[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Burke, Aoibhin"]
[Black "O'Connell, Michael Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[BlackICU "1508"]
[BlackClub "Curragh"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531666"]
[BlackFideId "2507676"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[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/g63.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 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O c6 7. Bh6 a5 8.
h4 b5 9. f3 a4 10. a3 Qb6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nb1 Ra7 13. g4 Rb7 14. c3 Be6
15. h5 Na6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Qh6+ Kf7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Qxh7+ Ke8 20. Qxg6+
Bf7 21. Qe4 c5 22. e6 Nf6 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Rh8+ Rf8 25. Qg6+ Kd7 26. Rxf8
b4 27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. axb4 Nb3+ 29. Kc2 Qf2+ 30. Kd3 Qxg1 31. Qf5+ Kc6 32.
Rc8+ Kb6 33. Nd2 Nxd2 34. Qa5# 1-0