[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Weih, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[WhiteICU "2217"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2534940"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-masters2026_allfiles/games_sligo-masters2026/g21.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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Nxc3
8. bxc3 d4 9. Be2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Rc1 dxc3 13. Rxc3 Bb6 14.
Qa4 Qd7 15. Qh4 Rad8 16. Bd1 Nd4 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Ne4 Rfe8 19. Qg3 Bg6 20.
Kh1 Nf5 21. Qf4 Bd4 22. Rb3 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Qxd3 24. Nd2 Qc3 25. Rc2 Ng3+ 26.
fxg3 Bxc2 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Bxc2 Qxc2 29. Nf3 Rf8 30. Qe7 Rde8 31. Qb4 c5
32. Qb5 c4 33. h4 b6 34. Kh2 h6 35. Qd7 Qf5 36. Qxa7 Rxe5 37. Nxe5 Qxf1 38.
Ng6+ Kh7 39. Nxf8+ Qxf8 40. Qxb6 Qf5 41. Qc6 Qd3 42. a4 c3 43. a5 c2 44. a6
c1=Q 45. Qxc1 Qxa6 46. Qf4 Qd3 47. g4 Qc2 $2 { The pawn ending is lost.
Black should hold if he avoids the exchage of queens. } 48. Qf5+ Qxf5 49.
gxf5 $18 g6 50. g4 gxf5 51. gxf5 Kg7 52. Kg3 Kf7 53. Kg4 Kg7 54. Kf3 Kf7
55. Ke4 Ke7 56. Ke5 Kf7 57. f6 Ke8 58. Kf5 Kf7 59. h5 1-0