[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Woods, Christopher"]
[Black "Earls, Dermot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1587"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[WhiteICU "1465"]
[BlackICU "1095"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518201"]
[BlackFideId "2504715"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Be3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3
Be7 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. O-O-O Bc6 10. Ne5 Qd6 11. Be2 O-O 12. Bf4 Qb4 13. Qxb4
Bxb4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Be5 Ne4 17. Rhf1 Nd6 18. a3 f6 19. Bg3
1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Oisin"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1365"]
[BlackElo "1607"]
[WhiteICU "1197"]
[BlackICU "1247"]
[WhiteClub "Clonakilty"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518082"]
[BlackFideId "2504375"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Sullivan, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Be2 Nc6 3. d3 e5 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. c3 d6 7. fxe5 Nxe5 8.
O-O Bd7 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ne7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be3 Bc6 14.
Qb3 Rb8 15. d5 Bd7 16. Bxa7 Rc8 17. Nb5 Be8 18. Bd4 Bxb5 19. Bxg7 Bc4 20.
Qb4 Kxg7 21. Rf2 Qd7 22. a4 Rc5 23. e5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. exd6 Rfc8 26.
Qd4+ Kg8 27. Rd1 Bb3 28. Ra1 Rc1+ 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Bxa4 31. Re1 Bc6
32. g4 Re8 33. Ra1 b5 34. Ra7 Re4 35. Rxd7 Rxd4 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. h3 Kf6 38.
Kf1 Ke6 39. Ke2 Rxd6 40. Rh8 Kd5 41. Kd3 Ke5+ 42. Ke3 Rf6 43. Rxh7 Rf3+ 44.
Ke2 g5 45. h4 gxh4 46. Rxh4 Rb3 47. Rh7 Rxb2+ 48. Ke3 Bd5 49. Rh5+ Ke6 50.
Kd4 Bc4 51. Kc3 Rg2 52. Rg5 f6 53. Rg7 Rg3+ 54. Kb4 Be2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Cummins, Finn"]
[Black "Barry, Kieran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1561"]
[BlackElo "1357"]
[WhiteICU "1268"]
[BlackICU "1055"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2525780"]
[BlackFideId "2521580"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bd2 Nc6
8. Nb3 b5 9. Be2 Nge5 10. f4 Nc4 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. Nc1 Qb6 13. Nd5 Qa7 14.
Be3 Qb7 15. Bb6 Kd7 16. Bf2 Ke8 17. Ne2 e6 18. Ne3 c3 19. bxc3 Be7 20. Nc4
d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Nb6 Be6 23. Nxa8 Qxa8 24. Nd4 Bf6 25. O-O Ke7 26. Nxe6
fxe6 27. Bd4 Nxd4 28. cxd4 Rc8 29. Rc1 Rc3 30. Qd2 Qc6 31. Rf3 Rxf3 32.
gxf3 Qc4 33. c3 a5 34. Re1 a4 35. Qe2 Qxe2 36. Rxe2 Kd7 37. Rb2 Kc6 38. Rb4
a3 39. Ra4 Be7 40. Ra7 Bd6 41. Rxg7 Bxf4 42. Rxh7 Bd2 43. Ra7 Bc1 44. h4
Bb2 45. Ra5 Kb6 46. Rc5 e5 47. Rxd5 Bxc3 48. dxe5 Kc6 49. Rd6+ Kc5 50. f4
1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Black "Marshall, Roy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[WhiteICU "993"]
[BlackICU "1160"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518155"]
[BlackFideId "2519178"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bd2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
h3 a6 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Kh1 b4 14. axb4
Nxb4 15. Rac1 Rab8 16. Bf4 Nd7 17. Ra1 Nf8 18. Nd1 Ne6 19. c3 Nxf4 20. cxb4
Nxe2 21. Qxe2 cxb4 22. Ne3 Rdc8 23. Nc4 e6 24. e5 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 dxe5 26.
Rxa6 Rd8 27. Rea1 Qb7 28. Qe3 Qd5 29. Rd1 e4 30. Ra5 Qd4 31. Raa1 Qxe3 32.
fxe3 exd3 33. Rd2 Rbc8 34. Rc1 Bh6 35. Rdd1 d2 36. Rc2 b3 37. Rc3 Bg7 38.
Rxb3 Rxc4 39. Ra3 Rc1 40. Ra1 Rxa1 41. Rxa1 d1=Q+ 42. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 43. Kh2
Bxb2 44. Kg3 Rd3 45. Kf2 Bc1 46. Ke2 Rxe3+ 47. Kd1 Rg3 48. Kxc1 Rxg2 49. h4
Kg7 50. Kd1 Kf6 51. Kc1 Ke5 52. Kd1 Ke4 53. Kc1 Kd3 54. h5 gxh5 55. Kb1 Kc3
56. Ka1 Kb3 57. Kb1 Rg1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Williams, Henry"]
[Black "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1484"]
[WhiteICU "1244"]
[BlackICU "1349"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520060"]
[BlackFideId "2515270"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Barry, Suzanne"]
[Black "Martin, Desmond"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1325"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[WhiteICU "985"]
[BlackICU "1109"]
[WhiteClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507323"]
[BlackFideId "2506815"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
d4 exd4 9. exd4 Rb8 10. d5 Ne5 11. b3 Qd7 12. f4 Ng6 13. Qd3 Bh3 14. Bb2
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 h5 16. Ne4 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Pikh, Akim"]
[Black "Moore, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1474"]
[WhiteICU "1197"]
[WhiteClub "St. Michaels"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "34166262"]
[BlackFideId "343415083"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Be2 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Qb6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. cxd5 Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Kf1 Bxf2 16. Na4 Qe3 17. Bb5 Bxe1 18. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 19. Rxe1
exd5 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nd7 Bxd7 22. Bxd7 Rad8 23. Bf5 d4 24. Rd1 Rfe8 25. Kf2
Re5 26. Bd3 a5 27. a4 g6 28. h3 Kg7 29. g3 Rdd5 30. Bc4 Rd6 31. Bd3 Rf6+
32. Kg2 Re3 33. Bc4 Rff3 34. Bd5 Rxg3+ 35. Kh2 Rxh3+ 36. Kg2 Rd3 37. Rf1 f5
38. Rc1 Rhe3 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Kf1 Rxb2 41. Kg1 d3 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Rc6+ Kg5
44. Rc1 d2 45. Rd1 Re1+ 46. Kf2 Rxd1 47. Ke2 Ra1 48. Bb3 d1=Q+ 49. Ke3
Qxb3+ 50. Kd4 Rd1+ 51. Ke5 Qe3# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Syms, Thomas"]
[Black "Evans, Damian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1278"]
[BlackElo "1473"]
[WhiteICU "997"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518597"]
[BlackFideId "2515695"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be3 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nbd2 Ng4 9. Qb3 h6 10. Bc4 Rf8 11. Ne1 Nb6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bxb6 axb6 14.
Rd1 Qe8 15. h3 Nf6 16. Ndf3 Bd6 17. Bb5 c6 18. Be2 Bc7 19. a3 Nxe4 20. Nh4
Kh8 21. Qc2 Nf6 22. f3 Nd5 23. Rd3 Qe7 24. g3 Bxh3 25. Nhg2 Bf5 26. c4 Bxd3
27. Bxd3 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Ne3 29. Nxe3 Qxe3 30. Ng2 Qg5 31. Qf2 Rad8 32. Bb1
Rd2 33. Qe1 Rxb2 34. Qc3 Qd2 35. Qxd2 Rxd2 36. Ne1 Rfd8 37. Bc2 Bd6 38. a4
f6 39. g4 Bc5 40. Bb3 Bf2 41. Nc2 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Black "Halpenny, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1237"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[WhiteICU "872"]
[BlackICU "1330"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Gorey"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519143"]
[BlackFideId "2510235"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Bd7
8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Qb3 b6 12. Re1 e5 13. d5 Nc5 14.
Qd1 a5 15. a4 Qe7 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Qb1 Nb3 18. Ra3 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Nh5 20.
Nb5 Nf4 21. Re1 Rc5 22. b4 axb4 23. Qxb4 Rfc8 24. Kh2 Qd7 25. Nd2 Bf8 26.
Ree3 f5 27. g3 Nxh3 28. exf5 Ng5 29. Nf3 Qxf5 30. Qh4 Rc4 31. Nxd6 Rxh4+
0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Wieczorek, Jarek"]
[Black "Shearan, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[WhiteICU "1470"]
[BlackICU "1272"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2528223"]
[BlackFideId "2506459"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. e3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne1 Bb7 11. Bf3 a6 12. Nd3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14.
Rc1 Rac8 15. Ne4 Nb4 16. Nec5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Rc7 19. Rfc1 Rfc8
20. b4 g6 21. Qe4 Qd6 22. h4 f5 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. h5 g5 25. d5 g4 26. dxc6
Ba8 27. Be2 Rxc6 28. a4 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Bc6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qb2 Rb8 32. Qe5
Rd8 33. h6 Rd5 34. Qb8+ Qd8 35. Qb6 Qd7 36. Qb8+ Qd8 37. Qa7 Qd7 38. Qa5
Rd2 39. Re1 Qd5 40. f3 g3 41. Qb4 Kf7 42. Bxb5 Bxb5 43. Qxb5 Rd1 44. Kf1
Rd2 45. Qa5 Qd3+ 46. Kg1 Qd8 47. Qxd8 Rxd8 48. Kf1 Ke7 49. Ke2 Rc8 50. Rc1
Rc6 51. Kd3 e5 52. f4 exf4 53. exf4 Kd7 54. Kd4 Rxh6 55. Kd5 Rh2 56. Rc2 h5
57. c6+ Kc7 58. Re2 h4 59. Re7+ Kc8 60. Kd6 Kb8 61. Re8+ Ka7 62. c7 Rxg2
63. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "O'Driscoll, David"]
[Black "Belton, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1468"]
[WhiteICU "1256"]
[BlackICU "897"]
[WhiteClub "Inchicore"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506440"]
[BlackFideId "2510901"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Bc4 h6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Bxf7+ Ke7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nf6 11. Bg6 Nbd7 12. e5 Nxe5 13. Re1 Qa5 14.
Bd2 Qc5 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Qh5 Kd6 18. Nd2 Qd5 19. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "McDonnell, Joe"]
[Black "White, Nicole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[WhiteICU "1461"]
[BlackICU "989"]
[WhiteClub "Castlebar"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507277"]
[BlackFideId "2520362"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe6+ 4. Be2 Qg6 5. Bf3 Nc6 6. Nd5 Qd6 7. d4 e5
8. Ne2 Nge7 9. Nxe7 Bxe7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. g3 O-O 13. Bf4 Qd8
14. Re1 Bb4 15. Re4 c5 16. Qe2 Be6 17. a3 Ba5 18. Re5 Qb6 19. b4 cxb4 20.
axb4 Bxb4 21. Rb5 Qd8 22. Rxb4 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Bxe5 b6
26. Rxd4 h6 27. Rd7 Rfc8 28. c3 a6 29. Rb7 Rc6 30. Bd4 b5 31. Rxb5 Kf8 32.
Rb6 Rxb6 33. Bxb6 Ke7 34. c4 Kd6 35. c5+ Kc6 36. f4 Kb5 37. Kf2 a5 38.
Rxa5+ Rxa5 39. Bxa5 Kxa5 40. Ke3 Kb5 41. Kd4 Kc6 42. h3 h5 43. g4 hxg4 44.
hxg4 f6 45. f5 g5 46. Kc4 Kc7 47. Kd5 Kd7 48. c6+ Kc7 49. Ke6 Kxc6 50. Kxf6
1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Reinhardt, Sean"]
[Black "Aashay, R. Kher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "1235"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2518961"]
[BlackFideId "25933337"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Reinhardt, Se&aacute;n"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Moore, Maurice"]
[Black "Dineen, Ryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1423"]
[BlackICU "1178"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531267"]
[BlackFideId "2519038"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. c3 O-O 10. b4 Re8 11. Re1 a6 12. e3 e5 13. g4 e4 14. Nh2 Bg6
15. Nd2 Bh4 16. Rf1 Bg5 17. a4 Qd7 18. a5 Nd8 19. Qa4 c6 20. Qd1 f5 21. Kh1
f4 22. Rg1 fxe3 23. fxe3 Bxe3 24. Rf1 Ne6 25. Qe2 Bg5 26. Nb3 Nf4 27. Qe3
Ne6 28. Nc5 Qe7 29. Qe2 Nxc5 30. bxc5 Qc7 31. Qf2 Rf8 32. Qg1 Bd2 33. Ra3
Rae8 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Nf1 Qf4 36. Nxd2 Qxd2 37. Rb3 Rf7 38. h4 h5 39.
gxh5 Bxh5 40. c4 Bf3 41. Bxf3 Rxf3 42. Rxf3 exf3 43. cxd5 f2 44. Kh2 Qe1
45. Qf1 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Marmol, Alvaro"]
[Black "Boldijar, Nicu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1395"]
[BlackICU "1221"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "SWE"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1778889"]
[BlackFideId "2512505"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Chigorin variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. c4 Be4 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Nxe5 Bxg2
8. Kxg2 Nxd4 9. e3 Qd5+ 10. Kg1 f6 11. Nc3 Qxe5 12. exd4 Qd6 13. Bf4 Qd7
14. Qe2+ Ne7 15. Qxc4 O-O-O 16. Nb5 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Brearley, Thierry"]
[Black "Scott, Shay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1194"]
[BlackElo "1382"]
[WhiteICU "981"]
[BlackICU "1086"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523930"]
[BlackFideId "2504413"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni"]
[Variation "Mujannah formation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Rb1 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e4 d6 8.
Nf3 g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 a6 12. Qd2 g5 13. h3 g4 14. hxg4 fxg4
15. e5 Qf4 16. Qxf4 Rxf4 17. g3 Rxf3 18. Bxf3 gxf3 19. e6 b5 20. Rbd1 Ra7
21. Re3 Rb7 22. Rxf3 a5 23. b3 Na6 24. a3 Rb8 25. Ne2 Nc7 26. Rf7 Bf6 27.
Nf4 Bb7 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. c4 Kg7 31. Nh5+ Kg6 32. g4 Nxe6 33.
f3 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Whelan, Niall P."]
[Black "Liu, Murray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackElo "1188"]
[BlackICU "978"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500809"]
[BlackFideId "2517191"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bf4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. h3 O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8.
Be2 d5 9. O-O Qd7 10. Rc1 h6 11. Nb5 Rac8 12. c5 a6 13. Nxc7 bxc5 14. Nxa6
Bxa6 15. Bxa6 Ra8 16. Bb5 Rxa2 17. Ne5 Qb7 18. Bxc6 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qc3 20.
Rb3 Qa5 21. Qb1 Ne4 22. Rb2 Ra3 23. Rb8 Nd2 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Qb8 Nxf1 26.
Nd7 Qe1 27. Qxf8+ Kh7 28. Nf6+ Kg6 29. Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Iwasaki, Luke"]
[Black "Gannon, Sean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[WhiteICU "1182"]
[BlackICU "1442"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529203"]
[BlackFideId "2517477"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "E03"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Qa4 Nbd7, 6.Qxc4"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[BlackFullName "Gannon, Se&aacute;n"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 Nb6 7. Qd3 c6
8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 c5 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Rd8 14.
Nb3 a5 15. a4 Bd7 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Rab1 Bb4 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 Bxa4 20.
Nxa4 Rxd2 21. Nb6 Ra6 22. Nc4 Rd4 23. e5 Nd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Ne3 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Black "Keane, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[WhiteICU "1341"]
[BlackICU "1156"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523558"]
[BlackFideId "2531259"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Lightfoot, David"]
[Black "Hourican, Oisin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1051"]
[BlackElo "1383"]
[BlackICU "1072"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "343431933"]
[BlackFideId "2519747"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[BlackFullName "Hourican, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 Qb6 5. g4 Bd7 6. c3 c5 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 e6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. f4 h5 12. gxh5 Nh6 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Nf3
Ng4 15. Bg1 O-O-O 16. Ng5 Nh6 17. Qd2 Kb8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc5 20. Qf2
Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc8 22. O-O-O Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Rhg1 f6 25. Nf3 Rg8 26.
Bh7 Rgc8 27. Rxg7 Ba4 28. Rd4 Be8 29. exf6 Bxh5 30. Ne5 R5c7 31. f5 exf5
32. Rxd5 Nf7 33. Bxf5 Rf8 34. Nd7+ Rxd7 35. Rxd7 a6 36. Be6 Nd8 37. Rxd8+
Rxd8 38. Rg8 Kc7 39. f7 Rd1+ 40. Kc2 Bxf7 41. Bxf7 Rh1 42. h5 Kd7 43. Rg7
0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Ilett, Martin"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2530635"]
[BlackFideId "2501350"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. d4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qc7 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Be2 e5 11. O-O b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Bd2 Bd6 14.
f4 exd4 15. exd4 O-O 16. Rf2 Rfe8 17. Raf1 Re6 18. g4 Be4 19. f5 Ree8 20.
Bf4 Re7 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. g5 f6 23. g6 hxg6 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. fxg6 Rh4 26.
a3 Re8 27. Qg3 Qxg3+ 28. hxg3 Rh6 29. Bd3 Re3 30. Rf3 Re6 31. Bf5 Re7 32.
Rf4 Nf8 33. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Dimitrov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1371"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511649"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1232"]
[WhiteICU "831"]
[WhiteClub "Moate Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "SRI"]
[WhiteFideId "29982847"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Halpenny, John"]
[Black "Woods, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackElo "1587"]
[WhiteICU "1330"]
[BlackICU "1465"]
[WhiteClub "Gorey"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510235"]
[BlackFideId "2518201"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Rc1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 d5 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. Bb5 Qd6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. a3 a6 19. Bd3 g6 20.
g3 Bg5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nc3 b5 23. Bf1 Rd8 24. Bg2 b4 25. Na4 bxa3 26.
bxa3 Bf6 27. Nc5 Bc6 28. Qc3 Bb5 29. Nb7 Qd7 30. Nxd8 Qxd8 31. Qc5 Bc4 32.
Re1 Qd7 33. h4 Kg7 34. Bf1 Qg4 35. Bxc4 Bxd4 36. Qd6 dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Tom"]
[Black "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[WhiteICU "1247"]
[BlackICU "1341"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504375"]
[BlackFideId "2523558"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5...Nd7"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6
8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rac1 Bg4 12. Ne1 Rc8 13. f3 Bh5 14.
Bf5 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nd3 Qc7 17. Kh1 Qb8 18. f4 N8d7 19. Rf3 Ne4 20.
Ne5 Ndf6 21. Rcf1 Qc7 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bc3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dineen, Ryan"]
[Black "Cummins, Finn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1423"]
[BlackElo "1561"]
[WhiteICU "1178"]
[BlackICU "1268"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519038"]
[BlackFideId "2525780"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. Ngf3 c4 8.
Qd1 e6 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. e4 Qe7 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bg2 Qh4+ 18. Qf2 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 f5 20. h3
Ke7 21. Rag1 Nd8 22. Bf1 Kf7 23. gxf5 exf5 24. Rg5 Ne6 25. Rg3 Rac8 26.
Rhg1 Rh6 27. Be2 Nf4 28. Rh1 Rc6 29. Ke3 Ne6 30. f4 Nb6 31. Rgg1 Na4 32.
Bf3 Nc7 33. Rb1 Rb6 34. Rh2 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Nxb2 36. Nb1 Na4 37. Rh1 Ke6 38.
Bg2 Nb5 39. Rc1 Nb2 40. Nd2 Nxc3 41. Rc2 Nbd1+ 42. Kf3 Nb5 43. Nxc4 Nxd4+
0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Marshall, Roy"]
[Black "Ilett, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1555"]
[WhiteICU "1160"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519178"]
[BlackFideId "2530635"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d4 exd4 8.
exd4 Ne7 9. O-O d5 10. b3 c6 11. Bg5 dxc4 12. bxc4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rb1
Rb8 15. d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Bf5 17. Ne4 Bg7 18. d6 Nc6 19. Rc1 Be5 20. N2c3
Re8 21. Qd2 Kg7 22. Rfd1 Nd4 23. f4 Bxe4 24. fxe5 Bxg2 25. Qxd4 Bc6 26. e6+
Kg8 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Rf1+ Ke6 29. Rce1+ Kd7 30. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gannon, Sean"]
[Black "Williams, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "1484"]
[WhiteICU "1442"]
[BlackICU "1244"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517477"]
[BlackFideId "2520060"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Gannon, Se&aacute;n"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nd2 Be7 7. c3 a6 8.
Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd3 b5 10. N2f3 O-O 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. f3 Bb7 14. O-O
d5 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Qxh2# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Evans, Damian"]
[Black "O'Driscoll, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1473"]
[BlackICU "1256"]
[BlackClub "Inchicore"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2515695"]
[BlackFideId "2506440"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
O-O b6 9. a4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Rfe1 f6 12. Bh4 e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Ba6
Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Qc8 16. Qe2 c4 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf3 Nd3 19. Red1 Qf5 20. Nd4
Qe4 21. Bg3 Rfe8 22. Rxd3 cxd3 23. Qd2 f5 24. Nb5 Be5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26.
Qxd3 f4 27. Re1 a6 28. Nd4 Qe4 29. Qd2 fxe3 30. Rxe3 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Hourican, Oisin"]
[Black "Wieczorek, Jarek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1383"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[WhiteICU "1072"]
[BlackICU "1470"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519747"]
[BlackFideId "2528223"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Hourican, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. g3 Nd7 8.
Bg2 f5 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. b4 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qd3 Qe7 13. a4 c5 14. b5 b6
15. a5 Bb7 16. Nf4 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Qe4 19. Rfd1 d5 20. cxd5
Qxd5 21. Nf4 Qe4 22. Ne2 Rac8 23. Qd2 Red8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra6 Rd6 26.
Nc3 Qg4 27. Na4 Rb8 28. Nb2 cxd4 29. Nc4 Re6 30. exd4 Re4 31. Ne3 Qf3 32.
d5 f4 33. Nc2 Re2 34. Qxf4 Qxf4 35. gxf4 Rxc2 36. d6 Rcc8 37. Ra7 Rd8 38.
Re1 Rxd6 39. Ree7 Rf8 40. Rab7 Bd4 41. Kg2 Bc5 42. Rec7 Rd2 43. Kg3 Bxf2+
44. Kg4 Bc5 45. h4 h5+ 46. Kg5 Kg7 47. f5 Be3# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Aashay, R. Kher"]
[Black "McDonnell, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1235"]
[BlackICU "1461"]
[BlackClub "Castlebar"]
[WhiteNationality "IND"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "25933337"]
[BlackFideId "2507277"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. c4 Qd8 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bf4 Bd6
8. Ne5 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Nxf7 Rxf7 12. Bxd6 Qb6 13. dxc5 Qxb2
14. Na4 Qc2 15. Qxc2 Bxc2 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. Bf3 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Nb5 b6
20. Be2 Ne4 21. Bg4 Re7 22. Nd4 Bd3 23. Rfe1 e5 24. Nf5 Rec7 25. Rad1 Bc2
26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. f3 Nf6 28. Re2 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Rxc4 30. Rxe5 R4c5 31. Rxc5
Rxc5 32. g4 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Ra1 34. Rd2 h6 35. Rc2 a5 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Be6 b5
38. Rf7+ Ke8 39. Rxg7 Re1 40. Bc8 Re2+ 41. Kg3 Rxa2 42. Rg6 Nd5 43. Rd6 Nc3
44. Rxh6 b4 45. g5 b3 46. Bf5 b2 47. Rb6 a4 48. h4 a3 49. g6 Ra1 50. Rb8+
Ke7 51. Rb7+ Kf6 52. Rf7+ Ke5 53. f4+ Kd4 54. Rd7+ Kc5 55. Kh2 a2 56. g7
b1=Q 57. Bxb1 axb1=Q 58. Rc7+ Kd6 59. Rxc3 Qg1+ 60. Kh3 Qxg7 61. Rd3+ Kc5
62. Kh2 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Belton, Liam"]
[Black "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[BlackElo "1237"]
[WhiteICU "897"]
[BlackICU "872"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510901"]
[BlackFideId "2519143"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bg2
Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 Bb7 13. exd5
Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Rab1 Rb8 17. b3 Nc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 19.
Rfd1 Qb6 20. Rbc1 Bf6 21. Rc6 Qb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. Ra6 g6 24. Rxa7 Bd8 25.
Rdd7 Rf5 26. Rab7 Ra5 27. Bh3 Ra6 28. Ra7 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Bb6 30. Rb7 Bc5 31.
a4 Ra8 32. Bg2 Ra7 33. Rxa7 Bxa7 34. b4 Kf8 35. a5 Ke7 36. b5 Kd7 37. b6
Bxb6 38. axb6 Kc8 39. Kf1 f5 40. Ke2 e5 41. Bd5 h5 42. Bf7 g5 43. Bxh5 Kb7
44. Bg6 Kxb6 45. Bxf5 Kc5 46. Kf3 Kd4 47. h4 gxh4 48. gxh4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Moore, Ray"]
[Black "Marmol, Alvaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1395"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "SWE"]
[WhiteFideId "343415083"]
[BlackFideId "1778889"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bd3 h6 6. c3 Nf6 7. O-O Bg4 8.
Bf4 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Rac1 c5 14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qc2 Nh5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Nf4 18. Bf1 Rc8 19. Rf3 Qg5 20.
Nd3 Bf5 21. Rg3 Qf6 22. Qb3 Ne2+ 23. Bxe2 Rxe2 24. Nf1 Bxd3 25. Rf3 Bc4 26.
Qd1 Qe6 27. Ne3 Rxb2 28. Nxc4 Nxc4 29. Rd3 Qf5 30. Rf3 Qe4 31. Rd3 Re8 32.
Rxd5 Ne3 33. fxe3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Martin, Desmond"]
[Black "Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[BlackElo "1232"]
[WhiteICU "1109"]
[BlackICU "831"]
[WhiteClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[BlackClub "Moate Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SRI"]
[WhiteFideId "2506815"]
[BlackFideId "29982847"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Marshall defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Bf4 Qe7 14.
Rfe1 Rd8 15. Rad1 a6 16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8
20. Rd1 Qb6 21. b3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Scott, Shay"]
[Black "Barry, Suzanne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1382"]
[BlackElo "1325"]
[WhiteICU "1086"]
[BlackICU "985"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504413"]
[BlackFideId "2507323"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nbd7 5. d3 e5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 O-O 8.
Re1 d4 9. a3 c5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Nf5 Nb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. b4 Nd7 18. c4 Bg6 19. f4 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5
21. Bxb7 Ra7 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rf5 24. g4 Rf8 25. Qe1 Qe6 26. f5 Qf7
27. Qh4 Re8 28. b5 Nf6 29. Ree1 Rae7 30. g5 Nh5 31. f6 gxf6 32. gxf6 Qg6+
33. Kh1 Qxf6 34. Qxh5 Re6 35. Re4 Rf8 36. Rg1+ Kh8 37. Rh4 Rf7 38. Bg5 Qf5
39. Qg4 Qxd3 40. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Boldijar, Nicu"]
[Black "Whelan, Niall P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1386"]
[WhiteICU "1221"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512505"]
[BlackFideId "2500809"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Bf4 Bxf3 4. gxf3 e6 5. a3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Ne7 7. Nc3 Nbc6
8. e4 Bxg3 9. hxg3 dxe4 10. fxe4 Qxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxd4 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bg2
e5 14. Rd2 h6 15. f4 f6 16. Rhd1 Ndc6 17. Bh3+ Kb8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5
Nd4 20. fxe5 Nf3 21. e6 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd6 23. Bf5 Re8 24. c4 b6 25. b4 c6
26. Kc2 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Dimitrov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Brearley, Thierry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1371"]
[BlackElo "1194"]
[BlackICU "981"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511649"]
[BlackFideId "2523930"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bb3 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d4 Qf6 7. c3 Nd7 8.
Be3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 O-O-O 11. Nd2 Bd6 12. h4 h5 13. Nf1 Nh6 14.
Ng3 Bxg3 15. fxg3 Rde8 16. Kd2 f5 17. Rae1 Nf7 18. Bf4 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Kd8
20. c4 Nb6 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rc1 g5 24. hxg5 Rg8 25. Bc7+ Kd7
26. f4 Rc8 27. Ba5 Rxc1 28. Kxc1 Nd6 29. b3 Ne4 30. Be1 Ke6 31. Kd1 Kf7 32.
Ke2 Kg6 33. Kf3 Nd6 34. a4 b5 35. Bb4 Nc8 36. axb5 Nb6 37. Bc5 Kg7 38. Bxb6
axb6 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. Kh3 Kg7 41. Kh4 Kg6 42. b4 Kf7 43. Kxh5 Kg7 44. g6 Kf8
45. Kg5 Kg7 46. Kxf5 Kf8 47. Ke6 Kg7 48. f5 Kf8 49. f6 Kg8 50. Ke7 Kh8 51.
f7 Kg7 52. f8=Q+ Kxg6 53. Qf6+ Kh7 54. g4 Kg8 55. g5 Kh7 56. g6+ Kg8 57.
Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Liu, Murray"]
[Black "Pikh, Akim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1188"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[WhiteICU "978"]
[BlackICU "1197"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "St. Michaels"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2517191"]
[BlackFideId "34166262"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Giuoco piano"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 d6
8. c3 Ne6 9. Bh4 Nc5 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 O-O 14.
Qf3 Ncd7 15. Rf1 Rf7 16. g4 Ne5 17. Qg3 h6 18. g5 Nh5 19. g6 Rxf4 20. Qxf4
Nxf4 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxf4 Nxg6 23. Rf2 Ne5 24. Nf3 Rf8 25. Nxe5 Rxf2 26.
Kxf2 dxe5 27. Kf3 Kf7 28. h4 h5 29. c4 c5 30. a3 a5 31. Kg3 Kf6 32. Kf3 g5
33. Kg3 gxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Kg6 35. Kh3 a4 36. Kh4 Kh6 37. Kh3 Kg5 38. Kg3 h4+
39. Kh3 Kf4 40. Kxh4 Kxe4 41. Kg3 Kd3 42. Kf3 e4+ 43. Kf2 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Earls, Dermot"]
[Black "Moore, Maurice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1365"]
[WhiteICU "1095"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504715"]
[BlackFideId "2531267"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qc2 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 h6 10. Qc2 c5 11. b3 cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. h3 a6 14. a3 d5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. b4 b5 20. Rad1
Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Shearan, John"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Oisin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[WhiteICU "1272"]
[BlackICU "1197"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Clonakilty"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506459"]
[BlackFideId "2518082"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[BlackFullName "O'Sullivan, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Qc7 8.
Qc2 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Kb1 Rab8 13. h4 b5 14.
h5 b4 15. Nb3 Ne4 16. Bd3 bxc3 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Nb4 19. Ng5 c2+ 20.
Ka1 cxd1=Q+ 21. Rxd1 f5 22. Qe2 Rbc8 23. a3 Nd5 24. g3 Nf6 25. Nc5 Rfe8 26.
f4 h6 27. Nxd7 Qxd7 28. Nf3 Nxh5 29. Ne5 Nxg3 30. Qg2 Qa4 31. Rg1 Nh5 32.
Qg6 Qxd4 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Qg6 Re7 35. Nf3 Nxf4 36. Nxd4 Nxg6 37. Rxg6 Kh7
38. Rg2 g5 39. Re2 Kg6 40. Nf3 g4 41. Ne5+ Kf6 42. Ka2 h5 43. Nd3 e5 44.
Nb4 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Barry, Kieran"]
[Black "Iwasaki, Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1357"]
[WhiteICU "1055"]
[BlackICU "1182"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2521580"]
[BlackFideId "2529203"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8.
O-O b5 9. d5 Nb8 10. a3 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxb2 17. Ra2 Bg7 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Qd4+ Kg8 21. a4 Rc4 22. Qb2 Rc5 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Qd4 Qc5 26.
Qe4 Re8 27. c4 Rb4 28. Rd4 e5 29. Rdd2 Rxc4 30. Qe2 Rc8 31. Rab2 Qc7 32. g3
f5 33. h4 Rc5 34. h5 e4 35. Bg2 Rxd5 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Rdc2 Rc5 38. Rd2
Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Qh7+ 40. Bh3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "White, Nicole"]
[Black "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[WhiteICU "989"]
[BlackICU "993"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520362"]
[BlackFideId "2518155"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Keane, Colm"]
[Black "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteICU "1156"]
[BlackICU "1349"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531259"]
[BlackFideId "2515270"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. c5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. h3 b6 10. Nb5 Bb7 11. Nd6 Bxd6 12. Bxd6 Re8 13. Bb5 bxc5 14.
dxc5 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxb5 16. a4 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. O-O Ne4 19. Be5 a5 20.
Nd4 Nxc5 21. f4 Ba6 22. Rf3 Ne4 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rec8 25. f5 f6 26.
Bc3 e5 27. Bxb4 axb4 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Rb3 g6 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Rxb4 Rb8
32. b6 Kf7 33. Kf1 Ke6 34. Ke2 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Brian"]
[Black "Syms, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1278"]
[BlackICU "997"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501350"]
[BlackFideId "2518597"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 d6 8. a4
a6 9. b3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Re1 Qe7 12. Nh2 Rf7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3
Raf8 15. Nd2 d5 16. Re2 d4 17. c4 Nb4 18. Ndf3 Nd7 19. Ng4 Qd6 20. Qd2 Nc6
21. Rf1 Nc5 22. Qd1 Rf4 23. Nh4 Kh7 24. b4 Nxb4 25. Rd2 g5 26. g3 R4f7 27.
Ng2 a5 28. Ne1 h5 29. Nh2 Kh6 30. f3 Qc6 31. Rdf2 Qxa4 32. Qc1 Nbxd3 33.
Nxd3 Nxd3 34. Qd2 Nxf2 35. Rxf2 Kg6 36. h4 gxh4 37. gxh4 Kh7 38. Kg2 Rg7+
39. Kh3 Rfg8 40. Nf1 Qe8 41. Qd3 Qg6 42. f4 Qg4+ 43. Kh2 Qxh4+ 44. Qh3
Qxh3+ 45. Kxh3 h4 46. fxe5 Rg1 47. Rf7+ Kh8 48. Nh2 Rd8 49. Nf3 d3 50. Nxg1
d2 51. Rf4 d1=Q 52. Rxh4+ Kg7 53. Rg4+ Qxg4+ 54. Kxg4 a4 55. Kh3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Lightfoot, David"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1051"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "343431933"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Reinhardt, Sean"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518961"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Reinhardt, Se&aacute;n"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Cummins, Finn"]
[Black "Wieczorek, Jarek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1561"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[WhiteICU "1268"]
[BlackICU "1470"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2525780"]
[BlackFideId "2528223"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical (two knights) system"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Bc4 c6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Ng4 9. e6 fxe6 10. Nd4 Nde5 11. Bxe6 Bxe6 12. Nxe6 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Kf7
14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Nc4 16. Rd7 Rhe8 17. O-O Nf6 18. Rxb7 Rab8 19. Rxb8
Rxb8 20. b3 Nd6 21. Re1 Kf7 22. Na4 Nfe4 23. Bh4 Nf5 24. Bxe7 Re8 25. Rxe4
Rxe7 26. Rc4 Re6 27. Nc5 Rd6 28. Nd3 Nd4 29. c3 Nf3+ 30. gxf3 Rxd3 31. Ra4
Rxc3 32. Rxa7+ Kf6 33. Kf2 h6 34. Kg3 Rc1 35. Ra6 Kf5 36. b4 Rc4 37. Ra5+
Kf6 38. a3 Rc1 39. Rc5 Rxc5 40. bxc5 Ke6 41. f5+ gxf5 42. Kf4 Kd5 43. Kxf5
Kxc5 44. Ke5 Kb5 45. f4 c5 46. f5 c4 47. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "McDonnell, Joe"]
[Black "Marshall, Roy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[WhiteICU "1461"]
[BlackICU "1160"]
[WhiteClub "Castlebar"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507277"]
[BlackFideId "2519178"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Bg5 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Bg4 9. Ne1 Nd4 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Ne2+ 12. Kh1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be2 14.
Rg1 Ng4 15. Qf4 e5 16. Qg3 h5 17. f3 Ne3 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20.
Qxe3 Qh4 21. Qxe2 Kh8 22. Qe3 Kh7 23. g3 Qh3 24. Qg5 Kh8 25. g4 h4 26. d4
f6 27. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Williams, Henry"]
[Black "O'Driscoll, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1484"]
[WhiteICU "1244"]
[BlackICU "1256"]
[BlackClub "Inchicore"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520060"]
[BlackFideId "2506440"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. c3 Bg4 11. Nbd2 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. a3 Ne7 14. Qc2 Nxg3
15. hxg3 Bb6 16. d4 Ng6 17. Bd5 Rb8 18. b4 Kg7 19. Nb3 f5 20. Nh2 Qd7 21.
Nxg4 fxg4 22. Na5 Bxa5 23. bxa5 c6 24. Ba2 Rf6 25. Qb3 h5 26. a4 h4 27.
axb5 Rxb5 28. Qg8+ Kh6 29. Bc4 Rf8 30. Qe6 Qxe6 31. Bxe6 d5 32. exd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Woods, Christopher"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1587"]
[BlackElo "1371"]
[WhiteICU "1465"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518201"]
[BlackFideId "2511649"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nf3 Nb6 4. c3 Bg4 5. a4 c6 6. a5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nd7 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Bd3 Qf6 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. f4 g6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Ne4 Qg7 14. Nd6+
Kd8 15. fxe5 Kc7 16. O-O Nf5 17. Ne4 h6 18. g4 Nh4 19. Qf2 g5 20. Qxf7 Rh7
21. Nxg5 Qxf7 22. Nxf7 Rg7 23. Nxh6 Nf5 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Bxf5 Be7 26. Bf4
Nf8 27. Kg2 b5 28. axb6+ Kxb6 29. Kf3 Ng6 30. Bg3 Rf7 31. Ke4 Raf8 32. e6
Rf6 33. g5 Rxf5 34. Rf4 R5f6 35. Rf5 Rh8 36. Rxf6 Bxf6 37. gxf6 Re8 38. Kf5
Nf8 39. Re1 Kb5 40. f7 Re7 41. Bd6 Rb7 42. Bxf8 c5 43. d5 a5 44. e7 Kc4 45.
e8=Q Kb3 46. d6 a4 47. d7 a3 48. bxa3 c4 49. d8=Q Ka2 50. Be7 Rb2 51. f8=Q
Rxh2 52. Qd1 Rf2+ 53. Ke6 Kb2 54. Qxf2+ Kxc3 55. Qfd4# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Marmol, Alvaro"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1395"]
[BlackElo "1607"]
[BlackICU "1247"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "SWE"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1778889"]
[BlackFideId "2504375"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "D74"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 e6 8.
e4 Ne7 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rc1 b5 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Ne1
Nb6 15. b3 Qd7 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Nf3 c5 18. Be3 cxd4 19. Qb1 e5 20. Ne2 Qe8
21. Bd2 Rxc1 22. Nxc1 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Black "Halpenny, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[WhiteICU "1341"]
[BlackICU "1330"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[BlackClub "Gorey"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523558"]
[BlackFideId "2510235"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. O-O e5 11. d5 Rf8 12. Qd2 Ne8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 a6
15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Ne1 Rf7 17. Bg3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. f4 Bh6 20. Qe2 Nd7
21. Rd1 Bg7 22. fxe5 Bxd3 23. Nxd3 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 dxe5 25. Re1 Qg5 26. Bxe5
Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Nd6 28. Nf3 Qf6 29. Qe6+ Qxe6 30. dxe6 h6 31. Re2 Nf5 32. Kf2
Re8 33. Nd5 Kf8 34. g4 Ne7 35. Nf4 Bf6 36. Rd2 Nc6 37. Nxg6+ Kg7 38. Nf4
Nb8 39. h4 Be7 40. Kg3 Rf8 41. Nh5+ Kh7 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Kg6 44. Nf4+
Kf5 45. Rd5+ Ke4 46. Re5# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Martin, Desmond"]
[Black "Scott, Shay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[BlackElo "1382"]
[WhiteICU "1109"]
[BlackICU "1086"]
[WhiteClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506815"]
[BlackFideId "2504413"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni"]
[Variation "Mujannah formation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nge2 d6 6. Nf4 a6 7. a4 g6 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne6 Bxe6 11. dxe6 Nc6 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
c3 Nxf2 15. Qe2 d5 16. cxb4 dxc4 17. Be3 Nd3 18. Red1 cxb4 19. Rab1 Qd6 20.
Bg5 Qe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe7 Rfe8 23. Bxb4 Rxe6 24. Bc3 Rae8 25. Bxe5
Rxe5 26. Kf1 Re4 27. Rd7 R8e7 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Rd2 Rf4+ 30. Rf2 Rxf2+ 31.
Kxf2 Bd4+ 32. Kf1 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. h3 b4 35. g4 c3 36. b3 Re3 37. Kg2
Rd3 38. Rf1+ Ke6 39. Re1+ Be5 40. Re4 c2 41. Rc4 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Pikh, Akim"]
[Black "White, Nicole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1474"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[WhiteICU "1197"]
[BlackICU "989"]
[WhiteClub "St. Michaels"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "34166262"]
[BlackFideId "2520362"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe6+ 4. Be2 Qg6 5. Nf3 Qxg2 6. Rg1 Qh3 7. d4
Nf6 8. Bf4 Qd7 9. Ne5 Qd8 10. Qd3 e6 11. O-O-O c6 12. Bg3 Nbd7 13. f4 Nd5
14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rde1 a5 16. f5 Nf6 17. Bh4 exf5 18. Bh5 Be6 19. Nxf7 Nxh5
20. Nxd8 Nf4 21. Qb5# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shearan, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1237"]
[WhiteICU "872"]
[BlackICU "1272"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519143"]
[BlackFideId "2506459"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Qxb6 axb6 9. a3 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14.
Bxd7 Nbxd7 15. O-O Ne4 16. Bb4 Rfc8 17. Rac1 g6 18. Nh4 Ng5 19. f4 Ne4 20.
Nf3 f5 21. Ng5 Ndf6 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rfe1 Kf7 24. g3 Rc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26.
Rc1 Rc8 27. Be1 c5 28. b4 c4 29. a4 Ra8 30. Ra1 b5 31. a5 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Black "Evans, Damian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1473"]
[WhiteICU "1349"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2515270"]
[BlackFideId "2515695"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Be7 4. d4 Nd7 5. e4 Ngf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
b3 Re8 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Rc1 Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. Bb1 Bf8 14. Qd2 h6
15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Qc3 Rad8 18. Rd2 Bc8 19. Rcd1 Nd7 20. Nf5 Nf6
21. dxe5 dxe5 22. c5 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Nd7 24. Nd6 Re6 25. Ba3 Nf4 26. Qc4 Bxd6
27. cxd6 Qd8 28. Kh2 Qf6 29. Bb2 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. a3 Ng6 32. b4 Qf6
33. Qc3 Qd6 34. Ba2 Kf8 35. Qc4 Qe7 36. a4 Nb6 37. Qc2 Be6 38. Bxe6 Qxe6
39. Qc5+ Kg8 40. Nxe5 Nxe5 41. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 42. Bxe5 Nxa4 43. Bb8 a6 44. Ba7
Nc3 45. f3 f6 46. Bc5 Kf7 47. Kg3 Na4 48. Bd4 Ke6 49. Kf2 b6 50. Ke3 c5 51.
bxc5 bxc5 52. Ba1 Kd6 53. Kd3 Kc6 54. f4 Nb6 55. e5 fxe5 56. Bxe5 g6 57. g4
Kd5 58. h4 Nd7 59. Bg7 h5 60. g5 Ke6 61. Ke4 c4 62. Bc3 Nc5+ 63. Kd4 Na4
64. Bd2 c3 65. Bc1 Kf5 66. Kc4 Nb6+ 67. Kxc3 Nd5+ 68. Kd4 Nxf4 69. Be3 Ng2
70. Bf2 Kg4 71. Ke5 Nxh4 72. Bxh4 Kxh4 73. Kf6 a5 74. Kxg6 a4 75. Kf5 a3
76. g6 a2 77. g7 a1=Q 78. g8=Q Qf1+ 79. Ke4 Qe2+ 80. Kf4 Qg4+ 81. Qxg4+
hxg4 82. Ke3 Kh3 83. Kf2 Kh2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Moore, Ray"]
[Black "Belton, Liam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1468"]
[BlackICU "897"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "343415083"]
[BlackFideId "2510901"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
h3 Nc6 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. b3 e6 12. Bh6 Rfe8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Re1
Qc7 15. Qc2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. Rxe5 Qxe5 20.
Nf3 Qc7 21. Nd4 Ne4 22. Re1 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Nxc3 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. a4 Ne4 26.
f3 Nd6 27. Kf2 Kf6 28. g4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Syms, Thomas"]
[Black "Dineen, Ryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1278"]
[BlackElo "1423"]
[WhiteICU "997"]
[BlackICU "1178"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518597"]
[BlackFideId "2519038"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
Nc3 Nge7 9. O-O Nf5 10. Be3 Be7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 O-O 13. a3 Na5 14. Qe2
Rc8 15. Rad1 Nc4 16. Rd3 Qb6 17. Rb1 Rc6 18. Bg4 Nfxe3 19. fxe3 Rd8 20. Qf2
Rd7 21. h4 Qd8 22. Rf1 Bf8 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Rcc7 25. Rf3 h6 26. Bxe6
Rxd4 27. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Whelan, Niall P."]
[Black "Aashay, R. Kher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackElo "1235"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2500809"]
[BlackFideId "25933337"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. f4 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 Bb4 9. Qd3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14.
f5 a6 15. Rf3 Bb5 16. Qe3 exf5 17. Qg5 Qb6 18. Bc5 Rxc5 19. dxc5 Qxc5+ 20.
Qe3 Qd6 21. Rxf5 Bd7 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qg3+ Kf8 24. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha"]
[Black "Gannon, Sean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1232"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[WhiteICU "831"]
[BlackICU "1442"]
[WhiteClub "Moate Juniors"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "SRI"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "29982847"]
[BlackFideId "2517477"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[BlackFullName "Gannon, Se&aacute;n"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nc3 c6
8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14.
Bd2 Qb6 15. b3 Ndf6 16. Be3 Nc3 17. Qc1 Nfe4 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20.
Ne5 Qa6 21. a4 Ne2+ 22. Rxe2 Qxe2 23. c4 Qc2 24. Qxc2 Bxc2 25. cxd5 cxd5
26. b4 Rac8 27. a5 Rfd8 28. Kh2 Be4 29. Ra2 f6 30. Nf3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rc4
32. Rb2 Rdc8 33. Kg3 Rc2 34. Rb3 R8c3 35. Rb1 g5 36. h4 Kg7 37. h5 f5 38.
f4 g4 39. Kg2 Rxe3 40. Kg1 Re4 41. Rd1 Rxf4 42. Re1 Rfxf2 43. Re7+ Kf6 44.
Rxb7 Rfd2 45. Rxa7 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Iwasaki, Luke"]
[Black "Hourican, Oisin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1383"]
[WhiteICU "1182"]
[BlackICU "1072"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529203"]
[BlackFideId "2519747"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[BlackFullName "Hourican, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8.
Qc2 b5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. Nc3 Qc8 14.
Qe4 c6 15. Qf4 Nc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Be7 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Bc3 Rd7 20.
Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. exd4 Rd8 23. Rd1 c5 24. Kf1 b4 25. Bd2 cxd4 26.
Rc1 c3 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. Bxc3 dxc3 29. Rxc3 g6 30. Rc2 Bb4 31. Ke2 Rd5 32.
f4 Rc5 33. Rb2 a5 34. Kd3 Kg7 35. Ke2 Rc3 36. Kf2 g5 37. fxg5 Kg6 38. h4
Kf5 39. Re2 Bc5+ 40. Kg2 Rc4 41. Kf3 Bb6 42. Rd2 Kxe5 43. Rd7 Rc7 44. Rxc7
Bxc7 45. Kg4 f6 46. Kh5 Kf5 47. gxf6 Kxf6 48. Kh6 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Ilett, Martin"]
[Black "Boldijar, Nicu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "1221"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2530635"]
[BlackFideId "2512505"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 f6 4. Bc4 Nge7 5. Nc3 Ng6 6. O-O Bb4 7. Ne2 Na5
8. Bd3 O-O 9. c3 Be7 10. d5 b6 11. Be3 Nb7 12. Ng3 Bc5 13. Nf5 Nd6 14. Bxc5
bxc5 15. N3h4 Nxf5 16. Nxf5 d6 17. Ng3 Bd7 18. Ne2 c6 19. c4 Rf7 20. Qd2
Qb6 21. f4 cxd5 22. exd5 Ne7 23. Ng3 f5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. b3 Raf8 26. Rf2
Ng6 27. Nh5 e4 28. Bc2 Nh4 29. Qg5 Qg6 30. Qxg6 Nxg6 31. Nf4 Nh4 32. Rd1 g5
33. Ne6 Re8 34. Nxg5 Rg7 35. Rf4 Ng6 36. Rf2 Nh4 37. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Oisin"]
[Black "Lightfoot, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1365"]
[BlackElo "1051"]
[WhiteICU "1197"]
[WhiteClub "Clonakilty"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2518082"]
[BlackFideId "343431933"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Sullivan, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Be2 Nc6 3. d3 d5 4. f4 dxe4 5. dxe4 Qxd1+ 6. Bxd1 f6 7. Nc3 e6
8. Nf3 Bd6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb5 Ke7 11. Be2 a6 12. Nxd6 Kxd6 13. O-O-O+ Kc7
14. Bxc5 Re8 15. e5 Nge7 16. Rd2 Nd5 17. Bd6+ Kc8 18. g3 h6 19. Nd4 Nxd4
20. Rxd4 Bc6 21. Bf3 f5 22. Rc4 g5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rc3 Kd7 25. Rf1 Ke6
26. Kd2 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Brearley, Thierry"]
[Black "Earls, Dermot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1194"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[WhiteICU "981"]
[BlackICU "1095"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523930"]
[BlackFideId "2504715"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. e4 e6 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. f3 c5 5. Be3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Bxd4 Nc6
8. O-O-O a6 9. fxe4 e5 10. Bb6 Be6 11. Nf3 f6 12. h3 Be7 13. Nd5 Bd8 14.
Nc7+ Bxc7 15. Bxc7 Nge7 16. Rd6 Kf7 17. Be2 Nc8 18. Rd2 Re8 19. Rf1 Ke7 20.
Nh4 Nd4 21. Nf5+ Bxf5 22. exf5 Nxe2+ 23. Rxe2 b5 24. Ba5 Ra7 25. Rd2 Kf7
26. g4 Ree7 27. Rfd1 Reb7 28. Rd8 Ne7 29. Bb4 Rc7 30. R1d5 a5 31. Bd6 Rd7
32. Bc5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Nxd5 34. Bxa7 Nf4 35. Kd2 Nxh3 36. b3 Nf4 37. c4 bxc4
38. bxc4 Ke7 39. Bc5+ Ke8 40. Bb6 a4 41. Kc3 Ne2+ 42. Kb4 Nc1 43. a3 g5 44.
Kxa4 Kd7 45. Kb4 Nd3+ 46. Kc3 e4 47. Kd4 Kc6 48. Bd8 Nf2 49. Bxf6 e3 50.
Bxg5 e2 51. Bd2 Nxg4 52. Kd3 h5 53. Kxe2 h4 54. Bf4 Kc5 55. Kf3 Nf6 56. Bg5
Nd7 57. Bxh4 Kxc4 58. Ke4 Kb3 59. Be7 Kc4 60. f6 Nxf6+ 61. Bxf6 Kb3 62. Be7
Ka4 63. Kd5 Ka5 64. Kc6 Ka6 65. Bc5 Ka5 66. Kb7 Kb5 67. Bb4 Ka4 68. Kb6 Kb3
69. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Barry, Suzanne"]
[Black "Liu, Murray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1325"]
[BlackElo "1188"]
[WhiteICU "985"]
[BlackICU "978"]
[WhiteClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507323"]
[BlackFideId "2517191"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. Re1 c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Qd3 a5 13. b3 Ba6 14. Nb5
Rc8 15. a4 c4 16. bxc4 Nc5 17. Qc2 Nfxe4 18. Bb2 Bxb5 19. axb5 Bf6 20. Nd4
Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nf6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ra3 Qe5 25. Qd1 Ra8 26.
Re3 Qf5 27. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Moore, Maurice"]
[Black "Barry, Kieran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1357"]
[BlackICU "1055"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531267"]
[BlackFideId "2521580"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nd5 Ne7 7. c4 Nbc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 f5 13. Bg5 f4 14. Qd2 h6
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rae1 g5 17. h3 h5 18. gxf4 exf4 19. Nh2 g4 20. h4 Bd4 21.
Kh1 Qxh4 22. b3 g3 23. fxg3 fxg3 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Bf3 Bf2 26. Kg2 Bxe1
27. Qxe1 Qxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Black "Keane, Colm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[WhiteICU "993"]
[BlackICU "1156"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518155"]
[BlackFideId "2531259"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Bf4 Qb6
8. Nb5 Rc8 9. Bd6 a6 10. Bxf8 Kxf8 11. Nd6 Rd8 12. Nxf7 Rc8 13. Nxh8 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Nxd4 15. c3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3+ Nf6 17. O-O Kg8 18. Ng6 hxg6 19. Rab1
Rf8 20. Qe2 Ne4 21. Qe3 Qc7 22. f3 Nf6 23. Qxe6+ Kh7 24. Rfe1 Nh5 25. Qe7
Qb6+ 26. Qe3 Qd8 27. Rbd1 Nf4 28. Rd4 Rf5 29. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Brian"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501350"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.03"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Reinhardt, Sean"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518961"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Reinhardt, Se&aacute;n"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "McDonnell, Joe"]
[Black "Cummins, Finn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1561"]
[WhiteICU "1461"]
[BlackICU "1268"]
[WhiteClub "Castlebar"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507277"]
[BlackFideId "2525780"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 d4 9. a4 b6 10. Nc4 Bb7 11. h4 Na5 12. Nxa5 bxa5 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Nb3
Bc6 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nc4 Bd6 17. Bg5 Be8 18. f4 h6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. fxe5 Qe6
21. Bd2 Nd7 22. b3 Nxe5 23. Bxa5 Ng4 24. Bh3 h5 25. e5 Bd7 26. Bc7 Rbc8 27.
Bd6 Rfe8 28. a5 Qd5 29. Bg2 Qe6 30. Qe2 Bc6 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Qe4 Rcc8 33.
Re2 Ne3 34. Qf3 f6 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Bf4 Qg4 37. Qxg4+ Nxg4 38. Rae1 Rxe2
39. Rxe2 Kf7 40. Kg2 Rc6 41. Kf3 Ra6 42. Bc7 Rc6 43. Bd8 Rc8 44. Be7 Ne5+
45. Rxe5 fxe5 46. Bg5 Ke6 47. g4 hxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Rf8 49. Kg3 Rf1 50. Kg2 Ra1
51. h5 Ra2 52. h6 Rxc2+ 53. Kg3 Kf7 54. Be7 Kg6 55. Bf8 Rc3 56. b4 Rxd3+
57. Kg4 cxb4 58. Bxb4 Re3 59. Bc5 Kxh6 60. Bxa7 Kg6 61. Bb6 Ra3 62. Bd8 d3
63. Kf3 d2+ 64. Ke2 d1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "O'Driscoll, David"]
[Black "Woods, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1587"]
[WhiteICU "1256"]
[BlackICU "1465"]
[WhiteClub "Inchicore"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506440"]
[BlackFideId "2518201"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 a6 10. a3 Qc7 11. Qd2 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O g6 14. f5
gxf5 15. Rxf5 exf5 16. e6 fxe6 17. Bh5+ Kd8 18. Bxh8 Qb6+ 19. Kf1 Kc7 20.
Bd4 Bc5 21. Qf4+ Qd6 22. Qxd6+ Kxd6 23. Rd1 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 e5 25. Rh4 e4 26.
Bd1 Nf6 27. g4 d4 28. Nb1 f4 29. g5 Nd5 30. Rxh7 Ne3+ 31. Ke1 Bd5 32. c3 d3
33. Nd2 f3 34. Bb3 Ng2+ 35. Kf1 e3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Scott, Shay"]
[Black "Williams, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1382"]
[BlackElo "1484"]
[WhiteICU "1086"]
[BlackICU "1244"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504413"]
[BlackFideId "2520060"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 d4 8.
Nc4 Bc7 9. a4 Be6 10. b3 O-O 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Bg4 14. Nf3
Qd7 15. Kh1 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Ng5 Qd7 18. Rg1 h6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4
Nce7 21. Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Marshall, Roy"]
[Black "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1555"]
[BlackElo "1387"]
[WhiteICU "1160"]
[BlackICU "1341"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519178"]
[BlackFideId "2523558"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. b3 b6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Bb2 Ba6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Ng5 Ncd7 14.
cxd5 exd5 15. Qd3 h6 16. Ngf3 Nc5 17. Qd4 Re8 18. e3 Ba6 19. Rfd1 Nd3 20.
Rc2 Bc5 21. Qh4 Nxb2 22. Rxb2 Ba3 23. Rc2 Bd3 24. Rc3 Be2 25. Re1 Bb4 26.
Qxb4 a5 27. Qd4 Bb5 28. Bf1 Bxf1 29. Rxf1 b5 30. Rfc1 a4 31. Qc5 axb3 32.
axb3 Ra2 33. Qxb5 Qa8 34. Qc6 Qb8 35. R3c2 Ra8 36. Qc7 Qb4 37. Qc3 Qg4 38.
Qd4 Qh3 39. Qh4 Qf5 40. Qf4 Qh3 41. Qh4 Qf5 42. Nd4 Qd3 43. Qf4 Nh5 44. Qd6
Rad8 45. Qa3 Nf6 46. Qb2 h5 47. Rc3 Qg6 48. Rc6 h4 49. N2f3 hxg3 50. fxg3
Rxe3 51. Rc8 Rxc8 52. Rxc8+ Kh7 53. Qc2 Ne4 54. b4 f5 55. Nh4 Re1+ 56. Kg2
Qa6 57. b5 Qa1 58. Nhf3 Rb1 59. Qe2 Rb2 60. Rc2 Rb4 61. Ng5+ Kg6 62. Nxe4
Qxd4 63. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Tom"]
[Black "Whelan, Niall P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1607"]
[BlackElo "1386"]
[WhiteICU "1247"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504375"]
[BlackFideId "2500809"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Franco-Indian (Keres) defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. Nc3 b6 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 e5
8. d5 Nbd7 9. Nge2 h6 10. Ng3 Nh7 11. f4 exf4 12. Qxf4 Ne5 13. Be2 Qg5 14.
O-O Qxf4 15. Rxf4 Nf6 16. Nb5 Kd8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. b3 h5 19. Raf1 Bg4 20.
Bxg4 Nexg4 21. Nc6+ Kd7 22. h3 Ne5 23. Nxe5+ dxe5 24. R4f3 h4 25. Ne2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Gannon, Sean"]
[Black "Pikh, Akim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1398"]
[BlackElo "1474"]
[WhiteICU "1442"]
[BlackICU "1197"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "St. Michaels"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2517477"]
[BlackFideId "34166262"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Benima defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Gannon, Se&aacute;n"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 d6 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bg4
8. Qb3 O-O 9. Qb5 b6 10. Qxb6 Na5 11. Qa6 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Rb8 13. Qd3 h6 14.
O-O Bh5 15. Rb1 Re8 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Ne2 Bg6 18. Nf4 Bh7 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. d5
Bf6 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Nd7 23. Nd3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Qc4 c6 26. Bf4
cxd5 27. Qxc5 Rc8 28. Qxa7 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Rd1 Qf6 31. Bc1 Qg6 32.
g3 Qh5 33. Qd4 Bf3 34. Qf4 Bxd1 35. Be3 Bc2 36. f3 Re8 37. Bd4 Qf5 38. Qxf5
Bxf5 39. Kf2 f6 40. b4 Kf7 41. a4 Bc8 42. b5 Bd7 43. Ba7 Ra8 44. b6 Bc6 45.
Ke3 Ke6 46. a5 Bb7 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. Kc3 Kc6 49. Kb4 Re8 50. h4 Re2 51. Kb3
Re3+ 52. Kb4 Rxf3 53. Bb8 Rf1 54. Ba7 Rc1 55. Ka4 d4 56. Bb8 d3 57. Bf4 Rf1
58. Kb3 g5 59. hxg5 fxg5 60. Bd2 Rg1 61. Kc3 Rxg3 62. Be1 Rh3 63. Bd2 g4
64. Bf4 g3 65. Be3 g2 66. Bf2 Rh1 67. Kxd3 g1=Q 68. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Evans, Damian"]
[Black "Marmol, Alvaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1473"]
[BlackElo "1395"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SWE"]
[WhiteFideId "2515695"]
[BlackFideId "1778889"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Bxe7 Qxe7 5. e3 Qb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qxb2 7. Bd3
Nf6 8. O-O h6 9. Ne5 O-O 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Qf3 c5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. dxc5 Nxc5
14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bd7 16. Rab1 Qf6 17. e4 Bc6 18. e5 Qe7 19. b4 a6 20.
Rfd1 Rad8 21. f5 exf5 22. Qxf5 g6 23. Qf4 Kg7 24. Rf1 Rde8 25. Rbe1 Qe6 26.
Qd4 Kh7 27. Rf6 Qxf6 28. exf6 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Re6 30. c4 Rd8 31. Qf4 Rdd6 32.
Kg3 Rxf6 33. Qe3 dxc4 34. Bxc4 b5 35. Bb3 Kg7 36. Kh4 Bd7 37. g4 Be6 38.
Bc2 Bc4 39. g5 hxg5+ 40. Qxg5 Bd3 41. Bb3 Rd4+ 42. Kg3 Bf1 43. Bc2 Rxb4 44.
h4 Be2 45. Qe5 Bh5 46. Qc3 Rf4 47. Qb2 Rf3+ 48. Kg2 Rf2+ 49. Kh3 Kh7 50.
Bxg6+ fxg6 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Wieczorek, Jarek"]
[Black "Syms, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1697"]
[BlackElo "1278"]
[WhiteICU "1470"]
[BlackICU "997"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2528223"]
[BlackFideId "2518597"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d3 Bf5 4. Nbd2 e6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Re1 O-O
8. h3 h6 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bb4 11. exf5 exf5 12. c3 Bc5 13. Qc2 Ne7 14.
Nc4 b5 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 c6 17. Nd4 Qc8 18. Ndxf5 Ng6 19. Nd4 Ne7 20.
Nef5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Kh8 22. Ne7 Qc7 23. Nxc6 Rae8 24. Nd4 a6 25. Qd2 Qd6 26.
Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Re1 Rd8 28. a3 a5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Ne8 31. Qa2 f6 32. Qf7
Qb8 33. Nc6 Nd6 34. Qd5 Qc7 35. Nxd8 Qxd8 36. Rd1 Kh7 37. Qxd6 Qxd6 38.
Rxd6 Kg8 39. Be4 Kf8 40. Rd7 g5 41. Bc6 Ke8 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Keane, Colm"]
[Black "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1237"]
[WhiteICU "1156"]
[BlackICU "872"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531259"]
[BlackFideId "2519143"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. Qe2 b5 8.
Bb3 Bb7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rd1 Ng6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rac1 Be7 13. Nd5 exd5 14.
exd5 O-O 15. dxc6 dxc6 16. h4 Nxh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Bc5 Rae8 19. Qg4 Be7
20. Rd7 Qc8 21. Bd4 g6 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qe6 Rf8 24. Rxe7 Qxe6 25. Rxe6
Rxf2 26. Bxf2 Kg7 27. Re7+ Rf7 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. Bc5 Bc8 30. b4 Be6 31.
Kf2 Bxa2 32. Ra1 Bd5 33. Rxa6 Kf6 34. g3 Kf5 35. Ra8 h5 36. Rf8+ Kg4 37.
Rf4+ Kg5 38. Bf8 Bh1 39. Ke3 Bd5 40. Kd4 Bh1 41. Kc5 Bd5 42. Kd6 Bg2 43.
Be7+ Kh6 44. Ke6 Bd5+ 45. Kf6 Bc4 46. Rd4 Bd5 47. Rxd5 cxd5 48. Ke5 g5 49.
Kxd5 Kg6 50. Kc5 Kf5 51. Kxb5 Kg4 52. Bd6 Kf5 53. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Hourican, Oisin"]
[Black "Ilett, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1383"]
[WhiteICU "1072"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519747"]
[BlackFideId "2530635"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Hourican, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. h4 h5 7. Nf3 Bf5 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. f3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Qb6 11. Na4 Qb4+ 12. c3 Qa5 13. b4 Qd8 14. g4
hxg4 15. fxg4 Be4 16. Rh2 Rg8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nc5 Qd6 19. Nxe4 Qxh2 20.
Nxf6+ exf6 21. h5 gxh5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Belton, Liam"]
[Black "Brearley, Thierry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[BlackElo "1194"]
[WhiteICU "897"]
[BlackICU "981"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510901"]
[BlackFideId "2523930"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Budapest"]
[Variation "Adler variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. b3 Ngxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Bb2
f6 8. e3 Bb4+ 9. Nd2 c5 10. Bxe5 fxe5 11. Qh5+ Kf8 12. Qxe5 Qf6 13. Qxf6+
gxf6 14. Be2 Bc3 15. Rd1 b6 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. O-O Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Ne4
Bb2 20. Rd2 f5 21. Nd6 Rc7 22. Rxb2 Rc6 23. Nxf5 Kf7 24. Rd2 Rd8 25. Rfd1
Ke6 26. Ng3 a6 27. Rd5 b5 28. Nh5 bxc4 29. bxc4 d6 30. Nf4+ Ke7 31. Rb1 a5
32. Rb7+ Rd7 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. h3 Rb6 35. Rd2 Rb4 36. Nd5 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rc1
38. Nf6+ Kc6 39. Nxh7 Rxc4 40. Nf6 Kb5 41. g4 Ka4 42. g5 Rb4 43. g6 Rb7 44.
Rxd6 Rc7 45. Nh5 Rc8 46. g7 c4 47. Nf6 c3 48. g8=Q Rxg8 49. Nxg8 Ka3 50.
Rc6 Kb2 51. e4 c2 52. e5 c1=Q 53. Rxc1 Kxc1 54. e6 Kb2 55. e7 Kxa2 56. e8=Q
Kb3 57. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Dimitrov, Nikolai"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Oisin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1371"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[BlackICU "1197"]
[BlackClub "Clonakilty"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511649"]
[BlackFideId "2518082"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Hillbilly attack"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[BlackFullName "O'Sullivan, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb3 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. h3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. c3 d4 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bh4 Bf5 13. Bc4 Nd5 14. a4 a5
15. Bg3 Nf4 16. Ng5 Bg6 17. Qb3 Re7 18. Nd2 Nxd3 19. Nde4 Qc7 20. Bxd3 Ba7
21. Bc4 h6 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Bb5 Bb8 24. Rad1 Qb6 25. c4 Nb4 26. c5 Qa7 27.
Nfd2 b6 28. c6 Bc7 29. Nf3 Kf8 30. Nh4 Bh7 31. f3 f5 32. Nxf5 Bxf5 33. Bh4
g5 34. Bg3 Qa8 35. Qc4 Be6 36. Qc1 Bd5 37. h4 Bxc6 38. hxg5 Bxb5 39. axb5
h5 40. g6 Rg7 41. Qh6 Rd6 42. Bxe5 Rxg6 43. Bxg7+ Rxg7 44. Qh8+ Rg8 45.
Qh6+ Rg7 46. Nf6 Qxf3 47. Re8+ Kf7 48. Qxg7+ Kxg7 49. Rg8+ Kxf6 50. gxf3 d3
51. Rc8 Bf4 52. Kf2 d2 53. Rh8 Kg5 54. Re8 Nd3+ 55. Ke2 Nxb2 56. Rxd2 Bxd2
57. Kxd2 Kf4 58. Ke2 h4 59. Kf2 Nd1+ 60. Kg2 Nc3 61. Re6 Nxb5 62. Rxb6 Nd4
63. Rh6 a4 64. Rxh4+ Ke3 65. Re4+ Kd3 66. Re1 Ne2 67. Kf2 Nf4 68. Ra1 Kd4
69. Rxa4+ Ke5 70. Kg3 Ne6 71. f4+ Kf5 72. Ra5+ Kf6 73. Kg4 Ng7 74. Ra6+ Ne6
75. Rxe6+ Kxe6 76. Kg5 Kf7 77. Kf5 Kg7 78. Ke6 Kf8 79. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Lightfoot, David"]
[Black "Moore, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1051"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "343431933"]
[BlackFideId "343415083"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7
8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 a6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rae1 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nh5 14.
Be3 g6 15. Bh6 Ng7 16. Re3 Rfd8 17. Rg3 Bf5 18. Qc2 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Rac8 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. f4 b5 22. b4 Bxb4 23. Rff3 Ba5 24. a3 Qc6 25. Nb3 Bb6+ 26.
Nd4 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Qb6 28. Qd2 Qa5 29. Qc1 Rc4 30. Rxc4 dxc4 31. Rh3 Qa4
32. Kf2 Qd1 33. Qxd1 Rxd1 34. Re3 Ra1 35. g4 Rxa3 36. h4 a5 37. Ke2 b4 38.
cxb4 axb4 39. Re4 Rc3 40. Kd2 Rg3 41. Rxc4 Rxg4 42. Rxb4 Rxh4 43. Ke3 h5
44. Rb1 Rh3+ 45. Kf2 Rc3 46. Rh1 Kh6 47. Kg2 g5 48. fxg5+ Kxg5 49. Rf1 Re3
50. Rxf7 Rxe5 51. Rg7+ Kh4 52. Rg3 Rg5 53. Rxg5 Kxg5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Boldijar, Nicu"]
[Black "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1350"]
[WhiteICU "1221"]
[BlackICU "993"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512505"]
[BlackFideId "2518155"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. e3 Nc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh7 10. Bg3 Ng5 11. c5 a6 12. Qc2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Rd1
Bh4 15. e4 Bxg3 16. fxg3 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Ne7 18. O-O Nd5 19. Rf3 Rb8 20. b4
Bd7 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Bg4 23. Qe4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 c6 25. Bc4 Qe7 26. d5
cxd5 27. Bxd5 Rbd8 28. Rf1 Rd7 29. c6 bxc6 30. Bxc6 Ra7 31. h3 Rc7 32. b5
axb5 33. Bxb5 Qc5+ 34. Kh2 Qxb5 35. Qe4 Qxf1 36. g4 Rc1 37. a4 Qh1+ 38. Kg3
Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "White, Nicole"]
[Black "Martin, Desmond"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1245"]
[BlackElo "1480"]
[WhiteICU "989"]
[BlackICU "1109"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520362"]
[BlackFideId "2506815"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bd2 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Be3 Na5 13. Nd2 Nc4 14. Nxc4
Rxc4 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. f4 Qd7 17. Rf3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Nxd5
Qxd5 21. Qd3 f5 22. Bg6 Qe4 23. Rh3+ Kg8 24. Bh7+ Kf7 25. Qe2 Ke8 26. Bg6+
Kd8 27. Bh5 Rc2 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Bxf3 Bxf3 30. Rxf3 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Dineen, Ryan"]
[Black "Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1423"]
[BlackElo "1232"]
[WhiteICU "1178"]
[BlackICU "831"]
[BlackClub "Moate Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SRI"]
[WhiteFideId "2519038"]
[BlackFideId "29982847"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c6 3. Nc3 Qb6 4. e4 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Nf3 d6 7. Rb1 Qd8
8. a4 g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O Bg4 11. Rxb7 Nbd7 12. h3 Be6 13. Re1 Nb6 14. a5
Bc8 15. Ba6 Bxb7 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bxc6+ Nbd7 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Ng8 20.
e6 fxe6 21. Ng5 Qxa5 22. Nb5 Qa6 23. Nc7+ Kd8 24. Nxa6 Rb6 25. Nxe6+ Kc8
26. Bxd7+ Kxd7 27. Nac5+ Kc8 28. Bf4 Nf6 29. Qf3 Nd5 30. Qxd5 Bc3 31. Qa8+
Rb8 32. Qxb8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Barry, Kieran"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1357"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[WhiteICU "1055"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2521580"]
[BlackFideId "2501350"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Opening "King's gambit"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Rxf3 Nf6 8.
d3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. f5 a6 11. g4 b5 12. Bb3 Nd4 13. Rg3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Nh7
15. Qf1 c6 16. Bd2 Bh4 17. Be1 Bxg3 18. Bxg3 a5 19. h4 f6 20. Bf2 Rf7 21.
Be3 Nf8 22. Ne2 Qe7 23. Ng3 g5 24. fxg6 Nxg6 25. Nf5 Qe6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7 27.
Nf5+ Kg8 28. Qf3 Rh7 29. h5 Nf4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Qxf4 Kh8 32. Kf2 Qe5 33.
Qxe5 fxe5 34. Nxd6 Rf8+ 35. Nf5 Rg7 36. Kg3 Rg5 37. Kh4 Rfg8 38. Ne3 Kh7
39. Rxa5 R5g7 40. Ra6 Rf8 41. Nf5 Rc8 42. Nxg7 Kxg7 43. g5 Rf8 44. Ra7+ Kg8
45. h6 Rf2 46. g6 Rg2 47. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Liu, Murray"]
[Black "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1188"]
[WhiteICU "978"]
[BlackICU "1349"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517191"]
[BlackFideId "2515270"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6
8. O-O Be7 9. Rfe1 O-O 10. Rad1 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 c5 13. e4 dxe4
14. Nxe4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Re4 Qb6 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Qe3
g6 20. Rd3 Rd6 21. Nf3 Qxe3 22. Rdxe3 Rad8 23. Rb4 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 b6 25. Ra4
R8d7 26. Rd3 R1xd3 27. cxd3 a5 28. d4 Kg7 29. Kg1 Rd5 30. Kf1 Be7 31. Rc4
Bd6 32. Rc6 b5 33. Ke2 a4 34. bxa4 bxa4 35. Ra6 a3 36. Kd3 e5 37. Ke4 Rb5
38. Rxd6 Rb2 39. Nxe5 Rxa2 40. Ra6 Ra1 41. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Aashay, R. Kher"]
[Black "Barry, Suzanne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1235"]
[BlackElo "1325"]
[BlackICU "985"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[WhiteNationality "IND"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "25933337"]
[BlackFideId "2507323"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bxf7+
Kxf7 8. Ne5+ Ke8 9. Nxg4 Nbd7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Re1+ Kd7 13.
Bg5 Kc8 14. Nc3 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qg4+ Kb8 17. Re6 Qf4 18. Qxf4 Bxf4 19.
Rae1 a6 20. g3 Bd6 21. a3 Ka7 22. b4 b5 23. Ne4 Bf8 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5
Kb7 26. Rg6 a5 27. Rxg7 axb4 28. axb4 Ra4 29. Re4 h5 30. h4 Rd8 31. Rg5
Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Rb1 33. Rxh5 Rbxb4 34. Rxb4 Rxb4 35. Re5 Rc4 36. h5 b4 37. h6
b3 38. Re1 Rxc5 39. g4 Rd5 40. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Earls, Dermot"]
[Black "Iwasaki, Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1365"]
[WhiteICU "1095"]
[BlackICU "1182"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504715"]
[BlackFideId "2529203"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 d6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 b6 7. Re1 Bb7 8.
Nbd2 h5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. d5 c6 12. c4 Rc8 13. Qd1 Nc5 14. Nb3 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Bc3 Re8 20. Qe3
Qd6 21. Nd2 b5 22. b3 a6 23. Rac1 Kh7 24. Qe2 Bh6 25. Rc2 Bxd2 26. Bxd2 b4
27. Qe3 Rc7 28. Rec1 Rec8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qe3 a5 31. f3 Ba6 32. Qe1 c4 33.
bxc4 Rxc4 34. Qd1 Qc5+ 35. Kh1 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Shearan, John"]
[Black "Moore, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1272"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506459"]
[BlackFideId "2531267"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
a3 a6 9. c4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Bxb5 Ne7 12. b4 Ba6 13. Qe2 Bxb5 14. Qxb5
Qd7 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Bxc7 Rac8 17. Rac1 Ra8 18. Ra1 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Ra7 20.
Bd6 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Bf8 22. Ra1 Nb6 23. Bc5 Nec8 24. Ne5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Na4
26. g3 f6 27. Nd3 Ne7 28. Rc1 Nc6 29. Nb4 Nxb4 30. axb4 Rc7 31. Rb1 Nc3 32.
Rb3 Nb5 33. Nb1 Kf8 34. Nc3 Nxc3 35. Rxc3 Ke8 36. b5 Kd8 37. Ra3 Kc8 38.
Ra6 e5 39. Rxf6 e4 40. Rd6 Rd7 41. Ra6 h5 42. Ra8+ Kb7 43. c6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Halpenny, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[WhiteICU "1330"]
[WhiteClub "Gorey"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510235"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Reinhardt, Sean"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518961"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Reinhardt, Se&aacute;n"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Cummins, Finn"]
[Black "Woods, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1561"]
[BlackElo "1587"]
[WhiteICU "1268"]
[BlackICU "1465"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2525780"]
[BlackFideId "2518201"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. cxd5 O-O 7. Nc3 Nxd5
8. Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qd3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bf6 13. Bc2 g6 14.
O-O-O Nb4 15. Qd2 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 Nd5 17. Bh6 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bg5+ 19. Bxg5
Qxg5+ 20. Qd2 Qd5 21. h4 h5 22. f4 Rfe8 23. Rhg1 Qc4 24. Qc2 Kg7 25. f5 Qe2
26. Rd2 Qe4 27. fxg6 Qxc2+ 28. Kxc2 fxg6 29. f3 Re6 30. f4 Rf8 31. Rf2 Rf5
32. Kd3 Kf6 33. Rb1 b6 34. c4 Ra5 35. d5 Re8 36. Rbf1 Kf5 37. Rg1 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Marmol, Alvaro"]
[Black "Marshall, Roy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1395"]
[BlackElo "1555"]
[BlackICU "1160"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "SWE"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1778889"]
[BlackFideId "2519178"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c6 7. O-O Bf5 8.
c4 Qd7 9. Nc3 Bh3 10. e4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Na6 12. e5 Nh5 13. Re1 dxe5 14. Nxe5
Qc7 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Kg1 e6 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Ba1 Nf6 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. Ng4
Qb8 21. h4 c5 22. Nb5 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 e5 25. Qxa7 Qxa7 26. Nxa7
h5 27. Ne3 Nb4 28. Rcd1 Nc5 29. a3 Nbd3 30. Re2 Nxb3 31. Nd5 Ndc5 32. Nf6+
Kf8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxe5 Rd4 35. Rd5 Rxc4 36. Nb5 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Re1 38.
Nd7+ Nxd7 39. Rxd7 Re7 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Nd6 Na5 42. Ne8+ Kh7 43. Nf6+ Kg7
44. Ne8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Williams, Henry"]
[Black "Wieczorek, Jarek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1484"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[WhiteICU "1244"]
[BlackICU "1470"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520060"]
[BlackFideId "2528223"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "150 attack"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. f3 Qa5 8.
g4 Nb6 9. h4 Nc4 10. Bxc4 bxc4 11. Nge2 Bd7 12. Ng3 e6 13. h5 Be7 14. hxg6
fxg6 15. Ke2 h5 16. Rh2 h4 17. Rah1 O-O-O 18. Nf1 Rdg8 19. g5 Nh5 20. Rxh4
Rf8 21. f4 d5 22. e5 c5 23. Kd1 Qc7 24. Qg2 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5
27. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Pikh, Akim"]
[Black "Scott, Shay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1474"]
[BlackElo "1382"]
[WhiteICU "1197"]
[BlackICU "1086"]
[WhiteClub "St. Michaels"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "34166262"]
[BlackFideId "2504413"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Marshall variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. c5 N6d7 7. Be2 Nc6
8. O-O g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bf5 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14.
Qxd3 Nb4 15. Qe2 Nfd5 16. a3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. c4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 c6 20.
Rad1 Qc7 21. d5 Rad8 22. Rfe1 Rd7 23. Re2 Qd8 24. Red2 Re8 25. dxc6 Rxd2
26. Rxd2 Qc7 27. cxb7 Qxb7 28. Rd1 e5 29. Nd2 Qc6 30. Ne4 Qe6 31. Nd6 Rd8
32. Qe4 f5 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. cxd5 e4 35. Nb7 Rd7 36. c6 Rc7 37. Na5 Be5 38.
d6 Rc8 39. d7 Rd8 40. Nb7 Bc7 41. Nxd8 Bxd8 42. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Whelan, Niall P."]
[Black "McDonnell, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1386"]
[BlackICU "1461"]
[BlackClub "Castlebar"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500809"]
[BlackFideId "2507277"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Ne2 e6 7. a3 c5 8.
f3 Bh5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. dxe4 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 e5 17. Bg3 f6 18. Be6 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.
Rd1+ Ke7 21. Bc8 b6 22. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Moore, Ray"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1607"]
[BlackICU "1247"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "343415083"]
[BlackFideId "2504375"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O Na5 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Qe1 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. f5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 exf5 14.
exf5 d6 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. Ne4 Kg7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Be5 19. Qh4 Rh8 20.
Qf2 Rxh2+ 21. Kg1 Qh8 22. Qf3 Bd7 23. Nxf6 Rh1+ 24. Kf2 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Bxf6
26. Qxb7 Qc8 27. Qf3 Bc6 28. Qf4 Qf5 29. g4 Qxf4+ 30. Bxf4 Be5 31. Ke3
Bxf4+ 32. Rxf4 Rf8 33. Rc4 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Kf6 35. b4 Rh3 36. bxc5 d5 37. Ra4
Bxa4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Ilett, Martin"]
[Black "Belton, Liam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1468"]
[BlackICU "897"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2530635"]
[BlackFideId "2510901"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. O-O
g6 8. Bf4 Qb6 9. b3 Bg7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nc3 e6 12. Ne2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Rac8
14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f3 Nc3 17. Nxc3 Rxc3 18. Kh1 Rfc8 19. Re1 Qa5
20. a4 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Rxc2 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Kg8 24. Qd1 Qb4 25. Kg1 b5
26. Kf2 bxa4 27. bxa4 Qb2+ 28. Kg3 e5 29. Qe1 Qxd4 30. Qa5 Qf4+ 31. Kf2
Qd4+ 32. Kg3 e4 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. fxe4 Qxe4 35. Qc7 Qe3+ 36. Kg4 h5+ 37. Kh4
Kh6 38. g3 Qf3 39. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1387"]
[BlackElo "1371"]
[WhiteICU "1341"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523558"]
[BlackFideId "2511649"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 Nb6 5. f3 Be6 6. Qd2 f6 7. g4 h6 8.
O-O-O Bf7 9. h4 Qc7 10. Bh3 O-O-O 11. h5 Kb8 12. Nge2 e5 13. dxe5 Nc4 14.
Qd4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 fxe5 16. Ng3 Be7 17. Kb1 Bg5 18. Qf2 Ne7 19. Nf5 Nxf5 20.
exf5 d5 21. Rhe1 Bf6 22. Ne2 Qa5 23. Nc1 Rd7 24. Nb3 Qb6 25. Qg3 Qc7 26.
Nc5 Rd6 27. f4 e4 28. g5 Be7 29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. fxe6 hxg5 31. fxg5 Rxh5 32.
Bg4 Rxg5 33. Rh1 b5 34. Rh8+ Kb7 35. Rf1 Bf6 36. Rf8 Ka6 37. Rf7 Qd8 38.
Qa3+ Qa5 39. Rxa7+ Kxa7 40. Qxa5+ Kb7 41. Bh3 Re5 42. Qb4 Rd8 43. Rxf6 Rg5
44. Rf7+ Kb8 45. Qc5 Rd6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Black "Earls, Dermot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1237"]
[BlackElo "1365"]
[WhiteICU "872"]
[BlackICU "1095"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519143"]
[BlackFideId "2504715"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 dxc4
8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. h3 Bh5 14.
Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Re3 c6 17. Qd2 Bd6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 Qd7 20.
Ne5 Qc7 21. Nc4 Bf4 22. Ne3 Re8 23. Qd3 Kf8 24. Qc4 Bg6 25. Qc5+ Bd6 26.
Qxa7 Ne4 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Rc1 Qb8 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. Nc4 Be7 31. Ne5 Rd8
32. Nxf7 Rxd4 33. Ne5 Bf5 34. Nf3 Rd6 35. Rc4 Be6 36. Rf4+ Ke8 37. Bxe6
Rxe6 38. Kf1 Bf6 39. Rb4 b5 40. b3 Kd7 41. a4 Bc3 42. Rf4 bxa4 43. Rxa4 Kd6
44. Rc4 Bf6 45. Nd4 Bxd4 46. Rxd4+ Kc5 47. Rc4+ Kb5 48. g4 c5 49. Kg2 Rd6
50. Rc3 Kb4 51. Re3 Rd7 52. f4 c4 53. bxc4 Kxc4 54. Kf3 Rd3 55. Rxd3 Kxd3
56. f5 Kd4 57. Kf4 Kd5 58. h4 Kd6 59. Ke4 Ke7 60. Ke5 Kf7 61. g5 hxg5 62.
hxg5 Ke7 63. Kd5 Kf7 64. Kd6 Ke8 65. Ke6 Kf8 66. Kd7 Kf7 67. Kd6 Ke8 68.
Ke6 Kf8 69. g6 Ke8 70. f6 Kf8 71. Ke5 gxf6+ 72. Kxf6 Kg8 73. g7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "O'Driscoll, David"]
[Black "Gannon, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1398"]
[WhiteICU "1256"]
[BlackICU "1442"]
[WhiteClub "Inchicore"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506440"]
[BlackFideId "2517477"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[BlackFullName "Gannon, Se&aacute;n"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 a6 10. a3 Qc7 11. b4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ne2 Nb6 14. O-O
Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. c3 g6 17. Nc1 a5 18. Na2 axb4 19. Nxb4 Bc5 20. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 21. Qd4 Qxd4+ 22. cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Iwasaki, Luke"]
[Black "Evans, Damian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1473"]
[WhiteICU "1182"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2529203"]
[BlackFideId "2515695"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. c4 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. e3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 Ne7 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
O-O c6 9. d4 f5 10. Nd2 c5 11. d5 Nf6 12. h3 Bd7 13. f4 e4 14. Qc2 b5 15.
Nc3 bxc4 16. bxc4 h5 17. Rae1 a5 18. a4 Kf7 19. h4 Rh8 20. Bh3 Rh7 21. Nb5
Bxb5 22. axb5 Nc8 23. Ra1 Nb6 24. Bc3 Ng4 25. Bxg4 hxg4 26. Rxa5 Qh8 27.
Rxa8 Nxa8 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 29. Nb3 Nb6 30. Ra1 Nc8 31. Ra6 g5 32. fxg5 Qe5 33.
Kg2 Qh8 34. Ra8 Rxh4 35. gxh4 Qxh4 36. Rxc8 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Qg2 Qe1+
39. Qf1 Qg3+ 40. Qg2 Qe1+ 41. Qf1 Qg3+ 42. Kh1 Qh4+ 43. Kg2 Qh3+ 44. Kf2
Qf3+ 45. Ke1 Qxe3+ 46. Qe2 Qc3+ 47. Nd2 e3 48. Rc7+ Kg6 49. Re7 Qc1+ 50.
Qd1 exd2+ 51. Ke2 Qxc4+ 52. Kxd2 Qxb5 53. Qc2 Kxg5 54. Qc3 Qb4 55. Qxb4
cxb4 56. Ke2 Kf4 57. Kf2 b3 58. Re2 g3+ 59. Kg2 Kg4 60. Rb2 f4 61. Rxb3 Kf5
62. Kf3 Ke5 63. Rd3 Kf5 64. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Syms, Thomas"]
[Black "Hourican, Oisin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1278"]
[BlackElo "1383"]
[WhiteICU "997"]
[BlackICU "1072"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518597"]
[BlackFideId "2519747"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[BlackFullName "Hourican, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8.
Nc3 Nge7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nf5 11. Be3 Be7 12. O-O Bg5 13. Qd2 Bxe3 14.
fxe3 Qg5 15. Rae1 Ncxd4 16. g4 Nc6 17. Bg2 Nfe7 18. Nb5 Qxe5 19. Qf2 O-O
20. Re2 a6 21. Nc3 d4 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Rd2 Rad8 25. Bxb7
Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Rxd2 27. b4 Rb8 28. Bxa6 Rxb4 29. Nb5 Rb1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31.
Kxf1 Rxa2 32. Bb7 Rb2 33. Ba6 Nd5 34. Nd4 Nf4 35. h4 g6 36. g5 e5 37. Nf3
e4 38. Nd4 e3 39. Nf3 Rb1+ 40. Ne1 Kg7 41. Be2 f6 42. gxf6+ Kxf6 43. Bf3
Kf5 44. Be2 g5 45. hxg5 Kxg5 46. Bf3 h5 47. Be2 h4 48. Bf3 h3 49. Bh1 Nd3
50. Kg1 Rxe1+ 51. Kh2 Rxh1+ 52. Kxh1 e2 53. Kh2 e1=Q 54. Kxh3 Kf4 55. Kg2
Qg3+ 56. Kh1 Nf2# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Barry, Kieran"]
[Black "Aashay, R. Kher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1357"]
[BlackElo "1235"]
[WhiteICU "1055"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IND"]
[WhiteFideId "2521580"]
[BlackFideId "25933337"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 a6 8.
c5 Be7 9. Na4 Nd7 10. Bf4 b5 11. cxb6 Nxb6 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14.
Bd6 Nf6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 O-O 17. b4 Ne4 18. f3 f6 19. fxe4 fxe5 20.
Bd3 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Biswal, Saiansh"]
[Black "Liu, Murray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1350"]
[BlackElo "1188"]
[WhiteICU "993"]
[BlackICU "978"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518155"]
[BlackFideId "2517191"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nf6
8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Ng4 14.
Bd3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nb6 16. Rc1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Ne2 Qa5 19. Rxc4 bxc4
20. Nc3 Qb4 21. Qe2 Rc8 22. a3 Qb6 23. e5 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 dxe5 25. dxe5 Bxe5
26. Qe4 Bxc3 27. bxc3 e6 28. Rb1 Qc6 29. Qf4 Qa4 30. Qc1 Rd8 31. h3 Kg7 32.
Kh2 Qa5 33. Rb7 Qe5+ 34. g3 Qd5 35. Rc7 Rd7 36. Rc8 Qb7 37. Rxc4 Qb6 38.
Qf4 Qd6 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 40. Ra4 Rc6 41. c4 Kf6 42. c5 Ke5 43. h4 Kd5 44. Ra5
Kc4 45. Kh3 h5 46. g4 hxg4+ 47. Kxg4 Kd5 48. Kg5 e5 49. f3 Ke6 50. Kg4 Kd5
51. Kg5 Ke6 52. Kg4 Kd5 53. Kg5 Ke6 54. Kg4 Kd5 55. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Martin, Desmond"]
[Black "Boldijar, Nicu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1480"]
[WhiteICU "1109"]
[BlackICU "1221"]
[WhiteClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2506815"]
[BlackFideId "2512505"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Krause variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 c4 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. a3 Nf6 7. O-O Qd7 8.
Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Bxd5 Bh3 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Be3 b5 14.
Bg2 Qf5 15. Qc1 b4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Rd1 O-O 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxh3 Qxh3
20. Qf1 Qf5 21. Rd1 Ra8 22. Rd5 Qxc2 23. Qc1 Qb3 24. Rd2 a5 25. Qc2 a4 26.
Qxb3 cxb3 27. Bd4 Kf8 28. Rd1 a3 29. bxa3 Bxa3 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Nd1 Ke7 32.
Kf1 g6 33. e3 f5 34. Ke2 Kd6 35. Kd3 Kd5 36. Nc3+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Oisin"]
[Black "White, Nicole"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1365"]
[BlackElo "1245"]
[WhiteICU "1197"]
[BlackICU "989"]
[WhiteClub "Clonakilty"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna / Rathmines"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518082"]
[BlackFideId "2520362"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Sullivan, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe6+ 4. Be2 Qg6 5. Bf3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. d3
O-O-O 8. Nf4 Qd6 9. Bd2 e5 10. Nfe2 a6 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. Nce4 Qe7 13. c3 f5
14. Bg5 Nf6 15. Nxf6 gxf6 16. Bd2 e4 17. dxe4 fxe4 18. Be2 f5 19. Qc2 Re8
20. O-O-O Be6 21. Kb1 Qc5 22. Be3 Qa5 23. a3 Bd6 24. Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Brearley, Thierry"]
[Black "Shearan, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1194"]
[WhiteICU "981"]
[BlackICU "1272"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523930"]
[BlackFideId "2506459"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Rasa-Studier gambit"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. f3 e6 5. Be3 Bb4 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
f4 Nd5 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. O-O N7f6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxc3 13. b4 Qd8 14.
Qxc3 Nd5 15. Qe1 b5 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. f5 O-O 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qg3 exf5 20.
Rf4 g6 21. Raf1 Bc8 22. Rh4 f6 23. c3 Rf7 24. Rh6 Bd7 25. Rf4 Qd6 26. h4
Qf8 27. Rf1 Rg7 28. Bf4 Rf7 29. Rh5 a5 30. Bd6 Qg7 31. Rxh7 Qxh7 32. Bc5
axb4 33. Bxb4 Kg7 34. Rf4 Qh5 35. Kh2 g5 36. Kg1 Rh8 37. Bd6 g4 38. Qe3
Qxh4 39. Rf1 Ra8 40. Rf2 Rh8 41. Rf1 Be6 42. Re1 Bc4 43. Rd1 Qh1+ 44. Kf2
0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Black "Lightfoot, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1051"]
[WhiteICU "1349"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2515270"]
[BlackFideId "343431933"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. Rb1 Nge7 8.
a3 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Ne1 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Ne4 b6 16. Nc2 Qd7 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Rad8 19. Qa4 Bd5 20. Rfc1 f5
21. Ng5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 f4 24. Bd2 Nd4 25. Re1 fxg3 26. hxg3 Bh6
27. Qc4 Qxc4 28. dxc4 Rf5 29. Ne4 Bxd2 30. Nxd2 Rdf8 31. Ne4 h5 32. b4 Nc2
33. Red1 Nxa3 34. Rb3 Nxc4 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Rb5 a4 37. Rxc5 Nb6 38. Rc6
Rb8 39. Rb1 a3 40. Rbxb6 Ra8 41. Ra6 Rff8 42. Rxg6+ Kh8 43. Ng5 Rg8 44.
Rh6+ Kg7 45. Rh7+ Kf8 46. Rxa8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Brian"]
[Black "Barry, Suzanne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1325"]
[BlackICU "985"]
[BlackClub "Naomh Barrog"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501350"]
[BlackFideId "2507323"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Nimzovich system"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Qb6 6. c3 f5 7. Qc2 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Qe2 a6 13. O-O Rc8
14. Nc3 Ne7 15. Rd1 Qh4 16. Rd3 Ng6 17. Rh3 Qd4 18. Qe1 Nxe5 19. Be3 Qg4
20. Rd1 Bd6 21. Rd4 Qg6 22. b4 Ng4 23. f4 h5 24. Bf2 e5 25. Rxd5 exf4 26.
Rhd3 Rc6 27. Bc5 Qe8 28. Rxd6+ Rxd6 29. Rxd6+ Kc8 30. Re6 Qd7 31. Bd6 Ne3
32. Qc1 Qxe6 33. Nd5+ Kd8 34. Qc7+ Ke8 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Qxb7+ Kg8 37. Qb8+
Kh7 38. Qc7 Nxd5 39. h3 Nxc7 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha"]
[Black "Keane, Colm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1232"]
[WhiteICU "831"]
[BlackICU "1156"]
[WhiteClub "Moate Juniors"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "SRI"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "29982847"]
[BlackFideId "2531259"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O Rc8
8. Re1 Bd6 9. h3 Nge7 10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. c3 a6 14.
Na3 Qd6 15. f4 Qd8 16. Bd3 Qf6 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qf3 b5 19. b4 Ne7 20. Bd2
h5 21. Rf1 Rc6 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rfe1 Ng6 24. Rf1 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26.
Qxf4 Nxf4 27. Rxf4 Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Nb1 Rd3 30. Kh2 g5 31. Rf3 Rxd4
32. Rb3 f5 33. a3 Kf7 34. Rc3 Rc4 35. Rxc4 dxc4 36. Nc3 Kf6 37. Kg3 Ke5 38.
a4 bxa4 39. Nxa4 Kd4 40. Kf3 Kd3 41. Kf2 Kd2 42. Kf1 c3 43. Nxc3 Kxc3 44.
Ke2 Kxb4 45. Kd2 a5 46. Kc2 a4 47. Kb2 e5 48. Kc2 a3 49. g3 e4 50. h4 gxh4
51. gxh4 Kc4 52. Kb1 Kd3 53. Ka2 e3 54. Kxa3 e2 55. Kb2 e1=Q 56. Kb3 Qc3+
57. Ka2 Qb4 58. Ka1 Kc2 59. Ka2 Qb2# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Moore, Maurice"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531267"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Halpenny, John"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[WhiteICU "1330"]
[WhiteClub "Gorey"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510235"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Reinhardt, Sean"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518961"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Reinhardt, Se&aacute;n"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2024"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2024.02.04"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Dineen, Ryan"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1423"]
[WhiteICU "1178"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519038"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]

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