[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "O'Connell, Michael Joseph"]
[Black "Rudroju, Aarav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[WhiteICU "1508"]
[BlackICU "1458"]
[WhiteClub "Curragh"]
[BlackClub "Chess Kings"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507676"]
[BlackFideId "2533901"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[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/g53.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. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. Ne5 b6 8.
Nd2 Bb7 9. f4 Qe7 10. O-O g6 11. Qf3 c5 12. Qh3 Kg7 13. Kh1 a6 14. Rg1 b5
15. g4 c4 16. Be2 Rac8 17. g5 Ng8 18. c3 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nb6 20. Qh4 Qd7 21.
Rg3 h5 22. Rh3 Ne7 23. Rf1 Nf5 24. Qf4 b4 25. Nf3 cxb3 26. axb3 bxc3 27.
Ba3 c2 28. Bxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rc1 Qe7 30. Bd3 Qa3 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Bxc2 Qc1+
33. Ng1 Qxc2 34. Rf3 Qxb3 35. e4 Qb1 36. exf5 Qxf5 37. Qc1 Qe4 38. Qc7 Qxd4
39. Qxf7# 1-0