1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. h4 b5 13. h5 b4 14. Na4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 a5 16. h6 g6 17. Bb5 Rb8 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Nc5 Qe7?

19... Bb5!.

20. Ne4 dxe4 21. Qxd7 Qc5 22. Qd4 Qc6 23. Qd6 Qc4 24. Kb1 Rbc8 25. Rc1 Rfe8?!

25... e3!.

26. Rhd1= e3 27. g3 e2 28. Rd2 a4?!

28... Qe4=.

29. Qd3 Qc5?!

29... Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Rc4! 31. Re3 g5.

30. Qxe2 a3 31. c4 axb2 32. Rxb2 Ra8 33. Qd2 Rab8 34. Qd6 Qe3 35. Rb3 Qe4+ 36. Ka1 Qe2 37. Qd3 Qh2 38. Qc2 Qxh6 39. c5 Qf8 40. Qc4 Qe7 41. Rxb4 Rbc8 42. Rb6 Qa7 43. Ra6 Qd7 44. c6 Qd2 45. c7 Qf2 46. Qc3 h5 47. Ra4 Kg7 48. Rc4 Qg2 49. Qe3 Qd5 50. Rc5 Qg2 51. R5c2 Qd5 52. Rd2 Qa5 53. Rd7 Ra8 54. Qd2 Qa3 55. Rc3 Qb4 56. Rc2 Qb6 57. Rd6 Qb7 58. Rd8 Qh1+ 59. Qd1 Qxd1+ 60. Rxd1 Kf8 61. Rd7 Rec8 62. Rcd2 Re8 63. Rd8 Ke7 64. R2d7+ Kf8 65. Rxa8 Kg8

1-0

Event information: Tournament report.

Commentary: “The fact that Daly and Fitzsimons, along with many others apparently, were stuck on the M50 motorway for about 50 minutes because of a fatal crash that brought the motorway to a virtual standstill for about 5km and had lost huge amounts of time, did not help much when time pressure was a feature from move one. In the case of Fitzsimons he phoned ahead to explain and his opponent (Baburin) agreed to delay the start of the game and allow a 15 minute extension for the forfeit time the end result being that Fitzsimons arrived about ten minutes to 4 and lost about 25 minutes on the clock. A fairly sensible draw after decent play was the result of a normal game. Meanwhile in the case of Daly, who also phoned to explain about the M50 crash fallout and request some time relief had his opponent agree to just play without claiming the game by one hour time forfeit which was just as well as Daly arrived about two minutes after 4 and had thus lost just over an hour on the clock. Then doing well to in the opening/middle/game, make an inaccurate 19th move (19...Qe7?! instead of the strong 19...Bb5!) and after inaccurate play by White, get a pleasant advantage but let it drift, make a mistake on move 28...a4? after which the position was better for White and Black was unable to adapt and cope with the problems of the position. Time pressure not helping matters. Bit of bad luck when a draw might have been the most likely result.”—‘Karpovsky’ (almost certainly Colm Daly), Chess24.com, August 8, 2021.