[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Emmo, David"]
[Black "Bermingham, Erica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackICU "1333"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523647"]
[BlackFideId "2529297"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-chall2026_allfiles/games_sligo-chall2026/g40.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 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Qd8
8. d4 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nb5 Nd5 11. Bg3 c6 12. c4 cxb5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14.
Qd3 a6 15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. Be5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxb7 Rad8
20. Qc2 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bxa6 Bc7 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25.
Qxc7 g6 26. Qc8+ Kg7 27. Qc3+ Kg8 28. b4 Qd5 29. a3 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qe2 31.
Qc5 Qa2 32. b5 Kg7 33. b6 Qb2 34. Qb4 Qe5+ 35. g3 Qe2 36. Qd4+ e5 37. Qe3
Qb2 38. Kg2 f5 39. a4 f4 40. gxf4 exf4 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. b7 Qb3 43. Qf8+ Kh5
44. b8=Q Qd5+ 45. Kh2 Qf3 46. Qbxf4 Qxf4+ 47. Qxf4 h6 48. h4 g5 49. Qf7+
Kg4 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. f3+ Kh4 52. Qh7# 1-0