[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grant, Cian"]
[Black "O'Neill, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[WhiteICU "1715"]
[BlackICU "1798"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516837"]
[BlackFideId "2528533"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8.
e4 O-O 9. Nf3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 Nh5 13. a5 Ne5 14. Qb3 Ng4
15. Nc4 Bd4 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qg5 19. Na4 Rb8 20. Rae1
Qe5 21. Nb6 f5 22. Nxc8 Rexc8 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Qc3 Re8 25. e4 Qxc3 26.
bxc3 fxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxe4 Re8 29. Bf3 Nf6 30. Kf2 Re5 31. Rb1 Re7
32. g4 Ne8 33. g5 Kg7 34. Kg3 Kg6 35. Kf4 h6 36. gxh6 Rf7+ 37. Kg3 Kxh6 38.
Bg4 Rg7 39. Kf4 Nc7 40. c4 Rf7+ 41. Ke3 Kg5 42. h3 Re7+ 43. Kd3 Kf6 44. Bc8
Re8 45. Bxb7 Rh8 46. Rh1 Rh4 47. Bc8 Rd4+ 48. Kc3 Rh4 49. Rb1 Rh8 50. Bg4
Ke5 51. Rb7 Rh7 52. Bc8 Ke4 53. Rb6 Rh8 54. Bxa6 Rxh3+ 55. Kb2 Rh2+ 56. Ka3
Nxa6 57. Rxa6 Kd4 58. Rxd6 Kxc4 59. a6 Kb5 60. a7 Rh1 61. Kb2 Rh8 62. Rd7
Kb6 63. Kc3 Rh3+ 64. Kc4 Ra3 65. Rd6+ Kc7 66. Rc6+ Kd7 67. Rh6 Ra5 68. Rh8
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Reynolds, Paul"]
[Black "Nolan, Cal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[BlackICU "1684"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537486"]
[BlackFideId "2512980"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Be3 Bg7 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 O-O 9. O-O-O e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Be2 b6 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Kh7 14. Kb1
Nb7 15. Rdg1 Rh8 16. g4 hxg4 17. Rxg4 Kg8 18. h5 gxh5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20.
Qxf6 hxg4 21. Rxh8+ Kxh8 22. Qh4+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Fitzsimons, Pat"]
[Black "Wieczorek, Jarek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[WhiteICU "1660"]
[BlackICU "1755"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502526"]
[BlackFideId "2528223"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Makagonov system (5.h3)"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. f4 Na6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bd3 c6 11. b4 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Nh5 13. Ne2 f5 14. Bg5
fxe4 15. Qxe4 Qd6 16. a3 Bf5 17. Qe3 Nf4 18. O-O Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 e4 20. Nh4
Bxa1 21. Rxa1 cxd5 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Rd1 Qb3 24. Qd2 Qd3 25. Qa2+ Kg7 26.
Rxd3 exd3 27. Qb2+ Kg8 28. Nxf5 Rxf5 29. Bh6 Rf7 30. Qd4 Re8 31. Qxd3 Rfe7
32. Qd5+ Rf7 33. h4 Rc8 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qxh5 Rfc7 37. Qe5+ Kg8
38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Bf4 Rc6 40. Be5# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Black "Crowe, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[WhiteICU "1733"]
[BlackICU "1686"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502089"]
[BlackFideId "2529513"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. O-O Bf5 6. d3 e6 7. Qe1 Nb4 8.
Bd1 Be7 9. a3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bh7 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. e5
Nd5 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bf5 18. Be3 g5 19. Qf2 Qa5 20. Nd2
Qxc3 21. Bf3 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Nxe5 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. Rab1+ Kc8 25. Qe2 Bf6
26. Qa6+ Kd7 27. Qxa7+ Ke8 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Qa4+ Kf8 30. Nc4 Qd4 31. c3
Qh4 32. g3 Bxg3 33. Rb2 Be4+ 34. Kg1 Bxh2+ 35. Rxh2 Rg8+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Duffy, James"]
[Black "Donohoe, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[WhiteICU "1600"]
[BlackICU "1752"]
[BlackClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529009"]
[BlackFideId "2502445"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Nc6 8.
Nbd2 Qe8 9. O-O Bd8 10. c4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14.
Qxe4 Bf5 15. Qd5+ Be6 16. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Keane, Colm"]
[Black "Shindgi, Sumanth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[WhiteICU "1684"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531259"]
[BlackFideId "2514214"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Nf6 7. f4 Qc7
8. fxe5 Qxe5 9. Rf5 Qe6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Be5 a6 12. Bc4 Qb6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. Bb3 O-O 15. Nd2 g6 16. Nc4 Qd8 17. Rf2 d6 18. Qf3 Kg7 19. Nb6 Rb8 20.
Raf1 Be5 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Qh3 f6 23. Qg4 b5 24. Rf3 a5 25. a4 bxa4 26.
Bxa4 d5 27. Rh3 dxe4 28. Qh4 h5 29. Qxe4 Qd6 30. g4 hxg4 31. Qxg4 Rh8 32.
Rxh8 Rxh8 33. h3 Rh5 34. Qd7+ Qxd7 35. Bxd7 f5 36. Rf3 Kf6 37. Kg2 Rg5+ 38.
Kf2 Rh5 39. Be8 Rh4 40. Kg2 Kg5 41. Rf1 Rh8 42. Bf7 Rc8 43. Bb3 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Wainwright, Bradley"]
[Black "Thomas, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "343482805"]
[BlackFideId "1800647"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Ne7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Qd5
Qe7 8. Bf4 d6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Kb8 13. Qb3 a6
14. Bxa6 Bc8 15. f3 f5 16. Nd5 Qe5 17. O-O-O fxe4 18. Bb5 Na7 19. Bxa7+
Kxa7 20. Nxc7 Be7 21. fxe4 Rhf8 22. Rd3 Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Qf1+ 24. Rd1 Qxg2 25.
Qa4+ Kb8 26. Nd5 Bf6 27. Rhe1 Be6 28. Nxf6 Rxf6 29. e5 Rf2 30. Rxd6 Rxd6
31. exd6 Bf5 32. Re8+ Bc8 33. Rxc8+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Marshall, Roy"]
[Black "Mariya Boby, Angel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1733"]
[BlackElo "1665"]
[WhiteICU "1763"]
[BlackICU "1730"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519178"]
[BlackFideId "2535564"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 d6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 a6 11. Bh6 Rb8 12. a4 Nb4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. f4 f5
15. Nd5 Nec6 16. b3 b5 17. Nxb4 Nxb4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra7+ Kg8 20. exf5
Bxf5 21. fxe5 Rc8 22. Qh6 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. g4 dxe5 25. gxf5 Qd6 26.
fxg6 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 hxg6 28. Qh3 Kg7 29. Ng3 bxc4 30. bxc4 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Qf4
32. Qg2 Qc1 33. Qg1 Kh6 34. Ne4 Qf4 35. Nxc5 Nc2 36. Bg2 Nd4 37. Qf1 Qd2
38. Ne4 Qe3 39. Qf8+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Bun, Oleh"]
[Black "McClatchey, Rob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "34161910"]
[BlackFideId "479217"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. b4 d6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. f4 Bf5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. d3 h6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be2 c6 8.
a3 a5 9. O-O axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Bxa1 Qb6+ 12. Bd4 Qxb4 13. Nbd2 Bxf3
14. Nxf3 c5 15. Qa1 Qb6 16. Bc3 Qa6 17. Qe1 e6 18. d4 Qc6 19. d5 Qc8 20.
dxe6 fxe6 21. Qg3 Kd8 22. Nd2 Kc7 23. Nc4 Nxe4 24. Ba5+ b6 25. Qe3 d5 26.
Be1 Qb7 27. Ne5 Ndf6 28. Qh3 Qc8 29. Bb5 Be7 30. Ng6 Re8 31. Bxe8 Qxe8 32.
Qxe6 Bd6 33. f5 Ng5 34. Qxe8 Nxe8 35. Bh4 Ne4 36. Rd1 N8f6 37. h3 Kc6 38.
Ra1 Kb7 39. Nh8 Be5 40. Re1 Bc3 41. Re2 Kc6 42. Nf7 Kb5 43. Nd8 Kb4 44. Ne6
Ne8 45. Nf4 Kc4 46. Bd8 Bd4+ 47. Kh2 b5 48. Nd3 b4 49. Nc1 Be5+ 50. g3 N8f6
51. Nb3 Bxg3+ 52. Kg2 Bd6 53. Na5+ Kb5 54. Nb7 Kc6 55. Bxf6 gxf6 56. Nd8+
Kb5 57. Nf7 Bf4 58. Kf3 Bg5 59. h4 Bxh4 60. Nxh6 c4 61. Ng4 b3 62. cxb3
cxb3 63. Ne3 Nc3 64. Rd2 d4 65. Rxd4 b2 66. Nd5 Nxd5 67. Rxd5+ Kc4 68. Rd1
Kc3 69. Ke2 Bg5 70. Rg1 Kc2 71. Kf3 b1=Q 72. Rxg5 Qf1+ 73. Ke4 fxg5 74. Ke5
g4 75. f6 g3 76. Ke4 Qxf6 77. Ke3 g2 78. Ke2 Qf1+ 79. Ke3 g1=Q+ 80. Ke4
Qd3+ 81. Kf4 Qde3+ 82. Kf5 Qgg5# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Venskus, Dominykas"]
[Black "Bermingham, Adam D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[WhiteICU "1761"]
[BlackICU "1661"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2536374"]
[BlackFideId "2527197"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O
8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Nc3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nf6 13. Rad1 Qc7
14. Ne3 Rd8 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Rd2 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Bb4 19. d6 Qa5
20. Bxb7 Rc5 21. Rc1 Ba4 22. Qd3 Bb5 23. Qd4 e5 24. Qh4 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3
26. bxc3 Qxc3 27. Rc2 Qa5 28. Nf5 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 Bf1+ 30. Kf3 Qd1+ 31. Ke3
0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "O'Hara, Austin"]
[Black "Aashay, R. Kher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2523825"]
[BlackFideId "25933337"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. h3 Nxd5 4. d4 Bf5 5. a3 e6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. c4 N5f6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. Be2 Qd7 14. O-O
Rh4 15. Be3 g5 16. f3 Bd8 17. Bf2 Rh6 18. Qd2 Nh5 19. Rfe1 Nf4 20. Bf1 f5
21. b4 Bf6 22. a4 Rd8 23. a5 Nc8 24. Rad1 Ne7 25. b5 e5 26. bxc6 bxc6 27.
d5 g4 28. hxg4 fxg4 29. Bg3 Bg5 30. Qf2 Qf5 31. fxg4 Qxg4 32. Ne4 Qh5 33.
Bh4 Bxh4 34. g3 Rg6 35. d6 Nf5 36. Bg2 Bxg3 37. Nxg3 Nxg3 38. Qxf4 Ne2+ 39.
Rxe2 Qxe2 40. Qd4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Black "Fernandez, Lucas Cunningham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[WhiteICU "1800"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2515270"]
[BlackFideId "2542005"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 Qe7 7. Qa4 Qc5 8.
d3 Rb8 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Nb5 Qb6 11. Nf3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 c5 13. b4 axb4 14.
axb4 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. Bg5 d6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20.
bxc5 dxc5 21. Rb6 Bd7 22. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Chan, Karina"]
[Black "O'Connell, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[WhiteICU "1611"]
[BlackICU "1796"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "426903"]
[BlackFideId "2505860"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a3 bxc4 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. exd5 d6 8.
Bxc4 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. h3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Qd2
Rfe8 15. Rac1 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Nc4 17. Qc2 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Bf8 19. Rce1 Rxe3 20.
Rxe3 Re8 21. Nd2 Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Foran, Barry"]
[Black "Shearan, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1711"]
[BlackElo "1637"]
[WhiteICU "1708"]
[BlackICU "1680"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508230"]
[BlackFideId "2506459"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "McInerney, Kevin"]
[Black "O'Flaherty, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1626"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[WhiteICU "1722"]
[BlackICU "1555"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2524350"]
[BlackFideId "2502291"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "B70"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O
8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Qc1 Qa5 11. Bh6 Rac8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qf4 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Bd1 e5 16. Qe3 b5 17. Qd3 Rc4 18. f3 Rfc8 19. Ne2 Nxc2 20.
Bxc2 Rxc2 21. Nc3 Rxb2 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Rcc2 24. Rfd1 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1
Rxh2+ 26. Kg1 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Black "Megadi-Walia, Rohan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518155"]
[BlackFideId "2536455"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Re1 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Nde7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bd5 Rfe8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qxc6 Qg5
20. Ne4 Qh4 21. Rf1 Rad8 22. Nd2 Re6 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxd3 25. Rad1 e4
26. Rxd3 exd3 27. Rd1 Re2 28. Nxb6 cxb6 29. Rb1 Rc2 30. Rd1 Rxb2 31. Rxd3
Ra2 32. Rd4 Ra3 33. Rc4 Kf8 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Kd3 Ra2 37. Rf4 f6
38. g4 Ke5 39. Re4+ Kd5 40. Rd4+ Ke5 41. f4+ Ke6 42. Rc4 Rh2 43. Re4+ Kf7
44. Re3 Kg6 45. Kc4 Rf2 46. f5+ Kg5 47. Re7 Kh4 48. Rxg7 Kxh3 49. Rg6 Rf4+
50. Kb5 Rxg4 51. Rxh6+ Kg3 52. Rxf6 Kf3 53. Rg6 Rf4 54. Re6 Rxf5+ 55. Kxb6
Kf4 56. c4 Kg5 57. c5 Rd5 58. c6 Kf5 59. Re1 Rd8 60. c7 Rg8 61. Kb7 Rg7 62.
Kb8 Rxc7 63. Kxc7 Kf6 64. Kd6 Kf5 65. Re5+ Kf6 66. Kd5 Kf7 67. Re6 Kg7 68.
Ke5 Kf7 69. Kf5 Kg7 70. Rf6 Kh7 71. Rg6 Kh8 72. Kf6 Kh7 73. Kf7 Kh8 74.
Rh6# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha"]
[Black "Moore, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[WhiteICU "1714"]
[BlackICU "1806"]
[WhiteClub "Raharney"]
[BlackClub "N.I.C.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "29982847"]
[BlackFideId "2507110"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Cozio (Lasker) attack"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Qxe7+
Bxe7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Nc3 a6 12. a3 Rad8 13. Rad1 Rfe8
14. Rfe1 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 Bxf3 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxf3 Rde8 19. Rxe7
Rxe7 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Re1 c5 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Ke2 Ke6 25. Ke3
d5 26. f4 f5 27. h4 h5 28. Ke2 c6 29. a4 a5 30. b3 g6 31. g3 Kd6 32. Kf3
Ke6 33. Ke2 Kd6 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "White, George"]
[Black "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[WhiteICU "1801"]
[BlackICU "1801"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "2520354"]
[BlackFideId "2036738"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7
8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. a4 b4 13. Ncd5 Bxd5 14.
exd5 Na5 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Nf5 Rfe8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Bg5 Qd4 19. c3 bxc3
20. bxc3 Qa7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qg4+ Kf8 23. Bxh7 Ke8 24. Bf5 Kd8 25. Qg7
Kc7 26. Qxf6 Rae8 27. Rfe1 Nb3 28. Rab1 Nc5 29. a5 Nd7 30. Bxd7 Kxd7 31.
Rb6 Qc7 32. Reb1 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Caliendo, Brian"]
[Black "O'Hanlon, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[BlackICU "1732"]
[BlackClub "Dundalk"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523574"]
[BlackFideId "2512157"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. c4 Qd8 7. Nc3 e6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Bc5 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6
14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qf4 Qb6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rd2
Be6 20. Rc2 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Foenander, Phillip"]
[Black "Stacey, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1690"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[WhiteICU "1692"]
[BlackICU "1470"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[BlackClub "Curragh"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505444"]
[BlackFideId "2505266"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. h3 Nc6 8.
e3 Rb8 9. c3 Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Kh2 b6 14. e4
Be6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Be3 f6 20. Rad1
Rbd8 21. Rd5 Qe7 22. Red1 Nc7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h4 Bf8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26.
Bh3 Qd6 27. h5 g5 28. Bf5 Ne6 29. Qc4 Kf7 30. Bxh7 Qd1 31. Bg6+ Ke7 32. Qa6
Qd7 33. Bf5 Qc7 34. Qf1 Bh6 35. Qc4 Qd7 36. Bg6 Kf8 37. Bf5 Ke7 38. b4 b5
39. Bxc5+ Kf7 40. Bxe6+ Qxe6 41. Qxb5 a6 42. Qb7+ Ke8 43. Qb8+ Kd7 44. Qb7+
Ke8 45. Qh7 Bf8 46. Qg6+ Qf7 47. Qxf7+ Kxf7 48. Bxf8 Kxf8 49. a4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Duggan, Matthew"]
[Black "Schwab, Lysander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1687"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2537320"]
[BlackFideId "34618619"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Be2 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. d3 Qd4+ 14.
Kh1 O-O 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Qf3 f6 17. Qg3 a6 18. Bh6 Bd8 19. Nd6 Bc7 20. exf6
Bxd6 21. fxg7 Rf5 22. Rxf5 exf5 23. Qg5 Re8 24. Rf1 Qe6 25. g3 Qg6 26. Qxf5
Qxf5 27. Rxf5 Nd7 28. Rd5 Re6 29. Bf4 Ne5 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Bxe5 Rxd3 32.
Kg1 Re3 33. Bc3 Re4 34. Kf2 Rxc4 35. Ke3 b5 36. Kd3 Rg4 37. Be5 Kf7 38. Ke3
Rg5 39. Kf4 Rg6 40. g4 a5 41. h4 h6 42. Kf5 Rc6 43. g5 h5 44. Bf6 c4 45.
g8=Q+ Kxg8 46. Kg6 b4 47. Kxh5 c3 48. bxc3 bxc3 49. Bxc3 Rxc3 50. Kh6 Rc2
51. h5 Rxa2 52. Kg6 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "McDonnell, Joe"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1601"]
[WhiteICU "1712"]
[WhiteClub "Castlebar"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507277"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Schwab, Lysander"]
[Black "Reynolds, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1687"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "34618619"]
[BlackFideId "2537486"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. d4 d5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nh5 7. Be5 Nd7 8.
Bd3 Nxe5 9. dxe5 g6 10. Qc2 Ng7 11. h4 Qc7 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Rdg1 O-O-O 14.
g4 h5 15. Ne2 hxg4 16. Rxg4 Nf5 17. Ned4 Rh5 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Rd4 Be6 20.
c5 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Ra4 Kb8 23. Rg1 Qf7 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Rxg5 Rdh8 26.
Rxh5 Rxh5 27. Qc3 Qc7 28. Qa3 Kc8 29. Rxa7 Rxh4 30. Qb3 Kb8 31. Qa3 Kc8 32.
Ba6 Qh2 33. Bxb7+ Kd8 34. Qa5+ Ke7 35. Bxc6+ Kf6 36. Qd8+ Ke5 37. Qd6+ Ke4
38. Qxe6+ Kd3 39. Qxd5+ Rd4 40. exd4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "McClatchey, Rob"]
[Black "Foenander, Phillip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1731"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[BlackICU "1692"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "479217"]
[BlackFideId "2505444"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. c4 c6 8.
Re1 e5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 f5 12. Bc2 e4 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Bb3
Kh8 15. c5 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Ng4+ 17. Kg1 Qc7 18. f4 h6 19. Nh3 Qe7 20. Be3
Qh4 21. Qe2 Qg3 22. Bf2 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Bg1 Bd7 25. Red1 Rae8 26. Ke1
Nh2 27. Kd2 Nf3+ 28. Kc3 Nxg1 29. Rxg1 Qh2 30. Qe3 g5 31. Nxg5 Kg7 32. Rh1
Qxg2 33. Rag1 Qxg1 34. Rxg1 hxg5 35. Rxg5+ Kf6 36. Qg3 Ke7 37. Rg7+ Kd8 38.
Qg5+ Kc8 39. Kd2 e3+ 40. Ke2 Re4 41. Re7 Rxe7 42. Qxe7 Re8 43. Qd6 Re4 44.
Bf7 Kd8 45. Bg6 Re6 46. Qb8+ Ke7 47. Bxf5 Rf6 48. Bxd7 Kxd7 49. Qxb7+ Ke8
50. Kxe3 Re6+ 51. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aashay, R. Kher"]
[Black "Grant, Cian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[BlackICU "1715"]
[WhiteNationality "IND"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "25933337"]
[BlackFideId "2516837"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3
8. Qxf3 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Bg5 b4 13. Ba4 Rc8 14. Nd2
Qa5 15. Nc4 dxc4 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rfe1 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qc7 20.
Rab1 Rb8 21. Rxb8+ Qxb8 22. d5 e5 23. Qf5 h5 24. Rb1 Qd8 25. Qe4 g6 26.
Qxc4 Kg7 27. Qxa6 Qc8 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. a4 Bd8 30. Rb5 Rc7 31. Rb7 Rxb7 32.
Bxb7 Kf8 33. c4 Bb6 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Bc6 h4 37. Be8 Ke7 38. Bb5
Kd6 39. f3 f6 40. Kd3 Kc5 41. Be8 g5 42. Bb5 Kd6 43. Ke4 Bd8 44. Kf5 Ke7
45. c5 Ba5 46. d6+ Kf7 47. c6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Crowe, John"]
[Black "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[WhiteICU "1686"]
[BlackICU "1800"]
[WhiteClub "Lucan"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529513"]
[BlackFideId "2515270"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "D50"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Been-Koomen variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. d5
exd5 15. Bxd5 Qb6 16. Qb3 Rad8 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Nc5 Bd5 20.
Qa3 Qb6 21. b4 Rd6 22. Rfe1 Rfd8 23. Rc2 g6 24. Rce2 Kg7 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26.
Nde4 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Rd3 28. Qc1 Bd4 29. Qf4 Rd5 30. Ng5 Rf5 31. Qh4 h6 32.
Ne4 Rh5 33. Qf4 Rf5 34. Qh4 Qc7 35. Ng3 Rf4 36. Qh3 Qc3 37. Qg2 Rxf2 38.
Rxf2 Qxe1+ 39. Nf1 Rd1 40. h4 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Foran, Barry"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, Pat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1711"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[WhiteICU "1708"]
[BlackICU "1660"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508230"]
[BlackFideId "2502526"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8.
Be2 Be7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. Nh4 Nb6 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Bd3 Rd8 14.
Rac1 Qd7 15. Rfe1 Bf8 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Ne4 19. Bb4 Bxb4
20. Qxb4 Rad8 21. Red1 a6 22. g3 Re6 23. Bg2 Nf6 24. Rc3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5
26. Rdc1 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Rxe7 28. Rc7 Kf8 29. R1c5 Red7 30. Kg2 Ke7 31. Kf3 g6
32. h4 Rxc7 33. Rxc7+ Rd7 34. Rc8 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. Kf4 f6 37. h5 Ke7
38. hxg6 hxg6 39. g4 fxg4 40. Kxg4 Ke6 41. f4 b5 42. b4 Kf7 43. Kf3 Ke6 44.
Kg4 Kf7 45. Kf3 Ke6 46. e4 dxe4+ 47. Kxe4 f5+ 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kd3 Kd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "O'Flaherty, Paul"]
[Black "Wainwright, Bradley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[WhiteICU "1555"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2502291"]
[BlackFideId "343482805"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Belgrade gambit"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2
Qe7+ 8. Qe2 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Ne7 11. d6 cxd6 12. Nxd4 O-O 13.
Rhe1 Nc6 14. Nb5 d5 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Nxd5 d6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Nf4 Nd4 19.
Bd3 Rfe8 20. c3 Nc6 21. a4 Bb3 22. Bc2 Bxc2 23. Kxc2 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Kf8 25.
Nd5 Rc8 26. f4 Nd4+ 27. Kd3 Ne6 28. b4 Re8 29. Re4 f5 30. Rc4 Nd8 31. Rc7
a5 32. Rd7 Ne6 33. Rxb7 axb4 34. cxb4 Ra8 35. a5 Ra6 36. Nc7 Nxc7 37. Rxc7
h5 38. Kc4 d5+ 39. Kxd5 Rg6 40. g3 h4 41. b5 hxg3 42. hxg3 Rxg3 43. b6 Ra3
44. Ke6 g5 45. b7 Rb3 46. Rc8+ Kg7 47. b8=Q Rxb8 48. Rxb8 g4 49. a6 g3 50.
a7 g2 51. a8=Q g1=Q 52. Rg8+ Kh6 53. Rh8+ Kg6 54. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Mariya Boby, Angel"]
[Black "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1665"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[WhiteICU "1730"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535564"]
[BlackFideId "2518155"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Qe2 h6 14.
Ne5 Nd7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nf3 Qf4 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 Re7 19. Rae1 Rae8
20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 f6 22. R5e3 Kf7 23. f4 f5 24. g4 g6 25. Kf2 Bb7 26.
Kg3 Rc8 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Bxf5 Rg8+ 29. Kf2 Rge8 30. Bg4 Kf6 31. Re5 Bc8
32. Be2 Rg8 33. Bg4 Rge8 34. Kf3 a6 35. Ke3 Rg8 36. Kd2 Rge8 37. Rf1 Kg7
38. Rg1 Kh7 39. Be2 Rg7 40. Bd3+ Kg8 41. Rge1 Kf7 42. R1e2 b5 43. Rf2 Ke7
44. f5 Rf8 45. Rfe2 Kd6 46. fxe6 Re7 47. Bf5 Rf6 48. b4 Bxe6 49. Bxe6 Rfxe6
50. Rxe6+ Rxe6 51. Rxe6+ Kxe6 52. Ke3 Kf5 53. Kf3 Kg5 54. Kg3 Kg6 55. Kf4
Kf6 56. h4 Ke6 57. Ke3 Kf6 58. Kf4 Ke6 59. Kg3 Kf5 60. Kf3 Kf6 61. Kg4 Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "McDonnell, Joe"]
[Black "White, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1601"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[WhiteICU "1712"]
[BlackICU "1801"]
[WhiteClub "Castlebar"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507277"]
[BlackFideId "2520354"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. a3
a5 9. b3 Be6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Nd2 Qb6 14. Rb1 d3
15. Re1 Ng4 16. Qf3 Bf6 17. h3 Ne5 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 Bd8 20. Nc4 Bxc4
21. bxc4 Nxc4 22. Rxd3 b6 23. Rc3 Ne5 24. f4 Nd7 25. Rc6 Be7 26. Rc7 Rfd8
27. Be3 Rac8 28. Bxb6 Rb8 29. e5 d5 30. Bxd5 Bc5+ 31. Rxc5 Nxc5 32. Rd1
Rxb6 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rxd8 Rb3 35. Rd5 Rxg3+ 36. Kf2 Rc3 37. f5 Ne4+ 38.
Ke2 Ng3+ 39. Kd2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Bermingham, Adam D."]
[Black "Keane, Colm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[WhiteICU "1661"]
[BlackICU "1684"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2527197"]
[BlackFideId "2531259"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Ba6 11. Re1 b4 12. Na4 Bxe2 13. Rxe2 Qd5 14. Rc2
Nbd7 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Rxc2 18. Rxc2 Ne4 19. Kf1 e6 20.
Ke2 Ndf6 21. h3 Nd6 22. Ne5 Nfe4 23. Be1 f6 24. Nd3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26.
f3 Ned6 27. Ndc5 Kf7 28. Nb3 Nb7 29. a3 Bf8 30. axb4 Bxb4 31. Bxb4 axb4 32.
Kd3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Donohoe, Eugene"]
[Black "Chan, Karina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[WhiteICU "1752"]
[BlackICU "1611"]
[WhiteClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2502445"]
[BlackFideId "426903"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 Bf5 7. Be2 e6 8.
Nbd2 c4 9. Nh4 Be4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc7 14.
O-O O-O 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Bxc4 Nc5 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5
20. e4 d4 21. Qb3 d3 22. Bg4 b5 23. f4 Nc4 24. Rf3 d2 25. Qc2 Qb6+ 26. Kh2
Ne3 27. Rxe3 Qxe3 28. Qxd2 Qxe4 29. Bf3 Qf5 30. Bb7 Rb8 31. Bf3 e5 32. fxe5
Qxe5+ 33. Kh1 h6 34. Re1 Qc7 35. Bd1 Rbe8 36. Bc2 Rxe1+ 37. Qxe1 Qf4 38.
Kg1 g6 39. Bb3 Qd6 40. Qh4 Kg7 41. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 42. cxd4 Rd8 43. d5 Kf6 44.
Kf2 a5 45. a3 a4 46. Ba2 Ke5 47. Ke3 f5 48. g3 g5 49. h4 f4+ 50. gxf4+
gxf4+ 51. Kf3 h5 52. b4 Rd6 53. Ke2 Rg6 54. d6 Kxd6 55. Bf7 Rh6 56. Kf3 Ke5
57. Be8 Rh8 58. Bxb5 Ra8 59. Bc6 Ra7 60. b5 Rc7 61. Kf2 Kd4 62. Kf3 Kc3 63.
Kxf4 Kb2 64. Ke5 Kxa3 65. Kd6 Rg7 66. b6 Kb4 67. b7 Rg8 68. Kc7 a3 69. Bd5
Rg7+ 70. Kc8 Rxb7 71. Kxb7 Kc5 72. Bg8 Kd6 73. Kb6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "O'Connell, Denis"]
[Black "Duffy, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[WhiteICU "1796"]
[BlackICU "1600"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505860"]
[BlackFideId "2529009"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Byrne variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Nfd7 7. Nd5 c6
8. Nc3 Bxe5 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Bxe5
14. O-O-O b5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. h4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. Kb2 Nd7 19. Be3 a5
20. Be2 Ne5 21. h5 Bc4 22. Bd3 Red8 23. Bd4 Nxd3+ 24. cxd3 e5 25. dxc4 exd4
26. cxd4 bxc4 27. Kc3 Rab8 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rb1 Re8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Re1
Kf8 32. Re5 Rb5 33. Kxc4 Rxe5 34. dxe5 Ke7 35. Kc5 Kd7 36. a4 Kc7 37. f4
Kb7 38. g4 Kc7 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 Kd7 41. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Moore, Samuel"]
[Black "Caliendo, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[WhiteICU "1806"]
[WhiteClub "N.I.C.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507110"]
[BlackFideId "2523574"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. f5 Nxe4 14.
fxg6 hxg6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Ng5 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Rh8 19. Bd5 Rh5
20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Nf3 Rah8 22. Kg1 e5 23. Qd2 f4 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Qb4 Rd7
26. c4 b6 27. Rd2 g5 28. Rfd1 g4 29. hxg4 Rh6 30. g5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "O'Hanlon, Joe"]
[Black "Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[WhiteICU "1732"]
[BlackICU "1714"]
[WhiteClub "Dundalk"]
[BlackClub "Raharney"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512157"]
[BlackFideId "29982847"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c6 3. c3 Qb6 4. Qb3 d6 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg3 Nxg3 7. hxg3 g6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Ng5 Qxb3 10. axb3 h6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14.
O-O d5 15. Rfe1 a6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Rxe6 Rae8 20.
Rae1 Kf7 21. R6e2 Nd7 22. Nc4 b5 23. Nce5+ Nxe5 24. Nxe5+ Bxe5 25. Rxe5 e6
26. Ra1 Ra8 27. Rc5 Rfc8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Kd6 30. Rh1 Rh8 31. Kd3 g5 32.
Re5 Rae8 33. Rhe1 Rhf8 34. f3 Rf6 35. c4 Ra8 36. Ra1 Rff8 37. Ree1 Ra7 38.
Rh1 Rf6 39. Rh5 Rg6 40. Rhh1 Rf6 41. Ra5 Kc7 42. Raa1 Kd6 43. Ke4 Ra8 44.
Rhd1 Rf7 45. Rd2 Rf6 46. Rad1 Re8 47. Kd3 Kc7 48. Kc2 Kb7 49. d5 cxd5 50.
cxd5 exd5 51. Rxd5 Rc6+ 52. Kb1 Rec8 53. Rd7+ Kb6 54. R7d6 Ka5 55. Rxc6
Rxc6 56. f4 Kb4 57. Rd3 Re6 58. f5 Re1+ 59. Ka2 Ka5 60. f6 Re8 61. f7 Rf8
62. Rf3 Kb6 63. Kb1 Kc7 64. Kc2 Kd7 65. Kc3 Kc6 66. Kd4 Kd6 67. b4 h5 68.
b3 h4 69. g4 Ke6 70. Kc5 Rxf7 71. Rxf7 Kxf7 72. Kb6 Ke6 73. Kxa6 Ke5 74.
Kxb5 Kf4 75. Kc5 Kg3 76. b5 Kxg2 77. b6 h3 78. b7 h2 79. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Shindgi, Sumanth"]
[Black "O'Neill, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[BlackICU "1798"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514214"]
[BlackFideId "2528533"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Bxc3 5. Bxc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. e3 Nc6
8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O Ne4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. Bf3 Ne7
14. Rfe1 b6 15. Qb5 c6 16. Qd3 Nf5 17. g3 Nh4 18. Bh1 Bf5 19. e4 dxe4 20.
Bxe4 Qg6 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. Rad1 Nd6 24. a4 a5 25. Re5 f6 26.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 Kf7 29. Kg2 Ke6 30. Kf3 Kd5 31. Bd2 Nf5
32. Be3 Nxd4+ 33. Kf4 b5 34. h4 b4 35. g4 c5 36. h5 c4 37. g5 Ne6+ 38. Kf5
Nxg5 39. h6 gxh6 40. Kxf6 Ne4+ 41. Kg7 Nxf2 42. Bxh6 c3 43. b3 c2 44. Kxh7
Nd3 45. Kg6 c1=Q 46. Bxc1 Nxc1 47. Kf5 Nxb3 48. Kf4 Nc5 49. Ke3 Nxa4 50.
Kd2 Kc4 51. Kc2 b3+ 52. Kb1 Kc3 53. Ka1 b2+ 54. Kb1 Nc5 55. Ka2 Kc2 56. Ka3
b1=R 57. Ka2 Nb3 58. Ka3 Ra1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Wieczorek, Jarek"]
[Black "O'Hara, Austin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[WhiteICU "1755"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2528223"]
[BlackFideId "2523825"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 a5 3. a3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. g3 h6 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Re1 Bb8 12. e4 Bg6 13. Qe2 dxe4 14. dxe4
Qc7 15. Rad1 Ba7 16. e5 Nh5 17. Nf1 Rae8 18. Kh2 f5 19. exf6 Nhxf6 20. Ne5
Bh7 21. f4 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qb6 23. Bd4 c5 24. Be5 Rd8 25. Ne3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Bg6 27. Nc4 Qa6 28. Bc3 Be8 29. Rd6 b6 30. Qxe6+ Bf7 31. Qe2 Bb8 32. Rxb6
Bxc4 33. Qxc4+ Qxc4 34. bxc4 Re8 35. Bd5+ Nxd5 36. cxd5 Bc7 37. Rb7 Re7 38.
Bxa5 Re2+ 39. Kg1 Bxa5 40. Rb5 Bd2 41. d6 Be3+ 42. Kf1 Rd2 43. Rb3 Bd4 44.
Ke1 Rxc2 45. d7 Bf6 46. Rb8+ Kf7 47. d8=Q Bxd8 48. Rxd8 Rc3 49. Rd7+ Kf8
50. Kd2 Rxa3 51. Rd3 Rxd3+ 52. Kxd3 g5 53. f5 h5 54. Kc4 Ke7 55. Kxc5 Kf6
56. g4 hxg4 57. hxg4 Ke7 58. Kd5 Kf6 59. Kd6 Kf7 60. Ke5 Ke7 61. f6+ Kf8
62. Kf5 Kg8 63. Kxg5 Kh8 64. Kf5 Kg8 65. Ke6 Kf8 66. g5 Ke8 67. g6 Kf8 68.
g7+ Kg8 69. Ke7 Kh7 70. f7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Fernandez, Lucas Cunningham"]
[Black "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[BlackICU "1733"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2542005"]
[BlackFideId "2502089"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Bb3 c6 7. a4 Qc7 8.
Be3 h6 9. h3 Nf8 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Qd3 Ng6 12. Ne2 exd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Be3
Bc6 15. Ng3 O-O 16. Bd5 Rad8 17. O-O b6 18. Rfe1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. c4
Bd7 21. b3 Qc8 22. Rad1 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Bd6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rfe8 26.
Qe4 Be7 27. Bc1 Bf6 28. Rd3 Rd6 29. Red1 Red8 30. Bb2 Qa8 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32.
Qxe5 f6 33. Qe4 Qb7 34. h4 Qf7 35. g4 Re8 36. Qc4 Re5 37. f4 Re8 38. Kf2
Qe7 39. Rh3 Kh7 40. g5 Red8 41. g6+ Kg8 42. Re3 Qd7 43. Re6 Kf8 44. Qe4
Rxd5 45. Re1 Rd2+ 46. Kf1 Qd3+ 47. Qxd3 R2xd3 48. Re7 R3d7 49. R7e4 Rd4 50.
Re7 R4d7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Thomas, Kevin"]
[Black "McInerney, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[BlackICU "1722"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "WLS"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1800647"]
[BlackFideId "2524350"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 Ng4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Nc3 e6 11. Re1 f6 12. h3 Nh6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Bg5
Qf7 15. Qd2 Nf5 16. Be3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qf4 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Qd3
Ne7 21. Nc3 Nf5 22. Ne5 Nh4 23. Qg3 Nf5 24. Nxd7 Qd8 25. Nxf8 Nxg3 26. Nxe6
Qd6 27. fxg3 Qxg3 28. Bxd5 Kh8 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Re7+ Kh6 31. Ne4 Qe3+ 32.
Kh1 Rc8 33. Rxb7 Rc2 34. Nf6 Qe2 35. Bf3 Qe3 36. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Megadi-Walia, Rohan"]
[Black "Marshall, Roy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[BlackElo "1733"]
[BlackICU "1763"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2536455"]
[BlackFideId "2519178"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical (two knights) system"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Nxe4 d5
8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 c6 10. c3 Nd7 11. d5 Nf6 12. Bc2 Nxd5 13. Bb3 b5 14. c4
Nb6 15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Ng5 e6 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Rd1 Bb7 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Qg3 a5
21. Qh4 a4 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf3 g5 25. Qh5 d4 26. Qg4 Bxf3 27.
Qxf3 Rac8 28. b3 Rc3 29. Rd3 Rfc8 30. Bb2 Rc2 31. Qg4 Qc5 32. Rb1 Rc7 33.
Ba1 Rxa2 34. Bxd4 Qc2 35. Rf1 Qxd3 36. Be3 Rcc2 37. Rd1 Qxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Ra1
39. Qxa1 Bxa1 40. bxa4 bxa4 41. Kf1 Be5 42. Bb6 a3 43. Ke1 a2 44. Kd1 Rb2
45. Be3 a1=Q+ 46. Bc1 Bf4 47. g3 Qxc1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Black "Venskus, Dominykas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1615"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[WhiteICU "1801"]
[BlackICU "1761"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "USA"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2036738"]
[BlackFideId "2536374"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8.
Bf4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bc2 Nf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 Nc4 14. Bxc4
Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qxf4 16. Qe2+ Kd8 17. Bb3 Re8 18. Qf2 Qe3 19. Na3 Qxf2+ 20.
Kxf2 a6 21. Nc2 Kc7 22. Nd4 Re7 23. Rfe1 Rae8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Re1 Rxe1
26. Kxe1 Kd6 27. Bc2 Ke5 28. Kd2 h5 29. Ke3 g5 30. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Nolan, Cal"]
[Black "Duggan, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[WhiteICU "1684"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512980"]
[BlackFideId "2537320"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Ponziani gambit"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d6 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Qd5+ Ke8 7. Qxe4
d5 8. Qd3 c5 9. Nc3 d4 10. Ne4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Be6 12. b3 Qc7 13. Bf4 c4 14.
Qe2 Bb4+ 15. Nfd2 d3 16. cxd3 Nd4 17. Qd1 c3 18. O-O cxd2 19. Nxd2 Rf8 20.
Rc1 Qd7 21. Be3 Nf5 22. Nc4 b5 23. Nb2 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Bg4 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.
Qf1+ Kg8 27. Qf4 Ba3 28. Qe4 Rf8 29. Rc2 Bf5 30. Qd4 Bxb2 31. Qxd7 Bxd7 32.
Rxb2 Re8 33. d4 Kf7 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. e4 g5 36. Ke3 Rf8 37. Rc2 Ke7 38. d5
Rf1 39. Rd2 Re1+ 40. Kd4 Bc8 41. e6 Rf1 42. Ke5 Rc1 43. d6+ Kd8 44. Rf2 Rc6
45. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Stacey, Derek"]
[Black "Bun, Oleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[WhiteICU "1470"]
[WhiteClub "Curragh"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2505266"]
[BlackFideId "34161910"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. Bc4 h6 7. O-O f5 8.
Qd5 Qe7 9. exf5 Nf6 10. Qd1 a6 11. Re1 d6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxf5 14.
Be3 g5 15. h3 Bg7 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Qd3 Qf6 18. Bd4 Nb4 19. Qc4 Nxd5 20. Qxd5
Bc6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Qxc6+ Kf7 23. Nxe5+ dxe5 24. Qxf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxe5 Bxe5
26. Rxe5 Rhe8 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Shearan, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[WhiteICU "1680"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506459"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "O'Flaherty, Paul"]
[Black "McClatchey, Rob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[WhiteICU "1555"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2502291"]
[BlackFideId "479217"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Ufimtsev-Pytel variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxe2 6. Ngxe2 e6 7. O-O Be7
8. Kh1 d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f5 exf5 11. Rxf5 g6 12. Rf3 Bg5 13. Nf4 O-O 14.
Nce2 Re8 15. Qd3 Nf8 16. Bd2 Nbd7 17. Raf1 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nxg6 Bxd2
20. Rxf6 Bh6 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Qg3+ Kh8 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Rf7 Qe8 25. Qf3
Bg7 26. c3 Rd8 27. Rxb7 Qg6 28. Qf7 Rf8 29. Qxg6 Rf1+ 30. Ng1 hxg6 31. g3
Rf2 32. Nh3 Rc2 33. Nf4 g5 34. Ne6 Bf6 35. Rf7 Bg7 36. Nxg7 a5 37. Ne8 Rxb2
38. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "White, George"]
[Black "Aashay, R. Kher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[WhiteICU "1801"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2520354"]
[BlackFideId "25933337"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Marshall variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nd7 7. h3 Bf5
8. a3 Be7 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nh4 Nh5 13. Nxf5 Nxf4 14.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Qd2 Qg5 17. Rfd1 Nxh3+ 18. Kf1 Qxd2 19. Rxd2
Nf4 20. Rad1 Nf6 21. g3 Ng6 22. d5 cxd5 23. cxd5 Ne5 24. Bg2 exd5 25. Nxd5
Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Nc6 27. Rd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Ne5 29. Rxb7 g6 30. Rxa7 Rd8 31. b4
Kg7 32. b5 Rd2 33. b6 Rb2 34. b7 Nd7 35. Ra8 Rb6 36. Rd8 Rb1+ 37. Ke2 Rb2+
38. Kd1 Rxf2 39. Rxd7 Rb2 40. Rd8 Rxg2 41. b8=Q Rg1+ 42. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Black "Schwab, Lysander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[BlackElo "1687"]
[WhiteICU "1800"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2515270"]
[BlackFideId "34618619"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d4 exd4 8.
exd4 Bb6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Nf4 a6 14. Ncd5
Bg6 15. c5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Ba7 17. b4 Be4 18. Kh2 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 dxc5 20. Qb3
Nxd4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rac1 c6 23. Nf4 Rac8 24. Nd3 h6 25. a3 Re7 26. Rfd1
Qe6 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Kg2 b6 29. Nf4 Rd6 30. Rd3 c5 31. Ne2 Re8 32. bxc5
bxc5 33. Nf4 Rc8 34. Rb3 Rd7 35. Rc4 Kf8 36. Nd3 Ke7 37. Ne5 Rdc7 38. Rf3
Ke6 39. Nd3 Rd8 40. g4 g6 41. Kf1 Kd5 42. Ra4 Ke4 43. Ke2 c4 44. Rf4+ Kd5
45. Nb4+ Ke5 46. Rf3 d3+ 47. Kd1 Rd6 48. Nxa6 Rb7 49. Nb4 Bc5 50. Ra5 Ke4
51. Rg3 Bxb4 52. Re3+ Kd4 53. axb4 Rxb4 54. Rae5 Kc3 55. Kc1 Ra6 56. f4
Ra1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "O'Hanlon, Joe"]
[Black "O'Connell, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[WhiteICU "1732"]
[BlackICU "1796"]
[WhiteClub "Dundalk"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512157"]
[BlackFideId "2505860"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 Bd6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Nd2 b6 7. Bd3 Ba6 8.
Bxa6 Nxa6 9. c3 c5 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. h4 Qc7 12. Ndf3 Nc6 13. g3 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Mariya Boby, Angel"]
[Black "Foran, Barry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1665"]
[BlackElo "1711"]
[WhiteICU "1730"]
[BlackICU "1708"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535564"]
[BlackFideId "2508230"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Qe2 Qe7
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Kxd7 10. Qb5+ Kc8 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Nd2 a6 13. Qe2 Qc7
14. O-O-O Bd6 15. h3 Re8 16. Ngf3 b5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Kb1 Kb7 19. Nb3 Bd6
20. Qd3 Rad8 21. Rhe1 Qc4 22. Na5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Black "Bermingham, Adam D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[BlackICU "1661"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518155"]
[BlackFideId "2527197"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. b4 Be7 7. b5 Na5 8.
Bd3 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Nbxd2 h6 13. O-O O-O 14.
Qa4 c5 15. bxc6 Nxc6 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Bxa5 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Bb5 Bd7 20.
Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 a6 22. Rxd5 Be6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ra5 Bc4 25. Rd1 Rfb8
26. h3 Rb2 27. Rd2 Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Bd5 29. Kg3 Rb5 30. Ra3 a5 31. Rc3 a4 32.
Ne1 Rb4 33. f3 Rab8 34. Kf2 Rb2 35. Rcc2 R2b4 36. Ke3 g5 37. Nd3 R4b6 38.
Nc5 Ra8 39. Nd7 Rb5 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Nxd5 cxd5 42. Rc5 Raa5 43. Rdc2 a3 44.
Kd3 Kg7 45. g4 Kf8 46. Rxb5 Rxb5 47. Rc3 Rb2 48. Rxa3 Rh2 49. Ra5 Rxh3 50.
Ke3 Rh2 51. Rxd5 Rxa2 52. Rc5 Ra6 53. Rc3 Ke7 54. Ke4 Rb6 55. Rd3 f6 56. d5
fxe5 57. Kxe5 Rb1 58. Kf5 Kf7 59. d6 Rb5+ 60. Ke4 Ke8 61. Rd2 Kd7 62. Rd1
Ra5 63. Rd5 Ra8 64. Kf5 Rg8 65. Rd3 Rf8+ 66. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Fitzsimons, Pat"]
[Black "Moore, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[WhiteICU "1660"]
[BlackICU "1806"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "N.I.C.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502526"]
[BlackFideId "2507110"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, 4...c5"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd3 Re8 14.
Bb2 Bh5 15. Rfc1 Bg6 16. Qd1 Ne4 17. Nd2 Qe7 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bf3 h6 20.
Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Rc5 Ne7 22. Rac1 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. h3 Nd6
26. Kh2 Nc4 27. Qa1 Qc2 28. Bc1 Qxf2 29. Qc3 b5 30. Qb3 a6 31. a4 Qe1 32.
axb5 axb5 33. Qxb5 Qxc1 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qc6 Qxe3 36. Qxd5 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Ne3
38. Qb7 Qxd4 39. Qxf7 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "O'Neill, Matthew"]
[Black "Foenander, Phillip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[WhiteICU "1798"]
[BlackICU "1692"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2528533"]
[BlackFideId "2505444"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Potter variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a6 8.
Bd3 Ne5 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. h3 Be6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O-O Nxd3+ 13. Rxd3 Bc4 14.
Rhd1 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Qe7 16. Rg3 Kh8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxf2 19. Nd5 Qe6
20. Rxg7 Bh4 21. Rg4 Rae8 22. Rxh4 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxf6 Kg7 25. Nd7
Re1+ 26. Kd2 Rfe8 27. Rg4+ Kh8 28. Nf6 R1e2+ 29. Kc3 R2e3+ 30. Kb4 a5+ 31.
Nxa5 c5+ 32. Kb5 Rc8 33. Nc4 Re6 34. Ne4 b6 35. Ng5 Rf6 36. Ne5 Ra8 37.
Ngxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Reynolds, Paul"]
[Black "Crowe, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[BlackICU "1686"]
[BlackClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537486"]
[BlackFideId "2529513"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. a3 Ba5 8.
b4 Bb6 9. Nf3 a6 10. b5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Bc7 12. Bd2 Nge7 13. Nxc7+ Qxc7 14.
Bd3 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Qb3 Be6 17. O-O O-O 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Rc3 Na5 20.
Qc2 Nc4 21. Bg5 Qd7 22. Nd2 Rfc8 23. f4 Nxa3 24. Qd3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Nc4 26.
Nxc4 dxc4 27. h4 Ra2 28. Qg3 Qxd4+ 29. Kh2 Bd5 30. Rg1 c3 31. Bf6 g6 32.
Qg5 Qxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Rxg2+ 34. Qxg2 Bxg2 35. e6 c2 36. Bb2 Bc6 37. e7 f6 38.
Kf2 Kf7 39. Ba3 b5 40. Ke3 h6 41. Kd2 Be4 42. Bc5 g5 43. Be3 gxh4 44. Bg1
b4 45. Bh2 Kxe7 46. Kc1 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Grant, Cian"]
[Black "Wieczorek, Jarek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[WhiteICU "1715"]
[BlackICU "1755"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516837"]
[BlackFideId "2528223"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Be2"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Ne7 8. g4
h6 9. h4 Qd7 10. f3 a6 11. Nh3 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Nf2 Ne8
15. Qc2 f5 16. Nd3 Nf6 17. Rhg1 fxg4 18. fxg4 Rdf8 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Nh5
21. Bg4 Nf5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Bxh5 Rxh5 24. Qe2 Rfh8 25. Bd2 Kb8 26. Rdf1
Bc8 27. Nb4 f4 28. Qd1 Qf5 29. Qc2 Qh3 30. Qa4 a5 31. Nc6+ Kb7 32. b4 Bd7
33. bxa5 Ra8 34. Qd1 Rhh8 35. Rh1 Qd3 36. Rxh8 Rxh8 37. a6+ Ka8 38. Qe2 Qg3
39. Nb5 Bxc6 40. dxc6 Rh2 41. Qe1 Qd3 42. Rf2 Qxc4+ 43. Nc3 Rh3 44. Kd1
Qxc6 45. Ne4 Qa4+ 46. Kc1 Qxa2 47. Qf1 Qa3+ 48. Kd1 d5 49. Nc3 Qb3+ 50. Ke2
Qc4+ 51. Ke1 Qxf1+ 52. Rxf1 c6 53. Ke2 Ka7 54. Rg1 e4 55. Nxe4 dxe4 56.
Bxf4 Kxa6 57. Rb1 Bd4 58. Bc7 Re3+ 59. Kf1 Rh3 60. Kg2 Rh4 61. Kg3 Rh7 62.
Bf4 Re7 63. Re1 b5 64. Be3 Bc3 65. Rc1 b4 66. Bc5 Rf7 67. Rc2 Kb5 68. Bf2
Kc4 69. Re2 Rf3+ 70. Kg4 Kd3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Wainwright, Bradley"]
[Black "Donohoe, Eugene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[BlackICU "1752"]
[BlackClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "343482805"]
[BlackFideId "2502445"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O h6
8. h3 c6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Be3 g5 11. Bb3 Nf8 12. Rad1 Ng6 13. a4 g4 14. hxg4
Bxg4 15. Qc4 Be6 16. Nd5 Qc8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qc3 Bg4 19. Rd6 Be7 20.
Rxg6 Bxf3 21. Qxe5 Rf8 22. Rxh6 Qg4 23. Qh2 Rg8 24. g3 Qg7 25. Rh7 Qxh7 26.
Qxh7 O-O-O 27. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Keane, Colm"]
[Black "Nolan, Cal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[WhiteICU "1684"]
[BlackICU "1684"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531259"]
[BlackFideId "2512980"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "Saemisch attack"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. dxc3 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Nf3 g6
8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Be3 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bc5 Qd5 12. Ba3 Be6 13. Qe2 a6 14.
Be4 Qc4 15. Bd3 Qd5 16. c4 Qa5+ 17. Kf2 O-O-O 18. Be4 Nd4 19. Qe3 f5 20.
Bd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nxf3 22. gxf3 Qxd5 23. Rhd1 Qc6 24. Qa7 Bf6 25. Bc5 Kc7
26. Rd3 Bh4+ 27. Kg2 Ra8 28. Rc3 Rxa7 29. Bxa7 b6 30. Rd1 Qxc3 31. bxc3 Ra8
32. Bxb6+ Kxb6 33. Rd6+ Kc5 34. Re6 Kd5 35. Rb6 Rc8 36. Rxa6 Rxc3 37. a4
Rxc2+ 38. Kh3 Bg5 39. Ra5+ Kd4 40. Rb5 Kc4 41. Rb7 Ra2 42. Rc7+ Kd4 43.
Rxh7 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Bun, Oleh"]
[Black "Thomas, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "34161910"]
[BlackFideId "1800647"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
a4 Nbd7 9. Na3 Qb6 10. c3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 e5 12. a5 Qc7 13. f5 e4 14. Rg3 Ne5
15. Rc1 Rad8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Rh3
Rfd8 21. Qe1 R8d5 22. Qf2 Rf5 23. Qe2 Qe7 24. Bc3 Nd5 25. Qe1 Nxc3 26. dxc3
Qf6 27. Nd2 Qe6 28. Nb1 Rfd5 29. c4 Rd8 30. Qe2 Qd7 31. Kf2 Rb3 32. Qc2 Rb2
33. Qxb2 Bxb2 34. Rc2 Bg7 35. Nd2 Qd3 36. Ra2 Bc3 37. Nf1 Bxb4 38. Rg3 Be1+
39. Kxe1 Qb1+ 40. Kf2 Qxa2+ 41. Ke1 Qxc4 42. h4 Qb4+ 43. Ke2 Qxa5 44. Rg5
Rd5 45. Rg4 Qa2+ 46. Ke1 Rb5 47. Nd2 Rb2 48. h5 Rxd2 49. hxg6 f5 50. Rf4
Rb2 51. g4 Rb1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Marshall, Roy"]
[Black "McDonnell, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1733"]
[BlackElo "1601"]
[WhiteICU "1763"]
[BlackICU "1712"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Castlebar"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519178"]
[BlackFideId "2507277"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Kh2 a5 12. Bg5 Ne8 13. Qd2 f5 14. f4 h6
15. Bh4 exf4 16. gxf4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rf3 c6 19. Ne7+ Kh7 20. exf5
gxf5 21. Rg3 Nf6 22. Ng6 Rg8 23. Ne5 dxe5 24. Bxf6 Rxg3 25. Kxg3 exf4+ 26.
Qxf4 Bxf6 27. Kh2 Qd4 28. Qc7+ Qd7 29. Qf4 Qg7 30. Re1 Re8 31. Kh1 Qd7 32.
b3 Bf7 33. Rd1 Qd4 34. Qxf5+ Bg6 35. Qxa5 Bh4 36. a4 Bh5 37. Qxh5 Re5 38.
Be4+ Kg7 39. Qxh4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Chan, Karina"]
[Black "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[WhiteICU "1611"]
[BlackICU "1733"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "426903"]
[BlackFideId "2502089"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Qe8 8.
Qc2 Bd8 9. Bg5 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e3 c6 12. Rd1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. O-O
g5 15. Rfe1 g4 16. Nd2 e4 17. Ne2 Nd7 18. Nf4 Ne5 19. b4 Be6 20. c5 Rd8 21.
Nb3 Qf7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nd4 Bc8 24. Rd1 Qc4 25. Qe2 Qxe2 26. Nfxe2 Nf3+
27. Bxf3 gxf3 28. Nc3 a6 29. a4 Kf7 30. Kf1 h5 31. h4 Be5 32. Ke1 Kf6 33.
Nb1 Be6 34. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Kxe6 36. Kc2 Kd5 37. Kb3 Ke6 38. Nd2 Bc7
39. a5 Kd5 40. Nb1 Be5 41. Nc3+ Ke6 42. Nb1 Bf6 43. Nd2 Kd5 44. Nb1 f4 45.
Nd2 fxg3 46. fxg3 Ke5 47. Kc2 Kf5 48. Nf1 Kg4 49. Nd2 f2 50. Nf1 Be5 51.
Kd2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Venskus, Dominykas"]
[Black "Fernandez, Lucas Cunningham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[WhiteICU "1761"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2536374"]
[BlackFideId "2542005"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 c6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Nh4 dxc4 8.
Nxf5 exf5 9. O-O g6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Kxe7 14.
Qe2+ Kf8 15. Qxc4 Nb6 16. Qb3 Kg7 17. a4 Rb8 18. a5 Nd5 19. c4 Nf6 20. Qc3
Ne4 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. d5+ Qf6 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 24. d6 c5 25. Rfe1 Rhe8 26.
Rad1 Rbd8 27. Rd5 Re5 28. Red1 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 b6 30. f4 exf3 31. axb6 axb6
32. Kf2 Ke6 33. d7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Kxd7 35. Kxf3 Kc6 36. Ke3 Kd6 37. Ke4 h5
38. Kf4 f6 39. h4 Ke6 40. Ke4 g5 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Kd3 gxh4 43. gxh4 f5 44.
Ke3 f4+ 45. Kf3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Duffy, James"]
[Black "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[WhiteICU "1600"]
[BlackICU "1801"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "2529009"]
[BlackFideId "2036738"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 b6 5. a3 Bb7 6. Bb2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O c5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. exd4 Qc7 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Re3 g6 14. Qg4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. f4 Bf6 17. Rf1 Bg7 18. Ndf3 Ndxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20.
fxe5 Qe7 21. Bc1 Bh6 22. Rh3 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Qe5 Raf8
26. b4 Bc6 27. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha"]
[Black "Shindgi, Sumanth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[WhiteICU "1714"]
[WhiteClub "Raharney"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "29982847"]
[BlackFideId "2514214"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Qd2 e4 13. Bc4 Nf6 14.
Qe3 Ne5 15. Be2 Qc7 16. h3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Rad1 b6 19. Rd4 Qc7 20. c4
Ba6 21. Qg5 h6 22. Qe3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qe2 Nd5 25. Rd1 Nf4 26. Qg4
Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Rd7 Bxc4 29. Rxa7 e3 30. fxe3 Rxe3 31. Bc1 Re1+ 32.
Kh2 Re2 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Nd4 Rd2 35. Nf3 Rxc2 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Rc8 b5 38.
a4 bxa4 39. Nd4 Rc1 40. Ne2 Rc2 41. Nd4 Rc1 42. Ne2 f3 43. gxf3 Rc2 44. Kg3
Bb3 45. Rxc2 Bxc2 46. Nd4 Bd1 47. Nb5 Bb3 48. Kf4 Kg6 49. h4 Kh5 50. Kg3 f5
51. Na3 Kg6 52. Kf4 Kf6 53. Nb1 g6 54. Na3 Ba2 55. Nc2 Bf7 56. Na3 Ke6 57.
Kg5 Ke5 58. Nb1 Be8 59. Na3 Kd4 60. Kf6 Kc3 61. Ke7 Bc6 62. Kf6 Bxf3 63.
Kxg6 Bg4 64. h5 Bxh5+ 65. Kxh5 Kb3 66. Nb5 Kb4 67. Nd4 Kc4 68. Nc2 Kb3 69.
Nd4+ Kc4 70. Nc2 Kc3 71. Na3 Kb3 72. Nb5 Kb4 73. Nd4 f4 74. Kg4 Kc4 75. Nc2
Kb3 76. Nd4+ Ka2 77. Nb5 Kb2 78. Kxf4 Kb3 79. Ke4 Kb4 80. Nd4 a3 81. Nc2+
Kc3 82. Nxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Caliendo, Brian"]
[Black "O'Hara, Austin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523574"]
[BlackFideId "2523825"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. c3 Bd6 8.
Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nge7 10. O-O Ng6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qe3 g5 13. Bg3 Ne7 14.
Qxg5 Bxg3 15. Qxg3 Nf5 16. Qe5 Qh4 17. Nd2 Kd7 18. Nf3 Qg4 19. Qxd5+ exd5
20. Ne5+ Kd6 21. Nxg4 Rh4 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 f6 24. Rf3 Rah8 25. h3 R8h5
26. Raf1 Re4 27. Kf2 Rg5 28. Rf4 Re7 29. g4 Kd7 30. Re1 Re6 31. e4 dxe4 32.
Rfxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Ra5 34. a3 Rb5 35. Re2 a5 36. c4 Rb3 37. h4 g6 38. Kg2
Rd3 39. Re4 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Rxb2 41. d5 Rh2 42. Kg3 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "McInerney, Kevin"]
[Black "Stacey, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1626"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[WhiteICU "1722"]
[BlackICU "1470"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Curragh"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2524350"]
[BlackFideId "2505266"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8.
O-O f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bc2 b5 13. a3 Bd6 14. Bg5
Qc7 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. h3 Bf4 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Kg7 20. Ne2 Ne4
21. Be3 Raf8 22. f3 Ng3 23. Nxg3 Qxg3 24. Rf1 Rf5 25. Bf2 Qf4 26. Qe3 Nxd4
27. Qxd4+ Qxd4 28. Bxd4+ e5 29. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Duggan, Matthew"]
[Black "Megadi-Walia, Rohan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537320"]
[BlackFideId "2536455"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. Be3 Bb6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. e5 Nxe5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nc3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 c6
14. Ne2 Re8 15. Rfe1 d5 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. f3 Bf5 18. Nf4 Qa5 19. c3 c5 20.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Qa4 Qxa4 22. Bxa4 Rd8 23. Re1 d4 24. Re5 dxc3 25. bxc3 Bb1
26. Bb3 b6 27. Re7 Bxa2 28. Bxa2 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Re2 Rd7 31. Bb1 g5
32. Nh3 g4 33. fxg4 Nxg4+ 34. Kg3 Nf6 35. Nf2 Rd5 36. h4 Nh5+ 37. Kf3 Kg7
38. Re7 a5 39. g4 Nf6 40. Ba2 Kf8 41. Rb7 Rd6 42. Bxf7 a4 43. g5 hxg5 44.
hxg5 Nh7 45. Ne4 Rc6 46. g6 Nf6 47. Ra7 b5 48. g7+ Kxg7 49. Bd5+ Rc7 50.
Rxc7+ Kg6 51. Nxf6 Kxf6 52. Rxc5 a3 53. Rxb5 a2 54. Bxa2 Kg6 55. Kf4 Kf6
56. Rb6+ Ke7 57. Ke5 Kd7 58. Rh6 Kc7 59. Kd5 Kb7 60. Kc5 Ka7 61. Kb5 Kb7
62. Rh7+ Kc8 63. Kc6 Kd8 64. Kd6 Ke8 65. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Shearan, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[WhiteICU "1680"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506459"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Schwab, Lysander"]
[Black "O'Flaherty, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1687"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[BlackICU "1555"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "34618619"]
[BlackFideId "2502291"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, Smyslov system"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Re8 7. e4 d6 {
... } 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Black "White, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1698"]
[BlackElo "1693"]
[BlackICU "1801"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518155"]
[BlackFideId "2520354"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Milner-Barry gambit"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. Bc2 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Rc8 { ... ? } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Moore, Samuel"]
[Black "Mariya Boby, Angel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "1665"]
[WhiteICU "1806"]
[BlackICU "1730"]
[WhiteClub "N.I.C.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507110"]
[BlackFideId "2535564"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Nd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. f4 Na5 12. f5 Nbc4 13. Bf2 a6 14. fxg6
hxg6 15. Rb1 e6 16. Qd3 b5 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. b3 Ne5 20. Qe2
Rc8 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Nce2 Bxe4 23. Rbc1 Rfd8 24. Nf4 Rd7 25. Qe3 d5 26. Qg3
Nc6 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Nd3 Qc7 29. Qe3 Kh7 30. Bg3 Qc3 31. Bf4 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "O'Neill, Matthew"]
[Black "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1716"]
[WhiteICU "1798"]
[BlackICU "1800"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2528533"]
[BlackFideId "2515270"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Ndxe7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. h4 Nf5 12. Ne2 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qb6 14.
g4 Nh6 15. a3 Nxg4 16. Rg1 e5 17. O-O-O Nxd4 18. Nexd4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Rd8
20. f3 Ne5 21. Qe3 Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Qf6 23. h5 b6 24. Qe4 Bd7 25. Kb1 Rac8
26. h6 g6 27. f4 Re8 28. Qf3 Rc7 29. f5 Rc5 30. fxg6 Qxf3 31. gxh7+ Kxh7
32. Rxf3 Kxh6 33. Rxf7 Rd8 34. Rf6+ Kh7 35. Rd6 Rc6 36. Rgg6 Rc4 37. Rgf6
Rxd4 38. Rxd4 Bf5+ 39. Rxf5 Rxd4 40. Rf7+ Kg6 41. Rxa7 Rc4 42. Ra6 Rc6 43.
a4 Kf5 44. a5 Rc5 45. b4 Rb5 46. Rxb6 Rd5 47. a6 Rd8 48. a7 Ra8 49. Rb7 Ke6
50. b5 Kd6 51. b6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Wieczorek, Jarek"]
[Black "O'Connell, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[WhiteICU "1755"]
[BlackICU "1796"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2528223"]
[BlackFideId "2505860"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 c5 10. c4 Re8 11. d4 Rc8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ng5 cxd4 14. Bxd4
Qc7 15. Ngxe4 e5 16. Bb2 Ba8 17. Qe2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
Qc6+ 21. Kg1 e4 22. Nd5 Bf6 23. Rad1 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Ne5 25. Re3 Nf3+ 26. Kg2
Qh6 27. h3 Qg5 28. Nf4 Rc6 29. Rd7 Rd8 30. Rd5 Rcd6 31. Qa3 Qf6 32. Qc1 g5
33. Nh5 Qf7 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. g4 fxg4 36. hxg4 Rd2 37. Kg3 Qc7+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Thomas, Kevin"]
[Black "O'Hanlon, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1737"]
[BlackElo "1692"]
[BlackICU "1732"]
[BlackClub "Dundalk"]
[WhiteNationality "WLS"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1800647"]
[BlackFideId "2512157"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. e5 Nd7 6. d4 f5 7. exf6 Nxf6 8.
Bd3 Nb4 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14.
dxe5 Ng8 15. a3 Nc6 16. f4 O-O-O 17. b4 c4 18. b5 Nd4 19. a4 Ne7 20. Ba3
Ndf5 21. Re1 h5 22. Bc5 Kb8 23. Qe2 Qc7 24. Bf2 h4 25. Reb1 Qd7 26. Nf3 Rc8
27. Qe1 Qd8 28. Ng5 Qd7 29. Qa5 d4 30. c3 Rhd8 31. cxd4 Nxd4 32. Nf7 Rf8
33. Nd6 b6 34. Qa6 Nef5 35. Nxc8 Qxc8 36. Qxc8+ Rxc8 37. a5 c3 38. axb6
axb6 39. Kf1 c2 40. Rc1 Nb3 41. Rab1 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Nolan, Cal"]
[Black "Marshall, Roy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[BlackElo "1733"]
[WhiteICU "1684"]
[BlackICU "1763"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512980"]
[BlackFideId "2519178"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bh6 Qc7 12. g4 Nb6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Qg5 Nfd7 15. h4 h6 16. Qe3 b4 17. Ne2 c5 18. c3 c4 19. Bc2 a5 20. Nd2 Nc5
21. Rdg1 Be6 22. f4 b3 23. axb3 cxb3 24. f5 bxc2 25. fxe6 Nxe6 26. Kxc2 a4
27. Ra1 Rfb8 28. g5 h5 29. Qf2 Nc4 30. Rhb1 Nxd2 31. Kxd2 Qc4 32. Qf3 Nc5
33. Kc2 Qb3+ 34. Kd2 Qc4 35. Kc2 Rd8 36. Ra3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "McClatchey, Rob"]
[Black "Crowe, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1731"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[BlackICU "1686"]
[BlackClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "479217"]
[BlackFideId "2529513"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Rubinstein (Colle-Zukertort) variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
Nbd2 Re8 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. dxc5 Bxh2+ 12. Kh1 Be5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5
14. c4 a5 15. Kg1 Ba6 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. cxd5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 exd5
20. Rac1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Rc2 Rh5 23. f3 Re8 24. e4 Qf4 25. Re2 Qh2+
26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 h6 28. exd5 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Qd4+ 30. Qf2 Qxd5 31. Rc1
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Aashay, R. Kher"]
[Black "Wainwright, Bradley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[WhiteNationality "IND"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "25933337"]
[BlackFideId "343482805"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c3 O-O 7. f4 e5 8.
Ng3 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nb6 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Ng4 14.
Qf4 Kg7 15. d5 Bd7 16. Be2 g5 17. Qd2 Rh8 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Qd4+ Kg6 20. e5
Rh4 21. Rf6+ Kg7 22. Qd2 Qh8 23. Qxg5+ Kf8 24. e6 Rh7 25. e7+ Ke8 26. Qxg4
Qxf6 27. Qg8+ Kxe7 28. Qxh7 Nxd5 29. Qe4+ Qe6 30. Qxe6+ fxe6 31. Nd2 e5 32.
Re1 Nf4 33. Nf3 Nd3 34. Rd1 Nxb2 35. Rb1 Nc4 36. Rxb7 Kd7 37. Rb4 Ne3 38.
h4 a5 39. Rb1 Ra6 40. h5 Ke6 41. Rb8 Kf7 42. Ne4 Ng4 43. Rb7 Rb6 44. Rxb6
cxb6 45. Nxd6+ Ke6 46. Nc4 e4 47. Nd4+ Kd5 48. Nxb6+ Kc5 49. Na4+ Kc4 50.
Kf1 Kd3 51. Ke1 e3 52. Nf5 Ke4 53. Ne7 Kd3 54. Nc6 e2 55. Nxa5 Ne3 56. Nc5+
Kxc3 57. h6 Nxg2+ 58. Kxe2 Nf4+ 59. Kf3 Ng6 60. Ke4 Kb4 61. Nab7 Kc4 62. a4
Nf8 63. a5 Kb5 64. Kf5 Nh7 65. Kg6 Nf8+ 66. Kg7 Nh7 67. Kxh7 Kc6 68. Kg7
Kc7 69. h7 Kc6 70. h8=Q Kc7 71. Qd8+ Kc6 72. Qd7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Black "Fitzsimons, Pat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[WhiteICU "1733"]
[BlackICU "1660"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502089"]
[BlackFideId "2502526"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4
a6 { ... } 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Bermingham, Adam D."]
[Black "Foran, Barry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1653"]
[BlackElo "1711"]
[WhiteICU "1661"]
[BlackICU "1708"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2527197"]
[BlackFideId "2508230"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Ne5 Bh5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bg2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bg6 11. f3 Qd7 12. c5 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14.
Rae1 Rfd8 15. Nd1 h6 16. Nf2 Bh7 17. g4 Ne8 18. Bg3 Bf6 19. e3 a5 20. a4
Qe7 21. Nd3 g5 22. Qd1 Nc7 23. Bd6 Qd7 24. f4 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Be7 26. Be5 f5
27. gxf5 exf5 28. Bxc7 Qxc7 29. Qxf5 Kg7 30. Qg4 Rf8 31. f5 Bf6 32. Rf3 Qf7
33. Rh3 Rae8 34. Bf3 Re7 35. Qg3 Qe8 36. Bh5 Qd7 37. Bg6 Re4 38. Qf2 Qe7
39. Rd1 Rd8 40. Qd2 Qc7 41. Kh1 Rd7 42. Qe2 Rde7 43. Qh5 Rh4 44. Rxh4 gxh4
45. Be8 Kf8 46. Bg6 Bg5 47. Re1 Rxe3 48. Rxe3 Bxe3 49. Qxh4 Qe7 50. Qh3
Qe4+ 51. Qg2 Qb1+ 52. Qf1 Qxf1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Fernandez, Lucas Cunningham"]
[Black "Reynolds, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2542005"]
[BlackFideId "2537486"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Re1+ Be6
8. Bg5 O-O 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. c3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Ndf3 Rae8
14. h3 Re7 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Re2 Qc8 17. Nh2 Bf5 18. Rae1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Donohoe, Eugene"]
[Black "McInerney, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[WhiteICU "1752"]
[BlackICU "1722"]
[WhiteClub "Lucan"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502445"]
[BlackFideId "2524350"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Qd2 c5 { ... }
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Chan, Karina"]
[Black "Keane, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "1738"]
[WhiteICU "1611"]
[BlackICU "1684"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "426903"]
[BlackFideId "2531259"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.Bg5"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
a3 Nd7 9. b4 Qc7 10. cxd5 Nb6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Be2 Qd8 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. b5
Bd7 15. O-O Rc8 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Bc4 Rxc4 18. Rxc4 Bxb5 19. Rc5 Bxf1 20.
Qxf1 a6 21. Qc4 Nb6 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. Qb3 O-O 24. a4 Nd7 25. Rc1 Qb8 26.
Nd2 b5 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. Qxb5 axb5 29. Rb1 Rb8 30. Rb4 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32.
Ne4 Ke6 33. Nc3 Rc8 34. Nxb5 Rb8 35. Nc7+ Kd6 36. Rxb8 Kxc7 37. Rh8 h5 38.
Rh7 Kd6 39. Rxf7 Ke6 40. Rg7 g5 41. e4 h4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Foenander, Phillip"]
[Black "Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1690"]
[BlackElo "1623"]
[WhiteICU "1692"]
[BlackICU "1714"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[BlackClub "Raharney"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505444"]
[BlackFideId "29982847"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O c6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. Bd2 Nhf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 Nf6 15. Bc3 Bd7 16. Qd2 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qd3 Rad8
20. Qf3 Bc8 21. Rd3 Be7 22. Qh5 Bf6 23. Red1 a6 24. h4 b6 25. Qf3 Bb7 26.
d5 Bxc3 27. d6 Qb8 28. bxc3 Qa8 29. d7 Re7 30. Rd6 b5 31. cxb5 axb5 32.
R1d2 f5 33. Bxc6 Bxc6 34. Qxc6 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Rdxd7 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Rxe6
Ra7 38. Re5 Rxa2 39. Rxb5 Rc2 40. Rc5 g6 41. Rc7 h5 42. Kg2 Kh8 43. Kf3 Kg8
44. Ke3 Kh8 45. c4 Kg8 46. f3 Rc3+ 47. Kf4 Kh8 48. c5 Kg8 49. c6 Kh8 50.
Kg5 Rxf3 51. Rd7 Rxg3+ 52. Kh6 Kg8 53. c7 Rc3 54. Rd8+ Kf7 55. c8=Q Rxc8
56. Rxc8 f4 57. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Black "Grant, Cian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1615"]
[BlackElo "1686"]
[WhiteICU "1801"]
[BlackICU "1715"]
[WhiteNationality "USA"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2036738"]
[BlackFideId "2516837"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 a6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Bxh7+ Kf8 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14.
Qh5+ Kf8 15. Bg6 Nf6 16. Qh8+ Ng8 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bd7 20.
Rae1 Ne7 21. Bxe8 Qxe8 22. Qh3 Qf7 23. Re3 Ke8 24. Rf3 Bb5 25. Re1 Kd7 26.
Be3 Nf5 27. Qg4 Ngh6 28. Qb4 Rg8 29. a4 Bc6 30. Rd1 Qh5 31. Re1 g5 32. Rh3
Qg6 33. g4 Nh4 34. Qd6+ Ke8 35. Bc5 Qf7 36. Qb8+ Kd7 37. Qd6+ Ke8 38. Qb8+
Kd7 39. Qd6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Caliendo, Brian"]
[Black "Duffy, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[BlackICU "1600"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523574"]
[BlackFideId "2529009"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Qd2 Qb6 7. c3 Qa5
8. Be2 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Bf3 Qd6 11. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Bd7 13. Nd4 Nf6
14. N2b3 O-O 15. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Shindgi, Sumanth"]
[Black "Duggan, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514214"]
[BlackFideId "2537320"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) system"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nbd7
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. c4 h6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rc1 c5 13. Nf3 Ne4 14.
O-O Re8 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. dxc5 Ndxc5 17. Nd4 g5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Nf5 Bxg2
20. Kxg2 Ng4 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Nb3 23. Rc6 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 h5 25. h3 Ne5
26. Rh6 Kg7 27. Nf5+ Kg8 28. Rxh5 f6 29. Rc1 Kf7 30. Nd6+ Kg6 31. g4 Red8
32. Ne4 Rd4 33. f3 Ra4 34. h4 Nxg4 35. fxg4 Rxe4 36. Kf3 Rxg4 37. Kxg4 f5+
38. Kg3 Kxh5 39. hxg5 Kxg5 40. Rc7 a5 41. Rg7+ Kf6 42. Rc7 Rb8 43. a4 b5
44. Rc6+ Ke7 45. axb5 Rxb5 46. Ra6 Kd7 47. Kf4 Kc7 48. e4 fxe4 49. Kxe4 Kb7
50. Rg6 a4 51. Kd3 a3 52. Kc2 a2 53. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "McDonnell, Joe"]
[Black "Bun, Oleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1601"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[WhiteICU "1712"]
[WhiteClub "Castlebar"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2507277"]
[BlackFideId "34161910"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. O-O h5 8.
Re1 h4 9. exd5 hxg3 10. hxg3 Qxd5 11. Ne5 Qd6 12. Ndc4 Qc7 13. Nxg6 fxg6
14. Qg4 Qf7 15. Be4 Kd8 16. Bxg6 Qg8 17. Bg5+ Be7 18. Nd6 e5 19. Nxc8 Rxc8
20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 21. Qg5+ Kd6 22. Be4 Re8 23. c4 Nd4 24. Bg6 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "O'Hara, Austin"]
[Black "Venskus, Dominykas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[BlackICU "1761"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523825"]
[BlackFideId "2536374"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. Bd3
O-O 8. Ne2 Na6 9. a3 Re8 10. O-O Nc7 11. c4 b5 12. c5 Bf8 13. Qc2 h6 14.
Be4 Nd5 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Rxe2 17. Qd3 Re8 18. b4 g6 19. Be4 f5 20. Bf3
Bg7 21. Rfe1 Qd7 22. Red1 Rad8 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 Qc7 26. Rda1
Ne7 27. Bc3 Nd5 28. Bd2 Nxb4 29. Bxb4 Rxd4 30. Qb3 Rxb4 31. Qxb4 Bxa1 32.
Rxa1 Re5 33. Re1 h5 34. g3 h4 35. Rxe5 Qxe5 36. gxh4 Qf6 37. Qf4 Qa1+ 38.
Kg2 Qc3 39. Bxc6 Qxc5 40. Qb8+ Kg7 41. Qxb5 Qd4 42. Qa4 Qc5 43. Bf3 Qe5 44.
Qc4 Qb2 45. Bd5 Qf6 46. Kf3 Qe7 47. h3 Qf6 48. Kg3 Qe7 49. Qd4+ Kh7 50. Bc4
Qa3+ 51. Bd3 f4+ 52. Kxf4 Qe7 53. Kg3 Qc7+ 54. Qf4 Qc3 55. Qc4 Qe5+ 56. Kg2
Qf6 57. Qe4 Kg7 58. Qg4 Qc6+ 59. Be4 Qd6 60. h5 f5 61. Bxf5 Kh8 62. hxg6
Qf6 63. h4 Kg7 64. h5 Qe5 65. Qe4 Qf6 66. Qf4 Qc6+ 67. Be4 Qe8 68. h6+ Kg8
69. Bd5+ Kh8 70. Qf6# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Stacey, Derek"]
[Black "Megadi-Walia, Rohan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "1624"]
[WhiteICU "1470"]
[WhiteClub "Curragh"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505266"]
[BlackFideId "2536455"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Opening "King's knight's gambit"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Bxc3
8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. Qd3 Ng5 10. Bxf4 Ne6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bb3 b6 13. a4 c5 14.
d5 Nc7 15. c4 d6 16. Qd1 Re8 17. Bd2 Nb7 18. c3 Bg4 19. Bc2 Na5 20. Qb1 g6
21. Bd3 Qd7 22. Qc2 a6 23. Bh6 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. cxb5 Nxd5 26. c4 Ne3
27. Qb2 f5 28. Rfe1 Nexc4 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qc3 Qxb5 31. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Shearan, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[WhiteICU "1680"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506459"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "White, George"]
[Black "Schwab, Lysander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1693"]
[BlackElo "1687"]
[WhiteICU "1801"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2520354"]
[BlackFideId "34618619"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Be6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. h4 Qa5 15. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 16. Rxd2 Bxd5 17. Bd3 h5 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Re1 Rd7
20. Be4 Rad8 21. Red1 f5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. c4 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Kxd2
c5 26. a3 a5 27. Kc3 e5 28. b4 cxb4+ 29. axb4 axb4+ 30. Kxb4 Kf7 31. c5 Ke7
32. Kc4 Ke6 33. g3 f4 34. gxf4 exf4 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. c6 Kxc6 37. Ke4 Kd6 38.
Kxf4 Ke6 39. Kg5 Kf7 40. Kh6 Kf6 41. f4 Kf5 42. Kg7 Kxf4 43. Kf6 Kg4 44.
Kxg6 Kxh4 45. Kf5 Kg3 46. Ke5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mariya Boby, Angel"]
[Black "O'Neill, Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1665"]
[BlackElo "1744"]
[WhiteICU "1730"]
[BlackICU "1798"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535564"]
[BlackFideId "2528533"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Na3 a6
8. f3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Be3 Rb8 11. c4 Be6 12. cxb5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14.
Bc4 Qa5 15. Bd2 axb5 16. Bb3 e4 17. Bc2 e3 18. Bc3 Nxc2+ 19. Nxc2 b4 20.
Nxb4 Rxb4 21. a3 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. axb4 Kd7 24. Ke2 Rc8 25. Rhc1 Rc4
26. Kf1 g6 27. g3 Nxb4 28. Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Re1 Rb3 30. Ra3 Rb7 31. Raxe3 Bf6
32. b3 d5 33. Rd3 Kd6 34. f4 h5 35. Red1 Rb5 36. Kg2 h4 37. g4 g5 38. Rf3
Rb4 39. fxg5 Bxg5 40. Rf5 f6 41. Rfxd5+ Ke6 42. h3 Rxb3 43. R5d3 Rb2+ 44.
Kf3 Rh2 45. Ke4 Rf2 46. Rd6+ Kf7 47. Rd7+ Kg6 48. Rb1 f5+ 49. gxf5+ Rxf5
50. Rbb7 Rf4+ 51. Kd5 Bf6 52. Rb6 Kg5 53. Rdd6 Rf3 54. Ke6 Rxh3 55. Kf7 Be5
56. Rg6+ Kf5 57. Rh6 Bf4 58. Rhf6+ Kg4 59. Rg6+ Kf3 60. Rb3+ Be3 61. Rf6+
Kg2 62. Rb2+ Kh1 63. Re2 Rg3 64. Rf5 h3 65. Rh5 Bg1 66. Kf6 Rf3+ 67. Kg5
Bd4 68. Kg4 Rf8 69. Rxh3+ Kg1 70. Rd3 Rg8+ 71. Kf5 Bf2 72. Rd1+ Kg2 73.
Rdd2 Rf8+ 74. Kg6 Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Marshall, Roy"]
[Black "O'Flaherty, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1733"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[WhiteICU "1763"]
[BlackICU "1555"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519178"]
[BlackFideId "2502291"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. e3 d6 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
d4 Bb6 9. O-O Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. b4 Bg4 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 Bd4 14. Rb1
f5 15. Bb2 fxe4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Bxe4 Nxd5 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. a3 c6 20. Rbd1
Qf6 21. Qd3 g6 22. Bg2 Rad8 23. Qd4 Qf7 24. Rd2 Nb6 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+
Kg7 27. Nf4 Bc4 28. Re1 Nd5 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Rde8 Qf6 31. R8e7+ Kh6 32.
Bf1 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 d4 34. Rd7 Qf3 35. Rxd4 Qxa3 36. Rh4+ Kg5 37. Ree4 Qd3+
38. Kg2 h5 39. Rd4 Qc2 40. Rhe4 Kf5 41. Rf4+ Ke5 42. Rc4 Qd1 43. Rc5+ Ke6
44. h3 Qd3 45. Rfc4 a6 46. h4 Kd6 47. Rf4 Ke6 48. Kh2 Qd2 49. Rc7 Qd5 50.
Rg7 Qd3 51. Rxb7 Ke5 52. Rb6 Kd5 53. Rff6 Qe2 54. Rxa6 g5 55. Ra5+ Kc4 56.
Rxg5 Kxb4 57. Rff5 Kc4 58. Rxh5 Kd4 59. Rd5+ Kc4 60. Rhf5 Kc3 61. Rf4 Qe6
62. Rdf5 Kd3 63. Rf3+ Kd2 64. R5f4 Qd5 65. Rf5 Qc6 66. h5 Ke2 67. Re3+ Kf1
68. Kh3 Qd7 69. Rf3 Qe6 70. Kg4 Kg2 71. Rf4 Qg8+ 72. Kh4 Qd8+ 73. Rf6 Qd7
74. h6 Kh2 75. Kg5 Qd5+ 76. R4f5 Qg8+ 77. Kh5 Kh3 78. Rf4 Qe8+ 79. Rf7 Qe6
80. h7 Qe5+ 81. Kg6 Qe6+ 82. Kg7 Qe5+ 83. R4f6 Qg5+ 84. Kf8 Qc5+ 85. Kg8
Qg5+ 86. Rg7 Qd5+ 87. Rff7 Qd8+ 88. Rf8 Qd5+ 89. Kh8 Qd6 90. Rff7 Qd8+ 91.
Rg8 Qd4+ 92. Rfg7 Qxf2 93. g4 Kh4 94. g5 Qd4 95. g6 Kh5 96. Rf8 Kh6 97. Rf7
Qd8+ 98. Rg8 Qd4+ 99. Rfg7 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "O'Hanlon, Joe"]
[Black "Aashay, R. Kher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1717"]
[WhiteICU "1732"]
[WhiteClub "Dundalk"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2512157"]
[BlackFideId "25933337"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
h3 Re8 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bh2 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 b6 13. Nbd2 e5 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 f6 17. Nd6 Nxd6 18. Rxd6 Bf8 19. Rd2 Nc5 20.
Bc4+ Be6 21. Bxe6+ Rxe6 22. Rad1 Nxb3 23. Rd5 a5 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. R1xd2 Bc5
26. Kf1 a4 27. Bg1 a3 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kf7 30. bxa3 Bxa3 31. f3 Rc6
32. Rd3 Ke6 33. Ke2 Bc5 34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Re3 f5 36. Kd2 b5 37. Re1 Kd5 38.
Ra1 h5 39. Ra8 Rc6 40. Rb8 Rd6 41. Kc2 Kc5 42. Re8 Kd5 43. Rb8 Kc6 44. Re8
e4 45. fxe4 fxe4 46. Rxe4 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "O'Connell, Denis"]
[Black "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1715"]
[BlackElo "1698"]
[WhiteICU "1796"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505860"]
[BlackFideId "2518155"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c5 3. Bf4 Nc6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 c4 9. Qe2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. e4 Qb4 14.
Rab1 O-O 15. e5 Nd7 16. a3 Qe7 17. f4 c5 18. Qe3 Rab8 19. Na4 Rfc8 20. f5
cxd4 21. Qxd4 exf5 22. Rxf5 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Rbf1 Rc7
26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Re1 g6 28. Rf6 Rxb2 29. e6 fxe6 30. Rfxe6 Rxc2 31. Rxa6 d4
32. Rc6 d3 33. Rd1 c3 34. a4 d2 35. Kf2 Rc1 36. Ke2 Re7+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Foran, Barry"]
[Black "Armstrong, Fred"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1711"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[WhiteICU "1708"]
[BlackICU "1733"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508230"]
[BlackFideId "2502089"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 10. h3 Ne4 11. O-O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qe7 13. Kb2 g6 14.
g4 fxg4 15. hxg4 Qf6 16. Rh3 Rf8 17. e4 Na6 18. Qe3 O-O-O 19. Rd2 d6 20.
Nh2 Rd7 21. f3 Qf4 22. Re2 e5 23. g5 exd4 24. cxd4 Nb4 25. Bb1 Ba6 26. Qxf4
Rxf4 27. Kb3 d5 28. Kc3 Bxc4 29. Re3 Nxa2+ 30. Kb2 Nb4 31. Ng4 Nc6 32. Nf6
Re7 33. Kc3 b5 34. Nxh7 b4+ 35. Kd2 Nxd4 36. e5 Nf5 37. Re1 a4 38. Nf8 Nh4
39. Bxg6 Nxf3+ 40. Ke3 Rxf8 41. Bf5+ Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Crowe, John"]
[Black "Moore, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[WhiteICU "1686"]
[BlackICU "1806"]
[WhiteClub "Lucan"]
[BlackClub "N.I.C.S."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529513"]
[BlackFideId "2507110"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8.
Bf4 c5 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Be5 Qa5 14.
Rc1 Bd7 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Qf4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3
20. Ne5 Be8 21. Qe4 Bc6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Qxc6 Rd8 25. Rd1
Qb6 26. Qe4 Bf8 27. d5 exd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Qd8 30. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Wieczorek, Jarek"]
[Black "McClatchey, Rob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1731"]
[WhiteICU "1755"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2528223"]
[BlackFideId "479217"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 d6 2. b3 e5 3. d3 f5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
e3 Qe8 9. a3 Qh5 10. Qe2 a5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. e4 a4 13. b4 d5 14. Rhe1 fxe4
15. dxe4 Bd6 16. exd5 Nxb4 17. Nxe5 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Na6 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Ne4
Be5 21. f4 Bxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Nac5 23. Ng5 Rae8 24. Rde1 Nf6 25. Ne6 Nxe6 26.
Rxe6 Rd8 27. c4 Ne8 28. Kc3 Nd6 29. Kb4 b6 30. Bh3 Rf7 31. Re7 Kf8 32.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Be6+ Kf6 34. g4 g5 35. Rf1 gxf4 36. Rxf4+ Kg5 37. Rf3 h5 38.
h3 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rh8 40. c5 bxc5+ 41. Kxc5 Rh2 42. Kc6 Rc2+ 43. Kd7 Nb5 44.
Rf5+ Kg6 45. Rf4 Nxa3 46. Rxa4 Nc4 47. Bf5+ Kg5 48. Bxc2 Nb6+ 49. Kxc7 Nxa4
50. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Fernandez, Lucas Cunningham"]
[Black "Thomas, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1737"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "2542005"]
[BlackFideId "1800647"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qd2 b5 8. a3
O-O 9. Rd1 e6 10. Bh6 b4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O d5
15. e5 Nd7 16. Ne2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qe3 Qe7 20. Nf4 Rfc8
21. Nd4 Bc6 22. g3 Rab8 23. b3 Bb5 24. Nxb5 Rxb5 25. Ne2 Ne4 26. f3 Nc5 27.
Nd4 Rb7 28. Kg2 h6 29. Rfe1 Qg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Ra1 Rb4 32. c3 Rb6 33. b4
Nd3 34. Re3 Rxc3 35. Kf1 Rxb4 36. Ne2 Rcb3 37. Rxa6 d4 38. Re4 Rb1+ 39. Kg2
Ne1+ 40. Kf2 Nd3+ 41. Kg2 R4b2 42. Ra3 Nc1 43. f4 d3 44. Kf3 dxe2 45. Rae3
Rb3 46. Kg4 Rxe3 47. Rxe3 gxf4 48. gxf4 Rb4 49. Kg5 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Black "Chan, Karina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[BlackElo "1642"]
[WhiteICU "1800"]
[BlackICU "1611"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2515270"]
[BlackFideId "426903"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Nf3 Nbc6 6. d3 d6 7. Qd2 Bd7 8.
b3 a6 9. Bb2 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. e3 Qc8 12. Rfe1 Nf5 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4
Nfxd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 Qf8 19. Ne4 Re8 20.
Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxe8 Bxe8 22. Bxf6 Bd7 23. Qe3 c5 24. Qe7 Qxe7 25. Bxe7 Kg7
26. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Bun, Oleh"]
[Black "Foenander, Phillip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1655"]
[BlackElo "1690"]
[BlackICU "1692"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "34161910"]
[BlackFideId "2505444"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. f4 O-O 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. a3 Ng4 8.
e4 Ne3 9. Qe2 Nxf1 10. Qxf1 f5 11. Nf3 fxe4 12. dxe4 a5 13. b5 c6 14. Nbd2
Bh4+ 15. g3 Bf6 16. Qe2 Bg4 17. O-O Bh3 18. Rfd1 cxb5 19. cxb5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1
Nd7 21. a4 Bg4 22. Nc4 Qe6 23. Nd6 Be7 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Nxe5
Nxe5 27. Bxe5 b6 28. Rf1 Qe6 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qa2 Qxa2 31. Rxa2 Bc5 32.
Kg2 Re8 33. Bf4 h6 34. h4 Kf7 35. Rd2 Re7 36. Kf3 h5 37. Bg5 Re6 38. Rd7+
Kg6 39. Bc1 Rf6+ 40. Ke4 Re6+ 41. Kd5 Re1 42. Bb2 Rd1+ 43. Kc6 Rxd7 44.
Kxd7 Bf2 45. Be5 Kf5 46. Bxg7 Bxg3 47. Bd4 Bxh4 48. Bxb6 Bg3 49. Bc7 Bxc7
50. Kxc7 h4 51. b6 h3 52. b7 h2 53. b8=Q h1=Q 54. Qf8+ Kg5 55. Qc5+ Kf4 56.
Kb6 Qa8 57. Qxa5 Qb8+ 58. Kc6 Qe8+ 59. Kb7 Qe4+ 60. Ka6 Qa8+ 61. Kb5 Qd5+
62. Kb6 Qd6+ 63. Kb7 Ke4 64. Qe1+ Kf5 65. Qf1+ Ke6 66. Qa6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Wainwright, Bradley"]
[Black "Caliendo, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "343482805"]
[BlackFideId "2523574"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, exchange variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qd4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2
e5 8. Qxd7+ Bxd7 9. Bxa5 Rb8 10. Bc7 Rb4 11. Nd2 Bg7 12. O-O-O Rb7 13. Bd6
Ne7 14. Nc4 Nc8 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Nb6 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rd6 Rc7 19.
Bc4 O-O 20. Rhd1 Ne5 21. Be2 f6 22. Rd8 c5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25.
f4 Nd7 26. Bb5 Nb6 27. a4 Re7 28. a5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Grant, Cian"]
[Black "Nolan, Cal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1686"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[WhiteICU "1715"]
[BlackICU "1684"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516837"]
[BlackFideId "2512980"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Marshall defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nc6
8. h3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Qd6 14. Qd2
b5 15. Bb3 b4 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nc5 Bb5 18. Rfe1 b6 19. Nd3 a5 20. Bc4 Bxc4
21. Rxc4 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Rce4 Qxd5 24. b3 Rd8 25. Nfxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5
Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Reynolds, Paul"]
[Black "Bermingham, Adam D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1744"]
[BlackElo "1653"]
[BlackICU "1661"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537486"]
[BlackFideId "2527197"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Opening "Evans gambit"]
[Variation "Cordel variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Bxf7+ Kf8
8. Nxe5 d6 9. Nc4 c6 10. Bxg8 Kxg8 11. Qd3 Be6 12. d5 Bf7 13. O-O Nxc4 14.
Qxc4 Rc8 15. Qd3 cxd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17. Bb2 Rc5 18. Re1 Rxd5 19. Qf3 Qb6 20.
Re8+ Bxe8 21. Qxd5+ Bf7 22. Qd2 h6 23. Na3 Kh7 24. Nc2 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Duggan, Matthew"]
[Black "Donohoe, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1740"]
[BlackICU "1752"]
[BlackClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537320"]
[BlackFideId "2502445"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. f4 Be7 6. Nf3 c6 7. fxe5 dxe5
8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Ng4 10. Qe2 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Bc5 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qb6
14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Na4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 17. Rxd4 b5 18. Bxf7+ Nxf7 19. Nc5
Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Kf2 Ne6 22. Nd3 Ng5 23. Ke3 Be6 24. h4 Nf7 25. Nc5
Bg4 26. Kf4 h5 27. e5 Rf8 28. Re1 Nd8+ 29. Ke4 Ne6 30. Nd3 Bf5+ 31. Ke3 Kf7
32. Nb4 c5 33. Nd5 Rd8 34. Nc3 a6 35. Rf1 g6 36. Ne4 Ke7 37. Nd6 Rf8 38. c4
b4 39. Rd1 Nd4 40. Nb7 Nc2+ 41. Kd2 Rc8 42. Nd6 Rd8 43. Rf1 Nd4 44. Ke3 Ke6
45. Kf4 Ne2+ 46. Kg5 Ng3 47. Re1 a5 48. Re3 Nf1 49. Re2 Bd3 50. Rf2 Rxd6
51. exd6 Kxd6 52. Rf6+ Ke5 53. Ra6 Bxc4 54. Rxa5 Kd4 55. Kxg6 Ng3 56. a3
bxa3 57. Rxa3 Ne2 58. Kxh5 Nf4+ 59. Kg5 Nxg2 60. h5 Bd5 61. h6 Be4 62. Ra4+
c4 63. b3 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Fitzsimons, Pat"]
[Black "O'Hara, Austin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[WhiteICU "1660"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502526"]
[BlackFideId "2523825"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 a6 6. e3 Nf6 7. a3 Bf5 8.
Nf3 e6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14.
Rc2 Na5 15. Nd2 b5 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Na2 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 h6 19. Nb4 Ne8 20.
Nd3 Nd6 21. Nc5 Qe7 22. h3 Nac4 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Qc3 a5 25. Qc2 e5 26. Qb3
exd4 27. exd4 Qh4 28. Qxb5 Qxd4 29. Re1 Qxb2 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kh7
32. Qxf7 Qd4 33. Ne6 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Nf8+ Kh8 36. Ng6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "McInerney, Kevin"]
[Black "Shindgi, Sumanth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1626"]
[WhiteICU "1722"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2524350"]
[BlackFideId "2514214"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[ECO "B73"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, classical, Richter variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 O-O
8. O-O Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bh6 b5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. a3 Rc8 14.
Rad1 Qb6 15. h3 Rc7 16. Rfe1 Rfc8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nd8 19. c3 a5 20.
Bd3 Be8 21. Nh4 e5 22. Qg5 f6 23. Qg3 Kf8 24. Kh1 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. c4
g5 27. Nf5 Bg6 28. b3 Nf7 29. h4 Ra8 30. Qf3 Ra3 31. Rb1 Ra2 32. Rf1 gxh4
33. Nxh4 Bxd3 34. Qxd3 Ng5 35. Qf5 Kg7 36. f4 Qd4 37. Qxf6+ Kxf6 38. fxg5+
Kxg5 39. Nf3+ Kg4 40. Nxd4 exd4 41. Rfd1 Kg3 42. Rd3+ Kf2 43. Rxd4 Rg7 44.
Rg1 Rg6 45. Rf4+ Ke3 46. Rf3+ Kd4 47. Rh3 h6 48. Rf3 Rg4 49. Kh2 h5 50. Kh3
Rb2 51. g3 Ke4 52. Rgf1 Kd4 53. Re1 Re4 54. Rd1+ Ke5 55. Rdd3 Rb1 56. Rf8
Rh1+ 57. Kg2 Rhe1 58. Re8+ Kf6 59. Rxe4 Rxe4 60. Kf2 h4 61. gxh4 Rxh4 62.
Kg3 Re4 63. Kf2 Ke5 64. Re3 Kd4 65. Rxe4+ Kxe4 66. Ke2 Kd4 67. Kf3 Kc5 68.
Ke4 Kb6 69. Kd4 Kc7 70. c5 dxc5+ 71. Kxc5 Kd7 72. Kxb4 Kd6 73. Kc4 Kc7 74.
Kc5 Kd7 75. d6 Kc8 76. Kc6 Kb8 77. d7 Ka7 78. d8=Q Ka6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha"]
[Black "Sloan, Cecil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1615"]
[WhiteICU "1714"]
[BlackICU "1801"]
[WhiteClub "Raharney"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "USA"]
[WhiteFideId "29982847"]
[BlackFideId "2036738"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d5
8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. h3 O-O-O
14. a4 f5 15. Bb5 e4 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qe2 Qe5
20. g3 Qc5 21. Be3 Qa5 22. Rab1 Kb8 23. Qc4 Rc8 24. Qe6 Qe5 25. Qb3 Qe7 26.
Red1 Rhd8 27. Rd5 Qc7 28. Rb5 Rd7 29. Qd5 Qc6 30. Qxf5 Rf8 31. Qg4 Rff7 32.
Ra5 Qxc3 33. Bxa7+ Kc8 34. Bb6 Kb8 35. Qxe4 Rfe7 36. Qxh7 Rf7 37. Rd1 g6
38. Qxg6 Rg7 39. Qe8+ Qc8 40. Ra8+ Kxa8 41. Qxc8+ Bb8 42. Rxd7 Rxd7 43.
Qxd7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Duffy, James"]
[Black "Stacey, Derek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[WhiteICU "1600"]
[BlackICU "1470"]
[BlackClub "Curragh"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529009"]
[BlackFideId "2505266"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 b6 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. b4 c5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bb2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Rfd1
Qc7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qd6 17. Qb3 Rad8 18. e4 a6 19. Rac1 Re7 20. Bc3
Red7 21. Rc2 Qf8 22. Rdc1 f5 23. f3 Kh8 24. bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Qe3 26. Bf1
fxe4 27. Re1 Qg5 28. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Venskus, Dominykas"]
[Black "McDonnell, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1601"]
[WhiteICU "1761"]
[BlackICU "1712"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[BlackClub "Castlebar"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2536374"]
[BlackFideId "2507277"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Uhlmann (Szabo) variation"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
d5 Nb8 9. e4 a5 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Megadi-Walia, Rohan"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1624"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2536455"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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report</a>. }

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[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Keane, Colm"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[WhiteICU "1684"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531259"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Championship 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Shearan, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[WhiteICU "1680"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506459"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241835"]
[EventSection "3/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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