[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Healy, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[WhiteICU "2367"]
[BlackICU "1922"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "2500965"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "classical with e4 and Nf3"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bpa3Utiy/7PlwVySl)"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. e5 dxe5 14.
Nxe5 Nh5 15. Nxg6 Nxf4 16. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Toon, James"]
[Black "Doluhanova, Evgeniya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "343401392"]
[BlackFideId "14112035"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "Abbazia defence, modern variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bpa3Utiy/POPPDsxh)"]

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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Qxe7+
Bxe7 8. Bc4 Bf5 9. d3 Bd6 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 g5 13. Nb5 Nbd7
14. Nxd6+ cxd6 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. Re1 Kd7 17. Rff1 Nxc4 18. dxc4 Rhe8 19. Bc3
Ne4 20. Bb4 a5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Black "Benson, Oisin P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[BlackICU "1817"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14101467"]
[BlackFideId "2501821"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bpa3Utiy/BMDe5Lfg)"]
[BlackFullName "Benson, Ois&iacute;n P."]

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(via SligoChess Twitter account). }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. b4 d5 5. e3 Bf5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. a3 e5 8. b5
exd4 9. bxc6 dxe3 10. fxe3 Ng4 11. cxb7 Rb8 12. Ra2 Nxe3 $2 (12... O-O $1 {
(Baburin). }) 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qb4 Qf6 15. cxd5 Bf5 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4+
Kd8 18. Bxe3 Re8 19. Qd3 Rxb7 20. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Murphy, Oissine"]
[Black "Gubanov, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[WhiteICU "1925"]
[BlackICU "2185"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2503603"]
[BlackFideId "14115115"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bpa3Utiy/bhdwriVM)"]
[WhiteFullName "Murphy, Oiss&iacute;ne"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. e5 Ng6 7. c3 Be7
8. d4 O-O 9. h4 cxd4 10. h5 Nh8 11. h6 dxc3 12. hxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxc3 f5 14.
exf6+ Bxf6 15. Ne4 Ng6 16. Nh2 Be7 17. Ng4 Rf5 18. b3 e5 19. Ng3 Rf7 20.
Nh6 Rf8 21. Nhf5+ Kg8 22. Bh6 Rf7 23. Qh5 d5 24. Kh2 Bf6 25. Bd2 Bxf5 26.
Nxf5 Bg5 27. Nh6+ Bxh6 28. Bxh6 Qh4+ 29. Qxh4 Nxh4 30. Rac1 Rc8 31. f3 Ng6
32. g3 Rd7 33. Rc5 Kf7 34. Rfc1 Rdc7 35. b4 Ke6 36. Kg2 Kd6 37. Kf2 Ne7 38.
Bg5 Nf5 39. g4 Nd4 40. Rh1 Rf7 41. Rh6+ Kd7 42. Bf6 Rcf8 43. g5 Ne6 44. Rc1
Rg8 45. Rg1 e4 46. Ke3 exf3 47. Kf2 Kd6 48. Re1 Rg6 49. Rh5 Kd7 50. Ke3 Kd6
51. Kf2 c5 52. bxc5+ Nxc5 53. Kxf3 Ne4 54. Ke3 h6 55. Kd4 hxg5 56. Be5+ Ke6
57. Rh8 Rf2 58. Re8+ Kd7 59. Ra8 Rd2+ 60. Ke3 Ra6 61. Kf3 Ke6 62. Bh8 Rh2
63. Re8+ Kf7 64. Rc8 Kg6 65. Bd4 Ra3+ 66. Re3 Rf2+ 67. Kg4 Rf4+ 68. Kh3
Rxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Pein, Jonathan"]
[Black "James, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "417092"]
[BlackFideId "2404249"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Schlechter variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bpa3Utiy/xdSx6iBt)"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nb4 5. Nc3 Nxd3+ 6. Qxd3 Nf6 7. e5 Nd7
8. Bg5 Be7 9. h4 h6 10. Bf4 a6 11. Kf1 c5 12. Kg1 b5 13. Rh3 Bb7 14. Ne2
Qb6 15. Rg3 g6 16. c3 O-O-O 17. Qd2 Rh7 18. Bxh6 Bxh4 19. Nxh4 Rdh8 20. Bg5
Rxh4 21. Bxh4 Rxh4 22. Qg5 Rh5 23. Qe7 Rf5 24. Rh3 Bc6 25. g4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "Rodriguez Fernandez, Juan Ramon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[WhiteICU "1816"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2514656"]
[BlackFideId "2225727"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bpa3Utiy/37OU5U6m)"]
[BlackFullName "Rodr&iacute;guez Fern&aacute;ndez, Juan Ram&oacute;n"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 a5 11. Rc1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Bf3 Nd7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Rac8 20.
b3 Kg7 21. Kf1 Kf6 22. Bg4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 h5 24. Bf3 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26.
Ke2 Ke5 27. Ke3 h4 28. Bg4 Nb6 29. f4+ Kf6 30. Kd4 g5 31. e5+ Kg7 32. f5 f6
33. e6 Kf8 34. Bh5 Na8 35. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Culbeaux Tello, Oscar Abraham"]
[Black "Boyle, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "MEX"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "5101530"]
[BlackFideId "2501830"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bpa3Utiy/ShVI8mGL)"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8.
b5 Na5 9. Bd3 f6 10. Nh4 Qe7 11. O-O f5 12. Nf3 h6 13. Nd4 Qf7 14. Nd2 Ne7
15. Kh1 Rc8 16. Bb2 O-O 17. Rc1 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qa4 a6 20. Nxc4 Bxd4
21. Nd6 Bxb5 22. Qxd4 Qg6 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. c4 Bc6 25. f3 Qf7 26. f4 Qh5
27. Kg1 Ng6 28. Qd1 Qh4 29. Qe1 Qh5 30. Rc3 Ne7 31. Rh3 Qf7 32. Ba3 Be4 33.
Bd6 Rxc4 34. Rc3 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Nd5 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Rf2 Qg6 38. Qc1 Qf7 39.
h3 Qh5 40. Kh2 Qf7 41. g4 b5 42. Qg1 fxg4 43. f5 g3+ 44. Qxg3 Bxf5 45. Ba3
Qg6 46. Qh4 Ne3 47. Bc1 Nd1 48. Rg2 Qf7 49. Qd4 Qh5 50. Qd7 Qxh3+ 51. Kg1
Bg6 52. Qxd1 Be4 53. Rxg7+ Kxg7 54. Qd7+ Kg6 55. Qe8+ Kf5 56. Qf7+ Kxe5 57.
Bb2+ Kd5 58. Qd7+ Kc4 59. Qd4# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Nikula, Mikko"]
[Black "Carroll, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[BlackICU "2158"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "FIN"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "505277"]
[BlackFideId "2510243"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bpa3Utiy/977OR5Wf)"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Rc8 9. Nd5 b5 10. cxb5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb6 12. Bg5 Nbxd5 13. Rc1 Be7 14.
Be2 O-O 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. O-O Qf5 17. Qd2 h6 18. Bh4 Nf4 19. Rc1 d5 20. Bf1
Qd7 21. Qc2 d4 22. Qc7 Rd8 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Bf2 N6d5 25. g3 Ne6 26. a4 g5
27. Bh3 Ndc7 28. Rc6 Bb4 29. Rc4 Nd5 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 Bf8
33. Rc1 Nb6 34. a5 Nd5 35. Nc5 Rc7 36. Nd3 Bd6 37. Be1 g4 38. Rc6 gxf3+ 39.
Kxf3 Ke7 40. Rxc7+ Bxc7 41. Nb4 e4+ 42. Kxe4 Kd6 43. Nc6 Kc5 44. Nxd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Morriss, Pete"]
[Black "Abdullayev, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[WhiteICU "1784"]
[BlackICU "1681"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500230"]
[BlackFideId "2520079"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bpa3Utiy/DUlleZw6)"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8.
d3 d6 9. f4 Ne8 10. f5 Bg5 11. g4 f6 12. a3 Rb8 13. Qe1 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4
15. Nd5 b5 16. cxb5 Rxb5 17. b4 Nc7 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Bxg5 fxg5 20. Qd2 h6
21. Rfc1 Qb8 22. Rc4 a5 23. Rb1 Kh7 24. Bf3 Ba6 25. a4 Rxb4 26. Rcxb4 axb4
27. Rxb4 Qc7 28. Bd1 Rc8 29. Kf2 Qa5 30. Rb2 Rc3 31. Bc2 Qc5 32. Ke2 d5 33.
exd5 Qxd5 34. Kf2 Bb7 35. Qe2 Qc6 36. Kg3 e4 37. a5 exd3 38. Bxd3 Ba6 39.
Rd2 Bxd3 40. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 41. Qxd3 Qc3 42. Qf3 Qxa5 43. Qe4 Qc7+ 44. Kf3 Qc3+
45. Kf2 Qd2+ 46. Kg3 Qc3+ 47. Kf2 Qb2+ 48. Kf3 Qc3+ 49. Kf2 Qc4 50. f6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Kavanagh, James"]
[Black "Mallaghan, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[WhiteICU "1858"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510006"]
[BlackFideId "3600289"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/bpa3Utiy/qzA3NmjV)"]

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

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qd1 Nxb3 12. cxb3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14.
Bd4 Rc8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ f6 17. Rfd1 d6 18. Rac1 h5 19. f3 h4 20. Nd5
Bxd5 21. exd5 h3 22. Rc6 Rxc6 23. dxc6 hxg2 24. Kxg2 Rh8 25. h4 Rh5 26. Rc1
Rc5 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. Qc4 g5 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Naughton, James"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[WhiteICU "2051"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509199"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.03"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[WhiteICU "1804"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "14105187"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gubanov, Oleg"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[WhiteICU "2185"]
[BlackICU "2367"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14115115"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/wdLB09lF/6meZp8Sg)"]

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1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O d6 9. Nd5 Nd7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Qc2 e6 12. Ne3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Rd1
f4 15. Nc4 d5 16. b4 Ne4 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. b5 Ne7 19. Bd3 e5 20. Re1 Ng6 21.
Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Bf5 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Ncxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Rad8 26. Qb3
Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28. c4 Rd4 29. Qc3 Rfd8 30. Re1 Qf6 31. g3 Kg8 32. Qf3
Bg6 33. c5 Re4 34. Qxe4 Qxb2 35. Qxb7 Qc3 36. Re7 f3 37. h4 Qc1+ 38. Kh2
Qxc5 39. Qxa7 Qxb5 40. Qe3 Qd5 41. g4 Qd6+ 42. Kh3 Rd7 43. Rxd7 Qxd7 44.
Qxf3 h5 45. Kg3 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Doluhanova, Evgeniya"]
[Black "Pein, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "14112035"]
[BlackFideId "417092"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/wdLB09lF/X0k2WKxZ)"]

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report</a>. }

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. c3 Bd6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Re1 Qd7 10. b4 O-O-O 11. b5 Na5 12. Ne5 Bxd1 13. Nxd7 Bh5 14.
Ne5 f6 15. Ng4 Bg6 16. Bf1 Rhe8 17. Nd2 Nf5 18. Bb2 Bf4 19. Nb3 Nc4 20.
Bxc4 dxc4 21. Nc5 h5 22. Nh2 Nd6 23. Nf3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8
26. a4 Bg6 27. Ne1 Bd2 28. Kf1 b6 29. Ne6 Bf7 30. d5 Bxe6 31. dxe6 Ne4 32.
Nc2 Bxc3 33. Ba3 Be5 34. Ne3 Bd6 35. Bxd6 Nxd6 36. f4 f5 37. g4 g6 38. gxf5
gxf5 39. Nd5 Kd8 40. Ke2 Ne4 41. Ke3 h4 42. Kd4 c3 43. e7+ Kd7 44. Kd3 Nf2+
45. Kxc3 Nxh3 46. Kd4 Nf2 47. Ke5 h3 48. Kf6 Ne4+ 49. Kf7 Nd6+ 50. Kf8 Ne8
51. Ne3 h2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Culbeaux Tello, Oscar Abraham"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "MEX"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "5101530"]
[BlackFideId "14101467"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical, h3 system"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/wdLB09lF/LC5ObOY7)"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 a5 8. Qd2
Qc7 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Nbd7 14. O-O
Re8 15. Bc4 h6 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. R6d3 Kg7 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Nb3
Bb6 21. Rf3 Re7 22. Kh2 Nh7 23. Rf1 Ng5 24. Rd3 Ne6 25. Ne2 h5 26. Rc3 h4
27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Nc5 Rd6 29. Nd3 f6 30. Rb3 Ra6 31. c4 Rd8 32. c5 Bc7 33.
Rc1 Ra7 34. Kg1 Be6 35. Rbc3 Raa8 36. f3 Rd7 37. Kf2 Rad8 38. Ke3 f5 39.
Ne1 Kf6 40. Rd3 f4+ 41. Kd2 Bb3 42. Ra1 Bc4 43. Ra3 Bxd3 44. Rxd3 Bb8 45.
Rxd7 Rxd7+ 46. Nd3 Ba7 47. Kc2 Ke6 48. Nec1 Rd4 49. b3 g5 50. Ne2 Rd8 51.
Nc3 Rf8 52. Nd1 b6 53. cxb6 Bxb6 54. N1b2 Bc7 55. Nc5+ Ke7 56. Nc4 g4 57.
hxg4 h3 58. gxh3 Rh8 59. Nd3 Rxh3 60. Ndxe5 Bxe5 61. Nxe5 Kd6 62. Nc4+ Kc5
63. Nd2 Kd6 64. Nc4+ Kc5 65. Nd2 Kd4 $19 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rodriguez Fernandez, Juan Ramon"]
[Black "Kavanagh, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[BlackICU "1858"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2225727"]
[BlackFideId "2510006"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/wdLB09lF/w11SZLQz)"]
[WhiteFullName "Rodr&iacute;guez Fern&aacute;ndez, Juan Ram&oacute;n"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 c5 4. b4 dxe3 5. fxe3 cxb4 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nbd2 b6 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Bc5+ 14. Kh1
Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. e5 Ng4 18. e6 Qg5 19. Ne4 Qh4 20. g3
Qh5 21. Rf4 fxe6 22. Rxg4 Kh8 23. Rf4 Qe8 24. Nd6 Qe7 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26.
Rf1 Qxd6 27. Qh5 g6 28. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Carroll, Peter"]
[Black "Liu, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[WhiteICU "2158"]
[BlackICU "1816"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510243"]
[BlackFideId "2514656"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/wdLB09lF/nTZZkZpa)"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4
c5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Qe2 h6 13. Bf4 b6
14. Rad1 Qe7 15. c3 a5 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Qf6 19. Qg3 Rfe8
20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. c4 Bd4 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Kf8 25. Ree1
Rd4 26. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Naughton, James"]
[Black "Nikula, Mikko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[WhiteICU "2051"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "FIN"]
[WhiteFideId "2509199"]
[BlackFideId "505277"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Paulsen-Mieses variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/wdLB09lF/rYRjMdbg)"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3
O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. d3 h6 10. Re1 f5 11. Bb2 Qf6 12. c4 f4 13. Nd2 fxg3 14.
fxg3 Qg6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Qe2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 Bc5+
20. Kh1 Rf2 21. Rc1 Raf8 22. Rxe5 Bd6 23. Re4 R8f5 24. Bd4 Rd2 25. Bc3 Rdf2
26. Be1 Rf1+ 27. Kg2 c5 28. Re2 Rf8 29. Rb1 R1f7 30. Rb5 c6 31. Ra5 Rb8 32.
Bc3 Kh7 33. Re6 Rd7 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Be5 Rdd8 36. Bxb8 Rxb8 37. Rxa7 Rb2
38. Kf3 Rxc2 39. h4 Rd2 40. Ke3 Rg2 41. Kf4 Rd2 42. Ke4 Rg2 43. a4 Rxg3 44.
a5 Rg4+ 45. Ke5 Rxh4 46. Rc7 Rd4 47. Rxc6 Rxd3 48. Rxc5 Ra3 49. Rb5 h5 50.
c5 h4 51. c6 Rc3 52. Kd6 Rd3+ 53. Ke7 Rc3 54. Kd7 Rd3+ 55. Kc8 h3 56. a6
Ra3 57. Kb7 Kg6 58. a7 h2 59. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Morriss, Pete"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[WhiteICU "1804"]
[BlackICU "1784"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14105187"]
[BlackFideId "2500230"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, von Hennig-Schara gambit"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/wdLB09lF/fXQoXnzN)"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5
Bd7 8. Bf4 Nf6 9. Qd1 Qb6 10. Qc1 Rc8 11. Qe3+ Qxe3 12. Bxe3 Bb4 13. Bd2
Nd4 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. e3 Nb5 16. Nge2 Nc5 17. Nf4 Na4 18. Nfd5 Bxc3 19. Nxc3
Nbxc3 20. bxc3 Ke7 21. c4 Nc5 22. Be2 Bf5 23. O-O Rhd8 24. Bb4 Ke6 25. Rfd1
Nd3 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. f3 Bg6 28. c5 Rd3 29. Rxd3 Bxd3 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Bc3
g6 32. Bd4 Bb5 33. Rb1 Bc6 34. Kf2 f5 35. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Abdullayev, Rustem"]
[Black "Mallaghan, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[WhiteICU "1681"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520079"]
[BlackFideId "3600289"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/wdLB09lF/APYTxjqt)"]

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1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Be3 a6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Rab1 b5 13. b3 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Na7 16. d4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc8 18. Rbe1 a5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nd4 h6
21. Re3 a4 22. Rfe1 axb3 23. axb3 Qa5 24. h4 Qc5 25. h5 g5 26. Be4 Ra8 27.
Bf5 Ra7 28. Qb2 Kg8 29. Bxd7 Rxd7 30. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Healy, John"]
[Black "Murphy, Oissine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[WhiteICU "1922"]
[BlackICU "1925"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500965"]
[BlackFideId "2503603"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/wdLB09lF/o6MPImSH)"]
[BlackFullName "Murphy, Oiss&iacute;ne"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. g3 Be6 7. Nf3
Bd6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qd7 10. Re1 Bh3 11. Bh1 Na6 12. a4 Rfe8 13. Bd2 Rxe1+
14. Bxe1 Re8 15. c4 f5 16. Bc3 f4 17. Ne5 fxg3 18. hxg3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qe6
20. b3 Nc5 21. Ra2 h5 22. f3 Qg6 23. Kh2 Bc8 24. Rd2 Ne6 25. Qg1 Qh6 26.
Kg2 h4 27. Qh2 Qe3 28. Rc2 Ng5 29. Qxh4 Nxf3 30. Qf4 Qg1+ 31. Kxf3 Qxh1+
32. Ke3 Be6 33. Rd2 Qc1 34. Qd4 Qg1+ 35. Kf3 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qh2+ 37. Kf3 Qh1+
38. Kf2 Qh2+ 39. Kf3 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Qh2+ 41. Kf3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "James, Chris"]
[Black "Toon, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2404249"]
[BlackFideId "343401392"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/wdLB09lF/hx8RBB8i)"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8.
a3 b6 9. Rb1 Bb7 10. b4 d6 11. d3 Qd7 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Ne2 Bg7
15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 d5 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Qa4 dxe4 19. Qxa7 Qc7 20. Bxe4
Rd7 21. Nc3 Qe5 22. Bxb7 Qxc3 23. Rfd1 Nf5 24. Qa6 Nd6 25. Bc6 Nxc4 26.
Bxd7 Nxd2 27. Qxb6 Qxd3 28. Bc6 Qxa3 29. Kg2 Nc4 30. Qc7 Qb2 31. Qf4 Nb6
32. Qe3 Qb4 33. Rc1 Na4 34. h4 h5 35. Qd3 Nb6 36. Qc2 c4 37. Rb1 Qc5 38.
Re1 Kh7 39. f4 Nd5 40. Kh3 Ne3 41. Qf2 Qf5+ 42. g4 Nxg4 43. Qd4 Ne3+ 44.
Kg3 Nc2 45. Qd6 Qg4+ 46. Kf2 Qxh4+ 47. Kf3 Nxe1+ 48. Ke4 Rd8 49. Qc7 Qf6
50. Qa7 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Benson, Oisin P."]
[Black "Boyle, Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[WhiteICU "1817"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501821"]
[BlackFideId "2501830"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Keres defence"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/wdLB09lF/Oo3NN5FQ)"]
[WhiteFullName "Benson, Ois&iacute;n P."]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. d5 fxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8.
Bf3 O-O 9. Ne2 exd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5+ Kh8 13. a3 Bd6 14.
b4 Qh4 15. g3 Qf6 16. Rb1 Rae8 17. Rb3 Nd8 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nf4 Nd8 20.
Bb2 Qf5 21. Nh5 Be5 22. f4 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Re4 24. Rd2 d6 25. Rd5 Qf7 26. c5
bxc5 27. bxc5 g6 28. cxd6 c6 29. Qa1+ Kg8 30. Rg5 Ne6 31. Rg4 Qf5 32. Rg5
Qf7 33. Rg4 Nd4 34. Qb1 Qc4 35. Qb7 Nf5 36. Rg5 Qd4+ 37. Kh1 Qe5 38. fxe5
Nxg3+ 39. Nxg3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Pein, Jonathan"]
[Black "Gubanov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[BlackICU "2185"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "417092"]
[BlackFideId "14115115"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/CoBFccO9/vQryCE62)"]

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1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 e5 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4
b6 9. d3 O-O 10. b5 Na5 11. c4 Be6 12. Bd2 Nb7 13. Nbc3 Qd7 14. Rb1 Bh3 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f5 18. f4 Rae8 19. Qc2 Rf7 20. a4 Rfe7 21.
Rbe1 c4 22. dxc4 fxe4 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Nf4 Nc5 25. Be3 Nd3 26. Nxd3 exd3
27. Qxd3 Rh5 28. Bg1 Qh3+ 29. Kh1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Be5 31. a5 bxa5 32. c5 dxc5
33. d6 Qxg3 34. Qxg3 Bxg3 35. d7 Bc7 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Rc8 Bb6 38. d8=Q Bxd8
39. Rxd8 c4 40. Rc8 Rxb5 41. Rxc4 Rb7 42. Rc5 a4 43. Ra5 Rb4 44. Ra6 h5 45.
Bxa7 Kg7 46. Kg2 Rc4 47. Be3 Kf7 48. Kf3 Rb4 49. Bg5 Rb3+ 50. Be3 a3 51. h4
Rc3 52. Ke4 Rb3 53. Bg5 Rg3 54. Ke5 Rb3 55. Ra7+ Kg8 56. Ra8+ Kf7 57. Ra7+
Kg8 58. Be7 Re3+ 59. Kf6 g5 60. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Culbeaux Tello, Oscar Abraham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[WhiteICU "2367"]
[BlackICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "MEX"]
[WhiteFideId "2500914"]
[BlackFideId "5101530"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "D09"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Albin counter-gambit, 5.g3"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/CoBFccO9/K752Pp9N)"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. O-O Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 c5 11. e3 Bg4 12. Qd2 O-O 13. exd4 cxd4 14.
Qxd4 Bf6 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bc3 b6 17. f4 Nd7 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nc3 Rd2 20.
Rf2 Rfd8 21. Nd5 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Nd7 23. h3 Be6 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nc6 Re8 26.
Nxa7 Nc5 27. Rd1 Bf5 28. Nb5 Nd3+ 29. Kg1 Re3 30. Nd4 Bxh3 31. Bxh3 Rxg3+
32. Bg2 Nxf4 33. Rd2 h5 34. Nf5 Rd3 35. Rxd3 Nxd3 36. a3 g5 37. b4 h4 38.
Bf1 Ne5 39. a4 Ke8 40. Kf2 Kd7 41. Ke3 h3 42. Bxh3 Nxc4+ 43. Kd4 Nd2 44.
Ne3+ Kc7 45. Bg2 Nb3+ 46. Kc4 Nc1 47. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Black "Naughton, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[BlackICU "2051"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14101467"]
[BlackFideId "2509199"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/CoBFccO9/ZoN4RKVN)"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e6
8. Nf3 Bd7 9. Rb1 Rg8 10. g3 Rc8 11. Bd3 f5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. Ne2
h5 15. Kh1 Ke7 16. Rbe1 Rg7 17. c3 Rh8 18. Nf4 Kf8 19. Qe3 h4 20. Ne5 Be8
21. Re2 Qh6 22. b4 Bc7 23. b5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bb6 25. Qf3 Rg4 26. c4 dxc4 27.
Bxc4 Rhg8 28. a4 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Abdullayev, Rustem"]
[Black "Rodriguez Fernandez, Juan Ramon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[WhiteICU "1681"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2520079"]
[BlackFideId "2225727"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/CoBFccO9/gkRxpt7e)"]
[BlackFullName "Rodr&iacute;guez Fern&aacute;ndez, Juan Ram&oacute;n"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. d3 Nc6 8.
O-O Bd7 9. h3 a6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Rb1 b5 12. b3 Ne8 13. Qd2 Nd4 14. f4 Nc7
15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nb4 a5 18. Nc2 Na6 19. Na3 b4 20. Nc2 e5 21.
f5 Nc5 22. Ne1 f6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. g4 Kh7 25. Nf3 Bh6 26. Qc2 Be3+ 27. Kh1
Kg7 28. Nh2 a4 29. Rf3 axb3 30. axb3 Ra8 31. Rxe3 dxe3 32. Nf1 Ra3 33. Nxe3
Qa5 34. Qd1 Ra8 35. d4 Ne6 36. Nc2 Ra2 37. Nc1 Rxc2 38. Qxc2 Nxd4 39. Qd2
Qa3 40. Nd3 Nxb3 41. Qxb4 Qxb4 42. Nxb4 Nd2 43. Rd1 Nxc4 44. Bf1 Rc8 45.
Nd5 Be6 46. Bxc4 Rxc4 47. Nb6 Rc6 48. Nd5 Kf7 49. Kg2 Bxd5 50. Rxd5 Ke6 51.
Rd3 g5 52. Kg3 Rc4 53. Re3 d5 54. exd5+ Kxd5 55. Rf3 Rc6 56. h4 gxh4+ 57.
Kxh4 e4 58. Rf5+ Kd4 59. Kg3 e3 60. Kf3 Rc2 61. Ra5 Rf2+ 62. Kg3 Rf1 63.
Ra4+ Kd3 64. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "Doluhanova, Evgeniya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[WhiteICU "1816"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2514656"]
[BlackFideId "14112035"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/CoBFccO9/MNcwa6L8)"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bc4 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 Nd7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. O-O h6 8.
Ne2 Qc7 9. Ng3 b5 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 O-O 14. h3
a5 15. a3 Kh7 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. c3 Ba6 18. Bc2 a4 19. Kh2 Rfe8 20. Rd2 g6
21. Rfd1 Kg7 22. Ne1 Be7 23. Bxa4 Rb6 24. Bb3 b4 25. Bc4 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bxc4
27. Qxc4 Bxa3 28. Nc2 Bf8 29. Ne3 Qc8 30. Ra2 Rb7 31. Rad2 h5 32. Ne2 Rb5
33. Ra2 Bc5 34. Qd3 Qe6 35. Ra6 Rb6 36. Ra5 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Rb2 38. Ng3 h4
39. Nf1 Qb3 40. Raa1 Rc2 41. Rac1 Rxc1 42. Rxc1 Rd8 43. Nd2 Qa4 44. Nf3
Qxe4 45. Qxe4 Nxe4 46. Nxe5 Rd6 47. Kg1 f6 48. Nf3 Rd3 49. c4 g5 50. Kf1
Ra3 51. Rc2 c5 52. Ke2 Kg6 53. Nd2 $2 (53. Ne1 Nc3+ 54. Kd2 Na2 $17) 53...
Nc3+ $19 54. Kd3 Nd5+ 55. Ke4 Nb4 56. Rb2 f5+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Kavanagh, James"]
[Black "Carroll, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[WhiteICU "1858"]
[BlackICU "2158"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510006"]
[BlackFideId "2510243"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system, Stein variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/CoBFccO9/z5pKK4Xs)"]

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. O-O
Na6 9. a3 Nc5 10. Qc2 Nfd7 11. Be3 f5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Rxa1
Na6 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. b5 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Ra8 Qd6 19. exf5 gxf5 20. g4
h6 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. gxf5 Qd7 25. Ne4 Qxf5 26.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qe4 b6 28. Bd3 Bg7 29. Qa8+ Kf7 30. Qc8 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Qc1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Morriss, Pete"]
[Black "Benson, Oisin P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[WhiteICU "1784"]
[BlackICU "1817"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500230"]
[BlackFideId "2501821"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Botvinnik system"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/CoBFccO9/Jz0tq0R2)"]
[BlackFullName "Benson, Ois&iacute;n P."]

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1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 Nd4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. f4 a6 11. b4 b5 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. e5 Ng4 14. h3 Nh6
15. Nd5 Nhf5 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Nb4
Qa5 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Qg2 Rc7 23. Qd5 e6 24. Qxd4 Bf8 25. Qb2 bxc4 26. dxc4
Rxc4 27. a3 Rec8 28. Rfc1 Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Toon, James"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[BlackICU "1804"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "343401392"]
[BlackFideId "14105187"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Benoni formation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/CoBFccO9/2gfjDRvh)"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 a6 7. N5c3 Bc5
8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf3 b4 12. Na4 Ba7 13. e4 a5 14. Nd2
Ba6 15. Be2 Qd7 16. b3 Rc8 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Nc4 Nxe4 20. Nab6
Rxc4 21. Nxc4 Qh4 22. Qf3 Nac5 23. Nxe5 Rf8 24. g3 Qg5 25. h4 Qh6 26. Nc4
Re8 27. Bc1 Qa6 28. Be3 Bb8 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Rfe1 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Nikula, Mikko"]
[Black "Healy, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1811"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[BlackICU "1922"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "FIN"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "505277"]
[BlackFideId "2500965"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/CoBFccO9/nYxnTs6E)"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nc2 Bc5 8.
Be3 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 Nd4 10. Nc2 Qb6 11. b3 Qa5 12. b4 Nxc2+ 13. Qxc2 Qxb4 14.
Rb1 Qa5 15. Bd3 O-O 16. O-O d6 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 b5 20.
Qc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Rb7 22. Rxb7 Bxb7 23. a4 Rc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Boyle, Bernard"]
[Black "Murphy, Oissine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[BlackICU "1925"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501830"]
[BlackFideId "2503603"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/CoBFccO9/Mo11ng9k)"]
[BlackFullName "Murphy, Oiss&iacute;ne"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Ngf3 e6
8. Qb3 Qc8 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bd3 Qd7 14.
Kf2 O-O-O 15. Nf1 Bd6 16. Bg3 Kb8 17. a4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bb5 $2 (19.
Be2 $17) 19... Nexg4+ $1 $19 (19... Qe6 $1 { is also winning. }) 20. Kg2
Qc8 $2 ({ This loses a vital tempo. Instead } 20... Qe6 $1 $19 { is
winning. }) 21. Bxd6+ Rxd6 22. Qb4 $15 Ne4 23. fxe4 Rf6 24. exd5 $2 ({ This
allows the black queen to enter the attack, with mate in six. Instead } 24.
h3 $1 $15 { keeps White well in the game. }) 24... Qf5 25. Qd4 Qf3+ 26. Kg1
Nf2 27. Ng3 Nh3# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.04"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Mallaghan, Danny"]
[Black "James, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1877"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "3600289"]
[BlackFideId "2404249"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian counter-gambit"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/CoBFccO9/vzpEI76e)"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 fxe4
8. dxe4 d6 9. Bc4 Qe7 10. Rb1 Na5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nh4 b6 14. f4
Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Nf5 Qe6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Rf3 exf4 19. Rxf4 Raf8 20.
Rh4 g6 21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Qh3 R6f7 23. Ng3 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Naughton, James"]
[Black "Pein, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[WhiteICU "2051"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2509199"]
[BlackFideId "417092"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/GO1JES8U/FlSgVR7d)"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nh4 Bg6
8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bb3 Kb8
14. Kb1 a6 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. g4 Nb6 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. g5 Nfd5 20.
Nxd5 exd5 21. Qxf7 Rc7 22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. fxg3 Rf3 25. Rhg1 Re7
26. Rdf1 Rfe3 27. Kc1 a5 28. a4 Re2 29. h4 Nc8 30. c3 Nd6 31. Bd1 Rh2 32.
Rh1 Rg2 33. Rfg1 Rf2 34. Re1 Ref7 35. Bc2 R7f3 36. Bxg6 Nc4 37. Bc2 Rxg3
38. Ref1 Rfg2 39. Re1 g6 40. Kb1 Rf3 41. Reg1 Rd2 42. h5 Rff2 43. Rc1 gxh5
44. g6 Rg2 45. Rhg1 Rxc2 46. Rcf1 Rxb2+ 47. Kc1 Rgc2+ 48. Kd1 Ne3+ 49. Ke1
Rc1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Doluhanova, Evgeniya"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[BlackICU "2367"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14112035"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/GO1JES8U/9YPPb7Eh)"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bb7 9. Nc3 e6 10. f4 Be7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. c3
O-O 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh3 Bg5 17. Qg4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 b5 19. Bd3 f5 20. exf6
Nxf6 21. Qg5 Nh5 22. Qxd8 Raxd8 23. g3 Nf6 24. Bf1 Rfe8 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26.
Kxg2 e5 27. Nf3 e4 28. Nd4 b4 29. Nb3 a5 30. Re2 a4 31. Nc5 bxc3 32. Rxc3
Rd4 33. b3 axb3 34. axb3 Kg7 35. Rc4 Rxc4 36. bxc4 Rc8 37. Nxe4 Rxc4 38.
Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Rodriguez Fernandez, Juan Ramon"]
[Black "Toon, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2225727"]
[BlackFideId "343401392"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/GO1JES8U/ACfaNsvM)"]
[WhiteFullName "Rodr&iacute;guez Fern&aacute;ndez, Juan Ram&oacute;n"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. d3 c6 7. Nc3 Nh6
8. Be3 Qd8 9. Be2 Nf5 10. d4 g6 11. Bg4 Bg7 12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. O-O O-O 14.
Qd2 Re8 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. h3 b5 18. b3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Be6 20.
c5 Rd7 21. Ne2 Qxa2 22. Qb4 Qa6 23. Ra1 Qb7 24. Reb1 Qxb4 25. Rxb4 Red8 26.
Ra6 Bd5 27. Nc3 e5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. dxe5 Bxe5 30. g3 Bd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32.
Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Benson, Oisin P."]
[Black "Abdullayev, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1800"]
[WhiteICU "1817"]
[BlackICU "1681"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501821"]
[BlackFideId "2520079"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/GO1JES8U/fWaHuNKp)"]
[WhiteFullName "Benson, Ois&iacute;n P."]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. e3 c6 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 a5 14. a3
Ndf6 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ra3 18. Na4 Ra8 19. Nb6 Rc3 20. Qb2
Raa3 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Na4 Rcb3 23. Qxb3 Rxb3 24. Rxb3 Be6 25. Rb2 Nd5 26.
Nc5 f6 27. Nc4 Nc3 28. Rc1 Nb5 29. Ra2 Bd5 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Rb8 Bxc4 32.
Rxc4 Nd6 33. Rc2 Qc7 34. Ra8 h5 35. h3 Qb6 36. Rb2 Qb5 37. Kh2 Qc4 38. Rd8
Nf5 39. Nxb7 Qf7 40. g4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Carroll, Peter"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[WhiteICU "2158"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2510243"]
[BlackFideId "14101467"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack, dragon formation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/GO1JES8U/qSvdpWfG)"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8.
e6 Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6
14. Qd1 h5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Be3 Raf8 17. Qd3 Qf5 18. O-O-O Qxd3 19. Rxd3 h4
20. Rf1 Rxf7 21. Bd2 Nh5 22. Ne4 Rf5 23. g4 hxg3 24. Nxg3 Nxg3 25. Rxg3
Rfh5 26. Rxg6 Rxh3 27. f5 Rh1 28. Rgg1 Rxg1 29. Rxg1 Rf8 30. Rf1 Nd4 31.
Be3 Nxf5 32. Bxa7 e5 33. c4 Ke6 34. Bb6 Rc8 35. b3 Rc6 36. Bg1 b5 37. c5
dxc5 38. Kd2 Nd4 39. Rf2 Kd5 40. Ke3 Rg6 41. Bh2 Rh6 42. Kd2 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Gubanov, Oleg"]
[Black "Kavanagh, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "1718"]
[WhiteICU "2185"]
[BlackICU "1858"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14115115"]
[BlackFideId "2510006"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/GO1JES8U/KoGlrc6T)"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. e6 Qd6 7. exf7+ Bxf7 8.
Nc3 Nd7 9. f4 Bg6 10. f5 Bf7 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Qf6 13. Qe2 e5 14. fxe6
Bxe6 15. Qxe6 Qxe6+ 16. Nxe6 Re8 17. Bd3 Rxe6+ 18. Kf2 g6 19. Bf4 Bg7 20.
Ne2 Ngf6 21. h3 Rf8 22. Kg2 Ne4 23. Rhf1 c5 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Ref6 26.
Bd5 g5 27. Bxe4 gxf4 28. Bf5 Rb6 29. b3 cxd4 30. Rxf4 d3 31. Rc1+ Kd8 32.
Bxd3 Rxf4 33. Nxf4 Bh6 34. Rf1 Rd6 35. Bxh7 Rd2+ 36. Kg3 Nf6 37. Bb1 Rb2
38. g5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Murphy, Oissine"]
[Black "Culbeaux Tello, Oscar Abraham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1884"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[WhiteICU "1925"]
[BlackICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "MEX"]
[WhiteFideId "2503603"]
[BlackFideId "5101530"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defence"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/GO1JES8U/jzRmR4oo)"]
[WhiteFullName "Murphy, Oiss&iacute;ne"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. dxe5 Nc6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. Be3 Qe7 7. Nbd2
Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O-O 9. Qe2 Rhe8 10. O-O-O Nb4 11. Kb1 Be6 12. b3 Bg4 13. h3
Bh5 14. Rhe1 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Bb4 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nc4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Bxe4+ 19.
Kc1 Ba3+ 20. Nb2 Bd5 21. Nd4 Qf6 22. Kb1 c5 23. Nb5 Bb4 24. Rf1 a6 25. a3
Ba5 26. b4 cxb4 27. axb4 Bb6 28. Na3 Kb8 29. Nb5 Kc8 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qc4+
Qc6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "James, Chris"]
[Black "Morriss, Pete"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[BlackElo "2008"]
[BlackICU "1784"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2404249"]
[BlackFideId "2500230"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (fantasy) variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/GO1JES8U/YpSLM4P1)"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Ne2 dxe4 6. fxe4 Nf6 7. a3 Be7 8.
Ng3 Qc7 9. Be3 e5 10. Bc4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Ba2 O-O 14.
Nf5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 Neg4 16. e5 Rad8 17. h3 Nh6 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 fxe5
20. Qh5 Rxd4 21. Ng5 Qd6 22. Rf1 Bxg5 23. Qxg5+ Qg6 24. Qxe5 Rd2 25. g4
Nxg4 26. Bxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qb8+ Kg7 28. Rxf7+ Qxf7 29. hxg4 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Rd1#
0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Healy, John"]
[Black "Liu, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[WhiteICU "1922"]
[BlackICU "1816"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500965"]
[BlackFideId "2514656"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/GO1JES8U/PizSXhJr)"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Qb6 7. O-O cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nge7 9. Na3 Nf5 10. Nc2 Be7 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 a4 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. fxe3
axb3 15. Qxb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Bc3 g6 19. g4 Nb4 20.
Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Rc7 Bc6 23. Ng5 Rf8 24. Ba6 Ba5 25. Bxb7 Bxc7
26. Bxc6 Ba5 27. Kf2 Rc8 28. Ba4 Rc2+ 29. Kf1 h6 30. Nf3 Kg7 31. h4 Rb2 32.
g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Bb4 34. Bb5 Rxb3 35. Kf2 Ba3 36. Bc6 Rc3 37. Bb7 Bc1 38.
e4 dxe4 39. Bxe4 Be3+ 40. Ke2 Bf4 41. Kf1 Kf8 42. Bb7 Ke7 43. Be4 Ra3 44.
Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 Rb2 46. Bc6 Be3 47. Ke1 Rb4 48. Ke2 Bxd4 49. Nxd4 Rxd4 50.
Kf3 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Nikula, Mikko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[WhiteICU "1804"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "FIN"]
[WhiteFideId "14105187"]
[BlackFideId "505277"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/GO1JES8U/q6ae5RRy)"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. e3 b6 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14.
Bc3 Nd7 15. Rac1 Nf6 16. Nd2 Qb7 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Rac8 19. Qe2 Nd5 20.
Bd4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Mallaghan, Danny"]
[Black "Boyle, Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "3600289"]
[BlackFideId "2501830"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Pelikan variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/GO1JES8U/Mbwmo3e8)"]

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1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 c5 7. a3 Bd6
8. d4 Qc7 9. Be2 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 Qxf4 11. O-O Ng4 12. Nh5 Qe3+ 13. Kh1 Qh6
14. Ne5 Ngxe5 15. dxe5 O-O 16. Qd6 Qe3 17. Rae1 Qxe5 18. Qd3 Qg5 19. Qh3 g6
20. Rxf7 Rxf7 21. Bc4 Ne5 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Pein, Jonathan"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[BlackICU "2367"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "417092"]
[BlackFideId "2500914"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3sWe7Mf4/e2EFau3X)"]

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1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Qe6+ 6. Kf1 Bh3 7. d4 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Qd5 9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 Bxg2+ 11. Kxg2 Nc6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Nc3 Rc8
14. Rad1 e6 15. Rhe1 Be7 16. Nb5 Nd5 17. Bg5 Nc7 18. Bxe7 Nxb5 19. Bg5 O-O
20. c4 Nc7 21. Bf4 b6 22. Rd2 Na6 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Red1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 f6 26.
Be3 e5 27. Ng1 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Ne2 Nb4 30. Nc3 Ndc6 31. Kf3 Kf7 32.
c5 bxc5 33. Bxc5 Ke6 34. Ke3 a5 35. a3 Nd5+ 36. Kd3 f5 37. f3 h5 38. h4
Nxc3 39. Kxc3 Kd5 40. Be3 f4 41. gxf4 exf4 42. Bxf4 Nd4 43. Bg5 Nxf3 44.
Bd8 a4 45. bxa4 Kc6 46. a5 Kb7 47. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Abdullayev, Rustem"]
[Black "Murphy, Oissine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1800"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[WhiteICU "1681"]
[BlackICU "1925"]
[WhiteClub "Dun Laoghaire"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520079"]
[BlackFideId "2503603"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "A88"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation with c6"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3sWe7Mf4/IQ7cRiQp)"]
[BlackFullName "Murphy, Oiss&iacute;ne"]

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1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 c6 8.
Re1 Ne4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Ng5 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Bxe4 e6 14.
Bg2 Nxd4 15. Qd1 Bd7 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qf6 18. Rf1 Bc6 19. Rb1 Qf5 20.
Bf4 Kh8 21. Bd6 Rfd8 22. Ba3 e5 23. b3 e4 24. Bg2 d4 25. Bb2 Rd7 26. Qd2
Rad8 27. Rbd1 Bb5 28. Rfe1 e3 29. fxe3 dxe3 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qc3+ Kg8 32.
Rxd7 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Rxd7 34. Qc8+ Kg7 35. Rf1 Bc6 36. Qxd7+ Bxd7 37. Rxf2
exf2 38. h3 Bc6 39. Kh2 g5 40. g4 Kf6 41. Kg3 f1=Q 42. Bxf1 Be4 43. Bg2 Bb1
44. Bxb7 Bxa2 45. Bd5 a5 46. e4 Ke5 47. h4 h6 48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Kf3 Bb1 50.
Ke3 Bc2 (50... Bc2 51. Kd2 Bxe4 52. Bc4 Kf4 53. Kc3 Kxg4 54. b4 $1 { (only
move) draws. }) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Doluhanova, Evgeniya"]
[Black "Naughton, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[BlackICU "2051"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14112035"]
[BlackFideId "2509199"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3sWe7Mf4/1S3ACMof)"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. c3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8.
Be3 d6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 c4 14. Ng3 Nb4
15. Qd2 Nd3 16. Re2 Kh7 17. Ba4 Rb8 18. Bc2 Bf5 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Bxd3 cxd3
21. Qxd3 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Re8 23. h4 Kg8 24. e6 f5 25. h5 f4 26. Re2 g5 27.
Qf5 Rf8 28. Qg4 Qd6 29. e7 Rfe8 30. Rae1 Qf6 31. Re5 Qc6 32. Re6 Qc8 33.
Nxg5 Rxe7 34. Nf3 Qd7 35. Qg6 Rbe8 36. Rxe7 Rxe7 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. Ne5 Qf6
39. Qg4 b6 40. Qd7 Qg5 41. Qxd5+ Kh7 42. Qe4+ Kg8 43. Nf3 Qxh5 44. Qxf4 Qe8
45. Qe3 Qg6 46. Qb3+ Kh8 47. Qd1 Qd6 48. b3 Qd5 49. Qd3 b5 50. Qe3 a5 51.
Ne5 Kg8 52. Ng4 Bxd4 53. Qd3 Qd6 54. Nxh6+ Kf8 55. Qf3+ Ke8 56. Nf5 Qe5 57.
Nxd4 Qxd4 58. Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Black "Rodriguez Fernandez, Juan Ramon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2152"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "14101467"]
[BlackFideId "2225727"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3sWe7Mf4/YNBr6WGJ)"]
[BlackFullName "Rodr&iacute;guez Fern&aacute;ndez, Juan Ram&oacute;n"]

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1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. e3 b6 7. a4 a6 8. Bc4
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 c5 11. Na3 d5 12. Bb3 Ne4 13. Nb1 c4 14. Bc2 b5 15.
Nbd2 Ndf6 16. Be5 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bg3 Qd5 20. Kh2 Qe6
21. b3 cxb3 22. Bxb3 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Qb1 Rfc8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qb4
Bf8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rb1 Rc8 29. Qa5 Qc4 30. Rxb5 Qxc3 31. Qa7 Qc6 32. Rb7
Qd5 33. Be5 Qe6 34. Qa4 Qc4 35. Qxc4 Rxc4 36. h4 h5 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Rb8 f6
39. Bf4 Kf7 40. Rb7 Rd2 41. Bd6 f5 42. Bc5 Ke6 43. Ra7 Rb2 44. Ra3 Bg7 45.
f3 Bf6 46. fxe4 fxe4 47. Ra5 Re2 48. d5+ Kf5 49. Kh3 Be5 50. d6 exd6 51.
Bxd6 Rxe3+ 52. g3 Rxg3+ 53. Kh2 Kg4 54. Bxe5 Rh3+ 55. Kg2 Rd3 56. Bf6 Rd2+
57. Kf1 e3 58. Ke1 Kf3 59. Ra3 Rh2 60. Kd1 Rh1+ 61. Kc2 Kf2 62. Bd4 Rxh4
63. Bxe3+ Ke2 64. Ba7 Rc4+ 65. Kb2 Re4 66. Rg3 Rg4 67. Re3+ Kf1 68. Kc2 h4
69. Kd2 Rg2+ 70. Kd1 Rg3 71. Re1+ Kg2 72. Ke2 g5 73. Bf2 Rg4 74. Be3 Kh2
75. Rf1 Rg2+ 76. Kf3 g4+ 77. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Toon, James"]
[Black "Gubanov, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[BlackICU "2185"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "343401392"]
[BlackFideId "14115115"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3sWe7Mf4/A9vRBg74)"]

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1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Bd7 5. c3 f6 6. exf6 Qxf6 7. Bg5 Qf7 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 h6 10. Bh4 Nge7 11. Nbd2 Nf5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 O-O-O 14.
O-O-O Rhe8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. Nf3 Rf8 18. Rdf1 Qe7 19. Kb1 Be8
20. Nd4 Bb6 21. f4 c5 22. Nf3 Kb8 23. Rc1 c4 24. Bc2 Bc5 25. Rcd1 b5 26.
Nd4 Ka8 27. Ka1 Bd7 28. Bg6 Rb8 29. Nc2 Rb6 30. Qd2 Rfb8 31. Bh5 a5 32. Bf3
Ka7 33. f5 exf5 34. Bxd5 Qxe5 35. Rhe1 Qxg3 36. Bxc4 Rd6 37. Bd3 Bc6 38.
Re7+ Kb6 39. Nd4 Bxd4 40. cxd4 Rxd4 41. Re6 Rbd8 42. Qc3 Rc4 43. Qb3 Rxd3
0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "Benson, Oisin P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[WhiteICU "1816"]
[BlackICU "1817"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514656"]
[BlackFideId "2501821"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3sWe7Mf4/GBeVut15)"]
[BlackFullName "Benson, Ois&iacute;n P."]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a4 Qc7 8.
Ba2 b6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. f3 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rfd1
Rac8 15. Bf2 Rfd8 16. Re1 d5 17. Bg3 Qd7 18. e5 Ne8 19. Bf2 a5 20. b3 Na6
21. Nce2 Nb4 22. Bb1 Ba6 23. c3 Nc6 24. f4 g6 25. Bd3 Qb7 26. Rec1 Ng7 27.
g4 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Rd7 29. Kg2 g5 30. Bg3 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Rdc7 32. f5 Bb4 33.
Be1 exf5 34. gxf5 Nh5 35. Qf3 Nf4+ 36. Kh1 Qa6 37. Nb5 Rc6 38. Bd2 Bf8 39.
Rg1 Kh8 40. Bxf4 gxf4 41. Rg2 d4 42. Rag1 Bh6 43. Nd6 Rxd6 44. exd6 Qa7 45.
Qd5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Morriss, Pete"]
[Black "Carroll, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2008"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[WhiteICU "1784"]
[BlackICU "2158"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500230"]
[BlackFideId "2510243"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3sWe7Mf4/ooOsIyM2)"]

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1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. a3 Ba5 5. c4 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. Nf3 Nc6
8. Bb2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Be2 Bf5 11. O-O Bg6 12. d4 Rb8 13. Bb5 Qd6 14.
Qa4 Nb6 15. Qb3 Be4 16. Nbd2 Bd5 17. Qc2 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6
20. Rfe1 a6 21. Bf1 Na4 22. Rab1 Ba2 23. Ra1 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Culbeaux Tello, Oscar Abraham"]
[Black "Nikula, Mikko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "MEX"]
[BlackNationality "FIN"]
[WhiteFideId "5101530"]
[BlackFideId "505277"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Falkbeer variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3sWe7Mf4/4m6KWsjf)"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Qd2 Be7 6. O-O-O Be6 7. Qe1 c6
8. f4 exf4 9. dxe4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. e5 Ng8 12. Nd5 Qxe1 13. Nc7+ Kd8
14. Nxe6+ fxe6 15. Rxe1 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Ke7 17. Bc4 Nf8 18. h4 Nh6 19. h5 Nf7
20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Rhf1 Nd7 22. Rxf4+ Ke7 23. Rg4 Rhg8 24. Bd3 g6 25. hxg6
hxg6 26. Bxg6 Raf8 27. Bh5 Rxg4 28. Bxg4 Rg8 29. Re4 Rg5 30. Bh3 Rxe5 31.
Rxe5 Nxe5 32. Kd2 Kf6 33. Kc3 Ng6 34. Kd4 Nf4 35. Ke4 Nd5 36. c4 Nb6 37. c5
Na4 38. b4 Nc3+ 39. Kd3 Nd5 40. a3 Nc7 41. Kc4 a6 42. Bg4 Nd5 43. Kd4 Nf4
44. Bf3 Nd5 45. Be4 Nf4 46. a4 Nd5 47. b5 a5 48. b6 Ne7 49. Bd3 e5+ 50. Ke4
Nd5 51. Ba6 Nc3+ 52. Kd3 (52. Ke3 $10) 52... Nxa4 53. Kc4 e4 54. Bxb7 $2 (
54. Kd4 $10) 54... e3 $19 55. Bxc6 e2 56. b7 e1=Q 57. b8=Q Qc3+ 58. Kd5
Qd3# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Kavanagh, James"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1718"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[WhiteICU "1858"]
[BlackICU "1804"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2510006"]
[BlackFideId "14105187"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3sWe7Mf4/X9oJOsII)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/pairings_sligo-masters2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. h3 O-O 8.
Be3 Bd7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
b4 b6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. Bg4 h5 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. e5 Bf5 20. Qd4
dxe5 21. Qxe5+ f6 22. Qe2 e5 23. Nd5 Qe6 24. Ne3 Rfe8 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26.
Nxf5+ Qxf5 27. Qb2 Qe5 28. Rd7+ Kg8 29. Qxe5 fxe5 30. Rff7 e4 31. Rg7+ Kh8
32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rdg7+ Kf8 34. Rxa7 Kg8 35. Rag7+ Kf8 36. Rxg6 e3 37. Kf1
Rxc4 38. Rh8+ Kf7 39. Rxe8 Kxg6 40. Rxe3 Rxb4 41. Rb3 Rf4+ 42. Ke2 Rf6 43.
Ke3 Kg7 44. Rb5 Rg6 45. Kf4 Kh6 46. g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Rc6 48. Kf5 Kg7 49. g5
Rc2 50. Rxb6 Rxa2 51. Rb7+ Kg8 52. Kg6 Ra6+ 53. Kh5 Rc6 54. g6 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Boyle, Bernard"]
[Black "Healy, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1818"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[BlackICU "1922"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2501830"]
[BlackFideId "2500965"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]
[Source "Lichess (https://lichess.org/study/3sWe7Mf4/CapQpkgU)"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/pairings_sligo-masters2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 Bd7 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. b4 cxd4 11. exd4 Qc7 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. b5 Na5 14. b6
Qc6 15. Ng5 Rac8 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5 18. Nc5 dxc5 19. Bf3 Qa4 20.
dxc5 Bb5 21. Qe3 Qc4 22. Rfe1 Bxc5 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Bc6 25. Bxc6
Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Nxc6 27. a4 Rd8 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ke1 Rd7 30. f3 Na5 31. Ke2
Nc4 32. h4 Nxb6 33. a5 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "James, Chris"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1877"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2404249"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/pairings_sligo-masters2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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[Event "Sligo Spring Tournament Masters 2023"]
[Site "Sligo IRL"]
[Date "2023.02.05"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Mallaghan, Danny"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "3600289"]
[EventDate "2023.02.03"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/pairings_sligo-masters2023.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

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