[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Whelan, Niall P."]
[Black "Kavanagh, Kurt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[WhiteICU "1613"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500809"]
[BlackFideId "2536358"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Hillbilly attack"]
[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/g3.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 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bf4 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 e6
8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O h6 10. a3 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b4 Qd8 13. Ne5 Qc8 14.
Na4 Qb7 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qd1 Nf6 17. g4 Be4 18. f3 g5 19. Bg3 Bh7 20. Nd3 a5
21. Ndc5 Qc8 22. Nb6 Qd8 23. Nxa8 Qxa8 24. c3 O-O 25. Bc7 axb4 26. axb4 Qc8
27. Be5 Ne8 28. Ra7 Bd6 29. Nd7 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Bg6 31. Nxf8 Kxf8 32. Qd4 Bc2
33. Qc5+ Kg7 34. Qe7 Bg6 35. Rfa1 c5 36. Ra8 Qc6 37. Rxe8 Bh7 1-0