[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Reynolds, Paul"]
[Black "Crowe, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[BlackICU "1686"]
[BlackClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537486"]
[BlackFideId "2529513"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2026_allfiles/games_sligo-cship2026/g52.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. c3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. a3 Ba5 8.
b4 Bb6 9. Nf3 a6 10. b5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Bc7 12. Bd2 Nge7 13. Nxc7+ Qxc7 14.
Bd3 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Qb3 Be6 17. O-O O-O 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Rc3 Na5 20.
Qc2 Nc4 21. Bg5 Qd7 22. Nd2 Rfc8 23. f4 Nxa3 24. Qd3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Nc4 26.
Nxc4 dxc4 27. h4 Ra2 28. Qg3 Qxd4+ 29. Kh2 Bd5 30. Rg1 c3 31. Bf6 g6 32.
Qg5 Qxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Rxg2+ 34. Qxg2 Bxg2 35. e6 c2 36. Bb2 Bc6 37. e7 f6 38.
Kf2 Kf7 39. Ba3 b5 40. Ke3 h6 41. Kd2 Be4 42. Bc5 g5 43. Be3 gxh4 44. Bg1
b4 45. Bh2 Kxe7 46. Kc1 Kd6 0-1