[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "McDonnell, Odhran"]
[Black "Ward, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[WhiteICU "1850"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507463"]
[BlackFideId "2508257"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "McDonnell, Odhrán"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-experts2026_allfiles/games_sligo-experts2026/g69.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 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qc2 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. b3 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qc6 Qc7 12. Qxc7 Bxc7 13. Ba3 Re8 14.
Rfc1 Bd8 15. Rc2 Ba6 16. Bf1 Be7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rac1 h6 19. Rc7 Ne8 20.
R7c6 Bb7 21. R6c2 Kf7 22. e3 a6 23. Bd3 g5 24. h3 Kf6 25. Bf1 h5 26. h4 g4
27. Ne1 e5 28. dxe5+ Nxe5 29. Ng2 Ng6 30. b4 Rd8 31. Nb3 Rdd7 32. Nd4 Rc7
33. Bd3 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Nd6 35. a4 Ne5 36. Nf4 Rh7 37. Be2 Nec4 38. Kf1 Rh8
39. Ke1 Rh7 40. Bf1 Rh8 41. Bg2 Ne4 42. b5 a5 43. Bf1 Ned6 44. Bd3 Rh7 45.
Be2 Ba8 46. Nd3 Re7 47. Nb2 Nxb2 48. Rxb2 Rc7 49. Bd3 Ne4 50. Rc2 Rxc2 51.
Bxc2 Bb7 52. Ke2 Ke5 53. Bb3 Nc3+ 54. Kd3 Ne4 55. Ke2 Nc3+ 56. Ke1 Ne4 57.
Ke2 Nc3+ 58. Kf1 Ne4 59. Kg2 Nd2 60. Bc2 Ne4 61. Ne2 Ba8 62. Nf4 Nf6 63.
Kf1 Bb7 64. Ke2 Bc8 65. Bb3 Bb7 66. Kd3 Ba8 67. Ng6+ Kd6 68. Bd1 Ne4 69.
Ke2 Nc3+ 70. Kd2 Ne4+ 71. Ke1 Bb7 72. Bc2 Bc8 73. Bxe4 fxe4 74. Nf4 Kc5 75.
Kd2 d4 76. exd4+ Kxd4 77. Nxh5 Kc4 78. Nf6 Kb4 79. h5 Kxa4 80. h6 Bf5 81.
h7 Bxh7 82. Nxh7 Kxb5 83. Kc3 Kc5 84. Nf6 Kc6 85. Nxe4 Kd5 86. Nf6+ Ke5 87.
Nxg4+ Ke4 88. Nf6+ Kf5 89. Nd7 b5 90. Nb6 Kg4 91. Kd4 a4 92. Nxa4 1-0