[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Fernandez, Lucas Cunningham"]
[Black "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[BlackICU "1733"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2542005"]
[BlackFideId "2502089"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham 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/g37.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 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Bb3 c6 7. a4 Qc7 8.
Be3 h6 9. h3 Nf8 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Qd3 Ng6 12. Ne2 exd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Be3
Bc6 15. Ng3 O-O 16. Bd5 Rad8 17. O-O b6 18. Rfe1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. c4
Bd7 21. b3 Qc8 22. Rad1 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Bd6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rfe8 26.
Qe4 Be7 27. Bc1 Bf6 28. Rd3 Rd6 29. Red1 Red8 30. Bb2 Qa8 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32.
Qxe5 f6 33. Qe4 Qb7 34. h4 Qf7 35. g4 Re8 36. Qc4 Re5 37. f4 Re8 38. Kf2
Qe7 39. Rh3 Kh7 40. g5 Red8 41. g6+ Kg8 42. Re3 Qd7 43. Re6 Kf8 44. Qe4
Rxd5 45. Re1 Rd2+ 46. Kf1 Qd3+ 47. Qxd3 R2xd3 48. Re7 R3d7 49. R7e4 Rd4 50.
Re7 R4d7 1/2-1/2