[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Black "Crowe, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[WhiteICU "1733"]
[BlackICU "1686"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502089"]
[BlackFideId "2529513"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2026_allfiles/games_sligo-cship2026/g3.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. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O Bf5 6. d3 e6 7. Qe1 Nb4 8.
Bd1 Be7 9. a3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bh7 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. e5
Nd5 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bf5 18. Be3 g5 19. Qf2 Qa5 20. Nd2
Qxc3 21. Bf3 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Nxe5 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. Rab1+ Kc8 25. Qe2 Bf6
26. Qa6+ Kd7 27. Qxa7+ Ke8 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Qa4+ Kf8 30. Nc4 Qd4 31. c3
Qh4 32. g3 Bxg3 33. Rb2 Be4+ 34. Kg1 Bxh2+ 35. Rxh2 Rg8+ 0-1