The Irish Chess Union

[Event "National Club Championship 2010"] [Site "Dublin IRL"] [Date "2010.05.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Tecklanborg, Brendan"] [Black "Egan, Colm"] [Result "0-1"] [FEN "r3kb1r/ppp2ppp/8/3pp3/3n1q2/8/PPPK2PP/RNBQ1B1R w kq - 0 1"] [ICUid "29525"] 1. Kc3 $4 { Although White is lost anyway, he may have prolonged the struggle by moving his King to either e1 or d3. } 1... Qe4 $2 (1... Ne2+ $1 2. Kd3 (2. Qxe2 Qb4+ 3. Kd3 Qd4#) { ; } (2. Bxe2 Qb4+ 3. Kd3 Qd4#) 2... Nxc1+) 2. Qd3 $4 { this allows a nice mate in 4, which Colm doesn't miss. Best would have been to create a "safe" square for his King with 2.b3! } 2... Bb4+ $1 3. Kxb4 Nc6+ 4. Kc5 Qb4+ 5. Kxd5 O-O-O# { a nice finish indeed. } 0-1