[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "White, Nicole"]
[Black "Woods, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[WhiteICU "1931"]
[BlackICU "2007"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520362"]
[BlackFideId "2518201"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-masters2026_allfiles/games_sligo-masters2026/g24.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 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Bb6 8.
a3 a5 9. Rb1 Re8 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Nbd7 12. b5 Qc7 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne1
Rb8 15. Nc2 Nc5 16. Ba3 Bd7 17. Nb4 Ra8 18. Bc1 Ne6 19. e3 Reb8 20. Bd2 Qc8
21. Kh1 Ba5 22. Nba2 Nd8 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Ne6 25. Rf1 Nf8 26. d4 Bh3
27. e4 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qe6 29. d5 Qe8 30. Qc2 Ng6 31. Bf4 Rxb1 32. Qxb1 cxd5
33. exd5 Rc8 34. Qd3 Nxf4+ 35. Rxf4 Qe7 36. Nb5 Rb8 37. Rf3 Ng4 38. h3 Ne5
39. Qe2 Qd7 40. Rb3 Re8 41. Qc2 Rc8 42. Na3 Qa4 43. Nc3 Bxc3 44. Qxc3 h6
45. Rb4 Qd1 46. Qe3 Ra8 47. Rb2 Qa1 48. Rb3 Qa2+ 49. Kg1 Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Qd1
51. Rb2 g6 52. Qb3 Kh7 $4 (52... Qc1 $19) 53. Qxd1 1-0