[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Cummins, Sean"]
[Black "McGrady, Seth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[WhiteICU "1957"]
[BlackICU "1851"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512084"]
[BlackFideId "2532956"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "Cummins, Seán"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-experts2026_allfiles/games_sligo-experts2026/g22.htm"]
[LastModified "Fri Feb  6 11:58:03 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-experts_allfiles/pairings_sligo-experts2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8.
Be3 Nge7 9. Bb5 Nf5 10. O-O Be7 11. b4 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. g4 Nh4 14. Qg3
f5 15. f4 fxg4 16. Qxg4 Nf5 17. Bf2 a5 18. Nd2 axb4 19. cxb4 Ra3 20. Nb3
Qe8 21. Nd4 h5 22. Qg2 Bd8 23. Nc2 Rc3 24. Be1 Rc4 25. Rd1 Bh4 26. Bg3 Qg6
27. Bxh4 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rxc2+ 29. Kh3 Nxh4 30. Kxh4 Rxh2+ 31. Kg3 Rxa2 32.
Ra1 Rfa8 33. Rxa2 Rxa2 34. Rb1 Kf7 35. b5 cxb5 36. Rxb5 Rc2 37. Rb7+ Kg6
38. Re7 Rxc5 39. Rxe6+ Kf5 40. Re7 Rc3+ 41. Kf2 Kxf4 42. Rxg7 Rc2+ 43. Kf1
Kxe5 44. Rg5+ Ke4 45. Rxh5 d4 46. Ke1 Kd3 47. Rh3+ Kc4 48. Kd1 Rg2 49. Ra3
d3 50. Ra4+ Kc3 51. Ra3+ Kd4 52. Ra8 d2 1/2-1/2