[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "O'Boyle, Donal"]
[Black "Nichenametla V, Advaith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[WhiteICU "1860"]
[BlackICU "1920"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505096"]
[BlackFideId "2516896"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence, Steiner variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 Bc6 6. d4 a5 7. e5 Qd7 8.
a4 Na6 9. Nc3 Nb4 10. Nf3 Qf5 11. Kd1 Be7 12. Bb5 Rd8 13. Be3 Nh6 14. h3 g5
15. Kd2 g4 16. hxg4 Nxg4 17. Rac1 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 c6 19. Na3 Rg8 20. Rhg1
Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Rg4 22. Rce1 Re4 23. Qc3 Bg5+ 24. Nxg5 Qxf2+ 25. Kd1 Rxd4+
0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Taaffe, Paul"]
[Black "Verlekar, Vivaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[WhiteICU "1874"]
[BlackICU "1845"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503549"]
[BlackFideId "2516942"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e5 7. Nf5 Nc6 8.
Bg5 Bxf5 9. exf5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qh5 O-O 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Rd3 Nd4
14. Rh3 h6 15. Bd5 Bg5+ 16. Kb1 Qd7 17. g4 Rc7 18. Qg6 Rc5 19. f6 Bxf6 20.
Rxh6 Re8 21. Bxf7+ Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kenny, William"]
[Black "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[WhiteICU "1823"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509440"]
[BlackFideId "2529343"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Opening "Benoni defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Nd2 O-O 13. e4 b4 14. Ne2
Rfe8 15. Qc2 Bb5 16. Ng3 Nxd5 17. Bc4 Nc7 18. O-O Ne6 19. Nb3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4
Bxb2 21. Rab1 Bg7 22. f4 Qb5 23. Qc1 c4 24. f5 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1
Rbd8 27. f6 Bf8 28. Nf5 gxf5 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Rxf5 Qd4 31. e5 Qd3 32. Re1
Qd2 33. Qh4 Rd4 34. g4 Rxg4 35. Qxg4 Qxe1+ 36. Kg2 Rxe5 37. Rf3 Re2+ 38.
Kh3 Re3 39. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 40. Kg2 c3 41. Qc4 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Webb, Nick"]
[Black "Khanzharov, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[BlackICU "1931"]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517302"]
[BlackFideId "2511975"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Bb7 9. Rd1 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14.
e4 h6 15. e5 Qd7 16. exf6 hxg5 17. fxg7 Rfe8 18. Bxg5 Qg4 19. Bf4 Re2 20.
Rd2 Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 Rae8 22. Rxe2 Qxe2 23. Qxe2 Rxe2 24. Rd1 Kxg7 25. Bxd5
Re1+ 26. Kg2 Rxd1 27. Bxb7 Bd4 28. b3 f6 29. Ba6 Ra1 30. a4 Rb1 31. Bc4 a5
32. h4 Rb2+ 33. Kh3 f5 34. h5 Rb1 35. Kg2 Rg1+ 36. Kh2 Rb1 37. Kg2 Rb2+ 38.
Kh3 Rc2 39. Bd3 Rc3 40. Bc4 Kf6 41. Bd2 Rc2 42. Bf4 Be5 43. Bxe5+ Kxe5 44.
Kh4 Kf6 45. g4 fxg4 46. Kxg4 Rd2 47. Kf4 Rd4+ 48. Ke3 Rh4 49. Kd3 Rxh5 50.
Kd4 Ke7 51. Ke4 Kd6 52. Kd4 Rh4+ 53. Kc3 Kc5 54. Bg8 Rh3+ 55. Kb2 Kb4 56.
Bc4 Rh2+ 57. Kc1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Cawston, M. John"]
[Black "De Graaf, Arnoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "434000"]
[BlackFideId "1017918"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 e5 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Bg5 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 h6 13. Be3 Nf8 14. h3
Nh5 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Be6 18. c5 Nd7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. b4
f6 21. Bf1 Bf8 22. R6d2 Be7 23. Kg2 a6 24. Be2 Ng7 25. Na4 Nf8 26. Rxd8
Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. a3 Nd7 29. Nb2 g5 30. Bc4 Kg6 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Nc4
Bc7 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Kd3 Nd8 36. Nfd2 Ke6 37. Nb3 Nf8 38. Bd2
Ng6 39. Ne3 h5 40. Nf5 Kf7 41. Be3 h4 42. Nd2 hxg3 43. fxg3 Ne6 44. Nc4 Nd8
45. Ncd6+ Kf8 46. Ke2 Ne7 47. Kf3 Nxf5 48. Nxf5 Kf7 49. Kg4 Ne6 50. h4 gxh4
51. gxh4 a5 52. h5 Nd8 53. h6 Kg6 54. Ne7+ Kh7 55. Kh5 axb4 56. axb4 Ne6
57. Nf5 Nf4+ 58. Bxf4 exf4 59. Kg4 Be5 60. Nd6 Bc3 61. Nxb7 Bxb4 62. Kxf4
Kxh6 63. Kf5 Kg7 64. Ke6 Kg6 65. Kd6 Kg5 66. Kxc6 Kf4 67. Kd5 Bc3 68. c6
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Black "Putar, Slavko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[WhiteICU "1893"]
[BlackICU "1843"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "841790"]
[BlackFideId "14557517"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. h4 h5 8.
Qc2 Ng4 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Bxe5 Qxe5
14. Nf3 Qe6 15. Ng5 Qe5 16. Nf3 Qe6 17. Ng5 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Thomas Boby, Aiden"]
[Black "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[WhiteICU "1863"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2535688"]
[BlackFideId "2297418"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "B78"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, 10.O-O-O"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[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 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. g4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14.
h4 Qa5 15. Kb1 Rfc8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Rhg1 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Be6 19. Nb3 Bxb3 20.
cxb3 Bxc3 21. Qf2 e5 22. Rd3 d5 23. Rxd5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Rgd1 Qa3 26.
Rc1 h6 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Qg1 Rxf3 30. gxh6 Re3 31. Qd1 Qe7 32.
Kb2 Rxe4 33. Rd7 Re2+ 34. Rd2 Qe5+ 35. Kc2 Qc5+ 36. Kb2 Qe5+ 37. Kc2 Qe4+
38. Kb2 f3 39. a4 Qd4+ 40. Kc2 Qe4+ 41. Kb2 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Rawlinson, Jason"]
[Black "D'Arcy, Elian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[WhiteICU "1865"]
[BlackICU "1745"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508176"]
[BlackFideId "2517043"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 c6 7. b3 O-O 8.
Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd2 a6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf6 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Bc1 Rad8
20. Be3 Rd7 21. Rd2 Red8 22. Red1 Qa5 23. Qc2 Bg5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Qe4 Qa5
26. f4 Rd6 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. fxe5 R6d7 29. Kf2 Kh7 30. Ke3 Kg6 31. Ke4 h5
32. b4 b5 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Rc1 Rc7 35. a3 Ra8 36. Rd3 Ra6 37. Kf4 Rca7 38.
Rcc3 Rd7 39. h3 Kh6 40. h4 g6 41. g4 hxg4 42. Kxg4 Rda7 43. Rf3 Rd7 44.
Rcd3 Raa7 45. Rf6 Kg7 46. h5 gxh5+ 47. Kxh5 Ra8 48. Rh6 Raa7 49. Kg5 f6+
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Dahmen, Clemens"]
[Black "Cummins, Sean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[WhiteICU "1812"]
[BlackICU "1957"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "34607005"]
[BlackFideId "2512084"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[BlackFullName "Cummins, Se&aacute;n"]

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1. e4 c5 2. b3 e5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Ne2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
f4 a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Nbc3 Nd4 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. a5 Bg4 13. Qe1 Nxc2 14. Qg3
Nxa1 15. Bxa1 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Bd6 17. Bxe5 Nh5 18. Qg4 Bxe5 19. Qxh5 Qe7 20.
Rxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxf7+ Qxf7 22. Qxe5 Rf8 23. Kh1 Qxb3 24. Qxc5 Qxd3 25. Ng1
Qxe4 26. h3 Qc6 27. Qe5 b5 28. axb6 Qxb6 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Nf3 Rd8 31. Qg5
Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Qc7+ 33. Ne5 Rd5 34. Qf4 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "McAleenan, Charles"]
[Black "Stinson, Conor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[BlackICU "1841"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2461617"]
[BlackFideId "2530929"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O d5 6. d3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8.
Na3 a6 9. Qe1 c4 10. Nc2 cxd3 11. exd3 Re8 12. h3 Qb6+ 13. Kh2 Bd6 14. Ne5
Nd7 15. d4 Ne7 16. Ne3 f6 17. Nd3 Qb5 18. Qd1 Nf8 19. a4 Qc6 20. Bd2 b6 21.
c4 Bb7 22. c5 bxc5 23. dxc5 Bc7 24. b4 e5 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Qb3 Rad8 27. b5
Qe6 28. c6 Bxc6 29. bxc6 Nfg6 30. Qb7 Rc8 31. Nc5 Qd6 32. Nxa6 e4 33. Nxc7
Rxc7 34. Bb4 Qxc6 35. Qxc6 Rxc6 36. Rfd1 Rb6 37. Bxe7 Nxe7 38. Nxd5 Nxd5
39. Rxd5 e3 40. Re1 Rb2 41. Rd3 e2 42. Bf3 Kf8 43. Kg2 Ra2 44. Kf2 Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "McGrady, Seth"]
[Black "Furstenburg, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[WhiteICU "1851"]
[BlackICU "1775"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "RSA"]
[WhiteFideId "2532956"]
[BlackFideId "14309904"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O-O a6 12. g4 b5 13. h4 Qa5 14. Nb3
Qc7 15. Kb1 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Ne5 17. Be2 Be6 18. h5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. hxg6
fxg6 21. Bh6 Bxb3 22. axb3 Bxh6 23. Rxh6 e6 24. Qxd6 Qf7 25. Rhh1 Red8 26.
Qf4 Qe7 27. e5 Ne8 28. Ne4 Qf7 29. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "McDonnell, Odhran"]
[Black "Kurochkin, Iaromir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[WhiteICU "1850"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507463"]
[BlackFideId "2516969"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "McDonnell, Odhr&aacute;n"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8.
d5 a6 9. h4 h5 10. Nh3 Qe8 11. Be3 Nh7 12. Ng5 Ndf6 13. f3 Bd7 14. Kf2 Nxg5
15. hxg5 Nh7 16. Rag1 f6 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Ke1 Kf7 19. Nd1 Ke7 20. Bg5 Rf7
21. Nf2 Qf8 22. Nd3 b6 23. Qe3 Ke8 24. Qc1 a5 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Nf2 c5 27.
dxc6 Bxc6 28. Bd3 Nd7 29. Ke2 Nc5 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Rhe1 Nf4+ 32. Kf1 Bh6 33.
Bb1 Bg7 34. Qd2 Rd7 35. a3 Qf6 36. Nd3 Nxd3 37. Bxd3 h4 38. Bg5 Qf7 39.
Bxh4 Bf6 40. Bg5 Ke7 41. Ke2 Bxg5 42. Qxg5+ Qf6 43. Qe3 b5 44. b3 bxc4 45.
Bxc4 Bb5 46. Rb1 Bxc4+ 47. bxc4 Rdb7 48. Rxb7+ Rxb7 49. Rd1 Qe6 50. Qc3 Rc7
51. Rd5 Rc5 52. Qd3 Qc8 53. Rxd6 Rxc4 54. Kf2 Qc5+ 55. Kg3 Qxd6 56. Qxc4
Qxa3 57. Qc7+ Ke6 58. Qb6+ Kf7 59. Qc7+ Kf6 60. Qd8+ Kf7 61. Qd7+ Kf6 62.
Qd8+ Kf7 63. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Galvin, Sebastian"]
[Black "Ward, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[WhiteICU "1772"]
[WhiteClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531429"]
[BlackFideId "2508257"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O Bg4
8. Re1 Qd7 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Nf1 O-O-O 11. b4 g5 12. Ne3 h5 13. a4 Kb8 14. a5
Rde8 15. b5 Nd8 16. b6 f5 17. Nxg4 hxg4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rh5 20. bxc7+
Qxc7 21. Ba3 Nf7 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. f4 gxf3 24. Qxf3 g4 25. Qxd5 f4 26. Bg6
Rhxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28. Qd1 Nd6 29. Bh5 g3 30. hxg3 fxg3 31. Bf3 Qe3+ 32.
Kh1 Rh7+ 33. Bh5 Qh6 34. Kg1 Qxh5 35. Qxd6+ Kc8 36. Qf8+ Kd7 37. Kf1 Rf7+
0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "McIlroy, Ben"]
[Black "Recto, Chiron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[WhiteICU "1998"]
[BlackICU "1700"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast South"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2525097"]
[BlackFideId "2541556"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bxd2 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Qxd2 h6
14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Qc3 Rf5 16. Rac1 Raf8 17. e4 Rh5 18. g3 Nf6 19. Re1 Qe7
20. Ne5 Qe8 21. Qb3 Kh8 22. Qxb7 Rh3 23. Qb3 Qh5 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Nxf3 Ng4
26. Kg2 Rxh2+ 27. Nxh2 Rxf2+ 28. Kh3 Nxh2 29. Rxc6 Nf3 30. Re3 Nxd4 31. Ra6
Rxb2 32. Rxa7 g5 33. Rc3 Rb8 34. Rcc7 Nb5 35. Rcb7 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Nd6 37.
Re7 Nxe4 38. Rxe6 Nf2+ 39. Kg2 Ng4 40. a4 Kg7 41. a5 Kf7 42. Re2 Kf6 43. a6
Ne5 44. Rxe5 Kxe5 45. a7 Kf5 46. a8=Q Kg6 47. g4 h5 48. Qc6+ Kh7 49. gxh5
g4 50. Qg6+ Kh8 51. h6 g3 52. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Hackett, Len"]
[Black "Menon, Sanjay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1768"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[WhiteICU "1863"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505460"]
[BlackFideId "2510804"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. f3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 a6 9. O-O-O b5 10. g4 b4 11. Nce2 d5 12. g5 Ne8 13. Ng3 e5 14. Ndf5 d4
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bf2 Nc7 17. h4 Qc5 18. f4 Nc6 19. fxe5 Qa5 20. Bc4 Be6
21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Kb1 Nb5 23. c4 bxc3 24. Qe2 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "O'Shea, Niall"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[WhiteICU "1792"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505142"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Cassidy, John"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[WhiteICU "1857"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502020"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nichenametla V, Advaith"]
[Black "McIlroy, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[WhiteICU "1920"]
[BlackICU "1998"]
[WhiteClub "Master"]
[BlackClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516896"]
[BlackFideId "2525097"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "chameleon variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 exd5
8. d4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bg5 cxd4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 O-O 14.
f4 h6 15. f5 Bh7 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxd4 Qb6 19. Rb1 Rad8 20.
c3 Rfe8 21. Re1 g6 22. Kh1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qa5 24. Qe7 Qd5+ 25. Kh2 Qd6+ 26.
Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Re1 Kg7 28. Kg3 Kf6 29. Kf4 gxf5 30. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ward, Paul"]
[Black "Taaffe, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[BlackICU "1874"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508257"]
[BlackFideId "2503549"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[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. Bb5+ Nc6
8. Bf4 Nf6 9. Nf3 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Be7 12. h3 h6 13. Be3 Be6 14.
Nbd2 Qc7 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Nb3 a6 17. Bc5 Rad8 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nbd4 Nxd4
20. Nxd4 Rfe8 21. Re1 Bd7 22. Qf3 Qb6 23. Bc2 Bc6 24. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Black "Cawston, M. John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2529343"]
[BlackFideId "434000"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "Scandinavian variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Ne4 4. Nce2 d4 5. c3 dxc3 6. Qa4+ Nd7 7. Qxe4 Nc5
8. Qd4 Nd3+ 9. Kd1 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 cxb2 11. Bxb2 Nxb2+ 12. Kc2 Na4 13. e6
fxe6 14. Ngf3 c5 15. Nb5 Kf7 16. Ne5+ Kf6 17. f4 a6 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Bd3 g5
20. Ne8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Black "O'Shea, Niall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "1788"]
[BlackICU "1792"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2297418"]
[BlackFideId "2505142"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5
Ne7 8. c4 h6 9. Bb2 Ng6 10. Qd4 Qe7 11. e3 Ne4 12. Bd3 Qb4+ 13. Ke2 Nc5 14.
Bxg6 fxg6 15. Bc3 Qb6 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Rhb1 Qa6 18. Rb5 d6 19. Qxg6+ Rf7
20. Nd4 c6 21. Ne6 Qa3 22. Qg8+ Ke7 23. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Menon, Sanjay"]
[Black "Rawlinson, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackICU "1865"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510804"]
[BlackFideId "2508176"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "stonewall attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. f4 e4 6. Bc2 Bg4 7. Qd2 h5 8. h3
Bf5 9. g3 Bd6 10. Qf2 Qd7 11. b3 O-O-O 12. a4 Kb8 13. Ba3 Na5 14. Qf1 Rc8
15. Qb5 Nc6 16. Qf1 Ne7 17. b4 Rcg8 18. h4 Ng4 19. Kd2 f6 20. Bb3 g5 21. c4
dxc4 22. Bxc4 Be6 23. Nc3 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Nf5 26. Re1 Ngxe3 27.
Rxe3 Nxe3 28. Kxe3 Rg3+ 29. Kd2 Bxf4+ 30. Kc2 Rhg8 31. Nge2 Rg2 32. Kb3 Qf5
33. Rf1 R8g4 34. Bc1 Rxh4 35. Bxf4 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Qg6 37. Qd5 a6 38. Rxe4 h4
39. Qd8+ Ka7 40. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Cummins, Sean"]
[Black "McGrady, Seth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[WhiteICU "1957"]
[BlackICU "1851"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512084"]
[BlackFideId "2532956"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "Cummins, Se&aacute;n"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8.
Be3 Nge7 9. Bb5 Nf5 10. O-O Be7 11. b4 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. g4 Nh4 14. Qg3
f5 15. f4 fxg4 16. Qxg4 Nf5 17. Bf2 a5 18. Nd2 axb4 19. cxb4 Ra3 20. Nb3
Qe8 21. Nd4 h5 22. Qg2 Bd8 23. Nc2 Rc3 24. Be1 Rc4 25. Rd1 Bh4 26. Bg3 Qg6
27. Bxh4 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rxc2+ 29. Kh3 Nxh4 30. Kxh4 Rxh2+ 31. Kg3 Rxa2 32.
Ra1 Rfa8 33. Rxa2 Rxa2 34. Rb1 Kf7 35. b5 cxb5 36. Rxb5 Rc2 37. Rb7+ Kg6
38. Re7 Rxc5 39. Rxe6+ Kf5 40. Re7 Rc3+ 41. Kf2 Kxf4 42. Rxg7 Rc2+ 43. Kf1
Kxe5 44. Rg5+ Ke4 45. Rxh5 d4 46. Ke1 Kd3 47. Rh3+ Kc4 48. Kd1 Rg2 49. Ra3
d3 50. Ra4+ Kc3 51. Ra3+ Kd4 52. Ra8 d2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Khanzharov, Edward"]
[Black "McAleenan, Charles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[WhiteICU "1931"]
[WhiteClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2511975"]
[BlackFideId "2461617"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7.
O-O-O+ Nd7 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 Bc5 10. h3 Kc8 11. g4 Nb6 12. Bg2 Rd8 13.
Nge2 c6 14. b3 a5 15. a4 h6 16. Rhf1 Rd7 17. Bg3 Kd8 18. Bh4 Rxd1+ 19.
Rxd1+ Ke8 20. Kb1 g5 21. Bg3 Rd8 22. Rf1 Ke7 23. Be5 Nbd7 24. Bc7 Rc8 25.
Bh2 Bb4 26. Kb2 Ne8 27. Nd4 Bd6 28. Nf5+ Bxf5 29. Bxd6+ Nxd6 30. exf5 Nf6
31. Re1+ Kd7 32. Rd1 Re8 33. Rd3 Kc7 34. Rd2 Kd7 35. Ka3 Kc7 36. Kb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Kurochkin, Iaromir"]
[Black "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[BlackICU "1893"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516969"]
[BlackFideId "841790"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. h3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bf5 9. Nc3 e6 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Ne7 12. b3 Nc8 13. Na4 Be7 14. Bb2
Nb6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Qe2 c5 17. Rfc1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bg6 19. Rc6 Qa5 20. Qg4
h5 21. Qg3 Qd2 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 O-O 24. Rc7 Bg5 25. Bc1 Bd8 26. Rc6
Be7 27. Rc7 Bd8 28. Rc6 Re8 29. Be3 Be7 30. Rac1 Ba3 31. R1c3 Bb1 32. Bc1
Bb4 33. Re3 Bxa2 34. Nc2 Be7 35. Ba3 Bxa3 36. Nxa3 Reb8 37. Nc2 Bxb3 38.
Nd4 Bc4 39. Rc7 Rc8 40. Rb7 Rab8 41. Ra7 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 Rcb8 43. Nc6 R1b7 44.
Rxb7 Rxb7 45. Na5 Rc7 46. Rc3 Kf8 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. f4 g6 49. Nxc4 Rxc4 50.
Ra3 Rc6 51. Kf3 Kd7 52. Ke3 Kc7 53. g4 hxg4 54. hxg4 Kb7 55. f5 gxf5 56.
gxf5 Rc4 57. fxe6 fxe6 58. Kd3 Re4 59. Rb3+ Ka7 60. Ra3 Rxe5 61. Kd4 Re4+
62. Kc5 Kb7 63. Rf3 Rc4+ 64. Kd6 Rc6+ 65. Kd7 Rb6 66. Rc3 a5 67. Rc5 Ka6
68. Kc7 a4 69. Rc2 Ka5 70. Rc5+ Rb5 71. Rc6 e5 72. Rg6 d4 73. Rg3 Rb3 74.
Rg5 Re3 75. Rg1 Kb4 76. Kb6 a3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Putar, Slavko"]
[Black "McDonnell, Odhran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[WhiteICU "1843"]
[BlackICU "1850"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14557517"]
[BlackFideId "2507463"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 9.Qxc3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[BlackFullName "McDonnell, Odhr&aacute;n"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b4 Nd7 11. Rd1 Bf6 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Qb3 c5 14. a3
Rfd8 15. Rac1 d5 16. dxc5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 bxc5 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 dxc4 20.
Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxc5 Rc8 23. Qd4 Qc7 24. Rc3 a6 25. a4 Qc6 26.
e4 h6 27. h4 Qxa4 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Qxc4 a5 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. bxa5 Qxa5 32.
Qb7 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qf6 34. f4 h5 35. Qb5 g6 36. Qg5 Qe5 37. Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "D'Arcy, Elian"]
[Black "Webb, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[WhiteICU "1745"]
[WhiteClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517043"]
[BlackFideId "2517302"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O
8. Be2 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Ne4 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bc5
14. Qg3 Qc7 15. Bf4 a5 16. Rfe1 Ba6 17. a4 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Rab8 19. h4 Rb3
20. h5 Rxc3 21. Qg4 Rc4 22. Qg3 Qd7 23. h6 g6 24. Rc1 Qxa4 25. Rxc4 Qxc4
26. Rd2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "De Graaf, Arnoud"]
[Black "Thomas Boby, Aiden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1797"]
[BlackICU "1863"]
[WhiteNationality "NED"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1017918"]
[BlackFideId "2535688"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4
8. Qxc4 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 h6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e4 e5 16. Nb3 Rab8 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Na5 c5 20.
Nxb7 Rxb7 21. d5 Rc7 22. Qd2 b4 23. Nh4 Nf6 24. Nf5 Qd8 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26.
Qe2 Nd7 27. Bh3 Nf8 28. b3 Rd8 29. Rc2 Rb8 30. Rdc1 Ng6 31. Bf1 Rb5 32. Qg4
Rb8 33. Bc4 Re8 34. Qe2 Ra8 35. h4 Nf8 36. Qe3 Nd7 37. Bd3 Re8 38. Kh2 Rb8
39. Rg1 Kh7 40. g4 g6 41. f3 Re8 42. Kh1 Kg7 43. Qf2 Ra8 44. Qg2 Re8 45.
Rf2 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Qf1 Nf8 48. Bxa6 Ng6 49. Rgg2 Qf6 50. Bb5 Rh8+ 51.
Rh2 Nh4 52. Qd3 Rcc8 53. d6 Rh6 54. d7 Rch8 55. Kg1 Rd8 56. Kf1 Qe7 57. Rd2
Nxf3 58. Qxf3 Rf6 59. Rhf2 Rxf3 60. Rxf3 f6 61. Rh3 Qf7 62. Rdh2 Qg6 63.
Rh8 Qxe4 64. Rxd8 Qb1+ 65. Kf2 Qb2+ 66. Be2 Qd4+ 67. Kg2 Qd2 68. Kf2 Qf4+
69. Kg1 Qg3+ 70. Rg2 Qe1+ 71. Kh2 Qh4+ 72. Kg1 Qe1+ 73. Bf1 Qe3+ 74. Kh2
Qf4+ 75. Kh3 Qf3+ 76. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Furstenburg, Brandon"]
[Black "Dahmen, Clemens"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[WhiteICU "1775"]
[BlackICU "1812"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "RSA"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "14309904"]
[BlackFideId "34607005"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 Nh5 8.
Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 h6 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. a3 cxd4 14.
exd4 Bf6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be7 17. Qg4 O-O 18. Nf3 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5
20. Nd4 Qd7 21. Rbd1 Qc7 22. Rfe1 Qb6 23. Qe2 Rc4 24. Rd2 Bc5 25. Red1 a5
26. Kh1 a4 27. f4 Qd8 28. Nf3 Qe8 29. Nd4 g6 30. g4 Qe7 31. g3 Kh7 32. Kg2
Rg8 33. Rh1 Bxd4 34. cxd4 g5 35. Qd3+ Kg7 36. f5 f6 37. Rf2 exf5 38. gxf5
Rf8 39. e6 Rfc8 40. Qf3 Qe8 41. Qxd5 b5 42. g4 Qe7 43. Qxb5 Rxd4 44. Kh3
Rcd8 45. Rg1 h5 46. gxh5 Rh4+ 47. Kg2 Qc7 48. Qe2 Rh2+ 49. Kf3 Qf4# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Stinson, Conor"]
[Black "O'Boyle, Donal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[WhiteICU "1841"]
[BlackICU "1860"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2530929"]
[BlackFideId "2505096"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov three knights game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 Qe7 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Qxe4+ 7. Be2
h6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd3 Qd5 10. Re1 Nc6 11. c4 Qh5 12. b3 d6 13. Bb2 Bg4 14.
Bxf6 Bxf3 15. gxf3 gxf6 16. Kh1 Rae8 17. Be2 Qh4 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. Rg4 Qxf2
20. Qd2 Qe3 21. Qxe3 Rxe3 22. Bd3 Ne5 23. Rf4 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Rxd3 25. Rxf6
Kg7 26. Rf4 f5 27. Rg1+ Kf6 28. Rh4 Rh8 29. f4 Rd2 30. Rh3 Rxa2 31. Rhg3
Rh7 32. Rg8 Rb2 33. Rf8+ Rf7 34. Rh8 Rxb3 35. Rxh6+ Ke7 36. Re1+ Kd7 37. h4
Rg7 38. Kh2 a5 39. h5 Rf3 40. Rg6 Rh7 41. h6 Kc6 42. c5 Rxf4 43. cxd6 Rh4+
44. Kg3 Rg4+ 45. Rxg4 fxg4 46. Re7 Rxh6 47. Rxc7+ Kxd6 48. Rxb7 Kc5 49.
Kxg4 Rf6 50. Ra7 Kb4 51. Rb7+ Ka3 52. Rb5 a4 53. Rb7 Ka2 54. Rb4 a3 55. Rb5
Ka1 56. Kg3 Rc6 57. Kf3 Rc2 58. Ke3 Rb2 59. Ra5 Rb3+ 60. Kd2 Kb2 61. Rc5 a2
62. Rc2+ Ka3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Verlekar, Vivaan"]
[Black "Galvin, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[WhiteICU "1845"]
[BlackICU "1772"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516942"]
[BlackFideId "2531429"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8.
Bxh6 Qxb2 9. Bxg7 Bxg7 10. Nbd2 Qa3 11. O-O O-O 12. Nb3 b6 13. Qd2 Qe7 14.
Rfc1 Bd7 15. Rc3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Nb8 17. Ne1 f6 18. f4 fxe5 19. fxe5 Rc7 20.
Rc4 Rxc4 21. Rc2 Rc3 22. Rxc3 Be8 23. Rg3 Bg6 24. Nd3 Nc6 25. h3 Kh8 26.
Nf4 Be4 27. Nh5 Rg8 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Qf7 30. Qe2 Ne7 31. Nxg7 Rxg7 32.
Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Qf3 Qg6 34. Kh2 Nf5 35. Qf4 h5 36. a3 h4 37. Qg4 Kh6 38. Qf3
Qg3+ 39. Kg1 Kg5 40. Qd1 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Ne3 43. Qe2 Qe4 44. Nd2
Qf4 45. Nf3+ Kg6 46. Nxh4+ Qxh4 47. Qxe3 Kg7 48. Kh2 Kf7 49. g3 Qh7 50.
Qf4+ Ke8 51. Qd2 Qe4 52. h4 Qg4 53. Qf2 b5 54. Qb2 a6 55. Qd2 Ke7 56. Qf2
a5 57. Qd2 b4 58. axb4 axb4 59. Qxb4+ Kf7 60. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Recto, Chiron"]
[Black "Kenny, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[WhiteICU "1700"]
[BlackICU "1823"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2541556"]
[BlackFideId "2509440"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Qc7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. e4 cxd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Re1 Rb8 18. b3 Qb6 19. Rc1 Rd8
20. Qe2 Re8 21. Qe5 Bb7 22. Rc7 Qxc7 23. Qxc7 Rec8 24. Qf4 Bd5 25. Qd2 a5
26. h3 Rb4 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Ng5 Rdb8 29. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Hackett, Len"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1768"]
[WhiteICU "1863"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505460"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Cassidy, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[WhiteICU "1857"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502020"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Black "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "1883"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2297418"]
[BlackFideId "2529343"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bg2 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Bd7 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Nf3 Bd6 14.
Be3 a5 15. Bd4 Re8 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. e4 dxe4 20.
Bxe4 Rb6 21. Qa4 Reb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Taaffe, Paul"]
[Black "Menon, Sanjay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[WhiteICU "1874"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503549"]
[BlackFideId "2510804"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. a5 c5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Na4 Nd7 13. O-O-O Ke8 14.
Bc4 Rb8 15. Rd2 Be7 16. Rhd1 Rf8 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Rxd7 Bb5 19. Rxe7+ Kxe7
20. Bxc5+ Kf6 21. Bxf8 Bxa4 22. Bc5 Bc6 23. g3 Bd5 24. a6 Rc8 25. b4 Rc6
26. Rxd5 exd5 27. a7 Rc8 28. b5 Ke6 29. b6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "McGrady, Seth"]
[Black "Nichenametla V, Advaith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[WhiteICU "1851"]
[BlackICU "1920"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2532956"]
[BlackFideId "2516896"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Two knights variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 a6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bf4 Qb6 9. O-O Qxb2 10. Na4 Qa3 11. c3 b5 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Be3
Qc7 15. Qxa4 Nc6 16. Rab1 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Bd4 Qc7 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20.
Bf6 h5 21. h3 Bb7 22. Bh7 Bc6 23. Qd4 Nxf6 24. Qxf6 Rf8 25. Rfe1 Qe7 26.
Qe5 Kd7 27. Bc2 Rg8 28. Rb6 Qg5 29. g3 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Rh8 31. f4 a5 32. c4
Kc7 33. Rb1 Rab8 34. cxd5 Rxb1+ 35. Bxb1 Bxd5 36. Re3 Rb8 37. Bh7 Rb2 38.
Ra3 Kb6 39. Bg8 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Black "Khanzharov, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[WhiteICU "1893"]
[BlackICU "1931"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "841790"]
[BlackFideId "2511975"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. c3 Qxc5 7. Nbd2 Bf5
8. h3 h6 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. O-O e6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Nbd4 Bh7 14. Nb5
O-O 15. Bc7 Qa6 16. Nd6 b5 17. Bxb5 Nxc3 18. Bxa6 Nxe2+ 19. Bxe2 a5 20. Nb5
Bf6 21. Nc3 Rfc8 22. Bd6 Nb4 23. Be5 Be7 24. a3 Nc6 25. Bg3 Bf6 26. Rac1
Ne7 27. Be5 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 f6 29. Nd3 Rcb8 30. Na4 Bg6 31. Rc7 Nf5 32. Rfc1
d4 33. g4 Nd6 34. exd4 Nb5 35. R7c4 Rd8 36. Nf4 Nxd4 37. Bd1 Be4 38. Nxe6
Nxe6 39. Rxe4 Nd4 40. Re7 Rac8 41. Rxc8 Rxc8 42. Nc3 Rb8 43. Rd7 Nc6 44.
Rd2 Ne5 45. Be2 Kf7 46. Kg2 Kg6 47. f4 Nc6 48. Bf3 Nd8 49. Bd5 f5 50. Kf3
fxg4+ 51. hxg4 h5 52. gxh5+ Kxh5 53. Be4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "McIlroy, Ben"]
[Black "Cummins, Sean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[WhiteICU "1998"]
[BlackICU "1957"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast South"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2525097"]
[BlackFideId "2512084"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Beefeater defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[BlackFullName "Cummins, Se&aacute;n"]

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1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. Nh3 Qa5 7. Qc2 Nf6
8. f3 d6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e3 h6 11. Be2 Nb6 12. Nf2 Bd7 13. g4 O-O-O 14. e4
g5 15. e5 Ne8 16. exd6 exd6 17. Bd2 Rf8 18. h4 fxg4 19. fxg4 Nf6 20. hxg5
hxg5 21. Bxg5 Rde8 22. O-O Na4 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Ne4 Rh6 25. g5 Rg6 26. Rf6
Rxe4 27. Rxg6 Bf5 28. Rg8+ Kc7 29. Rg7+ Kb8 30. Bd3 Rg4+ 31. Kf2 Rh4 32.
Kg2 Rg4+ 33. Kf3 Bc8 34. Rb1 Rh4 35. Bf5 Rxc4 36. Rb3 Qd8 37. Bxc8 Rxc3+
38. Rxc3 Qf8+ 39. Qf5 Qxg7 40. Re3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "McAleenan, Charles"]
[Black "Ward, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2461617"]
[BlackFideId "2508257"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
a4 a5 9. Na3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. exf5 exf5 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. Bf3 d5
15. Re1 Qd6 16. Nb5 Qxf4 17. Ne6 Qh4 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Ba3 c5 20. Rb1 Ng4
21. Bxg4 fxg4 22. Rf1 Re8 23. Bc1 Be5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Webb, Nick"]
[Black "Cawston, M. John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2517302"]
[BlackFideId "434000"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, three knights system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. d4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6
8. Bg2 Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Re1 Bc4 12. Ba3 cxd4 13. exd4 Re8 14.
Qa4 b5 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Bc5 a6 17. Rad1 Bd5 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20.
Kg1 e6 21. Ne4 Red8 22. Qe2 Rb8 23. a3 Rb7 24. h4 Na5 25. Qe3 Nb3 26. Qf4
Nxc5 27. Nxc5 Ra7 28. Rb1 e5 29. Qg5 h6 30. Qg4 exd4 31. cxd4 Qxd4 32. Qxd4
Bxd4 33. Rbd1 Bf6 34. Rxd8+ Bxd8 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Rxd8 a5 37. Rd7 Ra8 38.
Rb7 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Rxb4 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 h5 42. Rb7 Ra5 43. Ne6+ Kg8 44.
Rb8+ Kh7 45. Ng5+ Kg7 46. Rb7 Rf5 47. Rxf7+ Rxf7 48. Nxf7 Kxf7 49. Kf3 Ke6
50. Ke4 Kf6 51. Kf4 Kf7 52. Kg5 Kg7 53. f4 Kh7 54. Kf6 Kh6 55. f5 g5 56.
hxg5+ Kh7 57. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Rawlinson, Jason"]
[Black "Putar, Slavko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[WhiteICU "1865"]
[BlackICU "1843"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508176"]
[BlackFideId "14557517"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. c3 b6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Be2 Bb7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 d6 10. d5 Ne5 11. c4 Nfd7 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Nbd2 Rb8 14. a4 e6
15. e4 Qf6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bg3 exd5 18. exd5 h5 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. f4 h4 21.
fxe5 hxg3 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 gxh2+ 24. Kh1 Qe3 25. Bd3 Qg5 26. Qf2 Rbe8
27. Rae1 Bc8 28. Kxh2 Re5 29. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 30. Kg1 Re8 31. Bxg6 Qe3 32. Bc2
Bg4 33. b3 Re5 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 35. Rf2 Bh5 36. Kh2 Bg6 37. Bxg6 fxg6 38. f7+
Kf8 39. Rf6 g5 40. Rxd6 Rxb3 41. Rd7 a5 42. Rb7 g4 43. d6 Rd3 44. d7 Ke7
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "McDonnell, Odhran"]
[Black "Recto, Chiron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[WhiteICU "1850"]
[BlackICU "1700"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507463"]
[BlackFideId "2541556"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "McDonnell, Odhr&aacute;n"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Ne5 e6 6. Nxg4 Nxg4 7. h3 Nf6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bf4 Bb4 10. a3 Ba5 11. e3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14.
Bd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. h4 Qd6 17. Kd2 Nd7 18. h5 Re6 19. Rh3 f5 20. Rg3 Kf7
21. Bf4 Qf8 22. Qb1 b6 23. Qh1 Nf6 24. hxg6+ hxg6 25. Rh3 Ke7 26. Bg5 Kd7
27. Qh2 Rae8 28. Qg3 Ne4+ 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Rh7+ R8e7 31. Rxe7+ Rxe7 32.
Bxe7 Kxe7 33. Rh1 Kd7 34. Rh7+ Ke8 35. Qb8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "O'Boyle, Donal"]
[Black "Hackett, Len"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[BlackElo "1768"]
[WhiteICU "1860"]
[BlackICU "1863"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505096"]
[BlackFideId "2505460"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6
8. O-O Be7 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. h3 Qb6 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14.
Rfd1 Rad8 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nh5 17. Bh2 Bh4 18. Qe2 g6 19. Qf3 Ng7 20.
Ne2 Ne6 21. Rd3 Nc5 22. Ra3 Be7 23. Qe3 Bf8 24. c4 a6 25. b4 Qb7 26. Nc3
Ne6 27. b5 axb5 28. cxb5 d5 29. Ra7 d4 30. Rxb7 dxe3 31. bxc6 exf2+ 32.
Kxf2 Bc5+ 33. Kf1 Rd2 34. Nd5 Ra8 35. Rb8+ Rxb8 36. Rxb8+ Kg7 37. Bxe5+ Kh6
38. c7 Nxc7 39. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "O'Shea, Niall"]
[Black "Verlekar, Vivaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[WhiteICU "1792"]
[BlackICU "1845"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505142"]
[BlackFideId "2516942"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 b6 4. f3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be3 Nbd7 8.
Bf2 c5 9. e3 Bd6 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nge2 O-O 12. Qc2 Re8 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ng3
Qc7 15. Kh1 g6 16. Qd2 Re6 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. f4 cxd4 19. Nce2 dxe3 20. Rxc8+
Qxc8 21. Bxe3 Bc5 22. Nd4 Re8 23. b4 Bf8 24. Qf2 Ng4 25. Qf3 Nxe3 26. Re1
Nc4 27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Nc2 Nd6 29. f5 Ne5 30. Qd1 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Ne4 32. Qf1
Nxg3+ 33. hxg3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Dahmen, Clemens"]
[Black "De Graaf, Arnoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[WhiteICU "1812"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "34607005"]
[BlackFideId "1017918"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Rb1 d6 7. Nf3 cxd4
8. exd4 e6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6
14. Bd3 Bd7 15. c3 Rfe8 16. Re1 Bc6 17. Bc2 Bd5 18. b3 Qa5 19. Qd2 Rac8 20.
Rbc1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qh5 22. Bd1 Nd5 23. Bg3 Qh3 24. c4 Nf6 25. Bc2 h5 26.
Qf4 Nd7 27. d5 g5 28. Qe4 Nf8 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rcd1 Rcd8 31. c5 d5 32. Qe3
Bf6 33. Be5 Bxe5 34. Qxe5 Kf7 35. Qxg5 Qxf3 36. Rd4 e5 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38.
Qxe5 Ne6 39. Bg6+ Ke7 40. Bf5 Rg8+ 41. Kf1 Qg2+ 42. Ke2 Rg6 43. Bxg6 Qxg6
44. Rxd5 Qg4+ 45. Ke3 h4 46. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Thomas Boby, Aiden"]
[Black "Kurochkin, Iaromir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[WhiteICU "1863"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535688"]
[BlackFideId "2516969"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. f4 d6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nc3 e5 8.
fxe5 dxe5 9. d5 a6 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. h3 Nh5 13. Qf2 Nxd3+ 14.
cxd3 f5 15. O-O-O f4 16. Ne2 c6 17. a3 cxd5 18. exd5 Qc7+ 19. Kb1 Bf5 20.
Bb4 Rfc8 21. Ka1 a5 22. Bc3 Qd6 23. g4 fxg3 24. Nxg3 Nxg3 25. Qxg3 Rxc3 26.
bxc3 Qxa3+ 27. Kb1 Qb3+ 28. Ka1 Qxc3+ 29. Ka2 Qc2+ 30. Ka1 e4+ 31. d4 Qc3+
32. Ka2 Qc2+ 33. Ka1 Qb3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Galvin, Sebastian"]
[Black "Furstenburg, Brandon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[WhiteICU "1772"]
[BlackICU "1775"]
[WhiteClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "RSA"]
[WhiteFideId "2531429"]
[BlackFideId "14309904"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[ECO "A57"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[Variation "Zaitsev system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. Nxb5 Ba6 7. Nc3 g6 8.
g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 d6 10. e4 O-O 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. O-O Qb6 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. Na4
Qa7 15. Nec3 Ne5 16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rb4 18. b3 Qa6+ 19. Qe2 c4 20. Rb1
Nd3 21. Rd1 Nxc1 22. Rdxc1 cxb3 23. Qxa6 Rxa6 24. Rxb3 Rxb3 25. axb3 Ra8
26. Nb6 Rb8 27. Nca4 Nxe4 28. Nd7 Rd8 29. Nab6 Nd2+ 30. Kg2 Nxb3 31. Re1
Bf8 32. h4 h5 33. g4 hxg4 34. h5 gxh5 35. Rh1 Nc5 36. Nxc5 dxc5 37. Rxh5 f6
38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Kxg4 Rd6 40. Nc4 Ra6 41. Kf5 Kf7 42. Rh7+ Bg7 43. f3 Ra4
44. Nb6 Rb4 45. Nc8 Rd4 46. Nxe7 Kxe7 47. Rxg7+ Kd6 48. Kxf6 Rf4+ 49. Kg5
Rxf3 50. Kg4 Rd3 51. Kf4 Kxd5 52. Ra7 c4 53. Rd7+ Kc5 54. Rxd3 cxd3 55. Ke3
Kc4 56. Kd2 Kd4 57. Kd1 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Kenny, William"]
[Black "D'Arcy, Elian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "1794"]
[WhiteICU "1823"]
[BlackICU "1745"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509440"]
[BlackFideId "2517043"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. e4 e6 7. e5 Nd7 8.
f4 Bb4 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 a6 13. Rc1 h6 14. Qd2 Kh8
15. Kh1 Rg8 16. Rg1 Nf8 17. g4 Rb8 18. Qg2 g6 19. Qh3 Kh7 20. a3 Na5 21. b4
Nc6 22. Qg2 Kh8 23. Nd2 Nh7 24. Qh3 Bf8 25. Qf3 Ne7 26. h3 Bg7 27. Nb3 b6
28. Qe2 Ra8 29. b5 a5 30. Bf2 Bf8 31. Qd2 Qe8 32. Na4 Rb8 33. Rc7 Bd7 34.
Qe2 Nc8 35. Ra1 g5 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Nc3 Be6 38. Qc2 Ne7 39. Rg1 Qh5 40.
Rg3 gxf4 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. h4 f3 43. Bf1 Ng6 44. Bh3 Nxh4 45. Bxh4 Qxh4
46. Qh2 Ng5 47. Bf1 Qxh2+ 48. Kxh2 Bxa3 49. Rc6 Bb4 50. Rxe6 Nxe6 51. Nxd5
a4 52. Nf6+ Kf7 53. Nc1 Nxd4 54. Nd3 Be7 55. Nd5 a3 56. Nc1 Bc5 57. Bc4 Ne6
58. Nc7 Bf8 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Stinson, Conor"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[WhiteICU "1841"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2530929"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Cassidy, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[WhiteICU "1857"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502020"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nichenametla V, Advaith"]
[Black "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1895"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[WhiteICU "1920"]
[WhiteClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2516896"]
[BlackFideId "2297418"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 h5 5. h3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. d3 Rc8 8.
Be3 e5 9. f4 Nd4 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rf1 b5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5
Qa5+ 15. c3 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Bd8 17. Kf2 Qa6 18. Kg1 Qg6 19. Kh2 Be6 20. d4
cxd4 21. cxd4 exd4 22. Qxb5+ Bd7 23. Qb4 d3 24. Rad1 a5 25. Qb3 h4 26. g4
Bxg4 27. hxg4 Rc2 28. Rxd3 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qxg4+ 30. Kf2 O-O 31. Rg1 Qxe4
32. Qc3 f6 33. Rd4 Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Black "Taaffe, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[BlackICU "1874"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529343"]
[BlackFideId "2503549"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "4...e6"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c5 8.
Qe2 Nc6 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb4 11. Ne5 Nbd5 12. Bg5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bd3 Nf4 16. Qe4 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 f5 18. Qe2 Rf6 19. Re3 Qe8 20.
c4 f4 21. Rf3 b6 22. Qe4 Ba6 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 Qf8 25. Qe4 Rc8 26. Rc1
Qa3 27. Rc2 Qa4 28. d5 Bb7 29. Nc6 Bxc6 30. Qxe6+ Kf8 31. Qxc8+ Be8 32.
Qf5+ Kg8 33. h3 g6 34. Qe4 Bd7 35. Re2 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Bf5 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38.
Re7+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kg5 40. f4+ Kxf4 41. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ward, Paul"]
[Black "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1871"]
[BlackICU "1893"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508257"]
[BlackFideId "841790"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. h3 Bh5 8.
g4 Bg6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Qxd5 e5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Ne2 Nb6 14. Qb3
O-O-O 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. O-O-O Na5 17. Qc2 Qe6 18. Kb1 Nac4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20.
dxe5 Be7 21. Qe4 Qa6 22. Bc1 Bc5 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Kb8 25. d5 Rc8 26.
b3 Qb6 27. Ka1 Na5 28. Be3 Nxb3+ 29. axb3 Qxb3 30. Rd3 Rc3 31. Rxc3 Qxc3+
32. Ka2 Qa5+ 33. Kb1 Qb5+ 34. Kc2 Rc8+ 35. Kd1 Rc4 36. Qd3 Qa4+ 37. Ke2
Qa2+ 38. Kf3 a5 39. d6 Qa4 40. d7 Qc6+ 41. Kg3 Qxh1 42. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Webb, Nick"]
[Black "McIlroy, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[BlackICU "1998"]
[BlackClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517302"]
[BlackFideId "2525097"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. Bb2 f6 5. g3 e5 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Ne4 Qc7 10. O-O cxb4 11. c5 Bxc5 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Rfc1 Na6 14. a3
Qb6 15. axb4 Be6 16. Qa4 Bxb4 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20.
Rc7 Nec6 21. Nc5 Bd5 22. Rxb7 a5 23. Nd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nd5 25. Nc4 Rfc8 26.
Ne6 g6 27. Rd7 Nce7 28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Nxa5 Kg8 30. Nc4 Kf7 31. Rd6 Ra8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "O'Boyle, Donal"]
[Black "Rawlinson, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1832"]
[WhiteICU "1860"]
[BlackICU "1865"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505096"]
[BlackFideId "2508176"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. b4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5
8. Nc3 Nb6 9. d3 Bg4 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O a6 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nfd7 14.
f4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 f6 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. e6 Qc7 18. Qg4 Bd6 19. Rf3 Be5 20. Bxe5
fxe5 21. Nh5 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Qe7 23. f4 d4 24. f5 Nd5 25. e4 Nf6 26. Qg5 Rf8
27. Kh1 h6 28. Qh4 Qe8 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Rg1 Kh8 31. Qg3 Qe7 32. Qxe5 c5
33. Qxc5 Qe8 34. Qc7 g5 35. Rc1 Rf8 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Rc7 Qd8 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Verlekar, Vivaan"]
[Black "McDonnell, Odhran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1852"]
[WhiteICU "1845"]
[BlackICU "1850"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516942"]
[BlackFideId "2507463"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[BlackFullName "McDonnell, Odhr&aacute;n"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 c5 8.
c3 Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ne1 Qb6 13. Ndf3 f6 14. c4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Nf3 Be4 18. Bc3 Rfd8 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Nd2
Bf5 21. Qe1 d4 22. Bb2 e5 23. Bf3 Re8 24. Kh1 Rad8 25. Qc1 e4 26. Bd1 Qe6
27. Re1 Qe5 28. Nf3 Qd6 29. Ng1 h6 30. Qd2 b6 31. Ne2 Ng4 32. Ng3 e3 33.
fxe3 Nxe3 34. Nxf5 Nxf5 35. Bf3 Ne3 36. Qd3 Qf4 37. Re2 Re7 38. Rae1 Rde8
39. Bc1 Kh8 40. h3 Bd6 41. Kg1 Qh2+ 42. Kf2 Bg3# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Menon, Sanjay"]
[Black "Dahmen, Clemens"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1783"]
[BlackICU "1812"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2510804"]
[BlackFideId "34607005"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4
Nbd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Cummins, Sean"]
[Black "McAleenan, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[WhiteICU "1957"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2512084"]
[BlackFideId "2461617"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "Cummins, Se&aacute;n"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8.
a4 a5 9. h3 Qc7 10. b3 Nb6 11. Bf1 Nfd7 12. Ba3 Rd8 13. Qd2 exd4 14. Nxd4
Nc5 15. Rad1 g6 16. Qe3 Ne6 17. f4 Bf6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rxd8+
Bxd8 21. fxe5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. e6 Bxe6 24. Bb2 Qb6 25. Bd4 c5 26. Bxc5
Qc6 27. Bd4 Qd5 28. Bc4 Bg5 29. Qc3 Qf5 30. g4 Qf4 31. Rxe6 Qc1+ 32. Re1
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Khanzharov, Edward"]
[Black "McGrady, Seth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1817"]
[BlackElo "1780"]
[WhiteICU "1931"]
[BlackICU "1851"]
[WhiteClub "Bangor"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511975"]
[BlackFideId "2532956"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. f4 Nh6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. Nf3 Nf5 8.
Bf2 e6 9. c3 g5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 gxf4 12. Qxf4 Bh6 13. Qg4 Kf8 14. Qh5
Rg8 15. g4 Rg5 16. Bh4 Nxh4 17. Qxh6+ Ke8 18. Kd1 Rxe5 19. Bd3 Ng2 20. Qg7
Qh4 21. Qg8+ Ke7 22. Qxa8 Re1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 24. Kc2 Na5 25. b4 Ne3+ 26.
Kb2 Nac4+ 27. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 28. Kc2 Qe2+ 29. Kc1 Qe1+ 30. Kc2 Qe2+ 31. Kc1
Qe1+ 32. Kc2 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Kurochkin, Iaromir"]
[Black "Kenny, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[BlackICU "1823"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2516969"]
[BlackFideId "2509440"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. a3 Bd7 6. Nf3 Bb5 7. Bxb5+ Qxb5 8.
Qe2 Qa6 9. Qxa6 Nxa6 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ne7 12. Bd2 Nc8 13. Ke2 Nb6 14.
Rc1 Nc4 15. Bc3 Be7 16. Nbd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Kd7 18. b5 Nc7 19. a4 f6 20. h4
Rac8 21. g4 Na8 22. h5 Nb6 23. a5 Nc4 24. Bc3 fxe5 25. dxe5 Rhf8 26. Bd4
Bc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Rab1 Rcc8 29. a6 b6 30. Rb3 Rf4 31. Rg1 Re4+ 32. Kd3
Nxe5+ 33. Nxe5+ Rxe5 34. f3 Rc4 35. Rf1 Kd6 36. Rc3 Re3+ 37. Kxe3 Rxc3+ 38.
Kf4 e5+ 39. Kf5 Rb3 40. h6 gxh6 41. Kf6 e4 42. f4 Rf3 43. Rc1 Rxf4+ 44. Kg7
Rxg4+ 45. Kxh6 e3 46. Kh5 Rc4 47. Rf1 e2 48. Re1 Re4 49. Kg5 Ke5 50. Rg1
e1=Q 51. Rh1 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Cawston, M. John"]
[Black "Stinson, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[BlackICU "1841"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "434000"]
[BlackFideId "2530929"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8.
Nc3 c5 9. cxd5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nxd5 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Qxd5 Qe7
14. e6 Qxe6 15. Qxe6 fxe6 16. Bf4 Rf7 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Rd2 Re8 19. Bxb7
Rxb7 20. Be5 Nc6 21. Bc3 e5 22. Kg2 Rf7 23. e3 e4 24. Rd5 h6 25. h4 Rfe7
26. Rfd1 Ne5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rd7 c4 30. Rxa7 Rb5 31. Rc7
Rxb2 32. Rxc4 Rxa2 33. Rxe4 Rb2 34. Re7 b5 35. Rb7 b4 36. h5 b3 37. Kf3 Rb1
38. g4 b2 39. Kf4 Kf8 40. Ke5 Rg1 41. Rxb2 Rxg4 42. Ke6 Re4+ 43. Kf5 Rh4
44. Kg6 Rg4+ 45. Kh7 Rg5 46. f4 Rg3 47. Rb8+ Kf7 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. e4 Rg4
50. e5 Rxf4 51. Rb8+ Kf7 52. Rb7+ Kf8 53. e6 Rf5 54. Rxg7 Rxh5 55. Rf7+ Ke8
56. Kg6 Rg5+ 57. Kf6 Rg2 58. Rh7 Rf2+ 59. Ke5 Re2+ 60. Kd5 Rd2+ 61. Kc4 Rd6
62. Rxh6 Ke7 63. Kc5 Rxe6 64. Rh7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Putar, Slavko"]
[Black "Hackett, Len"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1768"]
[WhiteICU "1843"]
[BlackICU "1863"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14557517"]
[BlackFideId "2505460"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto with ...Nd7"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8.
d5 a6 9. a4 Ng4 10. h3 Nge5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Qc2 Rb8 13. e4 e6 14. f4 Ned7
15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nf3 Nb6 17. Qb3 Na8 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Rf2 Nc7
21. Rfd2 Ne8 22. h4 Ndf6 23. e5 Ng4 24. exd6 Nxd6 25. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Recto, Chiron"]
[Black "O'Shea, Niall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "1788"]
[WhiteICU "1700"]
[BlackICU "1792"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2541556"]
[BlackFideId "2505142"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. b3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. c3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "De Graaf, Arnoud"]
[Black "Galvin, Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[BlackICU "1772"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[WhiteNationality "NED"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1017918"]
[BlackFideId "2531429"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6 Rb8 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. f3 c5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Bf2
Qb6 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Ne4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qc7 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. e4 Nb6 20. f4
Rfd8 21. Be3 c3 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Rf2 Nc4 24. Bxa7 cxb2 25. Rb1 Rbd8 26.
Bf3 Rd2 27. Bc5 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Rd2+ 29. Ke1 Rxh2 30. Be2 Rh1+ 31. Bf1 Rxf1+
0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Furstenburg, Brandon"]
[Black "Thomas Boby, Aiden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1797"]
[WhiteICU "1775"]
[BlackICU "1863"]
[WhiteNationality "RSA"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14309904"]
[BlackFideId "2535688"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. a3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxb4 5. axb4 e5 6. b5 d6 7. d3 Ne7 8.
Bg5 Be6 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. b6 Na6 12. bxa7 Rxa7 13. g3 O-O 14.
Bg2 Raa8 15. O-O Rac8 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rfb1 Nc5 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. c4 Rfd8 20.
Nec3 Kh7 21. Na4 Rc6 22. Bf1 Ra6 23. Nac3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nb3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "D'Arcy, Elian"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[WhiteICU "1745"]
[WhiteClub "Lucan"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517043"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Cassidy, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[WhiteICU "1857"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502020"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Heron, Lorcan"]
[Black "Nichenametla V, Advaith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1883"]
[BlackElo "1895"]
[BlackICU "1920"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529343"]
[BlackFideId "2516896"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "McDonnell, Odhran"]
[Black "Ward, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[WhiteICU "1850"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507463"]
[BlackFideId "2508257"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "McDonnell, Odhr&aacute;n"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qc2 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. b3 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qc6 Qc7 12. Qxc7 Bxc7 13. Ba3 Re8 14.
Rfc1 Bd8 15. Rc2 Ba6 16. Bf1 Be7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rac1 h6 19. Rc7 Ne8 20.
R7c6 Bb7 21. R6c2 Kf7 22. e3 a6 23. Bd3 g5 24. h3 Kf6 25. Bf1 h5 26. h4 g4
27. Ne1 e5 28. dxe5+ Nxe5 29. Ng2 Ng6 30. b4 Rd8 31. Nb3 Rdd7 32. Nd4 Rc7
33. Bd3 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Nd6 35. a4 Ne5 36. Nf4 Rh7 37. Be2 Nec4 38. Kf1 Rh8
39. Ke1 Rh7 40. Bf1 Rh8 41. Bg2 Ne4 42. b5 a5 43. Bf1 Ned6 44. Bd3 Rh7 45.
Be2 Ba8 46. Nd3 Re7 47. Nb2 Nxb2 48. Rxb2 Rc7 49. Bd3 Ne4 50. Rc2 Rxc2 51.
Bxc2 Bb7 52. Ke2 Ke5 53. Bb3 Nc3+ 54. Kd3 Ne4 55. Ke2 Nc3+ 56. Ke1 Ne4 57.
Ke2 Nc3+ 58. Kf1 Ne4 59. Kg2 Nd2 60. Bc2 Ne4 61. Ne2 Ba8 62. Nf4 Nf6 63.
Kf1 Bb7 64. Ke2 Bc8 65. Bb3 Bb7 66. Kd3 Ba8 67. Ng6+ Kd6 68. Bd1 Ne4 69.
Ke2 Nc3+ 70. Kd2 Ne4+ 71. Ke1 Bb7 72. Bc2 Bc8 73. Bxe4 fxe4 74. Nf4 Kc5 75.
Kd2 d4 76. exd4+ Kxd4 77. Nxh5 Kc4 78. Nf6 Kb4 79. h5 Kxa4 80. h6 Bf5 81.
h7 Bxh7 82. Nxh7 Kxb5 83. Kc3 Kc5 84. Nf6 Kc6 85. Nxe4 Kd5 86. Nf6+ Ke5 87.
Nxg4+ Ke4 88. Nf6+ Kf5 89. Nd7 b5 90. Nb6 Kg4 91. Kd4 a4 92. Nxa4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "McIlroy, Ben"]
[Black "O'Boyle, Donal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "1832"]
[WhiteICU "1998"]
[BlackICU "1860"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast South"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2525097"]
[BlackFideId "2505096"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Polish defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nd2 a6 6. c3 d6 7. Qe2 c5 8.
Ngf3 Be7 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. a3 Qd7 12. Rfd1 h6 13. h3 O-O 14.
Rac1 Kh8 15. Nf1 Ng8 16. N3h2 f5 17. f4 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nf3 Nxe3 20.
Nxe3 d5 21. Kh2 Na5 22. Bb1 Nc4 23. Rg1 Rac8 24. Rcf1 Qe8 25. Ne1 g5 26.
Nd3 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 g4 28. hxg4 fxg4 29. g3 Rf5 30. Kg2 Rh5 31. Nf2 Qg8 32.
Qd3 Rf5 33. Rh1 Bf8 34. Qe2 Rc4 35. Rd1 b4 36. Nxg4 bxa3 37. bxa3 Rc3 38.
Rd3 Rc7 39. Rb3 Rg7 40. Bxf5 exf5 41. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Taaffe, Paul"]
[Black "Cummins, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[WhiteICU "1874"]
[BlackICU "1957"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503549"]
[BlackFideId "2512084"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[BlackFullName "Cummins, Se&aacute;n"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Bd4 Bd7 13. a5 Rac8 14.
Bb3 Qc7 15. Bb6 Qb8 16. Rfe1 Bc6 17. f3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Ba2 Bf6 20.
Bxc5 Bxc3 21. bxc3 dxc5 22. Bc4 Qe5 23. Qe3 g5 24. g3 Kh8 25. Rad1 Rg8 26.
Rd3 Rcd8 27. Red1 Rdf8 28. Rd6 g4 29. f4 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Bxe4 31. R1d2 Kg7
32. Bf1 Rc8 33. c4 Rc7 34. Bg2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Kf6 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Ke3 h5 38.
Ke4 Rh8 39. f5 h4 40. fxe6 fxe6 41. Kf4 hxg3 42. hxg3 Rg8 43. Ke5 Rg5+ 44.
Kf4 Rg6 45. R2d3 Rg7 46. Rb6 Kf6 47. Rdd6 Rce7 48. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Dahmen, Clemens"]
[Black "Webb, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[WhiteICU "1812"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "34607005"]
[BlackFideId "2517302"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Charousek (Petrosian) variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 a6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qc2 Qb6 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14.
Bg5 Rac8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. a3 Bf8 18. Qb3 Nc5 19. Qa2 Nd5 20.
Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qb1 Be4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qa2 Bd6 24. b4 Nd3 25. Bxd3 Bxd3
26. Ne5 Be4 27. h4 Qb8 28. Rd1 Bxe5 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Bxe5 Qxh4 31. Qd2
Qg5 32. Bg3 h5 33. Qd4 h4 34. Qxe4 hxg3 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qxa6 gxf2+ 37.
Kxf2 Qh4+ 38. Kf3 Qh5+ 39. Kf2 Qf5+ 40. Ke2 Qd5 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Qc8 Qa2+
43. Kf3 Qxa3 44. Qc2+ Kf6 45. Qe4 Qb3 46. Qh4+ Kg6 47. Qg4+ Kh7 48. Qh5+
Kg8 49. Qxb5 Qd1+ 50. Kf2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Black "Menon, Sanjay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1871"]
[BlackElo "1835"]
[WhiteICU "1893"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "841790"]
[BlackFideId "2510804"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O
8. Be2 Nc6 9. h3 Re8 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14.
h4 e6 15. h5 exd5 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Qxd5+ Be6 19. Qd3 Bc4 20.
Qc2 Rxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 Qc4+ 23. Kd2 Be5 24. Rh4 Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Black "Verlekar, Vivaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[BlackICU "1845"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2297418"]
[BlackFideId "2516942"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.
Na4 d5 9. c5 b5 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Bb6 13. cxb6 cxb6 14. Ne5
Nbd7 15. Nc6 Qe8 16. b5 a6 17. Qb3 axb5 18. Nb4 Qe7 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. Nd3
Bc6 21. Bb4 Qd8 22. f3 Nf8 23. e3 Ng6 24. Rac1 Ne8 25. h4 Nd6 26. h5 Ne7
27. g4 Nc4 28. Kf2 h6 29. f4 Be8 30. Ne5 Nc6 31. Nxc6 Bxc6 32. Kg3 Qf6 33.
Qd3 Rd8 34. Rf3 Rac8 35. Kh3 Re8 36. Be1 Qe7 37. Bb4 Qf6 38. Be1 Qe7 39.
Rc3 Ra8 40. Bh4 Qd7 41. Rg3 Kh8 42. Kh2 f5 43. gxf5 exf5 44. Bh3 Rf8 45.
Rg6 Rf7 46. Qc2 Bb7 47. Qg2 Rg8 48. Qg3 Qe8 49. Bg2 Qd7 50. Bf1 Bc6 51. Bd3
Qc7 52. a4 b4 53. Rb3 Bxa4 54. Rxb4 Bd1 55. Bxc4 dxc4 56. Rbxb6 Bb3 57.
Rxh6+ gxh6 58. Rxh6+ Rh7 59. Bf6+ Rg7 60. Qg6 Rxh6 61. Qxh6+ Kg8 62. d5 Rh7
63. Qg6+ Kf8 64. d6 Qf7 65. Be7+ Ke8 66. d7+ Kxd7 67. Qd6+ Kc8 68. Qc6+ Kb8
69. Qb6+ Ka8 70. Qa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Rawlinson, Jason"]
[Black "Khanzharov, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1817"]
[WhiteICU "1865"]
[BlackICU "1931"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508176"]
[BlackFideId "2511975"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. a3 Qb6 11. e3 Nxd4 12. exd4 Rd8 13. Re1 Bf8 14.
Na4 Qc6 15. Bf4 Bg4 16. f3 Bf5 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Rc7 Qb5 19. Bf1 Qa5 20. b4
Bxb4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Ree7 Rd7 23. Rexd7 Nxd7 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Be6
26. Rb5 Qa3 27. Rxb7 a5 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. Rxb3 a4 30. Ra3 Bd7 31. Bd6 Ra7
32. Bd3 f5 33. Bc2 Kf7 34. Bc5 Ra5 35. Kf2 g5 36. h3 h5 37. f4 g4 38. h4
Rb5 39. Ke2 Kf6 40. Kd3 Ra5 41. Kc3 Ra8 42. Kb2 Rb8+ 43. Ka2 Ra8 44. Re3
Be6 45. Ka3 Ra6 46. Re1 Ra8 47. Rb1 Ra6 48. Rb6 Ra8 49. Bxa4 Kf7 50. Kb4
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Kenny, William"]
[Black "Putar, Slavko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[WhiteICU "1823"]
[BlackICU "1843"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509440"]
[BlackFideId "14557517"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8.
h4 f6 9. Nf3 e5 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. h5 h6 13. Bh4 e4 14. Nd4 g5
15. Bg3 Be5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Qd2 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Nce2 Na6 20. Ng3
Rd8 21. Rf1 c5 22. Nde2 Qa4 23. b3 Qa3 24. Qc1 Qa5+ 25. c3 d4 26. Nxe4 d3
27. N2g3 c4 28. f3 Bf5 29. Kf2 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Qe5 31. Nd2 g4 32. f4 g3+ 33.
Kxg3 Qxe3+ 34. Rf3 Qc5 35. Nxc4 Qxh5 36. Qe3 Rf7 37. Ne5 Rg7+ 38. Kf2 Qh4+
39. Rg3 Nc5 40. Rh1 Qxg3+ 41. Qxg3 Ne4+ 42. Kf3 Nxg3 43. Rd1 Ne2 44. Nxd3
Nxc3 45. Ke3 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "McGrady, Seth"]
[Black "Cawston, M. John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1780"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[WhiteICU "1851"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2532956"]
[BlackFideId "434000"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "Scandinavian variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. d4 Bg7 7. c3 O-O
8. Be2 c5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bxg7 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Kxg7 13. Nd4
Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Rac8 17. Ra4 a6 18. Ke2 Rfd8 19.
Rd1 Rxd1 20. Kxd1 h5 21. Rd4 Rc7 22. a4 Kf6 23. Ke2 e5 24. Rd8 Kf5 25. Rd3
h4 26. b4 g5 27. Ke3 f6 28. f3 g4 29. fxg4+ Kxg4 30. Ke4 Rc4+ 31. Kd5 b5
32. axb5 axb5 33. Rf3 Rf4 34. Rxf4+ Kxf4 35. c4 bxc4 36. Kxc4 e4 37. b5 h3
38. gxh3 e3 39. b6 e2 40. b7 e1=Q 41. b8=Q+ Kf3 42. Qb7+ Qe4+ 43. Qxe4+
Kxe4 44. h4 f5 45. h5 f4 46. h6 f3 47. h7 f2 48. h8=Q f1=Q+ 49. Kc5 Qc1+
50. Kd6 Qa3+ 51. Ke6 Qa6+ 52. Kf7 Qb7+ 53. Kg6 Qb6+ 54. Kh7 Qc7+ 55. Qg7
Qxh2+ 56. Kg8 Qa2+ 57. Kh7 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "McAleenan, Charles"]
[Black "Kurochkin, Iaromir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1778"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2461617"]
[BlackFideId "2516969"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d6 4. d3 Nbd7 5. e4 e5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
c3 b6 9. a4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. c4 a5 12. Nc3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Be3 Ng4
15. Bd2 f5 16. fxe5 fxe4 17. dxe4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5
Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Qg7 22. Rab1 Rf8 23. Bf4 Rf7 24. b4 axb4 25. Rxb4 Raf8 26. Rd1
Be5 27. Be3 Na6 28. Rbb1 Nc5 29. Rb4 g5 30. Rbb1 Qh6 31. Kg1 Qh5 32. Qd2 h6
33. Qc2 Qg6 34. Re1 h5 35. Qd2 Nxe4 36. Bxe4 Qxe4 37. Bxg5 Bd4+ 38. Be3
Bxe3+ 39. Rxe3 Qxb1+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Thomas Boby, Aiden"]
[Black "Recto, Chiron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[WhiteICU "1863"]
[BlackICU "1700"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535688"]
[BlackFideId "2541556"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nd7 5. h3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 Bd7 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. f3 Kh8 12. O-O-O Nbc8 13. g4 f4 14. Bf2
h6 15. a3 Be8 16. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "D'Arcy, Elian"]
[Black "Galvin, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[WhiteICU "1745"]
[BlackICU "1772"]
[WhiteClub "Lucan"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517043"]
[BlackFideId "2531429"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be3 b5 11. Ng3 a6 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. O-O
Nb6 15. b3 b4 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bd3 a5 19. Qe2 Be8 20. Ne5 Ne7
21. Qg4 Qd6 22. Nh5 Nd7 23. Rf3 g6 24. Nxf6 Nxf6 25. Qg5 Kg7 26. Rh3 Neg8
27. Bxg6 Ne7 28. Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Hackett, Len"]
[Black "Furstenburg, Brandon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1768"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[WhiteICU "1863"]
[BlackICU "1775"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "RSA"]
[WhiteFideId "2505460"]
[BlackFideId "14309904"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "B78"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, 10.O-O-O"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[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 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14.
h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nce2 Re8 17. Ng3 Bxg4 18. Qe2 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 Be6 20.
Kb1 Qa5 21. b3 Rc8 22. Bb2 Qc5 23. Bd4 Qa5 24. Bb2 Qc5 25. Bd4 Bg4 26. e5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "De Graaf, Arnoud"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1872"]
[WhiteNationality "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "1017918"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Cassidy, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[WhiteICU "1857"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502020"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-experts_allfiles/pairings_sligo-experts2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "O'Shea, Niall"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1788"]
[WhiteICU "1792"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505142"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-experts_allfiles/pairings_sligo-experts2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Expert 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Stinson, Conor"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[WhiteICU "1841"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2530929"]
[FIDETournamentId "442757"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241833"]
[EventSection "2/5"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-experts_allfiles/pairings_sligo-experts2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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