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Rory Quinn – Alex Baburin

Rory Quinn – Alex Baburin

Irish Championships, 2017

The Irish Championships are taking place at the time of writing in the West County Hotel in Ennis. The favourites are IM Alex Lopez, and top seed GM Alex Baburin, who had a short but difficult win in the first round.

1.e4 d6

A surprise, perhaps to avoid Quinn’s preparation. Baburin is one of the world’s leading experts on Alekhine’s Defence, 1 . . . ...