[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "McIlroy, Ben"]
[Black "O'Boyle, Donal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[WhiteICU "1998"]
[BlackICU "1860"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast South"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2525097"]
[BlackFideId "2505096"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Polish defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-experts2026_allfiles/games_sligo-experts2026/g70.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 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nd2 a6 6. c3 d6 7. Qe2 c5 8.
Ngf3 Be7 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. a3 Qd7 12. Rfd1 h6 13. h3 O-O 14.
Rac1 Kh8 15. Nf1 Ng8 16. N3h2 f5 17. f4 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nf3 Nxe3 20.
Nxe3 d5 21. Kh2 Na5 22. Bb1 Nc4 23. Rg1 Rac8 24. Rcf1 Qe8 25. Ne1 g5 26.
Nd3 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 g4 28. hxg4 fxg4 29. g3 Rf5 30. Kg2 Rh5 31. Nf2 Qg8 32.
Qd3 Rf5 33. Rh1 Bf8 34. Qe2 Rc4 35. Rd1 b4 36. Nxg4 bxa3 37. bxa3 Rc3 38.
Rd3 Rc7 39. Rb3 Rg7 40. Bxf5 exf5 41. Nf6 1-0