[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "McAleenan, Charles"]
[Black "Kurochkin, Iaromir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2461617"]
[BlackFideId "2516969"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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/g78.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 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d6 4. d3 Nbd7 5. e4 e5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
c3 b6 9. a4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. c4 a5 12. Nc3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Be3 Ng4
15. Bd2 f5 16. fxe5 fxe4 17. dxe4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5
Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Qg7 22. Rab1 Rf8 23. Bf4 Rf7 24. b4 axb4 25. Rxb4 Raf8 26. Rd1
Be5 27. Be3 Na6 28. Rbb1 Nc5 29. Rb4 g5 30. Rbb1 Qh6 31. Kg1 Qh5 32. Qd2 h6
33. Qc2 Qg6 34. Re1 h5 35. Qd2 Nxe4 36. Bxe4 Qxe4 37. Bxg5 Bd4+ 38. Be3
Bxe3+ 39. Rxe3 Qxb1+ 0-1