[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[WhiteNationality "NOR"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "1516604"]
[BlackFideId "14129086"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "classical with e4 and Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-masters2026_allfiles/games_sligo-masters2026/g57.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 Nf6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Qg3 Ne5 14.
Bxa6 bxa6 15. f4 Nc4 16. Qd3 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Nb6 18. Be3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qd7 20.
Qxa6 Qa4 21. Qxa4 Nxa4 22. Rac1 Rfe8 23. Bg1 f6 24. Rc2 Rab8 25. Bh2 c4 26.
Bg1 a6 27. Bd4 Rb2 28. Rxb2 Nxb2 29. Rb1 Nd3 30. Rb6 Rxe4 31. Rxa6 Nxf4 32.
Rxd6 Re2 33. g3 Nxh3 34. Rxf6 Rxa2 35. d6 Ra5 36. Be3 Kg7 37. Rf1 1-0