[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Liu, Murray"]
[Black "Kelly, Amelia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1166"]
[WhiteICU "730"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517191"]
[BlackFideId "2523698"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kelly, Laurence"]
[Black "Tonita, Mark David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1158"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "931"]
[BlackClub "St. Michael's"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523710"]
[BlackFideId "2510227"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Marshall, Roy"]
[Black "Kelly, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1126"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519178"]
[BlackFideId "2523728"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kurochkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Dineen, Ryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "1079"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523752"]
[BlackFideId "2519038"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Curran, Chris"]
[Black "Latorre, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1077"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519585"]
[BlackFideId "2520583"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Loughran, Mary"]
[Black "Gallagher, Fergal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "1066"]
[WhiteClub "Skerries"]
[BlackClub "IT Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523779"]
[BlackFideId "2519682"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Govindaraju, Darun"]
[Black "Panunzio, Jacopo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1044"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519690"]
[BlackFideId "2519968"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Scully, Jerome"]
[Black "Jiddewar, Gourang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "1042"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2522144"]
[BlackFideId "2519763"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Liu, Jackie"]
[Black "Babak, Oleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2523540"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Bays, Andrew"]
[Black "Whelan, Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1031"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "343417868"]
[BlackFideId "2523914"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Woods, Christopher"]
[Black "Bredin, Jamie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1017"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518201"]
[BlackFideId "2523566"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Caliendo, Brian"]
[Black "McLean, Darren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "1005"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523574"]
[BlackFideId "2523795"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Kelly, Deasun"]
[Black "Crawford, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523701"]
[BlackFideId "2523582"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Dober, Luc"]
[Black "Downey, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "926"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523590"]
[BlackFideId "2519615"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dolia, Chirag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "918"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519143"]
[BlackFideId "2523604"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Vladimir Mabhena, via Craig DuBose"]
[Annotator "Vladimir Mabhena"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 { My go to play against the Sicilian - is the Alapin
Variation. Which immediately challenges the c5 play for the center -
preparing for d5. } 2... Nc6 3. d4 b6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 (5. d5 { this would
have been a better attack on black's knights } 5... Na5 6. e5 Ng8 7. b4 Nb7
8. Bf4 { consilidating control of the center }) 5... Ne4 6. Bd3 $4 (6. d5 {
d5 is still a better option here. }) 6... d5 7. exd6 Nxd6 8. dxc5 bxc5 {
Black now has isolated c-pawn which can be under pressure later on. I was
sure I was going to win it in due course. } 9. O-O c4 10. Be2 g6 11. Na3 {
This puts pressure on the c4-pawn, but also has the option to re-route the
knight to the center through c2. } 11... Ba6 (11... Bg7 { a preffered
option here is to fianchetto the black squared bishop } 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 14. Bxc4 { black is a pawn down, but they control the powerful
diagonal in this line, and is ready to castle. }) 12. Nd4 (12. Qa4 { I
thought about Qa4 here as my first candidate move, but didnt calculate
anything substantial after black's response of } 12... Qb6 (12... Bb7 { I
didnt think black was going to play Bb7 either which would have left me
with a knigt, bishop and queen all attacking the c4 pawn which is only
protected by the d6 knight. })) 12... Bb7 13. Nxc4 ({ I was so obssesed
with capturing the isolated pawn I missed this better line } 13. Nxc6 Bxc6
14. Qd4 { threatening the unprotected rook } 14... f6 { and black can only
destroy the pawn structure on the side left for them to castle. } 15. Nxc4
{ then finally winning the pawn. }) 13... e5 $2 14. Nf3 $2 ({ A missed
opportunity } 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxe5 Ne4 16. Bd3 Qd5 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bxe4
{ and black dare not take the bishop with Re1 ready to strike, and the rook
on a8 is left vulnerable. }) 14... Bg7 $2 { Black opts to protect the e5
and this leaves the d6 knight under attack. } 15. Nxd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Qc7 {
I guess black wasnt ready for a queen exchange here. } 17. Nc5 e4 18. Nxe4
{ Black was now falling apart her with the unforced errors. } 18... Ne5 19.
Qd6+ { At this point I was up two minor pieces and two points, thus I
wanted to simplify the position and opted for a queen exchange. } (19. Qd5
Rd8 20. Qc5+ Qxc5 21. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 { Another route for the queen
exchange. }) 19... Qxd6 20. Nxd6 Ke7 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Nc4 h5 { and black
hangs another piece } 23. Nxe5 h4 24. h3 g5 25. Bxg5+ { I took the fork
bait here. } 25... f6 26. Ng6+ { because I had fork plans of my own. }
26... Kf7 27. Nxh8+ Rxh8 28. Bf4 a5 29. Rfd1 { And now it was time to let
the rooks come out and play. A long overdue task for those pieces. } 29...
Ke6 30. Rac1 { In case there was a pawn that needed promotion, the c3 pawn
was unimpeded on the c-file. } 30... Kf5 { At this point black was just
walking into a mating trap on their own doing. } 31. Rd4 Re8 $2 32. Re1 ({
This is a much more punishing line(s) that exchanges black's rook. } 32.
Bd3+ { if } 32... Ke6 ({ if } 32... Re4 33. Rxe4 Kg6) 33. Re1+ Kf7 34. Rxe8
Kxe8 { and black has no minor pieces left, and none of the pawns are
protecting each other. }) 32... Rf8 $2 33. Bd3# { A win were I felt I wasnt
really under any pressure for most parts. Could have been more clinical in
some phases but there wasnt any pushback from black. Chirag Dolio was
gracious in defeat. } 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Drogou, Ainle"]
[Black "Hourican, Oisin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "912"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523620"]
[BlackFideId "2519747"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[BlackFullName "Hourican, Ois&iacute;n"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Shankar, Ronith"]
[Black "Drogou, Tugdual"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "907"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523329"]
[BlackFideId "2523639"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Emmo, David"]
[Black "Donnellan, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "878"]
[WhiteClub "Cavan"]
[BlackClub "IT Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523647"]
[BlackFideId "2523612"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "O'Rahilly, Keith"]
[Black "Flynn, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "870"]
[WhiteClub "Adare"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523426"]
[BlackFideId "2523655"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Hammond, Stan"]
[Black "Feerick, Cyril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "860"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523663"]
[BlackFideId "2516489"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Reilly, Scott"]
[Black "Hogan, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "851"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520923"]
[BlackFideId "2523671"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Koukalova, Alexandra"]
[Black "Agarwal, Riyansh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "821"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523744"]
[BlackFideId "2516330"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Black "Leal Gamez, Jose Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[WhiteICU "851"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "MEX"]
[WhiteFideId "2517604"]
[BlackFideId "5126371"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[BlackFullName "Leal G&aacute;mez, Jos&eacute; Carlos"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "McCarroll, Sean"]
[Black "Syms, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "778"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523787"]
[BlackFideId "2518597"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[WhiteFullName "McCarroll, Se&aacute;n"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Eusebio, Aailyah"]
[Black "Muller, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "804"]
[WhiteClub "TU Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518619"]
[BlackFideId "2523809"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Nemecek, Jan"]
[Black "Kesare, Aarav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1139"]
[BlackICU "983"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523817"]
[BlackFideId "2518848"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Andhurthi, Sreeyan"]
[Black "O'Hara, Austin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "853"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523531"]
[BlackFideId "2523825"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "O'Neill, John"]
[Black "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "847"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523833"]
[BlackFideId "2518155"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "O'Connor, Carl"]
[Black "O'Reilly, Arro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "735"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519941"]
[BlackFideId "2523841"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Anthony"]
[Black "Kurochkin, Iaromir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523850"]
[BlackFideId "2516969"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Kumar, Vaibhav Anil"]
[Black "Pham, Nhat Long Van"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "705"]
[WhiteClub "IT Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519801"]
[BlackFideId "2523868"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Phillips, Sean"]
[Black "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523876"]
[BlackFideId "2523558"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[WhiteFullName "Phillips, Se&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Dolia, Samarth"]
[Black "Sasic, Masa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517205"]
[BlackFideId "2523884"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Smith, Killian"]
[Black "Farry, Noel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523892"]
[BlackFideId "2519658"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Govindaraju, Diya"]
[Black "Stepanov, Volodymyr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2521059"]
[BlackFideId "34150528"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Kelly, Adrian"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523680"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Lorigan, Maxim"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "903"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518198"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Nunan, Denis"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "763"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516632"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "White, Kevin"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "King, Christopher"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.41"]
[White "Long, Timothee"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523760"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Donnellan, Joshua"]
[Black "Liu, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1166"]
[WhiteICU "878"]
[BlackICU "730"]
[WhiteClub "IT Sligo"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523612"]
[BlackFideId "2517191"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4USfPo87/uWRnwPiC)"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. f4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. e5 Nh5
8. d4 g6 9. Qe2 Bh6 10. exd6 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxf4 12. dxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxe7+
Kxe7 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. Nd5+ Kd6 16. Nxf4 Rhe8+ 17. Kf2 Re4 18. Nfe2 Rae8
19. c3 Bb5 20. Nxb5+ axb5 21. Rhe1 R8e6 22. Rad1+ Kc6 23. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tonita, Mark David"]
[Black "O'Rahilly, Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1158"]
[WhiteICU "931"]
[BlackICU "870"]
[WhiteClub "St. Michael's"]
[BlackClub "Adare"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510227"]
[BlackFideId "2523426"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4USfPo87/epJ0gkML)"]

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1. b4 d6 2. Bb2 e5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. c4 b6 7. d3 c6 8. a4
Qc7 9. Nbd2 d5 10. b5 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 c5 13. Rfc1 d4 14. Nb3 Rfe8
15. a5 Bd6 16. e4 Nh5 17. Nfxd4 exd4 18. Bxh5 Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 Bf4 20. Re1 Qe5
21. Bf3 Nf6 22. Bc1 Rad8 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Qc1 Qh2 25. Nd2 Bc8 26. axb6
axb6 27. Qd1 Re5 28. Ra8 Rde8 29. Ke2 Nh5 30. Nf1 Qg1 31. Kd2 Qxf2+ 32. Re2
Qh4 33. Kc2 Kf8 34. Rd2 Qf4 35. Bxh5 Rxh5 36. Qxh5 Qxf1 37. Qxh7 f5 38.
Qh8+ Kf7 39. Ra7+ Re7 40. Rxe7+ Kxe7 41. Qxc8 Qa1 42. exf5 Qa4+ 43. Kc1
Qa1+ 44. Kc2 Qa4+ 45. Kb1 Qb3+ 46. Kc1 Qc3+ 47. Kd1 Qa1+ 48. Ke2 Qg1 49.
Qe6+ Kf8 50. Qe4 Qh2 51. Qf3 Qh6 52. Ra2 Kg8 53. Ra8+ Kf7 54. Qb7+ Kf6 55.
Qc6+ Kg5 56. Qxh6+ Kxh6 57. Rb8 Kg5 58. Rxb6 Kxf5 59. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Reilly, Scott"]
[Black "Marshall, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "851"]
[BlackICU "1126"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520923"]
[BlackFideId "2519178"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical (two knights) system"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4USfPo87/K0fIeMEY)"]

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1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Rb1 Nbd7 8.
Re1 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Re8 11. h3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qc7 13. Qg3 Rd8 14.
e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Qb6 16. Bc7 Rxd3 17. cxd3 Qc5 18. d4 Qf5 19. Re5 Qc2 20.
Rbe1 Be6 21. R5e2 Qf5 22. Be5 Rd8 23. Re3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. a3 Bh6 26.
Rb3 Rxe5 27. dxe5 Bxb3 28. Qxb3 b5 29. e6 Kg7 30. e7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dineen, Ryan"]
[Black "Eusebio, Aailyah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1079"]
[BlackICU "804"]
[BlackClub "TU Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519038"]
[BlackFideId "2518619"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Nh4 Be6 8.
e4 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. Be3 Ndf6 12. h3 Bf8 13. b4 Qa3 14. O-O
Rg8 15. Rfb1 h6 16. d5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxd5 18. Ng3 Bg7 19. Bd4 Nxg3 20. fxg3
c5 21. Bxg7 Rxg7 22. Qxd5 Qe3+ 23. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Agarwal, Riyansh"]
[Black "Curran, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "821"]
[BlackICU "1077"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516330"]
[BlackFideId "2519585"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 Ng4 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Nh6 8.
a3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Qf3 c6 11. Qg3 Rg8 12. Bxh6 g5 13. h4 f6 14. Bxg8
Ke7 15. Bc4 g4 16. Be3 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5+ Kf8 19. Bh6+ Ke8 20. c3
Bc5 21. Rfe1 Be6 22. Ne3 Qb6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. d4 Bd6 25. dxe5 fxe5 26.
Nxg4 e4 27. Nf6+ Qxf6 28. Qg8+ Bf8 29. Bxf8 Qxf8 30. Rxe4+ Kd7 31. Rd1+ Kc7
32. Qxh7+ Kb6 33. Re6+ Ka5 34. b4+ Ka4 35. Qc2+ Kb5 36. Rd5+ Kc4 37. Rc5+
Qxc5 38. bxc5 Kxc5 39. Qf5+ Kc4 40. Re4+ Kb3 41. Rb4+ Ka2 42. Qb1+ Kxa3 43.
Qb2# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Gallagher, Fergal"]
[Black "Andhurthi, Sreeyan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1066"]
[BlackICU "853"]
[WhiteClub "IT Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519682"]
[BlackFideId "2523531"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Carls' Bremen system"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4USfPo87/VczA22WL)"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. b3 Qd7 8.
h3 Nb4 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 Bb6 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Bg2 Bf5 13. O-O Bxh3 14.
Nf4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 O-O 16. Na4 Nc6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bb2 Qf5 19. Qf3 Qe4 20.
d5 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Ne5+ 22. Kg2 Rfe8 23. f3 Ng6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Rae1 Kf8
26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Kf2 Nd7 28. Rh1 Kg8 29. f4 Nc5 30. Rd1 Ra8 31. a3 Nxb3
32. Re1 Nc5 33. Re3 Kf8 34. g4 Ra4 35. f5 Rxc4 36. fxg6 Rxg4 37. gxf7 Kxf7
38. Kf3 Rg5 39. Kf4 Rxd5 40. Rg3 g6 41. Rh3 c6 42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. Rh8+ Kf7
44. Rh7+ Ke6 45. Ba1 Rd3 46. Rh6 Rxa3 47. Rxg6+ Kd5 48. Rg5+ Kc4 49. Rg1
Nb3 50. Bf6 Nd4 51. Kg4 c5 52. Rc1+ Rc3 53. Ra1 b5 54. Be7 d5 55. Ra5 Nc6
0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Syms, Thomas"]
[Black "Govindaraju, Darun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "778"]
[BlackICU "1044"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518597"]
[BlackFideId "2519690"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Jiddewar, Gourang"]
[Black "O'Connor, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1042"]
[BlackICU "735"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519763"]
[BlackFideId "2519941"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Black "Liu, Jackie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "847"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518155"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Whelan, Oscar"]
[Black "Kumar, Vaibhav Anil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1031"]
[BlackICU "705"]
[BlackClub "IT Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523914"]
[BlackFideId "2519801"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Kurochkin, Iaromir"]
[Black "Woods, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1017"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516969"]
[BlackFideId "2518201"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "McLean, Darren"]
[Black "Dolia, Samarth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1005"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523795"]
[BlackFideId "2517205"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Farry, Noel"]
[Black "Kelly, Deasun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519658"]
[BlackFideId "2523701"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Downey, Stephen"]
[Black "Govindaraju, Diya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "926"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519615"]
[BlackFideId "2521059"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Leal Gamez, Jose Carlos"]
[Black "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[BlackICU "918"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "MEX"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "5126371"]
[BlackFideId "2519143"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Vladimir Mabhena, via Craig DuBose"]
[Annotator "Vladimir Mabhena"]
[WhiteFullName "Leal G&aacute;mez, Jos&eacute; Carlos"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Be7 (4... c5 { I thought about playing
this but I was weary of the d5 hole, if my f6 knight was ever exchanged.
With Be7, I just wanted to castle as quickly as possible. }) 5. Bg2 O-O 6.
O-O Nc6 7. d3 Bg4 { The plan if possible was to eliminate the f3 knight,
and reduce the challenge on the d4 square. } 8. h3 Bxf3 (8... Be6 9. b3 d5
{ Bxf3 was perharps a hastly plan that should hae been dicarded for this
line which gives more of challenge in the center, and gets to preserve the
bishop pair. }) 9. Bxf3 Qc8 10. Bg2 h6 { Preventing Bg5, but I'm not so
sure now if white would have been willing to trade one of their bishops. }
11. Bd2 Nd4 12. e3 Ne6 { I was feeling good about this position, especially
after the d3 weakness I had created for white. Not that my position was
better, I felt the position was pretty even at this point with no major
breakthroughs yet. } 13. Nd5 Nxd5 (13... Qd8) 14. cxd5 Ng5 (14... Nc5 {
Looking at this position now, I probably would prefer to play this move
instead if Ng5 which eventually sent my knight to the rim and was inactive
for a good part of the game. }) 15. h4 Nh7 16. Rc1 Qd7 { I was hoping to
get to queen to b5, followed by Nf6 to try and pressure white's d5 and b2
pawns. } (16... Nf6 { a third move in succession for the knight, but
probably better than Qd7 as this would have quickly brought the knight back
to affect play. }) 17. Qb3 { but white has played brilliantly so far and
sees right through my plan. } 17... b6 { Not the best move here, as that
leaves a backward c-pawn that can be harrassed and will need to be defended
by my minor pieces. } (17... Rab8 { This way was probably best to defend
the attacked b-pawn. }) 18. Rc6 { and white promptly proceeds with the
problem I had created for myself. } 18... Rac8 (18... Rfc8) 19. Qa4 a5 { I
felt this would be a problematic move the moment I made it. } 20. Rfc1 Bd8
(20... Rce8) 21. Qc2 Qg4 { This move creates holes on my queenside
structure with the b and d pawns very vulnerable. } 22. Rxb6 (22. Rxd6 cxd6
23. Qxc8 Qe2) 22... Bxh4 { if white was going to harrass my queenside, I
was going to try and counter harrass on the kingside. But I was feeling
more pressure on my queenside at this point. } 23. Rc6 Bxg3 { The plan here
was to deplete all the pawns on white's kingside, but perhaps retreating
back to Bd8 was better, but I didnt like that it would disconnect my rooks.
} (23... Bd8 { This was definitely the more pragmatic move. }) 24. fxg3 (
24. Rc4) 24... Qxg3 { I had achieved my plan of getting whites king
exposed, but I was worried about the pressure on the c-file, and would need
to strike fast on the kingside. } 25. e4 f5 26. Be1 Qg4 (26... Qg5) 27. Qd1
Qg6 (27... Qxd1 { I considered a queen exchange here with the following
development } 28. Rxd1 fxe4 29. dxe4 Rf4 30. Bxa5 Nf6 { but is still
clearly winning after this. }) (27... Qg5) 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 f4 (29...
fxe4 { opening the f-file for the rook was probably better than f4. }) (
29... Ng5 { or long over due bringing the knight back into the game. }) 30.
Kh1 Nf6 { I thought about possibly re-routing the knight to e8 after, to
possibly protect the d6-pawn in case it was attacked. } (30... a4 { but
should have got the a-pawn out of the bishop's gaze. }) 31. Qf3 Qg4 {
Thinking of simplifying things, I went for a queen trade. This was probably
to white's advantage who still had their bishop pair. } 32. Qxg4 Nxg4 33.
Bf3 Ne3 { The knight is on an outpost, but theres really nothing else to
pressure white at this point who is gaining an advantage with each passing
move. } 34. Bf2 g5 (34... Nf1) 35. Bxe3 fxe3 36. Kg2 Rf7 (36... Rb8 { This
was the move I considered first and was way better than the mistake of Rf7.
}) (36... a4 { with Rb8 after, giving me a fighting chance. }) 37. Rxf7
Kxf7 38. Bh5+ { and my position started to collapse here going to into the
endgame. } 38... Ke7 39. Kf3 Kd7 40. Kxe3 Kc7 41. d4 Kb6 42. a4 { and
theres no way out here for my king. } 42... Kc7 43. Kd3 Kb6 44. Kc4 Ka6 45.
dxe5 dxe5 46. Kc5 Kb7 { and white consolidates their endgame position. I
take solace in that I lost to the eventual winner of the Challengers
section Carlos Leal. } 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Hourican, Oisin"]
[Black "Nemecek, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "912"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519747"]
[BlackFideId "2523817"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[WhiteFullName "Hourican, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Phillips, Sean"]
[Black "Shankar, Ronith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "907"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523876"]
[BlackFideId "2523329"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[WhiteFullName "Phillips, Se&aacute;n"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "White, Kevin"]
[Black "Kelly, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2523680"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Lorigan, Maxim"]
[Black "King, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "903"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518198"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Kesare, Aarav"]
[Black "Long, Timothee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1139"]
[WhiteICU "983"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518848"]
[BlackFideId "2523760"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Drogou, Tugdual"]
[Black "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "851"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523639"]
[BlackFideId "2517604"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Black "Drogou, Ainle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523558"]
[BlackFideId "2523620"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Kelly, Amelia"]
[Black "Emmo, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Cavan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523698"]
[BlackFideId "2523647"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Flynn, Michael"]
[Black "Kelly, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523655"]
[BlackFideId "2523710"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Kelly, Leo"]
[Black "Hammond, Stan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523728"]
[BlackFideId "2523663"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Hogan, Ben"]
[Black "Kurochkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523671"]
[BlackFideId "2523752"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Latorre, Leonardo"]
[Black "Koukalova, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520583"]
[BlackFideId "2523744"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Muller, Karl"]
[Black "Loughran, Mary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523809"]
[BlackFideId "2523779"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Panunzio, Jacopo"]
[Black "McCarroll, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519968"]
[BlackFideId "2523787"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[BlackFullName "McCarroll, Se&aacute;n"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "O'Hara, Austin"]
[Black "Scully, Jerome"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523825"]
[BlackFideId "2522144"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Babak, Oleh"]
[Black "O'Neill, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523540"]
[BlackFideId "2523833"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "O'Reilly, Arro"]
[Black "Bays, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2523841"]
[BlackFideId "343417868"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Bredin, Jamie"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523566"]
[BlackFideId "2523850"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Pham, Nhat Long Van"]
[Black "Caliendo, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523868"]
[BlackFideId "2523574"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Crawford, Michael"]
[Black "Sasic, Masa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523582"]
[BlackFideId "2523884"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Stepanov, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Dober, Luc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "34150528"]
[BlackFideId "2523590"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Dolia, Chirag"]
[Black "Smith, Killian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523604"]
[BlackFideId "2523892"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Feerick, Cyril"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "860"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516489"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.39"]
[White "Nunan, Denis"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "763"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516632"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Downey, Stephen"]
[Black "Tonita, Mark David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1158"]
[WhiteICU "926"]
[BlackICU "931"]
[BlackClub "St. Michael's"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519615"]
[BlackFideId "2510227"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical (two knights) system"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/Cdb5BsCv/fjhXJbpF)"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. h3 Nbd7 7. e5 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Ne8 9. Bc4 e6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bxe6+ Kh8 12. exf6 Nexf6 13. Ne4 Re8 14.
Nd4 c5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nxc5 Qa5+ 17. c3 Qxc5 18. Qb3 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Qe5+
20. Kf1 Qxe6 21. Qxb7 Qe2+ 22. Kg1 Ne4 23. Qf7 Rf8 24. Qxf8+ Rxf8 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hourican, Oisin"]
[Black "Dineen, Ryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "912"]
[BlackICU "1079"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519747"]
[BlackFideId "2519038"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/Cdb5BsCv/fXUh2tua)"]
[WhiteFullName "Hourican, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bf5 6. Ngf3 Qb6 7. Qb3 c4 8.
Qxb6 axb6 9. a3 b5 10. Rc1 h6 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Bd1 O-O 14. Bc2
Rfe8 15. h3 Bf8 16. Rfe1 Bxc2 17. Rxc2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 f5 20. Ra1
Ne7 21. Rcc1 Nd5 22. Be5 Rec8 23. Kf1 Rc6 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. Rab1 Rac8 26. Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Govindaraju, Darun"]
[Black "Donnellan, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1044"]
[BlackICU "878"]
[BlackClub "IT Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519690"]
[BlackFideId "2523612"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/Cdb5BsCv/5XHRf0My)"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rfd1 h6 12. h3 b6 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. Ne2
Ba3 15. Qc2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Ne4 17. Nc3 Ndf6 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20.
Rxd2 Rac8 21. c5 b5 22. b4 e5 23. a4 a6 24. Ra1 exd4 25. Rxd4 Qf6 26. axb5
axb5 27. Ra7 Ra8 28. Qa3 Qd8 29. Rf4 Rxa7 30. Qxa7 Re7 31. Qa6 Qd7 32. Rg4
Qe6 33. Qa1 g6 34. Rf4 Qd7 35. Rh4 h5 36. Qf6 Qe6 37. Qg5 Qe5 38. Rxh5 Qxg5
39. Rxg5 Re4 40. Rg4 Re7 41. Kf1 Ra7 42. Ke2 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Rd4 Kf6
45. h4 Ra1 46. Kf4 Ra2 47. Kg3 Ra3 48. Rf4+ Ke6 49. Kg4 f5+ 50. Kg5 Ra8 51.
g4 Rf8 52. gxf5+ gxf5 53. h5 Rg8+ 54. Kh4 Rg1 55. h6 Kf6 56. Rf3 Rg4+ 57.
Kh5 Rg2 58. Kh4 Rg4+ 59. Kh3 Rg6 60. Rg3 Rxh6+ 61. Kg2 Rh4 62. f4 Rh8 63.
Rh3 Rg8+ 64. Kf2 Rg6 65. Rh8 Ke7 66. Rh7+ Ke6 67. Rc7 Rf6 68. Rxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Liu, Jackie"]
[Black "Reilly, Scott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "851"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2520923"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/Cdb5BsCv/80jaZBON)"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 e6 6. Nf3 h6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
Ne5 Nc6 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Ndf3 Nf5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 a6 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Qg4 Qc7 20.
Bf4 Qc4 21. Bh2 Qxg4 22. hxg4 Ne7 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Rad1 Rc4 25. f3 Rec8 26.
Bg3 b5 27. a3 Nc6 28. f4 Re4 29. Re1 Ra4 30. Kf2 Na5 31. Kf3 Nb3 32. Red1
Re4 33. Bf2 Rcc4 34. g3 Kf8 35. Re3 Nc5 36. Re2 g5 37. Bxc5+ Rxc5 38. Rxe4
dxe4+ 39. Kxe4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Rc4+ 41. Rd4 Rc6 42. Kd3 Ke7 43. b3 a5 44. b4
a4 45. c4 bxc4+ 46. Rxc4 Kd7 47. Rxc6 Kxc6 48. Kc4 Kb6 49. b5 Kb7 50. Kc5
Kc7 51. b6+ Kb8 52. Kc6 Kc8 53. b7+ Kb8 54. Kb6 f5 55. exf6 e5 56. f7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Andhurthi, Sreeyan"]
[Black "Whelan, Oscar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "853"]
[BlackICU "1031"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523531"]
[BlackFideId "2523914"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Potter variation"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/Cdb5BsCv/g4RebaGe)"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O
8. Be3 d6 9. O-O-O Re8 10. f3 Bf5 11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 h5 13. gxh5 Bxh5 14.
Rg1 Nxe4 15. Bxb6 Nxc3 16. Qg2 Qf6 17. bxc3 axb6 18. Kb2 Bxf3 19. Qf2 Nb4
20. Ra1 Nd5 21. Nd4 Re4 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. Nxf3 Nxc3 24. Kxc3 Ra3+ 25. Kb2
Rxf3 26. Bg2 Rb4+ 27. Kc1 Rg3 28. Rb1 Rbg4 29. Rb5 Rxg2 30. Re1 Rxh4 31.
Rb3 Rc4 32. Rb2 f5 33. Rf1 Re4 34. Rb3 Ree2 35. Rc3 Rgf2 36. Rxf2 Rxf2 37.
Rxc7 g5 38. Rxb7 g4 39. Rxb6 g3 40. Rb3 g2 41. Rg3+ Kf7 42. Kb2 f4 43. Rg4
f3 44. a4 Rf1 45. a5 g1=Q 46. Rxg1 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Woods, Christopher"]
[Black "Agarwal, Riyansh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1017"]
[BlackICU "821"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518201"]
[BlackFideId "2516330"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "https://lichess.org/study/Cdb5BsCv/CCZRv51E"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. c3 e5 5. Bb5 Bc5 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a6 8.
Bc4 Bxf2+ 9. Kxf2 Qh4+ 10. Kf1 Qxc4+ 11. Qe2 Qf4+ 12. Qf2 Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2
Bf5 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Re1 Nd7 16. d4 f6 17. d5 Ne7 18. c4 O-O 19. Be3 Rac8
20. Nbd2 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. d6 Nc6 23. Nh4 Be6 24. cxb5 Nxb4 25. Reb1 Nc2
26. Ra6 Nxe3 27. Kxe3 Rc3+ 28. Ke2 Bg4+ 29. Nhf3 Rc2 30. Rc6 Rc8 31. Rxc2
Rxc2 32. b6 e4 33. b7 exf3+ 34. gxf3 Bxf3+ 35. Kd3 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 Nb8 37.
Rc1 Bxb7 38. Rb1 Nd7 39. Rxb7 Nc5 40. Re7 Kf8 41. Re1 g5 42. Kc3 h5 43. Kc4
Nd7 44. Kb5 g4 45. Kc6 Ne5+ 46. Kc7 Kf7 47. Rxe5 fxe5 48. d7 Kf6 49. d8=Q+
Kf5 50. Qd3+ e4 51. Qe3 h4 52. Kd6 h3 53. Kd5 Kg6 54. Ke6 Kh5 55. Kf5 Kh4
56. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "O'Connor, Carl"]
[Black "McLean, Darren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "735"]
[BlackICU "1005"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519941"]
[BlackFideId "2523795"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Kelly, Deasun"]
[Black "Leal Gamez, Jose Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "MEX"]
[WhiteFideId "2523701"]
[BlackFideId "5126371"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[BlackFullName "Leal G&aacute;mez, Jos&eacute; Carlos"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Shankar, Ronith"]
[Black "Lorigan, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "907"]
[BlackICU "903"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523329"]
[BlackFideId "2518198"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "White, Kevin"]
[Black "Phillips, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2523876"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[BlackFullName "Phillips, Se&aacute;n"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Liu, Murray"]
[Black "Kurochkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1166"]
[WhiteICU "730"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517191"]
[BlackFideId "2523752"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Marshall, Roy"]
[Black "Latorre, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1126"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519178"]
[BlackFideId "2520583"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Curran, Chris"]
[Black "Panunzio, Jacopo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1077"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519585"]
[BlackFideId "2519968"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Govindaraju, Diya"]
[Black "Gallagher, Fergal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "1066"]
[BlackClub "IT Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2521059"]
[BlackFideId "2519682"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Caliendo, Brian"]
[Black "Jiddewar, Gourang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "1042"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523574"]
[BlackFideId "2519763"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Black "Babak, Oleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "918"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519143"]
[BlackFideId "2523540"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Ponziani opening"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Vladimir Mabhena, via Craig DuBose"]
[Annotator "Vladimir Mabhena"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 { My go to repertoire in response to blacks e5 >
Nc6 is the Ponziani Opening. } 3... a6 { This was definitely an unexepected
move in this opening play. Perhaps black was anticipating Bb5 then Bxc6,
followed by d4 after? } ({ black can immediately strike back with } 3... d5
) 4. d4 { what I like about this setup is both bishops are ready to be
developed and not blocked by any pawns this early in the game. } 4... exd4
5. cxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Qe7 { another unexpected move in this setup, and in my
surprise I responded with a hasty move of my own which potentially loses my
e4 pawn. } 7. d5 (7. Bd3 { the pragmatic and sensible move is to
immediately protect the e4 pawn. }) 7... Na7 { and black does not see my
mistake. } (7... Ne5 { keeping the knight central would have been a better
play here. }) 8. Qd4 { threatening the g7 pawn while creating some tension
on black's dark squared bishop. } (8. Bd3 { Stockfish and Deep Fritz both
still prefer Bd3 here. }) 8... Bc5 { and black fails to realise the g7
threat. } 9. Qxg7 f6 10. Qxh8 { With a rook and a pawn up at this point,
the advantage was clearly in whites favour. Black's kingside has been
decimated, the c8 bishop still has not developed and is blocked by the
pawns before they can even think of castling. } 10... Qf7 11. Bh6 (11. d6 {
leads to an interesting position } 11... Bxd6 12. Nd5 { creating some
pressure on the f6 square while also making sure black is worried about the
c7 fork. }) 11... Qg6 12. Qg7 { this was a clear mistake as I simple
blitzed this move simple because of over confidence in the position. There
was certainly better moves here to have kept on decimating blacks kingside
like Nh4 or e5, or even Bg7. } (12. e5) (12. Bg7) (12. Nh4) 12... Nxh6 13.
Qxg6+ { despite the Qg7 blunder, the position was still favourable for
white. } 13... hxg6 14. Na4 Bb4+ 15. Nd2 (15. Nc3 { this preserves the
option to castle in case black had decided to capture knight on d2. })
15... b5 16. a3 $4 { my idea was I was losing a knight here, but I was also
taking out blacks bishop pair. However this is not optimal as black could
have played Bxd2 which loses me both my knights after Kxd2 then bxa4. So I
certainly survived throwing away the advantage at this point. } (16. Nc3)
16... Ba5 ({ A missed opportunity, black could have equalised with this
line. } 16... Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 bxa4 $11) 17. b4 bxa4 18. bxa5 { and I was
happy to get rid of black's more active bishop. } 18... Nb5 19. Bd3 { after
the somewhat chaotic opening, it was time to prepare for castling. } 19...
d6 (19... f5) 20. O-O { and get my rooks connected } 20... Bd7 21. e5 { The
plan here was to attack the g-pawn, and clear any pawn push on the
kingside. Black indeed has more central pawns but I didnt see thier pieces
coordinated enough to create a problem in the center. } 21... fxe5 (21...
Bf5 22. Bxb5+ axb5 23. exf6) 22. Bxg6+ Ke7 23. Rfc1 { a decent fair move,
but looking at it now f4 is more aggressive and challenges blacks pawn
chain. } (23. f4 { this is just more provocative than Rfc1 }) 23... Rg8 24.
Bd3 Bh3 { Black was beginning to push back here } 25. g3 (25. Bf1) (25. Be4
{ defends the pawn but blocks a square that the knight can jump into. })
25... Kd7 26. Ne4 Rh8 { I was anticipating black moving their bishop away
from h3, getting their knight onto g4 and putting some pressure on the h2
pawn. } 27. Ng5 (27. Bxb5+ axb5 28. Nc3) 27... Bg4 (27... Bf5 { perhaps a
bishop trade would have been a better option for black. }) 28. Bxb5+ axb5
29. Rab1 { I felt it was overdue to bring the second rook into play. }
29... Be2 30. Rb4 { Stockfish seems to like Rb4, but I am seeing Ne6 which
could be more troublesome for black here I think. } (30. Ne6) 30... Ng4 31.
h4 $6 (31. Re4 { this is the prefered engine move from stockfish/deep fritz
14, but with h4 (an innaccuraccy) I wasnt keen on giving up my kingside
pawns yet. }) 31... Rf8 32. Ne4 (32. Re4 { engine(s) still prefer Re4 here,
but I was worried about } 32... Rxf2) 32... Bd3 33. Re1 { Even though a
minor piece up, I felt more on the defensive here, and black was doing well
to keep me on my toes. } (33. a6 { engine suggests to cheekily push the a6
pawn for promotion } 33... Bxe4 34. Rxe4 Nf6 35. Rb4 Ra8) 33... Bxe4 34.
Rbxe4 (34. Rexe4) 34... Nxf2 35. Rf1 { I favoured my chances in a Rook vs
Knight endgame. } 35... Nxe4 36. Rxf8 Nxg3 37. a6 { I appreciated how the
d-pawn has been an inconvinient annoyance for black's king, with the a6
pawn push. } 37... Ne2+ 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Rb8 (39. Rh8 { with a threat of
Rh7+ and taking the c7 pawn } 39... Kf6 40. Kxe2 { and the knight is won })
39... c5 40. dxc6 d5 41. c7 d4 42. Kxe2 { When I had played 41. c7, it had
blanked my mind for a second that black's knight was there for the taking.
d4 got me looking at the whole board again as I had momentarily been
blindly focused on pawn promotion. There was no way black's pawn push was
going to yield any results from this point onwards. } 42... e4 43. c8=Q d3+
44. Ke3 d2 45. Kxd2 e3+ 46. Kxe3 b4 47. Rxb4 { I missed a mate in 3 here }
(47. Rb6 b3 48. Qc7+ Ke8 49. Rb8#) 47... Kd6 48. Qf5 { There was plenty of
options for faster mate here, but to keep it safe I was going to do it the
slow way I knew how and avoid chances of stalemate. } (48. Ke4 Ke7 49. Qc7+
Ke6 (49... Ke8 50. Rb8#) 50. Rb6#) 48... Kc6 49. Rg4 Kc7 50. Qf6 Kc8 51.
Qf7 Kb8 52. Rg8# { I respect black's will to play till the end. Even after
their initial blunder in the opening and down a piece for most parts of the
game, they managed to keep the game interesting that any major blunder on
my part would have got them back into the game. } 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "O'Rahilly, Keith"]
[Black "Bredin, Jamie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "870"]
[WhiteClub "Adare"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523426"]
[BlackFideId "2523566"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Black "Crawford, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "851"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517604"]
[BlackFideId "2523582"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Scully, Jerome"]
[Black "Syms, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "778"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2522144"]
[BlackFideId "2518597"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Eusebio, Aailyah"]
[Black "Flynn, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "804"]
[WhiteClub "TU Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518619"]
[BlackFideId "2523655"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Dober, Luc"]
[Black "Kesare, Aarav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1139"]
[BlackICU "983"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523590"]
[BlackFideId "2518848"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Emmo, David"]
[Black "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "847"]
[WhiteClub "Cavan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523647"]
[BlackFideId "2518155"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Hammond, Stan"]
[Black "Kurochkin, Iaromir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523663"]
[BlackFideId "2516969"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Kumar, Vaibhav Anil"]
[Black "Muller, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "705"]
[WhiteClub "IT Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519801"]
[BlackFideId "2523809"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Nemecek, Jan"]
[Black "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523817"]
[BlackFideId "2523558"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Dolia, Samarth"]
[Black "O'Reilly, Arro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517205"]
[BlackFideId "2523841"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Smith, Killian"]
[Black "Farry, Noel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523892"]
[BlackFideId "2519658"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "King, Christopher"]
[Black "Long, Timothee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2523760"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Koukalova, Alexandra"]
[Black "Kelly, Amelia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523744"]
[BlackFideId "2523698"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Kelly, Laurence"]
[Black "McCarroll, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523710"]
[BlackFideId "2523787"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[BlackFullName "McCarroll, Se&aacute;n"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "O'Neill, John"]
[Black "Kelly, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523833"]
[BlackFideId "2523728"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Loughran, Mary"]
[Black "O'Hara, Austin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523779"]
[BlackFideId "2523825"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Bays, Andrew"]
[Black "Pham, Nhat Long Van"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "343417868"]
[BlackFideId "2523868"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Anthony"]
[Black "Dolia, Chirag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523850"]
[BlackFideId "2523604"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Drogou, Ainle"]
[Black "Stepanov, Volodymyr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2523620"]
[BlackFideId "34150528"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Sasic, Masa"]
[Black "Drogou, Tugdual"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523884"]
[BlackFideId "2523639"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Kelly, Adrian"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523680"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Feerick, Cyril"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "860"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516489"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.39"]
[White "Nunan, Denis"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "763"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516632"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.40"]
[White "Hogan, Ben"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523671"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Tonita, Mark David"]
[Black "Woods, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1158"]
[WhiteICU "931"]
[BlackICU "1017"]
[WhiteClub "St. Michael's"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510227"]
[BlackFideId "2518201"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/BNR62REW/pI6GFxYT)"]

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1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O h6 8.
c4 c5 9. b5 d5 10. d3 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. d4 axb5
15. cxb5 c4 16. e4 Bb4 17. e5 Ne8 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 f6 20. exf6 Nexf6
21. Qc2 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Nf3 Qe4 25. Qb2 Kh8 26. Re1 Qf4
27. Qa3 Rfe8 28. g3 Qg4 29. Re3 d4 30. Nh4 dxe3 31. Bxg4 exf2+ 32. Kxf2
Nxg4+ 33. Kf1 Nxh2+ 34. Kf2 Rxe1 35. Kxe1 c3 36. Ng6+ Kh7 37. Nf8+ Kg8 38.
Qa2+ Kxf8 39. Qxh2 c2 40. Qf2+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Whelan, Oscar"]
[Black "Govindaraju, Darun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1031"]
[BlackICU "1044"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523914"]
[BlackFideId "2519690"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/BNR62REW/6yPAW8bD)"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8
8. Nbd2 e6 9. Rc1 a6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Be7 12. h3 Bf5 13. c4 O-O 14. c5
Nd7 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Bd6 Re8 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qc3 e5 19. Kd1 exd4 20. Qf3 Be4
21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qf5 Qc6 23. Bg2 g6 24. Qf4 Qa4+ 25. Rc2 d3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Leal Gamez, Jose Carlos"]
[Black "Liu, Jackie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1777"]
[WhiteNationality "MEX"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "5126371"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/BNR62REW/wjgVcDJr)"]
[WhiteFullName "Leal G&aacute;mez, Jos&eacute; Carlos"]

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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Nc6 5. d4 Bb4 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 h6 9. Ba3 Na5 10. Nd2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 h5 12. e4 d6 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Nb3
Nb7 15. Rfd1 Qa4 16. Bc1 O-O-O 17. Bg5 Rdg8 18. h4 Nd7 19. Be3 f6 20. f4 f5
21. e5 Re8 22. Rd2 g6 23. Rad1 Qc6+ 24. Kh2 Rd8 25. Ra1 Qe4 26. Qf2 Nb8 27.
Qe2 Qc6 28. Bg1 d5 29. cxd5 Rxd5 30. c4 Rd7 31. a4 Rhd8 32. a5 bxa5 33.
Nxa5 Qa6 34. Rda2 c6 35. Nxb7 Qxb7 36. Rb2 Qa8 37. c5 Rb7 38. Rba2 Rdd7 39.
Qc4 Rd5 40. Kh3 Kc7 41. Be3 Nd7 42. Bd2 Kd8 43. Ra6 Nb8 44. R6a2 Nd7 45.
Bc3 Ke7 46. Ra4 Qb8 47. Qa2 Rb3 48. Ra3 Rxc3 49. Rxc3 Rxd4 50. Qxa7 Qb2 51.
Qa3 Rd2 52. Qxb2 Rxb2 53. Ra7 Rd2 54. Rb3 Rd5 55. Rbb7 Kd8 56. Ra8+ Ke7 57.
Rg8 Kf7 58. Rh8 Kg7 59. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Dineen, Ryan"]
[Black "O'Connor, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1079"]
[BlackICU "735"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519038"]
[BlackFideId "2519941"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/BNR62REW/eDnj40SP)"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 Nh5 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 f5 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Nh4 Bd7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14.
Bxd8 Nxd2 15. Be7 Rf7 16. Bxd6 Ne4 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. Nf3 Rbf8 19. Bd3 Nd6
20. Ng5 Rxf2 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bh6 23. Rd1 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Lorigan, Maxim"]
[Black "Hourican, Oisin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "903"]
[BlackICU "912"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518198"]
[BlackFideId "2519747"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/BNR62REW/YpkKtnTe)"]
[BlackFullName "Hourican, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a3 c6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e5
h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 a6 12. Ne4 Nd7 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bd3
Qa5+ 15. Nfd2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bg7 17. Qe3 Rd8 18. Rd1 O-O 19. O-O Rd6 20. Nf3
Rfd8 21. Rd3 f5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Rfd1 c5 24. Nh4 Be4 25. R3d2 Rxd4 26.
Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. Qb3+ Kh7 29. Kf1 Qc3 30. Qd1 Qc2 31. Qe1 d3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Black "Liu, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1166"]
[WhiteICU "851"]
[BlackICU "730"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517604"]
[BlackFideId "2517191"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/BNR62REW/725JNPua)"]

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1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Be2 c6 8.
Nc3 Re8 9. O-O e5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14.
Ne4 Qe7 15. c5 Qe6 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Nxf7 Rf8 18. Nd6 Bh6 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20.
Qxg4 Rad8 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qe4 Bg7 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Qf6+ 25. Qf3
Qxf3+ 26. gxf3 Kg8 27. Nxb7 Kf7 28. Na5 Ke6 29. Nxc6 Kd5 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31.
Bxe5 Kxe5 32. d4+ Kd5 33. Kf2 a6 34. Kg3 Kc6 35. a4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Eusebio, Aailyah"]
[Black "Marshall, Roy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "804"]
[BlackICU "1126"]
[WhiteClub "TU Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518619"]
[BlackFideId "2519178"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Kesare, Aarav"]
[Black "Curran, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1139"]
[WhiteICU "983"]
[BlackICU "1077"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518848"]
[BlackFideId "2519585"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Gallagher, Fergal"]
[Black "Kumar, Vaibhav Anil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1066"]
[BlackICU "705"]
[WhiteClub "IT Sligo"]
[BlackClub "IT Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519682"]
[BlackFideId "2519801"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Jiddewar, Gourang"]
[Black "Andhurthi, Sreeyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1042"]
[BlackICU "853"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519763"]
[BlackFideId "2523531"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "McLean, Darren"]
[Black "Scully, Jerome"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1005"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523795"]
[BlackFideId "2522144"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Black "Kelly, Deasun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "847"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518155"]
[BlackFideId "2523701"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Kurochkin, Iaromir"]
[Black "Downey, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "926"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516969"]
[BlackFideId "2519615"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Farry, Noel"]
[Black "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "918"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519658"]
[BlackFideId "2519143"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Vladimir Mabhena, via Craig DuBose"]
[Annotator "Vladimir Mabhena"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 { With the d5 opening, I prefer to not meet the d-pawn
head on but rather take a slightly more conservative approach with the
Nimzo-Indian. } 3. e3 d5 4. Nd2 Bd6 { White declines my offer to trade
bishops and retreats. With this response I did not want to hastily take the
bishop on g3 myself even if that doubled white's pawns. This is because I
was weary of hxg3 after Bxg3, opening up a file for white's rook which
becomes active so early in the opening game, as they can still castle
queenside. And also for the fact that I had played myself into castling
kingside. } 5. Bg3 O-O (5... Bxg3 6. hxg3 { white's rook becomes active. })
6. Bd3 c5 { Now it was time to create some tension } 7. c3 Nc6 8. Ne2 b6 $6
(8... e5) 9. Bh4 Be7 10. c4 $4 { Discussion after the game, white did
mention they immediately realised this blunder of the loss of their pawn. }
10... dxc4 11. Nxc4 cxd4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 (12... Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Qxf6 { this is
an interesting line I missed. }) 13. Be4 Bb7 (13... Ba6 14. Bxc6 Bxc4 15.
Bxa8 Qxa8 16. O-O dxe3 17. fxe3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Be5 19. Rc1 b5 20. Qc2 { at
the time of play, I calculated this line up to 15... Qxa8, but didnt think
it was worth losing my rook. But the Bishop pair look way more active here
with white's scattered pawns. }) 14. O-O dxe3 15. Nd6 exf2+ { I felt black
wanted me to take this pawn, so they could free their rook.. but the lure
of another free pawn was too much and I felt for it. } 16. Rxf2 Qe7 {
whites light squared bishop was beginning to give me trouble in its well
placed position. Even with two pawns up, the threat of Rxf6 sacrifice or
Qd2 was frightening. White was giving me a lot to think about. } 17. Nxb7
Qxb7 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 { at this point the only option was
to threaten whites queen and bait a queen exchange as I was feeling some
discomfort with this position. } 20... Nd4 { I had the option of Nd4 or
Nb4. I rationalised the Nd4 had the protection of the bishop, and couldnt
look past that while completely missing white's move that followed here. }
(20... Nb4 { This would have kept my advantage and blocked Qd3. }) 21. Qd3
Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Rfd8 { and this mistake sealed my fate, and I gave away a
game I seemingly had some advantage. Credit to Noel who capitalised on my
critical mistakes and got the win. } 23. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Donnellan, Joshua"]
[Black "White, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "878"]
[WhiteClub "IT Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523612"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Nemecek, Jan"]
[Black "O'Rahilly, Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "870"]
[BlackClub "Adare"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523817"]
[BlackFideId "2523426"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "O'Reilly, Arro"]
[Black "Reilly, Scott"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "851"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523841"]
[BlackFideId "2520923"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Agarwal, Riyansh"]
[Black "Phillips, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "821"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516330"]
[BlackFideId "2523876"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[BlackFullName "Phillips, Se&aacute;n"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Feerick, Cyril"]
[Black "Shankar, Ronith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "860"]
[BlackICU "907"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516489"]
[BlackFideId "2523329"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Syms, Thomas"]
[Black "King, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "778"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518597"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Black "Dober, Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523558"]
[BlackFideId "2523590"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Drogou, Tugdual"]
[Black "Dolia, Samarth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523639"]
[BlackFideId "2517205"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Flynn, Michael"]
[Black "Govindaraju, Diya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523655"]
[BlackFideId "2521059"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Kurochkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Emmo, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Cavan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523752"]
[BlackFideId "2523647"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Latorre, Leonardo"]
[Black "Hammond, Stan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520583"]
[BlackFideId "2523663"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Panunzio, Jacopo"]
[Black "Koukalova, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519968"]
[BlackFideId "2523744"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Babak, Oleh"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523540"]
[BlackFideId "2523850"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Muller, Karl"]
[Black "Bays, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2523809"]
[BlackFideId "343417868"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Bredin, Jamie"]
[Black "O'Neill, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523566"]
[BlackFideId "2523833"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "O'Hara, Austin"]
[Black "Caliendo, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523825"]
[BlackFideId "2523574"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Crawford, Michael"]
[Black "Smith, Killian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523582"]
[BlackFideId "2523892"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "McCarroll, Sean"]
[Black "Stepanov, Volodymyr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2523787"]
[BlackFideId "34150528"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[WhiteFullName "McCarroll, Se&aacute;n"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Long, Timothee"]
[Black "Kelly, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523760"]
[BlackFideId "2523710"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Kelly, Amelia"]
[Black "Dolia, Chirag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523698"]
[BlackFideId "2523604"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Kelly, Leo"]
[Black "Drogou, Ainle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523728"]
[BlackFideId "2523620"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.36"]
[White "Pham, Nhat Long Van"]
[Black "Loughran, Mary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523868"]
[BlackFideId "2523779"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Sasic, Masa"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523884"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Kelly, Adrian"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523680"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.39"]
[White "Nunan, Denis"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "763"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516632"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.40"]
[White "Hogan, Ben"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523671"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Govindaraju, Darun"]
[Black "O'Connor, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1044"]
[BlackICU "735"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519690"]
[BlackFideId "2519941"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/PDjUu0yv/lSATvCWl)"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. Bf4 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bh2 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Nbd2
Nc5 15. Bc2 f5 16. Nc4 e4 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Nb6 Ra7 19. Bc7 Rf8 20. Bd6
exf3 21. Bxc5 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Woods, Christopher"]
[Black "Leal Gamez, Jose Carlos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1777"]
[WhiteICU "1017"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "MEX"]
[WhiteFideId "2518201"]
[BlackFideId "5126371"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/PDjUu0yv/kqVsyAbr)"]
[BlackFullName "Leal G&aacute;mez, Jos&eacute; Carlos"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8
8. Ne5 Bd7 9. Bb5 e6 10. Nd2 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. O-O Be7 13. c4 O-O 14. c5
Nh5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Rfb8 18. Qc3 Be8 19. b4 b6 20. Nb3
a5 21. a3 a4 22. Nc1 bxc5 23. bxc5 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Ncd3 f6 26. Nf3
Kf7 27. Nb4 Rab5 28. Rec1 Bd8 29. Ne1 Rc8 30. f4 Bc7 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Nxd5+
exd5 33. Nd3 Ba5 34. Ke3 Rb3 35. Rab1 Rcb8 36. Rxb3 Rxb3 37. c6 Kd6 38. Ke2
Bxc6 39. Nc5 Rxg3 40. Kf2 Rxa3 41. Rh1 h6 42. g4 Bc3 43. Ke3 Bb2+ 44. Kd2
0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Hourican, Oisin"]
[Black "Tonita, Mark David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1158"]
[WhiteICU "912"]
[BlackICU "931"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[BlackClub "St. Michael's"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519747"]
[BlackFideId "2510227"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/PDjUu0yv/SMY0Cek1)"]
[WhiteFullName "Hourican, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. g3 Nd7 8.
Bg2 f5 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. b4 c6 11. O-O d5 12. c5 Ne4 13. Qb3 Nd2 14. Qb2 Nxf1
15. Bxf1 Re8 16. a4 Bd7 17. b5 Rb8 18. Nf4 b6 19. Nd3 cxb5 20. axb5 bxc5
21. Nxc5 a5 22. N3a4 g5 23. Na6 Ra8 24. N6c5 Re7 25. b6 Bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rb8
27. b7 Bf8 28. Ba6 Rc7 29. Rxa5 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. dxc5 Qc7 32. Qb5 Kg7
33. c6 Rd8 34. Qc5 Kf6 35. Bb5 Ke6 36. Qa7 Kd6 37. b8=Q $2 (37. Qd4 $18) (
37. b8=Q $2 Rxb8 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Marshall, Roy"]
[Black "Donnellan, Joshua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1126"]
[BlackICU "878"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "IT Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519178"]
[BlackFideId "2523612"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, Smyslov system"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/PDjUu0yv/wkHHMVJB)"]

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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Bxc3 5. bxc3 O-O 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6
8. O-O Bg4 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Re1 e4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Qc2 Bf5 14.
Nh4 Nxg3 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. fxg3 Bxc2 17. Rbc1 Be4 18. Bxa7 Ra8 19. Bd4 g5
20. Nf3 Bxf3 21. exf3 Rxa2 22. Re4 Rfa8 23. Rg4 h6 24. Re4 f5 25. Re6 Qxf3
26. Rg6+ Kf8 27. Rf6+ Ke8 28. Re1+ Re2 29. Rxe2+ Qxe2 30. Rxh6 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Reilly, Scott"]
[Black "Gallagher, Fergal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "851"]
[BlackICU "1066"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "IT Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520923"]
[BlackFideId "2519682"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/PDjUu0yv/V2hIeVq3)"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 Qc7 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 h6 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Rab8 14. b4
axb4 15. axb4 Ne5 16. Qb3 b6 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bb2 Qc7 19. c6 Bc8 20. b5 e5
21. Qc3 Bd6 22. Red1 Re8 23. Nc4 Bc5 24. Nxe5 Bd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. c7 Rb7
27. Bxb7 Bxb7 28. Rc1 Qd5 29. f3 Bc8 30. e4 Qxb5 31. Rd1 Bh3 32. Ba1 Qe2
33. Qd2 Qb5 34. Qa2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Agarwal, Riyansh"]
[Black "Jiddewar, Gourang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "821"]
[BlackICU "1042"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516330"]
[BlackFideId "2519763"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/PDjUu0yv/gKNWsvXE)"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Be6 7. c5 a6 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Na4 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Be3
O-O 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Nc3 b5 17. a3 Qd8 18. b4 Re8 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Nxb5 axb4
21. axb4 Rb8 22. Nd6 Rxb4 23. Nxe8 Qxe8 24. Reb1 Bxd4 25. Rxb4 Bxa1 26. Ra4
Bf6 27. Ra6 Nde5 28. Qe2 d4 29. Bxc6 Nxc6 30. Bd2 Qc8 31. Qb5 Ne7 32. c6
Nd5 33. Qb7 Qc7 34. Ra8+ Bd8 35. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Liu, Jackie"]
[Black "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "851"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2517604"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Kesare, Aarav"]
[Black "Whelan, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1139"]
[WhiteICU "983"]
[BlackICU "1031"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518848"]
[BlackFideId "2523914"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Black "McLean, Darren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "847"]
[BlackICU "1005"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518155"]
[BlackFideId "2523795"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Downey, Stephen"]
[Black "Farry, Noel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "926"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519615"]
[BlackFideId "2519658"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Feerick, Cyril"]
[Black "Nemecek, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "860"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516489"]
[BlackFideId "2523817"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Dineen, Ryan"]
[Black "Lorigan, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1079"]
[BlackICU "903"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519038"]
[BlackFideId "2518198"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Liu, Murray"]
[Black "Govindaraju, Diya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1166"]
[WhiteICU "730"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517191"]
[BlackFideId "2521059"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Curran, Chris"]
[Black "Scully, Jerome"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1077"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519585"]
[BlackFideId "2522144"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Latorre, Leonardo"]
[Black "Kelly, Deasun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520583"]
[BlackFideId "2523701"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bredin, Jamie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "918"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519143"]
[BlackFideId "2523566"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Ponziani"]
[Variation "Jaenisch counter-attack"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Vladimir Mabhena, via Craig DuBose"]
[Annotator "Craig DuBose"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 { With 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6, I was going to stick
with the Ponziani opening. } 3... Nf6 { Not a common move I have faced
personally, as most tend to go out with Bc5 immediately. } 4. d3 ({ I was
itching to play this possible d4 line } 4. d4 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5
7. dxe5 Bc5 8. O-O { Position is equal, but I didnt want to worry about the
incoming onslaught on the e-pawn. }) 4... d5 5. Nbd2 { At the time I made
this move, I thought I had made a blunder because I miscalculated a wrong
pay and instantly saw the queen exchange after all the incoming captures
which would make me lose my right to castle. Stockfish says this is the
best move. } 5... dxe4 6. Nxe4 $6 { and I play into my miscalculated plan.
} (6. dxe4 { queen exchange doesnt happen yet if I had just taken with the
pawn, unless black is willing to play Nxe4 after. }) 6... Nxe4 7. dxe4
Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 g6 { I was suprised black was deciding the finachetto their
dark squared bishop here (Bg7), into a closed diagonal blocked by the e5
pawn. Not that its a bad move, its just a curious one for me. This swayed
my later decision to castle by hand on the queenside. } (8... Bc5) 9. Bg5 {
if black had any plans to take the d-file with one of their rooks, I was
just preemptively bieng a nuisance for that plan with this move. And this
activates my bishop anyways as well as the plan to castle by hand. } 9...
Bg7 10. Kc2 (10. a4 { perhaps to challenge blacks pawn push on the
queenside that was certainly going to come. }) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 { I
immediately pounce on the open file. Reccomended move here in Be3. } 11...
Be6 12. Kb1 { Did I really need to protect the a2 pawn here? } (12. Be3
Bxa2 13. b3 { probably not, as white would win the bishop thereafter. So
Be6 was not as scarry as first feared. } 13... Bxb3+ 14. Kxb3 { but the
exposed nature of the king leaves me rather concerned here, even if white
is slightly better. }) 12... a5 13. Bb5 f6 14. Bxc6 { Black has an &agrave;
la carte option of which bishop to take. Either which lead to doubled up
pawns, and they play the best option here with } 14... bxc6 ({ because this
line would have been interesting } 14... fxg5 15. Nxg5 (15. Bxb7 Rab8 16.
Nxg5 Bc4 17. Bd5+ Bxd5 18. Rxd5) 15... bxc6 16. Nxe6 Rxf2 17. Rd7 { with a
rook infiltrating the 7th rank. }) 15. Be3 { Black has doubled up pawns on
the c-file but the open b-file directly in front of the king had me
slightly worried. } 15... a4 (15... Rfb8 16. Rd2 { with black having an
edge with this line. }) 16. Bc5 $6 (16. Ne1 { with Ne3 and Rd2 incoming to
protect the b2 pawn, which could have been under immense pressure here if
black had played differently. }) 16... Rfe8 ({ I expected black to
challenge the open d-file here. } 16... Rfd8) 17. h4 $6 { only now I see,
this move didn't really add anything to the position as it could easily be
blunted with 17...h5 } 17... Bf8 (17... h5) 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Nh2 $2 { I
had a bad habit of putting my knights on the rim in this tournament. But
the idea here was to push to g3 then f4, to get some pawn movement on the
kingside. } 19... a3 20. b3 c5 21. c4 { this was to prevent any of black's
c4 ideas if any. } 21... f5 22. f3 { a mistake that gives black the f-file
and an oppotunity to infiltrate my 2nd rank. With this move, black now had
a massive advantage going into the endgame. } 22... fxe4 23. fxe4 (23. Kc1
{ perhaps not taking would have worked as black now has quite a few pawn
islands to exploit. } 23... exf3 24. Nxf3 e4 25. Rhe1 exf3 26. Rxe6 fxg2 {
even though black is better off }) 23... Rf2 24. Rhg1 (24. Nf3) 24... Rb2+
25. Ka1 Rf8 26. Nf3 { I was now trying to close off any further
infiltration from black. Here the engine suggests Rb1 to offer an exchange
of rooks instead. } 26... Bg4 27. Rd3 c6 (27... Re2) 28. b4 { Now I had Rb3
plans to offer a rook exchange but missed the simpler Rd2 } (28. Rd2 Bxf3
29. Rxb2 axb2+ 30. Kxb2 Bxe4 { Black is clearly winning here. }) 28... cxb4
29. Rb3 Rxb3 30. axb3 Bxf3 { This move was a no brainer and brilliant from
black. I was clearly on the ropes here. } 31. gxf3 Rxf3 32. Ka2 Rf2+ 33.
Ka1 a2 (33... Rh2 { I thought black was going to play this instead. }) 34.
h5 Rb2 { and black completely misjudges the situation here (their words),
and thought they had a mating plan with this move. This move surprised even
myself, because Jamie had played well and kept me of the ropes since my
22.f3 mistake. } 35. Kxb2 { I promptly take the hanging rook with this new
lifeline. } 35... a1=Q+ 36. Kxa1 (36. Rxa1) 36... Kg7 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. c5
{ stopping black's pawns from protecting each other } 38... Kh6 39. Rd1 {
and now the plan was just to clear the board off black's pawns with my rook
and push for promotion. } 39... g5 40. Rd6+ Kh5 41. Rxc6 g4 42. Re6 Kh4 43.
Rxe5 g3 44. Re8 g2 45. Rg8 Kh3 46. Rxg2 { Since black;s king would be far
away from my pawns, I did not mind losing this rook. } 46... Kxg2 47. e5
Kf3 48. c6 { pushing either pawns was fine for me (c or e) } 48... Ke4 49.
c7 Kxe5 50. c8=Q Kd4 51. Qc4+ { and at this point the endgame was pretty
straightforward. } 51... Ke5 52. Qxb4 Kd5 53. Qc3 Ke4 54. b4 Kd5 55. b5 Ke4
56. Qd2 Ke5 57. b6 Ke4 58. b7 Ke5 59. b8=R Ke6 60. Rb3 Kf5 61. Qe2 { A
fortunate win for me or rather an unfortunate loss for Jamie Bredin who
played pretty well till the critical blunder of 34...Rb2. So cruel is the
nature of chess, but one has to take advantage of opponents blunders. Well
played Jamie. } 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "O'Rahilly, Keith"]
[Black "Drogou, Tugdual"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "870"]
[WhiteClub "Adare"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523426"]
[BlackFideId "2523639"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "White, Kevin"]
[Black "Syms, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "778"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2518597"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Caliendo, Brian"]
[Black "Eusebio, Aailyah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "804"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo"]
[BlackClub "TU Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523574"]
[BlackFideId "2518619"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Andhurthi, Sreeyan"]
[Black "O'Reilly, Arro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "853"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523531"]
[BlackFideId "2523841"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Emmo, David"]
[Black "Kurochkin, Iaromir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "Cavan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523647"]
[BlackFideId "2516969"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Kumar, Vaibhav Anil"]
[Black "Smith, Killian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "705"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteClub "IT Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519801"]
[BlackFideId "2523892"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Koukalova, Alexandra"]
[Black "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523744"]
[BlackFideId "2523558"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Phillips, Sean"]
[Black "Babak, Oleh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523876"]
[BlackFideId "2523540"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[WhiteFullName "Phillips, Se&aacute;n"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Long, Timothee"]
[Black "Shankar, Ronith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "907"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523760"]
[BlackFideId "2523329"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Stepanov, Volodymyr"]
[Black "Bays, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "34150528"]
[BlackFideId "343417868"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "King, Christopher"]
[Black "Muller, Karl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2523809"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Anthony"]
[Black "Kurochkina, Aleksandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523850"]
[BlackFideId "2523752"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Dolia, Samarth"]
[Black "Flynn, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517205"]
[BlackFideId "2523655"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "O'Neill, John"]
[Black "Panunzio, Jacopo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523833"]
[BlackFideId "2519968"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Crawford, Michael"]
[Black "McCarroll, Sean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523582"]
[BlackFideId "2523787"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[BlackFullName "McCarroll, Se&aacute;n"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Dober, Luc"]
[Black "O'Hara, Austin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523590"]
[BlackFideId "2523825"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Dolia, Chirag"]
[Black "Pham, Nhat Long Van"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523604"]
[BlackFideId "2523868"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
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report</a>. }

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Sasic, Masa"]
[Black "Drogou, Ainle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523884"]
[BlackFideId "2523620"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
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report</a>. }

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Kelly, Laurence"]
[Black "Loughran, Mary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[BlackICU "700"]
[BlackClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523710"]
[BlackFideId "2523779"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.36"]
[White "Kelly, Adrian"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523680"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
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report</a>. }

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Nunan, Denis"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "763"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516632"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
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report</a>. }

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.38"]
[White "Kelly, Amelia"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523698"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
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report</a>. }

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.39"]
[White "Kelly, Leo"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "700"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523728"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.40"]
[White "Hammond, Stan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523663"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.41"]
[White "Hogan, Ben"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523671"]
[EventSection "4/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
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