[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "McIlroy, Ben"]
[Black "Cummins, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[WhiteICU "1998"]
[BlackICU "1957"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast South"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2525097"]
[BlackFideId "2512084"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Beefeater defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[BlackFullName "Cummins, Seán"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-experts2026_allfiles/games_sligo-experts2026/g38.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 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. Nh3 Qa5 7. Qc2 Nf6
8. f3 d6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e3 h6 11. Be2 Nb6 12. Nf2 Bd7 13. g4 O-O-O 14. e4
g5 15. e5 Ne8 16. exd6 exd6 17. Bd2 Rf8 18. h4 fxg4 19. fxg4 Nf6 20. hxg5
hxg5 21. Bxg5 Rde8 22. O-O Na4 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Ne4 Rh6 25. g5 Rg6 26. Rf6
Rxe4 27. Rxg6 Bf5 28. Rg8+ Kc7 29. Rg7+ Kb8 30. Bd3 Rg4+ 31. Kf2 Rh4 32.
Kg2 Rg4+ 33. Kf3 Bc8 34. Rb1 Rh4 35. Bf5 Rxc4 36. Rb3 Qd8 37. Bxc8 Rxc3+
38. Rxc3 Qf8+ 39. Qf5 Qxg7 40. Re3 1-0