[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "O'Shea, Niall"]
[Black "Verlekar, Vivaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[WhiteICU "1792"]
[BlackICU "1845"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505142"]
[BlackFideId "2516942"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-experts2026_allfiles/games_sligo-experts2026/g44.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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 b6 4. f3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be3 Nbd7 8.
Bf2 c5 9. e3 Bd6 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nge2 O-O 12. Qc2 Re8 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ng3
Qc7 15. Kh1 g6 16. Qd2 Re6 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. f4 cxd4 19. Nce2 dxe3 20. Rxc8+
Qxc8 21. Bxe3 Bc5 22. Nd4 Re8 23. b4 Bf8 24. Qf2 Ng4 25. Qf3 Nxe3 26. Re1
Nc4 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Nc2 Nd6 29. f5 Ne5 30. Qd1 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Ne4 32. Qf1
Nxg3+ 33. hxg3 Qe4 0-1