[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Comley, Jamie"]
[Black "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[WhiteICU "2037"]
[BlackICU "2281"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2524260"]
[BlackFideId "2509393"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nb5 Bc5 6. Qe2 Bb6 7. N1c3
Nge7 8. Be3 Ba5 9. O-O-O a6 10. Nd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qg6 12. Bf4 d6 13. h4 h5
14. Qe3 Ne5 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Qc5 Qe6 18. Bc4 Qe7 19. Qxe7+
Kxe7 20. Bd5 f6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Nd2 Be6 23. Nb3 Rhb8 24. Kd2 a5 25. Rb1
Rb6 26. Kd3 Rab8 27. f3 a4 28. Nd2 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Rxb1 30. Nxb1 Bxa2 31. Na3
Be6 32. c4 Kd6 33. Kc3 Kc5 34. g3 g5 35. g4 gxh4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Black "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[WhiteICU "2189"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2514249"]
[BlackFideId "2260972"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Cuillean&aacute;in, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. c3 Be7 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qd2 Be6 14.
Rad1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. a3 Rfd8 18. f4 g6 19. Kh1 Rac8 20.
Rfe1 Qc5 21. Re5 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc4 23. Rd2 b5 24. Bxd5 Rc5 25. Bxe6 Rxd2
26. Rxc5 fxe6 27. Rxb5 Kf7 28. c4 Kf6 29. g4 Rd4 30. g5+ Ke7 31. c5 Rxf4
32. Rb7+ Kd8 33. Rxa7 Rf5 34. b4 Rxg5 35. c6 e5 36. b5 e4 37. b6 e3 38. c7+
Kd7 39. Ra8 Rc5 40. Rd8+ Ke7 41. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Millward, Kevin P."]
[Black "Govindaraju, Darun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[BlackICU "2125"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "404721"]
[BlackFideId "2519690"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation, Steinitz counter-gambit"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 a6 7. Ne5 e6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 c5 14.
dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Re1 a5 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. f4 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20.
Qf2 Rb8 21. Rad1 Qb6 22. Rd2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rab6 24. Ree2 g6 25. Ke1 h5 26.
Kd1 Kg7 27. Kc1 Kf6 28. Rd4 Rb5 29. b3 Rc5 30. Kb2 Rbc8 31. Re3 Kf5 32.
Re5+ Kf6 33. Re3 Rb8 34. Re5 Rc6 35. Re2 Ra8 36. Rc2 Kf5 37. Re2 f6 38. Rf2
Rac8 39. Rf3 Rc5 40. Rfd3 Rb8 41. Kc2 Rbb5 42. a4 Rb6 43. Kb2 Rb8 44. Ka3
Rbc8 45. Kb2 R8c7 46. Rf3 Rd7 47. b4 Rc4 48. Kb3 Rdc7 49. b5 Rxd4 50. cxd4
Rc4 51. Ka3 Ke4 52. b6 Rc8 53. Rb3 Kxd4 54. b7 Rb8 55. Rb6 e5 56. fxe5 fxe5
57. Kb2 Kd3 58. Kc1 e4 59. Kd1 d4 60. Ke1 e3 61. h4 e2 62. Rxg6 Rxb7 63.
Rg3+ Kc2 64. Kxe2 Re7+ 65. Kf2 d3 66. Rg8 d2 67. Rc8+ Kd1 68. Rd8 Rf7+ 69.
Kg1 Rf5 70. Rc8 Ke2 71. Re8+ Kd3 72. Rd8+ Ke3 73. g3 Rc5 74. Kg2 Rc1 75.
Re8+ Kd3 76. Rd8+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Black "Blijlevens, Pim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "14189208"]
[BlackFideId "1022997"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, Guimard main line"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Bb5 Bd6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. h3 c6 14.
Ba4 Bf5 15. Qe3 Rae8 16. Qd4 Qe6 17. Bb3 Bxh3 18. Qh4 Bxg2 19. Re1 Be4 20.
Rxe4 Nf3+ 21. Nxf3 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Bd1 Bf4 24. Bxf4 Rexf4 25. Kg2 g5
26. Kg3 g4 27. Nd4 Rxf2 28. Ne6 R8f6 29. Bxg4 Rf1 30. Rxf1 Rxf1 31. Nc5 Ra1
32. a3 Rb1 33. Nd3 Kg7 34. Bc8 Rd1 35. Nf4 Rd2 36. Bxb7 Rxb2 37. Bxc6 Rb3
38. Nxd5 Rxa3 39. Kf4 a5 40. c4 Ra1 41. Nb6 Kf6 42. c5 h5 43. Be8 Rf1+ 44.
Kg3 Kg5 45. c6 h4+ 46. Kg2 Rc1 47. Nd5 Kf5 48. Bd7+ Ke5 49. c7 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nikiforov, Sergey"]
[Black "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[BlackICU "2095"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14129086"]
[BlackFideId "2517604"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 a5 11. Nf1 b4 12. h4 h6 13. h5 Re8 14. N1h2 a4 15.
c4 Nb6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Qd2 c4 19. g4 cxd3 20. Qxd3 b3 21.
axb3 Nb4 22. Qd1 axb3 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Qxb3 Nc4 25. Nd4 Qa7 26. Nf5 Bc5
27. Qg3 Nxb2 28. Be3 d4 29. Bxh6 gxh6 30. Nxh6+ Kh8 31. Qf4 Qe7 32. Nf5 Qf8
33. Be4 Nd5 34. Qf3 Nc3 35. Bc2 Bd5 36. Qg3 f6 37. Nh4 Bf7 38. e6 Qd6 39.
Qxd6 Bxd6 40. Ng6+ Kg7 41. Nf3 d3 42. exf7 Rxe1+ 43. Nxe1 dxc2 44. Nxc2
Kxf7 45. Kg2 Nd3 46. Ne3 Bc5 47. Nh4 Ne4 48. Kf3 Ng5+ 49. Kg2 Nf4+ 50. Kg3
Bd6 51. Nhf5 Bc7 52. Kh2 Nxh5+ 53. Kg2 Nf4+ 54. Kf1 Nf3 55. Ng2 Nh2+ 56.
Kg1 Nxg4 57. Nxf4 Bxf4 58. Kg2 Kg6 59. Ne7+ Kg5 60. Nd5 f5 61. Ne7 Bd6 62.
Nxf5 Kxf5 63. Kf3 Bc5 64. Kg3 Bxf2+ 65. Kf3 Bd4 66. Kg3 Ne5 67. Kg2 Kf4 68.
Kh3 Kf3 69. Kh2 Ng4+ 70. Kh1 Be5 71. Kg1 Nf2 72. Kf1 Bh2 73. Ke1 Ne4 74.
Kd1 Be5 75. Kc2 Nc5 76. Kd2 Kf2 77. Kd1 Ke3 78. Ke1 Kf3 79. Kd2 Bd4 80. Ke1
Nb3 81. Kd1 Ke3 82. Kc2 Nc5 83. Kd1 Bc3 84. Kc2 Kd4 85. Kc1 Kd3 86. Kd1 Ne6
87. Kc1 Nd4 88. Kd1 Nc2 89. Kc1 Be5 90. Kd1 Bg3 91. Kc1 Kc3 92. Kd1 Nd4 93.
Kc1 Bh4 94. Kd1 Kd3 95. Kc1 Be1 96. Kd1 Nc2 97. Kc1 Bc3 98. Kd1 Ne3+ 99.
Kc1 Bd4 100. Kb1 Kc4 101. Ka2 Kb4 102. Kb1 Kb3 103. Kc1 Bc3 104. Kb1 Bd2
105. Ka1 Nc2+ 106. Kb1 Na3+ 107. Ka1 Bc3# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Murray, Benjamin"]
[Black "Gulljord, Birk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[WhiteICU "2052"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "2512963"]
[BlackFideId "1542753"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 e6 7. O-O Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Re1 Bxc5 11. Bf4 O-O 12. a3 Rc8 13. Bg3 Bd4 14. Nb5
Bxe5 15. Nxa7 Bxg3 16. Nxc8 Bb8 17. c4 Qxc8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Nde5 20.
Rad1 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qc7 22. Qh3 h6 23. Rd7 Qb6 24. Qf5 Nd4 25. Qd5 Ne6 26.
Rxb7 Qa6 27. Rd7 Nf4 28. Qf5 Qc6 29. f3 Ba7+ 30. Rxa7 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Qxa7 32.
Qxf4 Qf2 33. Qc1 Rd8 34. b4 Rd2 35. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Woods, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[WhiteICU "1920"]
[BlackICU "2047"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2518384"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nd5 8.
Nxc4 b5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Nb3 a5 13. Bd2 a4 14. Na5
c5 15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. e4 Ne7 18. Qg4 e5 19. Bc3 Nc6 20. Rad1
b4 21. Bd2 Nd4 22. Bh6 f6 23. Rd2 Kh8 24. Be3 Qf7 25. Rc1 Rac8 26. Bxd4 f5
27. Qxf5 Qxf5 28. exf5 Bxd4 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bd5 Rc5 31. Be6 Rc1+ 32. Kg2
g6 33. g4 Kg7 34. f4 Rb1 35. fxe5 Bxe5 36. b3 a3 37. Bc4 gxf5 38. gxf5 Kf6
39. Bd3 Ra1 40. Kf3 Bb2 41. Bc2 Rxa2 42. Rd6+ Ke7 43. Rh6 Bc1 44. Rxh7+ Kf6
45. Rc7 Rxc2 46. Rxc2 Bb2 47. Rc6+ Kxf5 48. Ra6 Bc1 49. Ra5+ Ke6 50. Ke4
Kd6 51. Kd4 Kc6 52. Kc4 Bd2 53. Ra6+ Kb7 54. Kb5 Be3 55. h4 Bd2 56. h5 Kc7
57. Kc5 Kd7 58. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Ashworth, Michael"]
[Black "Ashworth, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "425044"]
[BlackFideId "426563"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "D64"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence, Rubinstein attack (with Rc1)"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bb5 Red8 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. Qf5 a6 20.
Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Gajcin, Jasmina"]
[Black "Kerney, Eamon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2003"]
[WhiteICU "1946"]
[BlackICU "1836"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "SRB"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "939030"]
[BlackFideId "2534398"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Woods, Christopher"]
[Black "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[WhiteICU "2007"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518201"]
[BlackFideId "2512556"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 Nf6 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. O-O-O e5 10. g3 Re8 11. Bg2 exf4 12. gxf4 Bg4 13. Rf1 Qa5 14. h3
Bh5 15. Kb1 Rad8 16. Qd3 Bg7 17. a3 Qc5 18. Nf3 b5 19. Nd2 Qd4 20. e5 Qxd3
21. cxd3 Nxe5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Kc2 a6 24. Re1 Nd7 25. Nde4 Re6 26. Rhf1 h6
27. Ng3 Nf6 28. Nge4 Nxe4 29. dxe4 Rc6 30. Bf3 Bxf3 31. Rxf3 a5 32. Rd3
Rdc8 33. Kb1 f5 34. Nxb5 Rc2 35. Nd6 R8c6 36. Rg1 fxe4 37. Nxe4 Re2 38.
Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rg4 g5 40. h4 Re1+ 41. Ka2 Rc2 42. hxg5 h5 43. g6+ Kh6 44. Rg3
Rxe4 45. Kb1 Ree2 46. Bc1+ Rxc1+ 47. Kxc1 h4 48. Kd1 Ra2 49. Re3 Rxa3 50.
Ke2 Kxg6 51. Rd6+ Kf5 52. Rf3+ Kg5 53. Rd1 e4 54. Rg1+ Kh5 55. Rf5+ Kh6 56.
Rf4 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 Rh2 58. Kxe4 Bc3 59. Rf3 Bb4 60. Rf6+ Kh7 61. Rd1 Kg7 62.
Rc6 Re2+ 63. Kf3 Rd2 64. Rg1+ Kf7 65. Ke4 Rb2 66. Rh1 Rxb3 67. Rxh4 Rc3 68.
Rh7+ Kg8 69. Rxc3 Bxc3 70. Rc7 Bb4 71. Kf5 Kf8 72. Ke6 Be1 73. Ra7 Kg8 74.
Kf6 Bc3+ 75. Kg6 Kf8 76. Kf5 Bb4 77. Ke6 Kg8 78. Rc7 Kf8 79. Rb7 Kg8 80.
Ra7 Kf8 81. Rc7 Be1 82. Rc1 Bd2 83. Rc2 Be1 84. Kf6 Bh4+ 85. Ke6 Be1 86.
Rg2 Bb4 87. Rg5 Bc3 88. Rf5+ Kg8 89. Ke7 Bb4+ 90. Kf6 Kf8 91. Rd5 Ke8 92.
Ke6 Kf8 93. Rd7 Ke8 94. Rh7 Kd8 95. Rh8+ Kc7 96. Kd5 Kb6 97. Rg8 Kc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Van den Bosse, Bart"]
[Black "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[WhiteNationality "NED"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "1035959"]
[BlackFideId "1516604"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "van den Bosse, Bart"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bf5 6. e3 Bxb1 7. Qa4+ Nc6
8. Rxb1 Bb4+ 9. Kd1 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Bb5 Qg6 12. Ke2 Bd6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6
14. Qxc6+ Ke7 15. Qxd5 Qc2+ 16. Nd2 Rhd8 17. Qe4+ Qxe4 18. Nxe4 Bb4 19.
Rhc1 Kd7 20. Rc4 Be7 21. Rbc1 Rdc8 22. Nc3 Rab8 23. Rc2 c6 24. Na4 Rb5 25.
Nc5+ Kd8 26. d5 Rcb8 27. Na6 R8b6 28. Rxc6 Rxb2 29. Kd2 Rxc6 30. dxc6 Rb6
31. c7+ Kc8 32. Nb8 Bd6 33. Nc6 Bxc7 34. Ne7+ Kd8 35. Ke2 Be5 36. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Weih, Klaus"]
[Black "White, Nicole"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[BlackICU "1931"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534940"]
[BlackFideId "2520362"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Rhe1 O-O 14.
Qe2 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bc3 Nd5 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Kb1 Rac8 19. c4 N5f6 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Ne5 Rfd8 22. f4 Qb6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Bd4 25. Rd2 Bxe5
26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. fxe5 b6 28. a3 Rc7 29. Rf1 Rd7 30. Ka2 Rd2 31. Qb7 Rxb2+
32. Kxb2 Qd2+ 33. Kb3 Qd3+ 34. Kb4 Qxf1 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ Kg8 37. Kb5
Qd1 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Kg8 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qxa7 Qb3+ 42. Kc6 Qxc4+ 43.
Kxb6 Qd4+ 44. Kb7 Qd7+ 45. Kb6 Qd4+ 46. Kb7 Qd7+ 47. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Campbell, Andrew"]
[Black "Haque, Mustakim-Ul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[WhiteICU "2006"]
[BlackICU "2025"]
[WhiteClub "Bangor"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518392"]
[BlackFideId "2509334"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e4 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Rxd1
Nc6 8. Bb5 f6 9. Ne2 e5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nc3 f5 12. Nd5 O-O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6
14. Nc3 Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Be7 16. b4 Rd8+ 17. Kc1 f4 18. Bd2 Bf5 19. Re1 Rd4
20. a3 Rc4 21. Kb2 a5 22. Nb1 e3 23. fxe3 Rxc2+ 24. Kb3 a4+ 25. Kxa4 fxe3
26. Rxe3 Rb2 27. Rxe5 Bc2+ 28. Ka5 Bd8+ 29. Ka6 Bd3+ 30. Ka7 Bxb1 31. Bg5
Rxg2 32. Bxd8 Kxd8 33. Kb7 Kd7 34. Re1 Bc2 35. b5 Ba4 36. b6 Rg5 37. Rc1
Bb3 38. Rc3 Be6 39. Rd3+ Ke7 40. Kxc6 Bc4 41. Rd7+ Ke6 42. b7 Bb5+ 43. Kxb5
Rg1 44. Rd8 Rb1+ 45. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Black "Duggan, Dylan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[WhiteICU "1947"]
[BlackICU "1797"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502283"]
[BlackFideId "2535343"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bxc5 7. c3 O-O
8. Qc2 Re8 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bg3 e5 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14.
Bb3 Nf6 15. O-O Bg4 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. f3 Bf5 18. Qd1 Qa7 19. Nf1 Rad8 20.
Kh1 e4 21. f4 Ng4 22. Qd2 Re6 23. Bh4 Be7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Bd1 Qh4 26. g3
Qh5 27. h4 Qg6 28. Nh2 Nf6 29. Qg2 h5 30. a4 bxa4 31. Rxa4 Nd7 32. Ra5 Nb6
33. Rxa6 Nc4 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Bxh5 Qb6 36. Nf1 Nxb2 37. Rb1 Rb8 38. g4 Bc8
39. g5 g6 40. Be2 Qc7 41. h5 Qxc3 42. hxg6 fxg6 43. Bg4 Ba6 44. Be6+ Kg7
45. Bxd5 Bxf1 46. Qxe4 Bg2+ 47. Kxg2 Qd2+ 48. Kg3 Kf8 49. Qe6 Kg7 50. Qf7+
Kh8 51. Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[WhiteICU "2217"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.30"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[WhiteICU "2036"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508214"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Black "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[WhiteICU "2281"]
[BlackICU "1947"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509393"]
[BlackFideId "2502283"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. a4 Be7 6. a5 c6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Kh8 9. h3 Ng8 10. b3 f5 11. exf5 Rxf5 12. Bd3 Rf8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bb2
Nc5 15. Nxe5 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc7 17. f4 Bf5 18. Qc4 Rad8 19. Nb5 Qc8 20. Nd4
Nh6 21. a6 b6 22. Nexc6 Bc5 23. Kh2 Ng4+ 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Nxd8 Qxd8 26. b4
Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Bd6 28. Ne6 Bxe6 29. Qxe6 Bxf4 30. Qh3 Qe7 31. Rae1 Qxb4 32.
Qc3 Qxc3 33. Bxc3 Bd6 34. Rxf8+ Bxf8 35. Re8 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[WhiteICU "1920"]
[BlackICU "2189"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2514249"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[BlackFullName "O'Cuillean&aacute;in, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Bxa3 7. bxa3 c5
8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. a4 a6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Qxc4 Bd7 13. Rfc1 Rac8
14. d4 Qa5 15. dxc5 b6 16. Qb3 bxc5 17. Ne5 Bxa4 18. Nc4 Bxb3 19. Nxa5 Bd5
20. f3 Rc7 21. e4 Ba8 22. Rc2 Rfc8 23. Rac1 Nd7 24. Nc4 Bc6 25. Bf1 Rb8 26.
Kf2 Kf8 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. Na5 Bb5 29. Bc4 Ba4 30. Rc3 Rb2 31. h4 Ne5 32. Bxa6
Rxa2 33. Rxc5 Ra3+ 34. Ke2 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 Nxf3 36. Nc4 Nd4+ 37. Kf2 Ra2+ 38.
Ke3 Nc2+ 39. Kf4 Bd7 40. Bb5 Bxb5 41. Rxb5 Ra7 42. h5 Nd4 43. Rb6 Rc7 44.
Rb4 f6 45. Ra4 e5+ 46. Ke3 Rb7 47. Kf2 Kf7 48. Nd6+ Ke7 49. Nxb7 Ne6 50.
Ra7 Nc7 51. Nc5 Kd6 52. Rxc7 Kxc7 53. Ne6+ Kd6 54. Nxg7 Kc5 55. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Govindaraju, Darun"]
[Black "Van den Bosse, Bart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[WhiteICU "2125"]
[WhiteClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "2519690"]
[BlackFideId "1035959"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[BlackFullName "van den Bosse, Bart"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
g3 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bd4 O-O 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Bg4 15. Bc3 Rad8 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qa4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.
Qc2 Rd4 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. a3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Qe5 25. b4 Qb2
26. Qc4 Bd4 27. Be2 Qc3 28. Kg2 Qxc4 29. Bxc4 Bb2 30. a4 Ba3 31. b5 axb5
32. axb5 Bxc5 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. f4 Kg7 35. g4 h6 36. h4 Bd4 37. g5 f6 38.
Kf3 f5 39. Ke2 c5 40. Kf3 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Black "Campbell, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[WhiteICU "2095"]
[BlackICU "2006"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517604"]
[BlackFideId "2518392"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. a3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Ba2 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O a6 9. f4 e6 10. Ng3 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. f5 h6 13. fxg6 fxg6 14. Be3 b6
15. Rxf6 Rxf6 16. Bxd5+ Kh7 17. Nge4 Bd7 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qf3 Re8 20.
Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4 Bg7 22. Rf1 Ne7 23. Bc4 Nf5 24. Bf2 b5 25. Nxc5 bxc4 26.
Nxd7 Re2 27. dxc4 Rxc2 28. g4 Nd6 29. c5 Ne4 30. Be3 Re2 31. c6 Rxe3 32.
Rd1 Bxb2 33. Nb8 Be5 34. Rd7+ Kg8 35. Nxa6 Rxa3 36. c7 Bxc7 37. Nxc7 Nf6
38. Rd4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gajcin, Jasmina"]
[Black "Murray, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[WhiteICU "1946"]
[BlackICU "2052"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "SRB"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "939030"]
[BlackFideId "2512963"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Qd3 Qxe5+ 11. Ne2 dxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. Nxc3
Nbc6 14. Nb5 Kd7 15. Bb2 a6 16. Nc3 Kc7 17. h4 e5 18. O-O-O Be6 19. h5 Rad8
20. Na4 Rh8 21. Be2 Rdg8 22. g3 Bg4 23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. Nc5 Rg5 25. h6 Rh7
26. f4 Rxg3 27. fxe5 Rg6 28. Rdf1 Nd8 29. Rf6 Ng8 30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Rf1
Rxh6 32. Rf8 Ne7 33. Rf6 Rh7 34. Bd4 g5 35. Rd6 Nf5 36. Rxd5 Nxd4 37. Rxd4
Re7 38. Nd3 Nc6 39. Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Weih, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[WhiteICU "2217"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2534940"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Nxc3
8. bxc3 d4 9. Be2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Rc1 dxc3 13. Rxc3 Bb6 14.
Qa4 Qd7 15. Qh4 Rad8 16. Bd1 Nd4 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Ne4 Rfe8 19. Qg3 Bg6 20.
Kh1 Nf5 21. Qf4 Bd4 22. Rb3 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Qxd3 24. Nd2 Qc3 25. Rc2 Ng3+ 26.
fxg3 Bxc2 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Bxc2 Qxc2 29. Nf3 Rf8 30. Qe7 Rde8 31. Qb4 c5
32. Qb5 c4 33. h4 b6 34. Kh2 h6 35. Qd7 Qf5 36. Qxa7 Rxe5 37. Nxe5 Qxf1 38.
Ng6+ Kh7 39. Nxf8+ Qxf8 40. Qxb6 Qf5 41. Qc6 Qd3 42. a4 c3 43. a5 c2 44. a6
c1=Q 45. Qxc1 Qxa6 46. Qf4 Qd3 47. g4 Qc2 $2 { The pawn ending is lost.
Black should hold if he avoids the exchage of queens. } 48. Qf5+ Qxf5 49.
gxf5 $18 g6 50. g4 gxf5 51. gxf5 Kg7 52. Kg3 Kf7 53. Kg4 Kg7 54. Kf3 Kf7
55. Ke4 Ke7 56. Ke5 Kf7 57. f6 Ke8 58. Kf5 Kf7 59. h5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Ashworth, Robert"]
[Black "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[BlackICU "2133"]
[BlackClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "426563"]
[BlackFideId "14189208"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. a4 a6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Bb6 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Ne3 Bxe3 14.
Bxe3 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rae8 19. Rad1 Qc6
20. Bd2 Rd6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Blijlevens, Pim"]
[Black "Ashworth, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[WhiteNationality "NED"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "1022997"]
[BlackFideId "425044"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Neo-Indian (Seirawan) attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. a3 Be7 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Ncd7 13. Rd1 Nd5 14.
Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e4 N5b6 16. Nd6 Qf6 17. Be2 Ne5 18. O-O Bd7 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20.
f4 Qf6 21. e5 Qe7 22. Qc7 Nd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Bg4 Rfd8 25. Qxb7 Kf8 26.
Bxd7 Qxd7 27. Qxd5 Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Kf2 Rd7 30. Rc1 Rad8 31. Ke3 g5
32. g3 gxf4+ 33. gxf4 Rg7 34. b5 Kg8 35. a4 Rg2 36. a5 Rb2 37. Rc7 Rb3+ 38.
Ke2 Rf8 39. Rxa7 Rxf4 40. Rc7 Rh4 41. Kd2 Rxh2+ 42. Kc1 Ra3 43. Kb1 Rb3+
44. Kc1 Ra3 45. Kb1 Rb3+ 46. Kc1 Ra3 47. Kb1 Rxa5 48. b6 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "White, Nicole"]
[Black "Woods, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[WhiteICU "1931"]
[BlackICU "2007"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520362"]
[BlackFideId "2518201"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Bb6 8.
a3 a5 9. Rb1 Re8 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Nbd7 12. b5 Qc7 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne1
Rb8 15. Nc2 Nc5 16. Ba3 Bd7 17. Nb4 Ra8 18. Bc1 Ne6 19. e3 Reb8 20. Bd2 Qc8
21. Kh1 Ba5 22. Nba2 Nd8 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Ne6 25. Rf1 Nf8 26. d4 Bh3
27. e4 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qe6 29. d5 Qe8 30. Qc2 Ng6 31. Bf4 Rxb1 32. Qxb1 cxd5
33. exd5 Rc8 34. Qd3 Nxf4+ 35. Rxf4 Qe7 36. Nb5 Rb8 37. Rf3 Ng4 38. h3 Ne5
39. Qe2 Qd7 40. Rb3 Re8 41. Qc2 Rc8 42. Na3 Qa4 43. Nc3 Bxc3 44. Qxc3 h6
45. Rb4 Qd1 46. Qe3 Ra8 47. Rb2 Qa1 48. Rb3 Qa2+ 49. Kg1 Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Qd1
51. Rb2 g6 52. Qb3 Kh7 $4 (52... Qc1 $19) 53. Qxd1 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[WhiteICU "1949"]
[BlackICU "2036"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512556"]
[BlackFideId "2508214"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7...Be7 main line"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8.
Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. a3 Bb7 14. h4
d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh1 18. Qxh1 Bxa3 19. Ncxb5 axb5 20.
Nxb5 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Qa5 22. Qf3 Bc6 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Qe3 Qb4+ 25. Qb3 Qxf4
26. Qc3 Rb8+ 27. Ka2 Qa4+ 28. Qa3 Qxc2+ 29. Ka1 Qxd1+ 30. Ka2 Qc2+ 31. Ka1
Rb1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[WhiteICU "2047"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "2260972"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7
8. h3 Ne4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Bf4 f5 11. g4 Nf6 12. gxf5 Bxf5 13. Nge2 Qd7 14.
Qc2 Bxh3 15. O-O-O Bg4 16. Rd2 Bb4 17. Be5 Bf3 18. Rh4 O-O-O 19. Qa4 a5 20.
a3 b5 21. Qc2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 a4 24. Rc2 Kb7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26.
Rxe4 Rde8 27. Rh4 h5 28. Qd3 f5 29. Rc5 Ref8 30. d5 Qe7 31. Rxc6 Rc8 32.
Qxb5+ Ka8 33. Rxa4+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Black "Millward, Kevin P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[WhiteNationality "NOR"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "1516604"]
[BlackFideId "404721"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. Bg5
Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. O-O-O+ Ke8 10. Nge2 Nc6 11. f3 a6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Rd3
Rd8 14. Rhd1 Ke7 15. Kb1 h6 16. Bc1 b5 17. b3 Bb6 18. Bb2 Nd4 19. f4 Nxe2
20. Nxe2 Nxe4 21. Bxe5 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Rg8 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nd6 25. Rd3
g6 26. Rh3 h5 27. g4 hxg4 28. Rh7+ Nf7 29. Bxc7 g5 30. fxg5 Rxg5 31. Bg3
Rf5 32. Rg7 Kf6 33. Rxg4 Rh5 34. Rg8 Rc5 35. Ra8 Rc6 36. Ra7 Nh6 37. Rc7
Rb6 38. Bf2 Rd6 39. Bc5 Rd2 40. h4 Nf5 41. Ra7 Nxh4 42. Be7+ Kf5 43. Bxh4
Rd6 44. Bg3 Rc6 45. Rc7 Rb6 46. Bf2 Rd6 47. Bc5 Rd5 48. Bb4 e5 49. Rc6 e4
50. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Haque, Mustakim-Ul"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[WhiteICU "2025"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2509334"]
[BlackFideId "14129086"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Na6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. e4 Nc7 8.
a4 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Bf4
Ne5 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Bd2 f5 17. f4 Nf7 18. Kh2 Rae8 19. Qc4 a6 20. e5 dxe5
21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxc5 Qd6 23. Qf2 h5 24. Bf4 g5 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Qd2 f4
27. gxf4 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Ng6 29. Ne4 Rxe4 30. Bxe4 Nxf4 31. Kh1 Nxh3 32. Qh2
Nf4 33. Qg3 Qe5 34. Re1 Kg7 35. d6 Nce6 36. Qc3 Qxc3 37. bxc3 Nc5 38. Bf5
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Gulljord, Birk"]
[Black "Comley, Jamie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[BlackICU "2037"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "NOR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1542753"]
[BlackFideId "2524260"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6
8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Qc2 c6 11. Be3 Qc4 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Rfd1 Qb4
14. a3 Qb3 15. Bh6 Nc4 16. Qc1 O-O 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rd4 e5 19. Rh4 h5 20.
e4 Be6 21. Bf1 Qxb2 22. Qxb2 Nxb2 23. Rb1 Nc4 24. f4 Nd2 25. Rxb7 Nf3+ 26.
Kf2 Nxh4 27. fxe5 Rfb8 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. gxh4 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Duggan, Dylan"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[WhiteICU "1797"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535343"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Kerney, Eamon"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[WhiteICU "1836"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534398"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[WhiteICU "2281"]
[BlackICU "1920"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509393"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Nxc6
bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 9. Bd4 f6 10. Qe2 fxe5 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. Qxe5 Nf6 13. O-O-O
O-O 14. Bc4+ d5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Rxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ e6 18. Bxa8 Qb6 19.
Bf3 a5 20. Qe3 Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 Kf7 22. Rd1 Ke7 23. b3 Bd7 24. Kb2 g5 25. Rd4
Rf5 26. c4 h5 27. h3 e5 28. Rd2 Be8 29. Be4 Rf1 30. c5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[WhiteICU "2036"]
[BlackICU "2217"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508214"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 c5 8.
d5 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Qc1 Re8 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. Nf4 Nc4
15. h4 Ng4 16. Bg5 h6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Bxh6 Nxb2 19. Ne2 Nc4 20. Qg5 Nce5
21. h5 Bf6 22. Qf4 gxh5 23. f3 Nxh6 24. Qxh6 Bg7 25. Qxh5 e6 26. f4 Nf7 27.
Rad1 exd5 28. e5 Qe7 29. Nc3 d4 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Ra7 32. e6 Nh6 33. f5
Qf6 34. Qxe8+ Kh7 35. Qh5 Bf8 36. Qh4 Be7 37. Qxf6 Bxf6 38. Kg2 Ng4 39.
Rh1+ Kg7 40. Kf3 Ne3 41. Ke4 Nxd1 42. Rxd1 Rc7 43. a4 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Campbell, Andrew"]
[Black "Govindaraju, Darun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[WhiteICU "2006"]
[BlackICU "2125"]
[WhiteClub "Bangor"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518392"]
[BlackFideId "2519690"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6
Bxc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. Qd2 O-O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Rfe1 Nc5
14. Be3 Rg8 15. Bd4 Bd7 16. Qe3 g5 17. Bxc5 Qc7 18. Bxa7 Qd6 19. Ne5 Be8
20. Rad1 Bg7 21. Nc4 Qa6 22. Nb6+ Kc7 23. Qc5+ Bc6 24. Qxe7+ Rd7 25. Nxd7
Bxd7 26. Qf7 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rd8 28. Bd4 Qc6 29. Rb1 Re8 30. Rb6 Qa4 31. Reb1
Rb8 32. Be5+ Kc8 33. Bxb8 Kxb8 34. Rxb7+ Ka8 35. Rxd7 Qxc2 36. Ra7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Black "Gajcin, Jasmina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[BlackICU "1946"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "14189208"]
[BlackFideId "939030"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. d4 d5
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 c5 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Ne5 c4 13. Bf1 Bd6 14. Qf3
Qc7 15. h3 Ne4 16. Bc1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Ba3 Rd8 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. Rd4
Bg6 21. Qe3 Qf5 22. Red1 Nf6 23. Qg3 b5 24. Qh4 Re8 25. R4d2 Re4 26. Qg3
Re6 27. f3 Rae8 28. Bc5 a6 29. Bd4 Nh5 30. Qh4 Nf4 31. g4 Nxh3+ 32. Qxh3
Qg5 33. Qg3 f5 34. f4 Qxg4 35. Qxg4 fxg4 36. Be5 Be4 37. Bg2 g5 38. Bxe4
dxe4 39. Rd8 gxf4 40. Rxe8+ Rxe8 41. Bxf4 Rf8 42. Rf1 h5 43. Bg3 Rxf1+ 44.
Kxf1 Kf7 45. Ke2 Ke6 46. Ke3 Kd5 47. Kf4 a5 48. a3 b4 49. cxb4 axb4 50.
axb4 c3 51. Ke3 Kc4 52. Bd6 h4 53. Kxe4 g3 54. Kf3 Kd5 55. Be7 Kc4 56. Kg2
Kb5 57. Bc5 Kc4 58. Kh3 Kb5 59. Kxh4 g2 60. Kg3 g1=Q+ 61. Bxg1 Kxb4 62. Kf3
Ka3 63. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Van den Bosse, Bart"]
[Black "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[BlackICU "2095"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "NED"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1035959"]
[BlackFideId "2517604"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Gligoric system with 7...dc"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "van den Bosse, Bart"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8.
O-O cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. a3 Be7 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Bb3
a6 15. Bc2 Re8 16. Rac1 Nf8 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qg3 Ng6 20. Nxg6
hxg6 21. f3 Red8 22. Qf2 Bf6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Bb3 Rxc1 26.
Rxc1 Qg5 27. Re1 Rd2 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Qxe2 Qc5+ 30. Kf1 Bc6 31. Bc4 b5 32.
Bd3 Qc1+ 33. Kf2 Bd5 34. Qc2 Qf4 35. h3 Qd4+ 36. Kf1 f5 37. Qc3 Qxc3 38.
bxc3 Bc4 39. Bxc4 bxc4 40. f4 Kf7 41. Ke2 e5 42. Ke3 Ke6 43. h4 Kd5 44. g3
e4 45. Kd2 Kc6 46. Ke3 Kc5 47. Kd2 Kb5 48. Ke3 Ka4 49. Kd4 Kb3 50. a4 a5
0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Murray, Benjamin"]
[Black "White, Nicole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[WhiteICU "2052"]
[BlackICU "1931"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512963"]
[BlackFideId "2520362"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "anti-anti-Caro-Kann defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 e6
8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Bb4 11. a3 Ba5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qd3 Nbd7 14.
Rac1 Qb8 15. Ba2 a6 16. b4 Bc7 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bf4 20.
Re8 h6 21. Qxf7+ Kh7 22. Bb1+ Kh8 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 24. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Black "Blijlevens, Pim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[WhiteICU "2189"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "2514249"]
[BlackFideId "1022997"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Cuillean&aacute;in, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qh4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Bg5 Nxd3+ 13. Rxd3 Qa5
14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Qxe4 Rxe7 17. Rhd1 Re8 18. Kb1 e5 19. Ng5 g6
20. Qh4 h5 21. Ne4 Rf8 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nxh5+ gxh5 24. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Black "Woods, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[WhiteICU "1947"]
[BlackICU "2047"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2502283"]
[BlackFideId "2518384"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc1 g6 7. Na3 a6 8.
Nc2 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. g4 Nd7 11. Bg2 Rd8 12. O-O e5 13. Bg3 e4 14. Nh2 Bh6
15. Qd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nf8 17. Bh4 Re8 18. g5 Qd8 19. f4 Bf5 20. Be1 Bg7 21.
h4 Ne6 22. Bf2 Rc8 23. Rfc1 Bf8 24. Bf1 Qb6 25. Rab1 Na5 26. b3 Rc7 27. Be1
Nc6 28. b4 Rec8 29. b5 axb5 30. Bxb5 Ncxd4 31. Bd7 Qa6 32. Bxc8 Ne2+ 33.
Kf2 Nxc1 34. Rxc1 Rxc8 35. Nb4 Bxb4 36. Rxc8+ Nf8 37. Qxb4 Bxc8 38. Qb2 d4
39. Qxd4 Qxa2+ 40. Kg3 Qe6 41. Nf1 Qh3+ 42. Kf2 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Ashworth, Michael"]
[Black "Haque, Mustakim-Ul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[BlackICU "2025"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "425044"]
[BlackFideId "2509334"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 Re8 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. O-O Rad8 14.
Bb5 e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Rxc7 Qxe5 18. Rxd7 Rc8 19. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Duggan, Dylan"]
[Black "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[WhiteICU "1797"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "2535343"]
[BlackFideId "1516604"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d6 8.
exd6 e6 9. Qe2 Bxd6 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Nd5 12. d4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14.
O-O Qc7 15. Na3 a6 16. Qd3 Ne7 17. c4 Ng6 18. g3 Bh6 19. d5 exd5 20. Rfe1+
Be6 21. cxd5 O-O-O 22. Nb5 Qc5 23. Na7+ Kb8 24. Nc6+ bxc6 25. Qxa6 Rxd5 26.
Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qa8+ Kc7 28. Ra7+ Kd6 29. Qb7 Qxa7 30. Qxa7 Rd8 31. Qa3+ Kc7
32. Qa7+ Kc8 33. Qb6 R8d6 34. Ne5 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kg2 Bd5+ 37. f3
Rc1 38. Qa6+ Kb8 39. Qd3 Kc7 40. Nc4 Ra1 41. Qe2 Kd8 42. Qe5 Ra2+ 43. Kf1
Bxf3 44. Qb8+ Ke7 45. Qc7+ Ke6 46. Qd6+ Kf5 47. Qe5+ Kg4 48. Qd4+ Kf5 49.
Qd3+ Be4 50. Nd6+ Ke5 51. Nxe4 Rxh2 52. Nf2 Rh5 53. g4 Rg5 54. Qc3+ Kd5 55.
Qc4+ Ke5 56. Qc5+ Ke6 57. Qxc6+ Ke7 58. b4 f5 59. gxf5 Rxf5 60. b5 Rf6 61.
Qc5+ Kd7 62. b6 Bf4 63. b7 Bc7 64. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Comley, Jamie"]
[Black "Ashworth, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[WhiteICU "2037"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2524260"]
[BlackFideId "426563"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Morphy defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
Ng5 Ne5 9. f4 Nc4 10. e5 Ng4 11. Qxd4 d5 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc3 c6 14. f5
Nh6 15. f6 Nf5 16. Rxf5 Bxf5 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Rf1 Bg6 19. Nxf7 $2 (19. Na4
$14) 19... Bxf7 20. e6 gxf6 21. exf7+ Kxf7 $17 22. Qg4 h5 23. Qf5 Bc5+ $2 (
23... Qd6 24. Re1 Qe6 $17) 24. Kh1 Bd4 25. Ne2 $16 Bxb2 26. Nf4 Qc8 $2 (
26... Qe8 $14) 27. Qg6+ Ke7 28. Re1+ $2 (28. c3 $18) 28... Be5 $10 29. Nxh5
$6 (29. Bc3 $10) 29... Qe6 30. Nf4 $2 (30. Ng7 $10) 30... Rxh2+ $2 (30...
Qf7 $19) 31. Kxh2 $2 (31. Kg1 $1 $10) 31... Rh8+ $19 32. Kg3 Rg8 33. Rxe5
fxe5 34. Nxe6 Rxg6+ 35. Ng5 Kf6 36. Kh4 d4 37. g4 c3 38. Ne4+ Ke6 39. Bc1
Kd5 40. Kh5 Re6 41. Ng3 e4 42. g5 d3 43. Nf1 d2 44. Nxd2 cxd2 45. Bxd2 e3
46. Be1 Ke5 47. g6 Kf6 48. Bc3+ Ke7 (48... Kf5 { is simpler. }) 49. Kh6 e2
50. Be1 Re3 51. Bh4+ Kf8 52. Kh7 Re7+ 53. Kh8 e1=Q 54. Bxe1 Rxe1 55. g7+
Ke7 56. g8=Q Rh1+ 57. Kg7 Rg1+ 58. Kh7 Rxg8 59. Kxg8 Kd6 ({ Draw agreed.
But Black is winning, e.g. ( } 59... Kd6 { ) } 60. Kf7 c5 $1 { (only move)
} 61. a4 a5 $1 { (only move) } 62. Ke8 c4 $1 { (only move) } 63. Kd8 c3 $1
{ (only move), etc. }) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Weih, Klaus"]
[Black "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534940"]
[BlackFideId "2512556"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish, classical defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bd7 8.
Nd5 g5 9. Nxg5 Nxd5 10. Qh5 Qf6 11. Nf3 Qg6 12. Qxg6 fxg6 13. exd5 Nb4 14.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O-O Nxd5 16. Rhe1 g5 17. Bg3 Nf4 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxf4 gxf4
20. Nxd4 Rhg8 21. g3 Raf8 22. Ne6 Rf5 23. Nxc5+ Rxc5 24. Rd4 Rf5 25. Ree4
fxg3 26. fxg3 Rf2 27. Rd2 Rf1+ 28. Rd1 Rf2 29. Rd2 Rf1+ 30. Rd1 Rf2 31. Rd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"]
[Black "Woods, Christopher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[BlackICU "2007"]
[BlackClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2260972"]
[BlackFideId "2518201"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. b4 Bf8 14.
O-O e5 15. e4 Bg4 16. Qe1 Rac8 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. f3 Bh5 19. Bf2 Bg6 20. Bb5
Re7 21. Bc5 Rec7 22. Bxa7 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Nb1 Rc8 25. Bc5 dxe4 26.
Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Qf2 exf3 28. gxf3 Rc2 29. Qe3 Nd5 30. Qa7 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Millward, Kevin P."]
[Black "Gulljord, Birk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "404721"]
[BlackFideId "1542753"]
[PlyCount "229"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Be7 6. h3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Qb6 8.
Qc2 Bd7 9. Rc1 Rc8 10. Qb1 a5 11. a4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 cxd4 14.
exd4 f5 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Qd8 17. Bb5 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Nc4 Rf6 20.
f4 Qg3 21. Qc2 Rg6 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Ne5 Rh6 24. Kh1 Bd5 25. Qe2 e3 26. Nf3
Bc4 27. Qxe3 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Rg6 29. Rf2 Rd8 30. Re2 Rf6 31. Qe5 Rdf8 32. Kg1
Rg6 33. Kf1 Rh6 34. Re3 Qg6 35. Qxa5 Qe8 36. Ne5 Qc8 37. Qb5 Rd8 38. Nf3
Rd5 39. Qe2 Qc6 40. b3 Rf6 41. Ne5 Qc7 42. g3 Rf8 43. Nc4 Rdd8 44. Rxe6 Qf7
45. Re7 Qd5 46. Kg1 b5 47. Re5 Qa8 48. Rxb5 Rb8 49. Ne5 Rxb5 50. Qxb5 h6
51. Qc4+ Kh7 52. Qd3 Rf6 53. d5 Qb8 54. b4 Qa7+ 55. Kg2 Qxa4 56. d6 Qa8+
57. Kf2 Qa2+ 58. Ke3 Qg2 59. Nf3 Re6+ 60. Ne5 Qxg3+ 61. Kd2 Qxf4+ 62. Kc2
Qxe5 63. d7 Rd6 64. d8=Q Qh2+ 65. Kb3 Rxd8 66. Qxd8 Qxh3 67. b5 f4 68. b6
Qe6+ 69. c4 Qe3+ 70. Kb4 f3 71. b7 Qe1+ 72. Kc5 Qe5+ 73. Qd5 Qc7+ 74. Qc6
Qe5+ 75. Qd5 Qe3+ 76. Kc6 Qe8+ 77. Kb6 f2 78. Qd3+ Qg6+ 79. Qxg6+ Kxg6 80.
b8=Q f1=Q 81. Qe8+ Kh7 82. Qe4+ Kh8 83. c5 Qf6+ 84. c6 Qb2+ 85. Ka7 Qa3+
86. Kb8 Qb3+ 87. Kc8 Qg8+ 88. Kd7 Qf7+ 89. Qe7 Qd5+ 90. Qd6 Qf5+ 91. Qe6
Qb5 92. Kd8 Qb6+ 93. Kd7 Qb5 94. Ke7 Qg5+ 95. Ke8 Qb5 96. Qd7 Qh5+ 97. Kd8
Qg5+ 98. Qe7 Qd5+ 99. Qd7 Qg5+ 100. Kc8 Qg2 101. Qd8+ Kh7 102. Qd3+ Kh8
103. c7 Qc6 104. Qd8+ Kh7 105. Qd3+ Kh8 106. Kd8 Qf6+ 107. Kd7 Qf7+ 108.
Kd6 Qf4+ 109. Kc6 Qa4+ 110. Qb5 Qe4+ 111. Kb6 Qe3+ 112. Kb7 Qe4+ 113. Kb8
Qf4 114. Qc5 Qg3 115. Ka7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Nikiforov, Sergey"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "14129086"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.01.31"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Kerney, Eamon"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[WhiteICU "1836"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534398"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Black "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[BlackICU "2281"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14189208"]
[BlackFideId "2509393"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defence deferred"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d3 fxe4 6. dxe4 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bb3+ Kh8 11. Ng5 Qe8 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 Qg6 14.
Bf5 Qf7 15. Qb3 Nd8 16. Qxf7 Nxf7 17. Nd2 g6 18. Be6 Kg7 19. Nf3 Rae8 20.
Bxf7 Kxf7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Ne6 Rf7 23. Nxc7 Rc8 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 h5
26. Be3 Kh7 27. Rac1 Bf8 28. f3 Bh6 29. Bxh6 Kxh6 30. Re4 Rc5 31. Rd1 Rfc7
32. Kf2 Rb5 33. Re2 g5 34. h3 Kg6 35. Rd3 Rcc5 36. Red2 Rc4 37. Ke3 Rbc5
38. Rc2 b5 39. b3 Rf4 40. Rb2 h4 41. Re2 Kf5 42. Kd2 e4 43. Rxe4 Rxe4 44.
fxe4+ Kxe4 45. Rd4+ Ke5 46. Kd3 Rxd5 47. Rxd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Black "Murray, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[WhiteICU "2095"]
[BlackICU "2052"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "St. Benildus"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517604"]
[BlackFideId "2512963"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e5
8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nc4 Nh5 10. b4 Re8 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. a3 Nf4 13. Bf1 Qe6 14.
g3 Nh5 15. Ne3 Nb6 16. c4 Bd7 17. a4 Rad8 18. Qc2 Qf6 19. Be2 Bh6 20. Nxe5
Bxe3 21. Ng4 Bxf2+ 22. Nxf2 Qg5 23. Qc3 f6 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. Qxf6 Qxf6 26.
Bxf6 Rc8 27. c5 Nc4 28. Red1 Be6 29. Rd3 Rf8 30. e5 Rce8 31. Rc1 Nb2 32.
Rd4 Rf7 33. Ne4 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Bxd7 35. Ng5 Nxa4 36. Rd1 Bg4 37. Rd4 Nc3 38.
Kf2 h6 39. Nf3 c6 40. Nd2 Nd5 41. Ne4 Rf8 42. Kg2 Be6 43. h3 Ne3+ 44. Kh2
Nd5 45. h4 Bf5 46. Nd6 Nxf6 47. exf6 Bg4 48. f7+ Kg7 49. Re4 Bf3 50. Re7 b6
51. Ne8+ Kg6 52. Re6+ Kxf7 53. Re3 Rxe8 54. Rxf3+ Kg6 55. Ra3 bxc5 56. bxc5
Re2+ 57. Kh3 Re7 58. Rd3 Kf5 59. Rd6 Re6 60. Rd7 Re5 61. Rxa7 Rxc5 62. Rh7
Kg6 63. Rc7 Rc2 64. Rc8 c5 65. Rc6+ Kg7 66. Rc7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Black "Campbell, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[WhiteICU "2217"]
[BlackICU "2006"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509580"]
[BlackFideId "2518392"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8.
e4 h6 9. h3 c6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Rc1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rfe1
Qe7 15. Rcd1 Nfd7 16. b3 Nf8 17. Bf4 Rd8 18. Be3 Kh7 19. Re2 Be6 20. Nf5
Bxf5 21. exf5 Qf6 22. fxg6+ fxg6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bd4 Qf7 25. Bxe4 Bxd4 26.
Rxd4 Qf6 27. Qd3 Rd7 28. h4 Kg7 29. Bf3 g5 30. Bg4 Rdd8 31. hxg5 hxg5 32.
Rde4 Ng6 33. Re6 Ne5 34. R2xe5 dxe5 35. Qe3 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Duggan, Dylan"]
[Black "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[WhiteICU "1797"]
[BlackICU "2189"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2535343"]
[BlackFideId "2514249"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[BlackFullName "O'Cuillean&aacute;in, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. exd6 e6 6. Bc4 Bxd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
d4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 b6 11. e4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Kh1 Nxf3 14.
Qxf3 Qh4 15. h3 Qg3 16. Qxg3 Bxg3 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Rf3 Be5 19. Re1 Rac8 20.
Bb3 Rfd8 21. Ref1 Rd7 22. Re3 a6 23. Na4 Rd6 24. Ref3 f6 25. Re3 Kf7 26.
Nc3 Ke7 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Rc1 29. Re2 a5 30. Rd2 Bxe4 31. Ba4 Bd5 32.
a3 h5 33. Kg1 Bf4 34. Rd3 h4 35. Rd4 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "Ashworth, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[WhiteICU "2047"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "425044"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4
8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. b3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bxc3 14.
Qxc3 Nxe4 15. Qb2 Re8 16. Bf3 Nc5 17. b4 Nd3 18. Qc3 Ne5 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20.
Ba6 Qc7 21. Rac1 Bc8 22. Bb5 Rd8 23. Ba4 Be6 24. Bb3 Qb7 25. b5 Rdc8 26.
Qd4 a6 27. a4 Nd7 28. Bd1 Nc5 29. Bf3 Qc7 30. Rfe1 Bf5 31. Bh6 f6 32. Bd5+
Kh8 33. Qh4 axb5 34. g4 Bd7 35. Rxe7 Rg8 36. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Black "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1921"]
[WhiteICU "2036"]
[BlackICU "1920"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2508214"]
[BlackFideId "2500647"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. b4 Bb6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 e5 12. Qg3 Rf7 13. Qxe5 Nbc6 14.
Qg3 Nd4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh4+ Kg8 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nf5 19. Bxd8
Nxd4 20. O-O Bf5 21. Bg5 Nxc2 22. Ra2 d4 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. h3 Be6
26. Rb2 Nxa3 27. Nf3 Nb5 28. Re1 Bd5 29. Ne5 Rdc7 30. Ng6 Kf7 31. Ne5+ Kg8
32. Ng6 Kf7 33. Ne7 Re8 34. Rbe2 Bc4 $4 (34... Nc3 $14 { e.g. } 35. Re5 Be4
36. R1xe4 Nxe4 37. Rxe4 d3 38. Rd4 Rexe7 39. Bxe7 Kxe7) 35. Re4 $18 d3 36.
Rf4# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Govindaraju, Darun"]
[Black "Gajcin, Jasmina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "1914"]
[WhiteICU "2125"]
[BlackICU "1946"]
[WhiteClub "Master"]
[BlackClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SRB"]
[WhiteFideId "2519690"]
[BlackFideId "939030"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Be5
Bg7 15. f3 Qe7 16. b3 Rd8 17. Qe1 c5 18. Nxb5 cxd4 19. Bxc4 d3 20. Qg3 Qc5+
21. Kh1 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Bxe5 23. Qe1 Bxa1 24. Qxa1 Rf8 25. Qf6 Qe7 26. Qf2 a6
27. Nc3 Qd6 28. Na4 d2 29. Rd1 Qd4 30. Qg3 Qxe4 31. Nc3 Qc6 32. a4 Qd6 33.
Qf2 g3 34. Qe3 Rg8 35. Ne2 Qe7 36. Nf4 Rg4 37. Kg1 Kf8 38. Qe5 Rg8 39. Bxe6
Qxh4 40. Bh3 Qg5 41. Qc7 Qe7 42. Qb6 Qe1+ 43. Rxe1 dxe1=Q# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Woods, Christopher"]
[Black "Van den Bosse, Bart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[WhiteICU "2007"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "2518201"]
[BlackFideId "1035959"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[BlackFullName "van den Bosse, Bart"]

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1. e4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "White, Nicole"]
[Black "Comley, Jamie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[WhiteICU "1931"]
[BlackICU "2037"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2520362"]
[BlackFideId "2524260"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. d3 Qd7 8.
Bd2 Bh3 9. Rb1 h5 10. Nd5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 e6 12. Nc3 Nge7 13. a3 O-O 14. b4
b6 15. Na4 Nf5 16. Bc3 Ncd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. e3 Qc6+ 19. f3 Nf5 20. Re1
Bh6 21. Kf2 cxb4 22. axb4 d5 23. c5 bxc5 24. Nxc5 a5 25. d4 axb4 26. Rxb4
Ra2+ 27. Rb2 Rxb2+ 28. Bxb2 Qb5 29. Bc1 Qc4 30. Qe2 Qxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Ra8 32.
Kd3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Black "Nikiforov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[WhiteNationality "NOR"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "1516604"]
[BlackFideId "14129086"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "classical with e4 and Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. c4 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Qg3 Ne5 14.
Bxa6 bxa6 15. f4 Nc4 16. Qd3 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Nb6 18. Be3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qd7 20.
Qxa6 Qa4 21. Qxa4 Nxa4 22. Rac1 Rfe8 23. Bg1 f6 24. Rc2 Rab8 25. Bh2 c4 26.
Bg1 a6 27. Bd4 Rb2 28. Rxb2 Nxb2 29. Rb1 Nd3 30. Rb6 Rxe4 31. Rxa6 Nxf4 32.
Rxd6 Re2 33. g3 Nxh3 34. Rxf6 Rxa2 35. d6 Ra5 36. Be3 Kg7 37. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Blijlevens, Pim"]
[Black "Weih, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1942"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[WhiteNationality "NED"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1022997"]
[BlackFideId "2534940"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O e6 {
... } 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Haque, Mustakim-Ul"]
[Black "Millward, Kevin P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[WhiteICU "2025"]
[WhiteClub "Rathmines Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2509334"]
[BlackFideId "404721"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 Nxg4 6. Rg1 Nb6 7. h3 exd4
8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh4 g5
14. Bg3 Ng6 15. Kb1 a6 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 c5 19. dxc6 Nxc6
20. Qc3 Kb8 21. Nb5 axb5 22. Bxd6+ Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Bxd6 24. Qxf6 Be7 25. Qc3
b4 26. Qg3+ Ka8 27. Bd3 h5 28. Be4 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Qc7 Bc5 $19 31. a3
bxa3 32. bxa3 Be8 $6 (32... Rhe8 $19) 33. Rxg4 $17 Bd6 34. Qb6 Bd7 $2 (
34... Be5 $1 $17) 35. Rg5 $18 { Now White threatens 36. Rb5, with mate to
follow, and out of the blue Black has no defence. } 35... Rhg8 36. Rb5 Rg1+
37. Kb2 Bxa3+ 38. Kxa3 Ra1+ 39. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Ashworth, Robert"]
[Black "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1917"]
[BlackElo "1962"]
[BlackICU "1947"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "426563"]
[BlackFideId "2502283"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O a5 9. a4 Na6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. Nxf6+ exf6 12. h3 Re8 13. Qc2 Nd5 14. Bd2
Be6 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. c4 Nb4 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. b3 b6 20. Be4 Ra5
21. d5 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. cxd5 Bd6 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Qd4
Qd8 27. Qe4 Rxd5 28. Kh1 Bc5 29. Qe2 Rd3 30. Rb1 Qd5 31. Qc2 Kg7 32. Kg1 h5
33. Kf1 g5 34. Qc1 Rxb3 35. Rxb3 Qxb3 36. Nxg5 Qd3+ 37. Kg1 fxg5 38. Qxg5+
Qg6 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40. a5 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Bxf2 42. Qxh5+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Qg6 44.
Qd8+ Kg7 45. g4 Bc5 46. Kg2 Qc6+ 47. Kf1 Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Bf2+ 49. Kd2 Be3+ 50.
Kc2 Qc6+ 51. Kd3 Qc3+ 52. Ke4 bxa5 53. Qxa5 Qd4+ 54. Kf3 b3 55. Qa3 b2 56.
Qb3 Bc1 57. Qb5 Qf4+ 58. Ke2 Qe4+ 59. Kd1 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Black "Gulljord, Birk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[WhiteICU "1949"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "2512556"]
[BlackFideId "1542753"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bh7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. f4 Ne7 10. h5 Na6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Nd2 c5 14. dxc5
Nc6 15. O-O-O Na5 16. Qd3 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Ne4 Nb4 19. Qa3 Rxc2+ 20.
Kb1 Nc4 21. Nd6+ Qxd6 22. exd6 Nxa3+ 23. bxa3 Rc4 24. axb4 Rxb4+ 25. Ka1
Rxf4 26. Rc1 Kd7 27. Rc7+ Kxd6 28. Rxb7 Rf1+ 29. Rb1 Rxb1+ 30. Kxb1 Rb8+
31. Kc2 Rb4 32. g5 hxg5 33. h6 gxh6 34. Rxh6 Ra4 35. Kb3 Re4 36. Rh7 g4 37.
Rh2 f5 38. Ne2 g3 39. Rg2 f4 40. Nxf4 Rxf4 41. Rxg3 Rc4 42. Rg8 Rc7 43. Rg5
d4 44. Rh5 e5 45. Rg5 d3 46. Rg3 e4 47. Rg6+ Kd5 48. Rg8 Kd4 49. a4 Rb7+
50. Ka2 d2 51. a5 Kd3 52. a6 Rb6 53. Rc8 d1=Q 54. Rc1 Qa4# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2260972"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Kerney, Eamon"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[WhiteICU "1836"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534398"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Flynn, Jacob"]
[Black "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2218"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[WhiteICU "2281"]
[BlackICU "2095"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2509393"]
[BlackFideId "2517604"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Nf5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Re1 Rc8 12. g3 Nce7 13. a4 a6 14. g4
Nh6 15. h3 Qc7 16. Kg2 Ng6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Nd4 Nf7 19. f4 Nd8 20. Be3
Bxd4 21. cxd4 Nc6 22. b5 Na5 23. Na3 Nc4 24. Qb3 Nxa3 25. Rxa3 Qc2+ 26.
Qxc2 Rxc2+ 27. Kg3 axb5 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. Rba1 Bb5 31. Rb1 Bc6
32. Rba1 Kf7 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Rxa8 Ke7 35. f5 Rc3 $17 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Murray, Benjamin"]
[Black "Melaugh, Shane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[WhiteICU "2052"]
[BlackICU "2217"]
[WhiteClub "St. Benildus"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512963"]
[BlackFideId "2509580"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Ne2
b6 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Qd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. c4 h5 12. h4 Bh6 13. Qd2 Bxe3 14.
fxe3 f5 15. b4 Ne5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Qc3 Ng4 18. Rac1 Nf6 19. c5 Qb5 20.
a4 Qxe2 21. cxb6 c5 22. dxc5 Ng4 23. c6+ Kc8 24. b7+ Kc7 25. Rc2 Qxe3+ 26.
Kh1 Qe4+ 27. Kg1 Rd3 28. Qe1 Re3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "O'Cuilleanain, Oisin"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[WhiteICU "2189"]
[BlackICU "2036"]
[WhiteClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[BlackClub "Elm Mount"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514249"]
[BlackFideId "2508214"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "B91"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Zagreb (fianchetto) variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "O'Cuillean&aacute;in, Ois&iacute;n"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Qe2 d5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rxc2 17. O-O Nf6 18. Qd3 Rc8 19. Qxa6 Nxd5 20.
Nc4 Nxe3 21. Nxe3 Bc5 22. Rad1 Qg5 23. Nd5 Rcd8 24. Qc4 Bd4 25. Kg2 Rc8 26.
Qb3 Qg4 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. Qxf7 Bc5 30. Qf3 Qe6 31. Qd5 Qf6 32.
a5 Bd4 33. a6 b5 34. a7 Qf8 35. Qxb5 Bxa7 36. Qxe5 h6 37. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[WhiteICU "2047"]
[BlackICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[BlackClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "14189208"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence, Botvinnik variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c6 8.
O-O Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bf4 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb5 Bb7 13. Nc7 Nh5 14. Nxe8
Nxf4 15. exf4 Qxe8 16. Rfe1 Qd8 17. Ne5 c5 18. Bh7+ Kf8 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20.
Qg6+ Kf8 21. Qe6 Nf6 22. Bg6 Qe8 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Qe3 Ne4 25. Rac1 cxd4
26. Qd3 Bb4 27. f3 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Rd8 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4
d3 32. Qb4+ Kf7 33. Qd2 Kf6 34. Kf2 Rd7 35. Ke1 Re7+ 36. Kd1 Rd7 37. Qc3+
Kf7 38. Kd2 h5 39. Qe5 g6 40. f5 gxf5 41. Qxf5+ Ke7 42. Qxh5 Kd8 43. Qf5
Kc7 44. Qxd7+ Kxd7 45. Kxd3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Woods, Christopher"]
[Black "Campbell, Andrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[WhiteICU "2007"]
[BlackICU "2006"]
[WhiteClub "Drumlish"]
[BlackClub "Bangor"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518201"]
[BlackFideId "2518392"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Rb1 d6 7. b4 Bg7 8.
bxc5 dxc5 9. Na4 Qc7 10. Nb6 Rb8 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. d3 O-O 14.
O-O Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Qf3 b5 19. Nc7 Rf8 20. Ne8
Qc6 21. Bd5 Qc5 22. Bb3 h6 23. Bh4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Gajcin, Jasmina"]
[Black "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1914"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[WhiteICU "1946"]
[WhiteClub "Dublin"]
[WhiteNationality "SRB"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "939030"]
[BlackFideId "1516604"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. c4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. O-O a6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Be3 Rc8 12. f4 Qc7 13. Nd5 Nxd5
14. cxd5 Qc4 15. Qd1 Nc5 16. b3 Qd3 17. Qxd3 Nxd3 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Ne2 Nxe4
20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Nc3 22. Rd2 Nxd5 23. f5 Ne3 24. Re1 Ng4 25. Nf3 Rfe8
26. h3 Nf6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. g4 Kf8 29. g5 Nh5 30. Rf1 Rc3 31. h4 Rec8 32.
Nd4 e5 33. Rdf2 exd4 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Rxb7 Rc1 36. Rd7 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Rc6
38. Ke2 Ng3+ 39. Kd3 Nf5 40. Ke4 Rc5 41. b4 Re5+ 42. Kd3 Re3+ 43. Kd2 Ra3
0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Ashworth, Michael"]
[Black "White, Nicole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "1911"]
[BlackICU "1931"]
[BlackClub "Knights of Eanna"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "425044"]
[BlackFideId "2520362"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 h6 8.
Bh4 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Nh7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7
14. b4 a6 15. a4 b5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Rfc8 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Nf6 20.
Ne5 Qd6 21. h3 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Qc3 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Qb7 25. Raa5 Rab8
26. Rc4 Rd8 27. Rac5 Rd6 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Qxb4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Qd3+
g6 32. Rxb8 Qxb8 33. Qxa6 Qb1+ 34. Qf1 Qe4 35. Qd1 Qd5 36. Qd3 Kg7 37. Qe3
g5 38. Qe5+ Qxe5 39. dxe5 Kg6 40. g4 h5 41. Kg2 hxg4 42. hxg4 f5 43. Kf3
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "MacElligott, Gerard"]
[Black "Haque, Mustakim-Ul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1921"]
[BlackElo "1967"]
[WhiteICU "1920"]
[BlackICU "2025"]
[WhiteClub "Elm Mount"]
[BlackClub "Rathmines Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500647"]
[BlackFideId "2509334"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O h6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Nc5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxd8 Rexd8 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. b3 Be5
20. f3 Bb2 21. Rb1 exf3 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxb2 Rd1+ 25. Kf2
Bc6 26. Bxa7 g5 27. h4 Kh7 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Bb8 Kg6 30. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Black "Blijlevens, Pim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1962"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[WhiteICU "1947"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "2502283"]
[BlackFideId "1022997"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nd5 7. Bg3 f4 8.
exf4 Nxf4 9. Bxf4 Rxf4 10. g3 Rf8 11. h4 Nc6 12. c3 d5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Qe8 15. f4 Bd7 16. Qc2 Qh5 17. Be2 Qf5 18. Qb3 Bc5 19. c4 Bc6 20.
O-O-O Rab8 21. Bd3 Qf7 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Qc2 Bxh1 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Rxh1
Be3 26. Bg6 Qd7 27. Rh2 Rbd8 28. Qd1 Bxd2+ 29. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 30. Qxd2 Rxd2 31.
Kxd2 Kg8 32. Ke3 Rd8 33. g4 Rd1 34. Bc2 Rg1 35. g5 Kf7 36. h5 Rh1 37. Bg6+
Kf8 38. Ke4 Rh2 39. f5 Rh4+ 40. Kf3 exf5 41. e6 Rg4 42. Bf7 Rxg5 43. Kf4
Rg2 44. Kxf5 Rxb2 45. Kg6 Rg2+ 46. Kh7 c5 47. Bg6 Re2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Comley, Jamie"]
[Black "Duggan, Dylan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[WhiteICU "2037"]
[BlackICU "1797"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2524260"]
[BlackFideId "2535343"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Bg4
8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. g4 Bf7 12. Ng5 Qe8 13. Ba4 Kh8 14. Nd5
Bd8 15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf7+ Qxf7 17. Qd5 Bh4 18. Qxf7 Rxf7 19. Bxc6 bxc6
20. c4 Raf8 21. Re2 a5 22. Rd1 c5 23. Rd3 Ra8 24. Ra3 Rff8 25. Ra4 Ra6 26.
Bd2 Rfa8 27. Be1 Bg5 28. Rc2 Bd8 29. Rc3 c6 30. Rd3 Bc7 31. Bd2 h6 32. f4
Rb8 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Bc3 Ra7 35. Rd7 Rbb7 36. Re7 Kg8 37. b3 Kf8 38. Rd7
Kg8 39. Kf2 Kf8 40. Kg3 Rb8 41. Rxc7 Rxc7 42. Bxe5 Rcc8 43. Bxb8 Rxb8 44.
Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Nikiforov, Sergey"]
[Black "Govindaraju, Darun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1933"]
[BlackElo "2124"]
[BlackICU "2125"]
[BlackClub "Master"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14129086"]
[BlackFideId "2519690"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "closed (Breyer) variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Re1 Nbd7 9. d4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Nf6 12. Bg5 Bf5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6
14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Rxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. c3 Re8 18. Bf3 Bh3 19. Qd2 h5
20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 h4 22. Rd1 Qe4+ 23. Kg1 h3 24. f4 Kh7 25. Rf1 Rd8 26.
Qf2 Rd3 27. Re1 Qd5 28. Qf1 Qf5 29. Re5 Qd7 30. Re7 Qxe7 31. Qxd3+ g6 32.
Kf2 Qc5+ 33. Qd4 Qf5 34. Kf3 Qc2 35. Qf6 Qd1+ 36. Ke3 Kg8 37. f5 Qe1+ 38.
Kf3 Qf1+ 39. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"]
[Black "Ashworth, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1954"]
[BlackElo "1917"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2260972"]
[BlackFideId "426563"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Saragossa opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. c3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Qc7 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8.
Ndf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. g4 cxd4 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14.
Nxd4 fxg4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. O-O-O Qe5 17. Rdg1 Qd5 18. Nb3 e5 19. Rd1 Qc6
20. Rd2 Rf7 21. Rhd1 Raf8 22. Na5 Qa4 23. Qxa4 Bxa4 24. b3 Bb5 25. Rd5 Bd3
26. Rxe5 Rxf2 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Kxd2 Rf2+ 29. Kd1 Rxh2 30. Nxb7 h6 31. Nd6
g3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Millward, Kevin P."]
[Black "Gallagher, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[BlackICU "1949"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "404721"]
[BlackFideId "2512556"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qc2 g6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8.
dxc5 Qxc5 9. Qb3 Na5 10. Qb5+ Qxb5 11. Bxb5+ Bd7 12. Be2 Nh5 13. Bc7 Nc6
14. h3 Nf6 15. Nb3 h5 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Ne5 e6 18. Nb3 Bg7 19. O-O O-O 20.
Nd3 b6 21. a4 Ba6 22. Rfe1 Rfc8 23. Bh2 Bc4 24. Nd2 Na5 25. Nxc4 Nxc4 26.
Ra2 Bf8 27. Ne5 Bd6 28. Nxc4 Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 dxc4 30. Rd1 a6 31. Rd6 Rab8
32. Bf3 Kf8 33. Ra1 Ke7 34. Rad1 b5 35. Rxa6 bxa4 36. Ra7+ Kf8 37. Rd2 Rd8
38. Rc2 Rd7 39. Rxa4 Rc7 40. Rd2 Nd7 41. g4 Ne5 42. Be2 hxg4 43. hxg4 Rcb7
44. Ra2 Rc8 45. f4 Nd7 46. Bf3 Rbc7 47. Rd4 Rb8 48. Be2 Nf6 49. Bf3 Rb5 50.
Kg3 Nd5 51. Bxd5 exd5 52. e4 dxe4 53. Rxe4 Rd5 54. Ra8+ Kg7 55. g5 f6 56.
gxf6+ Kxf6 57. Rf8+ Kg7 58. Rfe8 g5 59. R8e7+ Rxe7 60. Rxe7+ Kf6 61. Rb7
gxf4+ 62. Kxf4 Rd2 63. Rb6+ Ke7 64. Ke3 Rh2 $4 (64... Rd8 { or anywhere
else on the d-file is equal with best play. }) 65. Kd4 $18 Rh4+ 66. Kc5 Kd7
67. Rb7+ Kc8 68. Rb4 Rh2 69. Kxc4 Kc7 70. Kb3 Kc6 71. Rb8 Rh4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Gulljord, Birk"]
[Black "Bye"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1925"]
[WhiteNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "1542753"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Kerney, Eamon"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[WhiteICU "1836"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534398"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Weih, Klaus"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1995"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2534940"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Masters 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Van den Bosse, Bart"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[WhiteNationality "NED"]
[WhiteFideId "1035959"]
[FIDETournamentId "1241832"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.01.30"]
[WhiteFullName "van den Bosse, Bart"]

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0-1

