[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.11"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "O'Connell, Gerard"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[WhiteICU "1965"]
[BlackICU "1787"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500493"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "E09"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, main line"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bw8skhmY/qICnIs62)"]
[HashCode "43b2e2f6"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/games_irlch2023/g111.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri Aug  2 23:39:24 2024"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/pairings_irlch2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Nbd2 Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rd1 a4 14.
Ne5 Bd7 15. Be3 Qc8 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Qe2 Be8 18. c5 Nd5 19. Nc4 Ra6 20. h4
f5 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. hxg5 b5 23. cxb6 Nxb6 24. Nd6 $4 { Chess blindness. } (
24. Ne5 $18) 24... Rxd6 { &ldquo;Sorry about that.&rdquo;&mdash;E. Keogh. }
25. Qe5 Qc7 26. b4 axb3 27. axb3 Nd7 28. Qf4 Nf8 29. d5 Bf7 $4 (29... Qd8)
30. dxc6 $17 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxf4 $2 (31... e5 32. Qxf5 Rb6 $17) 32. gxf4
$16 e5 $4 (32... Ra7) 33. c7 Be6 34. Bd5 $1 1-0