[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Black "Khanzharov, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[WhiteICU "1893"]
[BlackICU "1931"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "841790"]
[BlackFideId "2511975"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-experts2026_allfiles/games_sligo-experts2026/g37.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. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qxc5 7. Nbd2 Bf5
8. h3 h6 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. O-O e6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Nbd4 Bh7 14. Nb5
O-O 15. Bc7 Qa6 16. Nd6 b5 17. Bxb5 Nxc3 18. Bxa6 Nxe2+ 19. Bxe2 a5 20. Nb5
Bf6 21. Nc3 Rfc8 22. Bd6 Nb4 23. Be5 Be7 24. a3 Nc6 25. Bg3 Bf6 26. Rac1
Ne7 27. Be5 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 f6 29. Nd3 Rcb8 30. Na4 Bg6 31. Rc7 Nf5 32. Rfc1
d4 33. g4 Nd6 34. exd4 Nb5 35. R7c4 Rd8 36. Nf4 Nxd4 37. Bd1 Be4 38. Nxe6
Nxe6 39. Rxe4 Nd4 40. Re7 Rac8 41. Rxc8 Rxc8 42. Nc3 Rb8 43. Rd7 Nc6 44.
Rd2 Ne5 45. Be2 Kf7 46. Kg2 Kg6 47. f4 Nc6 48. Bf3 Nd8 49. Bd5 f5 50. Kf3
fxg4+ 51. hxg4 h5 52. gxh5+ Kxh5 53. Be4 1-0