[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Dimitrov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Downey, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511649"]
[BlackFideId "2519615"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin 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/g39.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 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. h3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O Nxe4
8. Re1 Qh4 9. Be3 Qf6 10. c3 c6 11. Nd2 d5 12. Bb3 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qg6 14.
Nf3 Bxh3 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Bc2 g6 18. Qh6 Qg7 19. Nf3 Nd7 20.
Rac1 f5 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. f3 exf3 24. gxf3 Qxh6 25. Bxh6 Rfe8
26. Nb3 Bf5 27. Na5 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rb8 29. Re7 Nh5 30. Nxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7
c5 32. dxc5 d4 33. c6 d3 34. c7 Bc8 35. Rb8 Kf7 36. Rxc8 1-0