[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"] [Site "Enniscrone IRL"] [Date "2026.02.05"] [Round "6.13"] [White "Vitiukov, Mykhailo"] [Black "Gulljord, Birk"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1650"] [BlackElo "1923"] [WhiteNationality "UKR"] [BlackNationality "NOR"] [WhiteFideId "14168839"] [BlackFideId "1542753"] [PlyCount "104"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "St. George (Baker) defence"] [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/g112.htm"] [LastModified "Sun Feb 22 18:57:19 2026"] { Event information: Tournament report. } 1. e4 a6 2. d4 h6 3. f4 d6 4. c4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. Bd3 g6 8. Qe2 Bg7 9. e5 Nge7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Be4 a5 13. a3 Na6 14. Nb5 O-O 15. exd6 Nf5 16. Nxc7 Nxc7 17. dxc7 Qxc7 18. O-O Rfe8 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. Qd3 Nd6 21. Re1 f5 22. Bxf5 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Bxf5 24. Qd1 Qc4 25. Nf3 Ne4 26. Be3 Qc2 27. Qxc2 Rxc2 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. d6 Ke8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Bf8 32. Nd4 Rb2 33. Nxf5 Kd7 34. Ne7 g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Nf5 Rxb4 37. Kg1 b5 38. Ng3 Nxg3 39. hxg3 g4 40. Bf4 Rc4 41. Ra1 Bxd6 42. Ra7+ Ke6 43. Ra6 Rd4 44. Kf1 Kd7 45. Rxd6+ $2 (45. Bxd6 Rxd6 46. Ra7+ { (only move) is drawn with best play, per the Lichess Op1 tablebase. }) (45. Ke2 $15) 45... Rxd6 46. Bxd6 Kxd6 $19 47. Ke2 Kc5 48. Kd1 Kb4 49. Kc1 Kb3 50. Kb1 b4 51. Ka1 Kc2 52. Ka2 b3+ 0-1