[Event "Irish Championship 1996"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "1996.07.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ryan, Joe"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2095"]
[WhiteICU "2227"]
[BlackICU "2071"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500426"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "1996.07.06"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch1996_allfiles/games_irlch1996/g98.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. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5
Qxe5+ 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Nc4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2
O-O 14. Bf3 Be6 15. Na5 b5 16. O-O Rac8 17. c4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nb4 19. Be2
Bf6 20. a3 Nc2 21. Rac1 Nd4 22. Bd1 Nf5 23. Be3 Rfd8 24. a4 Nd4 25. h3 Nf5
26. Bg4 Nxe3 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. fxe3 Rb8 29. Rc2 Rb4 30. a5 Kf8 31. e4 Ke8
32. e5 Be7 33. Rf3 Rd4 34. Rfc3 Kd7 35. Kf1 Kc6 36. Ke2 Ra4 37. b3 Ra1 38.
Rc1 Rxc1 39. Rxc1 Bg5 40. Rf1 Rf4 41. Rd1 Rd4 42. Rxd4 cxd4 43. Kd3 Kc5 44.
a6 Be7 45. Ke4 Kb5 46. Kxd4 Bc5+ 47. Ke4 Kxa6 48. Nd6 Kb6 49. Ne8 Bf8 50.
Nd6 Kc6 51. Nc4 Kc5 52. Nd2 h6 53. Nf3 Kc6 54. Nd4+ Kd7 55. Kd3 Bc5 56. Nf3
Kc6 57. Kc4 a5 58. Ne1 g5 59. Nd3 Be3 60. Nb2 Bc5 61. Nd3 Be3 62. Ne1 Bc5
63. Nf3 Bf2 64. Nd2 Bc5 65. Ne4 Ba3 66. Nf2 Bc5 67. Ng4 Bf8 68. Nf6 Ba3 69.
g4 Bb4 70. Ne4 Ba3 71. Nf2 Bc5 72. Nd3 Be3 73. Nb2 Bc5 74. Na4 Bb4 75. Kd4
Ba3 76. Kc4 Bb4 77. Nb2 Bc5 78. Nd1 Bg1 79. Nc3 Bc5 80. Nb5 Bf2 81. Nd6 Bc5
82. Nf7 Bf8 83. Nd8+ Kd7 84. Nb7 Bb4 85. Nc5+ Ke7 86. Nb7 Kd7 $16 { ... ? }
{ &ldquo;P. Cafolla suffered another endgame debacle this time against Joe
Ryan allowing the knight free reign in a drawn B+4 b N+4.&rdquo; (<em>Irish
Chess Journal</em>, vol. 8, issue 4, August-September 1996 p. 17). } 1-0