1. c4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Ne8 11. Kh1 a6 12. Ng5 Nd4 13. e5 Nf5 14. Qe2 Nc7 15. Nce4 b6 16. Nxd6 Nxd6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Be4 Ra7 19. Be3 Qe7 20. Rad1 Ne8 21. b4 Nf6 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Bf3 Rc7 24. Bc1 Rd7 25. Rde1 Rd6 26. Ba3 Qc7 27. Qe3 Rd4 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Bb2 Rd2 31. Be5 Qa5 32. Rb1 Qxa2 33. Rb7 Rf2 34. Rxf2 Qxf2 35. h3 Qh4 36. Qe7 Rg8 37. Bd5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qh4

White to play and mate in three.

39. Qxg7+! Rxg7 40. Rb8+

(Time)

1-0

Annotator(s): Colm Daly, Irish Chess Cogitations blog (http://www.irishchesscogitations.com/2014_irish_games/ rd6_2014_irish_chess_championships.htm: dead link as of May 18, 2017); Alexander Baburin, Sunday Independent, July 20, 2014, p. 28.

Source(s): Tournament web site.

Reference(s): Irish Examiner (Jim Olney), July 26, 2014 p. 118 (puzzle, starting after 38B).

Event information: Tournament report.