[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha"]
[Black "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[WhiteICU "1714"]
[BlackICU "1801"]
[WhiteClub "Raharney"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "29982847"]
[BlackFideId "2036738"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2026_allfiles/games_sligo-cship2026/g105.htm"]
[LastModified "Tue Feb 10 16:16:34 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2026_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5
8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. h3 O-O-O
14. a4 f5 15. Bb5 e4 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qe2 Qe5
20. g3 Qc5 21. Be3 Qa5 22. Rab1 Kb8 23. Qc4 Rc8 24. Qe6 Qe5 25. Qb3 Qe7 26.
Red1 Rhd8 27. Rd5 Qc7 28. Rb5 Rd7 29. Qd5 Qc6 30. Qxf5 Rf8 31. Qg4 Rff7 32.
Ra5 Qxc3 33. Bxa7+ Kc8 34. Bb6 Kb8 35. Qxe4 Rfe7 36. Qxh7 Rf7 37. Rd1 g6
38. Qxg6 Rg7 39. Qe8+ Qc8 40. Ra8+ Kxa8 41. Qxc8+ Bb8 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43.
Qxd7 1-0