[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "O'Connell, Denis"]
[Black "Duffy, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[WhiteICU "1796"]
[BlackICU "1600"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505860"]
[BlackFideId "2529009"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Byrne 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/g32.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. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Nfd7 7. Nd5 c6
8. Nc3 Bxe5 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Bxe5
14. O-O-O b5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. h4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. Kb2 Nd7 19. Be3 a5
20. Be2 Ne5 21. h5 Bc4 22. Bd3 Red8 23. Bd4 Nxd3+ 24. cxd3 e5 25. dxc4 exd4
26. cxd4 bxc4 27. Kc3 Rab8 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rb1 Re8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Re1
Kf8 32. Re5 Rb5 33. Kxc4 Rxe5 34. dxe5 Ke7 35. Kc5 Kd7 36. a4 Kc7 37. f4
Kb7 38. g4 Kc7 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 Kd7 41. Kb6 1-0