[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[WhiteUCU "1631"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "2510340"]
[BlackFideId "1801899"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz 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/g17.htm"]
[LastModified "Sun Feb 22 18:57:18 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. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Qb6 9. Nf3 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 O-O 11. g3 f6 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 fxe5 14.
fxe5 Ndxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg2 Ng4 17. Qd4 Qb3 18. Nd2 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6
20. Nf3 e5 21. O-O e4 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Bf4 Rfc8 24. Bd2 Ne5 25. Nf5 Re8 26.
Nd6 Re6 27. Nf5 Nc4 28. Bc1 Rc8 29. Nd4 Ree8 30. a4 Ra8 31. Nf5 Rxa4 32.
Rxa4 Bxa4 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34. Bxe3 b5 35. Bc5 Bb3 36. Bh3 h6 37. Bd7 Rd8 38.
Bxb5 Rc8 39. Bd4 Bc4 40. Bxc4 Rxc4 41. Rf5 b5 42. Rxd5 b4 43. Rc5 Rxc5 44.
Bxc5 bxc3 45. Bd4 c2 46. Bb2 Kf7 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. Kd2 $2 (49. h3
$18) 49... Kg4 $10 50. Kxc2 { Drawn with best play, per the Lichess Op1
tablebase. } 50... g6 51. Kd2 Kf3 $2 (51... Kh3 $10 { (only move). }) 52.
Bd4 $2 (52. Bg7 $1 $18 { (only move). }) 52... g5 $10 53. Bc5 Kg2 54. Bd6
Kxh2 55. Ke3 Kh3 56. Kxe4 Kg4 57. Be5 h5 58. Bd6 h4 59. gxh4 gxh4 1/2-1/2