[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Saine, Zachary"]
[Black "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[WhiteNationality "CAN"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2624346"]
[BlackFideId "12989983"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Schlechter variation"]
[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/g156.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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. exd5 exd5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne2 Qf6 7. Nd2 Nge7
8. O-O Bg4 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Nf1 g5 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Ng3 h5 13. Qf3 Bf4 14.
Ne2 Ng6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nxf4 gxf4 17. Nf1 g5 18. h4 Bg4 19. hxg5 Bxf3 20.
gxf6 Rdg8 21. g3 fxg3 22. fxg3 Rg6 23. f7 Be4 24. Bf4 Rf8 25. Nd2 Rxf7 26.
Rf1 h4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Rae1 hxg3 29. Kg2 Rh7 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Ne7
32. Rh5 1/2-1/2