[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Crichton, Martin"]
[Black "O'Brien, Richard W."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[WhiteClub "Cavendish ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500973"]
[BlackFideId "2500612"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "QP counter-gambit (elephant gambit)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/games_irlch1996/g111.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu Nov 23 17:10:45 2023"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/pairings_irlch1996.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nxe5 Bd6 4. d4 dxe4 5. Nc3 Bxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1
Nc6 8. Nd5 Bg4+ 9. Be2 Bxe2+ 10. Kxe2 O-O-O 11. Rd1 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Ng6 13.
Bg3 c6 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rd1 Rxd1 17. Kxd1 Kd7 18. Ke2 Ke6 19.
f3 exf3+ 20. gxf3 Ne5 21. b3 Nfd7 22. Ne4 h6 23. f4 Ng6 24. f5+ Kxf5 25.
Nd6+ Kg4 26. Nxf7 Ne7 27. c4 Nf5 28. Bc7 Nd4+ 29. Kf2 Ne6 30. Bd6 h5 31. b4
Kf5 32. Bg3 Ke4 33. Nd6+ Kd4 34. Ke2 c5 35. Kd2 b6 36. Bf2+ Ke5 37. Bg3+
Kf6 38. b5 g5 39. Nc8 Ne5 40. Nxa7 Nxc4+ 41. Kd3 Ne5+ 42. Ke4 Nd7 43. Nc6
h4 44. Bd6 1/2-1/2