[Event "Hastings Challengers 1995-96"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1995.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Black "Pickersgill, Adrian O."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2500620"]
[BlackFideId "404519"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "1995.12.28"]
[Source "BritBase"]
[WhiteFullName "Ó Cinnéide, Mel"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2025-02/ocinneide-pickersgill-hastings-1995.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu Feb  6 18:27:17 2025"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn/199512hast-viewer.html">Hastings
1995/96</a>, BritBase (ed. John Saunders). }

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Qa4 c5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qxc4 O-O 9. Rd1 a6 10. Qc2 Nd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ra7 13. a4 b6 14. Be3
Bb7 15. a5 Qc8 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Ng5 g6 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20.
Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Ne4 Qf5 22. Rdb1 Rfb8 23. Rxa6 Nc4 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Qd3 Qb5
26. Qd8+ Kg7 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Ra8+ Rb8 31. Rxb8+
Qxb8 32. Qd4 Ne5 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Ng4 f6 35. Nxe5 fxe5 36. Qd7+ Kf6 37. Qd3
Ke7 38. Qe3 Kd6 39. Kg2 Qb7+ 40. Qf3 e4 41. Qf8+ Kd5 42. Qd8+ Ke5 43. Qd4+
Kf5 44. c4 h5 45. Qc5+ Kf6 46. Qf8+ Ke5 47. e3 g5 48. h4 Qc6 49. Qg7+ Kd6
50. Qd4+ 1-0