[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "McAleenan, Charles"]
[Black "Ward, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2461617"]
[BlackFideId "2508257"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-experts2026_allfiles/games_sligo-experts2026/g39.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. f4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
a4 a5 9. Na3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. exf5 exf5 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. Bf3 d5
15. Re1 Qd6 16. Nb5 Qxf4 17. Ne6 Qh4 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Ba3 c5 20. Rb1 Ng4
21. Bxg4 fxg4 22. Rf1 Re8 23. Bc1 Be5 0-1