[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Millward, Kevin P."]
[Black "Govindaraju, Darun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[BlackICU "2125"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "404721"]
[BlackFideId "2519690"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-masters2026_allfiles/games_sligo-masters2026/g2.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed Feb  4 00:26:35 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-masters_allfiles/pairings_sligo-masters2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 a6 7. Ne5 e6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 c5 14.
dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Re1 a5 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. f4 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20.
Qf2 Rb8 21. Rad1 Qb6 22. Rd2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rab6 24. Ree2 g6 25. Ke1 h5 26.
Kd1 Kg7 27. Kc1 Kf6 28. Rd4 Rb5 29. b3 Rc5 30. Kb2 Rbc8 31. Re3 Kf5 32.
Re5+ Kf6 33. Re3 Rb8 34. Re5 Rc6 35. Re2 Ra8 36. Rc2 Kf5 37. Re2 f6 38. Rf2
Rac8 39. Rf3 Rc5 40. Rfd3 Rb8 41. Kc2 Rbb5 42. a4 Rb6 43. Kb2 Rb8 44. Ka3
Rbc8 45. Kb2 R8c7 46. Rf3 Rd7 47. b4 Rc4 48. Kb3 Rdc7 49. b5 Rxd4 50. cxd4
Rc4 51. Ka3 Ke4 52. b6 Rc8 53. Rb3 Kxd4 54. b7 Rb8 55. Rb6 e5 56. fxe5 fxe5
57. Kb2 Kd3 58. Kc1 e4 59. Kd1 d4 60. Ke1 e3 61. h4 e2 62. Rxg6 Rxb7 63.
Rg3+ Kc2 64. Kxe2 Re7+ 65. Kf2 d3 66. Rg8 d2 67. Rc8+ Kd1 68. Rd8 Rf7+ 69.
Kg1 Rf5 70. Rc8 Ke2 71. Re8+ Kd3 72. Rd8+ Ke3 73. g3 Rc5 74. Kg2 Rc1 75.
Re8+ Kd3 76. Rd8+ Kc3 0-1