[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Bermingham, Erica"]
[Black "English, Ciaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1333"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529297"]
[BlackFideId "2545870"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-chall2026_allfiles/games_sligo-chall2026/g26.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Feb 11 12:10:25 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-chall2026_allfiles/pairings_sligo-chall2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 e5 7. Be3 c6 8.
f4 Nbd7 9. h3 Re8 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. Bb3 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. fxe5 Rxe5 14.
Bd4 Re8 15. Qf4 Bf5 16. g4 Bd7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxf6 Qxf6 19. Rxf6 d4 20.
Nxd4 Re7 21. Raf1 Rf8 22. Ne4 Nc8 23. Ng5 Be8 24. Nde6 fxe6 25. Rxf8+ Kg7
26. Nxe6+ Kh6 27. Nc7 Nd6 28. Nxe8 Nxe8 29. R8f7 Re3 30. Kg2 Re2+ 31. R7f2
Re7 32. Rd1 b5 33. d4 a5 34. a3 Rc7 35. d5 Nd6 36. Rf6 Rd7 37. Rdf1 Nc4 38.
Bxc4 bxc4 39. Rd1 Kg7 40. Rc6 Rb7 41. Rxc4 Rxb2 42. d6 Kf7 43. d7 Rb8 44.
Rc8 Rxc8 45. dxc8=Q Kg7 46. Rd7+ Kh6 47. Qf8+ Kg5 48. Rd5+ Kh4 49. Qh6# 1-0