[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jaiganesh, Saicharan"]
[Black "Bhushan, Addhrit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[WhiteICU "1012"]
[BlackICU "1132"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535815"]
[BlackFideId "2535912"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Emmo, David"]
[Black "O'Neill, Sam (2)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523647"]
[BlackFideId "2539977"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ng4 7. cxd4 d5 8.
Bb5 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qd2 Be6 14.
Qxh6 a6 15. Bd3 f5 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Qh6 Qe7 18. O-O Rf7 19. Nh4 Raf8 20.
Ng6+ Kg8 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dhake, Siddhant"]
[Black "Donnelly, Ultan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "1415"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537176"]
[BlackFideId "2516462"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Nc6 6. exd6 Bxd6 7. Nc3
Bb4 8. Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Bd2 Nd4 10. O-O-O Nxf3 11. Bf4 Rxd1+ 12. Nxd1 Nf6 13.
Bxc7 O-O 14. Bg2 Bd2+ 15. Kb1 Nh4 16. Rg1 Re8 17. f3 Rc8 18. Be5 Nd7 19.
Bh3 Nxe5 20. Bxc8 Nhxf3 21. Rg2 b6 22. Nf2 Be1 23. Ng4 Nh4 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25.
Nxh7+ Kg8 26. Rg5 f6 27. Nxf6+ Kf7 28. Rxe5 gxf6 29. Be6+ Kg7 30. Rh5 Ng6
31. Rf5 Ne7 32. Rf1 Bh4 33. b3 Nc6 34. a4 Nd4 35. Rg1+ Kh6 36. Bf7 Kh7 37.
c4 Nf3 38. Rd1 Ne5 39. Bd5 Kh6 40. b4 Nf3 41. c5 bxc5 42. bxc5 Bf2 43. c6
Bb6 44. Rc1 Nd2+ 45. Kb2 Bd4+ 46. Kc2 Nf3 47. c7 Be3 48. c8=Q Nd4+ 49. Kc3
Ne2+ 50. Kd3 Bxc1 51. Kxe2 Bf4 52. Qh8+ Kg5 53. Qg7+ Kh4 54. Be6 Bg5 55.
Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Williams, Henry"]
[Black "Prendergast, Eloise"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1402"]
[BlackICU "864"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2530945"]
[BlackFideId "2544083"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. a4 d5 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
b4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nxb4 10. Qb3 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be4 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Qc7 15. Nd5 Qxc4 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Qxc4 Nxc4 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Ba6
Rfe8 20. Nc6 Rb6 21. Bxc4 Rxc6 22. Bb5 Rxc1 23. Raxc1 Rb8 24. Rc4 Bf6 25.
Rfc1 d5 26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Kg7 28. Bc6 Bxd4 29. Bxd5 f6 30. Rc7+ Kh6
31. Bg8 a5 32. Rxh7+ Kg5 33. Rb7 f5 34. g3 Kg4 35. Bh7 g5 36. Rf7 f4 37.
gxf4 gxf4 38. Be4 Be5 39. f3+ Kh4 40. Rf5 Bd6 41. Rxa5 Bc7 42. Rb5 Bd6 43.
Bg6 Be5 44. Rxe5 Kh3 45. Rh5# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bermingham, Niamh"]
[Black "O'Dowd, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "816"]
[BlackICU "1383"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2536056"]
[BlackFideId "2531500"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O h6
8. Bd2 Be6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Re1 c5 11. Qb1 a6 12. Qb2 b5 13. a4 b4 14. dxc5
bxc3 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qe3 Bxc5 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Bd3 Bxd4 19. Qf4 Bxa1 20.
Be3 Bd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd1+ 24. Re1 Qxe1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Blokh, Artem"]
[Black "Ramesh, Aimy Rose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1360"]
[BlackICU "792"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2543281"]
[BlackFideId "2545934"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, Beverwijk variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 a6 7. Bxc6 bxc6
8. dxc5 Nxe4 9. b4 d6 10. Nfd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Re8 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Ne4 Qg6
14. Ng3 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qe2 f6 18. a4 Rd3 19. Ne4 Bc4 20.
Qf2 Red8 21. Be3 R8d5 22. Qg3 Qh5 23. Nxf6+ Kh8 24. Nxh5 Rd2 25. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "O'Neill, John"]
[Black "Scanlan Gleeson, Theo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1372"]
[BlackICU "1354"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523833"]
[BlackFideId "2536498"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 d5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Bd6 9. c4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qb6 11. Re1 Qxb2 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Ne4
14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd2 a6 16. f3 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 exf3
20. gxf3 b5 21. f4 bxc4 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Nxc4 cxd4 24. exd4 gxf4 25. Rxe6
fxg3 26. Rxh6 Rf6 27. Rxf6 Nxf6 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. Rxa6 Ne4 30. Ne3 Rxd4 31.
Nf5 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Rf2+ 33. Kxe4 g2 34. Rg6+ Kf7 35. Rg3 Kf6 36. Ne3 Ra2 37.
Rxg2 Rxg2 38. Nxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Collins, Brendan"]
[Black "Bello Dilleen, Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1351"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516446"]
[BlackFideId "2545861"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 b6 7. e3 Ba6 8. b3
g6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rfe1 Bf8 12. e4 h6 13. Bd2 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Be7 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Bxh6 Re8 18. Qc3 b5 19. d5 cxd5 20. Qg7#
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "English, Ciaran"]
[Black "Flynn, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545870"]
[BlackFideId "2523655"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O O-O
8. Re1 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qb5 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Bd6 14.
Nxe5 Re8 15. d4 Nd7 16. f4 Qf6 17. Ne4 Nb6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qb3 fxe5 20.
g4 Bg6 21. f5 exd4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bh6 dxc3 24. Qxc3 Nd5 25. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Maddu, Khushi"]
[Black "Kelly, John F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531720"]
[BlackFideId "2542080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Knifton-Russell, Callum"]
[Black "Bermingham, Erica"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1333"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545888"]
[BlackFideId "2529297"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. a3 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 c6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qb6 13. b4 Nd5 14.
Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Bf6 16. Bb3 Bxd4 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Nf6 19. c4 Rfd8
20. Qf3 Rab8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 g6 25. c5 Qc7
26. Qf3 Qe5 27. a4 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Qxb4 29. Qxf6 Qxb3 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qd4+
Kg8 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qd4+ Kh6 34. Qd2+ g5 35. h4 Qd5 36. hxg5+ Qxg5 37.
Qxg5+ Kxg5 38. Kg3 f6 39. f4+ Kf5 40. Kf3 e5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Ramesh, Aiben Steve"]
[Black "Lannon, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2544091"]
[BlackFideId "2545896"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical (two knights) system"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Bg5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. d5 Ne5 11. Qe2 a6 12. f4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 b5 14. Qe2
Nd7 15. f5 Ne5 16. Rf2 h6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Kh1 Bg7 20. Qh5 f6
21. h4 Qe8 22. Qg4 h5 23. Qg3 g4 24. Ne2 Bh6 25. Nf4 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Rf7 27.
Raf1 Rh7 28. a3 b4 29. axb4 cxb4 30. e5 dxe5 31. Qxb4 Qb5 32. Qc3 Qxd5 33.
Rd2 Qb5 34. b3 Qxf1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf5 36. Rd3 Rc8 37. Qb4 Qf4+ 38. Qxf4 exf4
39. c4 e5 40. Rd6 Rcc7 41. Rxf6 Rcd7 42. Rxa6 Rd1 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Ra7+ Kg6
45. Ra6+ Kf5 46. g3 Rhd7 47. gxf4 R7d2+ 48. Kg3 Rg1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "O'Hallurain, Eoghan"]
[Black "Senthilnathan, Chirag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545918"]
[BlackFideId "2531810"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[Variation "four knights variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. d3 h6 8.
h3 Qe7 9. a3 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. b4 Bd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Rad8 14.
Ne2 Nxe2+ 15. Rxe2 a6 16. c4 b5 17. c5 d5 18. Qb3 dxe4 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20.
Bd2 exd3 21. Rxe5 Rfe8 22. Rae1 Rd5 23. c6 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Nd5 25. f4 Kf7 26.
g4 Kf6 27. g5+ hxg5 28. Rxg5 e5 29. h4 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Rd5 Re3 32.
Kf2 Ke6 33. Kg1 Kxd5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Dooley, David"]
[Black "O'Neill, Rose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2530716"]
[BlackFideId "2535637"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxe3 6. fxe3 O-O 7. d4 Re8
8. Bc4 d6 9. O-O Ng4 10. Qe2 Be6 11. d5 Bd7 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Rad1 a6 14.
h3 Nf6 15. Qd3 b5 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 e4 18. Qd4 exf3 19. Rxf3 Qd7 20.
Re1 a5 21. b4 axb4 22. Qxb4 Rab8 23. Rb1 c6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Rg3 Ne4 26.
Nxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxd6 Qxc2 28. Rb4 Qxa2 29. Qd4 Rbd8 30. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Patterson, Alan"]
[Black "Purcell, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545926"]
[BlackFideId "2537389"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+
Nc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. d4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. a3 Qb6 12. Rad1 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6
14. b4 a5 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Nc5 axb4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxc5
20. Qg3 g6 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qh4 h5 23. Bd4 Ra4 24. Qf6 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Qxc2
26. Rc1 Qf5 27. Rxc6 g5 28. Rfc1 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+
Kh7 32. Qh8+ Kg6 33. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Potru, Riyansh"]
[Black "Smith, Euan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1265"]
[WhiteClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534274"]
[BlackFideId "2545942"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8.
a3 Ne7 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nf5 12. Be3 Be7 13. f4 O-O 14. Rg1
Ncxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17. O-O-O Nxb5 18. Nxb5 a6 19. Nd4 Bc5
20. f5 Rac8 21. Kb1 exf5 22. Nxf5 g6 23. Rxd5 Kh8 24. Nd6 Bxf2 25. Rg2 Rc5
26. Rxc5 Bxc5 27. Nxb7 Bd4 28. Re2 Re8 29. Nd6 Re7 30. Nc4 h5 31. Re4 Bg1
32. Re2 Kg7 33. b4 Kh6 34. a4 g5 35. Nd6 Kg6 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 f5 38.
Nc4 Re6 39. Rd2 Bc5 40. Rd6 Bxd6 41. exd6 Kf7 42. b6 Re8 43. Na5 Rb8 44.
Nc6 Rxb6+ 45. Ka2 Rxc6 46. d7 Ke7 47. d8=Q+ Kxd8 48. Kb3 f4 49. Kb4 f3 50.
h4 g4 51. Kb5 Rc7 52. Kb6 f2 53. Kb5 f1=Q+ 54. Kb6 Qb1+ 55. Ka6 Rc2 56. Ka7
Ra2# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Smullen, Lorcan"]
[Black "Krishna, Devang R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545748"]
[BlackFideId "2538725"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Bd7 5. c3 e6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 cxd6
8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bb5 e4 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd7 Qxd7
14. cxd4 Rac8 15. Nb3 b6 16. Qe2 Rc7 17. a4 Rfc8 18. a5 Ne8 19. Rfb1 Rc2
20. Qh5 Qb5 21. h3 Qxb3 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra7 g6 24. Qe5 Rc1+ 25. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 26. Kh2 Rc8 27. Qe7 Kg7 28. Qxf7+ Kh6 29. Qf4+ g5 30. Qf8+ Kg6 31.
Qf7+ Kh6 32. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Nardo, Lilith"]
[Black "Zaletel, Ronan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1026"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2538482"]
[BlackFideId "2520958"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6
8. Bc3 Be7 9. Qd2 Be4 10. Ng5 Bxh1 11. Na3 O-O 12. O-O-O Be4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4
14. Qe1 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Qb6 16. a4 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 a6 18. Bf1 Rfc8 19. Rd3 Nb4
20. Qd2 Nxa2+ 21. Kd1 Qb1+ 22. Ke2 Rxc2 23. Rb3 Qxb3 24. Ke1 Rxd2 25. Kxd2
Rc8 26. g4 Rc2+ 27. Ke1 Qb1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Prendergast, Senan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1102"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534630"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "McCarney, Odhran"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545900"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bhushan, Addhrit"]
[Black "Dooley, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1449"]
[WhiteICU "1132"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535912"]
[BlackFideId "2530716"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6
8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Nf3 Qe4 13. O-O Qc2 14.
Qxc2 Bxc2 15. Bd1 Bxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kelly, John F."]
[Black "Emmo, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2542080"]
[BlackFideId "2523647"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. e5 Nc6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bb5 Ne7 7. Qa4 a6 8.
Bxc6+ Nxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 b5 11. Qd1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Ne1 Rc8 14.
Nc3 O-O 15. a3 Nc6 16. Qd2 Na5 17. Qd1 Nc4 18. Qe2 Nxa3 19. Rc1 Nc4 20. f4
Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bb4 22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rc4 25. b3 Rxc3 26.
Qxc3 Qb6 27. Rc1 b4 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. Rxc5 Rb8 30. Rc6 a5 31. Ra6 Kf8 32.
Rxa5 f6 33. g3 Kf7 34. Kf2 Kg6 35. Kf3 Rc8 36. Kg4 Rc3 37. exf6 Kxf6 38.
Ra6 g6 39. h4 h5+ 40. Kh3 Rxb3 41. Rb6 Rb2 42. Rc6 b3 43. Rc3 Rb1 44. g4 b2
0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Lannon, Martin"]
[Black "Williams, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "1402"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545896"]
[BlackFideId "2530945"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Ne5 c5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nxd7 Bxd7
8. Bxd6 Bxb5 9. Bxc5 Ne4 10. f3 Nxc5 11. dxc5 Bd7 12. Qd4 O-O 13. O-O Qc7
14. Nc3 Rfc8 15. e4 Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Rxc5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Rfd1 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "O'Dowd, Paul"]
[Black "Dhake, Siddhant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1383"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531500"]
[BlackFideId "2537176"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. h3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 cxd6 7. Bd3 Bxd3
8. Qxd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Na3 h6 14.
Rfd1 e4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Qd7 17. cxd5 Rbd8 18. d6 Rc8 19. Nb5 a6 20.
Nc3 Rc6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qxd6 23. Rd4 Qb8 24. Rad1 Rfc8 25. Rd7 Rc4
26. Qxb7 Qxb7 27. Rxb7 R8c7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. g3 Rc2 30. Rb1 Kf8 31. a3 Ke7
32. b4 Ra2 33. Rb3 g5 34. Kg2 f5 35. Rc3 Kf6 36. Rc6+ Ke5 37. Rxa6 Kd5 38.
a4 Kc4 39. b5 Rb2 40. Rxh6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Smith, Euan"]
[Black "Blokh, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1360"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545942"]
[BlackFideId "2543281"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Botvinnik system (anti-Meran)"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. a3 Nd7 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Qc2 fxe5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bg7 16. a4 a6 17. h3 Bxe5 18. Bf3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rhg8 20.
Rad1 c5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Qa3 b4 23. Qe3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qb7
26. Qxb7+ Kxb7 27. Rc1 c3 28. bxc3 bxc3 29. Rxc3 Kc6 30. Rf3 f5 31. Kf1 Rd8
32. Rg3 Kb5 33. Rb3+ Ka4 34. Rb1 c4 35. Ke2 c3 36. Rd1 c2 37. Rxd8 c1=Q 38.
Rd4+ Kb5 39. g4 Kc5 40. Rd8 Qb2+ 41. Rd2 Qe5+ 42. Kf1 f4 43. h4 f3 44. Kg1
Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Zaletel, Ronan"]
[Black "Collins, Brendan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "1351"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520958"]
[BlackFideId "2516446"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 a6 5. c3 Bg4 6. h3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Ne4 8.
O-O e6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. a3 b5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qd7 14.
Rfe1 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 f5 16. Qc2 Bf6 17. e4 Rae8 18. e5 Be7 19. b4 Qd8 20. Qd2
h6 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qxh6 Qd7 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Bermingham, Erica"]
[Black "English, Ciaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1333"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529297"]
[BlackFideId "2545870"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 e5 7. Be3 c6 8.
f4 Nbd7 9. h3 Re8 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. Bb3 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. fxe5 Rxe5 14.
Bd4 Re8 15. Qf4 Bf5 16. g4 Bd7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxf6 Qxf6 19. Rxf6 d4 20.
Nxd4 Re7 21. Raf1 Rf8 22. Ne4 Nc8 23. Ng5 Be8 24. Nde6 fxe6 25. Rxf8+ Kg7
26. Nxe6+ Kh6 27. Nc7 Nd6 28. Nxe8 Nxe8 29. R8f7 Re3 30. Kg2 Re2+ 31. R7f2
Re7 32. Rd1 b5 33. d4 a5 34. a3 Rc7 35. d5 Nd6 36. Rf6 Rd7 37. Rdf1 Nc4 38.
Bxc4 bxc4 39. Rd1 Kg7 40. Rc6 Rb7 41. Rxc4 Rxb2 42. d6 Kf7 43. d7 Rb8 44.
Rc8 Rxc8 45. dxc8=Q Kg7 46. Rd7+ Kh6 47. Qf8+ Kg5 48. Rd5+ Kh4 49. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Senthilnathan, Chirag"]
[Black "Patterson, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531810"]
[BlackFideId "2545926"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bf4 Bf5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5
8. Qb3 Nb6 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Nh5 15. Bh2 Bh4 16. Kh1 Rc8 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qc3 Qf6 20.
e4 b5 21. b4 cxb3 22. Qxb3 Rc4 23. Qe3 Rfc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26.
Qxc1 Qxf3+ 27. Kg1 Bxf2+ 28. Kf1 Bg3+ 29. Kg1 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Scanlan Gleeson, Theo"]
[Black "Smullen, Lorcan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1354"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2536498"]
[BlackFideId "2545748"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. O-O g6 8. Na3
Bg7 9. Nb5 O-O 10. Nd6 a6 11. Nxc8 Qxc8 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 b5 14. Rc1
Qb7 15. Qd2 a5 16. Bh6 Nb4 17. Bb1 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. a3 Nc6 20. Rfd1
Rfc8 21. Qg5 Ne7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Ng5 Rf8 25. Rc3 h6 26. Rh3
h5 27. Rxh5 gxh5 28. Qh6 Rfc8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "McCarney, Odhran"]
[Black "O'Neill, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "1372"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545900"]
[BlackFideId "2523833"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. d4
h6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Ne2 f6 11. Nd2 e5 12. Nxe4 exf4 13. Nc5 Bxc5
14. dxc5 Qe7 15. f3 Qxc5 16. Qd2 g5 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Rhe1 Rhe8 19. Nc3
Rxe1 20. Rxe1 d4 21. Ne4 Qe5 22. a3 Kd7 23. Kd1 Re8 24. b4 Kc7 25. Nxf6
Qxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 Kd6 28. Kd2 Ke6 29. Ne4 b6 30. b5 Ne5 31. c3
Nc4+ 32. Kd3 Nxa3 33. c4 Ke5 34. Nd2 h5 35. Nb3 Kd6 36. Kxd4 Nc2+ 37. Ke4
Ke6 38. Nd4+ Nxd4 39. Kxd4 Kd6 40. Kd3 Ke5 41. Kc3 g4 42. h3 gxh3 43. gxh3
Kf5 44. Kd4 Kg5 45. c5 Kh4 46. c6 Kxh3 47. c7 Kg3 48. Ke4 h4 49. c8=Q Kg2
50. Qg8+ Kf2 51. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Donnelly, Ultan"]
[Black "O'Neill, Sam (2)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1415"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516462"]
[BlackFideId "2539977"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Falkbeer variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bb5 c6 4. Ba4 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Qf3 Nxc3 7. Qxc3
Nd7 8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qxc6 Rb8 11. Qxd6 Bb7 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13.
Qxe5+ Kf8 14. O-O Rc8 15. c3 Qd5 16. Qg3 g6 17. f3 Kg7 18. d4 Rhe8 19. Bf4
Re2 20. Be5+ f6 21. Bd6 Rxb2 22. Rfe1 Bc6 23. a3 Rb3 24. Re7+ Kg8 25. Bb4
Re8 26. Rae1 Rxe7 27. Bxe7 Kg7 28. Bc5 Qd7 29. Re7+ Qxe7 30. Bxe7 Kf7 31.
Qe1 Rb7 32. Bb4 Bb5 33. Qh4 Kg7 34. d5 Rd7 35. d6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Flynn, Michael"]
[Black "Bermingham, Niamh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "816"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523655"]
[BlackFideId "2536056"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg3 Nxg3 6. hxg3 c6 7. Bd3 Bd6
8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. O-O-O c5 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bc6
14. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Prendergast, Eloise"]
[Black "Ramesh, Aiben Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "864"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2544083"]
[BlackFideId "2544091"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Bc4+ Kh8 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qe2 e5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nb1 Nxe5 12. Bd5 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bxb2 14.
Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qe2 Nxf1 16. Qxf1 Bxa1 17. Qxa1+ Qf6 18. Qd1 Be6 19. Bxb7 Rab8
20. Bc6 f4 21. e4 Rb4 22. Qe1 Rd4 23. b4 Rxb4 24. Qxb4 Qa1+ 25. Qe1 Qxe1#
0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Purcell, Adam"]
[Black "Knifton-Russell, Callum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537389"]
[BlackFideId "2545888"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 e6 7. c3 Re8 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. Ne5 c5 10. Qf3 c4 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bc2 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Nd7 15. Qe2 Bxe5 16. h4 Nc5 17. h5 Bb7 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Qg4 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3
cxd3 21. f4 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Qh4 Qxa1+ 24. Kf2 Qb2 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26.
Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Ramesh, Aimy Rose"]
[Black "Potru, Riyansh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "792"]
[BlackICU "1265"]
[BlackClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545934"]
[BlackFideId "2534274"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Three knights game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bc4 d6 5. Ng5 Qxg5 6. d4 Qxg2 7. Rf1 Nxd4
8. Nb5 Bg4 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Bg5+ Kxc7 11. Qd3 Nf3+ 12. Ke2 Nxg5+ 13. Ke1
Nxe4 14. Bd5 Bf5 15. Qb5 Bxf2+ 16. Ke2 Bg4+ 17. Kd3 Qh3+ 18. Kc4 Be2+ 19.
Kb4 Bxb5 20. Kxb5 Qd7+ 21. Ka5 a6 22. Kb4 Qb5+ 23. Ka3 Bc5+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Bello Dilleen, Ana"]
[Black "Prendergast, Senan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1102"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545861"]
[BlackFideId "2534630"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. f4 Bf5 3. h4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Qe7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Qe1 exf3 11. Rxf3 Bxc2 12. Rf2 Bf5 13. Rf1 h5 14. a4
b6 15. a5 a6 16. Ra4 Bc2 17. Qe2 Bxa4 18. Nxa4 b5 19. Nc3 Bb4 20. Qd2 Ne4
21. Qe1 Nef6 22. Bb7 Ra7 23. Bf3 Bxa5 24. g4 hxg4 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Qf2
Nxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxh4 28. Rh2 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 b4 30. Ne2 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qxe2+ 32.
Kh1 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qxc1 34. b3 Qxf4 35. Rh1 Qxd4 36. Ra1 Qxa1 37. Kh3 Qc3+
38. Kg4 Ne5+ 39. Kh5 Qh3+ 40. Kg5 f6+ 41. Kf4 Qg4+ 42. Ke3 Qf3+ 43. Kd2
Rd8+ 44. Kc1 Qd1+ 45. Kb2 Nd3+ 46. Ka2 Qc2+ 47. Ka1 Qb2# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Krishna, Devang R."]
[Black "O'Hallurain, Eoghan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2538725"]
[BlackFideId "2545918"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. h3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8.
Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Qe7 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bb3 Nxb3
14. axb3 Qg6 15. Kh2 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Rd7 17. d4 a6 18. d5 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qxe4
20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Rg1 f6 22. Rd4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd5 24. Qg4 Qe5+ 25. Kh1
Rcd8 26. Ne6 Qd5+ 27. e4 h5 28. exd5 hxg4 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxg4 Re8 31.
Rc4 Re7 32. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "O'Neill, Rose"]
[Black "Nardo, Lilith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "1026"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535637"]
[BlackFideId "2538482"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 c5 5. Nf3 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qd8 7. Bc4 a6
8. Ng5 f6 9. Nf7 Qe7 10. Nxh8 b5 11. Bxg8 Be6 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Qe2 Nc6 14.
O-O O-O-O 15. Nc3 b4 16. Nd5 Nd4 17. Qd3 Qg8 18. Qxa6+ Kd7 19. c3 Ne6 20.
cxb4 Qxh8 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. b4 cxb4 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24. Nxb4 Ra8 25. Rfd1+
Ke7 26. Qd6+ Kf7 27. e5 Rd8 28. Qc7+ Nxc7 29. exf6 Rg8 30. fxg7 Qxg7 31. g3
Rb8 32. Rd7+ Kg6 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nc6 Rb6 35. Ne5 Re6 36. f4 Nd5 37. a4
Ra6 38. Kf2 Nc3 39. g4 Ne4+ 40. Kf3 Nd2+ 41. Kg3 Nb3 42. Ra3 Nd2 43. h4
Nf1+ 44. Kh3 Nd2 45. h5 Nb1 46. Ra1 Nd2 47. g5 Ne4 48. g6 Nf2+ 49. Kh4 h6
50. Ra2 Ne4 51. Re2 Nc3 52. Rf2 Nd1 53. Rd2 Nc3 54. Rd7+ Kf6 55. Rf7+ Ke6
56. g7 Ne2 57. g8=Q Rxa4 58. Qe8+ Kd5 59. Rd7+ Ke4 60. Qf8 Ra1 61. Kg4 Rg1+
62. Kh3 Rh1+ 63. Kg2 Rg1+ 64. Kf2 Rc1 65. Nd3 Rc2 66. Re7+ Kd4 67. Qd8+ Kc3
68. Rc7+ Kd2 69. Ne1+ Kc1 70. Rxc2+ Kb1 71. Qb8+ Ka1 72. Qb2# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Maddu, Khushi"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531720"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Jaiganesh, Saicharan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1012"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535815"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Emmo, David"]
[Black "Bermingham, Erica"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackICU "1333"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523647"]
[BlackFideId "2529297"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Qd8
8. d4 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nb5 Nd5 11. Bg3 c6 12. c4 cxb5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14.
Qd3 a6 15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. Be5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxb7 Rad8
20. Qc2 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bxa6 Bc7 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25.
Qxc7 g6 26. Qc8+ Kg7 27. Qc3+ Kg8 28. b4 Qd5 29. a3 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qe2 31.
Qc5 Qa2 32. b5 Kg7 33. b6 Qb2 34. Qb4 Qe5+ 35. g3 Qe2 36. Qd4+ e5 37. Qe3
Qb2 38. Kg2 f5 39. a4 f4 40. gxf4 exf4 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. b7 Qb3 43. Qf8+ Kh5
44. b8=Q Qd5+ 45. Kh2 Qf3 46. Qbxf4 Qxf4+ 47. Qxf4 h6 48. h4 g5 49. Qf7+
Kg4 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. f3+ Kh4 52. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Blokh, Artem"]
[Black "O'Dowd, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1360"]
[BlackICU "1383"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2543281"]
[BlackFideId "2531500"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "classical, Steinitz variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8.
Qg4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qb4 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bd3 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. Rd3 Nc6 14.
Nd2 Qb4 15. a3 Qe7 16. Rg3 f6 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. h4 Na5 19. h5 Nc4 20. Nh4 Rf7
21. Ng6 Qd8 22. h6 hxg6 23. Qxg6 Qe7 24. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Patterson, Alan"]
[Black "Bhushan, Addhrit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[BlackICU "1132"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545926"]
[BlackFideId "2535912"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nbd7 6. Nd6# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Williams, Henry"]
[Black "McCarney, Odhran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1402"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2530945"]
[BlackFideId "2545900"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. d5 Nb8 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Na6 8.
O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 O-O 11. a3 Nc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. b4
f6 15. Na4 Re8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qc1 a6 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxb7
Bb6 21. c5 Qc8 22. c6 Qd8 23. Qa1 Qe7 24. a4 a5 25. Bc4 Qc5 26. Bd3 Qb4 27.
Re1 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Dooley, David"]
[Black "Scanlan Gleeson, Theo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1354"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2530716"]
[BlackFideId "2536498"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d5 2. d3 dxe4 3. dxe4 Qxd1+ 4. Kxd1 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. h3
Bh5 8. Bb5 O-O-O+ 9. Ke1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd4 11. Bd3 Nxf3+ 12. Kf1 Bc5 13.
Nc3 Nf6 14. Rb1 Bb4 15. Bg5 Nxg5 16. Rg1 Nf3 17. Rg3 Nd2+ 18. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Collins, Brendan"]
[Black "Lannon, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1351"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516446"]
[BlackFideId "2545896"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nc6 9. b3 Nb4 10. Qe2 c5 11. Ba3 Qa5 12. Bxb4 Qxb4 13. Rc1 cxd4 14.
exd4 e6 15. O-O a6 16. Qb2 Rfe8 17. a3 Qb6 18. Na4 Qc6 19. Rfe1 Qc7 20. c5
d5 21. Nb6 Rad8 22. b4 Nd7 23. Re2 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Nxb6 25. Rcc2 Nc8 26. Re5
f6 27. Re3 e5 28. Qh4 e4 29. Be2 d4 30. Bc4+ Kg7 31. Rxe4 Ne7 32. Re6 g5
33. Qh5 Ng6 34. g3 Rxe6 35. Bxe6 d3 36. Rd2 Qe5 37. Qf3 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qxd2
39. Qxb7+ Kh6 40. c6 Qc2 41. Qd7 Rxd7 42. cxd7 Qc7 43. Kf1 Nf8 44. Bg4 Nxd7
45. Ke1 Qc3+ 46. Kf1 Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Ne5 48. Bf5 d2 49. h4 d1=Q 50. hxg5+ fxg5
51. g4 Qh1+ 52. Kg3 Qcg1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Donnelly, Ultan"]
[Black "Zaletel, Ronan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1415"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516462"]
[BlackFideId "2520958"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 d4 4. Nce2 e5 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. c3 c5 7. cxd4 cxd4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. b4 Bd7 10. Qb3 a6 11. Nf3 Nge7 12. b5 axb5 13. Qxb5 Nb4 14. Qc4
Rc8 15. Rc1 Rxc4 16. Rxc4 Nxd3+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Dhake, Siddhant"]
[Black "Flynn, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537176"]
[BlackFideId "2523655"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nc3
d6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 h6 11. e5 hxg5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qf5
14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. Qh5 Re5 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qh8+
Ke7 20. Qxa8 Qb4 21. Qxa7 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Ramesh, Aiben Steve"]
[Black "Kelly, John F."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2544091"]
[BlackFideId "2542080"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d5 2. f3 dxe4 3. fxe4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5+ 7. Kh1
Nxe4 8. Qe2 Bf5 9. d3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. dxe4 Bg6 12. Nc3 f6 13. Nd5
O-O-O 14. c3 Qxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxe4 16. Nb4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Bb6 19. h3
Kb8 20. Re1 Bc2 21. Re2 Bd3 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. b3 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Rhd8 25. Rea2
c6 26. c4 Kc8 27. c5 Bc7 28. Ra7 e4+ 29. g3 R8d3 30. Ra8+ Kd7 31. Bf4 Rxa1
32. Rxa1 Bxf4 33. gxf4 Rxb3 34. Rd1+ Kc7 35. f5 Rxb4 36. h4 b6 37. cxb6+
Kxb6 38. h5 Kc7 39. h6 gxh6 40. Kh1 e3 41. Re1 Re4 42. Kg2 c5 43. Kf3 Re7
44. Rc1 Kc6 45. Ke2 h5 46. Rh1 Kd5 47. Rxh5 c4 48. Rh1 Ke4 49. Rc1 Rc7 50.
Rc3 Kxf5 51. Kxe3 h5 52. Kf3 Kg5 53. Kg3 f5 54. Kh3 f4 55. Kg2 Kg4 56. Kh2
h4 57. Kg2 Kg5 58. Kh2 Kg4 59. Kg2 Kf5 60. Kh3 Kg5 61. Kh2 Kg4 62. Kg2 f3+
63. Kh2 h3 64. Kh1 f2 65. Rc1 c3 66. Kh2 c2 67. Rf1 c1=Q 68. Rxc1 Rxc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "English, Ciaran"]
[Black "Senthilnathan, Chirag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545870"]
[BlackFideId "2531810"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. c3 Nxe4 5. d4 d6 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+
Kxd8 8. Bxf7 Bc5 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Bg4 11. Bd5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ng5 13. h4
Ne7 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bd5 Nxd5 16. hxg5 Nxe3 17. Na3 Rxb2 18. g6 h6 19. Rh5
Rf8 20. Rh3 h5 21. f4 exf4 22. Rxh5 f3 23. Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Smullen, Lorcan"]
[Black "Purcell, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545748"]
[BlackFideId "2537389"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nd2 c5 8.
Qa4 Bxe5 9. Bxe5 O-O 10. Bd6 Nb6 11. Qd1 Qxd6 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qb4+ 16. Kf1 Qxb2 17. g3 Rac8 18. Kg2 Rc2 19. Rf1 Rd2
20. Qe1 Rc8 21. e4 Qxd4 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 h6 24. Qc7 Nxe4 25. Bxe4
Qxe4+ 26. Kg1 Rxa2 27. Qxb7 Qe2 28. Qb8+ Kh7 29. Qf4 f5 30. Qb4 Qe4 31. Qe7
d4 32. Rc1 d3 33. Rc7 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Potru, Riyansh"]
[Black "O'Neill, Rose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1265"]
[WhiteClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534274"]
[BlackFideId "2535637"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d3 Ng4 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 d6 9. Nd5 Re8 10. Nh4 Be6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bh6 Bxc4 13. Qg4+ Kh8 14.
Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Prendergast, Senan"]
[Black "Smith, Euan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1102"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534630"]
[BlackFideId "2545942"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Qb6 7. b3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 cxd4 9. Nd2 dxe3 10. Bxe3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. g3 Nf6 13. Bg2 Rc8 14.
Nf3 O-O 15. Rac1 Ba3 16. Rb1 Nb4 17. Bf4 Qc6 18. Ne1 Nxc2 19. Nxc2 Qxc2 20.
Qxc2 Rxc2 21. Be3 b6 22. Ra1 Rfc8 23. h3 h6 24. Rfe1 e5 25. Red1 d4 26. Bb7
R8c7 27. Bd2 Rxb7 28. Be1 a5 29. Rab1 Rxa2 30. b4 Bxb4 31. Bxb4 axb4 32.
Rxb4 Ne4 33. Rf1 f5 34. Rb5 Nc5 35. Re1 e4 36. Rd1 d3 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4
d2 39. Rb4 Rc2 40. Kg2 Rd7 41. Rxb6 Rc1 42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Rc8 Rxd1 44. Rxc5
Rc1 45. Rxc1 dxc1=Q 46. Kg3 Rd3+ 47. Kg2 Qf4 48. Kf1 Qf3 49. Ke1 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "O'Neill, John"]
[Black "Krishna, Devang R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1372"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523833"]
[BlackFideId "2538725"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be2 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O
8. cxd5 exd5 9. c4 b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. O-O Ne7 12. Qb3 Ng6 13. Rb1 Qd6 14.
c5 Qd7 15. a4 Rab8 16. Ba3 bxc5 17. dxc5 Bc6 18. Qd3 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 d4 20.
Qxd4 Qxd4 21. exd4 Bxa4 22. Rb7 Re8 23. Kf1 Nf4 24. Bc4 Ne4 25. Rxc7 Ne6
26. Rxa7 Bd1 27. Ke1 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Nc3 29. Kd2 Nb1+ 30. Kc2 Nxa3+ 31. Rxa3
Nxd4+ 32. Kd1 Rd8 33. Kc1 Nxf3 34. Rxf3 Rc8 35. Bxf7+ Kh8 36. Rf5 g6 37.
Rd5 Rf8 38. Rd7 Rc8 39. Rd5 Rf8 40. Be6 Rxf2 41. c6 Rf1+ 42. Rd1 Rf8 43. c7
Kg7 44. c8=Q Rxc8+ 45. Bxc8 Kf6 46. Rd5 h5 47. Ba6 g5 48. Be2 h4 49. Kd2 h3
50. Bg4 Kg6 51. Bxh3 g4 52. Bxg4 Kh6 53. Ke3 Kg6 54. Ke4 Kf7 55. h4 Kg7 56.
Kf5 Kh6 57. Rd8 Kg7 58. Rd7+ Kf8 59. Ke6 Kg8 60. Kf6 Kh8 61. Kg6 Kg8 62.
Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "O'Hallurain, Eoghan"]
[Black "Nardo, Lilith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "1026"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545918"]
[BlackFideId "2538482"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 Nxd4 3. Qxd4 b6 4. Bc4 c5 5. Qd3 Bb7 6. Qf3 f5 7. Qxf5 Nh6
8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "O'Neill, Sam (2)"]
[Black "Ramesh, Aimy Rose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "792"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2539977"]
[BlackFideId "2545934"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 Ng4 6. h3 Nxf2 7. Rxf2
Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Nd5 d6 12. Nxc7 Qa4 13. Nxa8
Qb4 14. b3 Qc5+ 15. Be3 Qb4 16. Bd2 Qc5+ 17. Kf1 Bd7 18. Ng5 Nxc4 19. bxc4
Ba4 20. Qh5 Qd4 21. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Knifton-Russell, Callum"]
[Black "Prendergast, Eloise"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "864"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545888"]
[BlackFideId "2544083"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov three knights game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Nc6 7. Re1 d6 8.
h3 h6 9. Be3 Nh5 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Nb4 Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Bermingham, Niamh"]
[Black "Bello Dilleen, Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "816"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2536056"]
[BlackFideId "2545861"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 f6 3. c3 h6 4. Bc4 g5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Bb5+ Kf7 8.
O-O h5 9. h3 Nh6 10. h4 a5 11. hxg5 Kg8 12. gxh6 Rxh6 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. Re1
e5 15. b4 b6 16. bxa5 c5 17. Bc6 Ra6 18. Qe2 c4 19. Qxc4 Ra7 20. axb6 Qf8
21. bxa7 Nxc6 22. dxc6+ Kh8 23. a8=Q Qg7 24. Qxc8+ Kh7 25. Ng5+ Qxg5 26.
Qf7+ Bg7 27. Qcg8+ Kh6 28. Qfxg7+ Qxg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. c7 Kg6 31. c8=Q
Kg5 32. f4+ Kxf4 33. Qf5+ Kg3 34. Re3+ Kh4 35. Qh3+ Kg5 36. Rg3+ Kh6 37.
Qe6 h4 38. Qxf6+ Kh7 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Maddu, Khushi"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531720"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Jaiganesh, Saicharan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1012"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535815"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Patterson, Alan"]
[Black "Emmo, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545926"]
[BlackFideId "2523647"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. Bxc6 Qxc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4
8. O-O g6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Bg7 11. g4 O-O 12. g5 Nd7 13. Nd5 Rae8 14. h4
e6 15. Ne3 b5 16. h5 a5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qh3 d5 19. e5 Rf7 20. Ng4 Ref8
21. Rf2 Re7 22. Rh2 h5 23. gxh6 Bh8 24. h7+ Kg7 25. Nh6 c4 26. d4 Qb6 27.
c3 b4 28. Qg3 Rb8 29. f5 exf5 30. Nxf5+ Kf7 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Bg5+ Ke8 33.
Bf6 Nxf6 34. exf6 Rb7 35. Qxg6+ Rf7 36. Qg8+ Rf8 37. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lannon, Martin"]
[Black "Blokh, Artem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1360"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545896"]
[BlackFideId "2543281"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Rb1 cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O a6 11. Re1 Qd8 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. Ne5 Nxf4 14. Nxf4
Nxe5 15. dxe5 b5 16. Re3 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Nh5 Rh6 19. Qg4 g6 20. Re5
Bd6 21. Qg5 Qxg5 22. Rxg5 Rxh5 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24. Rd1 Bb7 25. b4 Kg7 26. Be2
h4 27. Bg4 e5 28. Be6 d4 29. c4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rc8 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. Be4 Bxe4
0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Zaletel, Ronan"]
[Black "Williams, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "1402"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520958"]
[BlackFideId "2530945"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Bxg3 10. hxg3 c4 11. Bc2 e5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 f5 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxc4 Qc7 19. Bb3 Bd7
20. Re1 Rae8 21. Qd4 b6 22. Rad1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. Qd5
Qf7 26. Qxf7 Bxf7 27. Bxf7 g6 28. f4 Kg7 29. Bc4 h6 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Kf3 g5
32. fxg5+ hxg5 33. g4 f4 34. Ke4 Kg7 35. Kf5 Kh6 36. b4 f3 37. gxf3 a5 38.
bxa5 bxa5 39. Be2 a4 40. a3 Kg7 41. Bb5 Kh6 42. Bxa4 Kg7 43. c4 Kf7 44.
Kxg5 Kg7 45. c5 Kf7 46. c6 Ke6 47. Kg6 Kd6 48. Kf6 Kc7 49. g5 Kb6 50. g6
Kc7 51. g7 Kb6 52. g8=Q Kc5 53. Qf8+ Kd4 54. c7 Ke3 55. c8=Q Kxf3 56. Qc3+
Ke4 57. Qa8+ Kf4 58. Qcf3# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Scanlan Gleeson, Theo"]
[Black "O'Dowd, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1354"]
[BlackICU "1383"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2536498"]
[BlackFideId "2531500"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Mujannah opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. f4 d5 2. c4 d4 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Qb4 b6 6. Qxb6 Bd7 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
Qc2 Nb4 9. Qd1 Bf5 10. d3 Nf6 11. a3 Nc6 12. b4 Rb7 13. b5 Nb8 14. Bb2 c5
15. g3 e6 16. Bg2 Ng4 17. Nh4 Ne3 18. Qa4 Rd7 19. Bc6 Nxc6 20. bxc6 Rc7 21.
Nxf5 exf5 22. Nd2 Qd6 23. Rb1 Qxc6 24. Qxc6+ Rxc6 25. Bc1 Bd6 26. Nf1 Ng4
27. h3 Nf6 28. e3 O-O 29. Kf2 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Bxb8 31. exd4 cxd4 32. Bb2 Rd6
33. Nd2 Nd7 34. Nf3 Rb6 35. Bxd4 Rb3 36. Re1 Kf8 37. Ne5 Bxe5 38. Bxe5 Rxd3
39. Re3 Rd2+ 40. Ke1 Nxe5 41. Kxd2 Nxc4+ 42. Ke2 Nxe3 43. Kxe3 Ke7 44. Kd4
Kd6 45. Kc4 a6 46. a4 f6 47. Kb4 Kc6 48. Ka5 Kb7 49. Kb4 Kb6 50. a5+ Kc6
51. Kc4 h6 52. g4 fxg4 53. hxg4 g6 54. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Flynn, Michael"]
[Black "Purcell, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523655"]
[BlackFideId "2537389"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 c6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. Bxg6 hxg6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
Bg3 Bxg3 9. fxg3 Nd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 Nxb6 12. b3 Nf6 13. O-O O-O-O 14.
Nbd2 Rdf8 15. Rae1 Nbd7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Rh5 18. Nfg5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Kc7
20. g4 Ra5 21. a4 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Ng5 Kd6 24. c4 f6 25. Ne4+ Kc7 26.
Ng5 Nxg4 27. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Bermingham, Erica"]
[Black "Potru, Riyansh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1333"]
[BlackICU "1265"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529297"]
[BlackFideId "2534274"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. Nxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Nc3
Bb4 8. Bd2 h6 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bxh6+ Ke7 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bxf6+ Kxf6 13.
Nd5+ Ke6 14. Nxc7+ Ke7 15. Nxa8 Ba5 16. Rd5 Bd8 17. Rxe5+ Be6 18. g3 Kd6
19. f4 Bf6 20. Ra5 Kc6 21. Bb5+ Kc5 22. Bd3+ Kc6 23. Rxa7 Bd4 24. Ra4 Be3+
25. Kb1 b6 26. f5 Bd7 27. Rc4+ Kb7 28. Rc7+ Kxa8 29. Rxd7 f6 30. Bb5 Bc5
31. Rf7 Bd4 32. c3 Be5 33. Rd1 Kb8 34. Rdd7 Kc8 35. Ra7 Kb8 36. Rab7+ Kc8
37. Rxb6 Rd8 38. Ba6# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Senthilnathan, Chirag"]
[Black "Smith, Euan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531810"]
[BlackFideId "2545942"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxc6
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Bxc6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e3 dxc4 13. e4
Qh4 14. e5 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Rd2 b5 18. Qb2 e5 19. Qb4 exd4
20. Qb2 d3 21. Qb4 Re8+ 22. Kd1 Qg4+ 23. f3 Bxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qxf3+ 25. Kc1
Re1+ 26. Kb2 Qxh1 27. Qa5 Qxf1 28. Qb4 Rb1+ 29. Ka3 Qc1+ 30. Rb2 Ra6+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Bhushan, Addhrit"]
[Black "O'Neill, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1449"]
[WhiteICU "1132"]
[BlackICU "1372"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535912"]
[BlackFideId "2523833"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Krause variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 c4 12. Qc2 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf3 Be6 16. e4 b5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qd1 Qxd1
20. Raxd1 Rfe8 21. f3 h6 22. Rf2 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h3 f6 25. a3 Kf7
26. Re2 Kg6 27. Kf2 Kf5 28. Kg3 g5 29. h4 Rg8 30. hxg5 Rxg5+ 31. Kf2 Kg6
32. g4 Re5 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. Kg2 Kg5 35. Kg3 a6 36. Kg2 Kf4 37. Kf2 Kg5 38.
Kg3 h5 39. gxh5 Kxh5 40. f4 Kg6 41. fxe5 Kf5 42. e6 Kxe6 43. Kf4 Kd5 44.
Ke3 Kc5 45. Ke4 a5 46. Ke5 b4 47. axb4+ axb4 48. cxb4+ Kxb4 49. Kd4 Kb3 50.
Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Kelly, John F."]
[Black "Collins, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "1351"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2542080"]
[BlackFideId "2516446"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. c3 Nxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Bd6
8. Re1 O-O 9. Bg5 Bxh2+ 10. Nxh2 Qxg5 11. Qxg4 Qh6 12. Bxd5 Nd8 13. Bb3 f5
14. Qe2 Rf6 15. Nd2 Rg6 16. Ndf3 Kh8 17. Qe3 f4 18. Qe2 Qh3 19. Qf1 Nf7 20.
Kh1 Qh5 21. Rxe6 Rg4 22. Kg1 Rg3 23. Rae1 Ng5 24. Nxg5 Rxg5 25. R6e5 Rf8
26. Rxg5 Qxg5 27. Nf3 Qg4 28. Qe2 h5 29. Qe6 Kh7 30. Qxg4 hxg4 31. Ne5 Kh6
32. Nxg4+ Kg5 33. Nh2 Rh8 34. f3 Kh4 35. Kf2 g5 36. Ng4 Kh5 37. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "McCarney, Odhran"]
[Black "Ramesh, Aiben Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545900"]
[BlackFideId "2544091"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "O'Hallurain, Eoghan"]
[Black "Dooley, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545918"]
[BlackFideId "2530716"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 Qe7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bg4 7. d5 Nd4 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Nd4 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxg4+ Nxg4 13. Qxg4+ Kb8
14. b4 c6 15. Bb2 c5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Qf4+ Ka8 18. Qd2 Qe5 19. c4 Bd6 20.
g3 f5 21. f4 Qf6 22. e5 Qe7 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Ba3 b6 25. Qd3 g6 26. Re6 Qd7
27. Nd2 a6 28. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Bermingham, Niamh"]
[Black "Donnelly, Ultan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "816"]
[BlackICU "1415"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2536056"]
[BlackFideId "2516462"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Be3 cxd5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 e4 9. h3 exf3 10. hxg4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxd5 12. gxf3 Be7 13. Qe2 Nc6
14. Bc3 O-O 15. Rd1 Qxa2 16. Qd3 g6 17. f4 Qe6+ 18. Be2 f6 19. f5 Qf7 20.
fxg6 hxg6 21. g5 Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. f4 Rad8 25. Qh3 Rxd1+
26. Bxd1 Rf7 27. Bh5 Rh7 28. fxe5 Qxe5+ 29. Be2 Rxh3 30. Rxh3 Bg5 31. Kd1
Kg7 32. Rh2 Qxh2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Prendergast, Senan"]
[Black "English, Ciaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1102"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534630"]
[BlackFideId "2545870"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8.
Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Be5 Bxe5 14.
dxe5 Nd7 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. b3 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qg3 Qb6 19. Rf1 Rbf8 20.
Na4 Qa7 21. Nc3 Rg6 22. Qd6 c5 23. Rae1 Rff6 24. Ne2 Qb7 25. Nf4 e5 26. Qe7
Rxf4 27. Rxe5 d4 28. g3 Qc8 29. Kh2 Nxe5 30. gxf4 Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Qxh3# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "O'Neill, Sam (2)"]
[Black "Smullen, Lorcan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2539977"]
[BlackFideId "2545748"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 Be6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7
8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. c3 Qb6 11. Qd2 Rad8 12. Rad1 h6 13. h3 Kh7 14.
Ne5 Nd5 15. Rb1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nf4 18. Qxf4 Rxd3 19. a3 Rfd8
20. Rfe1 Qb3 21. Qb4 Qc2 22. Rbc1 Qd2 23. Ne4 Qf4 24. h4 Qxh4 25. Nc5 Qg5
26. Nxd3 Bh3 27. Nf4 Bxg2 28. Nxg2 Rd3 29. Qe4 Rh3 30. Kf1 Qh5 31. Nh4 Rxh4
32. f4 Rh1+ 33. Kf2 Qh4+ 34. Ke3 Rxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36. Kd4 c5+ 37. Kd3
Qxe4+ 38. Kxe4 f5+ 39. exf6 exf6 40. Kf3 g5 41. f5 h5 42. Kg3 Kh6 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "O'Neill, Rose"]
[Black "Dhake, Siddhant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535637"]
[BlackFideId "2537176"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bb4
8. Bd2 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qd5 11. Re1 O-O-O 12. b4 Qd6 13. Ng5 Bxe2
14. Rxe2 Rhf8 15. Bb2 Ng4 16. Nf3 Ne7 17. c4 Ng6 18. c5 Qe7 19. Qd2 Rd5 20.
h3 Nh6 21. a4 Nh4 22. Nxh4 Qxh4 23. b5 Ng4 24. c6 b6 25. Ba3 Rfd8 26. f3
Nh6 27. Qc3 g5 28. Re5 g4 29. fxg4 Rxd4 30. Rh5 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kh2
Nxg4# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Krishna, Devang R."]
[Black "Knifton-Russell, Callum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2538725"]
[BlackFideId "2545888"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Italian variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. Be3 Bb6 8.
Qe2 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Na4 Nb4 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. a3 Na6 13. Bd2 c5 14. Bc3
Nc7 15. b4 Ne6 16. Rad1 Rxa3 17. Bb2 Nf4 18. Qe3 Ra4 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Bb3
Ra8 21. c3 Re8 22. d4 Qc8 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxh3+ 25. gxh3 Rxe5 26. c4
Rg5+ 27. Kh2 Rh5 28. Rxd7 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Prendergast, Eloise"]
[Black "Ramesh, Aimy Rose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "864"]
[BlackICU "792"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2544083"]
[BlackFideId "2545934"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Charlick (Englund) gambit"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nh6 5. g3 Ng4 6. Qd2 Nxf2 7. Rg1 Nh3
8. Bxh3 Bxg1 9. Nxg1 O-O 10. b3 Nxe5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. O-O-O b6 13. e4 d6 14.
Bxc8 Qxc8 15. Kb1 Qd7 16. Rf1 Rad8 17. Rf5 Re6 18. Qf4 Ng6 19. Qg5 Ne7 20.
Rf4 g6 21. Nce2 Qc6 22. Bb2 d5 23. Qh6 Nf5 24. exf5 d4 25. Nxd4 Re1+ 26.
Bc1 Qc5 27. f6 Qf8 28. Qg5 Rxg1 29. Rh4 c5 30. Rh6 Rxd4 31. Kb2 Rdd1 32.
Bf4 Rb1+ 33. Ka3 a6 34. Qh4 c4+ 35. Ka4 b5+ 36. Ka5 Qa3+ 37. Kb6 Rge1 38.
Rxh7 Re6+ 39. Kb7 Rxf6 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Nardo, Lilith"]
[Black "Bello Dilleen, Ana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1026"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2538482"]
[BlackFideId "2545861"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "King's head opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. f3 Nf6 3. c3 Bc5 4. d4 Bd6 5. dxe5 Bxe5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Na3 h6 8.
Bc1 Nc6 9. f4 Bd6 10. e5 Ne4 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxd6
a5 15. Ne2 a4 16. O-O b6 17. Nd4 Ba6 18. Nxc6 dxc6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qc2
Qxd6 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. b4 Raa8 23. Ba3 Qe8 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Rad1 Qc7 26. Bc1
b5 27. f5 a3 28. g3 Qb6+ 29. Be3 Qb7 30. Rd3 c5 31. bxc5 Rab8 32. Rd6 Ne8
33. c6 Qa8 34. Rdd1 Nc7 35. Bf4 Rbc8 36. f6 gxf6 37. Qe2 f5 38. g4 Kh8 39.
Be5+ Kh7 40. gxf5 Rg8+ 41. Kf1 Rcf8 42. Bxc7 Qa7 43. Be5 Qa6 44. Rd6 Rh8
45. f6 Rfg8 46. Rd8 Rxd8 47. Qe4+ Kg8 48. Qg4+ Kf8 49. Bg3 Rd6 50. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Maddu, Khushi"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531720"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Jaiganesh, Saicharan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1012"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535815"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Blokh, Artem"]
[Black "Patterson, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1360"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2543281"]
[BlackFideId "2545926"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Nf3
O-O 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Be3 Nf8 13. Nh2 Bg6
14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Nf3 Bh5 16. Kh1 Re7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4 Be4+ 19. Bxe4 Rxe4
20. Nf5 Bf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 23. f3 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Emmo, David"]
[Black "Zaletel, Ronan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523647"]
[BlackFideId "2520958"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3
8. Qxd3 e6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Ne4 Ndf6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Nd5
14. Bg3 Rc8 15. c4 Nb6 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. Rfe1 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 19. Bg3 Qd7
20. b3 Rcd8 21. Re4 c5 22. Re3 cxd4 23. Re2 e5 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Rfe8
26. Red2 Qg4 27. Qg3 Qxg3 28. Bxg3 Re4 29. Bf2 Kf7 30. Rxd4 Rexd4 31. Rxd4
Rxd4 32. Bxd4 Nc8 33. Kf2 Ke6 34. Ke3 a6 35. Ke4 Nd6+ 36. Kd3 g6 37. b4 f5
38. a4 Ne4 39. b5 Kd6 40. Be3 Nc5+ 41. Bxc5+ Kxc5 42. Kc3 a5 43. h4 b6 44.
g3 h6 45. Kd3 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Kc3 f4 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Kd3 f3 50. Ke3
Kxc4 51. Kxf3 Kb4 52. Ke4 Kxa4 53. Kd5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "O'Dowd, Paul"]
[Black "Bermingham, Erica"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1383"]
[BlackICU "1333"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531500"]
[BlackFideId "2529297"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. h3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nbd2 Rfc8 11. Qb3 c4 12. Qc2 a5 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3
Nd8 15. c4 Bd6 16. c5 Bxf4 17. exf4 Qc7 18. Qb2 Qxf4 19. Ne5 Nc6 20. Nxc6
Bxc6 21. Qc3 Bd7 22. b4 axb4 23. Qxb4 Qc7 24. Rfb1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Bc6 26.
Nf3 Nd7 27. Bb5 Bxb5 28. Qxb5 b6 29. cxb6 Nxb6 30. Qa5 Qc6 31. Ne5 Qd6 32.
Qa6 f6 33. Nf3 Qc6 34. Rb1 Rb8 35. Nd2 Qb7 36. Qb5 Qc7 37. Qa5 Na8 38.
Rxb8+ Qxb8 39. Qa6 Kf7 40. Qc6 Qc7 41. Qxc7+ Nxc7 42. Kf1 Nb5 43. Nf3 Kg6
44. Ke2 Nc3+ 45. Kd2 Ne4+ 46. Ke3 Kh5 47. g4+ Kg6 48. Nh4+ Kg5 49. Nf3+ Kh6
50. Ng1 Kg6 51. f3 Nd6 52. Ne2 f5 53. Nf4+ Kf7 54. Nd3 g5 55. Ne5+ Kg7 56.
Nc6 Nc4+ 57. Kd3 Kf6 58. Ke2 e5 59. dxe5+ Nxe5 60. Nd4 fxg4 61. hxg4 Kg6
62. Nf5 Nc6 63. Ke3 h5 64. Kf2 d4 65. gxh5+ Kxf5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Smith, Euan"]
[Black "Flynn, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545942"]
[BlackFideId "2523655"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Bc4 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bb3 O-O
8. O-O h6 9. Re1 Nbc6 10. Bf4 a6 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. Nxd5 Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4
14. Nxc7 Ra7 15. c3 Bb6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Bxh6 Rd8 19. Qg5 Nxh6
20. Qxh6 Bxb3 21. axb3 Raa8 22. Ra4 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. h3 Re1+ 25. Kh2
Qc7+ 26. g3 Qc6 27. g4 Qc7+ 28. Qf4 Qc6 29. Kg3 Rg1+ 30. Kh4 Qd7 31. Rd4
Qe7+ 32. Qg5 f6 33. Qxg6+ Kf8 34. Re4 f5+ 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 36. Qxf5 Rg2 37. g5
Rxg5 38. Qxg5+ Kf7 39. f4 b5 40. f5 b4 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. f6 bxc3 43. Qg7+
Ke8 44. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Williams, Henry"]
[Black "Ramesh, Aiben Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1402"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2530945"]
[BlackFideId "2544091"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 f6 4. d5 Nb8 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. Nf3 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 Bc5
8. Nc3 Qg6 9. O-O Ne7 10. a3 a5 11. Bc4 d6 12. g3 Bh3 13. Re1 O-O 14. Rxe7
f5 15. Bd3 c6 16. Rxb7 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nc6 18. Nc7 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Nxa8
e4 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Nc7 f4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Rb8+ Bf8 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. Bxe6
Rf6 27. Qd6 h6 28. Rxf8+ Kh7 29. Rxf6 Qxf6 30. c3 g5 31. Qd7+ Kg6 32. Qf7+
Qxf7 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. c4 Ke6 35. c5 Kd7 36. Rc1 Kc6 37. Kf1 h5 38. Ke2 h4
39. gxh4 gxh4 40. Ke3 h3 41. Kxe4 a4 42. f4 Kc7 43. f5 Kd7 44. c6+ Kc7 45.
f6 Kb6 46. f7 Kc7 47. f8=Q Kb6 48. Qc5+ Kc7 49. Qa7+ Kc8 50. Rg1 Kd8 51.
Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Scanlan Gleeson, Theo"]
[Black "O'Hallurain, Eoghan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1354"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2536498"]
[BlackFideId "2545918"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Falkbeer variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Be2 d6 8.
exf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxd4 12. Bxb7 Qxf1+ 13. Qxf1
Nxc2 14. Qe2+ Be7 15. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Lannon, Martin"]
[Black "Kelly, John F."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545896"]
[BlackFideId "2542080"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Rubinstein (Colle-Zukertort) variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 c5 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. b3 d5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bb5 O-O 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ba3 Qa5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. Re1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Potru, Riyansh"]
[Black "Bhushan, Addhrit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1449"]
[WhiteICU "1265"]
[BlackICU "1132"]
[WhiteClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534274"]
[BlackFideId "2535912"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Nc3
e6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 f6
14. Qh5+ Qf7 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. O-O-O Rhd8 18. Rd2 a6 19.
Rhd1 b5 20. a3 Rdc8 21. f5 exf5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Kg8 24. Rxf5 Rf8 25.
Rdd5 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Kd2 Ke7 29. Ke3 Kd7 30. b4 Ke7
31. Kd4 Kd6 32. h3 Kc6 33. Ke5 Kd7 34. Kd5 h5 35. h4 Kc7 36. Kc5 Kb7 37. g3
Kc7 38. Kd5 Kd7 39. Ke5 Ke7 40. Kf5 Kd6 41. Kg6 Kd5 42. Kxh5 Kc4 43. Kg6
Kc3 44. Kxg7 Kxc2 45. h5 Kb3 46. h6 Kxa3 47. h7 Kxb4 48. h8=Q Ka4 49. Qh4+
b4 50. Qc4 a5 51. Qa2+ Kb5 52. g4 a4 53. g5 b3 54. Qa3 Kc4 55. Qxa4+ Kc3
56. Qxb3+ Kxb3 57. g6 Kc3 58. Kf6 Kc4 59. g7 Kd4 60. g8=Q Ke4 61. Qg5 Kd4
62. Qe5+ Kc4 63. Qd6 Kc3 64. Ke5 Kc4 65. Qd5+ Kc3 66. Qd4+ Kc2 67. Qe3 Kb2
68. Kd4 Kb1 69. Qd2 Ka1 70. Kc3 Kb1 71. Qb2# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "O'Neill, John"]
[Black "Donnelly, Ultan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteICU "1372"]
[BlackICU "1415"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523833"]
[BlackFideId "2516462"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qa5+ 4. Bd2 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. c4 Qe6+ 7. Qe2 Na6
8. Qxe6 Bxe6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Ne5 e6 11. Bg5 Nb4 12. Na3 Nxd3+ 13. Nxd3 Be7
14. Ne5 Bh5 15. Nc2 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. f3 Nd6 18. O-O f6 19. c5 fxe5 20.
cxd6+ Kxd6 21. dxe5+ Kxe5 22. Rad1 Rhd8 23. g4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bg6 25. Ne3
Rf8 26. Kf2 h5 27. g5 Be4 28. Nc4+ Kf4 29. fxe4 Kxg5+ 30. Ke3 Kh4 31. Rg1
Kh3 32. Rxg7 Kxh2 33. Rh7 Kg3 34. Rxh5 Rf3+ 35. Kd4 Rf2 36. Rh7 b5 37. Ne3
Rxb2 38. Rxa7 Kf4 39. Rf7+ Kg5 40. Ra7 Kf4 41. Rf7+ Kg5 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43.
Rg2 Rb4+ 44. Kd3 Ke7 45. Rd2 Kf7 46. Nc2 Ra4 47. Nd4 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 Rc3 49.
Rc2 Rxc2+ 50. Nxc2 Ke7 51. Kd3 Kd6 52. Na3 Ke5 53. Nc2 Kd6 54. Kd4 e5+ 55.
Kd3 c5 56. Na3 Kc6 57. Ke3 c4 58. Kd2 Kc5 59. Kc3 b4+ 60. Kb2 bxa3+ 61.
Kxa3 Kd4 62. Kb2 Kd3 63. a4 c3+ 64. Kc1 Kc4 65. Kc2 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Dhake, Siddhant"]
[Black "Senthilnathan, Chirag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537176"]
[BlackFideId "2531810"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 f5 7. Nc3
Nf6 8. Bg5 Bb4 9. O-O-O+ Ke7 10. Nd5+ Kf8 11. Nxc7 Rb8 12. Bb5 Kf7 13. Bxc6
bxc6 14. Nxe5+ Ke7 15. Nxc6+ Kf7 16. Nxb8 Nxe4 17. c3 Bxc3 18. Rhf1 Bxb2+
19. Kxb2 Nxg5 20. Rfe1 Bb7 21. Rd7+ Kg6 22. Ree7 Rxb8 23. Rxg7+ Kh5 24. Kc1
Be4 25. f4 Rb1+ 26. Kd2 Rb2+ 27. Kc3 Rc2+ 28. Kb3 Rxc7 29. Rxg5+ Kh4 30.
Rxc7 h6 31. Rh7 Bd5+ 32. Kc3 Bc4 33. Rxh6# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Purcell, Adam"]
[Black "English, Ciaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537389"]
[BlackFideId "2545870"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Ng5 e5 8.
Qb3 Qe7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O-O 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nf7 Bd5
14. Qa4 Qxf7 15. O-O Kb8 16. Rd1 a6 17. c4 Bc6 18. Rxd8+ Ka7 19. Qd1 Bg7
20. Rxh8 Bxh8 21. Qb3 b5 22. Na3 Kb6 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. c5+ Kb7 25. Rd2 Be8
26. Qg8 Bf7 27. Qd8 Be6 28. Qxf6 Bxf6 29. b4 Bc3 30. c6+ Kxc6 31. Rc2 Bxa2
32. Rxc3+ Kb6 33. h3 a5 34. bxa5+ Kxa5 35. Nxb5 Kxb5 36. Rxc7 Bg8 37. Rg7
Bd5 38. Rxh7 Kc4 39. Rg7 Be4 40. f3 Kd3 41. fxe4 fxe4 42. Rxg6 Kxe3 43.
Rg3+ Kf4 44. Rg4+ Ke3 45. h4 Kd3 46. Kf2 e3+ 47. Ke1 e2 48. h5 Ke3 49. h6
Kd3 50. h7 Ke3 51. h8=Q Kd3 52. Qd4+ Kc2 53. Qc5+ Kd3 54. Rd4+ Ke3 55. Qe5#
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Smullen, Lorcan"]
[Black "Collins, Brendan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1351"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545748"]
[BlackFideId "2516446"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Ne4 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Qb6 7. Qb3 Qe6
8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Bb5 g6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bd3
Bf6 15. Nbd2 h5 16. b4 h4 17. h3 Rh5 18. Be2 Rh8 19. a4 g5 20. Bh2 g4 21.
hxg4 fxg4 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Bh2+ 26. Kxh2
Qxe4 27. f3 gxf3 28. Bxf3 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 h3 30. Bxa8 hxg2 31. Bxg2 Qh2+ 32.
Kf2 Rf8+ 33. Ke3 Qxg2 34. Kd3 Qg3+ 35. Kc4 Qc7+ 36. Kb3 Qc6 37. b5 Be6+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Dooley, David"]
[Black "Prendergast, Eloise"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "864"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2530716"]
[BlackFideId "2544083"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Italian variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 g6 5. O-O Bh6 6. d4 Bxc1 7. Rxc1 exd4
8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. f4 Nxc4 10. Qe2 Nxb2 11. e5 Nh5 12. Rb1 Nd1 13. Qxd1 b6 14.
g4 Ng7 15. Qf3 Ba6 16. Rf2 Qe7 17. Qxa8+ Qd8 18. Qxd8+ Kxd8 19. f5 g5 20.
f6 Ne8 21. Ne4 d5 22. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Knifton-Russell, Callum"]
[Black "Prendergast, Senan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "1102"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545888"]
[BlackFideId "2534630"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. d3 h6 8.
Re1 Bd7 9. a3 a6 10. Bd2 b5 11. Ba2 Qe7 12. Qc1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nd5
Qe5 15. Nxc7 Ra7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Ba2 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Qe6 20.
Ra1 d5 21. exd5 Qxd5 22. Re4 Re7 23. Rxe7 Bxe7 24. a4 Bd6 25. axb5 Qe5 26.
g3 axb5 27. Bf4 Qh5 28. Bxd6 Re8 29. Kh2 Re2 30. Qg1 Rxc2 31. b4 Rc3 32.
Qe1 Rxd3 33. Qe4 Rd2 34. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Nardo, Lilith"]
[Black "Bermingham, Niamh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1026"]
[BlackICU "816"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2538482"]
[BlackFideId "2536056"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. c4 Qd8 4. c5 e5 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bf1 Bxc5 7. a3 Bf5
8. b4 Bb6 9. Nc3 c5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Na4 cxb4 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. axb4 Qxb5
14. Qe2 Bd3 15. Qd1 Nxb4 16. Ba3 Nc2+ 17. Qxc2 Bxc2 18. Nf3 e4 19. Nd4 Qd3
20. Nxc2 Qxc2 21. O-O Qxd2 22. Rfd1 Qf4 23. g3 Qf3 24. Re1 e3 25. fxe3 Rd8
26. Rf1 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 Rd2 28. Rae1 Re2 29. Rd1 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "O'Neill, Rose"]
[Black "O'Neill, Sam (2)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535637"]
[BlackFideId "2539977"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qxb4
d6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Ng4 10. Re1 Qh4 11. h3 Qxf2+ 12. Kh1 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Bello Dilleen, Ana"]
[Black "Krishna, Devang R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545861"]
[BlackFideId "2538725"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Kf1 Bc5 6. Ng1 d6 7. a4 Ng4 8.
h3 Nxf2 9. b4 Nxd1 10. Ke2 Bd4 11. Ra2 Nc3+ 12. Kf1 Qf6+ 13. Nf3 Nxa2 14.
Ba3 d5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Ramesh, Aimy Rose"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "792"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545934"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Maddu, Khushi"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531720"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Jaiganesh, Saicharan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1012"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535815"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Challenger 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "McCarney, Odhran"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545900"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241838"]
[EventSection "5/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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