[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Clarke, Tom"]
[Black "O'Donovan, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Shorts"]
[BlackClub "Unattached"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500302"]
[BlackFideId "2500868"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/games_irlch1996/g78.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu Nov 23 17:10:44 2023"]

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. Nd2 Nxd2 5. Qxd2 h6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. h5 Nd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qb6 14.
O-O-O Nf6 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. Be5 O-O 17. Nxd4 Qa5 18. Kb1 Rac8 19. Nb3 Qb4
20. Rd4 Qb6 21. f4 Rfd8 22. Rhd1 Nd5 23. c4 Nb4 24. c5 Qa6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8
26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. Qxa6 Nxa6 28. Bd6 Nb4 29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. b4
a6 32. a4 f6 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. c6 Kf7 36. c7 Bxc7 37. Bxc7 g6
38. Kc2 gxh5 39. Kd3 Kg6 40. Ke4 b4 41. Ba5 b3 42. Bc3 h4 43. Bb2 e5 44.
fxe5 fxe5 45. Bxe5 { Draw wih best play, per the Lomonosov tabebases. }
45... Kg5 46. Kf3 Kf5 47. Bc3 h5 48. Bd4 Kg5 49. Be3+ Kf5 50. Bc1 Ke5 51.
Kf2 Kd4 52. Kg1 Kd3 53. Kh2 Ke2 54. Kh3 Kf1 55. Kh2 Kf2 56. Bb2 Ke2 57. Bd4
Ke1 58. Kh3 Kf1 59. Bf6 Kg1 60. Bd4+ Kh1 61. Bb2 Kg1 62. Bf6 Kf2 63. Bxh4+
Kg1 64. Bf6 Kf2 65. Bd4+ Ke2 66. Kg3 Kd3 67. Bf6 Ke3 68. Bg7 Ke2 69. Bb2
Ke3 70. Bc1+ Ke2 71. Kf4 Kf2 72. g3 Kg2 73. Bb2 Kf2 74. Be5 Kg2 75. Bd4 Kh2
$4 { Any other king move draws. } 76. Kf3 Kh3 ({ Or } 76... Kh1 77. Kf2 Kh2
78. Be5 Kh1 79. Kf1 $18 { . }) 77. Be5 1-0