[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Haque, Mustakim-Ul"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[WhiteICU "2025"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2509334"]
[BlackFideId "14129086"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-masters2026_allfiles/games_sligo-masters2026/g28.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 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Na6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. e4 Nc7 8.
a4 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Bf4
Ne5 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Bd2 f5 17. f4 Nf7 18. Kh2 Rae8 19. Qc4 a6 20. e5 dxe5
21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxc5 Qd6 23. Qf2 h5 24. Bf4 g5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Qd2 f4
27. gxf4 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Ng6 29. Ne4 Rxe4 30. Bxe4 Nxf4 31. Kh1 Nxh3 32. Qh2
Nf4 33. Qg3 Qe5 34. Re1 Kg7 35. d6 Nce6 36. Qc3 Qxc3 37. bxc3 Nc5 38. Bf5
1-0