[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Godson O'Doherty, James"]
[Black "Boldijar, Nicu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1494"]
[WhiteICU "1578"]
[BlackICU "1618"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518546"]
[BlackFideId "2512505"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern 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/g57.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 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bf4 Bg4 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
h3 Bd7 9. O-O Qc8 10. Re1 Re8 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nh5 13. Bh2 dxe5 14. Nd2
Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rc1 Na6 17. a3 Nc5 18. Bf3 Nd3 19. Rc2 Nxe1 20. Qxe1
f5 21. b4 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf5 24. Qb1 Qe6 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Nf3
Re7 27. Qb3 Rae8 28. c5 Qxb3 29. Rxb3 Kf7 30. b5 cxb5 31. Rxb5 Rc7 32. c6
Kf6 33. cxb7 Rb8 34. Rb4 Rcxb7 35. Rxf4 Rb3 36. Nh4 R8b5 37. Ra4 a5 38. Nf3
Rd3 39. Nd4 Rc5 40. Kf1 Ke5 41. f4+ Kd6 42. g4 Rxh3 43. Nxf5+ Kc6 44. Nd4+
Kd5 45. Ne2 Kc6 46. Kg2 Rd3 47. Nd4+ Kd5 48. Ne2 Kc6 49. Nd4+ Kb6 50. f5
Rcc3 51. Ne2 Kb5 52. Kg1 1/2-1/2