[Event "Irish Championship 2023"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2023.08.10"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Fox, Anthony"]
[Black "Nolan, Dermot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1896"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[WhiteICU "1890"]
[BlackICU "1857"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500736"]
[BlackFideId "2510260"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Sillorgan"]
[EventDate "2023.08.05"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/WsOcXk0P/v1od3hls)"]
[HashCode "6dfd3b14"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2023_allfiles/games_irlch2023/g96.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. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a4 d6 7. h3 Nf6 8.
O-O e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bf1 O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nb3 h6 14. Be3
Be6 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. a5 Nbd7 18. c4 Ne8 19. f4 Bh4 20. Re2
exf4 21. Bxf4 Qf6 22. Qd4 Qf5 23. Qd2 Ndf6 24. Nd4 Qg6 25. Nf3 Bg3 26. Bxg3
Qxg3 27. Ra3 Qg6 28. Nh4 Qh5 29. Qd4 Nd7 30. Rf3 f5 31. Re7 Ne5 32. Rb3 Qg5
33. Rbxb7 f4 34. Qf2 f3 35. g3 Qc1 36. Kh2 g5 37. b3 Rf6 38. c5 gxh4 39.
gxh4 Rg6 40. c6 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Nf6 42. Qa7 Rf8 43. Rg7+ Rxg7 44. Rxg7+ Kh8
45. Rg1 Nfg4 46. hxg4 Nxg4 47. Rxg4 Qxg4 48. Qf2 Qe4 49. c7 Qxd5 50. Qb2+
Kh7 51. Qc2+ Kg7 52. Qc3+ Kg6 53. c8=R $2 (53. Qd3+ $1 { is the only way to
win: } 53... Qxd3 54. Bxd3+ Kh5 55. Bxa6 f2 56. Kg2 f1=Q+ 57. Bxf1 Rc8 58.
a6 Rxc7 59. b4 { and the pawns can't be stopped. }) ({ The live boards
initially showed } 53. c8=Q { before changing almost immediately to the
rook promotion. White had used an upside-down rook to signal the queen
promotion, and was forced to promote to a rook (John McMorrow, Boards.ie,
August 11, 2023). Ironically, this helped White (as pointed out by Tim
Harding), since now Black could draw via } 53... Rxc8 54. Qxc8 f2+ 55. Kh2
Qe5+ { and he would presumably have captured if the pawn had promoted to a
queen. }) 53... f2+ 54. Kh2 Rf3 $2 (54... Rxc8 $1 { still draws. }) 55.
Rg8+ Kh5 56. Qg7 Qf5 57. Qe7 Qf4+ 1-0