[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"] [Site "Enniscrone IRL"] [Date "2026.02.03"] [Round "2.9"] [White "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"] [Black "Liu, Jason"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackTitle "FM"] [WhiteElo "1950"] [BlackElo "1553"] [BlackICU "2186"] [BlackClub "Gonzaga"] [WhiteNationality "ESP"] [BlackNationality "AUS"] [WhiteFideId "2260972"] [BlackFideId "3295419"] [PlyCount "131"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's pawn"] [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/g28.htm"] [LastModified "Sun Feb 22 18:57:18 2026"] { Event information: Tournament report. } 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. dxc5 Qxc5 9. Bd3 b6 10. e4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. e5 Ne4 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Qa4 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Qc4 16. Qxc4 dxc4 17. Be3 Rd5 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. b3 Rd3 21. Bd4 Nc5 22. bxc4 Na4 23. Ne1 Rd2 24. Kf1 h6 25. Nf3 Rb2 26. Ne1 Ba3 27. Be3 Bc5 28. Nd3 Rc2 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Rb1 Rxa2 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rb7 Kg6 33. g4 Nxc3 34. Bxc5 Ne4 35. Bxa7 Nd2+ 36. Kg2 Nxc4 37. h4 Nxe5 38. h5+ Kh7 39. Bd4 Nxg4 40. Rxf7 e5 41. Bc3 Rc2 42. Ba1 Kg8 43. Rb7 Nxf2 44. Rb2 Rxb2 45. Bxb2 Nd3 46. Bc3 Nf4+ 47. Kf3 Nxh5 48. Bxe5 Kf7 49. Kg4 Nf6+ 50. Kh4 Ke6 51. Bb8 Kf5 52. Kh3 g5 53. Ba7 h5 54. Bb8 Nd5 55. Kg3 Nf4 56. Kh2 Kg4 57. Bd6 Kf3 58. Be7 g4 59. Bh4 Ng2 60. Bg3 Ne3 61. Bh4 Nf1+ 62. Kg1 Ng3 63. Kh2 Nf5 64. Bd8 h4 65. Bf6 g3+ 66. Kg1 0-1