[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Fernandez, Lucas Cunningham"]
[Black "Thomas, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "2542005"]
[BlackFideId "1800647"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2026_allfiles/games_sligo-cship2026/g96.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 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qd2 b5 8. a3
O-O 9. Rd1 e6 10. Bh6 b4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O d5
15. e5 Nd7 16. Ne2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. Nf4 Rfc8
21. Nd4 Bc6 22. g3 Rab8 23. b3 Bb5 24. Nxb5 Rxb5 25. Ne2 Ne4 26. f3 Nc5 27.
Nd4 Rb7 28. Kg2 h6 29. Rfe1 Qg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Ra1 Rb4 32. c3 Rb6 33. b4
Nd3 34. Re3 Rxc3 35. Kf1 Rxb4 36. Ne2 Rcb3 37. Rxa6 d4 38. Re4 Rb1+ 39. Kg2
Ne1+ 40. Kf2 Nd3+ 41. Kg2 R4b2 42. Ra3 Nc1 43. f4 d3 44. Kf3 dxe2 45. Rae3
Rb3 46. Kg4 Rxe3 47. Rxe3 gxf4 48. gxf4 Rb4 49. Kg5 Rd4 0-1