[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Latorre, Leo"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[WhiteICU "1427"]
[WhiteClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520583"]
[BlackFideId "2505886"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 f5 4. d4 c6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Ne4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nd2 Rf6 11. Ndxe4 Bxh2+ 12. Kxh2 Rh6+ 13. Kg1 fxe4
14. Be2 Qh4 15. f4 Bh3 16. Rf2 Bg4 17. Rf1 Bh3 18. Rf2 Rg6 19. Bf1 Nd7 20.
Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4 Nb6 22. Bd2 Bd7 23. Rc1 Re8 24. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Godson O'Doherty, James"]
[Black "Brown, Callum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1578"]
[BlackICU "1526"]
[BlackClub "Galway Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518546"]
[BlackFideId "2545853"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 Rac8
14. a3 f5 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. Qb3 Rc7 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Rc3 Ne7 19. Ne5 Bc6 20.
Rec1 Nd5 21. Rc5 Qg5 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Ba6 Re8 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Kf7
26. Bc4 f4 27. e4 f3 28. Qxf3+ Kg8 29. exd5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Prior, Ronan"]
[Black "Vandurme, Philippe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[WhiteICU "1518"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "BEL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517442"]
[BlackFideId "249432"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence, 3.Nc3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
d5 Nc5 9. Bc2 a5 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Na4 b6 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. g3 Bg4 14. Qd3 f5
15. Nh4 f4 16. Bd1 fxg3 17. hxg3 Qf6 18. Be3 Bxd1 19. Raxd1 Qe7 20. Kg2
Nf4+ 21. gxf4 exf4 22. Nf3 fxe3 23. Qxe3 Be5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. b3 Rf4 26.
Re2 Raf8 27. Qg3 Qh5 28. Kf1 Rxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qxd1+ 30. Kg2 Rxf2+ 31. Qxf2
Qg4+ 32. Kh1 Qxe4+ 33. Kg1 Qd4 34. Qxd4 cxd4 35. Kf2 h5 36. a3 h4 37. b4
axb4 38. axb4 h3 39. c5 h2 40. Kg2 d3 41. Kf2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Whelan, Niall P."]
[Black "Kavanagh, Kurt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[WhiteICU "1613"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500809"]
[BlackFideId "2536358"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Hillbilly attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bf4 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 e6
8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O h6 10. a3 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b4 Qd8 13. Ne5 Qc8 14.
Na4 Qb7 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qd1 Nf6 17. g4 Be4 18. f3 g5 19. Bg3 Bh7 20. Nd3 a5
21. Ndc5 Qc8 22. Nb6 Qd8 23. Nxa8 Qxa8 24. c3 O-O 25. Bc7 axb4 26. axb4 Qc8
27. Be5 Ne8 28. Ra7 Bd6 29. Nd7 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Bg6 31. Nxf8 Kxf8 32. Qd4 Bc2
33. Qc5+ Kg7 34. Qe7 Bg6 35. Rfa1 c5 36. Ra8 Qc6 37. Rxe8 Bh7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Schwab, Gerhard"]
[Black "Martin, Seamus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[BlackICU "1476"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "533061343"]
[BlackFideId "2504340"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[BlackFullName "Martin, S&eacute;amus"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 c6 5. d5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Qxd5
Bd7 8. a3 e6 9. Bxc6 exd5 10. Bxd5 Bc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Nf3
Nf6 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. Rhe1 O-O 16. g3 Rad8 17. h4 h6 18. Rg1 Qa5 19. Na2
Rxd2 20. Nxd2 Rd8 21. Nc4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qc5 23. Ne3 Ne4 24. b4 Qe5 25. c3
Nxc3 26. Rd2 Nxa2+ 27. Rxa2 c5 28. Nc4 Qe1+ 29. Kc2 Qe2+ 30. Kb3 Qd3+ 31.
Kb2 Qxc4 32. Kb1 cxb4 33. Rc2 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Rudroju, Aarav"]
[Black "Quinn, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[WhiteICU "1458"]
[BlackICU "1420"]
[WhiteClub "Chess Kings"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2533901"]
[BlackFideId "2527766"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nge7 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Na4 Qa5 11. a3 Ncxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxa4
14. Be3 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 b6 16. Ba6 Bc5 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. b4 c4
20. Bxc4 Ba4 21. Bxd5 Bxd1 22. Bxa8 Ba4 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Bd1 Bxd1 25. Rxd1
Kf8 26. g3 Ke7 27. Kf1 Rc3 28. Ra1 Kd7 29. Ke1 Kc7 30. Kd2 Rf3 31. Ke2 Rb3
32. Ra2 Kb6 33. f4 a5 34. bxa5+ Kxa5 35. g4 Rh3 36. Kf1 Rf3+ 37. Rf2 Rxa3
38. f5 Kb6 39. fxe6 fxe6 40. Rf7 Ra7 41. Rxa7 Kxa7 42. Kf2 g5 43. Ke3 Kb7
44. Kd4 Kc6 45. Kc4 h6 46. h3 Kb6 47. Kb4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Boyle, Shaun"]
[Black "Downey, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[WhiteICU "1504"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537281"]
[BlackFideId "2519615"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "King's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. h3 Be7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 O-O 7. O-O Nd4 8.
Re1 c6 9. Ba2 Nd7 10. d3 a5 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Rb1
c5 15. Nf4 Ne5 16. Nd5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qd8 18. c3 Be6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20.
Qxf6 gxf6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. b4 Rf7 24. Rec1 h5 25. Rc4 e5 26.
Rbc1 axb4 27. axb4 Ra3 28. Rd1 Ra4 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Rb1 f5 31. exf5 Rxf5 32.
g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Rf4 34. Rc7+ Rf7 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rb2 Kg6 37. Ke2 Kg5
38. f3 b5 39. Kf2 Ra3 40. Ke2 d5 41. Rc2 Kf4 42. Rc5 Ra2+ 43. Kd1 Ke3 44.
Rxd5 Kxd3 45. Ke1 Re2+ 46. Kf1 Re3 47. Kf2 e4 48. fxe4 Kxe4 49. Rxb5 d3 50.
Re5+ Kd4 51. Rxe3 d2 52. Ke2 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Pentony, Frank"]
[Black "Boldijar, Nicu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1494"]
[WhiteICU "1560"]
[BlackICU "1618"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505169"]
[BlackFideId "2512505"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical (two knights) system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 a6 8.
d5 Na5 9. Be2 b6 10. a3 c6 11. b4 Nb7 12. dxc6 Qc7 13. cxb7 Bxb7 14. Bb2
Nxe4 15. Na4 e5 16. c4 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Nb6 Qe6 20. Nxa8
Rxa8 21. Ra1 d5 22. Bxb5 Qb6 23. Qe2 d4 24. Bd3 f5 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Qc4+
Kh8 27. Ng5 h6 28. Nxe4 Rc8 29. Nc5 Qc6 30. f3 Qe8 31. Qe6 Qb5 32. Qxg6
Rxc5 33. bxc5 Qxb2 34. c6 Ba6 35. c7 Qb5 36. Rac1 Bc8 37. Qd6 Kh7 38. Qe7
d3 39. Red1 Qb6+ 40. Qc5 Qa6 41. Rd2 Qg6 42. Qe3 h5 43. Qe4 Bf5 44. Qa8 Bh6
45. c8=Q Qb6+ 46. Rf2 Bxc1 47. Qc7+ Qxc7 48. Rf1 Be3+ 49. Kh1 d2 50. Qe8
Bg6 51. h3 Bxe8 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Grant, Anastasiia"]
[Black "Ramesh, Aiden Jos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1483"]
[WhiteICU "1531"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2526468"]
[BlackFideId "2544105"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian counter-gambit"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nf6 4. exf5 d6 5. Nf3 Bxf5 6. Bc4 d5 7. Bb3 Nc6
8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1+ Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Bg5 Kh8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Nxd5 Bxb2 16. Nxc7 Qd8 17. Nxa8 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Qxa8 19. Ng5
Bg6 20. Ne6 Qg8 21. Qc3 a6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxg8 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Nxc3 25. Bb3
b5 26. f4 a5 27. g4 a4 28. Be6 Be8 29. a3 h5 30. h3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Bc6 32.
g5 Nb1 33. c4 bxc4 34. Bxc4 Nxa3 35. Ba2 g6 36. Ke2 Nb5 37. Kd2 Kg7 38. Bc4
Kf8 39. Kc2 Nd4+ 40. Kb2 Ne2 41. Ka3 Nxf4 42. d4 Nh3 43. d5 Bd7 44. Kb4
Nxg5 45. Bd3 Kf7 46. Bc4 Ke7 47. Kc5 Ne4+ 48. Kb6 g5 49. Kc7 g4 50. Bd3 a3
51. Bxe4 a2 52. d6+ Kf8 53. Kxd7 a1=Q 54. Kc7 Qa7+ 55. Bb7 Qc5+ 56. Bc6 Qe5
57. Kd7 g3 58. Kc7 Kf7 59. Bg2 Qc5+ 60. Kd7 Qf2 61. Bd5+ Kf6 62. Kc7 Qc5+
63. Bc6 Ke6 64. d7 Qd6+ 65. Kb7 Qxd7+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Gilmore, Adrian"]
[Black "Putar, Lorena"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1482"]
[WhiteICU "1556"]
[BlackICU "1503"]
[WhiteClub "Omagh"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2513951"]
[BlackFideId "2521520"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5
8. e5 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Re1 a6 13. Bc4 Bg4 14.
Bb2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rc8 16. Rc1 Bh6 17. Rc2 Nb4 18. Rc3 e6 19. a3 Nc6 20. Re4
Bg7 21. Qd3 b5 22. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Sharma, Eva"]
[Black "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1476"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[WhiteICU "1413"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534665"]
[BlackFideId "2519143"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "O'Connell, Michael Joseph"]
[Black "Gleeson, Eavan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1468"]
[WhiteICU "1508"]
[BlackICU "1566"]
[WhiteClub "Curragh"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507676"]
[BlackFideId "2520214"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 a6 6. O-O e6 7. b3 Nbd7
8. Bb2 c5 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. f4 Qh4 13. Nf3 Qh5 14.
h3 Nh6 15. Ng5 Qg6 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. Qf2 h6 18. g4 hxg5 19. gxf5 Qxf5 20.
fxg5 Qxg5+ 21. Kh2 O-O-O 22. Qxf7 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Burke, Aoibhin"]
[Black "Bhushan, Adhiraj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[BlackICU "1380"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531666"]
[BlackFideId "2535920"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. c5 Qc7 8.
Nf3 h6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ne4 13. O-O Nxc3 14.
bxc3 O-O 15. c4 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Rfc1 Qa7 19. a4 Qa5 20.
Qc3 Rfc8 21. c5 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 bxc5 23. Rxc5 Rb3 24. Kf2 Rb2 25. a5 Bd3 26.
Re1 Ra2 27. Kf1 Bxe2+ 28. Rxe2 Ra1+ 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Rec2 Ke8 31. Rxc6 Rxc6
32. Rxc6 Rxa5 33. Rc8+ Kd7 34. Rc3 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Dimitrov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511649"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ramesh, Aiden Jos"]
[Black "Godson O'Doherty, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackICU "1578"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2544105"]
[BlackFideId "2518546"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Re8 11. Rfe1 c5 12. e5 cxd4 13. exf6 dxc3 14.
fxg7 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qg3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 cxb2 18. Rab1 d5 19. Rxb2 Qf6
20. Rbb1 Rac8 21. Re3 Rc4 22. Rh3 h6 23. Re1 Rec8 24. Rf3 Qc3 25. Qe2 Qxc2
26. Qe3 Qc3 27. Qe2 Qxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Rc1 29. Re3 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Kxg7 31. h3
d4 32. Rd1 e5 33. f4 f6 34. g4 Rd8 35. f5 h5 36. Kf2 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rc8 38.
Kf3 Rc3+ 39. Ke4 Kh6 40. Rg1 Rxa3 41. g5+ fxg5 42. Kxe5 Ra5+ 43. Ke6 Ra3
44. Rh1+ Kg7 45. f6+ Kg6 46. Re1 Rf3 47. Kd5 d3 48. Ke4 d2 49. Rd1 Rf2 50.
Ke3 Rh2 51. Rf1 Kf7 52. Kf3 a5 53. Kg3 Re2 54. Rd1 Re3+ 55. Kf2 Rd3 56. Ke2
Rd6 57. Rb1 d1=Q+ 58. Rxd1 Rxd1 59. Kxd1 Kxf6 60. Ke2 a4 61. Kd3 g4 62. Ke3
a3 63. Kf4 a2 64. Kxg4 a1=Q 65. Kf4 Qe5+ 66. Kf3 Qd4 67. Ke2 Qc3 68. Kf2
Qd3 69. Kg2 Qe3 70. Kh2 Qg5 71. Kh1 Kf5 72. Kh2 Kf4 73. Kh1 Kf3 74. Kh2
Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vandurme, Philippe"]
[Black "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[WhiteNationality "BEL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "249432"]
[BlackFideId "2519143"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Boldijar, Nicu"]
[Black "Whelan, Niall P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1494"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[WhiteICU "1618"]
[BlackICU "1613"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512505"]
[BlackFideId "2500809"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Nxg6 hxg6 7. a3 Bd6
8. Qf3 Ne4 9. Bd3 Bxf4 10. Qxf4 Qd6 11. Qxd6 Nxd6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Nd2 Nf5
14. e4 Nxd4 15. exd5 exd5 16. O-O-O Nc5 17. Nb1 Nde6 18. g3 O-O-O 19. f4
Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rf1 f5 23. h3 Nd4 24. Nc3 Rh8 25. h4
Re8 26. Nd5 c6 27. Ne3 Nf3 28. h5 Nh2 29. Re1 Ng4 30. hxg6 Nxe3 31. Rxe3
Re6 32. g4 fxg4 33. Kd2 Rxg6 34. Rg3 Kd7 35. Ke3 Ke6 36. Kxe4 Kf6 37. c4
Rh6 38. b4 Rh3 39. Rxg4 Rxa3 40. Kd4 Rb3 41. Kc5 b6+ 42. Kxc6 Rxb4 43. Kd5
a5 44. f5 a4 45. Rg6+ Kf7 46. Rg1 a3 47. Kd4 a2 48. Ra1 Ra4 49. Kd5 Kf6 50.
Kc6 Rxc4+ 51. Kxb6 Rc2 52. Kb5 Rf2 53. Kb4 Kxf5 54. Kb3 g5 55. Kc3 Kf4 56.
Rd1 g4 57. Rd4+ Kg3 58. Rd1 Kh2 59. Kd3 g3 60. Ke3 Rb2 61. Kf3 Rb3+ 62. Kg4
g2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Martin, Seamus"]
[Black "Boyle, Shaun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1570"]
[WhiteICU "1476"]
[BlackICU "1504"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504340"]
[BlackFideId "2537281"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "Martin, S&eacute;amus"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. h3 O-O 7. c3 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. Re1 Bf5 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4
14. Qxd4 Bxd4 15. Nc3 Rfe8 16. Bd2 Re6 17. Rxe6 Bxe6 18. a3 a6 19. Re1 b5
20. Be3 c5 21. Rc1 Re8 22. b4 Bxe3 23. fxe3 c4 24. Kf2 f5 25. Rd1 Kf7 26.
Rd6 Bc8 27. Rd2 Ke6 28. Re2 Bb7 29. Rd2 Re7 30. g3 Be4 31. Rd4 Ke5 32. a4
Bc6 33. a5 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Bxd7 35. h4 g5 36. Ke2 f4 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Kf2
fxe3+ 39. Kxe3 g4 40. Na2 Kd5 41. Nc3+ Ke5 42. Na2 Bf5 43. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gleeson, Eavan"]
[Black "Rudroju, Aarav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[WhiteICU "1566"]
[BlackICU "1458"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Chess Kings"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520214"]
[BlackFideId "2533901"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Opening "Vienna game, Max Lange defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Qg4 g6 5. Qf3 Nf6 6. Nge2 Nd4 7. Nxd4
Bxd4 8. d3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 h6 10. Rb1 c6 11. O-O a5 12. a3 b5 13. Ba2 d6 14.
d4 Bg4 15. Qd3 a4 16. d5 Bd7 17. f4 Qe7 18. Re1 c5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. c4 Ng4
21. g3 O-O 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. cxb5 g5 24. Bd2 Ne5 25. Qe2 Bg4 26. Qf2 Nf3+ 27.
Kg2 Nxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qd7 29. Qf6 Bh3+ 30. Kg1 Kh7 31. Bc3 Rg8 32. Bc4 Rg6 33.
Qf2 Re8 34. e5 Bf5 35. Rf1 Bh3 36. Qxf7+ Qxf7 37. Rxf7+ Rg7 38. Bd3+ Kg8
39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. e6+ Kg8 41. Kf2 Rf8+ 42. Ke3 c4 43. Bg6 Rb8 44. Kd4 Bg4
45. Kxc4 Rc8+ 46. Kb4 Kf8 47. Bf6 Kg8 48. Kxa4 Bh3 49. Kb4 Bg4 50. a4 Ra8
51. Be7 Kg7 52. Bf7 Bf3 53. c4 Bd1 54. a5 Bc2 55. Bxd6 Bg6 56. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Burke, Aoibhin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505886"]
[BlackFideId "2531666"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 d5 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8.
O-O a6 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Qf3 Ndxe5 11. fxe5 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Qg3 Qe8 14.
Nf3 Bf5 15. Be2 Rf8 16. Bd2 cxd4 17. exd4 e5 18. Rae1 exd4 19. Bxa6 Qd7 20.
Bb5 Qd8 21. a4 Be4 22. Ng5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bf5 24. c4 d3 25. Qh4 Qb6+ 26.
Kh1 h6 27. Nf3 g5 28. Qh5 Nd4 29. Be3 Rf8 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Qxd4 32.
Qxh6 Qg7 33. Qd6 Be4 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qh3+ Bh7 36. Rd1 d2 37. cxd5 Qxb2 38.
Bd3 Rf7 39. Qh5 Rg7 40. Bxh7 Rxh7 41. Qxg5 Rf7 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kf8
44. Qh6+ Ke8 45. Qe6+ Re7 46. Qc8+ Kf7 47. Rf1+ Qf6 48. Rxf6+ Kxf6 49. Qh8+
Kg6 50. Qg8+ Kf6 51. Qh8+ Kg6 52. Qg8+ Kf6 53. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Quinn, Sean"]
[Black "Gilmore, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[WhiteICU "1420"]
[BlackICU "1556"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Omagh"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2527766"]
[BlackFideId "2513951"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O h6 9. Re1 Nh5 10. Ne2 Nxf4 11. exf4 Bd6 12. c3 Ne7 13. Nh4 Nf5 14. Nxf5
exf5 15. Qd2 Re8 16. g3 Qf6 17. Kg2 Bd7 18. Ng1 g5 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Nf3 f4
21. Rh1 g4 22. Nh4 f3+ 23. Kf1 Re7 24. Re1 Rae8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qd1 Bb5
27. Bxb5 axb5 28. h3 gxh3 29. Qxf3 Qxf3 30. Nxf3 Re4 31. Rxh3 f6 32. Nh4 b6
33. Nf5 Bf8 34. Rh4 Re6 35. f3 c5 36. Kf2 c4 37. Ne3 Rd6 38. Rh5 Kf7 39.
Rxd5 Ke6 40. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Putar, Lorena"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1482"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[WhiteICU "1503"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2521520"]
[BlackFideId "2511649"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "English defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 b6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 f6 6. O-O Qd7 7. Re1 Bg6 8.
Nc3 Na6 9. Qa4 Nc7 10. Nh4 Bf7 11. Bxc6 O-O-O 12. Bxd7+ Rxd7 13. Qxa7 Bxc4
14. Qxb6 e6 15. b3 Ba6 16. a4 g5 17. Nf3 Ne7 18. Bd2 h5 19. Rec1 Bh6 20.
Nb5 Nd5 21. Qxa6+ Kd8 22. Nxc7 Rxc7 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Rxc7+ Nxc7 25. Qxh8
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Bhushan, Adhiraj"]
[Black "Latorre, Leo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1536"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[WhiteICU "1380"]
[BlackICU "1427"]
[BlackClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535920"]
[BlackFideId "2520583"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. c3 Ndf6 6. Ng3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxe2
8. N1xe2 e6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Qc2 O-O
14. h3 Ned5 15. Rfd1 Nf4 16. Nxf4 Qxf4 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Rfd8 19. Rad1
h5 20. Re2 Rd7 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Rbd8 23. Re3 c5 24. Red3 Rc8 25. Re3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Downey, Stephen"]
[Black "Prior, Ronan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackICU "1518"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519615"]
[BlackFideId "2517442"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 d6 8.
O-O Nh5 9. c3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. d4 Nxg3 12. fxg3 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14.
Kh1 Qd7 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. d5 Ne7 17. a4 Ba5 18. Qd3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 exd5 20.
exd5 Nxd5 21. Qd4 c6 22. Qxa7 Nc7 23. Rfc1 Qf5 24. b4 Kd7 25. Qxb7 Qd5 26.
Rd1 Rb8 27. Rxd5 Rxb7 28. Rd4 Ne6 29. Rc4 d5 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Rxc6 Rxb4 32.
Re1 Re4 33. Rxe4 dxe4 34. Ne5 Rd8 35. Rc1 Rd5 36. Ng4 h5 37. Ne3 Ra5 38.
Rc4 Rc5 39. Rxc5 Nxc5 40. a5 Kd7 41. Kg1 Kc6 42. Kf2 Nd3+ 43. Ke2 Kb5 44.
Nf5 Kxa5 45. Ke3 Ne1 46. Kf2 Nc2 47. Ke2 Kb4 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 Kc3 50.
Ng7 Kd4 51. Nxh5 Ke5 52. g4 Nd4+ 53. Kf1 Nf3 54. g5 Nxh4 55. Ke2 Kf5 56.
Ng3+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Kavanagh, Kurt"]
[Black "Pentony, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackICU "1560"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2536358"]
[BlackFideId "2505169"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Be3 e6
8. O-O c6 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rfd1 O-O-O
14. Qe3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 h5 16. Ne2 h4 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. c3 Rdg8 19. b4 g5 20.
Qe3 g4 21. Be4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Qe3 Qg5 24. Qxg5 Rxg5 25. Nf4 Re8 26.
Re1 e5 27. Nd3 e4 28. Nf4 g3 29. f3 Nf6 30. fxe4 Nxe4 31. h3 Rgg8 32. Re3
Kd7 33. Rc1 Re7 34. Rce1 Rge8 35. Ng6 Re6 36. Ne5+ Kc7 37. Rf3 Rf8 38. Rxe4
Ref6 39. Ref4 Kd6 40. Ng4 R6f7 41. Nh6 Rf6 42. Rxf5 Rxf5 43. Rxf5 Re8 44.
Rf1 Kd5 45. Nf5 Re4 46. Rc1 Kc4 47. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Schwab, Gerhard"]
[Black "O'Connell, Michael Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[BlackICU "1508"]
[BlackClub "Curragh"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "533061343"]
[BlackFideId "2507676"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical (two knights) system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8.
Be3 e5 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Rad1 Ne5 14.
Qb3 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Re8 16. Nxd4 Rc8 17. c3 Qd7 18. Qb3 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20.
Nf3 Bf6 21. e5 Bg7 22. Rxd6 Qg4 23. Rd4 Qf5 24. Nh4 Qe6 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26.
f4 f6 27. Nf3 Rce8 28. Rde4 g5 29. Nd4 R6e7 30. Nxc6 Rd7 31. exf6 Rxe4 32.
Rxe4 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Bxf6 34. fxg5 Bxg5 35. Rg4 Rd2+ 36. Ke1 Rxb2 37. Rxg5+
Kf7 38. Ra5 Rxg2 39. Rxa7+ Kg6 40. Ne5+ Kf5 41. Nf3 Ke4 42. Nd2+ Kd3 43.
Rd7+ Ke3 44. Nf1+ Kf3 45. Rd2 Rg5 46. a4 Rc5 47. Rd3+ Kg2 48. Rg3+ Kh1 49.
Kf2 Rf5+ 50. Rf3 Rg5 51. Rh3 Rf5+ 52. Rf3 Rg5 53. Ke3 Ra5 54. Rf4 Kg2 55.
Kd3 h5 56. Kc2 Kh3 57. Kb3 Re5 58. Kc4 Re8 59. Ng3 h4 60. Nf5 Kxh2 61.
Rxh4+ Kg2 62. Nd4 Rc8+ 63. Kd3 Ra8 64. Nb3 Rd8+ 65. Kc4 Kg3 66. Rd4 Rc8+
67. Nc5 Rb8 68. a5 Rc8 69. a6 Rc7 70. Rd7 Rc8 71. a7 Ra8 72. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Brown, Callum"]
[Black "Grant, Anastasiia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1483"]
[WhiteICU "1526"]
[BlackICU "1531"]
[WhiteClub "Galway Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545853"]
[BlackFideId "2526468"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 Bg4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. a3 Qc8 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. Rfb1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Qd1 Nxf3+ 14.
exf3 Qf5 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. b4 b6 17. b5 Nd7 18. g4 Qe6 19. Nd5 Bxa1 20. Nc7
Qe5 21. f4 Qg7 22. Nxe8 Bd4 23. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Sharma, Eva"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1476"]
[WhiteICU "1413"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534665"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Black "Godson O'Doherty, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1546"]
[BlackICU "1578"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519143"]
[BlackFideId "2518546"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. Re1 Nd7 14.
Bb5 Rfd8 15. Qd3 Nf8 16. c4 Ng6 17. d5 Nf4 18. Qe3 e5 19. Red1 Qg6 20. Nh4
Qg4 21. g3 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nd4 23. Ra2 Qxd1+ 24. Kg2 a6 25. Rd2 Qb3 26. Qxb3
Nxb3 27. Rb2 axb5 28. Rxb3 bxc4 29. Rc3 b5 30. Nf5 g6 31. Nxh6+ Kg7 32. Ng4
Ra4 33. Ne3 Rda8 34. Nc2 f5 35. f3 fxe4 36. fxe4 Rf8 37. h3 Rf7 38. Nb4 Ra8
39. Nc2 Raf8 40. h4 Rf2+ 41. Kh3 Bc8+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Whelan, Niall P."]
[Black "Gleeson, Eavan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackElo "1468"]
[WhiteICU "1613"]
[BlackICU "1566"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500809"]
[BlackFideId "2520214"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a3 d6 6. h3 g5 7. Nh2 Bg7 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Rb8 12. b4 Nd4 13. c3 Ne6 14. Be3 b6
15. O-O Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. d4 Qf6 18. Re1 O-O 19. Ng4 Qg6 20. e5 c6 21.
Be4 Qe6 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Ne5 f5 24. Nc4 Qf6 25. Bc2 g4 26. Ne5 Bc8 27.
hxg4 fxg4 28. Qd3 Bf5 29. Qc4+ Kh8 30. Bxf5 Qxf5 31. Nxc6 Rbc8 32. b5 Rfd8
33. Qe6 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Re8 35. Rae1 Rxe6 36. Rxe6 Rc7 37. a4 Kg8 38. Re7
Rxe7 39. Nxe7+ Kf7 40. Nc8 Ke6 41. Nxa7 Kd7 42. Nc6 Bf8 43. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Putar, Lorena"]
[Black "Martin, Seamus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1482"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[WhiteICU "1503"]
[BlackICU "1476"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2521520"]
[BlackFideId "2504340"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[BlackFullName "Martin, S&eacute;amus"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
Re1 Re8 9. Bf4 h6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Nf8 12. Ne5 N6h7 13. e4 dxe4 14.
Nxe4 Nf6 15. Nc3 Be6 16. a4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Boyle, Shaun"]
[Black "Quinn, Sean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[WhiteICU "1504"]
[BlackICU "1420"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537281"]
[BlackFideId "2527766"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Qb3 Be6
8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 a6 13. Rad1 Bxc3
14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Bg3 Qd7 16. Rfe1 b5 17. Qc5 Na5 18. Re5 c6 19. Nd2 Rfe8
20. Qa3 Nb7 21. Rde1 f6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Nf3 Qe2 25. h3 a5
26. Nh4 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qxc3 28. Qxc3 Nxc3 29. Nf5 Kf7 30. a3 b4 31. axb4 axb4
32. Ne3 Na5 33. Bc7 b3 34. Bxa5 b2 35. Bxc3 b1=Q 36. Ba5 Qa2 37. Bb6 Qxf2
38. Nc4 Qc2 39. Nd6+ Ke6 40. Bc5 f5 41. Kg3 g5 42. Kf3 h5 43. Ne8 g4+ 44.
hxg4 Qe4+ 45. Kf2 Qxg4 46. Nd6 f4 47. Nc4 Qg3+ 48. Kg1 f3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Brown, Callum"]
[Black "Fitzpatrick, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1591"]
[WhiteICU "1526"]
[WhiteClub "Galway Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545853"]
[BlackFideId "2505886"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 f5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Ne5 Be7 6. Nd2 O-O 7. h4 Bd7 8.
Ndf3 Ne4 9. c3 c6 10. Bd3 Be8 11. Bxe4 fxe4 12. Ng5 Qc8 13. Qg4 Rf5 14. h5
h6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxh6 Bf6 17. Bxg7 Rg5 18. h6 Rxg4 19. h7+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Kavanagh, Kurt"]
[Black "Vandurme, Philippe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "BEL"]
[WhiteFideId "2536358"]
[BlackFideId "249432"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Hillbilly attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be3 e6
8. c3 Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Bc2 Bd6 13. Bg5 Be7 14.
Qd3 g6 15. O-O Qc7 16. Qf3 Qd8 17. Qe3 Re8 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20.
Qg5 Qxg5 21. Nxg5 Nxd4 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Burke, Aoibhin"]
[Black "Ramesh, Aiden Jos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531666"]
[BlackFideId "2544105"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Ne5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc8 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qc2 Na6 14.
a3 b4 15. Na4 b3 16. Qxc6 Nc7 17. Rc1 Nfd5 18. Bg3 Qd8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Nxb3
Rb8 21. Qc4 Ba6 22. Qc2 Bb7 23. Nc5 Ke8 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. O-O Bxe5 26. Bxe5
Rf8 27. e4 Ne6 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Qa4+ Kf7 30. Rfe1 Kg8 31. Be4 Qb5 32. Qxb5
Rxb5 33. d5 Nd8 34. Rc7 e6 35. dxe6 Nxe6 36. f4 Rxe5 37. Re7 Rxf4 38. Rxe6
Rxe6 39. Bd5 Kg7 40. Rxe6 Rd4 41. Bf3 Rd2 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. Rxa7 Rxb2 44. a4
Kf5 45. h3 Kf4 46. Kh2 h5 47. a5 h4 48. a6 g5 49. Rf7+ Ke3 50. a7 g4 51.
hxg4 h3 52. Kxh3 Kf2 53. a8=Q Rb6 54. Bd1+ Ke3 55. Qa7 Ke4 56. Qxb6 Ke5 57.
Qe3+ Kd5 58. Rd7+ Kc6 59. Qe8 Kc5 60. Qc8+ Kb6 61. Rb7+ Ka6 62. Qa8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Bhushan, Adhiraj"]
[Black "Schwab, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1536"]
[WhiteICU "1380"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2535920"]
[BlackFideId "533061343"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. d3 e5 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6
8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 cxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc6 13. Bxc6
bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qf3 Qb6 16. b3 Qb4+ 17. Kd1 e4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. dxe4
Rfd8+ 20. Kc1 Rd4 21. f3 Rcd8 22. Kb2 Rd2 23. Rhg1 Rc8 24. Rac1 a5 25. a4
Rcd8 26. Kb1 R2d4 27. Kb2 Rb8 28. Ka3 Rc8 29. Rgd1 Rcd8 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31.
Kb2 Rd2 32. Rg1 f6 33. Kc3 Re2 34. Kd3 Rf2 35. c4 Rb2 36. Kc3 Ra2 37. h4
Kf7 38. Rd1 Rxg2 39. c5 Rg3 40. Rd3 Rg1 41. Kc4 Ke6 42. Kb5 g5 43. hxg5
Rxg5 44. Kb6 f5 45. exf5+ Rxf5 46. c6 Rf6 47. c7 Ke7+ 48. Kb7 h5 49. c8=Q
Rb6+ 50. Kxb6 h4 51. Qc6 h3 52. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Latorre, Leo"]
[Black "Sharma, Eva"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[BlackElo "1476"]
[WhiteICU "1427"]
[BlackICU "1413"]
[WhiteClub "Skerries"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520583"]
[BlackFideId "2534665"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5.e3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qa4+ Nc6
8. Bb5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bd7 10. Ba3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Bb2 O-O
14. O-O Ba4 15. Qc1 Rfc8 16. c4 Rxc4 17. Qe1 Qxe1 18. Rfxe1 Rc2 19. Reb1
Rxf2 20. Ba3 Bc6 21. Bd6 Re2 22. Bf4 Nc3 23. Re1 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Nxa2 25. Re2
Nc3 26. Rb2 a5 27. Bd6 a4 28. Ba3 Nb5 29. Bb4 Ra6 30. Ra2 Nc7 31. Ne1 b5
32. Nc2 f6 33. Na3 Kf7 34. Rc2 Kg6 35. Nxb5 Nxb5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Gilmore, Adrian"]
[Black "Boldijar, Nicu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1494"]
[WhiteICU "1556"]
[BlackICU "1618"]
[WhiteClub "Omagh"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2513951"]
[BlackFideId "2512505"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical, h3 system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8.
a3 b5 9. Bb3 Rb8 10. Re1 Bd7 11. e5 Ne8 12. e6 fxe6 13. Bxe6+ Bxe6 14. Rxe6
Qd7 15. d5 Nd8 16. Re3 a5 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Ne4 e5 19. Bd2 b4 20. axb4 axb4
21. Ra7 Qb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. Rd3 Nb7 24. c4 bxc3 25. Bxc3 Nc5 26. Nxf6+
Rxf6 27. Re3 Nd7 28. Ra8 Rf8 29. Ra5 Rxa5 30. Bxa5 Ndf6 31. Ng5 Nxd5 32.
Rd3 Nf4 33. Rd2 h6 34. Ne4 Ne6 35. Bc3 Nf6 36. Nxd6 cxd6 37. Rxd6 Nd4 38.
Bxd4 exd4 39. Rxd4 Kf7 40. b4 Rb8 41. Kf1 Ke6 42. Ke2 Nd5 43. Kd3 Nxb4+ 44.
Kc4 Nc6 45. Re4+ Kf5 46. Re3 h5 47. Kd5 Nb4+ 48. Kd6 Rd8+ 49. Kc5 Nd3+ 50.
Kc4 Ne5+ 51. Kc3 Rd1 52. f3 h4 53. Kc2 Ra1 54. g4+ hxg3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Rudroju, Aarav"]
[Black "Prior, Ronan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[WhiteICU "1458"]
[BlackICU "1518"]
[WhiteClub "Chess Kings"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2533901"]
[BlackFideId "2517442"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. c3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 d5 6. d3 Nxc3 7. Nxc3 dxc4
8. dxc4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Nf4 Re8
14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15. Qd1 Qe7 16. Rxe6 Qxe6 17. b3 Be5 18. Bb2 c5 19. Qf3 Rd8
20. g3 Qd7 21. Re1 Bf6 22. Qe4 b5 23. cxb5 Qxb5 24. Ba3 h6 25. Qc2 Qa5 26.
Qc1 d3 27. Rd1 Bd4 28. Bb2 Qxa2 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Qxc5 Qxb3 31. Rc1 d2 32.
Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ g6 34. Qc8 dxc1=Q+ 35. Qxc1 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Dimitrov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Downey, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511649"]
[BlackFideId "2519615"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. h3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O Nxe4
8. Re1 Qh4 9. Be3 Qf6 10. c3 c6 11. Nd2 d5 12. Bb3 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qg6 14.
Nf3 Bxh3 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Bc2 g6 18. Qh6 Qg7 19. Nf3 Nd7 20.
Rac1 f5 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nd2 Nf6 23. f3 exf3 24. gxf3 Qxh6 25. Bxh6 Rfe8
26. Nb3 Bf5 27. Na5 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rb8 29. Re7 Nh5 30. Nxb7 Rxb7 31. Rxb7
c5 32. dxc5 d4 33. c6 d3 34. c7 Bc8 35. Rb8 Kf7 36. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Pentony, Frank"]
[Black "O'Connell, Michael Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[WhiteICU "1560"]
[BlackICU "1508"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[BlackClub "Curragh"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505169"]
[BlackFideId "2507676"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Byrne variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 O-O
8. O-O c6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e5 Ne8 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. Bxe7 Qc7 13. Bxf8 Nxf8
14. Ne2 Ne6 15. c3 Ng5 16. Qd3 Nf5 17. d5 Qd6 18. Rad1 Nh4 19. dxc6 Nhxf3+
20. gxf3 Qxc6 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 Nxf3+ 23. Kf1 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 Qh1+ 25.
Ke2 Re8+ 26. Kd2 Qxe1+ 27. Kc2 Qxf2+ 28. Qd2 Rc8+ 29. Kd3 Qf5+ 30. Ke2 Rc2
31. Ke1 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Grant, Anastasiia"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1483"]
[WhiteICU "1531"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2526468"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Godson O'Doherty, James"]
[Black "Whelan, Niall P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1572"]
[WhiteICU "1578"]
[BlackICU "1613"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518546"]
[BlackFideId "2500809"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e6 4. Bxc4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. d5
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 exd5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qe4+ Nde7 12. Bg5 f6 13.
Bf4 O-O 14. Nf3 Ng6 15. Qc4+ Kh8 16. O-O Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qb3 c6 19.
Bxe5 cxb5 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. Rfd1 a5 22. Rd3 Bc6 23. Rad1 Qf7 24. Qb2 Bd5 25.
Bc5 Rfe8 26. a3 Qe6 27. Re3 Qc6 28. Be7 Qc4 29. Rd4 Qc6 30. Rh4 Bg8 31. Qb1
Qd7 32. Reh3 f5 33. Bc5 Qe6 34. Be3 Rf8 35. g4 Qe4 36. Qxb5 Rad8 37. Bd4
Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 40. Ke2 Rfe8+ 41. Kd2 Qe1+ 42. Kc2 Re2+ 43.
Qxe2 Qxe2+ 44. Kc1 fxg4 45. Re3 Qf1+ 46. Kd2 Qxf2+ 47. Kd3 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Quinn, Sean"]
[Black "Bhushan, Adhiraj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1505"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[WhiteICU "1420"]
[BlackICU "1380"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2527766"]
[BlackFideId "2535920"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Nh3
Bb4 9. Qd2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. a3 Bd6 14. O-O-O
Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. g5 Nfd7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Qc6 20. Qxc6
Nxc6 21. Nb5 Ke7 22. g6 f6 23. Rhe1 Nde5 24. Re3 Rhd8 25. Nc7 Rxd1+ 26.
Kxd1 Rd8+ 27. Kc1 Rd6 28. Ncxe6 Rxe6 29. Nxe6 Kxe6 30. f4 Kd7 31. fxe5 Nxe5
32. h5 Kd6 33. Re1 Kc6 34. Rf1 Nd7 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Rf5 b6 37. b4 Ke6 38.
Rf3 Ne5 39. Re3 Kd6 40. Re4 Kc6 41. c4 Kd6 42. Ke3 Kc6 43. Kd4 Nf3+ 44. Kc3
Ne5 45. Rf4 Nd7 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. c5+ bxc5+ 48. bxc5+ Nxc5 49. Rxf6+ gxf6 50.
g7 Ne6+ 51. Ke4 Nxg7 52. Kf4 Nxh5+ 53. Kg4 Ng7 54. Kf4 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Martin, Seamus"]
[Black "Sharma, Eva"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1570"]
[BlackElo "1476"]
[WhiteICU "1476"]
[BlackICU "1413"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2504340"]
[BlackFideId "2534665"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "Martin, S&eacute;amus"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. h3 h6 8. c3
Bb6 9. O-O d6 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Re8 14. Nbd2
Ne7 15. Re1 Ng6 16. Nh2 Nf4 17. Ng4 d5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qg4 dxe4 20. Nxe4
Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Black "Putar, Lorena"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1546"]
[BlackElo "1482"]
[BlackICU "1503"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519143"]
[BlackFideId "2521520"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Nc3 Bc7 7. Be2 Ne7 8.
c5 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nd7 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Rc8 14. Nh4
b6 15. b4 Re8 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 bxc5 18. bxc5 Qa5 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. Rfe1
Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Rb8 22. Rxb8+ Nxb8 23. Qc2 Na6 24. Qb3 Qb4 25. Qxb4 Nxb4 26.
Kf1 g5 27. Nf3 Nf5 28. g4 Nh6 29. Nh2 Nc2 30. Ne2 a5 31. a4 Kf7 32. f3 f5
33. Kf2 f4 34. g3 fxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Kf6 36. Nf1 Nf7 37. Nd2 Nd8 38. Nb3 Nb7
39. f4 h6 40. Nec1 Nb4 41. Ne2 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gleeson, Eavan"]
[Black "Brown, Callum"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[WhiteICU "1566"]
[BlackICU "1526"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Galway Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520214"]
[BlackFideId "2545853"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Opening "King's gambit"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Bg4 6. c3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Be7 8.
O-O Qd7 9. Na3 Qg4 10. Qf2 Na5 11. h3 Qd7 12. Bb5 c6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bc2 O-O
15. b4 Nb7 16. f5 h5 17. Qg3 Kh7 18. Bg5 g6 19. Qh4 Kg7 20. Rf3 Qd8 21.
Raf1 Ng8 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. f6+ Kh6 24. fxe7 Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Boldijar, Nicu"]
[Black "Burke, Aoibhin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1494"]
[WhiteICU "1618"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512505"]
[BlackFideId "2531666"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. e3 Nxg5 6. Nxg5 d5 7. Qa4+ c6
8. Be2 O-O 9. Nd2 c5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Ngf3 Nc6 12. Nb3 cxd4 13. Nbxd4 e5
14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 Qc5 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rd2 Qb6 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Rd3 Rfd8
20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxb7 Qd5 24. b3 e4 25. Ne1
Qd2 26. Qb8+ Bf8 27. Kf1 Kg7 28. Qe5+ f6 29. Qa1 Bb4 30. Qb1 Qd6 31. g3 Qe6
32. Kg2 h5 33. Qd1 Kh6 34. Nc2 c5 35. Nxb4 axb4 36. h4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Vandurme, Philippe"]
[Black "Boyle, Shaun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackICU "1504"]
[BlackClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "BEL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "249432"]
[BlackFideId "2537281"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Carls' Bremen system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c6 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Nb6 9. b3 d5 10. d3 Bc5 11. cxd5 Qd6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bb2 a5 14. Rad1
Ba6 15. Rd2 Qe7 16. Nd1 Rac8 17. h3 Rfd8 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 c5 20. Rfd1
Nh5 21. Rf1 Qg5 22. Rf3 f5 23. Bxe5 fxe4 24. Bf4 exd3 25. Bxg5 dxc2 26.
Rxc2 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Nd5 28. Rf1 Rxf1 29. Bxf1 h6 30. e4 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Prior, Ronan"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[WhiteICU "1518"]
[WhiteClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517442"]
[BlackFideId "2511649"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "English defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 b6 2. e4 Na6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bf4 Nc7 5. d5 Nf6 6. dxc6 d6 7. e5 Ng4 8.
exd6 exd6 9. Ne4 d5 10. Bxc7 Qxc7 11. Qxd5 Be6 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Bd3 a5 14.
h3 Ne5 15. Ne2 Qxc6 16. N2c3 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 Bb4 18. a3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 O-O
20. O-O Qxe4 21. Qd1 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Kavanagh, Kurt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505886"]
[BlackFideId "2536358"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Ramesh, Aiden Jos"]
[Black "Schwab, Gerhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2544105"]
[BlackFideId "533061343"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. b3 Nxd5 4. Bb2 e6 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nd7
8. d3 b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 a6 13. Qg4 Ng6 14. Bxe6
Bxf2+ 15. Nxf2 Nf6 16. Qxg6 fxe6 17. Rxe6 Bd5 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Rxf6 Qxf6
20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Nde4 Kf7 22. c4 Bc6 23. d4 Rg8 24. d5 Bd7 25. c5 Rc8 26.
cxb6 Ke7 27. bxc7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Grant, Anastasiia"]
[Black "Latorre, Leo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1483"]
[BlackElo "1531"]
[WhiteICU "1531"]
[BlackICU "1427"]
[BlackClub "Skerries"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2526468"]
[BlackFideId "2520583"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Nbd2 h6 7. h3 e6 8.
Be2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nfd4 Nxd4
14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bh7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. a3 Ne4 19. Bg4
Rd6 20. Nb5 Ra6 21. Be2 Ra5 22. c4 a6 23. cxd5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bf5 25. Rc8+
Kh7 26. Nd4 Rxd5 27. Nxf5 exf5 28. Rc7 Nd6 29. Bf3 Rb5 30. Rd7 Rb6 31. b4
f6 32. a4 Ne4 33. Rd4 Re6 34. g4 Ng5 35. Bg2 fxg4 36. hxg4 b6 37. f4 Nf7
38. Be4+ Kh8 39. Bd5 Re7 40. Kf2 Nd6 41. Kf3 a5 42. b5 g6 43. Bc6 Nf7 44.
e4 Kg7 45. Rd5 g5 46. f5 Ne5+ 47. Kg3 Rc7 48. Rd6 Nc4 49. Rd8 Ne5 50. Rd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "O'Connell, Michael Joseph"]
[Black "Rudroju, Aarav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1543"]
[BlackElo "1566"]
[WhiteICU "1508"]
[BlackICU "1458"]
[WhiteClub "Curragh"]
[BlackClub "Chess Kings"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2507676"]
[BlackFideId "2533901"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. Ne5 b6 8.
Nd2 Bb7 9. f4 Qe7 10. O-O g6 11. Qf3 c5 12. Qh3 Kg7 13. Kh1 a6 14. Rg1 b5
15. g4 c4 16. Be2 Rac8 17. g5 Ng8 18. c3 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nb6 20. Qh4 Qd7 21.
Rg3 h5 22. Rh3 Ne7 23. Rf1 Nf5 24. Qf4 b4 25. Nf3 cxb3 26. axb3 bxc3 27.
Ba3 c2 28. Bxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rc1 Qe7 30. Bd3 Qa3 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Bxc2 Qc1+
33. Ng1 Qxc2 34. Rf3 Qxb3 35. e4 Qb1 36. exf5 Qxf5 37. Qc1 Qe4 38. Qc7 Qxd4
39. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Downey, Stephen"]
[Black "Gilmore, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1560"]
[BlackICU "1556"]
[BlackClub "Omagh"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519615"]
[BlackFideId "2513951"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nc6 4. Bc4 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. O-O g6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. f3 O-O 13. b4 Ne8 14. Bb3
Rxb4 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Rb5 17. Qe3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Nd2 d5 20. Kh2
Nd6 21. Bc2 Rb2 22. Rfc1 Nb5 23. exd5 exd5 24. c4 Nd4 25. cxd5 cxd5 26.
Rab1 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Nxc2 28. Nf1 Bf5 29. Rc1 Re8 30. Ng3 Re1 31. Rxe1 Nxe1
32. Kg1 Bb1 33. Kf2 Nc2 34. a4 f5 35. h4 d4 36. Ke2 Nb4 37. Kd2 d3 38. Nf1
a5 39. Ne3 Bc2 40. Nc4 Nc6 41. Nb2 Nb4 42. Nc4 Bxa4 43. Nxa5 Bb5 44. Nb3
Nc6 45. Nc5 Kf7 46. Nxd3 Bxd3 47. Kxd3 Kf6 48. Ke3 g5 49. hxg5+ Kxg5 50. g3
h5 51. Kf2 h4 52. f4+ Kg4 53. gxh4 Kxh4 54. Kf3 Kh3 55. Kf2 Kg4 56. Ke3 Kg3
0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Pentony, Frank"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteICU "1560"]
[WhiteClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505169"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Whelan, Niall P."]
[Black "Bhushan, Adhiraj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[WhiteICU "1613"]
[BlackICU "1380"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500809"]
[BlackFideId "2535920"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Hillbilly attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. d4 e6 7. Nf3
Nc6 8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. O-O Nf6 11. h3 O-O 12. Nbd2 h6 13. c3 Rac8
14. Re1 a6 15. Rc1 b6 16. Qe2 a5 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Nf3 Qd6 20.
Ne5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Rc6 23. Rce1 b5 24. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Godson O'Doherty, James"]
[Black "Boldijar, Nicu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1494"]
[WhiteICU "1578"]
[BlackICU "1618"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518546"]
[BlackFideId "2512505"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bf4 Bg4 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
h3 Bd7 9. O-O Qc8 10. Re1 Re8 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nh5 13. Bh2 dxe5 14. Nd2
Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rc1 Na6 17. a3 Nc5 18. Bf3 Nd3 19. Rc2 Nxe1 20. Qxe1
f5 21. b4 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf5 24. Qb1 Qe6 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Nf3
Re7 27. Qb3 Rae8 28. c5 Qxb3 29. Rxb3 Kf7 30. b5 cxb5 31. Rxb5 Rc7 32. c6
Kf6 33. cxb7 Rb8 34. Rb4 Rcxb7 35. Rxf4 Rb3 36. Nh4 R8b5 37. Ra4 a5 38. Nf3
Rd3 39. Nd4 Rc5 40. Kf1 Ke5 41. f4+ Kd6 42. g4 Rxh3 43. Nxf5+ Kc6 44. Nd4+
Kd5 45. Ne2 Kc6 46. Kg2 Rd3 47. Nd4+ Kd5 48. Ne2 Kc6 49. Nd4+ Kb6 50. f5
Rcc3 51. Ne2 Kb5 52. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Dimitrov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Gleeson, Eavan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[BlackElo "1468"]
[BlackICU "1566"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2511649"]
[BlackFideId "2520214"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
a6 9. e3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd6 11. cxd5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Kf8 14. f4
Kg7 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Rxh8 Qxh8 17. Ne4 Kg6 18. d6 Bd7 19. Rc1 Nxe4 20.
Qxe4+ f5 21. Qxb7 Qb8 22. Bxa6 Qxb7 23. Bxb7 Rd8 24. b3 Kf6 25. a4 Ke5 26.
Rd1 Be8 27. g4 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Kxd6 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Ba6 Kc5 31. Kd2 Kb4 32.
Kc2 Bc6 33. Bd3 f4 34. exf4 gxf4 35. Bf1 Bd5 36. a5 Kxa5 37. Kc3 Kb6 38. b4
Kc7 39. Kd3 Kd6 40. Ke2 Kc6 41. Kf2 Be4 42. Be2 Kd5 43. Bf3 Bxf3 44. Kxf3
Kc4 45. Kxf4 Kxb4 46. Ke5 Kc5 47. g4 Kc6 48. Ke6 Kc7 49. Ke7 Kc6 50. g5 Kd5
51. g6 Ke5 52. g7 Kf5 53. g8=Q Kf4 54. Ke6 Ke3 55. Kd5 Kd3 56. Qg3+ Ke2 57.
Kd4 Kf1 58. Qh2 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Boyle, Shaun"]
[Black "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[WhiteICU "1504"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2537281"]
[BlackFideId "2519143"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. c4 Bc5 7. Bd3 d5
8. cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. O-O
Nf6 14. Nd2 Rhe8 15. Nf3 h6 16. b3 Re2 17. h3 Ne4 18. Ne5+ Ke6 19. Nd3 Bd4
20. Nf4+ Ke5 21. Nxe2 Bxa1 22. Bf4+ Ke6 23. Rxa1 g5 24. Be3 a6 25. Rc1 Rd8
26. Nd4+ Kf6 27. Rc6+ Rd6 28. Rxd6+ Nxd6 29. Kf1 Ke5 30. g3 f5 31. Nc6+ Ke4
32. Ke2 f4 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. f3+ Kf5 35. Bc5 Ke6 36. Bxd6 Kxd6 37. Nd4 Ke5
38. Kd3 Kf6 39. h4 Kg6 40. a4 Kh5 41. Ne6 Kxh4 42. Nxf4 Kg3 43. Nxd5 Kxf3
44. Nf6 Kf4 45. b4 Kf5 46. Ne4 Ke5 47. b5 axb5 48. axb5 Kd5 49. Kc3 Ke6 50.
Kc4 Kd7 51. Kd5 Kc7 52. Kc5 h5 53. b6+ Kb7 54. Kb5 h4 55. Nf2 Kb8 56. Ka6
Ka8 57. b7+ Kb8 58. Nh3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Putar, Lorena"]
[Black "Kavanagh, Kurt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1482"]
[WhiteICU "1503"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2521520"]
[BlackFideId "2536358"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
Bf4 b6 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Bd6 14.
Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxd6 Nf6 16. Ba3 Ba6 17. Bh3 Qe8 18. f3 Nd7 19. Re1 Nf8 20.
Qd2 Rf6 21. Rc7 Ng6 22. Rec1 Rf7 23. Qe3 Rf6 24. R1c6 Bc8 25. Rd6 e5 26.
Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. dxe5 Re6 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. f4 h6 31. Kg2 Qc6
32. Qd4 Kf7 33. f5 Ne7 34. e6+ Kf8 35. Bxe7+ Kxe7 36. Qxg7+ Kd6 37. Qxh6
d4+ 38. Kh3 Qc7 39. Qf4+ Kc6 40. Qxc7+ Kxc7 41. f6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Sharma, Eva"]
[Black "Quinn, Sean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1476"]
[BlackElo "1505"]
[WhiteICU "1413"]
[BlackICU "1420"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534665"]
[BlackFideId "2527766"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. c3 Nc6
8. Bd3 Bd7 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Ba5 13. Qb3 Bc6
14. Bc4 Qf5 15. Ne5 Bb6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Qe3 c5 19. Bd3 Qf6
20. dxc5 Bc7 21. Qe2 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Brown, Callum"]
[Black "Martin, Seamus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1570"]
[WhiteICU "1526"]
[BlackICU "1476"]
[WhiteClub "Galway Juniors"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2545853"]
[BlackFideId "2504340"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[BlackFullName "Martin, S&eacute;amus"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Ne5 Nfd7
8. Qh5 g6 9. Qg4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 f5 11. Qg3 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 14.
f4 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Rf7 16. h4 Rg7 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. hxg5 Bd7 19. O-O-O Rf8 20.
Rh4 Rgf7 21. Rdh1 Rg7 22. Rf4 Rff7 23. g4 fxg4 24. Rf6 Rxf6 25. exf6 Rf7
26. Rh4 a6 27. Rxg4 e5 28. Rh4 e4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Rxe4 h6 31. gxh6 Kh7
32. Re7 Kg8 33. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Burke, Aoibhin"]
[Black "O'Connell, Michael Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[BlackICU "1508"]
[BlackClub "Curragh"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2531666"]
[BlackFideId "2507676"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O c6 7. Bh6 a5 8.
h4 b5 9. f3 a4 10. a3 Qb6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nb1 Ra7 13. g4 Rb7 14. c3 Be6
15. h5 Na6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Qh6+ Kf7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Qxh7+ Ke8 20. Qxg6+
Bf7 21. Qe4 c5 22. e6 Nf6 23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Rh8+ Rf8 25. Qg6+ Kd7 26. Rxf8
b4 27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. axb4 Nb3+ 29. Kc2 Qf2+ 30. Kd3 Qxg1 31. Qf5+ Kc6 32.
Rc8+ Kb6 33. Nd2 Nxd2 34. Qa5# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Vandurme, Philippe"]
[Black "Ramesh, Aiden Jos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1572"]
[WhiteNationality "BEL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "249432"]
[BlackFideId "2544105"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "closed system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.
d3 Bd7 9. a3 Ne8 10. f4 Bg4 11. h3 Bd7 12. f5 h5 13. fxg6 fxg6 14. Rxf8+
Bxf8 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Rf1 Bg7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd8 20. Be4
Qd7 21. Bxg6 Nf6 22. Bf5 Qf7 23. Bh6 Bh8 24. Qg5+ Bg7 25. Nc3 c6 26. Ne4
cxd5 27. cxd5 Qe7 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 29. Qxf6 Qc7 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Be6+ Nf7 32.
Rxf7+ Ke8 33. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Gilmore, Adrian"]
[Black "Grant, Anastasiia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1483"]
[WhiteICU "1556"]
[BlackICU "1531"]
[WhiteClub "Omagh"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2513951"]
[BlackFideId "2526468"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 b6 8. d5
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Qxd6 Re8 14. Bg5 Bxe4
15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rab1 Nd2 19. Nxd2 Rxd2 20.
Bf3 Rxb2 21. Rxb2 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bd4 23. Rxb6 e5 24. Bd5+ Kg7 25. Rxa6 e4 26.
Re6 Rf8 27. Re7+ Kh6 28. Bf7 Kg5 29. a5 Kf6 30. a6 Kxe7 31. a7 Ra8 32. Bd5
Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Latorre, Leo"]
[Black "Prior, Ronan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1531"]
[WhiteICU "1427"]
[BlackICU "1518"]
[WhiteClub "Skerries"]
[BlackClub "T.C.D."]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520583"]
[BlackFideId "2517442"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 e5 5. dxe5 fxe5 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. Bb5
Bd7 8. Ngf3 e4 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Qh5 c6 12. Qe5+ Qe7 13. Qxh8 f6
14. Qg8 O-O-O 15. Qg3 Qb4 16. O-O-O Bd6 17. f4 exf3 18. Qxf3 c5 19. a3 Qa4
20. Nf5 Be5 21. Ne7+ Kb8 22. Qxd5 Re8 23. Qxc5 Bf5 24. Nxf5 Rc8 25. b3 Qa6
26. Qb4 Qd3 27. Nc4 Qxf5 28. Rd2 Ba1 29. Qd6+ Rc7 30. Qd8+ Rc8 31. Nd6 Bb2+
32. Kxb2 Qe5+ 33. c3 Qxc3+ 34. Kb1 Rxd8 35. Rhd1 Qxb3+ 36. Kc1 Qxa3+ 37.
Kc2 Qxe3 38. Nf7 Qc5+ 39. Kb1 Qb4+ 40. Kc1 Qc3+ 41. Rc2 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Schwab, Gerhard"]
[Black "Pentony, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackICU "1560"]
[BlackClub "Drogheda"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "533061343"]
[BlackFideId "2505169"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6
8. a3 Qc7 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nbd7 11. b4 b5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
Rae1 Rfe8 15. Qf3 Rac8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf6 18. Re2 a6 19. g3 Bxe5 20.
Bxe5 Qe7 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. f4 f5 24. Rg2 h5 25. h3 Kg7 26. g4
fxg4 27. hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Rudroju, Aarav"]
[Black "Downey, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1566"]
[BlackElo "1560"]
[WhiteICU "1458"]
[WhiteClub "Chess Kings"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2533901"]
[BlackFideId "2519615"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 Bxe3
8. fxe3 d6 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 c6 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14.
Raxd1 Nh5 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rd7 Nf5 18. g4 Nfg3 19. Kg2 Nf4+
20. Kxg3 Rab8 21. h4 a5 22. h5 b5 23. Re4 b4 24. Rxf4 bxc3 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8
26. b3 a4 27. Rd3 axb3 28. axb3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Major 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Fitzpatrick, Kevin"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2505886"]
[FIDETournamentId "442759"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241837"]
[EventSection "4/5"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-major2026_allfiles/pairings_sligo-major2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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