Chess Game
James J. McDonnell vs Samuel Moore
Ulster Championship, date unknown · Result ½–½ · Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack (C43).
Samuel Moore½
James J. McDonnell½
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. O-O-O Qf6 11. Qxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Nxc7+ Bxc7 15. Bxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 O-O 17. Bb5 Nb4 18. a3 Nd5 19. Nd4 Nc7 20. Bd7 Rfd8 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Rhd1 Nc5 23. Bb5 Rdc8 24. f3 a6 25. Bc4 Kg7 26. Bd5 Rc7 27. Ba2 Rac8 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Rxd8 Nd7 30. Re8 Nf6 31. Re5 Nh5 32. g3 Nf6 33. Bb3 h6 34. Re3 Nh7 35. h4 Nf6 36. g4 Ng8 37. Kd2 Ne7 38. c3 Rd7+ 39. Rd3 Rc7 40. Ba4 Nc8 41. Rd7 Rxd7+ 42. Bxd7 Nd6 43. Kd3 f6 44. Kd4 Kf7 45. Kd5 Ke7 46. Ba4 f5 47. Bc2 fxg4 48. fxg4 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. c4 Kd7 51. b3 Nf7 52. Bf5+ Ke7 53. c5 a5 54. b4 axb4 55. axb4 Nd8 56. b5 Nf7 57. c6 bxc6+ 58. bxc6 Kd8 59. Ke6 Nh6 60. Kd6 Nf7+ 61. Kd5 Kc7 62. Be6 Nd8 63. Bd7 Nf7 64. Be8 Nh6 65. Bd7 Nf7 66. Kc5 Nd8 67. Kd5 Nf7 68. Be6 Nd8 69. Ke5 Kxc6 70. Bd5+ Kd7 71. Kf6 Ke8 72. Ba2 Nc6 ½–½
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This chess game between James J. McDonnell (2054) and Samuel Moore (1804) was played at Ulster Championship and finished ½–½. The opening was the Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack (C43). Step through every move on the interactive board above, or open it on the CipherChess board to analyse the game with the engine. You can also explore more games by James J. McDonnell and Samuel Moore from the CipherChess mega database.