[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Black "Godson O'Doherty, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1546"]
[BlackICU "1578"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519143"]
[BlackFideId "2518546"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-major2026_allfiles/games_sligo-major2026/g28.htm"]
[LastModified "Tue Feb 10 16:58:33 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-major2026_allfiles/pairings_sligo-major2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. Re1 Nd7 14.
Bb5 Rfd8 15. Qd3 Nf8 16. c4 Ng6 17. d5 Nf4 18. Qe3 e5 19. Red1 Qg6 20. Nh4
Qg4 21. g3 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nd4 23. Ra2 Qxd1+ 24. Kg2 a6 25. Rd2 Qb3 26. Qxb3
Nxb3 27. Rb2 axb5 28. Rxb3 bxc4 29. Rc3 b5 30. Nf5 g6 31. Nxh6+ Kg7 32. Ng4
Ra4 33. Ne3 Rda8 34. Nc2 f5 35. f3 fxe4 36. fxe4 Rf8 37. h3 Rf7 38. Nb4 Ra8
39. Nc2 Raf8 40. h4 Rf2+ 41. Kh3 Bc8+ 0-1