[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Boyle, Shaun"]
[Black "Downey, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[WhiteICU "1504"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537281"]
[BlackFideId "2519615"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "King'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/g6.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. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. h3 Be7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O Nd4 8.
Re1 c6 9. Ba2 Nd7 10. d3 a5 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Rb1
c5 15. Nf4 Ne5 16. Nd5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qd8 18. c3 Be6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.
Qxf6 gxf6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. b4 Rf7 24. Rec1 h5 25. Rc4 e5 26.
Rbc1 axb4 27. axb4 Ra3 28. Rd1 Ra4 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Rb1 f5 31. exf5 Rxf5 32.
g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Rf4 34. Rc7+ Rf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rb2 Kg6 37. Ke2 Kg5
38. f3 b5 39. Kf2 Ra3 40. Ke2 d5 41. Rc2 Kf4 42. Rc5 Ra2+ 43. Kd1 Ke3 44.
Rxd5 Kxd3 45. Ke1 Re2+ 46. Kf1 Re3 47. Kf2 e4 48. fxe4 Kxe4 49. Rxb5 d3 50.
Re5+ Kd4 51. Rxe3 d2 52. Ke2 Kd5 1-0