Bc1 Kf6 57. g5+ Ke5 58. g6 Kf6
59. Kb4 Rb7+ 60. Kc5 Rc7+ 61. Kd6 Rb7 62. g7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Bourached, Anthony"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteICU "2083"]
[BlackICU "2279"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504456"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 a5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. a4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Nf3 Qb6 14.
Be3 Qd8 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Qc2 h6 17. Qe2 b6 18. Bb1 Re8 19. Nd4 Bc5 20. Nc6
Qh4 21. Qc2 g6 22. g3 Qh3 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. b4 axb4 25. a5 Nd7 26. axb6
Nxb6 27. Nxb4 Nc4 28. Qe2 Ba6 29. Bd3 Bb5 30. Qf3 Ra3 31. Rxc4 Bxc4 32. Bf5
Qxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Murphy, Conor E."]
[Black "Rush, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[BlackICU "1903"]
[WhiteClub "Charlton ENG"]
[BlackClub "Strand"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "421669"]
[BlackFideId "2512173"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6
8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bf1 Be7 13. Qf3 O-O
14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Re3 Nd5 18. Red3 b5 19. Qe4 Bb7
20. Rh3 Nf6 21. Qh4 Be4 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Rdxd3 Rfd8 24. Rhg3 Qe5 25. h3 Nd5
$2 (25... Kh8 $10) 26. Nc6 $16 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Rd7 28. Rxd5 $1 exd5 29. Qf6 g6
30. Re3 Qb1 $2 ({ Now the queen is misplaced. Better } 30... Qd2 $16 { ,
e.g. } 31. Ne5 d4 32. Rf3 Raa7 { . }) 31. Ne5 Rc7 32. Ng4 h5 33. Nh6+ Kh7
34. Nf5 $1 Rg8 35. Qg5 gxf5 36. Qxh5+ Kg7 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. Qh5+ Kg7 39.
Qg5+ Kh7 40. Qh4+ { And it's mate in 2. } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Manojlovic, Mihailo"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2312"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507633"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "Scoresheet"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6
8. Bb3 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nc6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14.
Qxb7 Nf5 15. Qf3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 e6 17. Rfd1 Qh4 18. Qe2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rac8
20. Rd4 Qg5 21. Qd3 Rc7 22. Rd1 Kg7 23. Rb4 Qf6 24. c4 Rd7 25. Qc2 Rxd1+
26. Qxd1 Qc3 27. a3 Rc8 28. Rb5 Nxc4 29. Rb7 Na5 30. Rb4 Qb2 31. Qd7 Rc1+
32. Bd1 Qa1 33. Qd4+ e5 34. Qxa7 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Rh1+ 36. Kg3 Qxa3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[BlackICU "1991"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2507692"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7
8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qc2 c6 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rab1 O-O 14.
b4 Rfe8 15. a4 Rac8 16. a5 Nb8 17. Na4 Nfd7 18. Qc3 Qe7 19. Nd2 Qg5 20. f4
Qh5 21. f5 Qg5 $4 (21... Nf6 $16) 22. Rbe1 Nf6 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[WhiteICU "1888"]
[BlackICU "2255"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 a6 5. Ne2 h5 6. Nbc3 h4 7. gxh4 Rxh4 8.
Bf4 Rh8 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Rxd8+ Nxd8 16. Be3 Ne6 17. f4 Bh6 18. Rf1 Nf6 19. Kd2 Ke7
20. fxe5 Nd7 21. b3 Nxe5 22. Bxh6 Rxh6 23. Ke3 Rh4 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Rxf4
Rh8 26. Rf2 g5 27. Rd2 c6 28. Kd4 Rd8+ 29. Kc3 Rxd2 30. Kxd2 Ng6 31. Bf1
Kd6 32. Ke3 Ke5 33. Be2 Nf4 34. Bg4 a5 35. c3 c5 36. a3 Kd6 37. Bf5 b6 38.
Kf3 f6 39. Bc8 Ng6 40. Ba6 Ke5 41. Bf1 Ne7 42. Bc4 Nc8 43. Bd3 Nd6 44. a4
Nf7 45. Bc4 Nd6 46. Bd3 Nc8 47. Bc4 Ne7 48. Bf1 Ng6 49. Ke3 Ne7 50. Kf3 f5
51. exf5 Nxf5 52. Bc4 Nd6 53. Ba6 Nf7 54. Kg4 Kf6 55. Kf3 Ne5+ 56. Ke3 Nf7
57. Bb7 Ke5 58. Kf3 Nd6 59. Bc6 c4 60. bxc4 Nxc4 61. Kg4 Kf6 62. h4 $4 (62.
Be4 $10 { . }) 62... Ne5+ 63. Kh5 Nxc6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[WhiteICU "2239"]
[BlackICU "1939"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508249"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 a6 7. Nd6+ Bxd6
8. Qxd6 Qe7 9. Qd1 Nf6 10. Bg5 Qb4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O Be6 14.
Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. Qf3 Qh4 17. Rfe1 Qg5 18. c4 Rc8 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20.
fxe3 f5 21. a4 Rg8 22. a5 h5 23. Rf1 Rg5 24. b4 h4 25. Rab1 e4 26. Be2 Ng6
27. b5 Rc5 28. Rb4 Ne5 29. Rfb1 Nd3 30. Bxd3 exd3 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Ra4 Rg4
33. Rd1 Rxd5 34. cxd5 Rxa4 35. Rxd3 Rxa5 36. Rd4 Ke7 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Rxh4
Rxd5 39. Kf3 Rb5 40. Rh6+ Ke5 41. Rh7 Kf6 42. Rh6+ Ke5 43. Rh8 a5 44. Rc8
Kf6 45. Rc4 Rd5 46. h4 Kg6 47. Kf4 f6 48. g3 Kh5 49. e4 fxe4 50. Kxe4 Re5+
51. Kf4 Rd5 52. Rc7 Kg6 53. g4 Rd4+ 54. Kf3 Rd5 55. h5+ Kh6 56. Kf4 Re5 57.
Rf7 a4 58. Rxf6+ Kg7 59. Rxd6 Ra5 60. h6+ Kh7 61. g5 a3 62. Rd7+ Kg8 63.
Rd8+ Kh7 64. Rd7+ Kg8 65. g6 Ra8 66. h7+ Kh8 67. Rd1 a2 68. Ra1 Kg7 69. Kf5
Ra5+ 70. Ke4 Rh5 71. h8=Q+ Rxh8 72. Rxa2 Kxg6 73. Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[BlackICU "2207"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nh5 7. Re1 e5 8.
d5 Nd7 9. c4 a5 10. Nb1 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nf4 12. h3 g5 13. Nh2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Nc3 Nfd3 17. Re2 Nf4 18. Re3 c6 19. Qc2 Qf8 20. Nf1 cxd5
21. cxd5 Rf7 22. Rg3 h6 23. Ne3 Rc8 24. a4 e4 25. Ng4 Ncd3 26. h4 Bxc3 27.
bxc3 Rxc3 28. Qd2 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Nxc1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Delaney, Killian"]
[Black "Nolan, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[WhiteICU "2206"]
[BlackICU "1914"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501570"]
[BlackFideId "2509466"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 a5 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Ba7 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. d4 exd4
15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Bf1 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bd3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 c5
21. g4 Re6 22. Be3 Qe7 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Qxd5 Bxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Bc6 26. Qc4
Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Rxe5 28. Raf1 Rf8 29. Rf5 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[WhiteICU "1779"]
[BlackICU "2159"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508214"]
[BlackFideId "2501309"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 b5 7. Qd2 Bb7 8.
f3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Rc8 10. Ndxb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Qd8 12. Bb6 Qe7 13. Bc5 Qd8 14.
Bb6 Qe7 15. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Wallace, Paul"]
[Black "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[WhiteICU "2182"]
[BlackICU "1818"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500892"]
[BlackFideId "2512041"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d5
8. Nd2 e5 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. f4 Bg4 11. Qe1 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 O-O-O 13. fxe5 Bxe5
14. exd5 Qc7 15. Ba6+ Kb8 16. Nc4 Bxh2 17. d6 Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Scott, Luke"]
[Black "Moran, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "1795"]
[BlackICU "2095"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507986"]
[BlackFideId "2501872"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Russian, Byrne (Simagin) variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6
8. e5 Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qd3 Bf5 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. Rc1 c6 13. Be2 Qd7 14. a3
N4d5 15. Bh6 Rfd8 16. h4 Bh8 17. h5 Nc7 18. hxg6 Bxg6 19. Bd1 Ne6 20. Ne2
c5 21. dxc5 Qxd2+ 22. Bxd2 Nd7 23. c6 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. cxb7 Rab8 26.
Bc3 Bxc3+ 27. Rxc3 Rxb7 28. b4 Rbd7 29. Bb3 Rd2 30. Rh4 Rb2 31. Bxe6 fxe6
32. Nd4 e5 33. Nc6 Rdd2 34. Nxe7+ Kg7 35. Nxg6 Re2+ 36. Kd1 Rxf2 37. Kc1
Ra2 38. Kb1 Rfb2+ 39. Kc1 Rf2 40. Kb1 Rfb2+ 41. Kc1 Rxg2 42. Kb1 Rab2+ 43.
Kc1 Rbe2 44. Kb1 hxg6 45. Rhc4 Kf6 46. Rc6+ Kf5 47. Ra6 e4 48. Rxa7 e3 49.
Rc5+ Kg4 50. Rg7 Kf3 51. Rf7+ Kg3 52. Rg5+ Kh2 53. Rh7+ Kg1 54. Rc5 Re1+
55. Rc1 Kf2 56. Re7 Rxc1+ 57. Kxc1 Rg1+ 58. Kc2 e2 59. Rf7+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Murray, David"]
[Black "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[WhiteICU "2123"]
[BlackICU "1759"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501511"]
[BlackFideId "2510260"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kramer system"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nge2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. f3 c5 7. d5 Nbd7 8.
g4 Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. g5 Ne8 11. f4 Nd7 12. h4 Qe7 13. Bd3 Nc7 14. Qe2 a6
15. a4 Re8 16. h5 a5 17. Bd2 Na6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. O-O-O Nb4 20. dxe6 fxe6
21. Nb5 Nb6 22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxg6 exf4 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Bxf4 Nxa4 26. Qe4
Bxb2+ 27. Kb1 Nc3+ 28. Nxc3 Bxc3 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.04"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Carroll, Peter"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[WhiteICU "1802"]
[BlackICU "2099"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510243"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 a6
8. Nc3 b5 9. d3 Bb7 10. e5 Nh6 11. Ne4 Rc8 12. Qe1 O-O 13. Nh4 Bxe4 14.
dxe4 d6 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. c3 f5 17. e5 Qe6 18. Nf3 Nf7 19. Be3 g5 20. fxg5
Nxe5 21. Bf4 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Qe4 23. Qxe4 fxe4 24. Rff1 b4 25. Rac1 bxc3 26.
bxc3 c4 27. Bg3 Rfd8 28. Rfe1 Rd3 29. Rxe4 Bxc3 30. Kf1 Bd4 31. Ke2 Rc3 32.
Rxc3 Bxc3 33. Be1 Bb2 34. Kd1 e5 35. Kc2 Bd4 36. Bc3 Rd8 37. h4 Kg7 38. h5
Kf7 39. Rg4 Rd6 40. Bb4 Rb6 41. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[BlackICU "2428"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Alexander Baburin, <em>Chess Today</em> CT-219
(6482), 7 August 2018 (excerpted here). }

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Bxf6 ({
"The main line is } 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 {
." }) 7... Qxf6 { "On this and the next two moves I spent 30 minutes in
total. That was reasonable as these moves could shape up the game." } 8. e3
c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 g6 11. a3 Bd6 12. O-O Qe7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 {
"Black has equalized." } 15. Rfe1 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Qf6 17. Rae1 Bf5 18. Rh4 $2
({ "White has put his rook in a rather awkward position. Better is } 18.
R4e3 Bf4 19. Re7 Bg4 20. Qe2 b5 $1 $15 { ." }) 18... Rfe8 $1 19. Rxe8+ $6 (
{ "The fewer pieces are left on the board, the more White will feel that
his rook on h4 is misplaced. White should have played" } 19. Rd1 { ." })
19... Rxe8 20. Kf1 Bxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Qe6 22. g3 $2 ({ "White had to play } 22.
d5 $1 cxd5 (22... Qxd5 $4 23. Rd4) 23. g3 { ." }) 22... Qd5 $1 23. Kg2 Bf8
24. a4 b5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Qc2 a5 27. b3 a4 28. bxa4 b4 29. Rf4 ({ "White
was doomed anyway - } 29. a5 b3 30. Qb1 Re2 31. a6 b2 32. a7 Qb7 33. Qa2
Re8 34. Qb1 Ra8 $19 { ." }) 29... b3 30. Qb1 Re2 31. a5 Bh6 32. Rf6 Be3 33.
a6 Rxf2+ 34. Kh3 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Wallace, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[WhiteICU "2425"]
[BlackICU "2182"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2500892"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O c6 8.
d4 Nbd7 9. b4 Nb6 10. Qb3 Be6 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. a4 Qc7 14. Nb5
Qc4 15. Qxc4 Nxc4 16. e4 Rfc8 17. f3 Ne8 18. Kf2 Bf6 19. Na3 Bd8 20. a5 b6
21. Nxc4 Rxc4 22. Bd2 Rac8 23. Rfc1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1 25. Nxc1 a6 26. Bf1
b5 27. h4 h5 28. Ne2 f6 29. Be3 Kf7 30. Nc3 Ke7 31. Be2 Nc7 32. f4 Be8 33.
Bf1 Bd7 34. Be2 Be8 35. g4 exf4 36. Bxf4 hxg4 37. Bxg4 Bd7 38. Be2 Ne8 39.
Bd3 Kf7 40. Be3 f5 41. h5 fxe4 42. hxg6+ Kxg6 43. Bxe4+ Kf7 44. Ke2 Bf6 45.
Kd2 Bd8 46. Bd3 Nc7 47. Bb6 Ke7 48. Bf2 Kf7 49. Bg3 Bf6 50. Bxd6 Bxc3+ 51.
Kxc3 Nxd5+ 52. Kd4 Ke6 53. Bf8 Bc6 54. Kc5 Nxb4 55. Kxb4 Kd7 56. Kc5 Kc7
57. Kd4 Kb7 58. Bb4 Bg2 59. Ke5 Kc6 60. Bf5 Kb7 61. Kd6 Bf3 62. Kd7 Kb8 63.
Kd8 Bb7 64. Bd6+ Ka7 65. Kc7 b4 66. Bxb4 Bg2 67. Bc8 Bf3 68. Bc5+ Ka8 69.
Bxa6 Be4 70. Bc8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[WhiteICU "2255"]
[BlackICU "2476"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Alexander Baburin, <em>Chess Today</em> CT-227
(6490), 15 August 2018. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Rb1 Nbd7 10. d3 a6 11. a3 Rb8 12. e4 e6 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. b4 Nd7 16. b5 axb5 17. cxb5 Qc7 18. a4 Ra8 19. Ra1 c4 20. dxc4 Rfd8 21.
Bf1 Nc5 22. Qc2 Bh6 23. Rad1 Rd4 24. Bc1 Bxc1 25. Qxc1 Rad8 26. f3 f5 27.
Qg5 fxe4 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. fxe4 d3 31. Bh3 d2 32. Rd1 Qd6 33.
Qe3 e5 34. a5 bxa5 35. Bg4 a4 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Bf3 Nd3 38. Qxd2 Nf4+ 39.
Qxf4 exf4 40. Rxd6 Rxd6 41. c5 Rd2+ 42. Kh3 Rb2 43. b6 a3 44. e5 a2 45. c6
a1=Q 46. c7 Qf1+ 47. Kg4 h5+ 48. Kxf4 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[WhiteICU "2207"]
[BlackICU "2290"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Qc2 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Rc1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bd3 N5f6 13. O-O b6 14.
Rfe1 h6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Re3 Nxe5 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Rg3 f5 20.
Bxh6 fxe4 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. Qxe4 Rf5 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qd4 Rb7 25. Qd8 Rf8
26. Qd4 Rf5 27. Qd8 Bd7 28. Re1 Bc6 29. h4 Bd5 30. Re3 Rbf7 31. c4 Rf8 32.
Qc7+ R8f7 33. Qd8 Rf8 34. Qc7+ R8f7 35. Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Murray, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[WhiteICU "2279"]
[BlackICU "2123"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2501511"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8.
exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 dxc3 11. Qe2 Bxb3 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. axb3 Rc8 14.
Rd1 Qe6 15. Be3 f6 16. bxc3 Kf7 17. c4 a6 18. Nbd4 Qe4 19. Qb2 Nxd4 20.
Bxd4 Qc6 21. Re1 e6 22. Re3 Bb4 23. Ng5+ fxg5 24. Rf3+ Ke8 25. Bxb6 Qxb6
26. Qxg7 Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qxg5 Qc5 29. Qh4 Qf5 30. g4 Qg6 31. Rd1 Be7
32. Qg3 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. h3 Qe4 35. Qc3 e5 36. Qd2 Bb6 37. Qb4 Bd4
38. Kf1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Moran, Stephen"]
[Black "Murphy, Conor E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteICU "2095"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Charlton ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501872"]
[BlackFideId "421669"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Wimpey system"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 d4 8.
Bb5 Bd6 9. exd4 O-O 10. dxc5 Re8+ 11. Be2 Bxc5 12. O-O Nd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4
14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nc3 Bf5 16. Re1 a6 17. Rc1 b5 18. a3 Re7 19. Bf3 Rxe1+
20. Qxe1 Re8 21. Qd1 h6 22. h3 Bd3 23. b4 Rd8 24. Qb3 Bc4 25. Qc2 Qe5 26.
d4 Rxd4 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Bd5 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Qc2+ g6 31. Qc3 Qe6 32.
Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Qd4 Qc6 34. Kh2 Qc4 35. Qd2 Qc7+ 36. g3 Qe5 37. Qd3 h5 38. h4
Nf6 39. Ne3 Ne4 40. Kg2 Nc3 41. Kf3 f5 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 43. Qxe4 fxe4 44. f3
exf3+ 45. Kxf3 Nb1 46. Nd5 Nxa3 47. Nc7 g5 48. hxg5 Kg6 49. Kf4 Nc2 50.
Nxa6 Nd4 51. Nc7 Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[WhiteICU "2312"]
[BlackICU "2024"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Bg3 e4 14. Nd2
Bg4 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qd5 Be6 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20.
Bxe6 fxe6 21. Ke2 Nb3 22. Rb1 Rfd8 23. Rhd1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bf6 25. Rd7 Nc5
26. Rc7 Rxc7 27. Bxc7 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Kf7 29. Bd6 Ne4 30. Be5 a6 31. c4 g6
32. f4 Nc5 33. Bd4 Nd7 34. c5 g5 35. Kf3 gxf4 36. exf4 Nb8 37. g4 Nc6 38.
Bc3 Ne7 39. Ke4 Nc6 40. h4 Ke7 41. h5 Kf7 42. a4 Kg8 43. f5 exf5+ 44. Kxf5
Kf7 45. g5 Ne7+ 46. Ke5 Nc6+ 47. Kd6 Ne7 48. Kc7 Nd5+ 49. Kxb7 Nxc3 50. c6
Nxa4 51. c7 Nc5+ 52. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Nolan, Conor"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[WhiteICU "1914"]
[BlackICU "2239"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509466"]
[BlackFideId "2508249"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Qxd5 Nc6 7. e4 d6
8. Ng5 Qe7 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bc4 f6 11. Qf7+ Kd8 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Nf7 Nb4
14. Nxh8 Nxc2+ 15. Kd1 Nxa1 16. Bd5 Be6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bg3 Bg7 19. Bxe6
Kxe6 20. Kd2 Rxh8 21. Rxa1 f5 22. exf5+ Kxf5 23. Re1 Bf6 24. Kc2 d5 25. b3
b5 26. Bd6 c4 27. f3 Rd8 28. g4+ Kg6 29. Bc5 d4 30. Re6 d3+ 31. Kd1 Kf7 32.
Ra6 c3 33. Rxa7+ Kg8 34. Bb4 Be5 35. Ra6 c2+ 36. Kc1 Bf4+ 37. Bd2 Bxd2+ 38.
Kxd2 Rc8 39. Kc1 d2+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Delaney, Killian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[WhiteICU "1939"]
[BlackICU "2206"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2501570"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "closed (Breyer) variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd5 Nf6 7. dxc6 Nxc6
8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bc7 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nbxd4 Qc7
14. Be3 Rad8 15. Qc1 c5 16. Nb3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qc6 18. Nd2 Bc7 19. Rd1 Rd5
20. Nf1 Rh5 21. Bf4 Bb6 22. Ng3 Rd5 23. c4 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Rd8 25. Qe2 Re8
26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Qe2 Re8 28. Qd3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Black "Carroll, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[WhiteICU "2159"]
[BlackICU "1802"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501309"]
[BlackFideId "2510243"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. a4 Ba6 8.
Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Ne5 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. f4 Rc8 12. O-O Nb8 13. f5 Nfd7 14. Nd3
g5 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. h4 e5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qg4 Qe7 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. dxc5
bxc5 21. e4 d4 22. c4 Nde5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qg3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 g4 26. Rxf8+
Rxf8 27. Rf1 Be5 28. Qe2 Qg5 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qf2+ Kg7 31. Kf1 Bf4 32.
Nb3 Be3 33. Qe2 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[WhiteICU "2099"]
[BlackICU "1779"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2508214"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Neo-orthodox variation, 7.Bh4"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Rc1 a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
Nd2 f5 15. f4 exf3 16. Qxf3 Nf6 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Ne5 Rfe8 19. a3 Nd7 20. Ng6
Qf6 21. Qg3 Qg5 22. Rf3 Qxg3 23. Rxg3 Nf8 24. h4 Nxg6 25. Rxg6 Bf7 26. Rg3
Re7 27. Ne2 Rae8 28. Kf2 Bd5 29. Nf4 Rd7 30. Rc5 Rf8 31. Nxd5 cxd5 32. Kf3
Rf6 33. Kf4 Kf7 34. h5 Ke6 35. Rc8 Re7 36. Rg8 Rff7 37. Rg6+ Kd7 38. g3 Kc7
39. Kf3 Kd7 40. a4 Kc7 41. b4 Rd7 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 b6 44. Rc6+ Kb7 45.
Re8 Ka7 46. Ree6 Rc7 47. Kf4 Rxc6 48. Rxc6 Re7 49. Rd6 Re4+ 50. Kf3 Rg4 51.
Rg6 Rxg6 52. hxg6 Kb7 53. Kf4 Kc7 54. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Black "Manojlovic, Mihailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[WhiteICU "2337"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "628859"]
[BlackFideId "2507633"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O e4 8.
Nd4 c5 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Nb3 Qe7 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. cxd5 Rxd5 16. d3 Re5 17. Qc3 Kg8 18. dxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4
20. Nxc5 Re5 21. Nd3 Rxe2 22. Nf4 Re5 23. Qc8+ Kg7 24. Rac1 Qe8 25. Rfd1
Nc6 26. Qxb7 Na5 27. Qc7 Qe7 28. Qc3 Kg8 29. Nd5 Qe6 30. Qxa5 Re2 31. Qc3
Rxa2 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Nd7+ Kg8 34. Qc4 Qxc4 35. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[WhiteICU "2111"]
[BlackICU "1991"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2507692"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system reversed"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8.
a3 d6 9. d3 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Bh1 Rac8 14. Nc3
f5 15. Rb1 g5 16. Qh5 Bg4 17. Qxg5 h6 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. b4 b6 20. f4 h5
21. h4 cxb4 22. axb4 e4 23. dxe4 Rxc4 24. Bb2 Kh7 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Bd5
Rxb4 27. Ne4 Qb5 28. Ng5+ Kh6 29. e4 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Qxb2 31. exf5 Qd4+ 32.
Kf1 Qxd5 33. Re6+ Qxe6 34. fxe6 Re8 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Nxd6 Rxe6 37. Nb5 a5
0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[WhiteICU "1818"]
[BlackICU "1999"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512041"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation, Normal position"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. c4 c5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. a3
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qf4 d4 17. Na4 b6 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. b4 Rxe2 20. Rxe2
Bxe2 21. bxc5 d3 22. c6 Qd8 23. Qd2 Rc7 24. Be5 Rc8 25. c7 Qe7 26. Bxf6
gxf6 27. Bf1 Rxc7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Bxe2 dxe2 30. Qxe2 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Qxa3
32. Qg4+ Kf8 33. Qc8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Butler, Kevin C."]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[WhiteICU "2000"]
[BlackICU "1888"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501538"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 f6 7. Be2 fxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Bf4 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Bd3 O-O 14.
Qg4 Rf7 15. Nd2 Raf8 16. Bg3 Nf5 17. Nf3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 c4 19. Bc2 Qb6 20.
Rab1 Be8 21. Re2 Re7 22. Nd4 Qc7 23. f4 Qc8 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. Kh2 Qb6 26. Bb1
Ba4 27. Rh1 Kf7 28. Rd2 Ke8 29. Kg1 Kd8 30. Rxh7 Bxe5 31. fxe5 Rxh7 32.
Qxe6 Qc5 33. Qxg6 Rhf7 34. Qg5+ Kc8 35. Bg6 Rf1+ 36. Kh2 Rh8+ 37. Bh5 Be8
38. g4 Bxh5 39. gxh5 Qf8 40. Re2 Qf7 41. g4 Rg8 42. e6 Qc7+ 43. Qe5 Rf2+
44. Kg3 Rxe2 45. Qxc7+ Kxc7 46. Nxe2 Kd6 47. Nd4 a6 48. h6 Ke5 49. e7 Rh8
50. g5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "1943"]
[WhiteICU "1999"]
[BlackICU "1902"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "2508664"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3
c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. c3 Qc7 11. Bg5 Bd6 12. h3 Bf4 13. Qa4+ Bd7
14. Nb5 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Qc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kxh2 Bxb5 18. Bxb5+ Qxb5 19.
Qxb5+ axb5 20. Rfd1 Ke7 21. a3 f5 22. Rd4 Rhd8 23. Rad1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Ra4
25. Rd2 f4 26. g4 fxg3+ 27. Kxg3 Rc4 28. f4 Re4 29. Kf3 Rc4 30. Rg2 Rc5 31.
Rg8 Rd5 32. Ke3 Rh5 33. Rb8 Rxh3+ 34. Kd4 Kf6 35. Rxb7 Rh5 36. Ke4 Rc5 37.
Rd7 h5 38. Kf3 Rc4 39. Rb7 Rc5 40. Kg3 Kg6 41. Ra7 e5 42. Ra5 exf4+ 43.
Kxf4 Rg5 44. Ra8 Rg4+ 45. Kf3 f5 46. Rb8 h4 47. Rxb5 h3 48. Rb8 Kg7 49.
Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb8 Kg7 51. Rb4 Rg2 52. a4 Rd2 53. Rh4 Rxb2 54. Rxh3 Rb3 55.
Kf4 Kg6 56. Rd3 Ra3 57. Rd6+ Kf7 58. Kxf5 Rxc3 59. Rd5 Ke7 60. Ke5 Rc4 61.
a5 Ra4 62. Rb5 Kd7 63. Kd5 Kc7 64. Kc5 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Black "Bourached, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[WhiteICU "1759"]
[BlackICU "2083"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510260"]
[BlackFideId "2504456"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14.
Ne4 Re8 15. h4 h6 16. g4 Qc7 17. g5 h5 18. Bc4 Red8 19. Qf2 Rab8 20. Rhe1
Qa5 21. a3 Rb7 22. Rd3 Qc7 23. Qg3 Bf5 24. Red1 Rdb8 25. Bd6 Qb6 26. Rb3
Qd8 27. Bxb8 Qxb8 28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Nd6 Qd7 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. g6 Bh6+ 32.
Kb1 Nc3+ 33. bxc3 Qxd1+ 34. Kb2 Qc1+ 35. Kb3 Bg7 36. gxf7+ Kf8 37. Qf2 Qb1+
38. Ka4 Qb6 39. Qd2 Qc7 40. Be6 Ke7 41. Bc4 f4 42. Qd3 Bf8 43. Qf5 Qd6 44.
Qxh5 Kd8 45. Qf5 Qxa3# 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.05"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Rush, Stephen"]
[Black "Scott, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[WhiteICU "1903"]
[BlackICU "1795"]
[WhiteClub "Strand"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512173"]
[BlackFideId "2507986"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Kmoch variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. Ne2 b5 8. Ng3
bxc4 9. Bxc4 exd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Be6 12. Qxa8 Qb6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14.
Qd5 Be6 15. Qg5 Nc6 16. O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 f6 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Rd1 Nc4 20.
Qc2 Rb8 21. Bf4 Qb2 22. Qxb2 Rxb2 23. Rdb1 Rc2 24. Rc1 Rb2 25. h4 a5 26.
Rd1 a4 27. Rd3 Kf7 28. Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd6 Bxa2 30. Rd7+ Kg6 31. Rc7 c4 32.
Rd1 Bb3 33. Rdd7 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 h6 35. Rxg7+ Kh5 36. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteICU "2428"]
[BlackICU "2312"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. dxc5 a5 6. e3 e6 7. Bb5 Bxc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Bg5 Rd8 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. e4 Ba7 14. e5
Qe7 15. a4 Bd7 16. Nb3 Rf8 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Nbd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[WhiteICU "2476"]
[BlackICU "2425"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5
8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Bb7 12. Rfe1 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Nf1
Nxg3 15. Nxg3 e6 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. a4 Rad8 18. Nc4 Ne5 19. a5 Nxc4 20. Bxc4
bxa5 21. Qe2 Rd7 22. Ra2 Rfd8 23. Nf1 Bc6 24. Bb5 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 Rb8 26. Qa4
Qd8 27. Ne3 Rdb7 28. Rd1 Qc7 29. Nc4 Rd8 30. Raa1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rb8 32.
Rd7 Qf4 33. Qc2 f5 34. g3 Qf3 35. Nd2 Qg4 36. Kg2 fxe4 37. Nxe4 Rf8 38.
Nxc5 Qf3+ 39. Kg1 Rf7 40. Rd8+ Rf8 41. Rxf8+ Qxf8 42. Nxe6 Qf7 43. Qe4 Bf6
44. Qa8+ Kh7 45. Qd5 Qe7 46. b3 Bxc3 47. Qd3+ Kg8 48. Qg6+ Bg7 49. f4 gxf4
50. gxf4 Qf6 51. Qxg7+ Qxg7+ 52. Nxg7 Kxg7 53. Kf2 Kg6 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. h3
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Murray, David"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[WhiteICU "2123"]
[BlackICU "2290"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501511"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "A83"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Staunton gambit, Staunton's line"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. h4 c6 8.
O-O-O Qb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qxe4 Qxf2 11. Nf3 Bh6+ 12. Kb1 Qe3 13. Qa4 Qf4
14. Nd4 b5 15. Qb3 c5 16. Ndxb5 a6 17. d6 axb5 18. Nxb5 O-O 19. dxe7 Re8
20. Bc4 Rxe7 21. Nd6 Ba6 22. Bxf7+ Kf8 23. Bd5 Rd8 24. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Murphy, Conor E."]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[BlackICU "2099"]
[WhiteClub "Charlton ENG"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "421669"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Ndb5 Qb8 13. exd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 exd5 15. Qd2 Qe5 16. c3 Be6 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qe5 19. Bf4 Qf6 20.
Bg5 Qe5 21. Re1 Qb8 22. h5 a6 23. Bf4 Qd8 24. Nc7 d4 25. c4 Rc8 26. Nxe6
fxe6 27. hxg6 d3 28. Rh3 h6 29. Rxh6 Nb4 30. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Black "Moran, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "2239"]
[BlackICU "2095"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508249"]
[BlackFideId "2501872"]
[PlyCount "234"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd1 Qb6 12. c3 a5 13. Bf2 cxd4 14. cxd4
b4 15. f5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qf4 Qd3 18. Ne3 Qe4 19. Bg3 Rfc8 20. Rad1
Qxf4 21. Bxf4 a4 22. g4 Na5 23. g5 Nc4 24. f6 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Bf8 26. Rc1 Nb6
27. b3 axb3 28. axb3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. Rb1 Rc3 31. Kf2 Nc8 32. Bd2 Rc7
33. Ra1 Na7 34. Ra4 Rb7 35. Ke2 h6 36. h4 hxg5 37. hxg5 Kh7 38. Ra1 Rc7 39.
Kd3 Kg8 40. Ne1 Kh7 41. Nc2 Rb7 42. Ra4 Nc6 43. Ra8 Nb8 44. Ra1 Nc6 45. Ra4
Kg8 46. Ra8 Nb8 47. Ne3 Kh7 48. Nd1 gxf6 49. gxf6 Bh6 50. Bxh6 Kxh6 51. Nb2
Kg6 52. Na4 Kf5 53. Nc5 Rb6 54. Ra7 Kg6 55. Na4 Nc6 56. Rxf7 Kxf7 57. Nxb6
Na5 58. Nc8 Nxb3 59. Nd6+ Kg8 60. Nb7 Nc1+ 61. Kd2 Nb3+ 62. Ke3 Na1 63. Nc5
Nc2+ 64. Kd3 Ne1+ 65. Kd2 Nf3+ 66. Ke3 Ng5 67. Kd3 Kf7 68. Nb7 Ke8 69. Na5
Kd7 70. Nb3 Ke8 71. Nd2 Nf7 72. Kc2 Nd8 73. Kb3 Nc6 74. Nf3 Kd8 75. Ka4 Kd7
76. Kb3 Kd8 77. Kc2 Ke8 78. Kd3 Kd7 79. Nd2 Kd8 80. Nb3 Ke8 81. Ke3 Kf7 82.
Nc5 Na5 83. Kd2 Nc6 84. Kd3 Na5 85. Na6 Nc6 86. Nc7 Na5 87. Nb5 Nc6 88.
Nd6+ Kf8 89. Nb5 Kf7 90. Nc7 Na5 91. Na6 Nc6 92. Ke3 $4 (92. Nc7 $10) 92...
b3 $19 93. Kd3 b2 94. Kc2 Nxd4+ 95. Kxb2 Nf3 96. Kc3 Nxe5 97. Kd4 Kxf6 98.
Nb4 Nf3+ 99. Ke3 Nh4 100. Kd4 Nf5+ 101. Kc5 Ne3 102. Kd4 Nf5+ 103. Kc5 Ke5
104. Nc6+ Ke4 105. Kb4 d4 106. Kc4 Ne3+ 107. Kb3 e5 108. Kb2 Ng4 109. Kc2
Ke3 110. Nb4 Nf2 111. Nd5+ Ke2 112. Kb3 Nd1 113. Nf6 Nc3 114. Ng4 e4 115.
Kc4 d3 116. Kxc3 d2 117. Nf2 Kxf2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Carroll, Peter"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[WhiteICU "1802"]
[BlackICU "2207"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510243"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Alexander Baburin, <em>Chess Today</em> CT-227
(6490), 15 August 2018 (puzzle). }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2
Nd5 8. h4 d6 9. c4 Nb6 10. exd6 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 Bxd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Be5
14. Rc1 Be6 15. b3 a5 16. Bf3 a4 17. Bxc6 axb3 18. axb3 Ra3 19. Na4 Nxa4
20. Bxa4 Bb2 21. Rd1 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rxa4 23. c5 f5 24. g3 Be5 25. f4 Re4 26.
Kf2 Bf6 27. Rd3 Rfe8 28. Rhd1 R8e7 29. R1d2 Rc4 30. Rd7 Kf7 31. Kf3 Rc3 32.
R7d3 Rc4 33. Rd5 Rc3 34. R5d3 Rxd3 35. Rxd3 Ke8 36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 Re1
38. Rd5 g6 39. Re5+ Rxe5 40. fxe5 Ke7 41. Kf4 Ke6 42. Kg5 Kxe5 43. Kh6 f4
$4 (43... Kf6 $10) 44. gxf4+ Kxf4 45. c6 $1 ({ "Black clearly expected only
} 45. Kxh7 g5 46. hxg5 Kxg5 $19 { ." }) 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Butler, Kevin C."]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[WhiteICU "2000"]
[BlackICU "2337"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501538"]
[BlackFideId "628859"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8.
a4 Be7 9. Nc3 b6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bg1 g6 14. Nf3 Nc5
15. Bd4 Nfd7 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. f5 e5 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Be3 Nxd3 20. cxd3
Kg7 21. Rc1 Qb8 22. Qd2 Rh8 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 f6 25. Be3 Rh5 26. Rf3
Rdh8 27. h3 f5 28. Qf2 f4 29. Bxb6 g5 30. Ne2 g4 31. Nxf4 gxf3 32. Qg3+ Kf8
33. Nxh5 fxg2+ 34. Qxg2 Rg8 35. Qf3+ Ke7 36. Rc7 Rf8 37. Qg2 Rg8 38. Rxd7+
Kxd7 39. Nf6+ Kc6 40. Qxg8 Qxg8 41. Nxg8 Kxb6 42. h4 d5 43. Nf6 dxe4 44.
dxe4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteICU "2024"]
[BlackICU "2279"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Re1 Nd7
8. Nbd2 c6 9. Nf1 Qc7 10. c3 h6 11. a4 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bd2 Rfe8 14. Ne3
Nf6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Rf1 Bf4 18. Rae1 f5 19. Ng2 Bxd2 20. Nxd2
Rf8 21. f4 Rae8 22. Nf3 Nc8 23. Ne5 Bh7 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Ne3 Nd6 26. b3
Qd8 27. Qf2 Nf7 28. Qg3 Kh8 29. Re2 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Bourached, Anthony"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[WhiteICU "2083"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504456"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Guimard main line"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. Bb5 a6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qa4 Nb6 10. Qa5 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 f5 13. b3 g5 14. Re2
Bd7 15. Ba3 Be8 16. Ne1 f4 17. Nd3 Bg6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nc5 f3 20. Nxf3
Bh5 21. Re3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Qf7 24. Re1 Qxf3 25. Re3 Qf5 26.
Nd3 h5 27. Qa3 h4 28. h3 Rf8 29. Qb2 Nd7 30. Qe2 a5 31. Qg4 Qxg4+ 32. hxg4
a4 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. f4 axb3 35. axb3 c5 36. Rf3 c4 37. bxc4 dxc4 38. Nf2
gxf4 39. Kh3 Nb6 40. Kxh4 Kg6 41. Kh3 Nd5 42. Kh2 Kg5 43. Rh3 Rb8 44. Rh5+
Kg6 45. Ne4 Rb2+ 46. Kg1 Ne3 47. Rh8 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 Rxg4 49. Rf8 Kg7 50. Rf6
Nd5 51. Rxe6 f3 52. Nf2 Rg2 53. Nh3 Rc2 54. Kg1 Nxc3 55. Re7+ Kf8 56. Rxc7
Ne4 57. d5 Rg2+ 58. Kf1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[WhiteICU "1991"]
[BlackICU "2255"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507692"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. a4 b4 7. a5 O-O 8.
Nbd2 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. e4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 d4 12. Nb3 c5 13. c3 Ba6 14. cxd4
Bxf1 15. Bxf1 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nc6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. f4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20.
Kg2 Bxd4 21. Ra4 Bxb2 22. Be3 Bd4 23. Kf3 Bxe3 24. Kxe3 Rab8 25. Ra1 b3 26.
Bc4 b2 27. Rb1 Kf8 28. f5 Ke7 29. g4 h6 30. h4 Rb4 31. Bd3 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Delaney, Killian"]
[Black "Rush, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[WhiteICU "2206"]
[BlackICU "1903"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Strand"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501570"]
[BlackFideId "2512173"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Eliskases variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O Nc6
8. Nb3 a6 9. a4 Nf6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14.
Rxd4 Rd8 15. Rad1 Bc8 16. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Wallace, Paul"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[WhiteICU "2182"]
[BlackICU "1939"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500892"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bd3 Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. c4 g6 14.
cxb5 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. Bb4 Rb8 17. Qd2 Nxd5 18. Ba5 Bh6 19. Qxh6 Qxa5 20.
Nc4 Qd8 21. bxa6 Bxa6 22. Rfd1 Qf6 23. b3 Nf4 24. Rac1 Bb7 25. Bf1 d5 26.
Ne3 d4 27. Nc4 Rfe8 28. h4 Nh3+ 29. gxh3 Qf3 30. Kh2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[BlackICU "2159"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[BlackFideId "2501309"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8.
Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O f6 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Be3 Nh6 13. Qd2 Nf7 14.
Ne2 Qe7 15. a4 Kb8 16. f4 Nd6 17. b4 Nb6 18. Bf2 Nbc4 19. Qc1 Bf6 20. b5
cxb5 21. axb5 Nxb5 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. c3 a6 24. Qe3 Qd7 25. Ng3 Qd5 26. Ne4
Be7 27. Rfb1 Rhf8 28. Bg3 Rf5 29. Re1 h5 30. Ng5 Bf6 31. Nxe6 Re8 32. Qe4
Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Nxc3 34. Ree1 Nd5 35. Bf2 h4 36. Rac1 Nxf4 37. Nc5 Rxe1+ 38.
Rxe1 Nd5 39. Re8+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Nolan, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[WhiteICU "1999"]
[BlackICU "1914"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2509466"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. a4 Na6 7. Nc3 c5 8.
e4 Ng4 9. h3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. c3 Nc7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. b3
Nxd5 15. exd5 a6 16. f4 Nd7 17. f5 Ne5 18. g4 Bd7 19. Ra2 b5 20. a5 Qc7 21.
Qd2 Rac8 22. Ne2 h5 23. Bb6 Qb7 24. gxh5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Nd4 Qd7 27.
Qg5 f6 28. Qg3 Kh7 29. Ne6 Rg8 30. Qf4 Bh6 31. Qxf5+ Kh8 32. h4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[WhiteICU "1779"]
[BlackICU "1999"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508214"]
[BlackFideId "2509571"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O O-O
14. Re1 Rad8 15. Bf3 Nd4 16. c4 Qe6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nc2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 f5
20. exf5 Qf7 21. Qg4 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Na3 Rg5 24. g3 e4 25. Rad1 Rc5
26. Rd2 d5 27. b4 Rcc8 28. Nxb5 Ba6 29. Nd4 Bc4 30. Red1 Ra8 31. Nc6 Re8
32. Na5 Bd3 33. Nb3 Reb8 34. Nc1 Bc4 35. Rb2 Ra4 36. Ne2 Rxa2 37. Rxa2 Bxa2
38. Nc3 Bc4 39. Nxd5 Bxd5 40. Rxd5 Rxb4 41. Kf1 Kf7 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Ra5 h6
44. Ke3 g6 (44... g5 $5 45. h3 Kf6 46. g4 Rc4 47. Rd5 Rb4 48. Rd4 Rb2 $10)
45. g4 Rb3+ 46. Kxe4 Rh3 47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. Ke5 Rxh2 49. Ra7+ Ke8 50. f4 Rg2
$2 ({ Black has a narrow path to hold a draw, via } 50... Rh4 $1 ({ but not
} 50... Re2+ $2 51. Kf6 Re4 52. f5 $1 gxf5 53. gxf5 $18) 51. f5 gxf5 52.
gxf5 h5 $1 { with a tablebase draw. }) 51. Ke6 $18 Kf8 52. Kf6 Kg8 53. Rg7+
Kh8 54. Rxg6 Kh7 55. Kf5 Ra2 56. Re6 Ra5+ 57. Kf6 Ra4 58. Re7+ Kg8 59. Kg6
Ra6+ 60. Kh5 Ra4 61. f5 Rf4 62. Re6 Kg7 63. Rg6+ Kf7 64. Rxh6 Rf1 65. Kg5
Ra1 66. Rh7+ Kg8 67. Rb7 Ra6 68. f6 Ra5+ 69. Kg6 Ra8 70. g5 Rd8 71. Rg7+
Kh8 72. Rh7+ Kg8 73. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Manojlovic, Mihailo"]
[Black "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "1818"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507633"]
[BlackFideId "2512041"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 Nc6 9. O-O dxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Be7 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Nb5 Kf8 14.
Be3 b6 15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Nd6 Ba6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Rxc5 Be2 19. Rxc6 Bxd1
20. Bxd1 g6 21. Nd2 Bxd6 22. exd6 Kg7 23. Nc4 Kf6 24. d7 a5 25. Ba4 Ke7 26.
Rc5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Scott, Luke"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[WhiteICU "1795"]
[BlackICU "2111"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507986"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Fischer variation, 5.Ne2"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 O-O
8. f3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Rb1 Nh5 12. Qc2 Qh4+ 13. Qf2 Qe7 14.
Bd3 Nf4 15. Bc2 Nf6 16. O-O Ng6 17. b5 a6 18. a4 axb5 19. axb5 Rfe8 20. Re1
Qd7 21. h3 Rad8 22. Ba3 Ne7 23. Rbd1 Nc8 24. e4 Nh5 25. Qh4 g6 26. Bc1 Qe7
27. Bg5 f6 28. Bh6 Qb4 29. g4 Qxc3 30. gxh5 Rd6 31. e5 fxe5 32. Rxe5 Rxe5
33. dxe5 Qxe5 34. Re1 g5 35. Rxe5 gxh4 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Rf8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.06"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[WhiteICU "1888"]
[BlackICU "1759"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2510260"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 a6
8. Nc3 e6 9. Qe1 Ne7 10. d3 O-O 11. e5 d5 12. g4 b5 13. Qf2 Bb7 14. Ne2 d4
15. Ng3 Ra7 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Rae1 Rd8 18. Ba5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Ba8 20. Ng5 h6 21.
N5e4 Qc6 22. Qg2 a5 23. Qh3 Nb4 24. f5 exf5 25. gxf5 g5 26. f6 Bf8 27. Nf5
Nxc2 28. Nxh6+ Bxh6 29. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Murray, David"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[WhiteICU "2123"]
[BlackICU "2476"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501511"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O
8. h3 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne2 Re8 11. Ng3 Bf8 12. Re1 g6 13. c3 Bg7 14. Bf4
Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Nf8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. Bd3 f6 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Bh6
Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Qd6 22. Re1 Re8 23. h4 Re7 24. Qe3 Re8 25. Qh6 Bf7 26. Rxe8
Bxe8 27. h5 Qe7 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Kf1 Qd7 30. Qf4 Kg7 31. Qb8 b6 32. Ba6
Ne6 33. Bc8 Qc7 34. Qxc7+ Nxc7 35. a4 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. b4 g5 38. Nd2 Bg6
39. Kd1 Ne8 40. Ba6 Nd6 41. Be2 Be4 42. g3 Bg6 43. Bg4 Nf7 44. Nb3 Kd6 45.
a5 Kc7 46. axb6+ axb6 47. Bf3 Nd6 48. Kc1 Nb5 49. Kb2 Kd6 50. Nd2 Bd3 51.
Bg4 Ke7 52. Bh3 Nd6 53. Kc1 Bb5 54. Bg4 f5 55. Bd1 g4 56. f3 gxf3 57. Bxf3
Bd3 58. Nb3 Kf6 59. Kd2 Bb5 60. Ke3 Ba4 61. Nc1 Bc2 62. Nd3 $2 (62. Ne2 $15
) 62... Bxd3 $1 63. Kxd3 Ne4 $19 64. b5 cxb5 65. Kc2 Ke6 66. g4 f4 67. Bxe4
dxe4 68. Kd2 Kf6 69. Ke2 Kg5 70. d5 Kf6 71. Kf2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Moran, Stephen"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[WhiteICU "2095"]
[BlackICU "2428"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501872"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf4 O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bf6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Be3 g6 14.
Rc1 Bg7 15. Rc5 Ne7 16. Qf3 b6 17. Rc2 Bb7 18. Rfc1 Rc8 19. h4 Qd7 20. h5
Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Rc8 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qd1 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Qc8 25. Qxc8+ Nxc8
26. f3 Nd6 27. b3 b5 28. Kf2 a5 29. Ne2 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Murphy, Conor E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteICU "2312"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Charlton ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "421669"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. e3 c5 6. exd4 cxd4 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 Bd6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 Bc7 11. b4 e5 12. b5 Nb8 13. a4 Re8 14. Ba3 Nbd7
15. Nd2 Nf8 16. Nb3 Ng6 17. Qd2 h5 18. a5 Rb8 19. Rfb1 h4 20. c5 hxg3 21.
hxg3 Qd7 22. b6 axb6 23. axb6 Bd8 24. c6 bxc6 25. Nc5 Qg4 26. b7 Be6 27.
Na6 Bd5 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Nxb8 Nh4 30. Ne1 Nf4 31. Nxc6 Qh3 32. Qd1 Nfg2
33. gxh4 Nxe1 34. Qxe1 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 e4 36. Qe2 Qxh4 37. Ke1 Qh1+ 38. Kd2
e3+ 39. fxe3 dxe3+ 40. Kc2 Qxc6+ 41. Kb3 Qd5+ 42. Kc2 Qc6+ 43. Kd1 Qh1+ 44.
Qe1 Qf3+ 45. Kc2 Qg2+ 46. Kb3 Qd5+ 47. Ka4 Qc6+ 48. Rb5 Qc2+ 49. Kb4 Be7+
50. Ka5 Bd8+ 51. Kb4 Be7+ 52. Ka5 Bd8+ 53. Kb4 Qxd3 54. Qh1 Be7+ 55. Ka4
Qc2+ 56. Rb3 Qc4+ 57. Rb4 Qa6+ 58. Kb3 Qd3+ 59. Ka2 Bxb4 60. Bxb4 e2 61.
Qc6 Qe3 62. Rc1 Rd8 63. Qc8 Qa7+ 64. Kb1 Qb6 65. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Carroll, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[WhiteICU "2425"]
[BlackICU "1802"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2510243"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 g6 11. Bf4 Bg7 12. c5 e5 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14.
Nxc6 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 exf4 16. Na5 O-O 17. h3 h6 18. e5 Nh7 19. Nd5 Rae8 20.
Nxb7 Rxe5 21. b4 Rfe8 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Nc5 Re2 24. a4 Ra2 25. a5 Nf8 26.
Nxf4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[WhiteICU "1939"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Rb1
Bc6 9. Be2 Qd7 10. b3 cxb3 11. c4 Ba4 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. O-O Ne7
15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Ng5 h6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Nde4 Nd5 19. Qh3 Be7 20. f4 Kf8 21.
Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Bb5 23. f5 gxf5 24. Rxf5 exf5 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. e6 Qxc5+
27. Kh1 Nf4 28. Qh4 Ng6 29. e7+ Ke8 30. Qa4+ b5 31. Qxa5 hxg5 32. Rd1 Kxe7
33. Qe1+ Kf8 34. Rc1 Rxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Qd6+ 36. Be5 Qxe5+ 37. Qxe5 Nxe5 38.
Rxc8+ Ke7 39. Rc5 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Delaney, Killian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[WhiteICU "2255"]
[BlackICU "2206"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2501570"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Bg4 3. c4 Nc6 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qh5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. Bxc6+
bxc6 8. h3 e5 9. Rh2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Nd5 12. Nd1 Bd6 13. Rg2 g6
14. b3 Kd7 15. Ke2 Rhb8 16. Nb2 a5 17. Rg4 f5 18. Rg1 Nb6 19. d3 a4 20. Bd2
axb3 21. axb3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Nd5 23. Nc4 Rxb3 24. Ra8 Rb1 25. Rh8 Nf6 26. e4
Ke6 27. Bg5 Bb4 28. f4 fxe4 29. dxe4 Re1+ 30. Kf3 Nxe4 31. Rxh7 Nxg5+ 32.
fxg5 Bd6 33. Ne3 Bc5 34. h4 Bxe3 35. fxe3 Rh1 36. Ke4 Ra1 37. Rh6 Ra4+ 38.
Kf3 Kf5 39. Rh8 Ke6 40. Kg3 Re4 41. Kf3 Ra4 42. Rh6 Kf5 43. Rh7 Ke6 44. Kg3
Re4 45. Rg7 Rxe3+ 46. Kf2 Rh3 47. Rxg6+ Ke7 48. Rh6 e4 49. Rh7+ Kf8 50. g6
e3+ 51. Ke2 Kg8 52. h5 c5 53. h6 c4 54. Rg7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Butler, Kevin C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[WhiteICU "2279"]
[BlackICU "2000"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2501538"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 d6 7. h3 Be6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bxb3 12. axb3 Qd7 13. Ng3 Kh8 14.
O-O Rad8 15. Bg5 Qd3 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. b4 Qxe2 18. Nxe2 Bb6 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+
20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Nd2 c6 23. Nc4 Bc7 24. Kf1 b5 25. Ne3 Kg7
26. Ng3 Ne6 27. h4 Nf4 28. Nd1 a5 29. Nf5+ Kf8 30. g3 Ne6 31. bxa5 Bxa5 32.
Ke2 Bb6 33. f3 Bc5 34. Kd2 h5 35. b3 Ng7 36. Nxg7 Kxg7 37. Ke2 Kg6 38. g4
Bb6 39. Nb2 Ba5 40. c4 Bc3 41. cxb5 cxb5 42. Nd3 Bd4 43. Nb4 Bg1 44. Nd5
Bh2 45. Ne7+ Kh6 46. Nf5+ Kg6 47. b4 Bg1 48. Nd6 Bd4 49. Nxb5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[WhiteICU "2290"]
[BlackICU "1999"]
[WhiteClub "Richmond ENG"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 a6 7. Nxd7
Nbxd7 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Na3 Qc7 11. h3 Ne5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5
14. Qh4 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 Qxc2 16. Re1 O-O 17. Rc3 Qb1 18. Qg5 Nfd7 19. Rc7 Qe4
20. Qf4 Qd5 21. Rd1 Qa5 22. Rxb7 Rac8 23. Be3 Ng6 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. Rxb4 Rb8
26. Rxb8 Nxb8 27. b4 Ne7 28. Bc5 Nd5 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Bf3 Nc6 31. Bxd5
exd5 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Ne7 34. b6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[WhiteICU "2099"]
[BlackICU "2239"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2508249"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Blumenfeld counter-gambit accepted"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 e6 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Nc3 Nbd7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5 Rae8 13. b6 Qb8 14. bxa7
Qxa7 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. a6 Ba8 17. a7 Qb6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Ra6 Qc7 20. Ng5
Nb6 21. Qb3 Nfd7 22. Qc2 Nf6 23. b4 Bb7 24. a8=Q Nxa8 25. Nxe6 Qe7 26. Ra7
Qxe6 27. Rxb7 c4 28. Qa4 Nb6 29. Qb5 Nc8 30. Qc5 Nd6 31. Rb6 Nfe4 32. Qd4
Nf5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[WhiteICU "2207"]
[BlackICU "1779"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2508214"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4
O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Kb1 c6 11. Nd4 d5 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Rhe1 Na4
14. Nb3 Be6 15. Be5 f6 16. Bc7 Qxc7 17. Rxe6 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. g3 Rae8
20. Rde1 Qf7 21. R6e2 g6 22. c4 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Qd7 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Bb5 Qf5
26. f4 Rf7 27. Bd3 Qd7 28. Qf3 Re7 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. g4 Bc5 31. h4 Kg7 32.
f5 Qe7 33. a3 Qe5 34. g5 a6 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. gxf6+ Qxf6 37. Qxd5 Qe7 38.
Qg2 Qe1+ 39. Ka2 Qe6+ 40. b3 b5 41. h5 Bd4 42. Qxg6+ Qxg6 43. hxg6 Kf6 44.
b4 Ke6 45. a4 Kf6 46. Kb3 bxa4+ 47. Kxa4 Bc3 48. Kb3 Be5 49. c4 Bb8 50. c5
Bc7 51. Kc4 Be5 52. Kd5 Bc3 53. c6 Be5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[WhiteICU "2159"]
[BlackICU "2024"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501309"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Bogolyubov variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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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. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2
Qxc6 15. Nf1 Nc4 16. a4 Nb6 17. a5 Nbd7 18. Ne3 h6 19. Nf5 Re8 20. Bxh6 Bf8
21. Bg5 g6 22. Nh6+ Bxh6 23. Bxh6 Nc5 24. Ng5 Ra7 25. Qf3 Nh7 26. Qg3 Nf6
27. Qf3 Nh7 28. Nxh7 Kxh7 29. Be3 Rc7 30. Qg3 Be6 31. Bg5 Nd7 32. Red1 Kg7
33. Rd2 f6 34. Be3 Nc5 35. Rad1 Rd7 36. b4 Na4 37. Bxa4 bxa4 38. f4 a3 39.
fxe5 dxe5 40. Rxd7+ Bxd7 41. Qh4 Rh8 42. Qf2 Be6 43. Bc1 a2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[WhiteICU "2337"]
[BlackICU "1888"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "628859"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "A96"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b4 Ne4 8.
Bb2 Nd7 9. Nc3 Ndf6 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 d5 12. c5 Qe8 13. f3 Bd7 14. e4
Qh5 15. Rae1 a5 16. bxa5 f4 17. gxf4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Bc6 19. Qe2 Rxa5 20.
Qxh5 Nxh5 21. Bc1 Rd8 22. Be3 Ra3 23. Rc1 Nf6 24. h3 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Rd3 26.
Nb1 Rxe3 27. Nxa3 Rxa3 28. Rc2 Ra5 29. Re1 Kf7 30. e5 Nd5 31. f5 exf5 32.
e6+ Ke7 33. Rd2 Nf6 34. Bxc6 bxc6 35. Ree2 Rxc5 36. a4 Ra5 37. Ra2 Ne4 38.
Rec2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Rush, Stephen"]
[Black "Wallace, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[WhiteICU "1903"]
[BlackICU "2182"]
[WhiteClub "Strand"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512173"]
[BlackFideId "2500892"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8.
d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 a6 12. Bg5 h3 13. g4 b5 14. Qd2 bxc4
15. Bh6 Rb8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. Rg1 Rh8 19. f4 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 cxd3
21. e5 Ne8 22. O-O-O Qa5 23. f5 dxe5 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Nc4 Qb4 26. Nxe5 Ba4
27. Nxd3 Qd4 28. Rde1 c4 29. Rxe7+ Kf8 30. Qe1 Ng7 31. Rf1+ Kg8 32. Nf4 Be8
33. Rxg7+ Qxg7 34. Ne6 Qe7 35. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Manojlovic, Mihailo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[WhiteICU "2111"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2507633"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4
8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O dxc3 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qh4+ Kg8 13. Qxe7 Nc6
14. Qg5 d4 15. f4 Qd8 16. Qg3 f6 17. Rd1 fxe5 18. fxe5 Qa5 19. Bf4 Qc5 20.
Rd3 b6 21. Nc1 Ba6 22. Nb3 Qd5 23. Rf3 Bc4 24. Rd1 Be2 25. Bh6 Qxe5 26. Bf4
Qh5 27. Re1 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qf5 29. Re4 Rae8 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Rf7 32.
Kg2 e5 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Black "Bourached, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[WhiteICU "1991"]
[BlackICU "2083"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507692"]
[BlackFideId "2504456"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Schlechter variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. h3 Kh8 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Ne5 Ne4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Rc1 Qe8 15. Qa4 Nd2 16. Rfd1 Nc4 17. Qc2 e6 18. b3 Nb6 19. Nb1 Rc8 20. b4
f6 21. Bg3 Qd7 22. a4 e5 23. a5 Nc4 24. Nd2 Nd6 25. Nb3 Qe7 26. Qc5 Qd7 27.
Qc2 Rg8 28. Nc5 Qe7 29. Qb2 Nc4 30. Rxc4 dxc4 31. dxe5 Rcd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8
33. e6 f4 34. Bxf4 f5 35. Qc2 c3 36. Qxf5 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd2 38. Qg5 Qxg5 39.
Bxg5 Kg8 40. e7 Kf7 41. Ne6 Be5+ 42. f4 Bd6 43. Bf6 c2 44. Nd8+ Ke8 45. Bb2
Rd1 46. Nxc6 c1=Q 47. Bxc1 Rxc1 48. Nxa7 Bxb4 49. Nb5 Rc5 50. Nd4 Kxe7 51.
Kg3 Rc3 52. a6 Rxe3+ 53. Kf2 Rc3 54. a7 Rc8 55. Nc6+ Kd6 56. Nxb4 Ra8 57.
Kf3 Rxa7 58. Nd3 $6 (58. Nc2 $10 { would have been simpler. }) 58... Ke6
59. g4 Ra3 60. Ke3 Kd5 61. Ke2 $2 ({ The losing move. } 61. f5 $1 { draws,
e.g. } 61... Kc4 62. f6 Rxd3+ 63. Ke4 Rxh3 64. f7 Rh1 65. Ke5 $10) 61...
Ke4 $19 62. Nc5+ Kxf4 63. Kf2 Ra2+ 64. Kg1 Kg3 65. Ne4+ Kxh3 66. Nf6 Kg3
67. Ne4+ Kxg4 68. Nf6+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "Nolan, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[WhiteICU "1999"]
[BlackICU "1914"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "2509466"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
Bg3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Rb8 10. Qe2 a6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 b5 13. Bh4 Be7 14. g4 Nd7
15. Bg3 Ndxe5 16. fxe5 b4 17. O-O bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Nb3 Qa3 20. Qc2 h6
21. Bf4 Bd7 22. Qd2 Rfc8 23. Bxh6 Na5 24. Bc2 Be8 25. Qd3 g6 26. Qxa6 Nxb3
27. Qxa3 Bxa3 28. Bxb3 Bb2 29. Rab1 Bxc3 30. Be3 Bb5 31. Rf3 Bd3 32. Rc1
Be4 33. Rh3 Kg7 34. Bh6+ Kg8 35. Rcxc3 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 Rb4 37. Bg5 Rxd4 38.
Bf6 g5 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Rh8+ Kg6 41. Rg8+ Kh6 42. Bxg5+ Kh7 43. Rc8 Bg2 44.
Bc2+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Black "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1943"]
[WhiteICU "1818"]
[BlackICU "1902"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512041"]
[BlackFideId "2508664"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Rb1
Bc5 8. d3 O-O 9. Nh3 Bb6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Kh1 Qd7 13. Ng1 f5 14.
f4 Bd5 15. c4 Bxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Nd4 17. Qd1 exf4 18. gxf4 c5 19. e3 Nc6 20.
Nf3 Rad8 21. Rb3 Qe6 22. Kf2 Rd6 23. Bb2 Bd8 24. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.07"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Black "Scott, Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[WhiteICU "1759"]
[BlackICU "1795"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510260"]
[BlackFideId "2507986"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8.
Qd2 b5 9. a3 Qa5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14.
Be2 Bb7 15. O-O O-O 16. Bf3 Rfd8 17. Rad1 a5 18. f5 b4 19. f6 gxf6 20. exf6
Kh8 21. Ne2 Qb6 22. Kh1 Rg8 23. Ng3 Rad8 24. Bh5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qf4
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 e5 28. Qxe5 Qf2 29. Rg1 e3 30. Bg4 Rxg4 31. Qb8+ Rg8 32. Qxb7
Rd8 33. Qxf7 Qxg1+ $1 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteICU "2476"]
[BlackICU "2312"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. c4
a4 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. bxa4 b6 13. Qb3 Qa7 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Nb1 Qxa4 16. Nc3 Qxb3 17. axb3 e6 18. Rfc1 Nd7 19. e3 Bd3 20. Bf1
Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Rfc8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Na4 b5 24. Nc3 Bf8 25. Ke2 Rc8 26. Ra1
b4 27. Nd1 Nb8 28. Kd3 Bd6 29. Ra8 Rc6 30. Ra7 Ra6 31. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Murray, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[WhiteICU "2428"]
[BlackICU "2123"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2501511"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. c3 g6 7. e4 Qb6 8.
a4 b4 9. Nbd2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxa6 12. Qb3 Bg7 13. Nc4 d6 14.
O-O Nd7 15. Nfd2 O-O 16. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[BlackICU "2425"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
d5 Nb8 9. e4 a5 10. h3 Na6 11. Be3 b6 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. a3 Qe8 14. b3 Nh5 15.
Re1 f5 16. Nf1 Qf7 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Ra2 f4 20. Bc1 f3 21. Bh1
Bxh3 22. Re3 Bg2 23. Bxg2 fxg2 24. Nh2 Qg6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Rxa2 27.
Nxa2 Ne4 28. Rf3 Ra8 29. Qb3 Ng5 30. Bxg5 Qxg5 31. Qc2 Qg6 32. Qxg6 hxg6
33. Nc3 Ra1+ 34. Kxg2 Rc1 35. Ng4 e4 36. Nxe4 Rxc4 37. Ngf6+ Nxf6 38. Nxf6+
Bxf6 39. Rxf6 Kg7 40. Rf4 Rc2 41. Kf3 b5 42. Ke3 g5 43. Re4 Kf7 44. g4 Rc3+
45. Kd2 Rb3 46. Ke2 Rb1 47. f3 Rb2+ 48. Ke3 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 Rb1 50. Kd2 Rb3
51. Ke2 Kf8 52. Rd4 Kg7 53. Re4 Kf7 54. Rd4 Rb2+ 55. Ke3 Rb3+ 56. Ke2 Rb2+
57. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Delaney, Killian"]
[Black "Moran, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "2206"]
[BlackICU "2095"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501570"]
[BlackFideId "2501872"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qb3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be2 Na5 13. Qb4 Be6 14.
Bg5 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Bb5 Nc6 17. Qa3 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20.
axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[WhiteICU "2239"]
[BlackICU "2290"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508249"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. g4 Nb6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Re8
14. Bb5 Bf6 15. Qd3 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Re5 19. Rhd1
h5 20. f4 Re4 21. gxh5 Rxf4 22. Rg2 Kh7 23. Rg5 Kh6 24. Rdg1 Rg8 25. Bd3
Nd7 26. R5g4 Rxg4 27. Rxg4 Ne5 28. Ra4 Ra8 29. Be2 f5 30. Kd2 Nd7 31. Rc4
Rc8 32. Rf4 Kg5 33. Ke3 Re8+ 34. Kf3 Re5 35. Rc4 Re7 36. Rf4 g6 37. h4+
Kxh5 38. Kf2+ Kh6 39. h5 Nc5 40. hxg6 Kxg6 41. Bd3 Re5 42. Rd4 a5 43. Kf3
Kg5 44. b3 Nd7 45. Rc4 Re7 46. Rd4 Ne5+ 47. Kg3 Ng6 48. Kf3 Ne5+ 49. Kg3
Rh7 50. a3 Rh1 51. Be2 f4+ 52. Rxf4 Rg1+ 53. Kf2 Kxf4 54. Kxg1 Ke3 55. Kf1
Kd2 56. c4 Kc3 57. Bd1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Carroll, Peter"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteICU "1802"]
[BlackICU "2279"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510243"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Konstantinopolsky variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 cxd4
8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Nbc6 12. Qd3 d4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4
14. Qxd4 Bd7 15. Rg1 Nf5 16. Qf2 Qc6 17. Bd3 Qd5 18. Rb1 Bc6 19. Rb3 O-O-O
20. Rxc3 Kb8 21. g4 Nd4 22. Rg3 Qh1+ 23. Bf1 Bb5 $4 ({ Theory continues }
23... b6 $1 { and Black is thought to have full compensation for the two
pawns. }) 24. Qg2 Qxg2 25. Rxg2 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Nb5 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. cxd3 Rh8
29. f5 exf5 30. gxf5 Nd4 31. Rg5 Rxh2 32. Bf4 Rh4 33. Bg3 Rh7 34. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Murphy, Conor E."]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[BlackICU "2255"]
[WhiteClub "Charlton ENG"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "421669"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3
Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Re2 Rc8 12. Ne1 h5 13. f3 Ng5 14.
Nc3 Nh7 15. Nd3 Nhf8 16. Be3 a6 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. b3 Nfd7 19. a4 Nb8 20. Na2
Nc6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Nd7 23. Rc3 Ne7 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Bc1 Qd8 26. Ba3
Qb6 27. Kh1 Nc6 28. Rd2 f5 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Nc1 Kf7 31. Ne2 Nf8 32. Bc5
Qd8 33. Qc2 Ng6 34. Qd3 h4 35. Qe3 Qb8 36. Rd1 Nce7 37. Bxe7 Kxe7 38. Rc1
Rc8 39. Qh6 Rxc1+ 40. Qxc1 Kf7 41. g3 Qd6 42. Qh6 Qf8 43. Qh7+ Qg7 44. Qh5
hxg3 45. hxg3 Qh8 46. Qxh8 Nxh8 47. Kg2 Ng6 48. Kh3 Ne7 49. g4 Nc6 50. f4
Na5 51. b4 Nb3 52. g5 Kg6 53. Kg4 b6 54. b5 a5 55. gxf6 Kxf6 56. f5 exf5+
57. Kf3 Nd2+ 58. Ke3 Nc4+ 59. Kf4 Ke6 60. Kg5 Nb2 61. Nc3 Nd3 62. Ne2 Nb2
63. Nc3 Nc4 64. Ne2 Ne3 65. Nf4+ Ke7 66. Ne2 Ke6 67. Nf4+ Kd6 68. Ne2 Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Butler, Kevin C."]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[WhiteICU "2000"]
[BlackICU "2207"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501538"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. Re1 Na5 8.
Ba2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. Qe2 d5 14. Nh4 g6
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Qe4 Ne7 18. Qxe5 Bg7 19. Bxd5+ Kh7 20. Qe4
Bf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Bg8+ Kxg8 23. Qxb7 Qd5 24. Qa6 Kh7 25. Be3 Ng6 26.
Qb5 Rac8 27. f3 Re6 28. a5 Ne5 29. Bf2 Rg6 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. d4 a6 32. Qd3
c4 33. Qe2 Bg7 34. Ra4 Qb5 35. Qc2 Rb8 36. g4 fxg4 37. Rb4 gxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Manojlovic, Mihailo"]
[Black "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2159"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507633"]
[BlackFideId "2501309"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Qd2 e5 7. O-O-O Qc7 8.
g4 b5 9. g5 Nh5 10. Nge2 Rb8 11. Ng3 Qa5 12. Nxh5 gxh5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4
b4 15. Nb1 Qxa2 16. e5 Bg7 17. e6 Nc5 18. exf7+ Kd7 19. Bc4 Qxc4 20. dxc5
Qxc5 21. Bxd6 Qd5 22. Bxb8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Rush, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[WhiteICU "2024"]
[BlackICU "1903"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Strand"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2512173"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O Nge7
8. Re1 Qd7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ng6
14. Bd2 a6 15. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Bourached, Anthony"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[WhiteICU "2083"]
[BlackICU "1939"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504456"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. c4 Nxd5 14.
cxd5 Ne7 15. Bd3 g6 16. O-O Bg7 17. Nc2 O-O 18. a4 Bd7 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Bb4 Qb8 22. Qa1 f5 23. Qa6 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Rf6 25. Bd2 Nf5 26.
Nb4 Nd4 27. Ra1 Nb3 28. Qa8 Rf8 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. Rd1 Nxd2 31. Rxd2 Ra8 32.
f3 Bh6 33. Rd3 Bc1 34. Rb3 Kf7 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Nd3 Rc8 37. Nxc1 Rxc1 38.
Ra3 Rc4 39. Ra7 Ke7 40. Bd3 Rb4 41. Ra2 Bf5 42. Bxf5 gxf5 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44.
Rd7 Rxb2+ 45. Ke3 Rb3+ 46. Kd2 Rb2+ 47. Kc3 Rxg2 48. Rxd6+ Kf7 49. Rd7+ Ke8
50. Rxh7 Rf2 51. Kb4 e4 52. fxe4 fxe4 53. d6 Rf7 54. Rh4 Kd7 55. Rxe4 Kxd6
56. Kxb5 Rf2 57. h4 Kd5 58. Rg4 Rb2+ 59. Ka4 Rh2 60. Kb4 Ke6 61. Kc5 Kf5
62. Ra4 Kg6 63. Kd6 Kh5 64. Ra8 Kxh4 65. Rh8+ Kg3 66. Rxh2 Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[WhiteICU "1779"]
[BlackICU "2337"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508214"]
[BlackFideId "628859"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Nc3"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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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.
g4 b5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. O-O b4 11. Nce2 Bb7 12. Ng3 Nc6 13. Be3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Qf3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20.
Rf5 O-O-O 21. Rxf7 g6 22. Re7 Rde8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rf1 Re7 25. Kf2 Kc7
26. Ke3 a5 27. Bc4 Na4 28. b3 Nc3 29. Rf7 Kd7 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Kd3 Nxa2
32. Ne2 Bc8 33. Bd5 Ba6+ 34. Kd2 Bb5 35. Bg8 Kf8 36. Bd5 Ke7 37. Bb7 $6 (
37. Bg8 $10) 37... Kd6 38. Nc1 $4 (38. Ke3 $10) 38... Nxc1 39. Kxc1 Kc5 $19
40. Kd2 Kd4 41. Bd5 Bd7 42. h4 Be8 43. Bb7 Bf7 44. Bc6 Be6 45. Bb7 Bg4 46.
Bd5 Bh5 47. Bg8 Kxe4 48. Bxh7 Kd4 49. Bg8 e4 50. Bc4 a4 51. Bb5 a3 52. Kc1
Kc3 53. Kb1 e3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[WhiteICU "1888"]
[BlackICU "2099"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 a6
8. Nc3 b5 9. d3 Bb7 10. Qe1 Nf6 11. Qh4 b4 12. Ne2 c4 13. Ng3 cxd3 14. cxd3
Qb6+ 15. Kh1 O-O 16. f5 d6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Ng4 19. Qh4 Nf2+ 20. Rxf2
Qxf2 21. Qxe7 Qxb2 22. Rf1 Bc6 23. Qh4 Qh8 24. f6 Bb5 25. Nf5 Rfe8 26. Ne7+
Rxe7 27. fxe7 Qg7 28. e5 dxe5 29. Ng5 Rc8 30. h3 Be8 31. Qxb4 Rc7 32. Nxf7
h6 33. Qd6 Rd7 34. Qe6 Kh7 35. h4 Rd4 36. Nd6 Rxh4+ 37. Kg1 e4 38. Nf7 Bxf7
39. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[WhiteICU "1999"]
[BlackICU "1999"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2509571"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Bxf6 Bxf6
8. Re1 e5 9. c3 e4 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. Nfd2 Qe8 12. e3 c6 13. c4 g5 14. f3
exf3 15. Nxf3 g4 16. Nfd2 Bxd4 17. Na3 Be5 18. Nc2 Qf7 19. Rab1 Nd7 20. Nd4
Nc5 21. Qc2 Ne6 22. N2b3 Qh5 23. Rf1 Ng7 24. Ne2 Bd7 25. Nf4 Qg5 26. Nc1
Rae8 27. Ncd3 Re7 28. Rbd1 Qf6 29. Qd2 Be6 30. Qb4 Bg8 31. Rfe1 Rfe8 32.
Nxe5 dxe5 33. Nd3 Ne6 34. Qc3 Ng5 35. Rf1 Qe6 36. Nc5 Qg6 37. Rf2 Rf7 38.
Rfd2 Qg7 39. Rd8 Rfe7 40. Nxb7 Rxd8 41. Nxd8 e4 42. Qxg7+ Rxg7 43. b3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Wallace, Paul"]
[Black "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[WhiteICU "2182"]
[BlackICU "1991"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500892"]
[BlackFideId "2507692"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Marshall variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Ne5 Bxe2
8. Qxe2 O-O 9. c4 Nf6 10. Rd1 c6 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. a3 Rfd8 14.
b4 Qa6 15. b5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Rac8 17. a4 b6 18. Nf3 Qb7 19. Bd6 Bf8 20. Ne5
Ne4 21. Bxf8 Nxf8 22. Qf3 f6 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 Nxf2 25. Nc6 Nxd1 26.
Nxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd1 a6 28. Nc3 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ne4 Ng6 31. h3 Ne5 32.
Qb3 Nc4 33. Qg3 Kf8 34. Nc5 Qb6 35. Qf2 Kf7 36. Qd4 Rc8 37. Nb3 Qxd4+ 38.
Nxd4 Ne3 39. Rb1 Nxd5 40. Nxb5 Rc2 41. Nd4 Rd2 42. Rb7+ Ne7 43. Nf5 Re2 44.
Kf1 Re5 45. Nxe7 Rxe7 46. Rb5 Re5 47. Rb7+ Kg6 48. Kf2 h5 49. h4 Ra5 50.
Kg3 Ra6 51. Kf3 Kh6 52. Rc7 g5 53. hxg5+ fxg5 54. Rc8 Ra3+ 55. Kf2 h4 56.
Rc6+ Kh5 57. Rc4 Ra5 58. Rb4 g4 59. Rb1 g3+ 60. Kg1 Ra4 61. Rc1 Kg4 62. Rb1
Kf4 63. Rf1+ Ke3 64. Re1+ Kf4 65. Rf1+ Kg4 66. Rb1 h3 67. gxh3+ Kxh3 68.
Rc1 Ra3 69. Rb1 Kg4 70. Kg2 Ra2+ 71. Kg1 Kh3 72. Rc1 Rg2+ 73. Kh1 Ra2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[BlackICU "2111"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. g4 e5 5. Be3 c6 6. g5 Ng8 7. Nge2 h6 8.
Qd2 hxg5 9. Bxg5 Be7 10. Be3 Ngf6 11. f3 b5 12. d5 b4 13. dxc6 Nb6 14. Nd5
Nfxd5 15. exd5 Nc4 16. Qc1 Bh4+ 17. Kd1 Qa5 18. Nc3 Nxe3+ 19. Qxe3 bxc3 20.
Bc4 cxb2 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Bb3 f6 23. Rg1 Bg5 24. Rxg5 fxg5 25. Qxg5 O-O 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Scott, Luke"]
[Black "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[WhiteICU "1795"]
[BlackICU "1818"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507986"]
[BlackFideId "2512041"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Budapest"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3
Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 b6 11. Qd5 Nc6 12. Bxc7 Bb7 13. Rd1
Rc8 14. Bd6 Qf6 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Qxb7 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.08"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Nolan, Conor"]
[Black "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[WhiteICU "1914"]
[BlackICU "1759"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509466"]
[BlackFideId "2510260"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 c6 8.
e4 Qc7 9. b3 a5 10. h3 e5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Ba3 h5 14. dxc6 bxc6
15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Qb1 Ba6 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Rab8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1
c4 21. bxc4 Rb4 22. Rb1 Rxc4 23. Qd3 Rb4 24. Rxb4 axb4 25. Na2 Qa5 26. Qc4
h4 27. g4 Qxa4 28. Nxe5 Nd5 29. Nxc6 Nf4 30. Kh2 Qa3 31. Qb3 Qa6 32. Naxb4
Qf1 33. Qf3 Bh6 34. Nd5 Ne2 35. Qg2 $2 (35. Nce7+ Kf8 36. Nxg6+ Kg8 37.
Nge7+ Kf8 38. Qg2 $18) 35... Qc1 36. Qh1 Bf4+ 37. Kg2 Qxc2 38. Kf3 $4 (38.
Nce7+ $10) 38... Qd3+ 39. Ne3 g5 $2 (39... Ng3 $1 $19) 40. Qd1 Qc3 $4 (
40... Qxd1 41. Nxd1 $16) 41. Ne7+ Kf8 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qg8+ Kh6 44. Nf5#
1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[WhiteICU "2290"]
[BlackICU "2476"]
[WhiteClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Alexander Baburin, <em>Sunday Independent</em>,
August 12, 2018 p. 27 (excerpted here). }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bf4 Ne7 6. Qd3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8.
Qe3 O-O 9. O-O-O c5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 Bxf1 12. Rhxf1 Nbc6 13. dxc5 d4
14. Qe2 bxc5 15. Qc4 Qa5 16. Na4 Nc8 17. Kb1 e5 18. Bc1 $6 ({ " } 18. Bd2
Nd6 19. Bxa5 Nxc4 20. Bd2 $15 { ." }) 18... Rb8 19. f4 $2 ({ "Again } 19.
Bd2 { was necessary." }) 19... Nd6 $1 20. Qxc5 Nb5 $1 21. Qxc6 Rfc8 22. Qd7
Rc7 23. Qd5 Nxa3+ 24. Ka2 Qxa4 25. bxa3 Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[WhiteICU "2312"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "A87"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8.
Nd5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd7 10. Ng5 Nb6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 c6 14. e4
d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Rd8 19. Qb3 Rxd4 20.
Be3 Rd6 21. Rac1 Qxe6 22. Qxb7 Qd5 23. Qxe7 Re6 24. Qa3 Qb7 25. b4 Re4 26.
Qb3+ Kh8 27. b5 g5 28. Rc6 f4 29. Qd5 Qe7 30. Rxh6+ Bxh6 31. Qxa8+ Kh7 32.
Bc5 Qe6 33. Qxa7+ Kg8 34. Qa6 Qxa6 35. bxa6 Bf8 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[WhiteICU "2207"]
[BlackICU "2428"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. a4 g5
15. a5 Nd7 16. Nb5 Nc8 17. b4 a6 18. Nc3 Bh7 19. Na4 f5 20. c5 f4 21. c6
fxe3 22. cxb7 exf2+ 23. Kh1 Rb8 24. bxc8=Q Qxc8 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Nc5 dxc5
27. bxc5 Qa7 28. d6 Nf6 29. Nxe5 Ne4 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Kh2 Qb7 32. c6 Qb3
33. Nc4 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Murray, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[WhiteICU "2425"]
[BlackICU "2123"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2501511"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a6 7. Nbd2 d6 8.
c3 Be6 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc4 Qe8 12. Bd2 d5 13. Ncxe5 dxe4 14.
Nxc6 exf3 15. Ne5 fxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. Qe2 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qg6+ 19. Qg3 Qf5
20. Rae1 Qd5+ 21. Kg1 Rf3 22. Qg4 Qxd3 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Be3 Rf6 25. Qe5
Raf8 26. Kh1 Rf5 27. Qe6 c6 28. Rg1 R5f6 29. Qe7 Qd5+ 30. Rg2 R6f7 31. Qg5
Qxg5 32. Rxg5 Re8 33. Kg2 Rfe7 34. Kf3 Rf8+ 35. Ke2 h6 36. Rg3 Bxe3 37.
Rxe3 Ref7 38. f3 Rd8 39. Kf2 Rdf8 40. Rd1 Kh7 41. Rd6 Rf5 42. Rd7 R8f7 43.
Rxf7 Rxf7 44. Re6 Rd7 45. Ke2 Kg8 46. h4 Kf7 47. Re4 Kf6 48. Rf4+ Ke5 49.
Re4+ Kf5 50. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Moran, Stephen"]
[Black "Carroll, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[WhiteICU "2095"]
[BlackICU "1802"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501872"]
[BlackFideId "2510243"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 a6 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 b5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. f4 c5 10. Be4 Ra7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.
cxb5 e6 15. O-O-O+ Ke7 16. b6 Rd7 17. Nf3 Rhd8 18. Na4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rxd1+
20. Kxd1 c4 21. Nd2 f6 22. Nxc4 f5 23. Bf3 Bh6 24. g3 g5 25. fxg5 Bxg5 26.
Nc5 Bd7 27. a4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Delaney, Killian"]
[Black "Murphy, Conor E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteICU "2206"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Charlton ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501570"]
[BlackFideId "421669"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. a4 Na5 8.
Ba2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Na3 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Bd2 a6 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 d5
15. exd5 Nxb4 16. Bc4 Nxd3 17. Bxd3 e4 18. Bc4 exf3 19. Qxf3 Bd6 20. Nc2
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bd7 22. Bb3 Nh7 23. Nd4 Qf6 24. Qd3 Nf8 25. Bc3 Qg6 26. Qf3
Qg5 27. g3 Bxh3 28. Ne6 fxe6 29. dxe6 Bxe6 30. Bxe6+ Nxe6 31. Rxe6 Rf8 32.
Qd3 Bc5 33. Rg6 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Rxf2+ 35. Kh3 Qh1+ 36. Kg4 h5+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Manojlovic, Mihailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[WhiteICU "2255"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2507633"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation (Yugoslav attack / Mar del Plata variation)"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. a4 Nd7 10. a5 f5 11. b4 Nf6 12. Nd2 f4 13. g4 Qd7 14. f3 g5 15.
Rf2 h5 16. h3 Kf7 17. Rh2 Rh8 18. Nf1 Ng6 19. Bd2 Qe7 20. Be1 Rh6 21. Ra2
Bd7 22. Bf2 Qf8 23. c5 Qh8 24. a6 b6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Bb5 hxg4 27. hxg4
Rxh2 28. Nxh2 Qh3 29. Bxd7 Nxd7 30. Nb5 Ke7 31. Qf1 Qxf1+ 32. Nxf1 Nf6 33.
Nd2 Ne8 34. Kf1 Nf8 35. Ke2 Nd7 36. Rc2 Kd8 37. Kd3 Bf8 38. Nc4 Ke7 39. Bg1
Kd8 40. Rh2 Nc7 41. Nxc7 Kxc7 42. Rh7 Kd8 43. Na3 Nb8 44. b5 Nd7 45. Nc2
Rc8 46. Nb4 Rc1 47. Nc6+ Ke8 48. Bf2 Rb1 49. Nxa7 Rb3+ 50. Ke2 Rb2+ 51. Kf1
Rb1+ 52. Kg2 Rb2 53. Nc6 Ra2 54. a7 Nc5 55. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Black "Bourached, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[WhiteICU "2337"]
[BlackICU "2083"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "628859"]
[BlackFideId "2504456"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Alexander Baburin, <em>Chess Today</em> CT-227
(6490), 15 August 2018. }

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 e6 6. a3 d5 7. e3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. O-O Rc8 12. e4 Rxc3 13. bxc3 Ba4 14.
Qd4 Bxb3 15. Qxe5 Bd6 16. Qb5+ Qxb5 17. Bxb5+ Ke7 18. Bd3 Nd7 19. Rb1 Nc5
20. Be3 Nxd3 21. Rxb3 b6 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Kf1 Rc8 25. Ke2 Bd6
26. h3 Rc5 27. Ra1 Ra5 28. a4 Rc5 29. Kd3 Rg5 30. g4 h5 31. f3 hxg4 32.
hxg4 f5 33. Rb5 Bc5 34. gxf5 exf5 35. exf5 Rxf5 36. Ke4 Kf6 37. f4 g5 38.
fxg5+ Rxg5 39. a5 Ke6 40. a6 Rg4+ 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Rb2 Rg3+ 43. Kc2 Rg2+ 44.
Kb3 Rxb2+ 45. Kxb2 Kc6 46. Kb3 b5 47. Rh1 Kb6 48. Rh6+ Ka5 49. Rh5 Kb6 50.
Rh6+ Ka5 51. Rh5 Kb6 52. Rf5 Be7 53. Re5 Bc5 54. Re6+ Ka5 55. Re5 Kb6 56.
Rh5 Be7 57. Rh6+ Ka5 58. c4 bxc4+ 59. Kxc4 Bd8 60. Kc5 Bb6+ 61. Kc6 Kxa6
62. Rh5 Bd8 63. Rf5 Bb6 $2 (63... Be7 $1 $10 (63... Bg5 { also draws. }))
64. Rd5 Bc7 65. Rd2 Ka5 66. Kxc7 Kb4 67. Rd4+ Kb5 68. Rd5+ Kb4 69. Kc6 a5
70. Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[WhiteICU "2279"]
[BlackICU "1888"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 f5 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nge2 Bxd3
8. Qxd3 O-O 9. Nf4 Qd7 10. O-O-O c6 11. h4 Ng4 12. Ne4 Na6 13. h5 d5 14.
hxg6 h6 15. Qb3 Nc7 16. Rh4 Nb5 17. Nc5 Qf5 18. Nce6 Bf6 19. Rh5 Qe4 20.
Nc5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Rush, Stephen"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[WhiteICU "1903"]
[BlackICU "2239"]
[WhiteClub "Strand"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512173"]
[BlackFideId "2508249"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit accepted"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
a7 Rxa7 9. Nf3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. exd5 d6 12. O-O Re8 13. Bb5 Ree7 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bh4 Bf5 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. a4 Na6 18. Nb5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nb4 20. Qd2 Ra6
21. Nc3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Bg3 Rc4 24. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Nxd5 26. Qd2
Nb4 27. Rd1 d5 28. b3 d4 29. Ne5 Qd5 30. Nd3 Nc6 31. Qc2 Bf8 32. h3 Rb6 33.
Rb1 Rb7 34. Nf4 Qf5 35. Qxf5 gxf5 36. Nd5 c4 37. Rc1 cxb3 38. Rxc6 b2 39.
Nf6+ Kh8 40. Be5 b1=Q+ 41. Kh2 Re7 42. Bxd4 Qb8+ 43. g3 Qa8 44. Nd5+ Kh7
45. Nxe7 Bxe7 46. Rc7 Qxa4 47. Rxe7 Qxd4 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Re3 Qd5+ 50. Kg1
h5 51. h4 f4 52. gxf4 Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Kf5 54. Rg3 Kxf4 55. Rg5 f5 56. Rg3 Qe2
57. Rg5 Ke4 58. Rg3 f4 59. Rg8 Qf3+ 60. Kg1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[WhiteICU "1939"]
[BlackICU "2024"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Ne2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. a3 Bxc3+
8. Nxc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qh5 Qf6 11. Rb1 Re8 12. O-O Qg6 13. Qxg6 hxg6
14. f4 Na5 15. Ba2 e4 16. Re1 Bf5 17. d4 c6 18. c4 b6 19. Bd2 Nb7 20. c5 b5
21. Rb2 a6 22. Kf2 Rad8 23. Bc3 Rc8 24. h3 Bd7 25. Re3 Kf8 26. a4 Nd8 27.
axb5 axb5 28. d5 cxd5 29. Bxd5 Bc6 30. Bxc6 Nxc6 31. Rxb5 Rc7 32. Bb2 f6
33. Reb3 Ree7 34. g4 Kf7 35. Bc3 Red7 36. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[WhiteICU "2159"]
[BlackICU "1999"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501309"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg4 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. Rc1 Rfe8 13. Re1 Bb4 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Bc7 17. Na4 Be5 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Nc5 Qd6 20.
Nb3 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Re5 22. e3 Rh5 23. Qd4 Qd7 24. h4 Qf5 25. Qf4 Qg6 26. Nd4
Bd7 27. Qd6 h6 28. Nxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Bxc6 30. Qxc6 Qd3 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32.
Qxa7 Rf5 33. Qd4 Qxa3 34. g4 Nxg4 35. Qxg4 g6 36. Qd4 Qa2 37. e4 Rf4 38. h5
gxh5 39. Qe3 Rg4 40. Qe2 Qb3 41. exd5 Qxb4 42. Qd3+ Rg6 43. Kf1 Kg7 44. Re4
Qd6 45. Qd4+ Kh7 46. Re8 Rf6 47. Qd3+ Kg7 48. Kg1 Qc5 49. Qg3+ Rg6 50. Qe5+
Rf6 51. Rg8+ Kxg8 52. Qxf6 Qc1+ 53. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Butler, Kevin C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[WhiteICU "2111"]
[BlackICU "2000"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2501538"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4
Nc5 9. Bf3 a5 10. g5 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. gxf6 Qxf6 13. Qd2 Qf7 14. h5 Nf6 15.
hxg6 Qxg6 16. Qc2 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Nge2 Bf3 19. Rh4 Qf6 20. Rh3 Qg6
21. Ng3 Bg4 22. Rh1 Rf3 23. Nce2 Raf8 24. O-O-O Rxg3 25. Nxg3 Bxd1 26. Kxd1
Qg4+ 27. Qe2 Qxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Nd7 29. Nf5 Kh8 30. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "Wallace, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[WhiteICU "1999"]
[BlackICU "2182"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "2500892"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Ponziani gambit"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 Nc6 4. d5 Nb8 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. f3 d6 7. Be3 a5 8.
Ne2 Na6 9. O-O O-O 10. Na4 Bd7 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. c3 Bxa4 13. Qxa4 Bc5 14.
Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qb5 Qd6 16. Nc1 Nd7 17. Nd3 Rfa8 18. Rae1 c6 19. dxc6 bxc6
20. Qc4 Nb6 21. Qxc5 Qxd3 22. Qxc6 Nc4 23. Qb7 Nd6 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. exd5 f6
26. b3 Rc8 27. c4 a4 28. Rc1 axb3 29. axb3 Ra3 30. c5 Nb5 31. b4 Nc3 32. d6
Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Nxc1 34. Rxc1 Rd3 35. Ra1 Rb8 36. Ra7 Kf8 37. d7 Rxb4 38. c6
Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Rc2 40. c7 Rxc7 41. Rxc7 g6 42. d8=Q+ Rxd8 43. Rxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[WhiteICU "2099"]
[BlackICU "1818"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2512041"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 b6 12. a4 Re8 13. a5 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6
15. Bxd6 Nxa5 16. Bxe5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20.
Bf3 Bb7 21. Nf6+ Kg7 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Nd5 Ra6 24. Rb1 Na5 25. Rxb6 Rxb6
26. Nxb6 Rc5 27. Rb1 Rc6 28. Rb4 Kf6 29. Kf1 Ke5 30. Rb5+ Kd4 31. Rd5+ Kc3
32. Rxa5 Rxb6 33. Ra7 Kxc4 34. Rxf7 Kd3 35. g4 h5 36. Rh7 Ke4 37. Kg2 Kf4 {
Is the score correct? The game takes some very strange turns from now on. }
38. h3 g5 $2 (38... hxg4 39. Rh4 Kg5 $10) 39. Rf7+ $18 Ke5 40. Kg3 $2 (40.
Rf5+ { is much simpler. }) 40... Rb3+ 41. f3 $4 (41. Rf3 $18) 41... Kd5 $4
(41... h4+ $10) 42. h4 $4 (42. gxh5 $18) (42. Rf5+ $18) 42... Ke6 43. Rf5
gxh4+ 44. Kxh4 Ke7 $4 (44... hxg4 $10) 45. Kxh5 Rb6 46. f4 Ra6 47. Re5+ Kf7
48. f5 Ra1 49. Kh6 Rh1+ 50. Kg5 Ra1 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[WhiteICU "1991"]
[BlackICU "1779"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507692"]
[BlackFideId "2508214"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. e3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nf8 12. Ne5 Ng6 13. f4 Qe7 14.
Rae1 a6 15. Na4 Nd7 16. a3 Ngf8 17. b4 f6 18. Nf3 b5 19. Qxc6 bxa4 20. Qxa8
Qd6 21. Rc1 Nb8 22. Qa7 Bd7 23. Rfe1 f5 24. Qc5 Qe6 25. Ng5 Qc6 26. Qxc6
Nxc6 27. Bxa6 h6 28. Nf3 Na7 29. Rc7 Nc8 30. Ne5 Be6 31. Bb5 Rd8 32. Bxa4
Nd6 33. Bc6 Rb8 34. Rb1 Ne4 35. a4 Nh7 36. a5 Nc3 37. Rb3 Nb5 38. Bxb5 Rxb5
39. a6 Rb8 40. b5 Bc8 41. a7 Ra8 42. b6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Nolan, Conor"]
[Black "Scott, Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[WhiteICU "1914"]
[BlackICU "1795"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509466"]
[BlackFideId "2507986"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O h6
8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Be5 c5 10. c3 f5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nb3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bd7 14.
Nbd4 Nf6 15. c4 Rc8 16. Rac1 dxc4 17. Rxc4 Qb6 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Nd5
20. Rfc1 a6 21. Kf1 Rxc4 22. bxc4 Rc8 23. Ke2 Kf7 24. Ne1 Nb6 25. b3 Bc6
26. f3 Nd7 27. Nd3 Nc5 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29. Bxg7 Rg8 30. Nxc6 Rxg7 31. Ne5+
Kf6 32. f4 Rxg2+ 33. Kf3 Ba3 34. Rd1 Rg7 35. Rd7 Rxd7 36. Nxd7+ Ke7 37. Ne5
a5 38. Nd3 b6 39. e4 Bd6 40. exf5 exf5 41. Ke3 Bc5+ 42. Kf3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.09"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Black "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "1943"]
[WhiteICU "1759"]
[BlackICU "1902"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510260"]
[BlackFideId "2508664"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8.
Bd3 c4 9. Be2 Bd7 10. a4 Qa5 11. Bd2 Bxa4 12. Nf3 Nbc6 13. h4 b5 14. h5 Nf5
15. h6 g6 16. Qf4 f6 17. g4 fxe5 18. Qg5 exd4 19. cxd4 c3 20. Bf4 Nfxd4 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qe5 Nxc2+ 23. Kf1 Rf7 24. Bd3 Qb4 25. Bxg6 Qxf4 26. Bxf7+
Qxf7 27. Rxa4 Ne3+ 28. Qxe3 bxa4 29. Rh5 Qf6 30. Rg5+ Kh8 31. Re5 c2 $4 (
31... d4 $19) 32. Rxe6 $10 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Rg8 34. Re8 Qf6 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36.
Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[WhiteICU "2476"]
[BlackICU "2428"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. e3 Nbd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 c6 7. Bb2 g6 8.
Nd2 Bg7 9. g4 Qa5 10. a3 e5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. g5 Nh5 13. h4 exd4 14. Nc4
Qc7 15. Bxd4 d5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nb2 f5 18. Be2 f4 19. e4 Ne5 20. Qc3 f3
21. Rxd5 Rae8 22. Bd1 Qe7 23. Rd3 Kg8 24. Re3 Qxa3 25. Kb1 Qe7 26. Nd3 Nf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Moran, Stephen"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteICU "2095"]
[BlackICU "2312"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501872"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8.
Qf3 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb8 14.
e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nc6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. d5 Nd4 18. Qd3 exd5 19. Rb1 g6 20.
Be3 Nf5 21. Nxd5 Nxe3 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Qxe3 Rfe8 24. Qd3 Rcd8 25. Qb5 Kg7
26. g3 Re5 27. Qc4 Rc5 28. Qe2 Rdc8 29. Rd2 h5 30. h4 Qf5 31. Rbd1 Re5 32.
Qd3 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 Rc2 34. R1d2 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 a5 36. Kg2 Rb5 37. Kf3 Kf6 38.
Re2 Kf5 39. Kg2 Re5 40. Rc2 Ke4 41. Rd2 Rd5 42. Rc2 Kd3 43. Rc3+ Kd2 44.
Rc7 Rb5 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Rxb4 47. Rxf7 b5 48. Rb7 Rb2 49. Rb6 b4 50.
Rxg6 b3 51. Rg5 Ke1 52. Re5+ Re2 53. Rxh5 Rxf2+ 54. Kh3 Rf3 55. Rb5 Kf2 56.
Kg4 Rxg3+ 57. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Murphy, Conor E."]
[Black "Collins, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[BlackICU "2425"]
[WhiteClub "Charlton ENG"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "421669"]
[BlackFideId "2501198"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2
Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Nb6 12. b3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qxd2+
14. Bxd2 c5 15. Kc2 O-O-O 16. Ng5 Rde8 17. Re1 Bb7 18. h4 h6 19. Nxf7 Rhf8
20. Bd3 Re6 21. Nxh6 Bxh6 22. Bxh6 Rxf2+ 23. Kb1 d5 24. Be3 Rxg2 25. Bf1
dxc4 26. Bxg2 Bxg2 27. Rhg1 Bd5 28. Bxc5 cxb3 29. axb3 Bxb3 30. Rg3 Bd5 31.
Bd4 a5 32. Rf1 Nd7 33. Re3 a4 34. Rc1 Kd8 35. Rec3 c6 36. Re3 Ke8 37. Ka1
Kf7 38. Rb1 Bb3 39. Rf1+ Ke8 40. Bb2 Bd5 41. Ba3 Bc4 42. Rf4 Bd5 43. Bd6
Nb6 44. h5 g5 45. Rf6 Rxf6 46. exf6+ Kf7 47. Re7+ Kxf6 48. h6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Murray, David"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[WhiteICU "2123"]
[BlackICU "2255"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501511"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, Leonhardt variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7
8. Be3 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 b5 13. Rg1 Nd7 14.
g5 Nc5 15. e5 g6 16. Rg3 Bb7 17. Rh3 Kg7 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Rdh4 Nxb3+ 20.
axb3 h5 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rfc8 23. Bd4+ Kg8 24. Kb1 Qc6 25. Rxe6 Re8
26. Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qxh5 $2 (27. Rh6 $1 { wins immediately. }) 27... Qh1+ 28.
Ka2 Qxh2 29. Rg6+ Kf8 30. Qxh2 Bxh2 31. Bc5+ Re7 32. Rh6 Be5 33. f4 Bg7 34.
Rh7 Re8 35. f5 f6 36. g6 Kg8 37. Bxe7 Rxe7 38. Rh3 Re5 39. Rf3 Bf8 40. c3
$17 { (Time) } 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[WhiteICU "2239"]
[BlackICU "2337"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508249"]
[BlackFideId "628859"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. g4 c4 11. f5 b5 12. Nxb5 Rb8 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. exd6
Nf6 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Qc3 Ne4 17. Qa3 c3 18. Rd3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 cxb2+ 20. Kb1
Qxe3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Carroll, Peter"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[WhiteICU "1802"]
[BlackICU "2290"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510243"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. f4 Nh6 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. Bf2 Nd7 11. O-O h4 12. a3 Be7 13. Nd1 Qb5 14. Qxb5
cxb5 15. Ne3 Rc8 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. c3 Nb6 18. Rfe1 Rc6 19. Re2 Nd7 20. Ne1
Nf8 21. Nc2 Ne6 22. g3 hxg3 23. Bxg3 Nc7 24. Ne3 g6 25. Rc2 Kd7 26. Re1 Ke6
27. Rg2 Na8 28. Nc2 Nb6 29. Nb4 Bxb4 30. axb4 Nd7 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. Ra5 b6
33. Ra6 Nb8 34. Ra3 a5 35. h4 Rc8 36. Rh2 Rh8 37. b3 Nc6 38. Rha2 Rab8 39.
bxa5 bxa5 40. Rc2 b4 41. cxb4 Nxd4 42. Rc5 Rxb4 43. Raxa5 Rxb3 44. Ra6+ Ke7
45. Rc7+ Kf8 46. Raa7 Rh7 47. Bf2 Ne6 48. Re7 Rb1+ 49. Kh2 Rg7 50. Red7 Rb8
51. Rxd5 Nxf4 52. Bc5+ Kg8 53. Rdd7 Ne6 54. Be7 Rh7 55. Kg3 Re8 56. Bf6 Nc5
57. Re7 Ne4+ 58. Kh3 Nxf6 59. exf6 Rf8 60. Kg3 Rh5 61. Ra4 Rb8 62. Raa7 f4+
63. Kg4 Rf8 64. Ra4 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[BlackICU "2207"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 e6 7. Nd2 Nc6 8.
Ngf3 Rg8 9. g3 cxd4 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. e4 dxe4 14.
Nxe4 Ke7 15. Ned6 Rb8 16. f4 Bh6 17. Rd1 Nd8 18. Bd3 f5 19. O-O Kf6 20. Be2
Bc6 21. Nd4 Bf8 22. Nf3 Bd5 23. c4 Bxd6 24. cxd5 Bxf4 25. Rd3 Bd6 26. Kh1
e5 27. Rb3 Bc5 28. Nh4 f4 29. gxf4 e4 30. Rg3 Rxg3 31. hxg3 Ra8 32. Bc4 b5
33. Bb3 b6 34. Re1 e3 35. Ng2 Nb7 36. Nxe3 h5 37. Nd1 Nd6 38. Nc3 Rg8 39.
Re5 Rxg3 40. Rxh5 b4 41. Ne2 Re3 42. Rh2 Nf5 43. Bc4 Nd6 44. Bb3 Nf5 45.
Bc4 Nd6 46. Bb3 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteICU "2159"]
[BlackICU "2279"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501309"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
Nd2 b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Re1 Rc8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf3 Nc7 14. h4 b5
15. Bg5 b4 16. Ne2 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Nb6 18. Rc2 h6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Bf1 Nb5 21.
Bd3 a6 22. Rac1 Qb7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bc2 Nd7 25. Qd2 Nf8 26. Rd1 Qb6 27.
Bb1 Rc4 28. Kg2 a5 29. Bd3 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Qxd4 31. Bh7+ Kxh7 32. Qxd4 Rxd4
33. Rxd4 Nd7 34. h5 f6 35. exf6 Bxf6 36. Rd2 Nc5 37. Bc7 a4 38. f3 b3 39.
a3 Nd7 40. f4 Nc5 41. Be5 Bxe5 42. fxe5 g6 43. g4 Kg7 44. Rd4 g5 45. Kf1
Nd7 46. Rxa4 Nxe5 47. Rb4 Nc4 48. a4 Kf6 49. Ke2 e5 50. Rxb3 e4 51. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Manojlovic, Mihailo"]
[Black "Delaney, Killian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2206"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507633"]
[BlackFideId "2501570"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxd5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+
8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rfe1 Rc8 14.
Rad1 Nf6 15. Bb1 Ne7 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Qg5 Rfd8 18. Re3 h6 19. Qf4 Rxc3 20.
bxc3 Ned5 21. Qh4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Qd5 23. Qf2 Qxe5 24. Qc2 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Be4
0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[WhiteICU "2024"]
[BlackICU "2111"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 c6 7. O-O Qc7 8.
Re1 h6 9. h3 g5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. Ng4 Ne6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Bxe6 Bxe6 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Be3 h5 17. Bc5 Qxc5 18. Qxf6 Kd7 19. Red1+ Kc7
20. Rd3 a5 21. Nd5+ Bxd5 22. Qxe5+ Kb6 23. exd5 Rae8 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4
Kc5 26. Rad1 Rd8 27. d6 Rd7 28. c3 Re8 29. Kf1 Re5 30. g3 f6 31. R1d2 b5
32. b4+ Kb6 33. bxa5+ Kxa5 34. axb5 Kxb5 35. Re2 Kc5 36. f4 Rd5 37. Rxd5+
Kxd5 38. fxg5 fxg5 39. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[WhiteICU "2099"]
[BlackICU "1939"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Prague variation, 9.Bg5"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Rc1 Rac8 13. bxc4 dxc4 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 c5 17. e3 cxd4 18. exd4 Ba3 19. Rc2 Bf5 20.
Rxc4 Ne4 21. Be3 Be6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[WhiteICU "1888"]
[BlackICU "1999"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2509571"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ne2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 f6 8.
exf6 Nxf6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Qb6 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14.
Kh1 Ne7 15. Bh3 Ne4 16. Nc3 Nf5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. Re1 Rad8 20.
Rxe4 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Bc6+ 22. Bg2 Rxd4 23. Qe1 Rfd8 24. Be3 Nxe3 25. Rxe3
Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qxb2+ 27. Kh3 Rd2 28. Rxe6 Rxh2+ 29. Kg4 h5+ 30. Kg5 Rf8 31.
Rb1 Qg2 32. Rd6 Kh8 33. Qc3 Qe4 34. Qe5 Qxb1 35. Rh6+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Rf7 37.
Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Bourached, Anthony"]
[Black "Rush, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[WhiteICU "2083"]
[BlackICU "1903"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Strand"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504456"]
[BlackFideId "2512173"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6
8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bg5 O-O
14. Bd3 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bf4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. g3 Bd6 18. Bxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[WhiteICU "1999"]
[BlackICU "1991"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2507692"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Nc6 9. Re1 Be6 10. h3 Qd7 11. Ng5 Rad8 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. c3 Ne5 14.
Qe2 Nd3 15. Rd1 Bh6 16. f4 Nh5 17. Qf3 Nxg3 18. Nb3 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Bxf4 20.
Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Re1 Nh5 22. Nxc5 Qxa2 23. Nd3 Bg3 24. Nb4 Qc4 25. Kh1 Bf4 26.
Re2 Qxe2 27. Qxe2 Rd1+ 28. Bf1 Rxf1+ 29. Qxf1 Ng3+ 30. Kg2 Nxf1 31. Kxf1 e6
32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Kf3 Bc7 34. Nd3 Bb6 35. c4 Bd4 36. e5 f6 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38.
Ke4 e5 39. b4 h5 40. b5 b6 41. Nb4 g5 42. Nc6 g4 43. hxg4 h4 44. Nxa7 h3
45. Kf3 e4+ 46. Kg3 e3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Wallace, Paul"]
[Black "Nolan, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[WhiteICU "2182"]
[BlackICU "1914"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500892"]
[BlackFideId "2509466"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Bf4 Ng6 9. Bg3 Qb6 10. Qc1 Bd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Rd1 Qc5 13. Re1 O-O 14. c3
f5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Nd2 Nf4 17. Nb3 Nxd3 18. Nxc5 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 b6 20.
Nd3 Ba6 21. Nf4 Kf7 22. Rcd1 g5 23. Nd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 h5 25. f3 Kg6 26. h3
Rd8 27. a4 h4 28. Bf2 e5 29. g3 hxg3 30. Bxg3 Kf5 31. Kg2 Re6 32. Red1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Scott, Luke"]
[Black "Butler, Kevin C."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[WhiteICU "1795"]
[BlackICU "2000"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507986"]
[BlackFideId "2501538"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.
g3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Bf6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Re8+ 13. Be3 Nc6 14.
O-O Be6 15. b4 Rc8 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 h5 19. a4 h4 20. a5
hxg3 21. hxg3 b6 22. axb6 axb6 23. b5 Qb7 24. Na2 Bg4 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Nc3
Be6 27. Rcd1 Red8 28. Ra1 Nf5 29. Ra6 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Qc7 31. Ne2 g5 32. Rc1
Qd6 33. Rc6 Rxc6 34. bxc6 Qxc6 35. Rxb6 Qc7 36. Bf3 Kg7 37. Rb5 Qc6 38. Kf2
Rh8 39. Rc5 Qa6 40. Qb2 Qa8 41. Rc1 Rh2+ 42. Kg1 Qh8 43. Qc2 Qh3 44. Qc7 g4
45. Nf4 Qxg3+ 46. Bg2 Kh6 47. Rc2 Rh4 48. Re2 Bg5 49. Nxd5 Qxc7 50. Nxc7
Bc4 51. Re1 f5 52. Kf2 Kg6 53. Rc1 Bd3 54. Rc6+ Kf7 55. Ne6 g3+ 56. Kxg3
Rg4+ 57. Kh3 Bxe3 58. Bf3 $4 (58. d5 $15) 58... Bf1+ 59. Kh2 Rh4+ 60. Kg3 (
60. Kg3 Rh3#) 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "1896"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[BlackICU "1779"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[BlackFideId "2508214"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Nbd7 4. d4 a6 5. Be2 b5 6. a4 bxa4 7. c4 Nb6
8. Nc3 Bd7 9. Nf3 a3 10. bxa3 g6 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf3 Be8 14.
Re1 Ra7 15. a4 Kh8 16. Ba3 a5 17. Bc5 Ng8 18. Nb5 Ra6 19. Qc2 f6 20. Nc6
Bxc6 21. dxc6 Nc8 22. Bd5 Nd6 23. Ra3 Re8 24. Rh3 f5 25. Ree3 Nf6 26. Bxd6
exd6 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Qe2 Ra8 29. Qe7 ({ The game score must be garbled.
} 29. Qe6 { is more likely. }) 29... Bf6 30. Qf7 Ng7 31. Qxc7 Ne8 32. Qf7 (
{ The game score must again be garbled, else } 32. Qxh7#) 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.10"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Black "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1841"]
[WhiteICU "1818"]
[BlackICU "1759"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512041"]
[BlackFideId "2510260"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 d6 7. b4 axb4 8.
axb4 Nbd7 9. d3 e5 10. e3 Ne8 11. Nge2 f5 12. O-O Nef6 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Ra1
c6 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. b5 Nc5 17. Qc2 e4 18. d4 Nd3 19. Nc1 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Be6
21. Qb4 c5 22. Qb3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. d5 Bd7 25. Re1 Ng4 26. Re2 Qf6 27.
Ra2 Rxa2 28. N1xa2 Ne5 29. Qa4 Qd8 30. Ne2 g5 31. Nac1 Qe8 32. h3 h6 33.
Nb3 Qb8 34. Nd2 Bc8 35. b6 Bd7 36. Qa7 Qc8 37. Nc1 Nf7 38. Ndb3 Nd8 39. Na5
Kh7 40. Ncb3 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Moran, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "2476"]
[BlackICU "2095"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "2501872"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bh6 6. e3 f5 7. Ne2 d6 8.
g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Nbc3 Ne5 11. O-O h5 12. h4 Bd7 13. Rb1 Bb5 14. Nxb5
Qxb5 15. Nf4 Bf6 16. b3 Qa5 17. a3 c4 18. Qd1 Ng4 19. bxc4 Qc7 20. c5 Qxc5
21. Rxb7 Kf8 22. Qd3 Qc8 23. Rfb1 Kg7 24. Bh3 Kh6 25. Bxg4 fxg4 26. Qe4 Rd8
27. Rxe7 Bxe7 28. Qxe7 Qf5 29. Rb7 a5 30. e4 Qe5 31. Qxf7 Rh8 32. Qg6# 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Black "Murray, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[WhiteICU "2312"]
[BlackICU "2123"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504243"]
[BlackFideId "2501511"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. d3 e5 8.
Nd2 Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 b5 12. Ne3 O-O 13. fxe5 fxe5 14. Rxf8+
Bxf8 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Rc1 Nd4 17. Ne4 Nce6 18. Qf1 a5 19. Qf2 Be8 20. Ng4
Qc7 21. e3 Nc6 22. Qf5 Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Bxf7 24. Bc3 Rd8 25. Nef6+ gxf6 26.
Bxc6 Bg7 27. Bxb5 h5 28. Nf2 Bh6 29. Re1 Ng5 30. Bc6 Rd6 31. Bg2 a4 32. a3
Bb3 33. h4 Ne6 34. Bf1 Kf7 35. Ne4 Rd8 36. Kf2 Bc2 37. Bh3 Rd5 38. Bg2 Rxd3
39. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Murphy, Conor E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteICU "2428"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Charlton ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "421669"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin, Vienna variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 e5 13. O-O Qd6
14. Qc2 O-O 15. Rad1 Bc5 16. Bg5 Bd4 17. Be2 h6 18. Be3 Qc5 19. Qc1 Bg4 20.
Bxd4 exd4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Qf4 Ne5 24. Ne3 c5 25. Nf5 Qe6 26.
b4 Ng6 27. Qd2 Qxe4 28. Nd6 Qd5 29. bxc5 Nh4 30. f3 Qxc5 31. Qxd4 Qg5 32.
g3 Nf5 33. Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Black "Delaney, Killian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[WhiteICU "2337"]
[BlackICU "2206"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "628859"]
[BlackFideId "2501570"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g5 4. h3 h6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 a5 7. b5 c5 8. bxc6
Nxc6 9. Rb1 e5 10. g3 Nge7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Qa4 Ra6 13. Ba3 Nb4 14. Bxb4
axb4 15. Qxb4 Rxa2 16. O-O Nc6 17. Qb5 Qe7 18. Ra1 Qa3 19. Rxa2 Qxa2 20.
Qb3 Qa5 21. Rb1 f5 22. g4 Rf7 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Qb5 Qc7 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26.
dxe4 Kh8 27. Ne1 d3 28. Nxd3 Nd4 29. Qc5 Nxe2+ 30. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[WhiteICU "2425"]
[BlackICU "2159"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2501309"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6
8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4 12. Rh3 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd5 14.
Bd2 Bb4 15. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 cxd5 18. Rc3 Kd7 19. a4 a5
20. Rf3 Ke7 21. Re1 Rac8 22. c3 h6 23. Kc1 Nc4 24. Rg3 Kd7 25. g5 Nd6 26.
Bc2 hxg5 27. Rxg5 Rcg8 28. Reg1 Ne8 29. Bd1 Rh6 30. f4 Ke7 31. b3 Rgh8 32.
Bf3 Nf6 33. f5 Nxh5 34. fxe6 f6 35. Rxh5 Rxh5 36. Rxg7+ Kxe6 37. Bxh5 Rxh5
38. Rxb7 Rh2 39. Rb6+ Kf5 40. Rd6 Kg5 41. Rxd5+ f5 42. Rxa5 Kg4 43. Ra8 f4
44. Rf8 f3 45. a5 f2 46. Kd1 Kg3 47. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Wall, Gavin"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[WhiteICU "2290"]
[WhiteClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501244"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8.
Bd3 f6 9. b5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 fxe5 11. Qh5+ Kf8 12. Qxe5 Nf6 13. O-O Kf7 14.
Bg5 Qc7 15. Qxc7 Bxc7 16. Nd2 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. c4 Bf4 19. Rfd1 dxc4 20.
Bxc4 Rac8 21. g3 Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Ke7 23. Rad1 Rhd8 24. Rd4 Be8 25. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Carroll, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[WhiteICU "2255"]
[BlackICU "1802"]
[WhiteClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500434"]
[BlackFideId "2510243"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. }

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 Nc6 10. Nc2 Nh5 11. Be3 Be5 12. g3 Bh3 13. Rf2 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Bxg3 15. Rg2 Qh4 16. Bf1 Re5 17. Ne2 Bxg2 18. Bxg2 Rh5 19. Nxg3 Qxg3 20.
Kf1 Ne5 21. Qe2 f5 22. Bf2 Qf4 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Nxe3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Nd3 26.
Bg3 Rf8+ 27. Kg1 Nf4 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Nd5 Rf7 30. Rd1 Re5 31. Rd3 h5 32.
Rh3 Kf8 33. Bf3 Ke8 34. Kg2 Re6 35. Nb4 Ref6 36. Nd3 c6 37. Ne1 Kd7 38. Nd3
Kc7 39. Rg3 h4 40. Rh3 g5 41. Nf2 Kb6 42. Ng4 Rf4 43. e5 dxe5 44. Nxe5 R7f5
45. Ng4 Ra5 46. a3 Rxc4 47. Ne3 Rf4 48. Be2 Rc5 49. Rh1 Re4 50. Kf3 Rf4+
51. Kg2 Kc7 52. Bf3 Rb5 53. b4 a5 54. Rc1 Rd4 55. Rc3 axb4 56. axb4 Kd6 57.
Be2 Rbxb4 58. Nf5+ Ke5 59. Nxd4 Rxd4 60. Kh3 Re4 61. Rc2 Kf4 62. Bh5 Re3+
63. Kh2 g4 64. Rc4+ Re4 65. Rc1 Re2+ 66. Kg1 h3 67. Rc4+ Re4 $4 (67... Kg5
$19) 68. Rxe4+ $1 $10 Kxe4 69. Bxg4 Ke3 70. Bxh3 c5 71. Bf1 Kd2 72. Kf2 b6
73. Kf3 Kc3 74. Ke4 c4 75. Kd5 b5 76. Kc5 Kd2 77. Bxc4 bxc4 78. Kxc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Li, Henry"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[WhiteICU "2207"]
[BlackICU "2239"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508524"]
[BlackFideId "2508249"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6
8. Bh4 g6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. f4 e5 11. Nb3 exf4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5+ Ne5
14. Bf6 Rg8 15. Qd2 Bg4 16. Re1 g5 17. h3 Bc8 18. h4 Be7 19. hxg5 hxg5 20.
Bxe5 dxe5 21. Na5 Bd6 22. Rh6 b5 23. Nc6 Kf8 24. Qc3 Bb7 25. Nxe5 Qxc3 26.
bxc3 Ba3+ 27. Kd2 Bxd5 28. Bd3 Rd8 29. Rxa6 Bc5 30. Kc1 Bxg2 31. Bxb5 Rh8
32. Rf6 Ba3+ 33. Kb1 Rh1 34. Rxh1 Bxh1 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 36. Rd7 Rb8 37. c4 Rf8
38. Ng4 f3 39. c5 f2 40. Bf1 Rb8+ 41. Ka1 Bb2+ 42. Kb1 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Brady, Stephen"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[WhiteICU "2279"]
[BlackICU "1939"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500124"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. h3 a6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Nb6 11. b3 Nfd7 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Nxa4 14. Rxa4
c5 15. d5 Nb6 16. Ra3 Nd7 17. O-O Qb6 18. c3 e6 19. Rd1 h5 20. b4 Ne5 21.
dxe6 fxe6 22. Qa2 Bc8 23. gxh5 gxh5 24. f4 Nf7 25. e5 d5 26. Bxc5 Qd8 27.
c4 Qh4 28. cxd5 Rh6 29. dxe6 Nxe5 30. fxe5 Bxe6 31. Bc6+ Kf7 32. Qf2+ Kg8
33. Bxa8 Rg6 34. Rd4 Qg5 35. Qf4 Bxe5 36. Qxg5 Rxg5 37. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Bourached, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[WhiteICU "2111"]
[BlackICU "2083"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2504456"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. h3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rb1 Ne6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14.
b4 a6 15. a4 Bd7 16. a5 Nc7 17. Na4 Rad8 18. Ne5 Bc8 19. Qf3 Ne6 20. h4 Nf8
21. Bf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qe7 23. Nc5 Ne4 24. Rb2 Nd6 25. Qh3 f6 26. Ned3 Qf7
27. Nf4 Re7 28. Re2 g6 29. g4 h6 30. Nfd3 g5 31. f4 gxh4 32. Qxh4 Rde8 33.
Rf3 Qg6 34. f5 Qg5 35. Qh3 Rg7 36. Rg2 Re4 37. Nf4 Ree7 38. Qg3 Ne4 39. Qe1
Nxc5 40. Nh3 Nd3 41. Qg3 Qxg4 42. Qxg4 Rxg4 43. Rxg4+ Rg7 44. Rfg3 Rxg4 45.
Rxg4+ Kf7 46. Nf4 Nxb4 47. Nh5 Nd7 48. Rg7+ Ke8 49. Rg8+ Ke7 50. Rg7+ Kd8
51. Nf4 Kc7 52. Ne6+ Kd6 53. Nd8 b5 54. Nb7+ Kc7 55. Nc5 Nc2 56. Rxd7+ Kc8
57. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Black "Fox, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1985"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[WhiteICU "1991"]
[BlackICU "2024"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507692"]
[BlackFideId "2500736"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Qc2 c6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Nxg4 Bxg4 14.
Na4 Rad8 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Re7 18. b4 g6 19. Qc2 Ne6 20. a4
a6 21. Rab1 Nxc5 22. bxc5 Qe6 23. Rb4 f5 24. Rfb1 Rdd7 25. g3 Qf7 26. Kg2
Qe6 27. Qd1 h5 28. Qf3 Qe4 29. h3 Rf7 30. R4b2 g5 31. Qxe4 fxe4 32. g4 h4
33. Rf1 Rf3 34. Rfb1 Rff7 35. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Black "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "2148"]
[WhiteICU "1999"]
[BlackICU "2099"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509571"]
[BlackFideId "2500493"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. }

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8.
O-O Be6 9. f4 Qd7 10. Nd5 Bg4 11. Be3 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14.
Rf2 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qa4 c5 17. Qc2 Rab8 18. Kh1 Rfc8 19. Ng1 Be6 20.
Nf3 c4 21. dxc4 Bxc4 22. Qd2 d3 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Be6 25. Qd1 Bh6 26. b3
d2 27. Rxd2 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Qxd2 29. Nxd2 Rc2 30. Ne4 Rbc8 31. h4 Rc1+ 32.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kh2 Rc2 34. Kg1 Rxa2 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Bd5 Bxd5 37. Nxd5 Ra3
38. b4 Rxg3+ 39. Kf2 Rd3 40. Ne3 Rd4 41. h5 Rxb4 42. hxg6 Kxg6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Butler, Kevin C."]
[Black "Manojlovic, Mihailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[WhiteICU "2000"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Phibsboro"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501538"]
[BlackFideId "2507633"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Wade variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
N2f3 Nge7 9. Bd3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 f6 14.
exf6 Bxf6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 e5 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Qh5 g6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20.
Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ Kh8 23. Bg5 Qe8 24. Bf6+ Rxf6 25. Qxf6+ Kh7
26. f4 Qg6 27. fxe5 Qxf6 28. exf6 Rf8 29. Rad1 Be6 30. Rde1 Bd7 31. Re3 Kg6
32. Rg3+ Kf7 33. Rg5 Ke6 34. h4 Rxf6 35. Rxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rxd5 Be6 37. Rb5 b6
38. Rh5 Kg6 39. Rg5+ Kf6 40. b3 a5 41. Rb5 Ne7 42. Rxb6 Nf5 43. h5 a4 44.
bxa4 Ng3 45. h6 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Rush, Stephen"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[WhiteICU "1903"]
[BlackICU "1888"]
[WhiteClub "Strand"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512173"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "A91"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

{ Event information: <a
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report</a>. } { Reference: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/2018/08/26/from-the-irish-championship-2018/">From
the Irish championship 2018</a>, Se&aacute;n Coffey, IRLchess, August 26,
2018. }

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 a5 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qe8 10. Nb5 Bd8 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 e5 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Rac1 Qf7 17. Bd5 f4 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxd8 Raxd8
20. Nxc7 Qg4 21. Nd5 fxg3 22. hxg3 Nd4 23. Re1 $2 (23. Nc3 $1 $14) 23...
Rd6 24. Kg2 Qe4+ $2 (24... Rh6 $1 $19) 25. f3 Rxf3 26. exf3 Qxf3+ 27. Kg1
Qxg3+ 28. Qg2 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Nh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Nolan, Conor"]
[Black "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "1943"]
[WhiteICU "1914"]
[BlackICU "1902"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509466"]
[BlackFideId "2508664"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4
14. Qg4 Qb4 15. Nxe4 Qxb2 16. Qf4 Qc2 17. Ng3 Bc6 18. Rfc1 Qd3 19. Rd1 Qc2
20. Rdc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Black "Wallace, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[WhiteICU "1999"]
[BlackICU "2182"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501120"]
[BlackFideId "2500892"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "Scoresheet"]

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1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Re1 Nbd7 8.
e4 e5 9. Nc3 Re8 10. h3 c6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. d5 cxd5 14. Nb5 Qd8
15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. exd5 Bf8 17. Ra3 Bd7 18. Rb3 Rec8 19. Nc3 Qa7 20. g4 h6
21. Qf3 Be7 22. Qe2 Rc5 23. Nc4 Rf8 24. Qe3 Kg7 25. Nb6 Bd8 26. Nxd7 Nxd7
27. Ne4 Bb6 28. Nxc5 Nxc5 29. Rb5 f5 30. Rf1 fxg4 31. hxg4 Nxa4 32. Qd2 Rf4
33. Rb3 Nc5 34. Rg3 g5 35. Qe2 Nd7 36. Rf3 Rxg4 37. Rf7+ Kxf7 38. Qxg4 Nc5
39. Qf5+ Kg7 40. Bf3 Qb8 41. Bh5 Qf8 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Bg4 Bc7 44. Bf5 Qg7
45. Qh5 Qf6 46. Qg4 Kg7 47. Bd3 Bb6 48. Kg2 Qf7 49. Qf3 $2 (49. Be4 $10)
49... Qxf3+ $1 50. Kxf3 Nxd3 $1 51. cxd3 Bc5 { Engines think this is only
slightly better for Black, but since White has no entry points, Black can't
lose, and threatens on both wings. It's already tricky for White to hold,
if it's possible at all. } 52. Ke4 Kg6 53. b3 h5 54. Kf3 Kf5 55. Rh1 g4+
56. Kg3 Kg5 57. Ra1 h4+ 58. Kg2 b6 59. Ra4 b5 $2 ({ Too hasty. } 59... Bb4
$1 $19 { , e.g. } 60. f3 h3+ 61. Kg3 Bc3 62. Ra2 Be1+ 63. Kh2 gxf3) 60. Re4
Bd4 61. f3 gxf3+ 62. Kxf3 a4 63. bxa4 bxa4 64. Rg4+ Kf5 65. Rxh4 $4 (65.
Rg8 $1 { and White holds a draw. }) 65... a3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[WhiteICU "1779"]
[BlackICU "1818"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508214"]
[BlackFideId "2512041"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "Scoresheet"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Bf4 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nh5 7. Be3 g6 8.
Qd2 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bb5 Bg7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bh6 Nhf6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Qe2 Qg4 16. O-O Nxe4 17. Qe3 Ng5 18. Qxg5 Bxf3 19. Qxg4 Bxg4
20. f3 Be6 21. Rfe1 Rab8 22. b3 Rfc8 23. Re4 c4 24. Ne2 cxb3 25. cxb3 Rc2
26. Ra1 Rd2 27. Nf4 Rc8 28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Rxe6 Kf8 30. Rae1 Rcc2 31. g4
Rg2+ 32. Kh1 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Rcg2+ 34. Kf1 Rxa2 35. Kg1 h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37.
Rxe7 Rhg2+ 38. Kh1 Rg7 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. R1e7+ Kf6 41. Re6+ Kg5 42. Re4 Rc7
43. Rg8+ Kf5 44. Rf8+ Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kf7 46. Rg1 Rc3 47. Rf4+ Ke6 48. b4 d5
49. Re1+ Kd6 50. Rf6+ Kc7 51. Rf5 d4 52. Rxh5 Rxf3 53. Rd1 Rb3 54. b5 Kb6
55. Rd5 d3 56. Kg1 Rxb5 57. R5xd3 $2 (57. Rxb5+ $1 Kxb5 58. Rxd3 { is a
tablebase draw. }) 57... Rf5 58. Rc3 Rc5 59. Rb3+ Ka5 60. Rdb1 a6 61. Kf1
Rh5 62. Kg1 Rb5 63. Kf1 Ka4 64. Rxb5 axb5 65. Ke1 b4 66. Kd1 Rh2 67. Rc1
Rh1+ 68. Kc2 b3+ 69. Kb2 Rxc1 70. Kxc1 Ka3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[WhiteICU "1759"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510260"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "ICU ratings web site"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Scott, Luke"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[WhiteICU "1795"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507986"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "ICU ratings web site"]

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report</a>. }

0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Murphy, Conor E."]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[BlackICU "2476"]
[WhiteClub "Charlton ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "421669"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8.
cxd4 Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 f5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Qb3 Ne7 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 c6 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Bd3 Ng6 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Ne5 Bf5 20.
Qb2 c5 21. a4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Rac8 23. Rfc1 a5 24. g4 Be4 25. Be3 Qe6 26.
Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1 Rc4 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Qb5 c3 30. f3 Bxf3 31. Qd3 Bxg4 32.
Qxc3 Bd1 33. d5 Qh3 34. Nc4 Be2 35. Qc1 Qg4+ 36. Kf2 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qg4+ 38.
Kf2 Bd8 39. Bf4 Bxc4 40. Qxc4 g5 41. d6+ Kh8 42. Ke1 Qh4+ 43. Kd1 gxf4 44.
Qf7 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "O'Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteICU "2425"]
[BlackICU "2312"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "2504243"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bg5 Ne4
8. Be3 e6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rb1 Bxf3
14. Qxf3 O-O 15. Rb3 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19.
Qxd4 Re8 20. Rxb7 Re4 21. Qc5 Rc4 22. Qa3 Rc7 23. Rb4 Rc4 24. Rb7 Rc7 25.
Rb4 Rc4 26. Rb5 d4 27. Qf3 Rac8 28. Rd5 Qf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Rd1 Ra4 31.
g3 Rc2 32. R1xd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxa2 34. g4 a5 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Ra8 Kh6 37.
Ra7 Kg6 38. Kg2 a4 39. Ra5 a3 40. Kf3 Ra1 41. h4 f5 42. Ra6+ Kh7 43. gxf5
a2 44. h5 Rh1 45. Rxa2 Rxh5 46. Kf4 Kg7 47. Ra6 Rh2 48. f3 Re2 49. Ra1 Kf6
50. Rc1 Kg7 51. Rc6 Re1 52. Rb6 Re2 53. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Jessel, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[WhiteICU "2428"]
[BlackICU "2337"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "628859"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Franco-Indian (Keres) defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. g3 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 Nb8 8.
O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2 Nd7 10. Nc3 Ngf6 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nd3 Qe7 13. e4 Nc5 14.
Nxc5 dxc5 15. b3 Ne8 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nb2 Nd6 18. Nd3 f6 19. Qc3 b6 20. Rae1
Nf7 21. f4 Rae8 22. Rf2 Qd6 23. a3 Re7 24. Ref1 Rfe8 25. f5 Ra8 26. Rb2 Nd8
27. h4 Re8 28. a4 Nf7 29. Qc1 Kf8 30. Bf3 Ke7 31. Bh5 Rg8 32. Bxf7 Kxf7 33.
Qd1 Ke7 34. Kh2 Rh8 35. g4 Rag8 36. Rg2 g5 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Qe1 g5 39. h5
Rh6 40. Qg3 Rg7 41. Nf2 Rgh7 42. Kg1 Rg7 43. Nd1 Rgh7 44. Ne3 Rg7 45. Qf3
Rg8 46. Rgf2 Rf8 47. Qg2 Rg8 48. Rf5 Rg7 49. R1f2 Rg8 50. Qf1 Rg7 51. Qe2
Rg8 52. Rf1 Rf8 53. R5f2 Rg8 54. Qf3 Rf8 55. Kg2 Rfh8 56. Nf5+ Bxf5 57.
Qxf5 Rg8 58. Rd1 Rd8 59. Rfd2 Qd7 60. d6+ cxd6 61. Qf3 Qe6 62. Rf1 Rd7 63.
Rdf2 Rd8 64. Qd1 Rd7 65. Rf5 Rd8 66. Qf3 Rg8 67. Rf2 Rd8 68. Kf1 Rg8 69.
Ke1 Rd8 70. Kd2 Rg8 71. Kc3 Rd8 72. Qd3 Rb8 73. Qd2 Rg8 74. Qd5 Rb8 75. Ra2
Qxd5 76. cxd5 b5 77. axb5 Rxb5 78. Ra4 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Murray, David"]
[Black "Moran, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[WhiteICU "2123"]
[BlackICU "2095"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501511"]
[BlackFideId "2501872"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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report</a>. } { Annotator: Alexander Baburin, <em>Sunday Independent</em>,
August 19, 2018 p. 29. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5
8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 $5 Bxc3 12. Bc4 Bg7 13. Qe2 Qc8 14.
e5 Ba6 15. e6 fxe6 16. Ng5 exd5 17. Bxd5+ e6 $2 ({ "This is Black's only
real mistake of the game. } 17... Kh8 18. Qxe7 Qd7 { was called for." })
18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Qe4 Nd7 20. Rb3 $1 Bxf1 21. Rh3 Nf6 22. Qxg6 Qxe6 23.
Rxh7+ Nxh7 24. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Delaney, Killian"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[WhiteICU "2206"]
[BlackICU "2290"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Richmond ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501570"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Re1
Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bb3 exd4 11. cxd4 Nh5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 a5 15. Nf3 a4 16. Bc2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Black "Brady, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteICU "2239"]
[BlackICU "2279"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508249"]
[BlackFideId "2500124"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. h3 Bh5
8. c4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Nc3 c6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qc7 13. b4 O-O 14. Re1
Rfd8 15. Qb3 b5 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. a4 bxc4 20.
Qxc4 Nb6 21. Qg4 Qd7 22. Re3 Qe7 23. Rg3 Qf8 24. Bd4 h5 25. Qh4 Qxb4 26.
Rd1 Qxa4 27. Rdd3 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Nd5 30. Qg5 g6 31. Rh4 Kf8 32.
Rxh5 gxh5 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Qxa8 Qxe5 35. Qxa7+ Ke8 36. Qa8+ Ke7 37. Qxc6 h4
38. Qc5+ Kf6 39. Qf8 hxg3+ 40. fxg3 Qc7 41. h4 e5 42. h5 Ke6 43. Qe8+ Kf5
44. h6 Nf6 45. Qf8 Qc1 46. Qxf7 Qxh6+ 47. Kg1 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Qd1 49. Qf8 Qh5+
50. Kg1 Qg5 51. Kh2 Qh6+ 52. Qxh6 Ng4+ 53. Kg1 Nxh6 54. Kf2 Ke4 55. Ke2 Ng4
56. Kd2 Ne3 57. Ke2 Nxg2 58. g4 Kf4 59. Kd3 e4+ 60. Kd4 e3 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Daly, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[BlackICU "2255"]
[BlackClub "Bray/Greystones"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "2500434"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 b6 10. a4 a5 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. b4 h6 14. Qb3 Qe7
15. Ba3 axb4 16. cxb4 Rf8 17. a5 c6 18. b5 Nc5 19. bxc6 Nxb3 20. Bxe7 Nxd2
21. cxb7 Nxc4 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. a6 Nd6 24. a7 Nxb7 25. a8=Q Rxa8 26. Rxa8+
Bf8 27. Nxe5 Nc5 28. f3 Ncd7 29. Nxd7 Nxd7 30. Rd1 Nc5 31. Rdd8 Ne6 32.
Rxf8+ Nxf8 33. Rb8 Kg7 34. Rxb6 g5 35. Kf2 f6 36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Re7 h5 38.
g3 h4 39. f4 hxg3+ 40. hxg3 gxf4 41. gxf4 Kh6 42. Kf3 Ng6 43. Rf7 Nh4+ 44.
Kg4 Kg6 45. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Carroll, Peter"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "2086"]
[WhiteICU "1802"]
[BlackICU "2111"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510243"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 b5 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Bb7 9. e5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nh6 11. Bh3 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Kb8 13. Qh5 Bf8 14. g4 Nd4
15. Rf2 f6 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Li, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[WhiteICU "2024"]
[BlackICU "2207"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2508524"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3
g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Nc5 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bg5 Be7 21.
Bh6 Nfd7 22. Ra3 Nxa4 23. Bxa4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 a5 25. Be3 Ba6 26. Ra3 Qc7 27.
Rea1 Bb5 28. Nh2 h5 29. Nf3 a4 30. Qe2 Nc5 31. b4 Nd3 32. Qd2 Qd8 33. Ne2
Qd7 34. Ne1 f5 35. exf5 Qxf5 36. Ng3 Qf7 37. Nxd3 cxd3 38. c4 Bxc4 39. Rxa4
Qxd5 40. Bg5 Rxa4 41. Rxa4 e4 42. Bxe7 Rxe7 43. Nf1 Kh7 44. Ra5 Qf7 45. Qc3
d5 46. Qd4 Qg7 47. Qc5 Rc7 48. Qe3 Rb7 49. Qc5 Qe7 50. Qc8 Qxb4 51. Ra8 Qb2
52. Qg8+ Kh6 53. Qf8+ Qg7 54. Qf4+ Kh7 55. g4 Rf7 56. Qg3 Qf6 57. Nd2 h4
58. Qe3 d4 59. Qe1 Bd5 60. Ra5 Bb7 61. g5 Qf4 62. Rb5 e3 63. fxe3 dxe3 64.
Nf1 d2 0-1

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Freeman, Gordon"]
[Black "Butler, Kevin C."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2064"]
[WhiteICU "2159"]
[BlackICU "2000"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501309"]
[BlackFideId "2501538"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "TWIC 1240"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Re1 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 O-O 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Nd4 Bxg2 14.
Kxg2 Qe8 15. Qc2 Qe5 16. Kg1 Qxd5 17. Rad1 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "O'Neill, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2148"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[WhiteICU "2099"]
[BlackICU "1991"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2507692"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "Scoresheet"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. Qc2 Nf6
8. e3 O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Bd3 Rfe8 12. O-O Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ne7 14.
Kh1 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxc2 18. Bxc2 Nc6 19. Rfd1 Rad8
20. Rac1 Ne5 21. Bb3 Nxf3 22. Bxd5 Ne5 23. Rc7 b5 24. Ra7 g6 25. Rxa6 Kh8
26. Rd4 f5 27. Rb6 Ng4 28. Kg2 f4 29. e4 Re5 30. h3 Nh6 31. Rxb5 f3+ 32.
Kxf3 Rf8+ 33. Ke2 Nf5 34. Rdb4 Rfe8 35. Kd3 Ne7 36. Rb8 Nxd5 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8
38. exd5 1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Wallace, Paul"]
[Black "Bourached, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2202"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[WhiteICU "2182"]
[BlackICU "2083"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500892"]
[BlackFideId "2504456"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "ICU ratings web site"]

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1-0

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[WhiteICU "1939"]
[BlackICU "1888"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "Scoresheet"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 7. b3 f6 8. Bd3
fxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Bf4 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Re1 Nge7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. a4 Nd8
15. Na3 Nf7 16. Re2 h6 17. Qc2 g5 18. Bg3 g4 19. Nh4 Ng5 20. Rae1 Qc8 21.
Qd2 Bc6 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 d4 24. cxd4 Rd8 25. Rc1 Rxd4 26. Qc2 b6 27.
Bc4 Qd7 28. f4 gxf3 29. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rd8 31. Bf2 { White offered a
draw. } 31... Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. f4 Nd5 36.
Kf3 Ne7 37. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Nemeth, Zalan"]
[Black "Melaugh, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[WhiteICU "1818"]
[BlackICU "1999"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512041"]
[BlackFideId "2509571"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "Scoresheet"]

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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. Rb1 Be6 9. b4 f6 10. b5 Nd4 11. e3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Rb8 13. Qc2 f5 14. d4
e4 15. Be2 h5 16. f3 { White offered a draw. } 16... h4 17. fxe4 hxg3 18.
exf5 gxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf7 20. a4 Rh3 21. Rf3 Rh4 22. Rg3 Nd5 23. Bf3 Nxc3 24.
Qxc3 Bd5 25. Bg2 { White offered a draw. } 25... Bd6 26. Bxd5 Bxg3 27. e4
Qd6 28. Ba3 Qf4 29. Bc6+ Kd8 30. Qb3 $18 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Tirziman, Rudolf"]
[Black "Rush, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1943"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[BlackICU "1903"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Strand"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508664"]
[BlackFideId "2512173"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "Scoresheet"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6
8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+
14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 Nh5 19. Bc1 Bf4
20. g4 Bxc1 21. gxh5+ Kg7 22. Raxc1 b6 23. Rg1+ Kf8 24. Qe3 Bb7+ 25. f3 Qc5
26. Qxc5+ bxc5 27. Rgf1 Rd2 28. Rc2 Rad8 29. Rf2 R2d3 30. Kg2 Ke7 31. Bc4
Rg8+ 32. Kf1 Rd1+ 33. Ke2 Rh1 34. h6 Rxh6 35. b4 Rh4 36. f4 Rgg4 37. bxc5
Rxf4 38. Rxf4 Rxf4 39. c6 Bxc6 40. Bxa6 h5 41. Ke1 h4 42. Bf1 e5 43. Rb2
Kd6 44. Rb8 Bd7 45. Rb2 Kc5 46. Rb8 f6 47. Rd8 Be6 48. Ra8 Bg4 49. a4 Rf3
50. Ra5+ Kb6 51. Ra8 Rxc3 52. Ra6+ Kc5 53. Rxf6 Kd4 54. Kd2 Rf3 55. Rg6
Rf2+ 56. Ke1 Rf4 57. Rb6 Kc3 58. a5 Ra4 59. a6 e4 60. Rc6+ Kd4 61. Rd6+ Ke3
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[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Manojlovic, Mihailo"]
[Black "Nolan, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "1914"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507633"]
[BlackFideId "2509466"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Flohr variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "Scoresheet"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Nf4 e5
8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Ng4 11. Ne4 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Nbd7 13. Be2
O-O-O 14. Kc1 f5 15. Nd2 Be7 16. Nc4 Nf7 17. Be3 Nd6 18. h3 Nxc4 19. Bxc4
Bf6 20. Be2 Nb6 21. a4 Rhe8 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Bd3 Bg5+ 24. Kd1 Bh4 25. g3
Bf6 26. Ra2 Bd4 27. Rf1 Re5 28. Kd2 Bc5 29. Kc3 Rde8 30. Kd2 { And the
score now becomes garbled: 30... Bc5 (the bishop is already there) 31. Raa1
g5 32. Kd2 (the king is already there) 32... f4 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Rae1 Kd8
35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. c3 Rh5 37. b4 Be7 38. Rg1 g5. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Black "Kennedy, John P. A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1841"]
[BlackElo "2077"]
[WhiteICU "1759"]
[BlackICU "1999"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510260"]
[BlackFideId "2501120"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Polugayevsky variation"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "Scoresheet"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8.
Qf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Rhe1 Qa5 12. Kb1 b4 13. Nce2 O-O 14.
g4 Rfc8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. g5 Be7 17. h4 Nc5 18. f5 Nxd3 19. cxd3 e5 20. f6
exd4 21. fxe7 Qe5 22. Rf1 Qxe7 23. Nxd4 Rc7 24. Nf5 Qe5 25. Rc1 Rac8 26.
Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Qf4 Rd7 28. Qe3 d5 29. exd5 Qxe3 30. Nxe3 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxd5
32. Kc2 Rd4 33. Re1 f5 34. gxf6 gxf6 35. Re4 Rxe4 36. dxe4 Kf7 37. Kb3 Ke6
38. Kxb4 Ke5 39. Kc3 Kxe4 40. b4 Ke3 41. a4 f5 42. b5 axb5 { Black offered
a draw. } 43. axb5 f4 44. b6 f3 45. b7 f2 46. b8=Q f1=Q 47. Qe5+ Kf2 48.
Qf5+ Kg2 49. Qxh7 Qf6+ 50. Kd2 Qd4+ 51. Ke2 Qe5+ 52. Kd3 Kh3 53. h5 Kh4 54.
h6 Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[WhiteICU "1779"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508214"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "ICU ratings web site"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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[Event "Irish Championship 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Scott, Luke"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1873"]
[WhiteICU "1795"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507986"]
[EventDate "2018.08.04"]
[Source "ICU ratings web site"]

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href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2018_allfiles/pairings_irlch2018.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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