[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Foran, Barry"]
[Black "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1711"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[WhiteICU "1708"]
[BlackICU "1733"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508230"]
[BlackFideId "2502089"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2026_allfiles/games_sligo-cship2026/g93.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 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 10. h3 Ne4 11. O-O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qe7 13. Kb2 g6 14.
g4 fxg4 15. hxg4 Qf6 16. Rh3 Rf8 17. e4 Na6 18. Qe3 O-O-O 19. Rd2 d6 20.
Nh2 Rd7 21. f3 Qf4 22. Re2 e5 23. g5 exd4 24. cxd4 Nb4 25. Bb1 Ba6 26. Qxf4
Rxf4 27. Kb3 d5 28. Kc3 Bxc4 29. Re3 Nxa2+ 30. Kb2 Nb4 31. Ng4 Nc6 32. Nf6
Re7 33. Kc3 b5 34. Nxh7 b4+ 35. Kd2 Nxd4 36. e5 Nf5 37. Re1 a4 38. Nf8 Nh4
39. Bxg6 Nxf3+ 40. Ke3 Rxf8 41. Bf5+ Rxf5 0-1