[Event "Armstrong Cup 1988-89"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "O'Connor, Eddie"]
[Black "McElroy, Ernie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTeam "Rathmines"]
[BlackTeam "Phibsboro 'B'"]
[WhiteICU "2034"]
[BlackICU "1865"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Phibsboro"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501740"]
[BlackFideId "2501759"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "1988.09.01"]
[EventType "team"]
[Source "ICJ issue 9 May-Jun 1989 pp20-27"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2024-09/oconnor-mcelroy-armstrong-1989.htm"]
[LastModified "Mon Sep 16 17:34:33 2024"]

{ Source: <em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, issue 9, May-June 1989, pp. 26-27.
} { Event information: &ldquo;Clash of the Titans&rdquo;, Michael O'Brien,
<em>Irish Chess Journal</em>, issue 9, May-June 1989, pp. 20-27. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. d3 O-O 9. Qe1 Qb6 10. Qh4 Qc7 11. Qh3 h6 12. e5 Nd7 13. Qg3 d5 14. f5
Kh7 15. Bf4 Rg8 16. f6 Bf8 17. Ng5+ hxg5 18. Qh3+ Kg6 19. g4 gxf4 $2 ({
Even with the best } 19... Nxf6 $1 { Black is lost anyway after } 20. Bxg5
$1 { , e.g. } 20... Qxe5 21. Rxf6+ Kxg5 22. Qh5+ Kxf6 23. Rf1+ Ke7 24. Qxe5
$18) ({ The ICJ report considers only ( } 19... Nxf6 { ) } 20. exf6 $2 ({
and } 20. Bg3 $2 { , each of which loses. })) 20. Qh5# 1-0