[Event "Irish Championship 2024"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2024.08.11"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Govindaraju, Darun"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1858"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[WhiteICU "1908"]
[BlackICU "2165"]
[WhiteClub "Moate Juniors"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519690"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 6.Qc2"]
[Venue "Talbot Hotel Stillorgan"]
[EventDate "2024.08.03"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2024_allfiles/games_irlch2024/g226.htm"]
[LastModified "Mon Aug 26 10:28:00 2024"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/irlch2024_allfiles/pairings_irlch2024.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Ndf6 14.
Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bc4 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Nc3 Ra5 18. Be2 Rg5 19. Kh1 Qd6 20. Rbd1
b5 21. d5 cxd5 22. Nxb5 Qe5 23. Qc3 Qb8 24. Qc7 Bd7 25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. Nc3
Rxb2 27. Rb1 Rc2 28. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Re5 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Rd4 Re8 32. h3
Rc8 33. Bd1 Kf8 34. Nxa4 Bxa4 35. Rxa4 Rc1 36. Rd4 Ke7 37. Kh2 Kd6 38. Kg3
Ra1 39. a4 Kc5 40. Bg4 Ra3 41. Bc8 Ne8 42. Bb7 Nc7 43. Bc8 h5 44. Rd2 Rxa4
45. Rc2+ Rc4 46. Rb2 g6 47. Kf4 Rc1 48. Bd7 Kd6 49. Bc8 Kc6 50. g4 hxg4 51.
hxg4 Kd6 52. Rb6+ Ke7 53. Rb2 Rc6 54. g5 Rc5 55. Ke5 Nb5 56. Ba6 Nd6 57.
Kf4 Rc1 58. Be2 Rc6 59. Bf1 f6 60. gxf6+ Kxf6 61. Rd2 Rc5 62. Ba6 Ra5 63.
Bf1 Nf7 64. f3 g5+ 65. Kg3 Ra3 66. fxe4 dxe4 67. Kf2 Ne5 68. Be2 Nd3+ 69.
Kg2 Kf5 70. Kg3 Ne5 71. Rd8 Rxe3+ 72. Kf2 Ra3 73. Rf8+ Ke6 74. Re8+ Kf6 75.
Rf8+ Ke7 76. Rf5 Ra5 77. Kf1 Nc6 78. Rf2 Ra2 79. Bh5 Rxf2+ 80. Kxf2 Kf6 81.
Ke3 Kf5 82. Bf7 Ne5 83. Bd5 Ng4+ 84. Ke2 Kf4 85. Bb7 Ne5 86. Kf2 g4 87. Ba6
Ng6 88. Bf1 Nh4 89. Be2 e3+ 90. Kg1 Kg3 91. Bd1 Ng6 92. Kf1 Nf4 93. Ba4 Kh2
94. Bc6 g3 95. Ba8 g2+ 96. Bxg2 Nxg2 97. Ke2 Kg3 98. Kf1 Kf3 99. Kg1 Nf4
100. Kh2 e2 101. Kh1 e1=Q+ 102. Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1