[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nikiforov, Sergey"]
[Black "Loughran, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[BlackICU "1467"]
[BlackClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14129086"]
[BlackFideId "2501562"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "John Loughran, via Craig DuBose"]

{ Annotator: John Loughran. } { Event information: <a
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Nbd2 Nc6 (4... Nf6 5. g3) 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2
Be7 7. O-O b5 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Qb6 11. h4 a5 12. N1h2 b4 13. h5
Ba6 (13... h6 { is another plan } 14. Ng4 Kh7 15. Qd2 { Here B is not in
time to defend h6 with Rf8 moves and Bf8 }) 14. h6 g6 15. Ng4 Rfc8 16. Bg5
Qd8 17. Qd2 Nd4 18. Bxe7 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qxe7 20. Qf4 c4 21. d4 c3 22. b3
Bb5 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. exf6 Qc7 25. Re5 a4 26. Rae1 axb3 27. axb3 Bc6 {
maybe too passive } 28. Be2 Bd7 29. Bd3 Qd6 30. Kg2 Ra5 31. g4 Rca8 32. Qe3
Ra1 33. f4 Rxe1 34. Qxe1 Qb6 35. Qe3 Qd8 36. f5 Qxf6 37. g5 Qe7 38. Kf2 Qd6
39. Qf4 Rf8 40. f6 Ra8 41. Qh4 Kh8 (41... Qb8 42. Qg3 Qxe5) 42. Re1 Qb8 43.
Qg3 Qxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Kg8 45. Kf4 { B is lost } 45... Kf8 46. Ke5 Rb8 47. Ra1
Ke8 48. Kd6 Kd8 49. Ra6 Be8 50. Ra7 Rb6+ 51. Kc5 Rb8 (51... Rb5+ 52. Kd6)
52. Bxg6 Rb5+ 53. Kd6 fxg6 54. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Donohoe, Eugene"]
[Black "Burke, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[WhiteICU "1467"]
[BlackICU "1677"]
[WhiteClub "Lucan"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502445"]
[BlackFideId "2501520"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/FouvuJFK/fxDus1kH)"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "O'Shea, Niall"]
[Black "Fougerat, Emma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1587"]
[WhiteICU "1594"]
[BlackICU "1244"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "2505142"]
[BlackFideId "45107505"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Farry, Stephen"]
[Black "Beatty, Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1797"]
[BlackICU "1789"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520087"]
[BlackFideId "2507552"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Cummins, Sean"]
[Black "Kononova, Alina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1789"]
[BlackElo "1559"]
[WhiteICU "1672"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2512084"]
[BlackFideId "14137593"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[WhiteFullName "Cummins, Se&aacute;n"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "McGlone, Ciaran"]
[Black "Gorman, Dean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1526"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[WhiteICU "1325"]
[BlackUCU "1783"]
[BlackClub "Lisburn"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516888"]
[BlackFideId "2518309"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[WhiteFullName "McGlone, Ciar&aacute;n"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "McGrath, Mark"]
[Black "Divilly, Paddy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "1517"]
[WhiteICU "1200"]
[BlackICU "1259"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Ballinasloe"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519895"]
[BlackFideId "2505754"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Gould, Richard"]
[Black "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[BlackICU "1554"]
[WhiteUCU "1551"]
[WhiteClub "N.I.C.S."]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510855"]
[BlackFideId "2502089"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "O'Connell, Denis"]
[Black "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1722"]
[BlackElo "1510"]
[WhiteICU "1553"]
[BlackUCU "1417"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505860"]
[BlackFideId "2510340"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Evans, Damian"]
[Black "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1510"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[WhiteICU "1288"]
[BlackICU "1747"]
[WhiteClub "Royal Lopez"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2515695"]
[BlackFideId "14189208"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Annotator "Damian Evans"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 { c6 is one of the strongest responses IMO. } 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. e3 Ne4 5. Bf4 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Bxf3 8. Nxf3 Nd7 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O
Be7 { This seems fine for white, I was fairly happy. How quickly things go
wrong. } 11. c4 { Presumably I needed to play h3 here. } (11. h3 g5 12. Bh2
g4 13. hxg4) 11... g5 12. Bg3 (12. Be5 f6 13. Bg3 h5 14. h3) 12... h5 { I
eventually gave in and turned on the engine. White is fine here is they
play h4. h3, not so much. } 13. h3 g4 14. hxg4 hxg4 15. c5 Nxg3 16. fxg3
Qc7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Rf4 Bg5 20. Bxg4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Qg7 22.
Bf3 O-O-O 23. e4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Hewitson, David"]
[Black "Martin, Desmond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1702"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[WhiteICU "1363"]
[BlackICU "1153"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[WhiteNationality "SWE"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1745875"]
[BlackFideId "2506815"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Scott, Shay"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1481"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[WhiteICU "1213"]
[BlackICU "1273"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504413"]
[BlackFideId "2504375"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Sheahan, Gavin"]
[Black "Khanzharov, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1638"]
[WhiteICU "1638"]
[BlackICU "1440"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Strand"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516284"]
[BlackFideId "2511975"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/FouvuJFK/arqTh3lT)"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nc5 13. d4 Be4 14.
Qd1 Nd7 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Rc1 Qc8 17. Bh3 Rd8 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. e4 c5 20. d5
Bxc3 21. Rxc3 exd5 22. exd5 Re8 23. Ne4 Qc7 24. Rce3 h6 25. Qa4 Red8 26.
Nc3 Nf6 27. Re7 Qb8 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. R1xe4 a6 30. Rf4 Rf8 31. Rfxf7 Rxf7
32. Be6 b5 33. Qc2 Kh8 34. Rxf7 Qe5 35. Rxb7 bxc4 36. Qxc4 Rf8 37. Kg2 h5
38. Rf7 Rb8 39. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Halpenny, John"]
[Black "Woods, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[WhiteICU "1314"]
[BlackICU "1644"]
[WhiteClub "Gorey"]
[BlackClub "Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510235"]
[BlackFideId "2518384"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Ni Mhuireagain, Eibhia"]
[Black "Ward, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[WhiteICU "1625"]
[BlackICU "1436"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505665"]
[BlackFideId "2508257"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Eibhia Ni Mhuireagain, via Craig DuBose"]
[WhiteFullName "N&iacute; Mhuireag&aacute;in, Eibhia"]

{ Source: Eibhia N&iacute; Mhuireag&aacute;in, via Craig DuBose. } {
Annotator: Eibhia N&iacute; Mhuireag&aacute;in. } { Event information: <a
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1. c4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 { So
far pretty standard, nothing too crazy. I wasn't expecting to be playing
against a stonewall but I felt quite comfortable with my position } 7...
Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Qe8 10. b3 { I played this with the idea of
potentially going a4 and Ba3 to try trade off the bishops } 10... Ne4 {
Here I realised that b3 was probably not the best. I realised that even if
I managed to trade off the bishops, I would end up with a misplaced rook on
a3 which black could easily attack and gain tempo with Qe7. } 11. e3 { This
blocks my bishop a bit but I was planning on developing it the other way
anyways } 11... Nd7 12. Bb2 Qh5 { I felt this was a bit too aggressive too
soon for black, I was confident enough that I didn't have to worry too much
about his attack. } 13. Ne2 { Heading for f4 and planning for Ne5 } 13...
g5 { Somehow I was still not overly worried about this attack, I felt I had
enough pieces to defend and that Ne5 would cause issues for black } 14. Ne5
Nxe5 { I was happy when black took here, I am threatening f3 now, the
knight on e4 looks like it has nowhere to go once I am covering f6 with the
e5 pawn. } 15. dxe5 Be7 16. f3 Nc5 17. Ba3 b6 18. b4 Nd7 19. Qxc6 { After I
got this pawn on c6 it was impossible to defend the rest of the pawns and
his position fell apart } 19... Rb8 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Bb2 Qe8 22. e6+ {
Here I felt like there had to be a checkmate soon } 22... Nf6 23. Qxf5 h6
24. f4 Kg8 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Qxg5+ Kh7 27. Be4+ Kh8 28. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Novak, Vjekoslav"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[WhiteICU "1563"]
[WhiteClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "CRO"]
[WhiteFideId "14511584"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Jamison, Brendan"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[WhiteICU "1717"]
[WhiteClub "Strand"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511703"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Tom"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[WhiteICU "1273"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2504375"]
[BlackFideId "14129086"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/UpruGBZG/EORkuQEB)"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Be2 dxc4
8. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 bxc6 10. O-O Ba6 11. b3 Nd5 12. Nb2 Nb6 13. Nxc4 Nxc4
14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. bxc4 Rb8 16. Bd2 Bc5 17. Bc3 f6 18. Rfd1 Ke7 19. Kf1 Bb4
20. Bxb4+ Rxb4 21. Rd2 Rhb8 22. Rc1 Rb1 23. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 24. Ke2 Rc1 25. Rb2
Kd6 26. Rb7 Rc2+ 27. Kf3 Rxa2 28. Rxg7 h5 29. Rh7 Ra5 30. g4 hxg4+ 31. Kxg4
Ra1 32. h4 a5 33. Ra7 a4 34. Ra5 a3 35. h5 a2 36. Kf3 Rh1 37. Rxa2 Rxh5 38.
Ke4 f5+ 39. Kd3 Rh2 40. Rd2 Kc5 41. Rc2 e5 42. Ke2 $2 (42. Ra2 $10) 42...
Rh1 $17 43. Kd3 Ra1 44. f3 Ra3+ 45. Rc3 $2 (45. Ke2 $17) 45... Ra2 $2 (
45... Kb4 $1 { wins almost immediately. }) 46. e4 $2 (46. Rc1 $17) 46... f4
47. Rc1 Rf2 48. Ra1 Rxf3+ 49. Kd2 Re3 50. Ra5+ Kd4 51. Ra8 Rxe4 52. Rf8
Kxc4 53. Rf6 c5 54. Rf7 Rd4+ 55. Ke2 Kd5 56. Rd7+ Ke4 57. Rc7 f3+ 58. Kf2
Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Burke, Kevin"]
[Black "Sheahan, Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1638"]
[WhiteICU "1677"]
[BlackICU "1638"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501520"]
[BlackFideId "2516284"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Milner-Barry gambit"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/UpruGBZG/y6rpXJMc)"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O Rc8 8. a3
Nh6 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 11. b4 Nfxd4 12. Bb2 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Be7 14.
Rc1 O-O 15. h4 h6 16. Ng5 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Bb1 Rcf8 20.
Rc5 g6 21. Nf3 Be8 22. Qd2 Kg7 23. Qc3 a6 24. Nh2 d4 25. Qg3 Qd8 26. Ng4
Rf4 27. Re1 d3 28. Bxd3 Rxg4 29. Qxg4 Qxd3 30. Rxe6 Bd7 31. Rxg6+ Qxg6 32.
Qxd7+ Rf7 33. Qd2 Qg4 34. Qc3+ Kh7 35. h5 Nd4 36. Qd3+ Kg7 37. Qc3 Kh7 38.
Qd3+ Kg7 39. Qc3 Qf4 40. Qe1 Qf6 41. Qe3 Re7 42. Qg3+ Kh7 43. Qd3+ Kg7 44.
Qg3+ Kf7 45. Kh2 Ne6 46. Re5 Rd7 47. f3 Rd4 48. Kg1 Nf4 49. Qe1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Beatty, Ross"]
[Black "Woods, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[WhiteICU "1789"]
[BlackICU "1644"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507552"]
[BlackFideId "2518384"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/UpruGBZG/erM1FSt0)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. d4 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8.
Ne5 Nh5 9. e3 f6 10. Nd3 c4 11. Nc5 b6 12. Na4 Nxf4 13. gxf4 Bf5 14. Nd2
Bd3 15. Re1 e5 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 e4 18. Nb2 Na5 19. Qd1 Ba6 20. c4 dxc4
21. Nxe4 Bb7 22. f3 Rc8 23. Nc3 b5 24. a3 Nb3 25. Ra2 Qa5 26. Qc2 Rfe8 27.
Kf2 f5 28. Rd1 a6 29. Bf1 Qd8 30. Nxc4 bxc4 31. Bxc4+ Rxc4 32. Qxb3 Qc7 33.
Rb2 Kh8 34. Ne2 Bd5 35. Qd3 Qc6 36. Rdb1 Bxf3 37. Rb6 Bxe2 38. Qxe2 Qa4 39.
Rb8 Rf8 40. R1b2 h6 41. R8b6 Rfc8 42. Kf3 Qa5 43. Rxg6 Qd5+ 44. Kg3 Rc1 45.
Kh3 a5 46. Qg2 Qf7 47. Rb7 R8c7 48. Rbb6 Kh7 49. e4 R1c3+ 50. Kh4 Qe7+ 51.
Kh5 Qf7 52. e5 Rxa3 53. e6 Rcc3 54. h4 Qe8 55. Rb7 Rg3 56. Rxg7+ Kh8 57.
Qb7 Rxg6 58. Rxg6 Qf8 59. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gorman, Dean"]
[Black "Ni Mhuireagain, Eibhia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[BlackICU "1625"]
[WhiteUCU "1783"]
[WhiteClub "Lisburn"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518309"]
[BlackFideId "2505665"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Eibhia Ni Mhuireagain, via Craig DuBose; Lichess"]
[BlackFullName "N&iacute; Mhuireag&aacute;in, Eibhia"]

{ Source: Eibhia N&iacute; Mhuireag&aacute;in, via Craig DuBose; Lichess
(https://lichess.org/study/UpruGBZG/cOZANX6X). } { Annotator: Eibhia
N&iacute; Mhuireag&aacute;in. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 { I didn't expect my opponent to play this so I
knew I was going to be a bit unsure and lost for the opening } 3... c5 4.
c3 Nc6 5. Be3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Nf3 a6 { I think this was
too slow and conservative, I think I would have een better off developing.
I was preparing for if whites a3 and b4 by leaving a little space for my
bishop on a7. I was also preventing the knight from ever hopping into b5 }
9. Bd3 h6 { Another move that I feel was just too slow, I was just letting
white get so ahead on development. } 10. O-O Bd7 { I was still abit unsure
of castling, white has so many pieces that can easily attack my kingside
and theres aways risks of sacrifices } 11. Rc1 Qa5 { This was definitely
not a good move, I was just trying to put some pressure on the queenside
pawns but it really did nothing but waste time. The queen was better off
where she was } 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 b5 { I had a hard time coming up with
a plan. I decided to just try and get some space on the queenside but it
ended up doing the opposite } 14. b4 Qd8 15. Qd2 Nf5 { I was hoping white
would take the knight and at least give me something to play for with the
pawn on f5 and ideas of starting a kingside attcak with maybe g5 and Rg8 at
some point } 16. Rc5 Nce7 { Trying to reloacte my knight and get it to be
more useful } 17. h3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 O-O { finally castled, I wanted the Rook
on f8 so that I could play f6/f5 } 19. Qf2 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 { I was
thinking maybe I culd have a bit of play now that my pieces are starting to
get freed up a bit } 21. Qg3 Nf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Rfc1 a5 { I felt like
white was just dominating here with his strong doubled rooks so I decided
to go for a bit of an ambitious counter attack, I didn't really calucalte
too much I just felt it was worth trying } 24. Rc7 axb4 25. axb4 Ra2 26.
Rxd7 { I completly missed that I could have just taken the rook with the
queen here and got a perpetual. My friend Peter told me about this after
the game which had me kicking myself. } 26... Qf6 (26... Qxd7 27. Rc7 Rxf3
$3 28. gxf3 Ra1+ { and perpetual! } { &#91;RR The king can escape the
perpetual on the queenside, but Black then has ... Rg2, e.g., } 29. Kf2
Ra2+ 30. Kf1 Ra1+ 31. Ke2 Ra2+ 32. Kd3 Ra3+ 33. Kc2 Ra2+ 34. Kb3 Rg2 {
.&#93; }) 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Rdd8 Rg5 { here I am just lost no hope left }
29. Nxg5+ hxg5 30. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Fougerat, Emma"]
[Black "McGrath, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1587"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[WhiteICU "1244"]
[BlackICU "1200"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "FRA"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "45107505"]
[BlackFideId "2519895"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/UpruGBZG/7zx4bzf9)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Nd5 7. c4 Nb6
8. Bd3 Ba6 9. b3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. f4 d6 14.
Qh5 g6 15. Qh6 dxe5 16. Ne4 exf4 17. Rae1 Re5 18. Qxf4 Rf5 19. Qe3 Rxf1+
20. Rxf1 f5 21. Ng5 Qe8 22. Qg3 Bc8 23. Re1 Qd8 24. Qh4 h5 25. Bc2 Qd2 26.
Nf3 Qd6 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Rd8 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Bb7 30. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Black "Kononova, Alina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1559"]
[WhiteICU "1747"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "14189208"]
[BlackFideId "14137593"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "C62"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "old Steinitz defence"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/UpruGBZG/24s2AOMS)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7
8. f4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b3 d5 12. e5 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. Be3
Ng4 15. Na4 Bb4 16. c3 Bf8 17. b4 f6 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Rxe6 20. Qxg4 Qe8
21. Bf2 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Black "Hewitson, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1510"]
[BlackElo "1702"]
[BlackICU "1363"]
[WhiteUCU "1417"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SWE"]
[WhiteFideId "2510340"]
[BlackFideId "1745875"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian accelerated"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/UpruGBZG/t5HuYEKX)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Be7 6. Qc2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
e4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 h6 13. Ne1 cxd4 14. cxd4
e5 15. f3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Qf2 Qe7 18. Kh1 Rfd8 19. Bc2 Rac8 20. Bxc5
Nxc5 21. Qe2 Ba6 22. Qf2 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 Qe5 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Rd8 26.
Qe2 Qc3 27. Nc2 Rd2 28. Qf1 Rxc2 29. Bxc2 Qxc2 30. h3 Qb2 31. a4 Qb4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Black "Jamison, Brendan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1741"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[WhiteICU "1554"]
[BlackICU "1717"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Strand"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502089"]
[BlackFideId "2511703"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/UpruGBZG/NbV7XH0r)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. c3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nf1 Nf4 12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. Qd2 Qd6 14.
Re2 f6 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Nh4 Bf7 17. Nf3 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Ng5 Qf6 20.
Nxf7 Rxf7 21. c4 e4 22. Bb1 Nd4 23. cxd5 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Rd8 25. Bxe4 Qxb2
26. Rd2 Qb6 27. Bf3 Qd6 28. Ng3 Re7 29. Ne4 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Novak, Vjekoslav"]
[Black "Gould, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[WhiteICU "1563"]
[BlackUCU "1551"]
[WhiteClub "Master"]
[BlackClub "N.I.C.S."]
[WhiteNationality "CRO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14511584"]
[BlackFideId "2510855"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/UpruGBZG/dbZ19Ic0)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
c4 O-O 9. Na3 d5 10. Nc2 Rc8 11. Qe1 Ne8 12. Rd1 Nb4 13. Nxb4 cxb4 14. d3
a5 15. Nd4 Bh4 16. g3 Bf6 17. Bg4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nf6 19. Bf3 Nd7 20. Qf2 Nc5
21. Rfe1 Rc7 22. e4 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qa8 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rd6 a4 26. Red1
axb3 27. axb3 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Re1 Qa8 30. Re5 Rfc8 31. f5 Qa1+ 32.
Re1 Qc3 33. Red1 Rf8 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Rd8 Qf6 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Qe3 Qc8
38. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Divilly, Paddy"]
[Black "O'Shea, Niall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[WhiteICU "1259"]
[BlackICU "1594"]
[WhiteClub "Ballinasloe"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505754"]
[BlackFideId "2505142"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian defence"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/UpruGBZG/D6O5yKm1)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. Nf3 d5 8.
a3 Be7 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Be3 Re8 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qd2
Bd6 15. b4 a6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. f4 Bh5 18. h3 Qc8 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Nxg4
21. Nxd5 Qe6 22. Nc3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Rad8 24. d5 Bxe5 25. dxe6 Bd4 26. Qxd4
Rxd4 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Rf3 Red8 29. Bxh7 g6 30. b5 (30. f5 $18) 30... axb5
31. Nxb5 $2 (31. f5 $18) 31... Rd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 Kg7 $14 {
(Time?) } 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Evans, Damian"]
[Black "Cummins, Sean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1510"]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[WhiteICU "1288"]
[BlackICU "1672"]
[WhiteClub "Royal Lopez"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2515695"]
[BlackFideId "2512084"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/UpruGBZG/nwqCHSoH)"]
[Annotator "Damian Evans"]
[BlackFullName "Cummins, Se&aacute;n"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Damian Evans. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bh4 Be7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7
8. O-O c5 9. c3 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nf1 f5 14.
N3d2 Ndf6 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Nh5 17. f4 Nf6 18. Nf3 Nd7 { Ba6 was a
candidate move here. Black has Bc6 if they don't want to exchange. } 19.
Qf2 a5 20. a4 Ba6 { And in retrospect exchanging would have been better I
expect. My thinking was that I needed to keep the bishop to prevent Ne4
ever happening. } { [%cal Gd7f6,Gf6e4] [%clk 0:30:36] } 21. Bc2 Kh8 22. Nh4
(22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. fxe5) 22... Qf6 23. Qg3 g5 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Nf3 Rg8 {
Candidate moves: Qc7, Qd6, Ne5. But I also wanted to exchange now. Rd1 then
Bd3, but it's too late. } 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Qh6 28. Rad1 Ra7 29. Bxf5 {
14 minutes on the clock and I felt like I had nothing and might get
something. Not sound. } 29... exf5 30. Rxd5 Qh4 { This is the move I didn't
anticipate. } 31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Bc4 33. Rd6 Re7 { Better here was
probably Red1 } 34. Rxb6 Rd8 35. Rd6 Rxd6 36. exd6 Rd7 37. Rd1 Kg7 38. g3
g4 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. h3 gxh3+ 41. Kxh3 Ke5 42. Kh4 Rxd6 43. Rxd6 Kxd6 44. Kg5
Ke5 45. Kg6 Bb3 46. Kg5 Bd1 47. Kg6 Bxa4 48. Kg5 Bd1 49. Kg6 a4 50. Kg5 {
and I'm used to people messing up online. That didn't happen here. It would
probably have been politer to have resigned long ago. } 50... c4 51. Kg6
Bg4 52. Kg5 Ke4 { 0-1 Black wins. } 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Martin, Desmond"]
[Black "O'Connell, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[BlackElo "1722"]
[WhiteICU "1153"]
[BlackICU "1553"]
[WhiteClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506815"]
[BlackFideId "2505860"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/UpruGBZG/WjmU84z0)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 Nf6 7. Nc3 h6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Ne5 g5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14.
Rc1 Qd7 15. e3 Rab8 16. b4 Bh3 17. Qf3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Kg7 19. h4 Qg4 20.
Qxg4 Nxg4 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Rh1 Rh8 23. Rcf1 f5 24. Nd1 a5 25. Rxh8 Kxh8
26. Rh1+ Kg7 27. f3 Nf6 28. bxa5 Ra8 29. Nb2 Rxa5 30. a4 c5 31. dxc5 dxc5
32. Rd1 c4 33. Rd4 c3 34. Nd3 c2 35. Nc1 Kf7 36. g4 fxg4 37. fxg4 Ke6 38.
Kf3 Ne4 39. Rb4 Rc5 40. Rb2 Rc4 41. a5 Ra4 42. Rxc2 Rxa5 43. Rc6+ Kd7 44.
Rg6 Ra3 45. Ne2 Ra2 46. Ng3 $4 (46. Rb6 $10) 46... Rf2# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Loughran, John"]
[Black "Scott, Shay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "1481"]
[WhiteICU "1467"]
[BlackICU "1213"]
[WhiteClub "Skerries"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501562"]
[BlackFideId "2504413"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni"]
[Variation "Mujannah formation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "John Loughran, via Craig DuBose"]

{ Annotator: John Loughran. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Nc7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Bf5 13. Re3 Rb8 14. Qe1
b5 15. Rxe7 Bf6 16. Rxc7 Qxc7 17. cxb5 Rbe8 18. Qd1 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20.
Bxf3 Bd4 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Kg2 Re5 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Bf4 Ref5 25. Re1 Qd8 26.
Bg4 Rxf4 27. gxf4 Kg7 28. Be6 Rf6 29. Re2 Qf8 30. Kg3 g5 31. fxg5 Rf3+ 32.
Kg2 Rf4 33. Bg4 Be5 34. b3 Rb4 35. Qd3 Rd4 36. Qf5 { Here I was very short
of time (1 min) playing on the increment. } 36... Qb8 37. Qd7+ Kh8 38. Bf5
Qg8 39. Qe7 Rf4 (39... Qxd5+ 40. Re4 Rxe4 41. Qxh7#) 40. Rxe5 dxe5 41.
Qxe5+ { B resigned in view of } (41. Qxe5+ Qg7 42. Qxf4 Qb2 43. Qb8+ Kg7
44. Qxa7+ Kf8 45. Qxc5+) 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Khanzharov, Edward"]
[Black "Donohoe, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1603"]
[WhiteICU "1440"]
[BlackICU "1467"]
[WhiteClub "Strand"]
[BlackClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511975"]
[BlackFideId "2502445"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Halpenny, John"]
[Black "Farry, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[WhiteICU "1314"]
[WhiteClub "Gorey"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510235"]
[BlackFideId "2520087"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Ward, Paul"]
[Black "McGlone, Ciaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1526"]
[WhiteICU "1436"]
[BlackICU "1325"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508257"]
[BlackFideId "2516888"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[BlackFullName "McGlone, Ciar&aacute;n"]

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

1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nikiforov, Sergey"]
[Black "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[BlackICU "1747"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "14129086"]
[BlackFideId "14189208"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/9VPqspwa/jHJl8al9)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd2
O-O 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. e5 Nd7 12. g4 Bg6 13. f4 Bxd3 14.
cxd3 Bc5+ 15. Kg2 Re8 16. Qa4 Rb8 17. Nd1 Re6 18. b4 Bd4 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20.
Nxc3 Qh4 21. h3 h5 22. g5 Nxe5 23. Rae1 Nxd3 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. b5 Rf8 26.
Ne2 e5 27. Qb3 Nxf4+ 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. bxc6 Qxg5+ 30. Kh1 f3 31. Rf2 Qe5
32. Qd1 d4 33. Qb3+ Kh8 34. Qb4 Re8 35. Rxf3 Qd5 36. Qb3 Qxc6 37. Qf7 Re1+
38. Kh2 Qe8 39. Qb3 Re2+ 40. Kh1 Rd2 41. Qb1 Qc6 42. Qf5 Qe8 43. Qb1 d3 44.
Qf1 Qg6 45. Rf8+ Kh7 46. Qf3 Rxa2 47. Qd1 Qe4+ 48. Rf3 d2 49. Kg2 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Hewitson, David"]
[Black "Beatty, Ross"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1702"]
[BlackElo "1797"]
[WhiteICU "1363"]
[BlackICU "1789"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "SWE"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1745875"]
[BlackFideId "2507552"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/9VPqspwa/n9uMREwP)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nb5 Bd6 5. Nxd6+ cxd6 6. e3 O-O 7. c3 b6
8. Nf3 a5 9. a4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Qb8 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. h3 Rd7 14.
Rfd1 Rb7 15. Qb5 Nc7 16. Qe2 Nce8 17. Qb5 Nc7 18. Qe2 Nfe8 19. e4 b5 20.
exd5 Nxd5 21. Bg3 bxa4 22. Rd2 Nb6 23. c4 Qc8 24. Rc2 Rc7 25. c5 Rc6 26.
Rac1 dxc5 27. dxc5 Nd5 28. Ne5 Rca6 29. c6 f6 30. Nd7 Nec7 31. Qg4 e5 32.
Rd2 Kh8 33. Qxa4 Nb4 34. f3 Ncd5 35. Rc5 h6 36. Rcxd5 Nxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxc6
38. Bf2 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Qb7 40. Qb5 Qxb5 41. Rxb5 a4 42. Bc5 Rb1 43. Ba3 Rd8
44. Rb8 Rxb8 45. Nxb8 Rd1 46. Nc6 Kg8 47. Na7 Kf7 48. Nb5 Ke6 49. Nc3 Rd4
50. Kg1 f5 51. Kf2 h5 52. Ke3 Rc4 53. Kd3 Rd4+ 54. Ke3 g5 55. Ke2 g4 56.
fxg4 hxg4 57. hxg4 Rxg4 58. Kf2 Rc4 59. g3 e4 60. Ke3 Ke5 61. Bf8 Ke6 62.
Ba3 Ke5 63. Bf8 Rxc3+ $1 64. bxc3 Kd5 65. Bb4 (65. c4+ $10) 65... Kc4 66.
Kd2 Kb3 67. g4 $2 (67. Be7 $10) 67... fxg4 $19 68. Ke3 g3 69. Kxe4 g2 70.
Bc5 a3 71. Kf3 a2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sheahan, Gavin"]
[Black "Gorman, Dean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1638"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[WhiteICU "1638"]
[BlackUCU "1783"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Lisburn"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516284"]
[BlackFideId "2518309"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Be2"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/9VPqspwa/tsVtPdx8)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O Ne5 10. f3 a6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. b3 Nc6 14. Rac1
Bd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. c5 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20.
Qxd5 Bb5 21. Bc4 e6 22. Qxd8 Bxd8 23. a4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 a5 25. b4 axb4 26.
Rxb4 Ba5 27. Rb7 Bc3 28. Rc1 Ba5 29. Rd1 Bc3 30. Rd3 Be5 31. f4 Bf6 32.
Rdd7 e5 33. g3 exf4 34. Bxf4 Rxa4 35. Kg2 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 g5 37. Rb8 Rxb8 38.
Bxb8 Rc2 39. Bd6 Kg7 40. h3 Kg6 41. Rc7 Bd4 42. Ke4 Bf2 43. Rc8 Rd2 44.
Rg8+ Kf6 45. Be5+ Ke6 46. Re8+ Kd7 47. Rg8 Ke6 48. Bd6 $2 (48. Re8+ Kd7 49.
Rf8 $14) 48... f5+ $19 49. Kf3 Bd4 50. Re8+ Kd5 51. Re2 g4+ 52. hxg4 fxg4+
53. Kxg4 Rxe2 54. Kh5 Bxc5 55. Bf4 Be3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Cummins, Sean"]
[Black "Fougerat, Emma"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1789"]
[BlackElo "1587"]
[WhiteICU "1672"]
[BlackICU "1244"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "2512084"]
[BlackFideId "45107505"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/9VPqspwa/IildCbfo)"]
[WhiteFullName "Cummins, Se&aacute;n"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5
8. Ne4 Qc7 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Be2 Qe5 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Qc7
14. f5 exf5 15. Rf3 f4 16. c4 Ne3 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Rxf4 Nd5+ 19. Rd4 Nb4 20.
Qc3 d6 21. Be3 c5 22. Rd2 Qc7 23. a3 Nc6 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Bf3 Bb7 26. b4
cxb4 27. axb4 Rac8 28. Bf4 Qb6+ 29. c5 dxc5 30. bxc5 Qa6 31. Ra1 Qb5 32.
Rb2 Qd3 33. Qxd3 Rxd3 34. Rxb7 Nd4 35. Bd6 Nf5 36. Bg4 Nxd6 37. cxd6 Rd8
38. d7 g6 39. Rc1 f5 40. Rc8 Rxd7 41. Rxd8+ Rxd8 42. Be2 Ra8 43. Bc4+ Kh8
44. Ba6 Kg8 45. Kf2 h6 46. h4 Kh8 47. Kf3 Kg8 48. Kf4 Re8 49. Rxa7 Re4+ 50.
Kg3 Rg4+ 51. Kh3 h5 52. Be2 Re4 53. Bf3 Rd4 54. Kg3 Kh8 55. Be2 Kg8 56. Bb5
Kf8 57. Kh3 Rb4 58. Ba4 Rd4 59. g3 Rb4 60. Kg2 Rd4 61. Kf3 Rb4 62. Bd1 Rd4
63. Be2 Rb4 64. Rd7 Kg8 65. Bd3 Kf8 66. Rc7 Rb3 67. Ke3 Rb4 68. Rc4 Rb2 69.
Bc2 Rb8 70. Kf4 Ra8 71. Rc3 Rd8 72. Ke5 (72. Kg5 $18) 72... Kg7 73. Rc7+
Kh6 74. Kf6 Rd6+ 75. Ke7 Rd4 76. Rc3 Kg7 77. Bb3 Re4+ 78. Kd6 Kf6 79. Bd5
Rd4 80. Re3 f4 81. gxf4 $2 (81. Rf3 Kf5 82. Rf1 $18) 81... Rxf4 $10 82. Re4
Rxe4 83. Bxe4 g5 84. hxg5+ Kxg5 85. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "Burke, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[WhiteICU "1644"]
[BlackICU "1677"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "2501520"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/9VPqspwa/YeSoursb)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 Nf5 8.
Nc2 Rc8 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Bd3 Nh6 14. Bc1
f6 15. Re1 fxe5 16. dxe5 Nf5 17. Ne3 Nfd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Rb1 Qxe5 20.
Ng4 Qd6 21. Bb2 Nb4 22. Re3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Bg5 24. Rh3 Rf5 25. Re1 Qb4 26.
Qe2 Rc2 27. Ba3 Rxe2 28. Bxb4 Rxa2 29. Ne5 Bc6 30. f3 Bd2 31. Bxd2 Rxd2 32.
Rh4 Bb5 33. Ng4 Re2 34. Rxe2 Bxe2 35. Ne3 Rf7 36. Ra4 a6 37. Ra1 Rc7 38.
Kf2 Bb5 39. Re1 Rc3 40. Ng4 Rxb3 41. Rxe6 Kf7 42. Rd6 Bc6 43. Ne3 Rb5 44.
Nf5 g6 45. Nd4 Rc5 46. Rd8 a5 47. Nxc6 bxc6 48. Ra8 Ke6 49. Ke3 Rb5 50. Kd4
0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "O'Shea, Niall"]
[Black "Ni Mhuireagain, Eibhia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[WhiteICU "1594"]
[BlackICU "1625"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505142"]
[BlackFideId "2505665"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Eibhia Ni Mhuireagain, via Craig DuBose; Lichess"]
[BlackFullName "N&iacute; Mhuireag&aacute;in, Eibhia"]

{ Source: Eibhia N&iacute; Mhuireag&aacute;in, via Craig DuBose; Lichess
(https://lichess.org/study/9VPqspwa/uOd7Iah9). } { Annotator: Eibhia
N&iacute; Mhuireag&aacute;in. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bg5 { I hadn't seen this in a
while and was taken by surprise } 5... e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 O-O {
Just playing normal developing moves, wasn't very clear on exactly what I
should be doing } 9. Nge2 b6 { I played this with the idea of trading my
bad bishop on c8 for whites better bishop on d3 } 10. Rc1 Ba6 11. Nb5 Bxb5
12. Bxb5 a6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 { Here I wasn't overly happy with my position, I
didn't like white having control over the c file } 14. O-O b5 { My idea was
to play Nb6 next and maybe head for c4 } 15. Rc6 Ne4 { I should have stuck
with my orginal plan but instead I played this which after I played it
regretted it. I was hoping to get some kind of movement on the jingside but
I had already started working on the queenside so switching plans was not a
good idea } 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qc2 Nf6 { Now the pawn on e5 is
just a iability and wite has total control of the c file, my position was
crumbling at this point } 19. Ng3 Qb7 { Played this to try and be a little
bit tricky but it really amounts to nothing } 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22.
Qxe4 Rac8 23. Qc2 Rxc6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Rxc6 a5 26. Kf1 { Here I am just
in a losing } 26... b4 27. Ke2 Rd8 28. Rc5 a4 29. Kd3 Rb8 30. Kc4 b3 31.
axb3 axb3 32. e4 Kf8 { Torturing myself playing on } 33. d5 Ke7 34. Rc7+
Kf6 35. d6 Rd8 36. d7 Ke7 37. Kxb3 { Just when I was about to resign my
opponent made a mistake and so I felt obliged to play on, I thought there
might be a chance of a draw once I get rid of the pawn on d7 } 37... Kd6
38. Ra7 Kc6 39. Ra6+ Kxd7 40. Ra7+ Ke8 41. Rc7 Rd2 42. Rc2 Rd7 43. Ka2 Ra7+
44. Kb1 { Here I was very hopeful of a draw } 44... Rb7 45. g3 Ke7 46. Rc4
Rb3 47. Rc3 Rb4 48. Re3 Kd6 49. f4 Kc5 50. Rc3+ Kb6 51. e5 Re4 52. Rd3 Kc6
53. Kc2 Re2+ 54. Rd2 Re3 55. Rd6+ Kc7 56. b4 Re4 57. Kc3 g5 58. Rd4 Re3+
59. Kc4 gxf4 60. Rxf4 Rxe5 61. Rxf7+ { started looking a bit dodgy again
for me } 61... Kc6 62. Rf6 h5 63. Rh6 Re4+ 64. Kc3 Re5 65. Kd4 Kd6 { I knew
I had to play perfectly here, I was low on time and it was getting hard to
find the best/only move } 66. Rh8 Rb5 67. Kc4 Re5 68. Rh7 Kc6 69. Ra7 Re4+
70. Kc3 Re5 71. Ra5 { I should not have let this happen, now I am either
forced to trade or lose a pawn } 71... Re3+ 72. Kd4 Rb3 73. Kc4 Rb1 74.
Rxh5 Rc1+ 75. Kd3 Rb1 76. b5+ Kd6 { Here I felt totally defeated but
decided to play on as my opponent seemed to be unsure of how to win } 77.
Rg5 e5 78. Rg6+ Kd5 79. b6 e4+ 80. Ke3 Rb3+ 81. Kf4 e3 82. Rg5+ Kd6 83. Kf3
Ke6 84. Rg4 Kd5 85. b7 e2+ 86. Kxe2 Rxb7 87. h4 Rh7 88. Rf4 Rh5 89. Kf3 Ke5
90. Kg4 Rh8 91. Rf1 { I mean resigning would have been logical here } 91...
Rg8+ 92. Kh3 Ke6 93. h5 Rh8 94. g4 Ra8 95. Rf3 Rh8 96. Kh4 Ke7 97. g5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "McGrath, Mark"]
[Black "Loughran, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[WhiteICU "1200"]
[BlackICU "1467"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519895"]
[BlackFideId "2501562"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Grau (Sahovic) defence"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "John Loughran, via Craig DuBose; Lichess"]

{ Source: John Loughran, via Craig DuBose; Lichess
(https://lichess.org/study/9VPqspwa/tDcicm5n). } { Annotator: John
Loughran. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Rxb1 Qxd5 5. a3 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O-O 7. Be3
{ looks wrong but is difficult to exploit } 7... e6 8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 Qh5
10. Qa4 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Ne5 f6 13. Nf7 Nh6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Nxh8
Rxh8 16. Bh3 f5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxf5+ Kb8 19. Bd3 c5 20. b4 Nc6 21. bxc5
Bxc5 22. Ba6 b6 23. Bb5 Nd4 24. a4 Rf8 25. e3 Nf3+ 26. Ke2 Ng5 27. f4 Ne4
28. Rbc1 d4 29. exd4 Bb4 30. Rc6 Nd6 31. Rhc1 Nf5 (31... Re8+ 32. Kd3 Nf5)
32. Kd3 Rd8 33. Ke4 Nxd4 34. Rxh6 Nb3 35. Rcc6 Re8+ 36. Kd5 Na5 37. Rxb6+ {
B resigned in view of line } (37. Rxb6+ axb6 38. Bxe8) 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Donohoe, Eugene"]
[Black "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[WhiteICU "1467"]
[BlackICU "1554"]
[WhiteClub "Lucan"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502445"]
[BlackFideId "2502089"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/9VPqspwa/modod00f)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O Qe8 9. Nd5 Bd8 10. Bg5 Qh5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. b4 Ne7 13. Nec3 Qg6 14. f4
c6 15. Ne3 Bb6 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. a4 Bd4 19. Rac1 fxe4 20. Nxe4
Rad8 21. f5 Nxf5 22. Nxf5 d5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Ned6 e4 25. dxe4 dxe4 26.
Qxe4 Be5 27. Nh4 Qg8 28. Ndf5 Rfe8 29. Nh6 Qg5 30. N4f5 Bd5 31. Qxd5 $1 $18
{ Agreed drawn on Black's offer. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "O'Connell, Denis"]
[Black "Halpenny, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1722"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[WhiteICU "1553"]
[BlackICU "1314"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Gorey"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505860"]
[BlackFideId "2510235"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/9VPqspwa/f21rGjuh)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Other information: Note: Lichess gave the result as
&frac12;-&frac12;, but the ICU ratings report and Chess-Results.com have
1-0. }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. h4 h6 8.
h5 g5 9. Bd3 d5 10. e5 Nbc6 11. Nb5 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Nd6 Be8
15. Nxb7 Qb6 16. Qb3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Be3 Qxe5 19. Bxg5 Qxb2 20. Bxe7
Qxb3 21. axb3 Rf7 22. Ra6 Rxe7 23. Nd6 Bc3 24. Nxf5 Bxe1 25. Nxe7+ Kf7 26.
Ng6 Bc3 27. Nf4 Bd7 28. Bg6+ Ke7 29. g3 Bd4 30. Kg2 Bb6 31. Ra1 Bc6 32. Re1
d4+ 33. Kh3 Bd7 34. Bf5 Ba5 35. Re4 Bd2 36. Bxe6 Bc6 37. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Kononova, Alina"]
[Black "Novak, Vjekoslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1559"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[BlackICU "1563"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "CRO"]
[WhiteFideId "14137593"]
[BlackFideId "14511584"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/9VPqspwa/RjLGUHYR)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O
O-O 8. d4 c5 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. Qxe7 Qxe7 12. Rxe7 Bxf3 13. gxf3
Nc6 14. Rc7 cxd4 15. Ba3 Be5 16. Rxb7 Na5 17. Bxf8 Nxb7 18. cxd4 Bxd4 19.
Rd1 Rd8 20. Bh6 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rxd1 22. Be3 Nd6 23. Bb3 Nf5 24. Bxa7 Rd2+
25. Ke1 Rxh2 26. Bf2 h5 27. Kf1 Rh1+ 28. Kg2 Rd1 29. c4 Rd2 30. c5 h4 31.
Kg1 h3 32. Be1 h2+ 33. Kh1 Re2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Jamison, Brendan"]
[Black "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[BlackElo "1510"]
[WhiteICU "1717"]
[BlackUCU "1417"]
[WhiteClub "Strand"]
[BlackClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511703"]
[BlackFideId "2510340"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/9VPqspwa/q6czUvUt)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. h4 d6 7. h5 Qe8 8.
h6 g6 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. c3 Bd7 11. b4 Kh8 12. a4 Nd8 13. Ng5 Ng4 14. f3 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 Nf7 16. Bf4 g5 17. fxg4 gxf4 18. exf4 fxg4 19. Qe2 e5 20. Bxf7
Rxf7 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. d5 Rf5 23. Ne4 Rh5 24. O-O-O Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Qg6 26.
Nc5 Qg5+ 27. Kb2 Bc8 28. Rf1 Kg8 29. Ne4 Qe7 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Qe3 b6 32.
Qg5 Ba6 33. Re1 Rf8 34. Qxe5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Bd3 36. g3 Bg6 37. Nxg4 Kg8 38.
Re7 Rf7 39. Rxf7 Bxf7 40. b5 Kf8 41. c4 Bg6 42. Ne5 Be4 43. Kc3 Ke7 44.
Nc6+ Kd6 45. Nxa7 Kc5 46. Nc6 Bg2 47. a5 bxa5 48. Nxa5 Bf1 49. Nb3+ Kb6 50.
Kd4 Be2 51. Nd2 Bd1 52. Ne4 Bc2 53. g4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Gould, Richard"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[BlackICU "1273"]
[WhiteUCU "1551"]
[WhiteClub "N.I.C.S."]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510855"]
[BlackFideId "2504375"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/9VPqspwa/doKzIjbb)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Other information: Note: The result was given as the
natural 0-1 by Lichess, but as 1-0 in the ICU ratings report and on
Chess-Results.com. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Nbd7 6. Nd2 e6 7. Ngf3 c5
8. c3 Be7 9. h3 cxd4 10. exd4 h6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. g4 Nh7 13. Bg3 Nxe5 14.
Bxe5 Bf6 15. Bg3 Nf8 16. f4 Bh4 17. O-O-O Bxg3 18. Qxg3 Ng6 19. f5 Qh4 20.
Qe3 Nf8 21. Rde1 Qf6 22. Rhf1 Kd7 23. Qd3 Qd8 24. fxe6+ fxe6 25. Rf7+ Kc6
26. Rxg7 $4 (26. Nf3 $18) 26... Qf6 $19 27. Rxb7 Kxb7 28. Rf1 Qe7 29. Nb3
Nd7 30. Na5+ Ka8 31. Qb5 Nb6 32. Re1 Rhf8 33. Qe2 Rce8 34. Nc6 Qc7 35. Ne5
Nc4 36. Nd3 Qg3 37. b3 Nd6 38. c4 Rf3 39. Kc2 dxc4 40. bxc4 Rxd3 41. Qxd3
Qxe1 { ... ? Time? } 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "McGlone, Ciaran"]
[Black "Divilly, Paddy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1526"]
[BlackElo "1517"]
[WhiteICU "1325"]
[BlackICU "1259"]
[BlackClub "Ballinasloe"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516888"]
[BlackFideId "2505754"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[WhiteFullName "McGlone, Ciar&aacute;n"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Farry, Stephen"]
[Black "Ward, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "1436"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520087"]
[BlackFideId "2508257"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Scott, Shay"]
[Black "Evans, Damian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1481"]
[BlackElo "1510"]
[WhiteICU "1213"]
[BlackICU "1288"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Royal Lopez"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504413"]
[BlackFideId "2515695"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Annotator "Damian Evans"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Damian Evans. }

1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 Nd7 4. Bg2 Ngf6 5. O-O Be7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nbd2 c6 8.
Re1 h6 9. Nf1 { To get Ne3, Nf5 } 9... Nh7 10. Ne3 { I wanted to move the
d7 knight to allow Bxf5, but didn't want to put rook on e8. Thought Nc5,
e6, g5 might work (I think). } 10... Qc7 11. h4 a5 { Preventing b4 after
Nc5 } 12. d4 Nb6 13. d5 c5 14. c4 Bd7 15. Bd2 Qc8 16. Kh2 Be8 $4 { Allowing
Nf5 and it's over. } 17. Nf5 Qd7 (17... Qd8 18. Qc1 Nd7 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20.
Qxh6 Bf6 21. Nxd6 Ra6 22. Nf5 Bh8 23. Qe3 Qf6) 18. Qc1 Nf6 19. Bh3 Kh7 20.
Bxh6 Rg8 21. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Khanzharov, Edward"]
[Black "Martin, Desmond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[WhiteICU "1440"]
[BlackICU "1153"]
[WhiteClub "Strand"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511975"]
[BlackFideId "2506815"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Beatty, Ross"]
[Black "Gorman, Dean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "1748"]
[WhiteICU "1789"]
[BlackUCU "1783"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Lisburn"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507552"]
[BlackFideId "2518309"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4ZfycwF1/3KLvjQHb)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. h3 e5 8. d5
O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. O-O h6 11. b4 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qd3 Nc6
15. a3 f5 16. Nh4 f4 17. Bd2 Qf7 18. Nf3 g5 19. b5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21.
Bb4 Be5 22. f3 a5 23. Bd2 b6 24. Rfc1 Rac8 25. Ra2 Rc7 26. Be1 h5 27. Bf2
Qf6 28. Rd2 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. fxg4 Rh7 31. Bxd4 Kf7 32. Rc3 Rfh8 33. Kf1
Rh1+ 34. Bg1 Bxc3 35. g5 Bxd2 36. gxf6 Be3 37. Ke1 Rxg1+ 38. Bf1 Rhh1 39.
Qxd6 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Black "Fougerat, Emma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1587"]
[WhiteICU "1747"]
[BlackICU "1244"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "14189208"]
[BlackFideId "45107505"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4ZfycwF1/rWZpi025)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Bg2 a6 7. O-O b5 8. a4
Bb7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nc3 b4 12. Ne2 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. c3 Rab8 15.
g4 Rfc8 16. d4 c4 17. f5 bxc3 18. bxc3 Na5 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. h4 Bc6 21. Qc2
Rb7 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Ng5 Nf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Qxh7 Ke8 27.
Rf1 Kd8 28. Rf7 Qe8 29. Rf8 Qxf8 30. Nxe6+ Ke7 31. Nxf8 Rxf8 32. Qxg7+ Rf7
33. Qg5+ Ke8 34. e6 Rg7 35. Qh6 Rg8 36. Nf4 Rbg7 37. g5 Bxa4 38. Nxd5 Rg6
39. Nf6+ Kd8 40. Qh7 R8g7 41. e7+ Kxe7 42. Qh8 Nb3 43. Qc8 Bb5 44. Qc7+ Kf8
45. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Novak, Vjekoslav"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[WhiteICU "1563"]
[WhiteClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "CRO"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "14511584"]
[BlackFideId "14129086"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4ZfycwF1/CujqphZA)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
c4 a6 9. Na3 Re8 10. Nc2 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. d3 e4 13. Ng5 exd3 14. Bxd3
h6 15. Nf3 b6 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rae1 Nd6 20. Qd2
Be6 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 f5 24. Qg3 Kh7 25. Ne3 Qf8 26. Ng4
Bg8 27. Ne5 Qg7 28. Nf3 Ne4 29. Qh3 Qf6 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Nd2 Qd4+ 32. Qe3
Rad8 33. Rf2 Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Rd3 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Nxe4 Rd1+ 37. Rf1 Rxf1+
38. Kxf1 Kg7 39. Kf2 Be6 40. Ke3 Bf5 41. g3 Kf7 42. Nd6+ Kf6 43. Nxf5 Kxf5
44. Kf3 h5 45. h3 Ke5 46. Ke3 g5 47. g4 h4 48. a3 b5 (48... a5 $10 { is
much simpler. }) 49. cxb5 axb5 50. a4 c4 $1 $10 (50... bxa4 $2 51. bxa4 $18
) 51. a5 cxb3 52. Kd3 b2 53. Kc2 Kf4 $4 (53... Kd6 54. Kxb2 Kc7 55. Kb3 Kb7
$10) 54. a6 $18 Kg3 55. a7 Kxh3 56. a8=Q Kxg4 57. Qg2+ Kf4 58. Qf1+ Kg3 59.
Qg1+ Kf4 60. Qh2+ Kg4 61. Qg2+ Kf4 62. Qh3 g4 63. Qxh4 Kf3 64. Qh1+ Kf2 65.
Qh2+ Kf3 66. Qg1 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Burke, Kevin"]
[Black "Hewitson, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1702"]
[WhiteICU "1677"]
[BlackICU "1363"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SWE"]
[WhiteFideId "2501520"]
[BlackFideId "1745875"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "bishop's gambit, Jaenisch variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4ZfycwF1/vJm8tmq0)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb3 Bb4
8. Ne2 Bg4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. h3 f3 12. hxg4 fxe2 13. Qxe2 Ne4
14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rf5 Na5 18. Bxd5 Rxc3 19. Bxf7+ Kh8
20. Bxe8 Qxe8 21. Qxc3 Nxc3 22. Rf8+ Qxf8 23. Bxf8 Ne2+ 24. Kf2 Nxd4 25. c3
Ndc6 26. Bb4 Nc4 27. Rd1 N4e5 28. Kg3 Kg8 29. Rf1 h6 30. Rf8+ Kh7 31. Rc8
a5 32. Bc5 Nd7 33. Bd4 Nce5 34. Bxe5 Nxe5 35. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Jamison, Brendan"]
[Black "O'Shea, Niall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[WhiteICU "1717"]
[BlackICU "1594"]
[WhiteClub "Strand"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511703"]
[BlackFideId "2505142"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4ZfycwF1/1l8m0lNT)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O Bd7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Nf6 14.
Na3 O-O 15. Nb5 Qe5 16. Nf3 Qb8 17. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Sheahan, Gavin"]
[Black "McGrath, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1638"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[WhiteICU "1638"]
[BlackICU "1200"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516284"]
[BlackFideId "2519895"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 8...Bb7"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4ZfycwF1/TD4K7ecC)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8.
Bb3 Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14.
Rxd5 c4 15. Qc2 Be7 16. e4 O-O 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Rdd1 Rfd8 19. h3 h6 20. Nd4
Rac8 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Bd4 Nd7 23. Rac1 Ne5 24. Qc3 b4 25. Qg3 Ng6 26. e5 c3
27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Rc2 Qa5 29. Rb1 Bb4 30. Rb3 Qa4 31. h4 Qd7 32. Nxh6+ gxh6
33. Rxb4 Qe7 34. Bxc3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Qxb4 36. Bxb4 Rxc2 37. e6 Rcc1 38. Qb8+
Kg7 39. e7 Nxe7 40. Bxe7 Rh1+ 41. Kg3 Rc3+ 42. f3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Gould, Richard"]
[Black "O'Connell, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1722"]
[BlackICU "1553"]
[WhiteUCU "1551"]
[WhiteClub "N.I.C.S."]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510855"]
[BlackFideId "2505860"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4ZfycwF1/TK1ikC5E)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. h3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8.
g4 b5 9. Nd2 b4 10. e4 b3 11. a3 b5 12. Bg2 b4 13. exd5 bxc3 14. Nxc4 Nxd4
15. Kd1 c2+ 16. Kd2 Bb7 17. Be5 Nb5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. f4 Bh6 20. Ne2 O-O
21. a4 Nd6 22. Nb6 Rad8 23. Kc3 Ba6 24. Nc1 $2 (24. Nd4 $1 $15) 24... Bxf4
$19 25. Kxb3 Rb8 26. a5 Nc8 (26... Rfc8 $19) 27. Kxc2 Nxb6 28. axb6 Rfc8+
29. Kd1 Rxb6 30. Be4 Rxb2 31. Rb1 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Donohoe, Eugene"]
[Black "Cummins, Sean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1789"]
[WhiteICU "1467"]
[BlackICU "1672"]
[WhiteClub "Lucan"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502445"]
[BlackFideId "2512084"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[ECO "A24"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen system with ...g6"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4ZfycwF1/BLOBBKYy)"]
[BlackFullName "Cummins, Se&aacute;n"]

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

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8.
d3 Na6 9. h3 c6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. f4 f5 12. Qd2 Ndc5 13. Rad1 Ne6 14. d4 exf4
15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Bxd6 Qb6+ 20. c5
Nxc5 { ... ? } 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Black "McGlone, Ciaran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1741"]
[BlackElo "1526"]
[WhiteICU "1554"]
[BlackICU "1325"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502089"]
[BlackFideId "2516888"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4ZfycwF1/117hp3vh)"]
[BlackFullName "McGlone, Ciar&aacute;n"]

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

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bf5 8.
O-O Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Re1 e6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nf1 a6 14.
Rad1 Qa5 15. a3 Qb6 16. Re2 Na5 17. Bc1 Nc4 18. g4 Ne4 19. N3h2 f5 20. f3
Nf6 21. Kh1 fxg4 22. hxg4 Nd7 23. f4 Nf6 24. Qh3 Ne4 25. Rde1 e5 26. Nf3
exf4 27. Rh2 h6 28. g5 h5 29. Nh4 Rce8 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Nxg6 Qxg6 32. Qd7
Qe6 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Tom"]
[Black "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1510"]
[WhiteICU "1273"]
[BlackUCU "1417"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504375"]
[BlackFideId "2510340"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch with c4 & Nc3"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4ZfycwF1/ximNJalV)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Bd2 Bd7 8.
Qc2 a5 9. O-O Na6 10. a3 c5 11. Rad1 Qe8 12. Rc1 Bc6 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4
Qh5 15. Ng3 Qe8 16. Ng5 Nc7 17. Nxh7 Nxh7 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. dxc5 dxc5 20.
Bc3 Bf6 21. Qg6 Qe7 22. Qh5 g6 23. Bxf6+ Rxf6 24. Bxg6+ Kg8 25. Be4 Bxe4
26. Nxe4 Rf5 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Rc3 Qh4 29. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "Scott, Shay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1636"]
[BlackElo "1481"]
[WhiteICU "1644"]
[BlackICU "1213"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "2504413"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Marshall variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/4ZfycwF1/Eo4E71sf)"]

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

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 e6 12. h5 g5 13. h6 Bh8 14. Rh5
f6 15. d5 Qe7 16. d6 Qf7 17. Bxg5 Qg6 18. Be3 Kf7 19. Rg5 Qxh6 20. Rg4 Qg6
21. Rxg6 hxg6 22. Ne4 N8d7 23. Ng5+ Ke8 24. Nxe6 Ne5 25. Qg3 Kd7 26. Nxf8+
Rxf8 27. Qh3+ f5 28. Qh7+ Ke6 29. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Ni Mhuireagain, Eibhia"]
[Black "Khanzharov, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[WhiteICU "1625"]
[BlackICU "1440"]
[WhiteClub "U.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Strand"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505665"]
[BlackFideId "2511975"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Eibhia Ni Mhuireagain, via Craig DuBose; Lichess"]
[WhiteFullName "N&iacute; Mhuireag&aacute;in, Eibhia"]

{ Source: Eibhia Ni Mhuireagain, via Craig DuBose; Lichess
(https://lichess.org/study/4ZfycwF1/TAIZXYQl). } { Annotator: Eibhia
N&iacute; Mhuireag&aacute;in. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Qb3 { I felt that
Black should have pkayed Nf6 before taking out this bishop, d5 and b7 are
double attacked and it is hard to defend both. If Nf6 was played first, the
e5 pawn would be looked after } 6... e6 7. Qxb7 { Taking on this pawn with
the queen is always a bit scary, chances are the queen can end up either
out of the game, potentially trapped or you just ed uo osing so much time
moving the queen around that you end up behind in development. But since
the knight on c6 is undefended, I felt this ocud only be good for me } 7...
Nb4 { I was expecting Ne7, I would have had to be careful of my queen and
play accuratly but with this I knew I had to have something really nice }
8. Ne5 { I decided to play this instead of e4 as it looked more decisive, I
am threatening mate in 1 and no matter what balcks king is getting hunted }
(8. e4 { I was considering this too } 8... dxe4 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Bxc6+ {
would've been nice }) 8... Bg6 9. Qb5+ Ke7 10. Qxb4+ Kf6 11. Qb7 Rc8 12. h4
{ threatening Bg5 } 12... h6 (12... Rc7 13. Bg5+ Kf5 14. g4# { This
would've been nice, very pretty }) 13. Ng4+ Kf5 14. e4+ Kxg4 15. Be2# {
Lovely } 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Loughran, John"]
[Black "Halpenny, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[WhiteICU "1467"]
[BlackICU "1314"]
[WhiteClub "Skerries"]
[BlackClub "Gorey"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501562"]
[BlackFideId "2510235"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "John Loughran, via Craig DuBose"]

{ Annotator: John Loughran. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Bc4 Nf6
8. f3 Bd7 9. Qd2 Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. Nxb3 a6 12. Bh6 O-O 13. O-O-O b5 14.
h4 a5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h5 Rh8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qd4+ (19. h6+
Kg8 (19... Kf8 20. Qd4 f6)) 19... f6 { Black's K's defences are pretty good
now unfortunately for W. } 20. Kb1 a4 21. Nc1 Qc7 22. Nd3 Rac8 23. Rd2 (23.
g4 g5 (23... Qc4 24. Qxc4 bxc4 25. Nb4)) 23... Qc4 24. Qxc4 bxc4 { a good
idea } 25. Nb4 c3 26. Rd4 cxb2 27. g4 { the move order here may be
inaccurate as these moves are from memory. } 27... g5 28. a3 Rc4 29. Rhd1
Rhc8 30. Kxb2 h6 (30... Kf7 31. R1d2 Ke8 32. R2d3 Kd7 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rc3
) 31. R1d2 Kf7 32. R2d3 Ke8 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rc3 Kd7 35. Nd5 { The B is so
strong it is worth weakening my pawns to exchange it. } 35... Bxd5 36. exd5
Rd4 37. Rd3 Rc4 (37... Rf4 38. c3 f5 39. gxf5 Rh4) 38. c3 Rf4 39. Rd4 { I
went for it. Probably unsound but I hate draws! } 39... Rxf3 (39... f5 40.
Rxf4 gxf4 41. gxf5) 40. Rxa4 e5 41. dxe6+ (41. Ra7+ Kd8 42. Rh7 Rg3 43.
Rxh6 Ke7 44. Kb3 Rxg4 45. a4 f5 46. Re6+ Kd7 47. h6 Rh4 48. a5) 41... Kxe6
42. Rd4 f5 43. gxf5+ Rxf5 44. a4 Rf4 { I was half hoping for B to make this
natural looking move and had c } 45. Rxf4 gxf4 46. Kc2 Kd5 47. Kd3 (47. Kd3
Kc5 48. Ke4 d5+ 49. Kxf4 Kb6 50. Ke5) 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Ward, Paul"]
[Black "Kononova, Alina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1559"]
[WhiteICU "1436"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2508257"]
[BlackFideId "14137593"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Martin, Desmond"]
[Black "Farry, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1501"]
[WhiteICU "1153"]
[WhiteClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506815"]
[BlackFideId "2520087"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[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 Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Divilly, Paddy"]
[Black "Evans, Damian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1510"]
[WhiteICU "1259"]
[BlackICU "1288"]
[WhiteClub "Ballinasloe"]
[BlackClub "Royal Lopez"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505754"]
[BlackFideId "2515695"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Annotator "Damian Evans"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Damian Evans. }

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nd7 3. e4 e5 4. d5 Ngf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8.
Nge2 { It seems like I could get the initiative here. } 8... Ng4 9. Bd2 Qb6
10. O-O Nc5 { Nc5 necessary to not lose the queen I think. } (10... Qxb2
11. Na4 Qa3 12. Bc1 Qb4 13. Rb1 Qa5 { So perhaps I could have got away with
it. }) 11. Bc2 Qxb2 12. h3 Nf6 13. f3 Qb6 14. Kh2 { Better here seems like
Be3 } 14... Qd8 15. Be3 Ncd7 { And black has to be better? } 16. Qd2 h6 17.
g4 { My plan is to get the Bishop on h4 } 17... Nh7 18. Ng3 Re8 (18... Ndf6
19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Nxg5 21. Qxg5 Nh7 22. Qh5) 19. Nf5 { Same thing as
last game! } 19... Bf8 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Nxd6 Re6 22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. Qf2 Qa6
$6 24. Bb3 Be7 25. Na4 Nhf8 26. Rad1 Qb7 27. Rd3 Rd6 28. Rfd1 Rxd3 29. Rxd3
Ng6 (29... Bg5 30. Bxg5 hxg5) 30. Qd2 Nh4 31. Qf2 Qc7 32. Bd1 Ng6 33. Qd2
Rd8 34. c5 Nf4 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Qc3 Bf6 37. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gorman, Dean"]
[Black "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[BlackICU "1747"]
[WhiteUCU "1783"]
[WhiteClub "Lisburn"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2518309"]
[BlackFideId "14189208"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Dubois-Reti defence"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/tPKQHg7k/4K7pTo0u)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bc5 14.
Be3 O-O 15. c3 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Bf5 17. Qh5 Be4 18. f5 Re8 19. f6 Bg6 20. Qg4
c5 21. Bxc5 Rxe5 22. Bd4 Re4 23. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "O'Connell, Denis"]
[Black "Burke, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1722"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[WhiteICU "1553"]
[BlackICU "1677"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505860"]
[BlackFideId "2501520"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Two knights variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/tPKQHg7k/3HMcp69H)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5
8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. h3 Bd6 14.
Qe2 b5 15. Rae1 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Ra7 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Nd4 Ne4 20.
Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Rf6 22. Rfe1 Kf7 23. c3 Rc5 24. Re5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Bb7
26. f3 Bd5 27. a3 Ke7 28. Kf2 Kd6 29. Rg5 g6 30. Ke3 h6 31. Rg3 e5 32. Nc2
a5 33. b4 a4 34. Ne1 g5 35. Nd3 Ba2 36. Nc5 Kd5 37. Rg4 Rf4 38. g3 Rxg4 39.
hxg4 Kc4 40. Kd2 Bb1 41. Kc1 Bg6 42. Kb2 Bf7 43. Nd7 Kd5 44. Kc2 Bg6+ 45.
Kd2 Kd6 46. Nc5 Be8 47. Ke3 Kd5 48. Ne4 Bf7 49. c4+ bxc4 50. Nc3+ Kd6 51.
Nxa4 Bg6 52. Nc3 Kc6 53. a4 Kb6 54. f4 exf4+ 55. gxf4 gxf4+ 56. Kxf4 Kc6
57. Ke5 Bd3 58. Kf6 Kd6 59. Kg7 Ke5 60. Kxh6 Kd4 61. Nb5+ Ke5 62. g5 Kf5
63. g6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Beatty, Ross"]
[Black "Novak, Vjekoslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[WhiteICU "1789"]
[BlackICU "1563"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "CRO"]
[WhiteFideId "2507552"]
[BlackFideId "14511584"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/tPKQHg7k/rmPd13K6)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. h4 Bb4 8.
Qb3 a5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. a4 d6 12. Ng5 Re8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bg5
Qc8 15. f3 Bc6 16. e4 Kh8 17. Bh3 h6 18. Bd2 Na6 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Rf2 f4 21.
Bxf4 e5 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Be3 Qh3 24. Rg2 Rf8 25. Rf1 Rf7 26. Qe2 c5 27.
dxe5 dxe5 28. f4 Qd7 29. Qd1 Qe8 30. Rgf2 Rd8 31. Qc2 Nc7 32. fxe5 Rxf2 33.
Rxf2 Ne6 34. Rd2 Qg6 35. Rxd8+ Nxd8 36. Kf2 Qf7+ 37. Ke2 Nc6 38. Bf4 Qxc4+
39. Ke3 Qe6 40. Qd1 Nxe5 41. Qd5 Qxd5 42. exd5 Nd7 43. Ke4 Kg8 44. d6 Nf6+
45. Kd3 Kf7 46. Kc4 Ke6 47. Kb5 Nd7 48. c4 h5 49. Kc6 g6 50. Kc7 b5 51.
cxb5 c4 52. b6 c3 53. b7 Nc5 54. b8=Q Na6+ 55. Kc8 Nxb8 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "O'Shea, Niall"]
[Black "Sheahan, Gavin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1638"]
[WhiteICU "1594"]
[BlackICU "1638"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505142"]
[BlackFideId "2516284"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/tPKQHg7k/ieKfBNJo)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 a5 7. f3 Bf5 8.
e3 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Nge2 Re8 13. e4 dxe4 14.
fxe4 Na6 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. Ng3 Nxe4 17. Ncxe4 f5 18. O-O fxe4 19. Rfe1 exd3
20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxd3 Re1+ 22. Kf2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Cummins, Sean"]
[Black "McGlone, Ciaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1789"]
[BlackElo "1526"]
[WhiteICU "1672"]
[BlackICU "1325"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512084"]
[BlackFideId "2516888"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/tPKQHg7k/r3BLgEhq)"]
[WhiteFullName "Cummins, Se&aacute;n"]
[BlackFullName "McGlone, Ciar&aacute;n"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Bb5 Ne7 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7
8. c3 Qc7 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. Qd4 a5 11. b4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nbd2 f6 14. Bf4
Nxf4 15. Qxf4 b6 16. Nb3 a4 17. cxb6 Qxc3 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20.
Rab1 fxe5 21. Qxe5 Rf5 22. Qc7 Qxc7 23. bxc7 Rc8 24. Rfc1 e5 25. Kf1 Rcf8
26. Rb8 Bc8 27. Ke2 e4 28. Nd4 Rxf2+ 29. Ke3 Rxg2 30. Nc6 Kf7 31. Rf1+ Kg8
1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Fougerat, Emma"]
[Black "Jamison, Brendan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1587"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[WhiteICU "1244"]
[BlackICU "1717"]
[BlackClub "Strand"]
[WhiteNationality "FRA"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "45107505"]
[BlackFideId "2511703"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/tPKQHg7k/3cXAVDl2)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4
e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. c3 Qc7 12. Bd3 b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14.
Bc2 Rfd8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Qe2 c5 17. Bh4 a5 18. Rfe1 a4 19. Ne5 cxd4 20. f3
Bc5 21. Kh1 Nh5 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxa4 dxc3 24. bxc3 Qe7 25. Qc4 Qg5 26.
Qg4 Qxg4 27. Nxg4 Rd3 28. Ne5 Rxc3 29. Rac1 Ra3 30. Bb3 Ra5 31. Nc4 Rb5 32.
Rcd1 Bf2 33. Re5 Bd5 34. Na3 Ra5 35. Nc4 Rb5 36. Re2 Bc5 37. Nd2 Nf4 38.
Re5 f6 39. Bxd5 fxe5 40. Bb3 Nd5 41. Nc4 Bd4 42. Re1 Nf4 43. Nd6 Rc5 44.
Rd1 Kf8 45. h3 Ke7 46. Ne4 Rc7 47. Kh2 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Nikiforov, Sergey"]
[Black "Woods, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1636"]
[BlackICU "1644"]
[BlackClub "Sligo"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14129086"]
[BlackFideId "2518384"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/tPKQHg7k/J6ILetZL)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2
Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 f6 13. O-O fxe5 14.
Re1 Rae8 15. Qd2 Nb6 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. a4 a5 18. c5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20.
Bxd5+ Bxd5 21. Qxd5+ Qf7 22. Rad1 e4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxd7 Re7 25. Qd4+
Kg8 26. Qd5 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Ref7 28. Rd2 Rf3 29. Rxe4 Rxb3 30. Re7 Rf7 31.
Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Rd7+ Kg8 33. Rxc7 Rb4 34. c6 Rxa4 35. Rd7 Rc4 36. c7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "McGrath, Mark"]
[Black "Ni Mhuireagain, Eibhia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[WhiteICU "1200"]
[BlackICU "1625"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "U.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519895"]
[BlackFideId "2505665"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Eibhia Ni Mhuireagain, via Craig DuBose; Lichess"]
[BlackFullName "N&iacute; Mhuireag&aacute;in, Eibhia"]

{ Source: Eibhia N&iacute; Mhuireag&aacute;in, via Craig DuBose; Lichess
(https://lichess.org/study/tPKQHg7k/okg3wluY). } { Annotator: Eibhia
N&iacute; Mhuireag&aacute;in. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 { My opponent was eager to go home and I was bit sleepy so after
soem deep thought and instense calculation I accepted a draw in this equal
position. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Hewitson, David"]
[Black "Loughran, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1702"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[WhiteICU "1363"]
[BlackICU "1467"]
[BlackClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "SWE"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1745875"]
[BlackFideId "2501562"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "John Loughran, via Craig DuBose; Lichess"]

{ Source: John Loughran, via Craig DuBose; Lichess
(https://lichess.org/study/tPKQHg7k/xu7ZRTIf). } { Annotator: John
Loughran. } { Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 { I was hoping a KID would do well with c4 omitted by
white. } 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nh5 8. Be3 e5 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd2 c6 11. a4 Qc7 { to guard the d6 square and bolster Pe5 }
12. g3 { to prevent ...Nf5, which was my intended next move. } 12... Ndf6
13. Rfd1 Bg4 14. Ne1 Rfd8 { to gain a tempo to develop the R. } 15. Nd3 Be6
16. f3 { very sound defensive play limiting my options. } 16... Ne8 17. Qe1
Nd6 $6 18. b3 (18. Nc5 { works and prevents ...Nc4 as Nxe3 removes its
defender. }) 18... b6 { perhaps over-cautious, to give my Ra8 mobility
after I play ...f5. } 19. a5 f5 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Ra1 Qb7 $4
{ after this slip up my position falls apart. } (22... Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Qb7 {
was preferable and does not gift a valuable pawn. }) 23. Rxa8+ Qxa8 24.
Bxb6 Qb8 $2 (24... fxe4 25. fxe4 Nf6 26. Nxe5 Nfxe4 { looks interesting })
25. Bf2 Nf7 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Bc4 Qd6 28. Qa1 Bf8 29. Qa8 { my pieces are all
passive and I have no real threats while White is all over me. } 29... Qd2
30. Qxc8 Kg7 31. Ne6+ Kf6 32. Nxf8 { Black resigned } (32. Nxf8 Qxc3 { B
has no effective defense. } 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34. Qxf7+ Kh6 35. Qxh7+ Kg5 36.
h4+ Kf6 37. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Kononova, Alina"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Tom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1559"]
[BlackElo "1640"]
[BlackICU "1273"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14137593"]
[BlackFideId "2504375"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/tPKQHg7k/EU9wwxLG)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O Bg4
8. f3 Bh5 9. Nf5 Re8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bg5 Qe5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Kh1 Nd7
14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Re1 c6 16. Nf4 Ne5 17. Bb3 Bg6 18. Nxg6 Nxg6 19. Qd4 Qc7
20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Qxa7 c5 22. Bd5 Rb8 23. Re3 Ne7 24. Rb3 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Ra8
26. Qxb7 Rxa2 27. h3 Qa5 28. Rf5 Rf8 29. Qxf7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Farry, Stephen"]
[Black "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[BlackICU "1554"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520087"]
[BlackFideId "2502089"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/tPKQHg7k/j1LAy780)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O a5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ng5 e4 12. Nb5 Ne8 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 c6
15. Nd4 Nc7 16. Bh3 g6 17. f3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Black "Donohoe, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1510"]
[BlackElo "1603"]
[BlackICU "1467"]
[WhiteUCU "1417"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast South"]
[BlackClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510340"]
[BlackFideId "2502445"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "A91"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/tPKQHg7k/Edbm3kST)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. b4 Qe8 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. a4 e5 14. dxe5
dxe5 15. Ne1 Nb6 16. Qc2 Be6 17. c5 Nc4 18. Bc3 c6 19. Nd3 Rd8 20. e4 Qg6
21. Rfe1 Rd7 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Nb2 Na3 24. Qe2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Scott, Shay"]
[Black "Ward, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1481"]
[WhiteICU "1213"]
[BlackICU "1436"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504413"]
[BlackFideId "2508257"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Halpenny, John"]
[Black "Divilly, Paddy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackElo "1517"]
[WhiteICU "1314"]
[BlackICU "1259"]
[WhiteClub "Gorey"]
[BlackClub "Ballinasloe"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510235"]
[BlackFideId "2505754"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Evans, Damian"]
[Black "Martin, Desmond"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1510"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[WhiteICU "1288"]
[BlackICU "1153"]
[WhiteClub "Royal Lopez"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2515695"]
[BlackFideId "2506815"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Annotator "Damian Evans"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Damian Evans. }

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. e3 Ngf6 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O
8. Ne5 { I have 3 games in lichens with this position. Won 2. } 8... Nxe5
9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. f4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 { Serious contemplation
on whether c3 is needed before either Qf3 or Rf3. But after 3 days of chess
I didn't do too much calculation. Qf3 was probably better. } 13. Rf3 e5 { I
only saw the pin on the rook with Bg4 and not the attack on the knight and
queen. Hence Rg3. } 14. Rg3 $2 exf4 15. exf4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4+ Be6
18. Bxe6+ Qxe6 19. Qd4 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21. Rf1 Raf8 22. Re3 Rxf4 23. Rxf4
Rxf4 24. g3 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Gould, Richard"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteUCU "1551"]
[WhiteClub "N.I.C.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510855"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Championship 2023"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Khanzharov, Edward"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1440"]
[WhiteClub "Strand"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511975"]
[EventSection "2/4"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-cship2023_allfiles/pairings_sligo-cship2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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