[Event "Irish International Open 2025"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2025.01.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Kavanagh, James"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "2191"]
[WhiteICU "1907"]
[BlackICU "2193"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510006"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "403260"]
[ChessResultsKey "1093548"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2025.01.02"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irishintlopen2025_allfiles/games_irishintlopen2025/g84.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Jan  8 19:16:34 2025"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irishintlopen2025_allfiles/pairings_irishintlopen2025.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd1 h5 12. h3 Qxg3 13. Be3 Bxe3 14.
Rxe3 Qe5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qxb2 17. dxe6 dxe6 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Bxb7
Bxb7 20. Rxb7 O-O 21. Qxh5 Qxc2 22. Rg3 Rad8 23. Qg5 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Qxf2+ $4
({ This loses the queen. } 24... g6 $19 { was required. }) 25. Rg2 Qd4 26.
Rd7 g6 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. h4 ({ Does White have any real winning chances?
Nothing seems apparent. Perhaps the pragmatic approach was to take the
immediate draw via } 28. Qf6 Rfd8 29. Rxg6+) 28... Rfd8 29. h5 $2 R8d5 30.
Qf6 Rxh5+ 31. Kg3 Rdd5 32. Qb2 Rhg5+ 33. Kf4 Rdf5+ 34. Ke4 Rxg2 35. Qxg2 {
This should still be drawn with best play, but White needs to be careful. }
35... a5 36. Qg3 g5 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qb2+ f6 39. Qb7+ Kg6 40. Qc8 Kh5 41.
Kd3 Rd5+ 42. Kc4 Re5 43. Qh8+ Kg6 44. Qg8+ Kf5 45. Qh7+ Kg4 46. Qh2 Re4+
47. Kd3 f5 48. Qg2+ Kh5 49. Qh3+ Kg6 50. Qh8 g4 51. Qe8+ Kg5 52. Qe7+ (52.
Qd8+ Kf4 53. Qxa5 { is a tablebase draw. }) 52... Kf4 53. Qc7+ Kf3 54. Qc1
({ But now } 54. Qxa5 $2 g3 { is winning for Black. }) 54... g3 55. Qf1+
Kg4 56. Qd1+ Kg5 57. Qd2+ Rf4 58. Ke3 e5 59. Qd8+ Kg4 60. Qh8 $2 ({ The
final error. White had to keep checking with } 60. Qd1+ { , when he should
hold. }) 60... Re4+ $19 61. Kd2 f4 62. Qh7 Kf3 63. Qh1+ g2 64. Qh3+ Kf2 65.
Qh4+ Kf1 66. Qh3 Re3 0-1