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O'Donnell, Conor   –   Crowley, James
f, 2291 (2293) 1894 (1900)
 
A50 Irish Championship 2023 (9.2) 2023.08.13

Black apparently mistook the starting time and turned up 53 minutes late. The default time was one hour.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bd3 dxc3 12. O-O Qa5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Bf5 Nc5 15. Re1

15. e6!.

15. Ng5.

15... Ne6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5 O-O-O 18. Nf7?

18. Nxe6!, e.g. 18... Re8 19. Be3!.

18... Bc5 19. Nxd8 Rxd8= 20. Bg5 Rf8

Black was playing on increments from here until the time control.

21. Bh4?? g6

21... g5! 22. Bg3 h5 is near-winning for Black.

22. Qd3 Qb6 23. Re2??

The losing move. White had to prevent the Black regrouping that follows, e.g. 23. Rad1.

23... Bd4 24. Qh3 c5 25. Be7 Rf7 26. Bd6 Bd5 27. Kh1 b4 28. Rd1 Kb7 29. Qh4 a5 30. f4 a4 31. f5 gxf5 32. Qg5 Rd7 33. Qf6 Qd8 34. Qh6 b3 35. Qh3 c2 36. Rf1 Qb6 37. Qd3 Qa6 38. Qd2 Qc4

Though hardly necessary given Black's overwhelming advantage, there was a spectacular blow here: 38... Bxg2+!! 39. Kxg2 c1=Q, when 40. Rxc1 is met by 40... Qc6+ 41. Kh3 Qf3+.

39. Rfe1 Be4 40. Qh6 Ka6 41. Rxe4 fxe4 42. Qf8 Qd5 43. axb3 axb3 44. Qe8 Qc6 45. Qxe6 Bxe5 46. Qxb3 Rxd6 47. Qxc2 Kb6 48. Rb1+ Kc7 49. Qa2 Rd7 50. Qg8 Qb5 51. Rc1 Bf4 52. Ra1 Qa4 53. Rf1 Qb5 54. Ra1 Qa6 55. Rb1 Qb6 56. Rf1 Qb5 57. Ra1

Three-fold repetition: this reaches the same position as occurred after White's 52nd and 54th moves.

57... Qa4 58. Rf1 Bd6 59. Rb1 Qa7 60. g3 e3 61. Kg2 e2 62. Kh3 Re7 63. Re1 Qa5 64. Rb1 Qa7 65. Re1 Qb7 66. Qa2 Qe4 67. Qa5+ Kd7 68. Qb5+ Kc7 69. Qa5+ Kd7 70. Qb5+ Qc6 71. Qc4 Re6 72. Rxe2 Rxe2 73. Qxe2 c4 74. Qc2 Kc8 75. Kg4 c3 76. h4 h5+ 77. Kxh5 Qd5+ 78. Kg4 Qd2 79. Qf5+ Kc7 80. Qa5+ Kc6 81. Qa6+ Kc5 82. Qc8+ Kb4 83. Qb7+ Ka3 84. Qa7+ Kb3 85. Qb6+ Bb4 86. Qe6+ Kb2 87. Qe5 Kc1 88. h5 Kd1 89. Kf3 c2 90. Qa1+ c1=Q 91. Qa4+ Ke1

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Source(s): Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/G9d58u23/w6V187MZ).

Event information: Tournament report.

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