[Event "Cork City Congress 1993"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1993.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Russell, Christy"]
[Black "Collins, Danielle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "1993.03.19"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/russell-collins-cork-1993.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 17:36:21 2020"]
[Source "Evening Echo 30 Mar 1993 p22"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2501040"]

{ Source: <em>Evening Echo</em>, March 30, 1993 p. 22 (Jim Olney). }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 Bb6 6. O-O O-O 7. b4 d6 8.
a4 a6 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Ba2 Ne7 14. Nc4
Ba7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 d5 17. f3 Ng6 18. g3 c6 19. Kh2 Qd8 20. Qb3 Nh5
21. Ng4 Qg5 22. Rf2 Nxg3 $1 23. Rg1 Nh5 24. Qd1 Qf5 25. Kg2 Nh4+ 26. Kf1
Ng3+ 27. Ke1 Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Qxf3 29. Qxf3 Rxf3 30. Bb1 Nh5 31. Nxh6+ Kh7
32. Ng4 dxe4 33. Nxe5 Rg3 34. Rf1 exd3 35. Bxd3+ Kg8 36. Kd2 Rd8 37. Ke2
Rgxd3 0-1

[Event "Cork City Congress 1994"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1994.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McSweeney, P. J."]
[Black "Fitzgibbon, Walter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "1994.03.18"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/mcsweeney-fitzgibbon-cork-1994.htm"]
[LastModified "Mon May 25 17:15:26 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]

{ Source: <em>Cork Examiner</em>, April 5, 1994 p. 13 (Jim Olney). }

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
e4 Nbd7 9. Bf4 c5 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. Nd2 e5 13. Be3 b5 14. Bg5
Bb7 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Rad8 19. Ne1 Qd6 20.
Nc2 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Nb4 Rd6 24. Rac1 e4 25. b3 cxb3
26. axb3 Rfd8 27. Rfe1 f5 28. Rc6 Rxc6 29. Nxc6 Rd6 30. Nb4 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Cork City Congress 1998"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "1998.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "O'Cearnaigh, S."]
[Black "O'Cinneide, Mel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Opening "QGA, 4.Nc3"]
[EventDate "1998.03.15"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/ocearnaigh-ocinneide-cork-1998.htm"]
[LastModified "Tue May 26 10:55:05 2020"]
[BlackFullName "&Oacute; Cinn&eacute;ide, Mel"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2500620"]

{ Source: <em>The Examiner</em>, April 7, 1994 p. 24 (Jim Olney). }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Bf4 c6 7. Ne5 Be6 8.
Rc1 N8d7 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Rc8 11. Nxa7 Rc5 12. b4 cxb3 13. Nb5 Nc4 14.
Nxc4 dxc4 15. Nc7+ Rxc7 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. axb3 g6 18. Qd4 Qa5+ 19. Qc3
Qxc3+ 20. Rxc3 Bg7 21. Rc1 c3 22. f4 Bd4 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Nc5 25. Ke2
e5 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Kf3 Ke7 28. Rhd1 Nb3 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2007"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2007.03.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Path, David"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, 7...Nbd7"]
[Annotator "Stuart Conquest; Michael Burniston"]
[EventDate "2007.03.30"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/path-conquest-cork-2007.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 12:29:34 2020"]
[Source "ICJ Sep 2007 pp14-15; Evening Echo 7 Apr 2007 p51"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2501910"]
[BlackFideId "400181"]

{ Annotator: Stuart Conquest (ICU); Michael Burniston (<em>Evening
Echo</em>). } { Source: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/sundry/icj_0709.pdf"><em>Irish Chess
Journal</em>, September 2007</a>, pp. 13-15; <em>Evening Echo</em>, April
7, 2007 p. 51. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/437">Pairings &amp; results</a>, ICU
tournaments pages. }

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Be3 Nf7 13. Qc2 c6 14. Rfd1
Qe7 15. b4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. b5 Nd8 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. a4 Be6 20. Na2 Bg8
21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Qd2 Ndf7 23. a5 a6 24. Nb4 Ng5 25. Bxg5 fxg5 26. bxc6 bxc6
27. Nf3 Nxf3+ 28. Bxf3 Red8 29. Bg4 Be6 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. Qxg5 Rd7 32. Qg4
Qxg4 33. hxg4 Rb7 34. Nd3 c5 35. Rb1 Rcb8 36. Rxb7 Rxb7 37. e5 Bxe5 38.
Nxe5 dxe5 39. Rd5 e4 40. Rxc5 Kg7 41. Rc6 Rb4 42. Kh2 Ra4 43. Rxa6 Rxc4 {
The few remaining moves were lost in a time scramble. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2007"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2007.03.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Stephen"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[Annotator "John Healy"]
[EventDate "2007.03.30"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/short-jonkman-cork-2007.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 12:29:34 2020"]
[Source "ICJ Sep 2007 p13"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "2500108"]
[BlackFideId "1002708"]
[WhiteICU "1823"]

{ Annotator: John Healy (see source). } { Source: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/sundry/icj_0709.pdf"><em>Irish Chess
Journal</em>, September 2007</a>, p. 13. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/437">Pairings &amp; results</a>, ICU
tournaments pages. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 h6 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 a4 12. c4 Be6 13. Rfd1 Kc8
14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b6 16. h3 Bb4 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Bc3 Bxe4 19. Bxb4 Bc2
20. Rdc1 axb3 21. axb3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Kb7 23. Rc1 Bxb3 24. f4 g6 25. g4 Ra8
26. f5 gxf5 27. gxf5 Rg8+ 28. Kh2 Rg5 29. e6 fxe6 30. fxe6 c5 31. e7 Re5
32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Bxe1 Ba4 34. Bd2 h5 35. Kg3 Kc8 36. Kf2 Kd7 37. Bf4 c6 38.
Bc7 b5 39. Bd6 b4 40. Bxc5 b3 41. Ba3 c5 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. Kf4
Be8 45. Bxc5 b2 46. Bd4+ Kxe7 47. Bxb2 Kd6 48. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2007"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2007.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "English defence"]
[Annotator "Alexander Baburin"]
[EventDate "2007.03.30"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/baburin-lopez-cork-2007.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 12:29:34 2020"]
[Source "ICJ Sep 2007 pp15-17"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[WhiteICU "2537"]

{ Annotator: Alexander Baburin (referencing <em>Chess Today</em>). } {
Source: <a href="http://www.irlchess.com/sundry/icj_0709.pdf"><em>Irish
Chess Journal</em>, September 2007</a>, pp. 15-17. } { Event information:
<a href="https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/437">Pairings &amp; results</a>,
ICU tournaments pages. }

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 Qd6 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5
14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. b4 Ne4 16. Qc7+ Kf6 17. Ba6 b5 18. O-O Rhb8 19. Qa5 Qb6
20. Nd4 Nd6 21. Rc5 Qxa5 22. bxa5 b4 23. axb4 Rxb4 24. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2007"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2007.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[Annotator "Alex Lopez"]
[EventDate "2007.03.30"]
[Termination "time forfeit"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/lopez-jonkman-cork-2007.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 12:29:34 2020"]
[Source "ICJ Sep 2007 pp17-18"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "1002708"]

{ Annotator: Alex Lopez (see Source). } { Source: <a
href="http://www.irlchess.com/sundry/icj_0709.pdf"><em>Irish Chess
Journal</em>, September 2007</a>, pp. 15-17. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/437">Pairings &amp; results</a>, ICU
tournaments pages. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Re1 Nxg3 12. hxg3 h5 13. Nf1 h4 14. Ne3
hxg3 15. Nxg4 gxf2+ 16. Nxf2 g4 17. Kf1 Bxf2 18. Kxf2 Qf6 19. Re3 Rh7 20.
Qe2 Nd4 21. cxd4 exd4 22. e5 dxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Qe7 24. Nd2 dxe5 25. Re1 f6 26.
Ne4 b6 27. Bb5+ Kf8 28. Nc3 Rd8 29. Kg1 g3 30. Qxg3 Rd4 31. Bc4 Qg7 32. Qf3
Qh6 33. Ne4 Ke7 34. Qg4 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 Qh4+ 36. Qxh4 Rxh4 37. Nd2 Rd8 38. Nf3
Rh5 39. d4 c6 40. dxe5 fxe5 41. g4 Rhh8 42. Rxe5+ Kd6 43. Re6+ Kc5 44. Be2
Rhe8 45. Rf6 Re4 46. g5 a5 47. g6 Rg4 48. Rxc6+ Kxc6 49. Ne5+ Kd6 50. Nxg4
Ke7 { (Time) } 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Stephen"]
[Black "Courtney, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/short-courtney-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:58:15 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500108"]
[BlackFideId "2502380"]
[BlackICU "1666"]
[WhiteICU "1807"]

{ Event information: <a href="https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/500">Pairings
&amp; results</a> and <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/system/downloads/000/000/053/cc08.pdf?1406111132">report</a>,
ICU tournaments web pages. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. Qxg4 Bxd4 13. O-O Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Qd7 15. Qh5 Nc6 16. f4 gxf4 17. Rxf4 Ne5 18. Rf5 Ng6 19. Rd1 Qe6 20.
e5 O-O-O 21. exd6 exd6 22. Qf3 Rd7 23. Rf6 Qxa2 24. Rfxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6
Qb1+ 26. Rd1 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Rd8 28. Re1 Qc6 29. Qxf7 Rf8 30. Qg7 a5 31. Qxh6
Qxc3 32. Qh3+ Kd8 33. Bh4+ Nxh4 34. Qxc3 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galligan, Brian"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/galligan-baburin-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:55 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501619"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[BlackICU "2556"]
[WhiteICU "1931"]

{ Event information: <a href="https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/500">Pairings
&amp; results</a> and <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/system/downloads/000/000/053/cc08.pdf?1406111132">report</a>,
ICU tournaments web pages. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. O-O b5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Bg5 Qb8 13. h3 h6 14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. Qe2 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. a3
Qd4 21. Rad1 Qxe3 22. Rxe3 Kf8 23. Kg1 Nd7 24. Kf1 g5 25. f3 Ne5 26. Be2
Ke7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Ke1 h5 29. Nd1 Rc8 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. Nxc3 f5 32. exf5
exf5 33. Kd2 f4 34. Nd1 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. fxg4 Bxg2 37. Nf2 Kf6 38. a4
Bc6 39. axb5 axb5 40. Kc3 f3 41. Bf1 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Philip"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[Venue "Gresham Metropole Hotel, 15 MacCurtain St, Cork City"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/short-lalic-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu May 28 13:31:10 2020"]
[Source "Irish Examiner 19 Apr 2008 p39"]
[BlackFullName "Lali&#263;, Bogdan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "CRO"]
[WhiteFideId "2500086"]
[BlackFideId "409081"]
[WhiteICU "2265"]

{ Source: <em>Irish Examiner</em>, April 19, 2008 p. W39 (Jim Olney). } {
Event information: <a href="https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/500">Pairings
&amp; results</a> and <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/system/downloads/000/000/053/cc08.pdf?1406111132">report</a>,
ICU tournaments web pages. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
Bb2 Nc6 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Rc1 a6 14. c4
dxc4 15. bxc4 Nc5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Na5 18. Qd1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Bxd4 20.
Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxe7 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rd1 Qc5 24. Re3 Rc1 25. h4 Rxd1+
26. Qxd1 Rc8 27. Qg4 h5 28. Qe4 b5 29. g4 hxg4 30. Qxg4 Rd8 31. Qf4 Rd1+
32. Kh2 Qd5 33. Qe4 Kg7 34. Qxd5 Rxd5 35. Kg3 Rd4 36. f4 Kh6 37. Rc3 f5 38.
Kf3 Kh5 39. Kg3 Ra4 40. Rb3 a5 41. Rxb5 Rxa3+ 42. Kg2 Kxh4 43. Rb6 Kg4 44.
Rxg6+ Kxf4 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsaboshvili, Lasha"]
[Black "Short, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, lesser Simagin (Spassky) variation"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/tsaboshvili-short-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:58:16 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "GEO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "13603345"]
[BlackFideId "2500108"]
[BlackICU "1807"]

{ Event information: <a href="https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/500">Pairings
&amp; results</a> and <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/system/downloads/000/000/053/cc08.pdf?1406111132">report</a>,
ICU tournaments web pages. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8.
d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. e4 Bd7 11. a3 b6 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. f4 e5 14. fxe5 dxe5
15. b4 Nb7 16. Bb2 Ne8 17. Nd1 Ned6 18. Nf2 Qe7 19. Nd3 Rbc8 20. Rac1 b5
21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. bxc5 Rxc5 23. Bc3 bxc4 24. Bb4 Rcc8 25. Nxc4 Bb5 26. Bxd6
Qxd6 27. Nxd6 Bxe2 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[Venue "Gresham Metropole Hotel, 15 MacCurtain St, Cork City"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/lopez-conquest-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Thu May 28 13:31:10 2020"]
[Source "Irish Examiner 19 Apr 2008 p39"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "400181"]
[WhiteICU "2335"]

{ Source: <em>Irish Examiner</em>, April 19, 2008 p. W39 (Jim Olney). } {
Event information: <a href="https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/500">Pairings
&amp; results</a> and <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/system/downloads/000/000/053/cc08.pdf?1406111132">report</a>,
ICU tournaments web pages. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qg4 Nf6
8. Qh4 Nc6 9. Bg5 Ne5 10. N1d2 Ng6 11. Bxf6 Nxh4 12. Bxd8 Kxd8 13. g3 Ng6
14. f4 d6 15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. h4 Bf2 18. Rh3 Rhd8 19. h5 Nf8 20.
Rf1 Be3+ 21. Kb1 h6 22. Re1 e5 23. f5 Bb6 24. Bc4 Nh7 25. g4 Rac8 26. Bd5
Bc6 27. c4 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Nf6 29. Nh2 Rd7 30. a3 Rdc7 31. Nd2 Ba5 32. b4 Bb6
33. Rd3 Rc3 34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Re2 Rxa3 36. Rg2 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Stephen"]
[Black "Myers, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/short-myers-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:58:16 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500108"]
[BlackFideId "2505533"]
[WhiteICU "1807"]

{ Event information: <a href="https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/500">Pairings
&amp; results</a> and <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/system/downloads/000/000/053/cc08.pdf?1406111132">report</a>,
ICU tournaments web pages. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
f3 O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 Nbd7 12. g5 Nh5 13. Ne2 Nb6 14. Ng3
Nf4 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. h4 a5 17. Kb1 a4 18. Nc1 b4 19. Nd3 b3 20. cxb3 axb3
21. a3 Nxd3 22. Bxd3 g6 23. h5 Ra7 24. f4 exf4 25. Qxf4 Qc5 26. Nf5 Bxf5
27. exf5 d5 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qh4 Bd6 30. fxg6 Be5 31. g7 Bxg7 32. Bxh7+
Kf7 33. Rhf1+ Ke8 34. Bg6+ Kd8 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Qc4 d4 37. Qxb3 Rc7 38.
Qd5+ Rd7 39. Qa8+ Ke7 40. Re1+ Kd6 41. Qa6+ Kc7 42. Rc1+ Kb8 43. Be4 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benson, Oisin P."]
[Black "Piasta, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1687"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[WhiteFullName "Benson, Ois&iacute;n P."]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/benson-piasta-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:56 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501821"]
[BlackFideId "1131222"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e6 7. Nf3 Nd7
8. Be2 Nb6 9. O-O Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Bf4 Kh8 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 exf5 14.
Rfd1 Be6 15. Rac1 Bf6 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Bg8 18. Nh3 Qd7 19. Nf4 Rfe8
20. d5 cxd5 21. cxd5 Qd6 22. Bf3 Rad8 23. Qd4 Rc8 24. g3 Re7 25. Qd3 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Re5 27. h4 Nd7 28. Qb5 Nf6 29. Qxb7 Qa3 30. Qc7 Qxf3 31. Qxe5 Ne4
32. Qd4 Nxg3 33. fxg3 Qxg3+ 34. Ng2 h6 35. d6 f4 36. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berney, Mark"]
[Black "De Jonge, Henk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/berney-dejonge-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:56 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503182"]
[BlackFideId "2502062"]
[WhiteICU "1564"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d6 5. d3 O-O 6. e4 c5 7. Nc3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6 10. Bg2 Qb6 11. Kh1 e6 12. f4 Nd4 13. g4 Rfe8 14. Ne2
Nxe2 15. Qxe2 Rac8 16. f5 exf5 17. gxf5 Rc7 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. c3 d5 20. e5
d4 21. c4 Rce7 22. Bf4 Kh8 23. Rae1 Nh5 24. Bh2 Bxe5 25. Rf8+ Rxf8 26.
Bxe5+ Ng7 27. Rf1 Ref7 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Bd5 Rf5 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qe7+
Kh6 32. Qh4+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Kh8 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/cafolla-hebden-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:58:15 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2500884"]
[BlackFideId "400084"]
[WhiteICU "1976"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 f5 12. Nc3 f4 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Nde4
Bf5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Bg4 Qd7 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. f3 fxg3 19. hxg3 g4 20. Ne4
gxf3 21. gxf3 Qxf3 22. Qxf3 Rxf3 23. Ke2 Raf8 24. Rh5 b6 25. Rah1 R3f5 26.
R5h3 R8f7 27. R3h2 Bf8 28. Rf2 Rxf2+ 29. Nxf2 Kh7 30. Rh5 Bg7 31. Ne4 Kg6
32. Rh2 h5 33. b3 Bh6 34. Rh1 Rf8 35. Rh2 Bc1 36. Rh1 Bb2 37. Rh2 Bd4 38.
Rh1 a6 39. a4 b5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Rc1 Rb8 42. Rf1 bxc4 43. bxc4 Rb2+ 44.
Kd3 Rb3+ 45. Kd2 Re3 46. Nf6 e4 47. Ne8 Rxg3 48. Nxc7 Rg2+ 49. Ke1 Bc3+ 50.
Kd1 e3 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Doyle, Hugh"]
[Black "McCarthy, Gerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/doyle-mccarthy-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:58:16 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500876"]
[BlackFideId "2501414"]
[BlackICU "1848"]
[WhiteICU "1558"]

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1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bd6 5. Bd3 Qe7+ 6. Be3 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6
8. c3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qb3 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Qd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5
14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Be3 b6 16. Qc2 g6 17. f3 Be6 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Kh1 Rfe8 20.
Qe2 Qd7 21. Qf2 Be7 22. f4 c6 23. h3 Bf5 24. Be2 Bxh3 25. Bf3 Bg4 26. c4
Qf5 27. Bxg4 Qxg4 28. g3 dxc4 29. Rd4 Qe6 30. Rc1 b5 31. Rcd1 Bc5 32. Rd7
Bxe3 33. Qxe3 Re7 34. R7d6 Qg4 35. R1d2 Re6 36. Rd7 f6 37. Qa3 fxe5 38. Rc7
exf4 39. Rdd7 Qh3+ 40. Kg1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Galligan, Brian"]
[Black "Carlile, Orison"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defence"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/galligan-carlile-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:58:16 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501619"]
[BlackFideId "2504120"]
[WhiteICU "1931"]

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1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e4 Bc5 7. Qc2 d6 8.
h3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O-O Qf4+ 12. Kb1 f5 13. Bd3 fxe4 14.
Nxe4 Bb6 15. Ng3 Ne7 16. Rde1 Qf7 17. Re2 Nf5 18. Ne4 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Martinovic, Alex"]
[Black "Flynn, Jamie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/martinovic-flynn-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:56 2020"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2502003"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O
8. Qd2 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 d4 13. e5 Ne8
14. h4 Qa5 15. Rxd4 Qxe5 16. Re4 Qd6 17. h5 Nf6 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. g4 Rf7
20. Rf4 Nxg4 21. Rxg4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moynihan, Kieran"]
[Black "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Marshall defence"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/moynihan-oflaherty-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:55 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500663"]
[BlackFideId "2502283"]
[WhiteICU "2069"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 e6 7. Qb3 b6
8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. e4 Qc7 13. f4 Nd7 14. O-O
O-O 15. c4 Rac8 16. e5 Be7 17. Bb2 f5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bh3 f5 20. Rae1 c5
21. d5 Bf6 22. Rxe6 Rce8 23. Rfe1 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Kf7 25. Bg2 Re8 26. Rxe8
Kxe8 27. Qe3+ Kf8 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. h3 Qe7 30. Qe5 Nd7 31. Qc7 Nf6 32.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 33. a4 a6 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ke3 a5 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Myers, Tom"]
[Black "Larter, Nick J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/myers-larter-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:56 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505533"]
[BlackFideId "2502240"]
[BlackICU "1697"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
d5 Na6 9. a3 Nc5 10. Nd2 exd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. b4 Ncd7 13. f4 Ng4 14. Nf3
Bf6 15. Qd2 Ba6 16. Nd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 Qe8 18. h3 Ngf6 19. Rf3 Qg6 20. Be3
Rae8 21. b5 Bb7 22. Bf2 Nc5 23. Re1 Nfe4 24. Kh2 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Re7 26. Re3
Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Re8 28. Qf3 Ne4 29. Rd1 Qf7 30. Be1 Bxd5 31. Qd3 Bc4 32. Qd4
d5 33. a4 Bxe2 34. Rc1 Bc4 35. h4 h6 36. Bf3 Kh8 37. Qd1 Qf6 38. Bb4 Qb2+
39. Qc2 Qxb4 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quinn, Ciaran"]
[Black "Kiely, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[WhiteFullName "Quinn, Ciar&aacute;n"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/quinn-kiely-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:58:16 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500817"]
[BlackFideId "2503921"]
[BlackICU "1872"]
[WhiteICU "1875"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bc4 Nxc3
8. bxc3 c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 e6 13. Rhc1 Nc6
14. Rab1 Na5 15. Bd3 f6 16. Bf4 b6 17. Be4 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Rc7 Rf7
20. Rbc1 Raf8 21. Kd3 g5 22. Bg3 g4 23. Nd2 e5 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Rc8+ Rf8
26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. dxe5 fxe5 28. Ke4 Nd6+ 29. Kd5 Nb5 30. Ne4 Ke7 31. Bxe5
Bf8 32. a4 Na3 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quinn, Joseph"]
[Black "Murphy, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/quinn-murphy-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:56 2020"]
[BlackFullName "Murphy, Se&aacute;n"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "470899"]
[BlackFideId "2503778"]
[BlackICU "1738"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O c6 7. Bh6 Qa5
8. f3 b5 9. Kb1 Be6 10. d5 b4 11. dxe6 bxc3 12. exf7+ Kh8 13. Bxg7+ Kxg7
14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 Rxf7 16. Bc4 Rf8 17. Ne2 a5 18. Nd4 Kh8 19. Kc1 Nh5
20. Ne6 Rc8 21. g4 Ng7 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. f4 Rf8 24. Rhf1 Nd7 25. h4 Nf6 26.
f5 Nxe4 27. Rfe1 d5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Rxd5 gxf5 30. gxf5 Nxc3 31. Rxe7+ Rf7
32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rd7+ Kf6 34. Kb2 Na4+ 35. Ka3 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tsaboshvili, Lasha"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/tsaboshvili-lopez-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:58:15 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "GEO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "13603345"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[BlackICU "2335"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nc6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Nb3 Bf6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. b5 Nc3 16. Qd2 Nxb5 17. Qxd5 Nc3 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Qf4 g5 20.
Qc1 Rac8 21. Qe1 Rfe8 22. Nfd2 Nc3 23. e4 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Qe3 Qxe3
26. fxe3 Bg6 27. Rf6 Rcd8 28. Rf2 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Bf1 Bd3 31. Bg2 b6
32. Rd1 Bg6 33. Rd4 Rc8 34. e4 Rc1+ 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Re5 37. Ra4 a5
38. Kf2 Kf8 39. g4 Ke7 40. Kf3 Rc5 41. Bf1 Ke6 42. Rc4 Ke5 43. Ke3 f6 44.
Ra4 Rc3+ 45. Bd3 Be8 46. Kd2 Rxd3+ 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aoustin, Arnaud"]
[Black "Twomey, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/aoustin-twomey-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:56 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "FRA"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "655805"]
[BlackFideId "2501937"]
[BlackICU "1639"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bf6 Rh7 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14.
Re5 Qd7 15. d5 Bd6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Re3 Qc7 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlile, Orison"]
[Black "Murphy, Dara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Urusov gambit"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/carlile-murphy-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:56 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504120"]
[BlackFideId "2501783"]
[BlackICU "1863"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. e5 Qe7
8. O-O Ne4 9. Qd3 Nxf2 10. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 Nc6 12. Ba3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5
Qxe5 14. Nd2 Qf6+ 15. Kg1 d6 16. Rf1 Qe5 17. Bxf7+ Kd8 18. Bc1 Qc5+ 19. Kh1
Bd7 20. Ne4 Qb5 21. c4 Qa6 22. Qd4 c5 23. Qxg7 Kc7 24. Bf4 Kb6 25. Rb1+ Ka5
26. Qc3+ Ka4 27. Qb3+ Ka5 28. Bd2# 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Courtney, John"]
[Black "Quinn, Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Cambridge Springs defence, Bogoljubow variation"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/courtney-quinn-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:57 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2502380"]
[BlackFideId "470899"]
[WhiteICU "1666"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8.
Qc2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bh4 Nb6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. O-O Qf5 14.
f3 exf3 15. Qxf5 exf5 16. Rxf3 O-O 17. Bd3 g6 18. a3 Rfe8 19. Bg5 Na4 20.
Rc1 Nb2 21. Be2 Be6 22. c5 Bc4 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Rcxf1 Nc4 25. R1f2 Re4 26.
h3 h5 27. a4 Rae8 28. Re2 Kg7 29. Kf2 R4e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flynn, Jamie"]
[Black "Leitch, Calum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "Owen defence"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/flynn-leitch-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:57 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2502003"]
[BlackFideId "416339"]

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1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Bd2 Nxd2 9. Kxd2 c5 10. Qe3 Nc6 11. a3 Ba5 12. Bb5 Qe7 13. Rhb1 O-O 14.
Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Ke2 Rac8 16. Na2 Bb5+ 17. Kd1 c4 18. b4 cxb3 19. cxb3 Rc6 20.
b4 Rfc8 21. bxa5 Ba4+ 22. Ke1 Rc2 23. Rc1 Bb5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Nb4 R8c3
26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 h6 28. Rac1 Qa7 29. Nd2 Qe7 30. Nf3 Qa7 31. Kd2 Bc4
32. Nc6 Qb7 33. Nb4 Qe7 34. Rb1 b5 35. Na6 g5 36. h3 h5 37. g4 h4 38. Nc5
f6 39. a4 fxe5 40. Nxe5 Qa7 41. Nxc4 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Healy, Tom"]
[Black "Berney, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Opovcensky variation"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/healy-berney-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:58:16 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501635"]
[BlackFideId "2503182"]
[BlackICU "1564"]
[WhiteICU "1833"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.05"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8.
O-O Be6 9. h3 Be7 10. Be3 b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. c4 bxc4 14. Bxc4
Nd7 15. Bb3 O-O 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Rc6
Nd7 21. Qc3 Rb8 22. g4 Be4 23. Nd2 Bg6 24. Rc7 Qb5 25. a4 Qe2 26. Rxd7 Qe1+
27. Kg2 Bh4 28. Rc7 h5 29. Qc1 Qe2 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Heinrich, Jan"]
[Black "Benson, Oisin P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/heinrich-benson-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:56 2020"]
[BlackFullName "Benson, Ois&iacute;n P."]
[WhiteNationality "SVK"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14902060"]
[BlackFideId "2501821"]
[WhiteICU "2084"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
b3 Bb7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Re1 Rc8 11. e3 Rc7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Qa8 14. Nfe5
Rfc8 15. Qh5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd6 17. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Larter, Nick J."]
[Black "Martinovic, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/larter-martinovic-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:56 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502240"]
[WhiteICU "1697"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. f3 Be6 8.
d3 Qd7 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. cxd5 Nd4 11. O-O e6 12. Bh3 Ne7 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Be3
Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 f5 16. b4 exd5 17. bxc5 d4 18. cxd6 dxe3 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20.
Qxe3 Rad8 21. Qe2 b6 22. Rfd1 f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leichert, Piotr"]
[Black "Galligan, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/leichert-galligan-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:57 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "POL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1107658"]
[BlackFideId "2501619"]
[BlackICU "1931"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be2 Rc8 8.
O-O a6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ne7 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Be2
b5 15. a3 Qb6 16. Kh1 Rfd8 17. Ne1 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qb3
Be7 21. Nd3 Bg5 22. f4 Bxd3 23. Rxc8 Bxe2 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Re1 Bc4 26.
Qf3 Ne7 27. Bf2 Qb8 28. b4 Bd5 29. Qh3 Nf5 30. Rd1 Qb7 31. Bc5 Be7 32. Bxe7
Bxg2+ 33. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Ne3+ 35. Kf3 Nxd1 36. Ke4 Nc3+ 37. Kd4 Na4
38. Bc5 Kh7 39. Ke3 Kg6 40. Bd4 Kh5 41. Kf3 Kh4 42. Kf2 Kh3 43. Kf3 h5 44.
Kf2 Kxh2 45. Kf3 Kh3 46. Kf2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mallaghan, Danny"]
[Black "Quinn, Ciaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/mallaghan-quinn-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:56 2020"]
[BlackFullName "Quinn, Ciar&aacute;n"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "3600289"]
[BlackFideId "2500817"]
[BlackICU "1875"]
[WhiteICU "1785"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 dxc3 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+
Kf8 8. Qxc5+ d6 9. Qxc3 Qf6 10. Bg5 Qxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Bg4 12. Nd2 h6 13. Be3
Nb4 14. O-O Nc2 15. Rac1 Nb4 16. h3 Bd7 17. f4 Ne7 18. f5 Nd3 19. Rcd1 b6
20. f6 Nc6 21. fxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nc4 Nde5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd5 Rac8 25. Bd4
Be6 26. Ne7 Rce8 27. Bxe5+ dxe5 28. Nc6 Bxa2 29. Rd7+ Kg6 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31.
Nf5+ Kf6 32. Ng7+ Kg6 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 34. Rxc7 b5 35. Rxa7 Bc4 36. Rf3 Be2
37. Rg3+ Kh5 38. Rf7 Rc8 39. Rf5+ Kh4 40. Re3 Bd1 41. g4 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McCarthy, Gerry"]
[Black "Kane, Brendan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Pirc-Lisitsin gambit"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/mccarthy-kane-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:57 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501414"]
[BlackFideId "2504014"]
[WhiteICU "1848"]

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1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. dxe4 h6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Bc4 Bb4+
8. Nc3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qe7 10. Nh4 Qc5 11. Qe2 b5 12. Ng6 Qxc4 13. Qxc4 bxc4
14. Nxh8 g5 15. h4 Nxe4 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Bxg5 Nd4 19. Kd2 Nd5
20. Rae1 c3+ 21. Kd1 d6 22. Ng6 Rb8 23. Kc1 Nb4 24. Rh8+ Kd7 25. Rd8+ Kc6
26. Ne7+ Kc5 27. Kd1 Nxa2 28. Rxe5+ dxe5 29. Ke1 Rb1+ 30. Kf2 Be6 31. g4
Rb2 32. Kg3 Rxc2 33. Ng6 Ne2+ 34. Kh4 e4 35. Be3+ Kb5 36. fxe4 Nb4 37. Rb8+
Ka4 38. Ne5 Rb2 39. Re8 Ba2 40. Ra8 a5 41. Rc8 c6 42. g5 c2 43. Nxc6 Nxc6
44. Rxc6 Rb4 45. Rxc2 Rxe4+ 46. Kh5 Bf7+ 47. g6 Bxg6+ 48. Kxg6 Rxe3 49. Rb2
Ka3 50. Rb1 a4 51. Kf5 Ka2 52. Rb8 Rb3 53. Rc8 Kb1 54. Ke4 a3 55. Rh8 a2
0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Donovan, Paul"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/odonovan-cafolla-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:56 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505550"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[BlackICU "1976"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
c4 Qd8 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Bd6 12. h3 O-O 13. Nbc3 Rc8 14.
Nb5 Bb8 15. Bc5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rfd8 17. b3 Ne4 18. Be3 a6 19. Nbd4 Ne7 20.
Rac1 e5 21. Nf3 Bc7 22. Kf1 Nf5 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bd2 Nxd2+ 25. Nxd2 Ba5 26.
Ne4 Bb4 27. N2c3 Ne7 28. Nb1 Nc6 29. a3 Be7 30. b4 f5 31. Ng3 g6 32. Nc3
Bg5 33. Rb1 Nd4 34. c5 Kf7 35. Na4 Nc2 36. Nb6 Rxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Rd8 38. Rxd8
Bxd8 39. Nc4 Bc7 40. Ne2 Ke6 41. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Driscoll, Kieran"]
[Black "Kiely, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[ECO "D92"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.Bf4"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/odriscoll-kiely-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:57:56 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501899"]
[BlackFideId "2503921"]
[BlackICU "1872"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8.
Qxb7 Bxg2 9. Bxg2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 O-O 13. O-O Rc8
14. Rac1 Rxc1 15. Rxc1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Rd1 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Re8 19. b3 h6
20. a4 g5 21. Bg3 f6 22. b4 Rc8 23. Be4 Rc7 24. b5 g4 25. a5 Kf8 26. b6
axb6 27. axb6 Rb7 28. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Stephen"]
[Black "Moynihan, Kieran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 7...O-O"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/short-moynihan-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:58:16 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500108"]
[BlackFideId "2500663"]
[BlackICU "2069"]
[WhiteICU "1807"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
h3 Bb7 9. c3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Nf4 13. d4 Nxg2 14.
Qg4 Nh4 15. Nd2 Ng6 16. Rh5 Qc8 17. Nf1 Qxg4+ 18. hxg4 Nh4 19. Bd5 c6 20.
Be4 g6 21. Rh6 f5 22. g5 fxe4 23. Rxh4 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Be3 Bd6 26. Rd1
Rad8 27. Kg2 Be7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nd2 Rxd2 30. Bxd2 e3+ 31. Kf1 exd2 32.
Rd4 Bxg5 33. Ke2 Bc8 34. f4 Bf6 35. Rxd2 Kf7 36. Kf3 h5 37. a4 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2008"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2008.03.30"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "McPhillips, Karl"]
[Black "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[EventDate "2008.03.28"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/mcphillips-meijers-cork-2008.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 27 18:58:15 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "LAT"]
[WhiteFideId "2501503"]
[BlackFideId "11600314"]
[WhiteICU "2236"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. f3 f5 6. exf5 exf5 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8.
Bg5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Nc6 11. c5 bxc5 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Bf4 Kd8
14. d5 Ba6 15. Rxb8+ Nxb8 16. d6 cxd6 17. Bxd6 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Na6 19. Bf8
Ne7 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Bf6 d6 22. Nf4 Kd7 23. Kf2 Rb8 24. Re1 Ng8 25. Bg5 Nc7
26. g4 fxg4 27. fxg4 a5 28. Kg3 a4 29. Re4 Ra8 30. c4 h6 31. Bh4 Rb8 32.
Nd5 Ne6 33. Re2 Rb1 34. Rf2 Rc1 35. Rb2 Kc8 36. Re2 Nc7 37. Nxc7 Kxc7 38.
Re8 Rc3+ 39. Kf4 Rxc4+ 40. Kf5 Rc2 41. Rxg8 Rxh2 42. Rg7+ Kc6 43. Bg3 Rxa2
44. Rg6 Rd2 45. Rxh6 Rd5+ 46. Kf6 Rd3 47. Bf4 Rd4 48. Kf5 Rd5+ 49. Ke4 Rd4+
50. Ke3 a3 51. Rh2 Ra4 52. Ra2 d5 53. g5 Kd7 54. g6 Ke6 55. Bh6 Rg4 56. g7
Kf7 57. Rf2+ Ke7 58. Kd3 Rg3+ 59. Kc2 c4 60. Re2+ Kd7 61. Rd2 Kc6 62. Kb1
Kc5 63. Be3+ Kb4 64. Bd4 Kb3 65. Rd1 c3 66. Rg1 c2+ 67. Kc1 Rxg7 68. Rxg7
Kc4 69. Ba1 Kb3 70. Rc7 Ka2 71. Be5 Kb3 72. Rxc2 Kb4 73. Rd2 Kc4 74. Kb1
Kb3 75. Rxd5 a2+ 76. Ka1 Kc4 77. Rd1 Kb3 78. Re1 Ka3 79. Re3+ Kb4 80. Kxa2
Kc4 { Presumably White ran out of time here. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soikkeli, Raino"]
[Black "Galligan, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1732"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/soikkeli-galligan-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:25 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "FIN"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "500763"]
[BlackFideId "2501619"]
[BlackICU "1998"]
[WhiteICU "1686"]

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1. e4 c5 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 dxc3 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. h3 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 a6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Rac1 Be6 14. Bb6
Nd7 15. Be3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Nb6 20.
Nxd4 Nxd5 21. Bf3 Nf4 22. Rc7 Rab8 23. b3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berney, Mark"]
[Black "Myers, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/berney-myers-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:47 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503182"]
[BlackFideId "2505533"]
[BlackICU "1498"]
[WhiteICU "1726"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. c4 d4 7. e3 Bg7 8.
exd4 cxd4 9. Re1 O-O 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc2 a5 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 e5 14. a3 Bf5
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nd7 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. Ra1 Qb8 20. b5 Na7
21. Nh4 Be6 22. Ba3 b6 23. Nb4 Nc5 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. bxc6 Bf8 26. Bxc5 bxc5
27. Nf3 f6 28. Nd2 Qc7 29. f4 Re8 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Ne4 Kg7 32. Rb1 Bc8 33.
Qb2 Qxc6 34. Nf6 $2 Qxf6 35. Rf1 Qe7 36. Bd5 Be6 37. Bc6 Rd8 38. Qb6 Kg8
39. Ra1 Bh6 40. h4 Be3+ 41. Kg2 Rf8 42. Bf3 Bf5 43. Ra7 Qf6 44. Bd5+ Kh8
45. Qb7 g5 46. hxg5 Qxg5 47. Ra8 Rxa8 48. Qxa8+ Kg7 49. Qg8+ Kh6 50. Qf8+
Kh5 51. Qe8+ Bg6 52. Bf3+ Qg4 53. Qxe5+ Bg5 54. Bxg4+ Kxg4 55. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cook, Chris"]
[Black "Soikkeli, Raino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "English defence"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/cook-soikkeli-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:47 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "FIN"]
[WhiteFideId "446262"]
[BlackFideId "500763"]
[BlackICU "1686"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Ne2 O-O
8. O-O f5 9. f3 fxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. fxe4 Nbc6 12. Bg5 Rxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Qe8
14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Ne5 16. Nd4 N7g6 17. Rd1 Nf7 18. Qf5 Nxg5 19. Qxg5
Qxe4 20. Nf5 Rf8 21. Rf1 Qe8 22. h4 h5 23. Qxg6 Rf7 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Nxf7+
1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Daly, Justin"]
[Black "Berney, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/daly-berney-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:47 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500841"]
[BlackFideId "2503182"]
[BlackICU "1726"]
[WhiteICU "1895"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8.
Qf3 b5 9. Bd3 b4 10. Nce2 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. g4 Nbd7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
g5 Be7 15. Rhg1 Bb7 16. Kb1 Nc5 17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5 Rae8 19. Nf4 Nxd3 20.
cxd3 Qd7 21. Nh5 g6 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nf6 Qd8 24. Nxe8 Qxe8 25. h4 Kg7 26.
Qe3 Bd8 27. Ng4 Qe6 28. Qd4+ f6 29. Rdf1 a5 30. gxf6+ Bxf6 31. Nxf6 Rxf6
32. Qxf6+ Qxf6 33. Rxf6 Kxf6 34. Rg5 h6 35. Rxa5 g5 36. hxg5+ hxg5 37. Rb5
Ba6 38. Rd5 Bc8 39. Rxd6+ Be6 40. Kc1 Ke5 41. Rxe6+ Kxe6 42. d4 g4 43. Kd2
Kf6 44. Ke2 Kg5 45. Kf2 Kh4 46. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Black "Berney, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/keogh-berney-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:47 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500264"]
[BlackFideId "2503182"]
[BlackICU "1726"]
[WhiteICU "2025"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. b4 cxb4 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Rxf3 d4 10. Bd3 Bc5 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Nd5 13. Qe1 f6 14. exf6
Qxf6 15. Qe4 Qf5 16. Qe2 Nxf4 17. Qf1 Nxh3+ 18. Rxh3 Qxf1+ 19. Bxf1 d3+ 20.
Kh2 Rxf1 21. Rxd3 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. c3 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Bd4
26. Kg3 b5 27. Bb2 Nc6 28. Bc1 Bxc3 29. dxc3 Kf7 30. Kf4 Kf6 31. Be3 g5+
32. Ke4 h5 33. Bc5 a6 34. Be3 Ne7 35. Bd4+ Kf7 36. Be3 Nd5 37. Bd4 h4 38.
Be5 Kg6 39. a4 g4 40. axb5 axb5 41. Bd4 Kg5 42. Be5 Kh5 43. Kd4 h3 44. gxh3
gxh3 45. Bh2 Kg4 46. c4 bxc4 47. Kxc4 Ne3+ 48. Kd4 Nf1 49. Bg1 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berney, Mark"]
[Black "O'Driscoll, Kieran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, 4...c5"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/berney-odriscoll-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:47 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503182"]
[BlackFideId "2501899"]
[WhiteICU "1726"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bxc3+
8. Qxc3 d5 9. Bg5 b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Nxd4 15. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qe7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rd4 Rad8 19. Rh4 f5
20. Qh5 f6 21. Re1 Qf7 22. g4 Qxh5 23. Rxh5 fxg4 24. Rxe6 Kf7 25. Rc6 Kg6
26. Rb5 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Kg2 Rc2 29. Kg3 f5 30. Rb4 h5 31. h3 gxh3 32.
Rd4 Rxb2 33. Rd6+ Kf7 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Rxa7 h2 36. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 37. Kg3 Rb2
38. a4 Rb3+ 39. Kh4 Rb1 40. a5 Rh1+ 41. Kg3 bxa5 42. Rxa5 $10 Kg5 43. Ra8
h4+ 44. Kf3 Rh3+ 45. Kf2 $2 (45. Kg2 $10 { (only move) }) 45... Rb3 $2 (
45... Kg4 $1 $10 { (only move) }) 46. Rg8+ $2 (46. Kg2 $10) 46... Kf4 47.
Rh8 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 Kg3 49. Rg8+ Kf3 50. Rh8 f4 51. Rxh4 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kiely, Paul"]
[Black "Berney, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation (Yugoslav attack / Mar del Plata variation)"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/kiely-berney-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:47 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503921"]
[BlackFideId "2503182"]
[BlackICU "1726"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Bg5 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxe4 11. Bxd8 Bxd4 12. Bxc7 Nxc3 13. bxc3
Bxc3 14. Rad1 Bb4 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Be6 17. a4 Rac8 18. Rc1 Rc5 19.
Bf3 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 Bxc4 21. g3 b5 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 bxa4 24. Ra5 Ra8 25.
Rxa4 a5 26. Kg2 Kf8 27. Kf3 Ke7 28. Ke4 Kd6 29. Kd4 Re8 30. Rxa5 Re2 31.
Ra6+ Ke7 32. Ra7+ Kf6 33. f4 Rxh2 34. Ke4 h5 35. Ra6+ Kg7 36. Ra7 Rb2 37.
Rc7 Rb3 38. f5 Rxg3 39. fxg6 Kxg6 $10 40. Kf4 Rg4+ 41. Kf3 f5 42. Rc8 Ra4
43. Rg8+ Kf6 44. Rf8+ Kg5 45. Rg8+ Kh4 46. Rf8 Ra3+ 47. Kf4 Ra1 48. Kf3
Rf1+ 49. Ke2 (49. Kg2 { is simpler. }) 49... Rf4 50. Ke3 $2 (50. Rg8 $10 ({
or } 50. Rh8 $10) { (only moves) }) 50... Kg3 51. Rg8+ Rg4 52. Rf8 f4+ 53.
Ke2 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cook, Chris"]
[Black "Del Rey, Diego"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/cook-delrey-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:48 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "446262"]
[BlackFideId "102164"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qa4 Bd7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. c3 d5 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qb3 Qd6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bc6 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14.
a3 a6 15. Rc1 Kb8 16. e3 f5 17. O-O Qd7 18. Rfd1 g5 19. Bf1 Ka7 20. Qc2 f4
21. b4 fxe3 22. fxe3 Qe6 23. Qd3 Be8 24. Rd2 Bg6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Nd1 Bd6
27. Bg2 h5 28. b5 a5 29. Qe1 Kb8 30. Ra2 b6 31. Qc3 Be4 32. a4 h4 33. Nf2
Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Ref8 35. e4 hxg3 36. e5 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Black "Martinovic, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/cooper-martinovic-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:15:13 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "401536"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 e6 7. d5 exd5 8.
exd5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc3 Bb4 $4 11. Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Creighton, Terry"]
[Black "Short, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sveshnikov variation"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/creighton-short-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:24 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503670"]
[BlackFideId "2500108"]
[BlackICU "1832"]
[WhiteICU "1545"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6
8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Ne3 f4 13. Nd5 Rc8 14.
Qd2 Bg7 15. O-O-O Bxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. f3 Rc5 18. g4 Rxd5 19. h4 Qb6 20.
Rhe1 O-O 21. h5 h6 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Kb1 Rd4 24. c3 Ra4 25. Bc2 Rxa3 26. bxa3
d5 27. Qd3 e4 28. fxe4 Rxc3 29. Qd2 d4 30. Qxf4 d3 31. Bb3 Rxb3+ 32. axb3
Qd4 33. e5 Qxf4 34. Rxd3 Bxe5 35. Rde3 f6 36. Re4 Qd2 37. R4e2 Qd3+ 38. Ka2
Nd5 39. Rxe5 fxe5 40. Rxe5 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Doyle, Hugh"]
[Black "Osborne, Sam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/doyle-osborne-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:46 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500876"]
[BlackFideId "2501791"]
[BlackICU "2055"]
[WhiteICU "1732"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Bg4 5. d4 Qc7 6. Bc4 Nbd7 7. Be3 cxd4
8. cxd4 Rc8 9. Na3 d5 10. exd5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 b5 12. Bd3 Qxc2 13. Nxc2 Nxd5
14. Rc1 b4 15. Kd2 Rd8 16. Na1 e6 17. Nb3 Be7 18. Na5 Bf6 19. Nc6 Rc8 20.
Nxa7 Ra8 21. Rc8+ Rxc8 22. Nxc8 O-O 23. Rc1 e5 24. Be4 Nxe3 25. fxe3 exd4
26. exd4 Bg5+ 27. Kd1 Bxc1 28. Ne7+ Kh8 29. Kxc1 Re8 30. Nc6 Nf6 31. Bc2
Rc8 32. Nxb4 Rc4 33. Na6 Nd5 34. Kb1 Rxd4 35. Bb3 Nb6 36. Bxf7 Rf4 37. Be6
Rxf3 38. b4 Rf1+ 39. Kb2 Rf2+ 40. Kc3 Rxh2 41. b5 Rh4 42. Nc5 g5 43. Nd7
Rh6 44. Bg4 Na8 45. Bf3 Nb6 46. Nxb6 Rxb6 47. Kc4 Kg7 48. Kc5 Rf6 49. Bc6
g4 50. b6 g3 51. b7 Rxc6+ 52. Kxc6 g2 53. b8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Galligan, Brian"]
[Black "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/galligan-oflaherty-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:25 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501619"]
[BlackFideId "2502283"]
[BlackICU "1705"]
[WhiteICU "1998"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. Bf4 Qxf4 7. Qxb7 Ne7
8. c5 Kd8 9. Qxa8 Qc7 10. Ne5 Ke8 11. b4 f6 12. Nf3 Kf7 13. e3 g5 14. b5
cxb5 15. Nxb5 Qa5+ 16. Nd2 Nbc6 17. Nd6+ Kg6 18. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moynihan, Kieran"]
[Black "Berney, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Kevitz-Trajkovich defence"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/moynihan-berney-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:47 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500663"]
[BlackFideId "2503182"]
[BlackICU "1726"]
[WhiteICU "2091"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. d5 Ne7 8.
dxe6 fxe6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nxe5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. Bf4 Nd7
14. Bg5+ Bf6 15. O-O-O Ke7 16. Re1 c6 17. Ne4 Bxg5+ 18. Nexg5 Nf6 19. c5 h6
20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Ng7 22. Bc4 Rf6 23. Rd1 Bd7 24. Ne5 Rd8 25. Red4 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Smith, David J."]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[Annotator "Smith, David J."]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/smith-short-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:24 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501929"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[BlackICU "2281"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 c5 { after some thought. } 2. e4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3
d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2 a6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Bb3 Be7 12.
Rac1 Qb8 13. h3 O-O 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Be3 Nc6 16. f4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc6 (17...
e5 18. Be3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bc6) 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. e6
$4 (21. Qg4 { with compensation. }) 21... Qf4 22. Be5 Qh6 23. exf7+ Rxf7 {
... } 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlile, Orison"]
[Black "Cook, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/carlile-cook-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:47 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2504120"]
[BlackFideId "446262"]
[WhiteICU "1846"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 Bg7 5. cxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Nf3 a6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. Nd5 Rc8
15. Rc1 Re8 16. O-O Nf6 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Rfe1 Kh7 19. Qd3 Kg8 20. b4 Ne7
21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. d5 Rc7 24. Re3 Rc1+ 25. Ne1 h5 26. g3 Bh6
27. Re2 Qh3 28. f4 Bxf4 29. Qf3 Be5 30. Qe3 Rc3 31. Qb6 Bc8 32. Re3 Rc1 33.
a4 h4 34. axb5 hxg3 35. hxg3 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Path, David"]
[Black "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/path-cooper-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:15:13 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2501910"]
[BlackFideId "401536"]
[WhiteICU "1960"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qf4 O-O 10. Rd1 d6 11. Qh4 Rc8 12. Bh6 Nb8 13. Bh3 Rc5 14. Ng5
Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Rxc4 16. Be6 Rc5 17. h4 Rxg5 18. hxg5 fxe6 19. gxf6 exf6 20.
Nb5 d5 21. Rac1 Nc6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Rf7 24. Rd2 e5 25. Rdc2 d4 26. a4
Qd6 27. f3 Rd7 28. b4 g5 29. a5 g4 30. a6 Bxa6 31. Rc6 Qf8 32. Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Scannell, Tony"]
[Black "Doyle, Hugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7...Be7 main line"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/scannell-doyle-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:46 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502933"]
[BlackFideId "2500876"]
[BlackICU "1732"]
[WhiteICU "1790"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8.
Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14.
Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Bf6 16. fxe6 g6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qe2 fxe6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.
Bg2 O-O 21. Rhf1 Qe7 22. Qe3 Bd7 23. Qg3 Nc4 24. h4 e5 $2 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26.
exf5 Rac8 27. fxg6 Rxf1 28. Bxf1 Rf8 29. Bxc4+ bxc4 30. gxh7+ Kxh7 31. a3
Qe6 32. Qg2 e4 33. Qg5 Rf5 34. Qe3 d5 35. Rg1 Qf7 36. Ka2 Rf3 37. Qd4 e3
38. Re1 Qe6 39. Re2 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Stephen"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defence"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/short-wall-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:24 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500108"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[BlackICU "2280"]
[WhiteICU "1832"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 h6 8.
h3 Nc6 9. d4 Qe7 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nh2 Ne8 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Nd1 f5 14. f3 Nf6
15. Bd3 f4 16. Bf2 h5 17. Bh4 Bh6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Kf2 Bg5 20. Ke2 Bh4 21.
Rh1 Nf7 22. c4 Nh6 23. b4 g5 24. Rc1 Rg6 25. Nc3 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Rcg1
Bd7 28. Kd1 Rag8 29. Ne2 Bf2 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Qxf2 g3 32. Qxa7 gxh2 33.
Rxh2 Qe5 34. Kc2 R8g7 35. Kb3 b6 36. Rgh1 Re7 37. Qa3 Qd4 38. Bc2 Kg7 39.
Qc1 b5 40. cxb5 Bxb5 41. Qb2 Bc4+ 42. Ka3 Qe5 43. Rh5 Qxb2+ 44. Kxb2 Nf7
45. Rh7+ Kf8 46. a4 Rxg2 47. R1h2 Rxh2 48. Rxh2 Ne5 49. Kc3 Rg7 50. Rh5 Be2
51. b5 Nxf3 52. Bd3 Bxd3 53. Kxd3 Ne5+ 54. Kd4 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Courtney, John"]
[Black "Smith, David J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "classical with e4 and Nf3"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/courtney-smith-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:24 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502380"]
[BlackFideId "2501929"]
[WhiteICU "1502"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Nh5 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Ne2 Bd7 16. Bc3 b5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. axb5 axb5 19. b3 Re8 20. Qb2
Qf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 22. f3 Rec8 23. Kf2 g5 $6 24. g4 Kg7 25. Nc3 b4 26. Ne2
Ne8 27. Ng3 f6 28. Rfc1 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Black "O'Driscoll, Kieran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/cooper-odriscoll-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:15:13 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "401536"]
[BlackFideId "2501899"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 b6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 e5 12. d5 Re8 13. Rb1 a6 14. b4
Bf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 g6 17. Nd2 Kh7 18. Nc4 Rc8 19. Rc1 Ba8 20. Qf3 Be7
21. Re2 Rf8 22. Rec2 Rb8 23. a4 Ne8 24. Qh3 h5 25. g3 Ndf6 26. f3 Nd7 27.
Rf1 Kg7 28. Qg2 f5 $4 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Qh3 Ndf6 31. Qxf5 b5 32. axb5 axb5
33. Bh6+ Kxh6 34. Qg6# 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Doyle, Hugh"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/doyle-keogh-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:46 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500876"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[BlackICU "2025"]
[WhiteICU "1732"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Rd8 7. Be3 cxd4
8. cxd4 e5 9. Qa4 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 exd4 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc5 13. Bxd4
Rxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxc3+ 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Bb5 Nge7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rhe1 c5 19.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. Nb5+ Qd4 21. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Cook, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/lopez-cook-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:47 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "446262"]
[WhiteICU "2377"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4
Bg7 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 12. Bg5 Ne5 13. b3 Nc6
14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Kh1 e6 17. Rad1 a6 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Be3 Nd7 20.
Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Kf8 22. Rfd1 Ke7 23. Bg5+ f6 24. Bc1 a5 25. Ba3 Nb4 26.
Bxb4 axb4 27. Rxd7+ Rxd7 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tierney, Michael"]
[Black "Short, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/tierney-short-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:24 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505282"]
[BlackFideId "2500108"]
[BlackICU "1832"]
[WhiteICU "1657"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Be3 c4 8.
Qa4 Ne5 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Qc2 Ngf6 12. O-O Bd6 13. a4 a6 14.
axb5 axb5 15. b3 O-O 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Ra2 e5 18. Rfa1 Rxa2 19. Rxa2 e4 20.
Ng5 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Ng4+ 22. Kg1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qxg5 24. Qxe4 Nf6 25. Qf3 Ng4
26. Nxc4 Qh4 27. g3 Qg5 28. Ra5 Qg6 29. e4 Rb8 30. Qf4 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 h5 32.
Qf5 Rb2+ 33. Kg1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Smith, David J."]
[Black "Martinovic, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/smith-martinovic-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:24 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501929"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. Bxd3 Nc6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
c4 O-O (8... Bc5+ 9. Kh1 Ng4 10. e5 (10. Qe2 Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Nf2+
13. Rxf2 Bxf2 14. e5 $13) 10... Nf2+ 11. Rxf2 Bxf2 12. Nc3 $13) 9. e5 Ne8
$2 (9... Qb6+ 10. Kh1 Ng4 11. Qe2 Nb4 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. Be3 Qc6 14. Nd2 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 b6 $132) 10. Nc3 d6 11. Qe2 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd4 13. Qe4 Nxf3+ 14.
Rxf3 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Rxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxh7+ Kf7 18. Qg6+ Ke7 19. Be3 Qd6
20. Re1 Kd8 $2 (20... Bd7 21. c5 $40) 21. Nb5 Qb4 22. Rd1 (22. Qg3 Be5 {
saw this one and stopped looking.... } 23. Bg5+ { Missed this easy one, })
22... Bd7 23. Be4 Ke7 24. Qh5 e5 25. Nc7 (25. a3 Qxc4 26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 27.
Qd1+ Ke7 28. Qd6+ Kf7 29. Bd5+) 25... Qxc4 26. Nd5+ Kd8 27. Nxf6 Rxf6 28.
Bf5 Kc7 29. Rxd7+ Kc6 30. Rd1 (30. Qd1) 30... Raf8 31. Bd7+ (31. Bd7+ Kc7
32. Qxe5+ Kd8 33. Be6+ Qd3 34. Rxd3+ Ke8 35. Qb5+ Ke7 36. Qd7#) 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Osborne, Sam"]
[Black "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/osborne-cooper-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:15:13 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2501791"]
[BlackFideId "401536"]
[WhiteICU "2055"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bb3 d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 Qe7 8.
Nbd2 a6 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ng3 Bb6 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 d5 14. Rd1
dxe4 15. dxe4 Qe7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 e4 18. Nd2 O-O-O 19. Bc4 Kb8 20.
O-O Rd6 21. Bb3 Rhd8 22. Nc4 Rd3 23. Bc2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qc5
26. g4 Kc8 27. Bc2 Qd5 28. Bb3 Qc5 29. Bc2 Qd5 30. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Path, David"]
[Black "Doyle, Hugh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "6.Be2"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/path-doyle-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:47 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501910"]
[BlackFideId "2500876"]
[BlackICU "1732"]
[WhiteICU "1960"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nd4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Ne5 12. h3 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14.
Rfd1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qa5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rfe8 18. b3 Rac8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. Qb2+ f6 21. a4 Qb4 22. Rd4 Rc5 23. Re4 Rxd5 24. Rxe7+ Rxe7 25. cxd5
Re1+ 26. Kh2 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Qd2 28. Kg1 Qxd5 29. Qc3 Qc5 30. Qf3 d5 31. b4
Qd4 32. g4 Qe4 33. Qc3 d4 34. Qc7+ Kh6 35. f4 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 Qd2+ $19 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Stephen"]
[Black "Lynch, Peter J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/short-lynch-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:24 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500108"]
[BlackFideId "2501252"]
[BlackICU "1578"]
[WhiteICU "1832"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 b5 12. g4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nb6 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bxb5+ axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Nxd6+ Kf8 18. Nxc8 Bxc8 19. Qb4+
Kg8 20. Rd6 Nd7 21. Qxb8 Nxb8 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "O'Driscoll, Kieran"]
[Black "Smith, David J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit accepted"]
[Annotator "Smith, David J."]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/odriscoll-smith-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:25 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501899"]
[BlackFideId "2501929"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 d6 8.
Nf3 Bxa6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Ng4 12. h3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14.
b3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. Kh2 h5 19. f4 Nd7 20. e4
e5 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. e5 Nf8 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Bc3 Bd4 26. h4
Bb7 27. Rbd1 Rd8 28. Qb2 Qg7 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Nc5 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qc7 32.
Nd3 Rb5 33. Rc1 Qb7+ 34. Kf2 Rbd5 35. Rc4 Qf7 36. Re4 Qf5 37. Rexd4 Qh3 38.
Ne1 g5 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Rc7 Nd7 41. Nf3 gxf4 42. gxf4 Rd3 43. Qe2 Qf5 44.
Qf1 Nf6 45. Qc1 Ng4+ 46. Kg3 $4 (46. Kg2 { =. }) 46... Rxf3+ 47. Kg2 Rxf4 (
47... Rg3+ 48. Kxg3 Qd3+ 49. Kg2 Qe2+ 50. Kg1 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qh2#) 48. Rc8+
Kg7 49. Qc7+ Qf7 50. Qxf7+ Kxf7 51. a4 Rb4 52. Rc3 Ne5 53. a5 Nd7 54. a6
Rb6 55. a7 Ra6 56. Rc7 Ke7 57. b4 Kd6 58. b5 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Black "Menzies, Colin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[ECO "C23"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/cooper-menzies-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:15:13 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "401536"]
[BlackFideId "2502755"]
[BlackICU "1919"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Na4 Bb6 6. Nxb6 axb6 7. a3 Nge7
8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Kh8 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 f5 13. f4 N5c6 14.
exf5 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxf5 16. c3 Nc6 17. Qf2 Qf6 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Be4 20.
Rad1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Ra4 22. Rfe1 Rae4 23. Bf2 d5 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Qe3 Qf5
26. h3 h5 27. Bh4 Na5 28. Kh1 Nc4 29. Qe2 b5 30. Bg5 g6 31. g4 Qe6 32. Kh2
hxg4 33. hxg4 Kg7 34. Rf1 e3 35. f5 Qd6+ 36. Bf4 Qd2 37. Re1 gxf5 38. gxf5
Qxb2 39. Qxb2 Nxb2 40. Bxe3 Kf7 41. Kg3 Nc4 42. Kf4 c6 43. Re2 Re5 44. Re1
c5 45. Bf2 Rxe1 46. Bxe1 Nxa3 47. Ke5 b6 48. Kd5 Kf6 49. Kc6 Nc4 50. Kxb5
Nd6+ 51. Kxb6 Ne4 52. c4 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Doyle, Hugh"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/doyle-short-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:47 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500876"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[BlackICU "2281"]
[WhiteICU "1732"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. c3 O-O
8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nbd2 Rfe8 11. Nb3 Ne4 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. Bg4 b6 14.
Nf5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 g6 16. Bg4 Re7 17. Be2 Rae8 18. Bb5 Re6 19. Nc1 R8e7 20.
Nd3 Na5 21. Ne5 f6 22. Nf3 Qf4 23. Qc1 Qd6 24. Rd1 Nc4 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. d5
Re5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Rd4 f5 29. f3 Nf6 30. Qf1 b5 31. a4 a6 32. axb5 axb5
33. Re1 Nxd5 34. Rxe5 Qxe5 35. Rd1 ({ Or } 35. Rd2 c6 36. Re2 Ne3 {
(records are unclear on which version was played). }) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moynihan, Kieran"]
[Black "Cook, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/moynihan-cook-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:24 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2500663"]
[BlackFideId "446262"]
[WhiteICU "2091"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8.
e4 Nbd7 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Ng4 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Ne1 h5 14. h3 Nxf2
15. Rxf2 Bd4 16. Nf3 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qe7 18. Rb1 Ne5 19. Ng5 O-O-O 20. Kg1
Kb8 21. b4 Bc8 22. bxc5 f6 23. Rxb6+ Ka7 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 dxc5 26. a5
g5 27. Be2 Qe5 28. Qd3 Rd6 29. Be3 g4 30. Bxc5 Rxb6 31. Bxb6+ Ka8 32. Bd4
Qf4 33. Qe3 Qxe3+ 34. Bxe3 gxh3 35. gxh3 Bxh3 36. Bxa6 Rg8+ 37. Kh2 Bd7 38.
Bb5 Bxb5 39. Nxb5 Kb7 40. Bb6 Rg4 41. Kh3 Rg1 $4 42. Bxg1 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Young, Kieran"]
[Black "Short, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/young-short-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:24 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503115"]
[BlackFideId "2500108"]
[BlackICU "1832"]
[WhiteICU "1439"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. f3 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qf6 13. Bd3 Bh3
14. Qe2 O-O 15. Kf2 Ne7 16. Qe4 Bf5 17. Qxb7 Rfb8 18. Qc7 e4 19. g4 exd3
20. gxf5 dxc2 21. Rac1 Nxf5 22. Rhe1 Re8 23. Kg1 g6 24. Re4 Rac8 25. Qf4
Qxc3 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qd2 Qxf3 28. Rxc2 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Nh4 31.
Qf2 Qg4+ 32. Qg3 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Smith, David J."]
[Black "Galligan, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/smith-galligan-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:25 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501929"]
[BlackFideId "2501619"]
[BlackICU "1998"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nbd2 Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Bd2 c5 14.
Rac1 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. d5 h6 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20.
Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Qd3 b6 24. b3 Bg4 25. h3 Be6 26.
Nh4 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cook, Chris"]
[Black "Keogh, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "NM"]
[BlackElo "2092"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Budapest"]
[Variation "Adler variation"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/cook-keogh-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:47 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "446262"]
[BlackFideId "2500264"]
[BlackICU "2025"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Ngxe5 7. Nxe5
Nxe5 8. O-O Nxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. Nc3 a5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. b3 f5 13. Qd5+ Kh8
14. Ng3 Bf6 15. Rb1 g6 16. e4 d6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Nh5 Be5 19. f4 c6 20.
Qd3 Bg7 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Bb2+ Kf7 23. Qd4 Rg8 24. Rf3 Rg6 25. Rh3 Qg8 26.
Rg3 a4 27. b4 Be6 28. Rxg6 Kxg6 29. Qf6+ Kh5 30. Re1 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McPhillips, Karl"]
[Black "Doyle, Hugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "1910"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e4"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/mcphillips-doyle-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:47 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501503"]
[BlackFideId "2500876"]
[BlackICU "1732"]
[WhiteICU "2297"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. d5 a5 8.
O-O Na6 9. a3 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. f4 e4 13. Bc2 Nf6 14. h3 Kh8
15. Nd4 Nc5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Na6 19. Qa3 Rg8 20. Bb3 Bf8
21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Be7 23. Rd1 Rg3 24. Bd4 Qg8 25. Qb2 Nxb4 26. Nxe4
fxe4 27. Bxf6+ Bxf6 28. Qxf6+ Rg7 29. c5 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Stephen"]
[Black "Cooper, Lawrence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "C74"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, siesta variation"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/short-cooper-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:46 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2500108"]
[BlackFideId "401536"]
[WhiteICU "1832"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8.
O-O fxe4 9. dxe4 O-O 10. h3 Qe8 11. Ng5 Kh8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 h6 14. Nf3
Nh5 15. Bh2 Qg6 16. Kh1 Ng3+ 17. Bxg3 Qxg3 18. Nbd2 Bd7 19. Bc2 Ne5 20. Qf2
Qxf2 21. Rxf2 Bg5 22. Rff1 Bxd2 23. Nxd2 Bb5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Kg1 g6 26.
Rd1 Kg7 27. a4 Bc6 28. Rf1 Re8 29. Kf2 Nd7 30. a5 Nf6 31. Re1 Re7 32. Re3
Nd7 33. b4 Ne5 34. Bb3 b6 35. axb6 $6 cxb6 36. Nc4 Nxc4 37. Bxc4 a5 38. b5
$2 Rxe4 39. Bf1 Rxe3 40. Kxe3 Bd5 41. c4 Be6 42. h4 Kf6 43. Be2 Ke5 44. g4
g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Wall, Gavin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[Board "1"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/baburin-wall-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:25 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2501244"]
[BlackICU "2280"]
[WhiteICU "2536"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8.
Nbd2 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. c4 Rb8 11. Qc2 b5 12. Rac1 Bd7 13. Ne1 bxc4 14. Nxc4
Ncd5 15. b4 Qe8 16. Nd3 g5 17. e3 Bh6 18. f3 g4 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. exf4 h5
21. Rfe1 Qf7 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Qe2 Rfe8 24. Na5 Rec8 25. Rc2 Kg7 26. Rec1
Rb6 27. Nc4 Rbb8 28. Na5 Rb6 29. Rc4 Kg6 30. Qe1 Qh7 31. R4c2 Kf7 32. Nc4
Rbb8 33. Ne3 Rh8 34. Nf1 Rb5 35. Re2 Rb6 36. a4 Ne4 37. b5 Ndf6 38. d5 cxd5
39. Rc7 Be6 40. Rxa7 Rc8 41. Bd4 Rbb8 42. b6 Rc4 43. Qa1 Qh8 44. a5 Qc8 45.
Qb2 Qc6 46. a6 Rxd4 47. Qxd4 Rxb6 48. Ra2 Bc8 49. h3 gxh3 50. Bxh3 Rb1 51.
Bg2 Nxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Murray, David B."]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1974"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[Board "2"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/murray-lopez-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:25 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501511"]
[BlackFideId "2501430"]
[BlackICU "2377"]
[WhiteICU "2021"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Qc7 8.
O-O e5 9. d4 Be7 10. a4 bxa4 11. d5 Nb6 12. h3 O-O 13. c4 a5 14. Nc3 Ba6
15. Nd2 Rfb8 16. Nxa4 Nxa4 17. Bxa4 Rb4 18. b3 Bc8 19. Bb2 g5 20. Bc3 Rbb8
21. Ra3 Bd8 22. Rfa1 Ra7 23. Bc6 Kg7 24. Bxa5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Qxa5 26. Rxa5
Bxa5 27. Qe3 h6 28. Nb1 g4 29. hxg4 Nxg4 30. Qd3 f5 31. exf5 Kf6 32. Nc3
Bxf5 33. Ne4+ Ke7 34. Qg3 h5 35. Qh4+ Kf8 36. Qxh5 Bxe4 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38.
Qxb8 Bc3 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Del Rey, Diego"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Opening "Semi-Benoni ('blockade variation')"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[Board "3"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/delrey-short-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:25 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "102164"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]
[BlackICU "2281"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. a4 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Ne8 9. Bd3 g6 10. Bh6 Ng7 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. h3 Kh8 13. Nh2 Ng8 14. Be3 f5
15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. Rfb1 a5 18. Nb5 h5 19. Be2 Nh6 20. c3 Rf6 21. b4
b6 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Na3 Rg6 24. Nc4 g4 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. Nxg4 Nxg4 27.
Bxg4 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Bh4 29. Rb6 Rxg4 30. Kf1 Ne8 31. Qe2 Qg5 32. Nd2 Bxf2
33. Qxf2 Rg3 34. Nf3 Qg7 35. Qe2 Nf6 36. Rab1 Ng4 37. Rb8+ Rxb8 38. Rxb8+
Kh7 39. Ke1 Ne3 40. Qb5 Qh6 41. Rb7+ Rg7 42. Rxg7+ Qxg7 43. Qe2 Nxg2+ 44.
Kd2 Ne3 45. Qh2+ Kg8 46. Qh3 Ng4 47. Nh4 Qg5 48. Nf3 Qg7 49. Kc2 Qg6 50.
Nd2 Nf2 51. Qf3 Qg3 52. Qe2 Qe3 53. Qf1 Nxe4 54. Qg2+ Ng3 55. Qh3 c4 56.
Qe6+ Kg7 57. Qd7+ Kg6 58. Qxd6+ Kg5 59. Qe7+ Kg4 60. Qg7+ Kh3 61. Qh7+ Kg2
62. Nxc4 Qe2+ 63. Kb3 Qd1+ 64. Ka2 Qxd5 65. Kb3 Qd1+ 66. Ka2 e4 67. Nb2
Qd5+ 68. Kb1 e3 69. c4 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baker, Chris W."]
[Black "Menzies, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2351"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Rousseau gambit"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[Board "4"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[Venue "Metropole Hotel"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/baker-menzies-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:25 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "401676"]
[BlackFideId "2502755"]
[BlackICU "1919"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 fxe4 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qh5+
1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2009"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Osborne, Sam"]
[Black "Smith, David J."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2020"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon variation"]
[EventDate "2009.03.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/osborne-smith-cork-2009.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri May 29 12:14:25 2020"]
[Source "Cork C.C. web site"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501791"]
[BlackFideId "2501929"]
[WhiteICU "2055"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://irishchesshistory.wordpress.com/current/cork/">Final
scores</a>, Irish Chess History web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Nbd7
8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. f4 Bg4 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Rac8 15. Bh4 Rc4 16. Rd3 Rfc8 $4 (16... Nxe4 $19) 17. Re1 Qc6 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. e5 Qxf3 20. Rxf3 dxe5 21. fxe5 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 Bd2 23. Ref1 Bxc3 24.
bxc3 Rf8 25. e6 f5 26. g4 f4 27. Kc1 Re4 28. Kd2 g5 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5
31. Rb1 Rd8+ $2 { Last of three chances in the next few moves to finish in
joint 8th/9th on 4 points. } (31... b5 $19) 32. Rd3 Rxd3+ $2 (32... Rd6 33.
Rxb7 Rdxe6 34. Rd5 Kf7 $19) 33. cxd3 Rxe6 34. Rxb7 Kf7 35. Rb1 Rd6 $2 (
35... Re3 36. c4 Rg3 37. c5 Rxg4 38. c6 Rg2+ 39. Ke1 Ke6 40. Rb4 Rc2 41. c7
Rxc7 42. Rb6+ Kd5 43. Rxa6 g4 $19) 36. Re1 Kf6 37. d4 Rb6 38. Kc2 Re6 39.
Rxe6+ Kxe6 40. c4 Kd6 41. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2011"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Williams, Simon"]
[Black "Quinn, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "2011.04.01"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/williams-quinn-cork-2011.htm"]
[LastModified "Sun May 24 16:47:55 2020"]
[Source "Ginger GM blog, 8 Apr 2011"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "404454"]
[BlackFideId "2500450"]
[BlackICU "2363"]

{ Annotator: Simon Williams (see Source). } { Source: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110603112333/http://www.gingergm.com/2011/04/05/cork-congress-2011-part-1/">Cork
Congress 2011-Part 2</a>, Ginger GM blog, April 8, 2011 (via the Wayback
Machine). } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/articles/301">Cork Congress 2011</a>, Simon
Lawrence, ICU web pages, April 4, 2011; <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/618">pairings &amp; results</a>, ICU
tournaments pages. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. a4 a6 6. Bc4 Bc6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8.
Nf3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Qxe4 d5 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nxc4 Bxf4
14. Qe4 Qc7 15. Ra3 Nc6 16. Rh3 h6 17. O-O Bg5 18. d4 Bxc1 19. dxc5 Nd8 20.
b4 Bg5 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Qe5 Qe7 23. Rhf3 Bf6 24. Qe4 h5 25. Rd3 h4 26. Nc4
Nc6 27. Nb6 Rd8 28. Rfd1 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Ne5 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Rd6 g6 32. Qf4
Kg7 $4 33. Nd5 exd5 34. Qxf6+ Kh7 35. Qxh4+ Kg7 36. Qf6+ Kh7 37. Qxe5 a5
38. Rxd5 Qxe5 39. Rxe5 axb4 40. Re7 { ... } 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2011"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Collins, Sam"]
[Black "Williams, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[EventDate "2011.04.01"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/collins-williams-cork-2011.htm"]
[LastModified "Sun May 24 16:47:55 2020"]
[Source "Ginger GM blog, 8 Apr 2011"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2501198"]
[BlackFideId "404454"]
[WhiteICU "2451"]

{ Annotator: Simon Williams (see Source). } { Source: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110614200603/http://www.gingergm.com/2011/04/08/cork-congress-2011part-2/#more-4967">Cork
Congress 2011-Part 2</a>, Ginger GM blog, April 8, 2011 (via the Wayback
Machine). } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/articles/301">Cork Congress 2011</a>, Simon
Lawrence, ICU web pages, April 4, 2011; <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/618">pairings &amp; results</a>, ICU
tournaments pages. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. cxd4 dxe4
8. Nxe4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Bb1 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 Nbd5 14.
Ne4 Qc7 15. Ne5 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Rfd8 17. Re1 Bf8 18. h4 Rac8 19. Qd3 f5 20.
Ba2 Re8 21. Bb3 Be7 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Qd8 24. Qg3 Nc7 25. g6 hxg6 26.
Qxg6 Qf6 27. Rac1 Qxg6 28. Nxg6 Kf7 29. Nf4 g5 30. d5 Nxd5 31. Rxc8 Bxc8
32. Nxd5 { White offered a draw. } 32... exd5 33. Bxd5+ Kf8 34. Rc1 Ke7 35.
Re1+ Kd8 36. Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. g3 Ke7 38. f4 Kd6 39. Ba2 gxf4 40. gxf4 Kc5 41.
Kf2 Kd4 42. Bb1 a5 43. Ke2 Be6 44. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2011"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2011.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Williams, Simon"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[EventDate "2011.04.01"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/williams-baburin-cork-2011.htm"]
[LastModified "Sun May 24 16:47:55 2020"]
[Source "Ginger GM blog, 8 Apr 2011"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "404454"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[BlackICU "2482"]

{ Annotator: Simon Williams (see Source). } { Source: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110614200603/http://www.gingergm.com/2011/04/08/cork-congress-2011part-2/#more-4967">Cork
Congress 2011-Part 2</a>, Ginger GM blog, April 8, 2011 (via the Wayback
Machine); <em>Irish Examiner</em>, April 23, 2011 p. W20 (Jim Olney). } {
Event information: <a href="https://www.icu.ie/articles/301">Cork Congress
2011</a>, Simon Lawrence, ICU web pages, April 4, 2011; <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/618">pairings &amp; results</a>, ICU
tournaments pages. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8.
e5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nd5 11. Be2 Qb6 12. a4 g4 13. a5 Qc7 14. Nh4 h5 15.
Ng6 Rh6 16. Nxf8 Kxf8 17. h3 gxh3 18. Rxh3 Kg7 19. Qd2 Nf8 20. Qg5+ Ng6 21.
Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bf4 Rh8 23. Rxh5 Qe7 24. Rxh8 Qxg5 25. Bxg5 Kxh8 26. Kd2 b4
27. Rh1+ Kg8 28. Bd1 Bd7 29. Bc2 c3+ 30. bxc3 bxc3+ 31. Kxc3 Rc8+ 32. Kd2
Rc4 33. Be3 a6 34. Rb1 Bb5 35. Bd3 Ra4 36. Bxb5 axb5 37. Rxb5 Ne7 38. Rc5
Kf8 39. Kc3 Ke8 40. Kb3 Ra1 41. Bc1 Kd7 42. Bb2 Rf1 43. a6 Nc6 44. Rb5 Kc8
45. f3 Rf2 46. Bc3 Rxg2 47. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2011"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2011.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Williams, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[EventDate "2011.04.01"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/lopez-williams-cork-2011.htm"]
[LastModified "Sun May 24 16:47:55 2020"]
[Source "Ginger GM blog, 8 Apr 2011"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2501430"]
[BlackFideId "404454"]
[WhiteICU "2394"]

{ Annotator: Simon Williams (see Source). } { Source: <a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110614200603/http://www.gingergm.com/2011/04/08/cork-congress-2011part-2/#more-4967">Cork
Congress 2011-Part 2</a>, Ginger GM blog, April 8, 2011 (via the Wayback
Machine). } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/articles/301">Cork Congress 2011</a>, Simon
Lawrence, ICU web pages, April 4, 2011; <a
href="https://www.icu.ie/tournaments/618">pairings &amp; results</a>, ICU
tournaments pages. }

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. c4 e5 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 { White
offered a draw. } 7... Nc6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Bxd8 10. e3 e4 11. Nd4 Ne5
12. b3 c6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rad1 g5 15. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2012"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2012.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smith, David J."]
[Black "Donaldson, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system reversed"]
[EventDate "2012.03.23"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/smith-donaldson-cork-2012.htm"]
[LastModified "Sat May 30 10:32:46 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "2501929"]
[BlackFideId "2000709"]

{ Source: John Donaldson. } { Event information: <a
href="https://ratings.icu.ie/tournaments/81">Pairings &amp; results</a>,
ICU ratings web site. }

1. g3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. a3 a5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14.
Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Ne3 Qe6 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. f3 Nd4 18. Bc3 a4 19. Ng4 c4 20. Nf2
cxd3 21. exd3 Nb3 22. Qe2 Qd5 23. Rfe1 f5 24. Rbd1 Re8 0-1

[Event "Cork Masters 2012"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donaldson, John"]
[Black "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[EventDate "2012.03.23"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/donaldson-cafolla-cork-2012.htm"]
[LastModified "Sat May 30 10:32:46 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "USA"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2000709"]
[BlackFideId "2500884"]
[BlackICU "2002"]

{ Source: John Donaldson. } { Event information: <a
href="https://ratings.icu.ie/tournaments/81">Pairings &amp; results</a>,
ICU ratings web site. }

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
a3 a6 9. b4 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rad1 Bc8 18. Rd6 Qg6 19. Nd2 Qxe4 20.
Nxe4 Ne5 21. Rc1 Rb8 22. c5 f6 23. Rb6 Nd7 24. Rd6 Ne5 25. Rcd1 Nf7 26. Rb6
e5 27. c6 Re7 28. Nc5 Bg4 29. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2012"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bojkov, Dejan"]
[Black "Donaldson, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[EventDate "2012.03.23"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/bojkov-donaldson-cork-2012.htm"]
[LastModified "Sat May 30 11:28:47 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "BUL"]
[BlackNationality "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "2904292"]
[BlackFideId "2000709"]

{ Source: John Donaldson; <em>Irish Examiner</em>, April 7, 2012 p. 20 (Jim
Olney). } { Event information: <a
href="https://ratings.icu.ie/tournaments/81">Pairings &amp; results</a>,
ICU ratings web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8.
O-O e6 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. h3 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Bg5
h6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. Rc3 Nb6 18. Nc5 Nd7 19. Rfc1 Bf8 20.
Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qc2 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 a5 23. Nh2 h5 24. g4 hxg4 25. Nxg4 Bg7 26.
Kg2 Qb5 27. Qd2 Qb4 28. Rc3 Qe7 29. a3 Qh4 30. Rc7 Qh5 31. Qc3 Qf5 32. Rxb7
a4 33. Rb4 Bf8 34. Qe3 Kh7 35. Rb7 Kg8 36. Qf3 Rc8 37. Nf6+ Kg7 38. Qg3 Rc2
39. Qh4 g5 40. Qg3 Rd2 41. h4 Rd3 42. Qxg5+ Qxg5+ 43. hxg5 Rxd4 44. Rb8 Rc4
45. f4 d4 46. Kf3 d3 47. Ke3 Rd4 48. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Cork Masters 2012"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2012.03.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Donaldson, John"]
[Black "Short, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2012.03.23"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/donaldson-short-cork-2012.htm"]
[LastModified "Sat May 30 10:32:46 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "USA"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2000709"]
[BlackFideId "2500086"]

{ Source: John Donaldson. } { Event information: <a
href="https://ratings.icu.ie/tournaments/81">Pairings &amp; results</a>,
ICU ratings web site. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Be3 Qa6 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14.
Nxb5 Bg4 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Nd4 Na5 17. h3 Bd7 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. Red1 Rac8 20.
Nb3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rd7 Bxc3 24. Rc1 f6 25. Be3 b5 26.
Ra7 Kf7 27. Rd1 Bb4 28. Ra1 Rc3 29. Bd2 Rxb3 30. Bxb4 Rxb4 31. R1xa6 Re4
32. Kf1 Rb8 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Rxa8 Ra4 35. Rb8 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Rb1 37. g4 b4
38. Rb6 b3 39. e3 b2 40. Rb8 h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Rb6 e5 43. Rb8 Kg6 44.
Rb5 Kf5 45. Rb4 Ke6 46. Rb8 Kd5 47. Rb7 f5 48. Rb8 Kc4 49. Rb7 Kd3 50. Rb8
h4 51. Rb7 Kc2 52. Rc7+ Kd3 53. Rb7 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cork Masters 2012"]
[Site "Cork IRL"]
[Date "2012.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Minnock, Eoin"]
[Black "Donaldson, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[EventDate "2012.03.23"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[URL "http://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2020-05/minnock-donaldson-cork-2012.htm"]
[LastModified "Sat May 30 10:32:46 2020"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "USA"]
[BlackFideId "2000709"]
[WhiteICU "1747"]

{ Source: John Donaldson. } { Event information: <a
href="https://ratings.icu.ie/tournaments/81">Pairings &amp; results</a>,
ICU ratings web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Bc4 Qa5
8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Be2 d6 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. Bh6 Be6 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4+ f6 17. Rac1 Qc5 18. Qxc5 dxc5 19. Rcd1
Rad8 20. Nd5 Kf7 21. c4 Bd7 22. b3 Bc6 23. f3 e6 24. Nc3 Ke7 25. Kf2 g5 26.
Ke3 h5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rd1 Rg8 29. Rd2 h4 30. a3 Rc8 31. Rd1 b6 32. g3
hxg3 33. hxg3 Rh8 34. Rd2 Rh3 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. Ra2 Rc1 37. Ne2 Rb1 38. b4 a6
39. bxc5 bxc5 40. Ke3 Rb3+ 41. Kf2 f5 42. exf5 Rxf3+ 43. Kg1 exf5 44. Rb2
Rxa3 45. Rb6 Kd7 46. Rb8 Bf3 47. Kf2 Bg4 48. Nc1 Rf3+ 49. Kg2 Rc3 50. Nb3
Kc7 0-1

