[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Black "Willems, Niels"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[WhiteICU "2124"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "2523558"]
[BlackFideId "20695586"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky 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/g83.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 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Ne4 Ngf6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14.
g3 Be7 15. Kb1 c5 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. d5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Ne5 20.
Qxc6+ Nxc6 21. c3 Rhe8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Kc2 Rd5 24. g4 Kd7 25. Re1 b5 26.
Re4 c4 27. a4 a6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nd2 Bh4 30. f3 f5 31. Re2 Bf6 32. Nf1
fxg4 33. fxg4 Ne5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Bxe5 36. b3 cxb3+ 37. Kxb3 Bf4 38.
c4 Ke6 39. cxb5 Kf6 40. Kc4 Kg5 41. Kd5 Kxg4 42. Ke4 Bc7 43. Ne3+ Kxh5 44.
Nd5 Bb8 45. b6 Kg4 46. Ne3+ Kh5 47. Kf5 g6+ 48. Kf6 g5 49. Kg7 Be5+ 50. Kh7
Bf4 51. b7 Be5 52. Nc4 Bf4 53. Ne3 Bb8 54. Kg7 Bf4 1/2-1/2