[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Stokes, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[WhiteICU "2121"]
[BlackICU "1960"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[BlackFideId "2503530"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-open2026_allfiles/games_sligo-open2026/g107.htm"]
[LastModified "Sun Feb 22 18:57:19 2026"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-open2026_allfiles/pairings_sligo-open2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f4 Be6 14.
Qe2 f5 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Kh1 h5 18. h3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 c5 20.
Rf3 Kf7 21. Bf2 Rab8 22. Re3 Qc7 23. Bh4 Rfe8 24. Re1 Rb7 25. Kg1 Qd7 26.
Kh2 Rc7 27. Qf2 Rb7 28. Rxe7+ Rxe7 29. Rxe7+ Qxe7 30. Bxe7 Rxe7 31. Qd2 Rd7
32. Kg3 Be6 33. Qd3 Bf5 34. Qd5+ Be6 35. Qc6 Ke7 36. Qe4 Kf7 37. Kh4 Bf5
38. Qd5+ Be6 39. Qc6 Kf6 40. Qc8 Bf5 41. Qf8+ Ke6 42. Kg5 Rf7 43. Qd8 Bc2
44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Bd3 46. Qc8+ Ke7 47. Qb7+ Kf8 48. Qb8+ Kg7 49. Qxd6
Bxc4 50. Qxg6+ Kf8 51. Qd6+ Kg8 52. Qxc5 Bxa2 53. c4 Rg7+ 54. Kh4 Bb1 55.
Qd5+ Kh8 56. c5 1-0