[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Verlekar, Vivaan"]
[Black "McDonnell, Odhran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[WhiteICU "1845"]
[BlackICU "1850"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516942"]
[BlackFideId "2507463"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[BlackFullName "McDonnell, Odhrán"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-experts2026_allfiles/games_sligo-experts2026/g56.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 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 c5 8.
c3 Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ne1 Qb6 13. Ndf3 f6 14. c4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Nf3 Be4 18. Bc3 Rfd8 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Nd2
Bf5 21. Qe1 d4 22. Bb2 e5 23. Bf3 Re8 24. Kh1 Rad8 25. Qc1 e4 26. Bd1 Qe6
27. Re1 Qe5 28. Nf3 Qd6 29. Ng1 h6 30. Qd2 b6 31. Ne2 Ng4 32. Ng3 e3 33.
fxe3 Nxe3 34. Nxf5 Nxf5 35. Bf3 Ne3 36. Qd3 Qf4 37. Re2 Re7 38. Rae1 Rde8
39. Bc1 Kh8 40. h3 Bd6 41. Kg1 Qh2+ 42. Kf2 Bg3# 0-1