[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Duggan, Dylan"]
[Black "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[WhiteICU "1797"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "2535343"]
[BlackFideId "1516604"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-masters2026_allfiles/games_sligo-masters2026/g41.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. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d6 8.
exd6 e6 9. Qe2 Bxd6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Nd5 12. d4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14.
O-O Qc7 15. Na3 a6 16. Qd3 Ne7 17. c4 Ng6 18. g3 Bh6 19. d5 exd5 20. Rfe1+
Be6 21. cxd5 O-O-O 22. Nb5 Qc5 23. Na7+ Kb8 24. Nc6+ bxc6 25. Qxa6 Rxd5 26.
Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qa8+ Kc7 28. Ra7+ Kd6 29. Qb7 Qxa7 30. Qxa7 Rd8 31. Qa3+ Kc7
32. Qa7+ Kc8 33. Qb6 R8d6 34. Ne5 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kg2 Bd5+ 37. f3
Rc1 38. Qa6+ Kb8 39. Qd3 Kc7 40. Nc4 Ra1 41. Qe2 Kd8 42. Qe5 Ra2+ 43. Kf1
Bxf3 44. Qb8+ Ke7 45. Qc7+ Ke6 46. Qd6+ Kf5 47. Qe5+ Kg4 48. Qd4+ Kf5 49.
Qd3+ Be4 50. Nd6+ Ke5 51. Nxe4 Rxh2 52. Nf2 Rh5 53. g4 Rg5 54. Qc3+ Kd5 55.
Qc4+ Ke5 56. Qc5+ Ke6 57. Qxc6+ Ke7 58. b4 f5 59. gxf5 Rxf5 60. b5 Rf6 61.
Qc5+ Kd7 62. b6 Bf4 63. b7 Bc7 64. Qb5+ 1-0