[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Smullen, Lorcan"]
[Black "Collins, Brendan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1351"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545748"]
[BlackFideId "2516446"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-chall2026_allfiles/games_sligo-chall2026/g91.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. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Ne4 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Qb6 7. Qb3 Qe6
8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Bb5 g6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bd3
Bf6 15. Nbd2 h5 16. b4 h4 17. h3 Rh5 18. Be2 Rh8 19. a4 g5 20. Bh2 g4 21.
hxg4 fxg4 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Bh2+ 26. Kxh2
Qxe4 27. f3 gxf3 28. Bxf3 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 h3 30. Bxa8 hxg2 31. Bxg2 Qh2+ 32.
Kf2 Rf8+ 33. Ke3 Qxg2 34. Kd3 Qg3+ 35. Kc4 Qc7+ 36. Kb3 Qc6 37. b5 Be6+ 0-1