[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Morriss, Pete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[BlackICU "1909"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "AUT"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1632051"]
[BlackFideId "2500230"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. b3 Nc6
8. Bb2 Bd7 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. O-O Bd6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc7
14. Qxg7 O-O-O 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Nxg5 Rhg8 17. f4 Bb6 18. Kf2 Bc6 19. Rfd1
h6 20. Nf3 Bc7 21. g3 b5 22. Be2 a6 23. Nd4 Bb7 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 a5 26.
Rc1 Kb8 27. b4 axb4 28. Rxb4 Bd6 29. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Prado, Alexandra"]
[Black "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[WhiteNationality "BOL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "3301346"]
[BlackFideId "12989983"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, Korchnoi variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d3 d4 6. Ne4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
Qe2 f5 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. N1h3 Nf6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Nh5 g6 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Bd5+ Kg7 16. Qf3 h6 17. Nf7 Re7 18. Nxh6 Ne5 19. Qg2 Re8 20. f4
Nxd3 21. Nf7 Ne1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Kf2 Qe7 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Kxe1 Bxf4+ 26.
Kf1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Bd7 28. Re1 Bb5+ 29. Kf2 Qg5 30. Kg1 Re8 31. Rxe8 Qc1+
32. Kf2 Qxc2+ 33. Kf3 Qd3+ 34. Kf4 Bxe8 35. Qf2 Kf6 36. h4 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Risteski, Emil"]
[Black "Gulljord, Birk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[WhiteNationality "MKD"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "15005267"]
[BlackFideId "1542753"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14.
Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Nd2 b5 19. g4 a5 20. Rhg1
a4 21. g5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. gxh6 g6 24. Rg4 Qf5 25. Rg5 Qe4 26. f3 Qh4
27. Qg2 Qh2 28. Qxh2 Bxh2 29. f4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Black "Willems, Niels"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "841790"]
[BlackFideId "20695586"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. Ngf3 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8.
Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 g4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bg7 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. Rh5 c4 14.
c3 Qb6 15. Qa4 Qg6 16. Rh2 Bxe5 17. Bd7 Kg7 18. Bxc8 Rhxc8 19. Qd1 b5 20.
Rc1 e6 21. Qe2 b4 22. Rh4 h5 23. Nb1 Rab8 24. Rd1 Rc6 25. Kf1 Bf6 26. Rh1
bxc3 27. Nxc3 Rcb6 28. Na4 Rb4 29. b3 cxb3 30. axb3 Rxb3 31. Kg1 Ra3 32.
Nc5 Rb2 33. Qf1 Rba2 34. Kh2 h4 35. Nd7 hxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Be7 37. Kh2 g3+ 38.
Kh3 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Collins, Adam"]
[Black "Webb, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[WhiteICU "2274"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[BlackClub "The Buffs ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2512300"]
[BlackFideId "2517302"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8.
h3 Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. d5 Nb8 11. a4 e6 12. Nd2 exd5 13. exd5 Re8 14. Nc4 Bf5
15. Qb3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Nb6 Ra7 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. O-O c5
21. Bc4 a5 22. Bd5 Qb8 23. Qc4 Rae7 24. Qb5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Rb7 26. Qxa5 Rxb2
27. Qc7 Qb3 28. Qxd6 Qxa4 29. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Stokes, Stephen"]
[Black "Ribeiro, Gustavo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[WhiteICU "1960"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "POR"]
[WhiteFideId "2503530"]
[BlackFideId "1941852"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. b3 f6 6. Bb2 Qc7 7. O-O e6 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Bxc6 Qxc6 10. Ne5 fxe5 11. Qh5+ Kd8 12. fxe5 Kc7 13. Ne2 Nh6 14.
c4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Qe4 16. Rf4 Qd3 17. Bc3 g5 18. Nc1 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20.
Rf6 Be7 21. Rf1 Bc6 22. Nd3 Nf5 23. Nf2 Rh4 24. e4 Rah8 25. h3 Ng3 26. Rfe1
Nxe4 27. Ng4 Rd8 28. Re2 Rd3 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Nxe3 Nxc3 31. dxc3 Re4 32.
Re1 g4 33. hxg4 Bg5 34. Kf2 Bh4+ 35. g3 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Rosol, Philip"]
[Black "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[WhiteNationality "POL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "1664905"]
[BlackFideId "2297418"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 c5 2. d5 b5 3. e4 a6 4. c4 b4 5. a3 a5 6. axb4 cxb4 7. c5 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. c6 Nb8 11. Nd2 e6 12. Ngf3 exd5 13. exd5 Nf6 14. Nc4
dxc6 15. d6 Qd8 16. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Kelbas, Dariy"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "34160515"]
[BlackFideId "14101467"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Bxg3 8.
hxg3 Qe7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 c4 12. Bc2 Qc5 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. b3
cxb3 15. axb3 a6 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. c4 b5 18. Rc1 Bb7 19. cxb5 Qb6 20. bxa6
Bxa6 21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Bxa6 Nxa6 23. e4 Nb4 24. Qf3 O-O 25. exd5 exd5 26. Nb1
Ra2 27. Rc3 d4 28. Qe4 h6 29. Rc4 d3 30. Kd1 Nc2 31. Kc1 Qxb3 32. e6 Qb2+
33. Kd2 Nb4+ 34. Kd1 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "McGill, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[WhiteICU "2186"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "AUS"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "3295419"]
[BlackFideId "2510375"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6
8. Nd2 e6 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nge7 12. h3 Nf5 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14.
b4 Rde8 15. O-O Nh4 16. b5 Na5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20.
Qxc4+ dxc4 21. Be3 b6 22. Rfd1 Nf5 23. Bg5 Ne7 24. Rd4 Nd5 25. Rxc4+ Kb7
26. Rd4 Rc8 27. c4 Nc3 28. Kf1 Rc5 29. Rc1 Na4 30. Be7 Rxe5 31. Rd7+ Ka8
32. Rcd1 Rc8 33. Rd8 Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Kb7 35. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Smith, Lynda"]
[Black "Saine, Zachary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[WhiteNationality "WLS"]
[BlackNationality "CAN"]
[WhiteFideId "1800191"]
[BlackFideId "2624346"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "closed (Breyer) variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Re8 8.
h3 Nbd7 9. Nh2 Nf8 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. Ng4 Nf4 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bg4 Qg6 14.
Qf3 f5 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Qg4 Qf7 18. Rfe1 Re6 19. Qf3 Rf8 20.
Kh1 Qe7 21. Qe3 Bc5 22. Qg3 Rg6 23. Rxe5 Ne6 24. Qh2 Rxf2 25. Nf3 Rxc2 26.
Bd4 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Rcxg2 28. Qf4 Nxf4 29. Rxe7 R6g3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Black "Bienko, Jagoda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "AUT"]
[WhiteFideId "14189208"]
[BlackFideId "1194569"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Bg7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. g4 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14.
Nd5 Be6 15. Kb1 a6 16. f4 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. f5 Bc4 19. fxg6 Bxe2 20.
gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qxe2 e6 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Rhf1 Qc7 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5+ Ke8
26. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Salmin, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[WhiteICU "1893"]
[BlackICU "2121"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "34147885"]
[BlackFideId "2514311"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 a6 4. Nf3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 e6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. O-O Ne7
8. h4 Nbc6 9. Nd5 exd5 10. exd5 Na5 11. Be2 Bd6 12. a3 b5 13. Ng5 h6 14.
Ne4 Be5 15. f4 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Bd4 17. d6 Bb7 18. Re1 Bxe4 19. Bf3 f5 20. Bxe4
fxe4 21. Rxe4 Qxd6 22. Rxd4 Qf6 23. Rxd7 O-O 24. Qe1 Nac6 25. Bd2 Rfe8 26.
Bc3 Qg6 27. Rad1 Nf5 28. Qd2 Rad8 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Qf3 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Qe6
32. Rc7 Ncd4 33. Qf2 Ne2 34. Be5 Neg3+ 35. Kh2 Ne4 36. Qa7 Nf6 37. g4 Nxg4+
0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Black "Dolan, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[WhiteICU "2124"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "2523558"]
[BlackFideId "2413612"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Szen ('anti-Taimanov') variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 Nf6 6. N1c3 h6 7. Nd6+
Bxd6 8. Qxd6 Qe7 9. Qg3 Nd4 10. Bd3 d6 11. Be3 Nh5 12. Qg4 g6 13. Bxd4 e5
14. Qf3 exd4 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. O-O Qg5 18. Qd3 Nf4 19. Nxf4 Qxf4
20. Qxd4 Qe5 21. Rad1 Ke7 22. Bc4 Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 fxe6 25. Rfd1
Rhd8 26. Kf1 Rac8 27. c3 Rc5 28. Ke2 a5 29. R1d3 b5 30. a3 Rc4 31. Ke3 Rxd4
32. cxd4 a4 33. Rc3 Kd7 34. f4 Rb8 35. b4 axb3 36. Rxb3 Kc6 37. g4 Ra8 38.
Rc3+ Kd7 39. Rb3 Ra4 40. Rxb5 Rxa3+ 41. Kf2 Kc7 42. f5 exf5 43. gxf5 Kc6
44. Rb8 gxf5 45. exf5 Kd5 46. Re8 Rh3 47. Kg2 Rh5 48. f6 Rf5 49. Rf8 Kxd4
50. f7 Kd5 51. Rh8 Rxf7 52. Rxh6 Ke5 53. h4 d5 54. h5 d4 55. Rh8 d3 56. Rd8
Ke4 57. Kg3 Rf5 58. Kg4 Rd5 59. Rxd5 Kxd5 60. Kf3 Ke5 61. h6 Kf6 62. h7 Kg7
63. h8=B+ Kxh8 64. Ke3 d2 65. Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Kim, Jimin"]
[Black "Fernandez Manrique, Agustin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[WhiteNationality "KOR"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "13224271"]
[BlackFideId "2231000"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]
[BlackFullName "Fern&aacute;ndez Manrique, Agust&iacute;n"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bb6 7. Bb2 Nf6 8.
exd5 exd5 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Ng3 Re8+ 12. Be2 Ne7 13. O-O Nf5 14.
Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Qc1 Re7 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Rae8 19. Qd2 Ng4
20. g3 Qh6 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Black "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "1723"]
[WhiteICU "2047"]
[BlackICU "1816"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517604"]
[BlackFideId "2515270"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. d4 c5 6. Bd3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c4 8.
Be2 Qa5 9. Bd2 e6 10. h4 Nd7 11. h5 Ba3 12. h6 g6 13. Ng5 Nb6 14. Rh3 Na4
15. Bg4 Bb2 16. Qf3 f5 17. exf6 Bxa1 18. f7+ Ke7 19. Nxh7 Bd7 20. Qf6+ Kd6
21. f8=Q+ Raxf8 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Qxf8+ Kc6 24. h7 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Konig, Jon"]
[Black "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "343468780"]
[BlackFideId "1516604"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. c3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8.
Be3 d6 9. Na3 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Nc2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Qd7 14. d4
cxd4 15. cxd4 Bh3 16. Qb3+ Rf7 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Qd5 Qf5 19. Rac1 Rd8 20.
Ne3 Qd3 21. Rfe1 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qb3 Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Nd5 Ra8
26. a3 Ra5 27. Rc8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Nxb6 Ke7 30. f4 Ke6 31. fxe5
Rxe5 32. Rxe5+ Bxe5 $19 33. b3 $2 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "Vitiukov, Mykhailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[WhiteICU "1983"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "14168839"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Nbd7 5. Be2 e5 6. Be3 Be7 7. d5 Qa5 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. O-O Nc5 12. h3 f5 13. hxg4 fxg4 14. Ne1
Bh4 15. Be3 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Rxf2 17. Bxf2 g3 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20.
Qd3 Qh4 21. Nf3 Qf4 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Qd8+ Kf7 24. Ng5+ Kg6 25. Qe8+ Kxg5
26. Qh5+ Kf6 27. Rf1 g5 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Rxf4 gxf4 30. Qxc6 Rb8 31. Nd5+
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[WhiteUCU "1631"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "2510340"]
[BlackFideId "1801899"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Qb6 9. Nf3 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 O-O 11. g3 f6 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 fxe5 14.
fxe5 Ndxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg2 Ng4 17. Qd4 Qb3 18. Nd2 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6
20. Nf3 e5 21. O-O e4 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Bf4 Rfc8 24. Bd2 Ne5 25. Nf5 Re8 26.
Nd6 Re6 27. Nf5 Nc4 28. Bc1 Rc8 29. Nd4 Ree8 30. a4 Ra8 31. Nf5 Rxa4 32.
Rxa4 Bxa4 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34. Bxe3 b5 35. Bc5 Bb3 36. Bh3 h6 37. Bd7 Rd8 38.
Bxb5 Rc8 39. Bd4 Bc4 40. Bxc4 Rxc4 41. Rf5 b5 42. Rxd5 b4 43. Rc5 Rxc5 44.
Bxc5 bxc3 45. Bd4 c2 46. Bb2 Kf7 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. Kd2 $2 (49. h3
$18) 49... Kg4 $10 50. Kxc2 { Drawn with best play, per the Lichess Op1
tablebase. } 50... g6 51. Kd2 Kf3 $2 (51... Kh3 $10 { (only move). }) 52.
Bd4 $2 (52. Bg7 $1 $18 { (only move). }) 52... g5 $10 53. Bc5 Kg2 54. Bd6
Kxh2 55. Ke3 Kh3 56. Kxe4 Kg4 57. Be5 h5 58. Bd6 h4 59. gxh4 gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Black "Ashbrooke, Monika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[WhiteICU "1942"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "JCI"]
[WhiteFideId "2502283"]
[BlackFideId "15600262"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. h3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8.
g4 Bh4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. Bxc7 O-O 13. Bg3 Qe7
14. c3 d5 15. Qa4 Nd7 16. c4 Rac8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. O-O a5 19. Rac1 Qe6 20.
Rc2 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 h5 22. Qe2 Rf3 23. Rc1 hxg4 24. h4 Qh6 25. Kg2 Nf8 26.
Qb5 Rf5 27. Qc6 Ng6 28. Qe6+ Rf7 29. Rc8+ Nf8 30. Qxh6 gxh6 31. Bd6 h5 32.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Kg3 Ke7 35. Kf4 Kf6 36. a4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.02"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Black "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1546"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[WhiteICU "1561"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2519143"]
[BlackFideId "2260972"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 f6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O Qb6 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. cxd4 c5 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Nc3 c4 14.
Ne5 Bd6 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Rd2 Be8 17. h3 Nd7 18. f4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20.
Rf1 Bh2+ 21. Kxh2 Rxf1 22. Rf2 Bg6 23. Qe2 Qd6+ 24. Bf4 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Rf8
26. g3 e5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 28. Qg2 Rxf4 29. gxf4 Qxf4+ 30. Qg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3
d4 32. Nd1 Bc2 33. Nf2 Bb1 34. a3 c3 35. bxc3 dxc3 36. Kf3 Bf5 37. Ke2 Kf7
38. h4 Ke6 39. Kd1 Ke5 40. Kc1 Kd4 41. Nh1 Ke3 42. Ng3 Bg6 43. h5 Bd3 44.
a4 Kf3 45. Nf1 Bxf1 46. Kc2 Kg4 47. Kxc3 Kxh5 48. Kd4 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Saine, Zachary"]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[WhiteNationality "CAN"]
[BlackNationality "AUT"]
[WhiteFideId "2624346"]
[BlackFideId "1632051"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Qc7 13. c4 a5 14. a4
g6 15. O-O b6 16. Nc1 Nc5 17. b4 axb4 18. Qxb4 O-O 19. Nb3 Nfd7 20. Rfb1
Ra6 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Qd2 Bd6 24. Bd1 e4 25. fxe4 Bxh2+ 26.
Kh1 Bd6 27. Ra3 Re8 28. Bc2 Re5 29. Rf1 Qe7 30. Qf2 f5 31. Qg3 Kg7 32. exf5
Rxf5 33. Qe1 Rxf1+ 34. Qxf1 Ra8 35. g3 Rf8 36. Qa1+ Kh7 37. Qd1 Qe5 38. Rf3
Kg7 39. Kg2 Rxf3 40. Qxf3 Qg5 41. Kh3 Qc1 42. Qe4 Qf1+ 43. Kh4 Qf6+ 44. Kh3
Be5 45. Bd3 Qg5 46. Qf3 Bd6 47. Bc2 Qe5 48. Qd3 Qf6 49. Qe4 Qg5 50. Qf3 Be5
51. Bd3 Qe7 52. Qe4 Qf6 53. Qe3 Qe7 54. Qe4 Qd6 55. Bc2 Qf6 56. Bd3 Kf7 57.
Kg2 Qg5 58. Qf3+ Kg7 59. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Black "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[BlackICU "2133"]
[BlackClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "12989983"]
[BlackFideId "14189208"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8.
a3 O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Rb8 13. c4 Qd7 14. Rc1
Nd8 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. c5 Nc6 17. Qb3 Rd8 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Qc3 Nd4 20. Bxd4
exd4 21. Qc6 Qxc6 22. Rxc6 a5 23. Rfc1 b4 24. a4 Rc8 25. b3 Bf6 26. R1c5
Ra7 27. e5 Be7 28. Rd5 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Nxd4 Kf8 31. Nb5 Rb7 32. d4
Ke7 33. f4 Kd7 34. d5 Be7 35. Kf2 Kd8 36. Ke3 Rb6 37. Rxb6 Bc5+ 38. Ke4
Bxb6 39. Nd4 g6 40. Nc6+ Kd7 41. g4 Bg1 42. h3 Bb6 43. Kd3 h5 44. gxh5 gxh5
45. Ke4 h4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Risteski, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[WhiteICU "2121"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[BlackFideId "15005267"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. Bc4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. Ng5 e6
14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Qd1 Kg8 16. h4 Qf7 17. Re1 b6 18. Re3 Bb7 19. h5 Ne7 20.
Qe2 Nf5 21. Rh3 Bd5 22. Ba3 Rc8 23. Re1 gxh5 24. Bb2 h4 25. Rc1 Qg6 26. f3
Bh6 27. Rc2 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Willems, Niels"]
[Black "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[BlackICU "2047"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "FRA"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "20695586"]
[BlackFideId "2517604"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 a6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
O-O b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Re1 Re8 12. d3 Rc8 13. Bf1 c5 14. d4 c4
15. a4 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Ne4 17. Nxd5 Ndc5 18. dxc5 Bxd5 19. Qxb6 Nxc5 20. Qxd8
Rexd8 21. Ba3 a5 22. Red1 Bb3 23. Rd4 Ne6 24. Rxd6 Rxc1 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26.
Bxc1 Bxa4 27. Bd2 Nc6 28. Nd4 Nb4 29. Bc4 Kf8 30. Nb3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Fernandez Manrique, Agustin"]
[Black "Collins, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[BlackICU "2274"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2231000"]
[BlackFideId "2512300"]
[PlyCount "266"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Fern&aacute;ndez Manrique, Agust&iacute;n"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qa4 O-O 10. e4 Qc7 11. exd5 exd5 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. Qc2 Nxd3 14.
Qxd3 Rfe8 15. Ngf3 Ne4 16. Nd4 Bh5 17. N2b3 Bb6 18. Be3 Bg6 19. Qd1 Qd7 20.
Bf4 Nd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Re1 Re4 23. f3 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Bc7 25. g3 h5 26.
Nb5 Bb6+ 27. Kg2 Qd7 28. N5d4 Re8 29. Qd2 a5 30. Ne2 Be3 31. Qd1 Qb5 32. a4
Qa6 33. Nbd4 Bd3 34. Nf4 Bxf4 35. gxf4 Qg6+ 36. Kf2 Bc4 37. Qd2 Qf6 38. b3
Ba6 39. Kg2 Qe7 40. Rd1 b6 41. Nf5 Qf6 42. Nd4 Bc8 43. Re1 Rf8 44. Re5 Qh4
45. Nf5 Bxf5 46. Rxf5 Rd8 47. Qd4 Rd6 48. Rg5 g6 49. Rxd5 Rxd5 50. Qxd5
Qxf4 51. Qd8+ Kh7 52. Qd5 h4 53. Qd7 Qf6 54. Qd4 Qg5+ 55. Kh3 Qf5+ 56. Qg4
Qd5 57. Qxh4+ Kg8 58. Qe4 Qxb3 59. Qd4 Qe6+ 60. Kg3 f6 61. Kf2 Kf7 62. Kg3
g5 63. Kf2 Qc6 64. Kg3 Qc7+ 65. Kg2 Kg7 66. Kg1 Qb7 67. Kg2 b5 68. axb5
Qxb5 69. c4 Qb7 70. h4 gxh4 71. Qg4+ Kf8 72. Qxh4 Qb2+ 73. Kh3 Qc3 74. Qe4
Qe5 75. Qc6 Ke7 76. Kg2 ({ The position is drawn with best play, per the
Lichess Op1 tablebase, but it is tricky for White to defend. Already the
love played is one of only five that preserves the draw with best play. The
others are } 76. Qa8 (76. Qb7+ (76. Qa4 ({ and } 76. Kh4)))) 76... Qe2+ 77.
Kg3 Qe1+ 78. Kg2 Qd2+ 79. Kf1 Qd1+ 80. Kf2 a4 81. Qc7+ Qd7 82. Qc5+ Ke6 83.
Qb6+ Qd6 84. Qe3+ Qe5 85. Qb6+ Kf5 86. Qb1+ Kg5 87. Qc1+ Qf4 88. Qg1+ Kh6
89. Qh1+ Kg7 90. Qg1+ Kf7 91. Qb1 Qxc4 92. Qh7+ Kf8 93. Qh8+ Ke7 94. Qg7+
Qf7 95. Qg4 Qb3 96. Qg7+ Ke6 97. Qg8+ Ke5 98. Qe8+ Kd4 99. Qe4+ $2 (99.
Qd8+ $10 { and } (99. Kg3 $10) { are the only moves to maintain a draw with
best play. }) 99... Kc5 $2 (99... Kc3 $1 $19) 100. Qe7+ $10 Kc4 101. Qxf6
a3 102. Qc6+ Kb4 103. Qb6+ ({ The game is still drawn with best play, but
only because of the 50-move rule. } 103. Qd6+ $1 $10 { (only move). })
103... Kc3 104. Qf6+ $2 (104. Qc5+ { draws under the 50 move rule. })
104... Kc2 105. Kg3 a2 106. Qf5+ Kb2 $2 ({ Now drawn with best play because
of the 50 move rule; } 106... Qd3 ({ , } 106... Kd1 ({ or } 106... Kd2 $19)
)) 107. Qe5+ Qc3 108. Qb5+ $2 (108. Qe2+ { is drawn with best play under
the 50 move rule. }) 108... Qb3 $2 ({ Now drawn again with best play under
the 50 move rule; } 108... Kc1 ({ or } 108... Kc2 $19)) 109. Qe2+ Ka3 110.
Qa6+ Qa4 $6 $10 (110... Kb2) 111. Qd3+ Kb2 112. Qd2+ Qc2 113. Qb4+ Kc1 114.
Qe1+ Qd1 115. Qc3+ Qc2 116. Qe1+ Kb2 117. Qb4+ Qb3 118. Qd2+ Kb1 119. Qe1+
Kc2 120. Qe2+ Kc3 121. Qe3+ Kb4 122. Qb6+ Kc4 123. Qc6+ $6 ({ This leaves
the game still drawn with best play, but only under the 50 move rule; }
123. Qc7+ ({ , } 123. Qe6+ ({ or } 123. Qa7 $10))) 123... Kd3 124. Qe4+ Kd2
125. Qd4+ Ke2 126. Qf2+ Kd3 127. Qf1+ Kd4 128. Qf2+ Ke5 129. Qc5+ Qd5 130.
Qe7+ $2 (130. Qc3+ { and } (130. Qc1) { are drawn with best play under the
50 move rule. }) 130... Qe6 $2 (130... Kd4 $19) 131. Qc5+ $2 ({ The final
error. } 131. Qa3 { (only move) draws with best play under the 50 move
rule. }) 131... Kf6 132. Qf8+ Kg6 133. Qa8 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Ribeiro, Gustavo"]
[Black "Woods, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[BlackICU "1983"]
[BlackClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "POR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1941852"]
[BlackFideId "2518384"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen, reverse dragon"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bf3 Bf6
14. Qc2 Rb4 15. b3 Rd4 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Rac1 a5 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Qc5 a4 20.
bxa4 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Rd4 22. a5 Ra4 23. Bxc7 Bd4 24. Rc6 Rc8 25. Bb6 Bc3 26.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Rc1 Ra3 28. Bc5 Rxa2 29. Rxc3 Bh3 30. Be3 Ra1+ 31. Rc1 Rxa5
32. g4 f5 33. Bd2 Ra4 34. gxf5 Kh8 35. Rc8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Black "Rosol, Philip"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[WhiteNationality "NOR"]
[BlackNationality "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "1516604"]
[BlackFideId "1664905"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. Nc4 Nbd7
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Ne3 Qd6 10. a4 b6 11. g3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 h6 13. Qxd6 Bxd6 14.
Nc4 Bc7 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Bg2 Nge5 18. Ncxe5 Nxe5 19. Ke2 a5 20.
b3 O-O 21. Ne1 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Rfd8 23. Rhd1 Rab8 24. Bf4 g5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8
26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Rc1 Kf8 28. Ne3 Ke7 29. Nc4 Bc7 30. Ke3 Rd5 31. Na3 g4
32. Nb5 Bb8 33. b4 Re5+ 34. Kd3 Rh5 35. Rh1 Rd5+ 36. Ke3 h5 37. Rb1 axb4
38. cxb4 Be5 39. Rc1 Bg7 40. Rc6 Bh6+ 41. Ke2 Rd2+ 42. Ke1 Ra2 43. Rxb6
Bd2+ 44. Kf1 Bxb4 45. Nd4 Bc5 46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. Ne2 Rxa4 48. Rb5 Rc4 49. Nf4
e5 50. Nd3 Bd4 51. Ra5 Rc3 52. Ne1 Rc1 53. Ra6+ Kg7 54. Ke2 Bc3 55. Ng2
Rc2+ 56. Kd3 Rxf2 57. Nh4 Bd4 58. Ke4 Re2+ 59. Kd3 Rxh2 60. Nf5+ Kh7 61.
Rh6+ Kg8 62. Ne7+ Kf8 63. Nf5 Ke8 64. Ng7+ Kd7 65. Nxh5 Ke7 66. Ke4 Bc3 67.
Kf5 Rf2+ 68. Kxg4 e4 69. Nf4 Be5 70. Ra6 Kf8 71. Ra4 Bxf4 72. gxf4 Rg2+ 73.
Kf5 e3 74. Ke4 e2 75. Ra1 Kg7 76. Kf3 Rh2 77. Re1 Kg6 78. Kg3 Rh8 79. Rxe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Black "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[BlackICU "1942"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14101467"]
[BlackFideId "2502283"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. f3 Bc5
8. Nb5 Bb6 9. Bf4 Na6 10. N1a3 Ba5+ 11. Kf2 Bb6+ 12. Be3 Be6 13. Bxc4 O-O
14. Rhd1 Nc5 15. Ke2 c6 16. Nd6 Rab8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. h3 h6 19. b4 Ncd7
20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nac4 Bc7 22. Na5 Ne5 23. Naxb7 Bxd6 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. f4
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"]
[Black "Liu, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[BlackICU "2186"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "AUS"]
[WhiteFideId "2260972"]
[BlackFideId "3295419"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
dxc5 Qxc5 9. Bd3 b6 10. e4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. e5 Ne4 13. O-O Rfd8 14.
Qa4 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 Qc4 16. Qxc4 dxc4 17. Be3 Rd5 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Rxd5 Rxd5
20. b3 Rd3 21. Bd4 Nc5 22. bxc4 Na4 23. Ne1 Rd2 24. Kf1 h6 25. Nf3 Rb2 26.
Ne1 Ba3 27. Be3 Bc5 28. Nd3 Rc2 29. Nxc5 bxc5 30. Rb1 Rxa2 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32.
Rb7 Kg6 33. g4 Nxc3 34. Bxc5 Ne4 35. Bxa7 Nd2+ 36. Kg2 Nxc4 37. h4 Nxe5 38.
h5+ Kh7 39. Bd4 Nxg4 40. Rxf7 e5 41. Bc3 Rc2 42. Ba1 Kg8 43. Rb7 Nxf2 44.
Rb2 Rxb2 45. Bxb2 Nd3 46. Bc3 Nf4+ 47. Kf3 Nxh5 48. Bxe5 Kf7 49. Kg4 Nf6+
50. Kh4 Ke6 51. Bb8 Kf5 52. Kh3 g5 53. Ba7 h5 54. Bb8 Nd5 55. Kg3 Nf4 56.
Kh2 Kg4 57. Bd6 Kf3 58. Be7 g4 59. Bh4 Ng2 60. Bg3 Ne3 61. Bh4 Nf1+ 62. Kg1
Ng3 63. Kh2 Nf5 64. Bd8 h4 65. Bf6 g3+ 66. Kg1 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[BlackICU "2124"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "WLS"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1801899"]
[BlackFideId "2523558"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Chigorin defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nb6 12. b3 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nfxd5 14.
Bxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 f5 16. Bb2 e4 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Qd2 Rae8 19. Rad1 Qd8 20.
Nd4 Qh4 21. g3 Qh3 22. f4 exf3 23. Nxf3 f4 24. Ng5 Qf5 25. Ne6 fxg3 26.
Nxf8 gxh2+ 27. Kh1 Rxf8 28. Qg2 Qg4 29. Rd4 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bc5 31. Re2 Bd6
32. Rh4 Rf5 33. Rxh2 Bxh2 34. Kxh2 Rxd5 35. Kg3 Kf7 36. Kf4 g5+ 37. Ke4 Bc6
38. Rf2+ Kg6 39. Rf6+ Kh5 40. Ke3 Rd7 41. Bd4 a6 42. Bc5 Kg4 43. Rd6 Rxd6
44. Bxd6 Kh3 45. Kf2 h5 46. Kg1 g4 47. a4 h4 48. a5 g3 49. Bc7 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Dolan, Peter"]
[Black "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[BlackUCU "1631"]
[BlackClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2413612"]
[BlackFideId "2510340"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch with c4 & Nc3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Qc2 Bd7 9. b4 a6 10. O-O Qe8 11. d5 Nd8 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nxf5
Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Qh5 16. f3 Ne8 17. Nd5 Bf6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bb2 Nc6 20.
Rad1 Ne7 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. e4 Ng6 23. f4 Ng4 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. f5 Nf4 26.
Rf3 Nh5 27. Rd4 Qg5 28. Qf2 Qe7 29. g4 Nf6 30. Qh4 Rae8 31. Rh3 h6 32. g5
Ng8 33. f6 gxf6 34. gxf6 Qf7 35. Rd2 Kh7 36. Rg2 Qxc4 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38.
Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Morriss, Pete"]
[Black "Smith, Lynda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[WhiteICU "1909"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "2500230"]
[BlackFideId "1800191"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 b6 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rfd1
Rc8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. f4 a5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc5 20. Rc3
Qc7 21. Re1 Na4 22. Re3 Rfe8 23. f5 Qc5 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Bg4
Rc7 27. b3 Kg7 28. h4 f5 29. Bf3 Kf6 30. Kf2 Rh8 31. g3 Rh7 32. R1e2 Rc8
33. Ke1 Rch8 34. a3 Re8 35. Kd2 Nd7 36. Re6+ Kf7 37. Kc3 Ne5 38. Bg2 Rc8
39. Kd4 Rhh8 40. Bf1 Rc7 41. Ra2 Ra8 42. Be2 Rh8 43. Ra1 Nc6+ 44. Kc3 Ne5
45. Rf1 Kg7 46. h5 Rh6 47. Kd4 Ra7 48. Ke3 Rc7 49. Rf4 gxh5 50. Rxh6 Kxh6
51. Rxf5 Ng4+ 52. Bxg4 hxg4 53. a4 Kg6 54. Kf4 e5+ 55. dxe6 Re7 56. Kxg4
Rxe6 57. Rb5 Re4+ 58. Kf3 Rd4 59. Rxb6 Kf5 60. g4+ Kg5 61. Rb5+ Kf6 62. Rd5
Rxd5 63. cxd5 Ke5 64. g5 Kf5 65. Ke3 Kxg5 66. Kd4 Kf5 67. b4 axb4 68. a5 b3
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Gulljord, Birk"]
[Black "Salmin, Vitaliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[BlackICU "1893"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "NOR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1542753"]
[BlackFideId "34147885"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 e5 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nf3 Nf5
8. Qd2 Be7 9. g4 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 e4 11. Nd2 O-O 12. h4 Bxg4 13. O-O-O f5 14.
f3 f4 15. Qg1 Bf5 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 Rc8 18. Bh3 Nb4 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20.
Qg4 Ra5 21. Rhg1 Nxa2+ 22. Kb1 Nxc3+ 23. Nxc3 Qf8 24. Nd5 Rd8 25. Qe6+ Qf7
26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. d5 Qxe7 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 29. Rxg7+ Kf6 30. Rxb7 Rdxd5 31.
Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxh7 Rd2 33. Rh8 Rxe2 34. Rf8+ Kg6 35. Rxf4 $18 Rd2 36. Ka2
Re2 37. Ka3 Re1 38. Ra4 Re7 39. Rc4 Rd7 40. Ka4 Rb7 41. b4 Re7 42. Kb5 Rf7
43. Ka6 Re7 44. b5 Rf7 45. Rc8 Rh7 46. Ra8 Rxh4 47. Rxa7 Kf6 48. Rd7 Ke6
49. Rd2 Rh1 50. b6 Ra1+ 51. Kb7 Rc1 52. Kb8 Ra1 53. b7 Rc1 54. Ra2 Kd7 55.
Ka7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Black "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1723"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[WhiteICU "1816"]
[BlackICU "1902"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2515270"]
[BlackFideId "841790"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. b3 Na6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nd3 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nb6 13. Nb2 Ba3 14. c5
Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qd3 Bxb2 17. Bxb2 f5 18. Rf3 Qf6 19. Bc3 Nc7 20. Ba5
Ne6 21. Re3 Re7 22. Re5 g6 23. a3 Bd7 24. Qe3 Rae8 25. Rb1 Bc8 26. Rb3 Nf8
27. Qd2 Nd7 28. Ree3 Nf8 29. Kf2 g5 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. fxg5 Ne6 32. h4 f4
33. Bf3 fxg3+ 34. Kxg3 Ng7 35. Kf2 Nf5 36. Qf4 Qg7 37. Rd3 Rf8 38. h5 b6
39. cxb6 axb6 40. Bxb6 Ba6 41. Rd2 Qb7 42. Bc5 Rf7 43. g6 hxg6 44. hxg6 Rf6
45. Qe5 Kg7 46. Rd1 Qd7 47. Rh1 Nh6 48. Rxh6 Kxh6 49. Qxf6 Qh3 50. Bf8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Webb, Nick"]
[Black "Kim, Jimin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[WhiteClub "The Buffs ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "KOR"]
[WhiteFideId "2517302"]
[BlackFideId "13224271"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Bb7 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Qb3 c6 11. Rac1 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Nf8 13. e4 dxe4 14.
Ne5 Nd5 15. Nxe4 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Nc3 Rac8 19. Nxd5 cxd5
20. Bf3 Bf6 21. Be3 Bc6 22. Rd3 Ba4 23. Qxd5 Rxc1+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Vitiukov, Mykhailo"]
[Black "Stokes, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[BlackICU "1960"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14168839"]
[BlackFideId "2503530"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "Scandinavian variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 e6 5. f4 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Qb6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 c5 12. Be3 Ba6 13. a3 Bb5 14.
Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Qb6 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qd4 Qc4 19. Qxc4 Bxc4
20. Nf3 Rb8 21. Kf2 Rb2+ 22. Kg3 Ke7 23. Nd4 Bd3 24. Rhe1 Rc8 25. Re3 Be4
26. Ne2 Rc4 27. Rd1 Ra4 28. Nd4 Bxg2 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Nxe2 Be4 31. Rd4 Rxa3
32. Rb4 g6 33. Rb7+ Kf8 34. Rc7 a5 35. Nd4 Ra2 36. Nb5 Rg2+ 37. Kh3 Rf2 38.
Kg3 Rf3+ 39. Kg4 Rf2 40. Nd6 Rg2+ 41. Kh3 Rf2 42. Rxf7+ Kg8 43. Kg3 Rf3+
44. Kg4 h6 45. c4 Rc3 46. Rc7 Bf5+ 47. Nxf5 exf5+ 48. Kh4 Rxc4 49. Rd7
Rxf4+ 50. Kg3 Rg4+ 51. Kf3 d4 52. Ra7 Re4 53. Rxa5 Kf7 54. Ra7+ Ke6 55.
Ra6+ Kxe5 56. Rxg6 d3 57. Rg8 d2 58. Rd8 Rd4 59. Re8+ Kf6 60. Rf8+ Kg5 61.
Rg8+ Kh5 62. Rg1 d1=Q+ 63. Rxd1 Rxd1 64. Kg3 Rd4 65. Kf3 Kh4 66. Kg2 Rd2+
67. Kh1 Kg4 68. h3+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Black "Konig, Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2297418"]
[BlackFideId "343468780"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch with c4 & Nc3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qb3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qe8 10. a4 Kh8 11. a5 Ne4 12. Ne1 e5 13. f3 Nef6 14. e3 e4
15. Ra2 Rb8 16. Raf2 b6 17. fxe4 fxe4 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. a6 Ba8 20. Bh3 c6 21.
Ba3 Qe7 22. Ng2 g5 23. Bf5 Kg8 24. Qd1 c5 25. g4 Rbd8 26. h4 h6 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. d5 Ne5 29. Be6+ Kg7 30. Ne1 Nfd7 31. Rf5 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 Rf8 33. Qe2
Rxf5 34. Bxf5 b5 35. Qh2 Nf6 36. cxb5 Bxd5 37. Bb2 Nexg4 38. Qg2 Be6 39.
Bxe4 d5 40. Bf3 Bf5 41. Qe2 c4 42. Bc1 Qe5 43. Qg2 Kg6 $2 (43... Qxc3 $19)
44. b6 Nxe3 $2 (44... axb6 45. Bxg4 Nxg4 46. a7 Qxc3 47. Qd2 Qe5 48. a8=Q
Qg3+ 49. Kf1 Nh2+ 50. Qxh2 Qxh2 $14) 45. Bxe3 (45. Bh5+ $3 $18) 45... Qxe3+
$16 46. Qf2 Qe8 47. b7 Qb8 48. Ng2 Ne4 49. Bxe4 Bxe4 50. Ne3 Qh8 51. Qh2
Qd8 52. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Ashbrooke, Monika"]
[Black "Kelbas, Dariy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteNationality "JCI"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "15600262"]
[BlackFideId "34160515"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nc3 e5 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. e4 f5 13. Nh4 Qf7 14. exf5 gxf5
15. Nb5 Rd8 16. Qc2 a6 17. Nc3 e4 18. Rae1 b5 19. b3 bxc4 20. bxc4 Ra7 21.
Rb1 Nd7 22. Ne2 Ne5 23. Bh3 Bd7 24. Rb6 Qf8 25. f3 exf3 26. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 27.
Rxf3 Qe7 28. Bxf5 Bxf5 29. Rxf5 Qe3+ 30. Kg2 Re7 31. Nf4 Re4 32. Ne6 Qe1
33. Rf2 Re8 34. Rb1 Qe3 35. Nxg7 Kxg7 36. Rb7+ Kg8 37. Rbf7 Qd4 38. R7f3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Bienko, Jagoda"]
[Black "Prado, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[WhiteNationality "AUT"]
[BlackNationality "BOL"]
[WhiteFideId "1194569"]
[BlackFideId "3301346"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[ECO "E72"]
[Opening "King's Indian with e4 & g3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8.
d5 Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. b4 Nb7 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 Be6 14. O-O
axb4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. h3 Qd7 17. Kh2 Nh5 18. g4 Nf6 19. Ng3 Rfd8 20. Be3
Ne8 21. Bb6 Rdc8 22. Nf5 gxf5 23. gxf5 Qe7 24. fxe6 Qxe6 25. Bf3 Qf6 26.
Bg4 Rcb8 27. Bd7 Ra3 28. Bxc6 Qf4+ 29. Kh1 Nf6 30. Be3 Qf3+ 31. Kh2 Nh5 32.
Qe2 Qxe2 33. Nxe2 Nd8 34. b5 Ne6 35. Ra1 Rd3 36. Rfd1 Nhf4 37. Rxd3 Nxd3
38. b6 Nd8 39. Bd5 Nc5 40. Bxc5 dxc5 41. Ra8 Rxb6 42. Rxd8+ Bf8 43. Rd7 Rf6
44. Kg2 Bh6 45. Rd8+ Bf8 46. Ng3 h6 47. Nf5 Rg6+ 48. Kf3 Rf6 49. Ke2 h5 50.
Kf3 Ra6 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. f3 Ra6 53. Ne7+ Kg7 54. Nc6 f6 55. Rd7+ Kg6 56.
Ne7+ Kg7 57. Nf5+ Kg6 58. Bf7+ Kh7 59. Bxh5+ Kg8 60. Bf7+ Kh8 61. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "McGill, Derek"]
[Black "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[BlackICU "1561"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510375"]
[BlackFideId "2519143"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen system, Keres variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. e4 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qe2 Nc6
8. Bg2 Nxc3 9. dxc3 Bd6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Be4 Bg4 13. Qxg4 Ne7
14. Bh6 Ng6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qe6+ Rf7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Raf8 19. Be3
Re7 20. Ne2 b6 21. O-O 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[WhiteNationality "AUT"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "1632051"]
[BlackFideId "14101467"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "King's pawn opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. h3 e5 8.
Re1 h6 9. Be3 Nh5 10. Nbd2 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. b4 Ne7 13. e5 d5 14. Nh2
h5 15. b5 Be6 16. a4 b6 17. a5 Qd7 18. Ra2 c5 19. bxc6 Nxc6 20. axb6 axb6
21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Qb1 Qd8 23. Nhf3 Kh7 24. h4 Bh6 25. Qb5 Ne7 26. Rb1 Nf5
27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Rb3 Rb8 29. Ra3 Qe7 30. Ra6 Qb7 31. Qa4 Be6 32. Ra7 Qc8
33. Qa3 Rb7 34. Ra8 Rb8 35. Ra4 Qc7 36. Qb2 Rc8 37. Ra3 Qb7 38. Rb3 Rc6 39.
Ne1 Bf5 40. Ndf3 Qa6 41. Ra3 Qc4 42. Rb3 Be6 43. Ra3 Bf5 44. Qd2 Rc7 45.
Ng5+ Bxg5 46. hxg5 Qb5 47. Nf3 Qb1+ 48. Kh2 Qc2 49. Qxc2 Bxc2 50. Ne1 Be4
51. Kg1 Kg7 52. f3 Bf5 53. Kf2 Kf8 54. Ke2 Ke7 55. Nd3 Bxd3+ 56. Kxd3 Ke6
57. Rb3 Rc6 58. Rb5 h4 59. Kd2 Kf5 60. Rxd5 Kxg5 61. Rd6 Rc8 62. Rxb6 Ra8
63. Rb2 Kf5 64. Kd3 Ra1 65. Kc4 Rf1 66. Rb7 Ke6 67. Rb6+ Ke7 68. d5 h3 69.
gxh3 Rxf3 70. Rf6 Rf1 71. h4 f3 72. Kc5 f2 73. c4 Re1 74. d6+ Ke8 75. Rxf2
Rxe5+ 76. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Collins, Adam"]
[Black "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[WhiteICU "2274"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2512300"]
[BlackFideId "12989983"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 e5 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bh5 13. Nd2 Nh6 14.
Bh3 Bg5 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Kh1 f5 17. Rg1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Kh8 19. Qg5 Bg6 20.
Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Kg2 Rf6 22. Rac1 Rdf8 23. Rgf1 Bh5 24. Rce1 g5 25. Bxf5 Nxf5
26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Re3 Rf4 28. Rd3 e4 29. Re3 exf3+ 30. Kh1 Rd4 31. Ne4 Rxd5
32. Rc1 Bg6 33. h3 Re5 34. Rce1 Bxe4 35. Rxe4 Rfe8 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Rd1
Re2 38. Kg1 Rxb2 39. Rxd6 Kg7 40. a4 h5 41. a5 h4 42. Rd5 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Rb5
44. Rd3 Kg6 45. Rd7 Kf5 46. Kg1 Rb1+ 47. Kh2 Rb5 48. Kg1 Ke4 49. Kh1 Ke5
50. Kg1 Ke6 51. Rg7 Kd6 52. Kh1 Kc6 53. Rg6+ Kc7 54. Rg7+ Kb8 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Risteski, Emil"]
[Black "Ribeiro, Gustavo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[WhiteNationality "MKD"]
[BlackNationality "POR"]
[WhiteFideId "15005267"]
[BlackFideId "1941852"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 e5 7. c3 Be7 8.
h3 Nf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Bf4 Re8 14.
Qd2 Bf8 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Nc2 Qb6 17. Ne3 Be6 18. b3 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Nxe4 20.
Qd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc3 22. Rd2 b5 23. Rc1 Ne4 24. Rd4 Nc5 25. Rdd1 f6 26.
Nd5 Bf7 27. Be3 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 b4 29. Bd2 Rb8 30. f4 Ned7 31. Rd4 a5 32.
Bc4+ Kh8 33. Re1 g6 34. g4 Kg7 35. Kg2 Nb6 36. Bb5 d5 37. Re8 Rxe8 38. Bxe8
Ne6 39. Rd3 Nc5 40. Rf3 d4 41. Bc6 Bd6 42. Rf1 Nc8 43. Bf3 Nd3 44. Rd1 Ne7
45. Bc1 Nxc1 46. Rxc1 Bxf4 47. Rc5 d3 48. Rxa5 d2 49. Ra7 Kf8 50. Rd7 g5
51. Be4 Kf7 52. Kf2 Ke6 53. Rd3 Ke5 54. Bf3 Nc8 55. Rd5+ Ke6 56. Ke2 Nd6
57. Kd1 h5 58. Rd4 hxg4 59. hxg4 f5 60. Rxb4 Ke5 61. gxf5 Nxf5 62. Re4+ Kd6
63. a4 Ne7 64. b4 Nc6 65. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "Willems, Niels"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[WhiteICU "2186"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "AUS"]
[BlackNationality "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "3295419"]
[BlackFideId "20695586"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Ba7 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Qe2 h6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14.
Nf1 Ne8 15. Qe2 Nd6 16. Ne3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rfc8 18. Rd2 Qe6 19. h3 a4 20.
Qe2 Be8 21. Nd5 Ne7 22. Rad1 Ra6 23. Qe3 f6 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Nh4 Qe6 26.
a3 Kh7 27. Nf5 Bg6 28. g4 Be8 29. Qc5 g6 30. Qe7+ Qxe7 31. Nxe7 Rca8 32.
Nd5 Rc6 33. Nb4 Re6 34. Rd8 Rxd8 35. Rxd8 c6 36. Rb8 Re7 37. Nd3 h5 38. Nc5
b5 39. Rd8 hxg4 40. hxg4 Kh6 41. Kg2 Kg5 42. Kg3 f5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. exf5
Kxf5 45. Kf3 Bf7 46. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Rosol, Philip"]
[Black "Dolan, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[WhiteNationality "POL"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "1664905"]
[BlackFideId "2413612"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 a6 12. f3 Re8 13. a4 c4 14. Bc2 b5
15. Qd2 Rb8 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Ng3 g6 18. e4 Be6 19. e5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21.
Bc5 Nd7 22. Bd4 Qd6 23. Rfe1 Qf8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nh5 f6 26. Nf4 Bf7 27.
Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Ra1 g5 29. Ne2 Rb7 30. Ng3 Bg6 31. Re1 Qf7 32. Nf5 Qf8 33.
Ne7+ Kf7 34. Bxg6+ hxg6 35. Nxd5 Qd6 36. Qe3 Ne5 37. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Black "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "14189208"]
[BlackFideId "1516604"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 a6 7. c3 e6
8. d4 Be7 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 d5 13. e5 Ng4 14.
Nf1 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Ng3 Qe8 17. Rc1 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 h5 19. h3 h4 20. Nf1
Nh6 21. Qc7 Nf8 22. Qxb7 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Qg6+ 24. Kh1 Bf6 25. Qxa6 Qf5 26.
Qe2 Qxh3+ 27. Kg1 Nf7 28. f4 g5 29. Nh2 Qf5 30. fxg5 Nxg5 31. Kh1 Ng6 32.
Qg4 Qc2 33. Bc1 Nf7 34. Qxe6 Bxd4 35. Be3 Bxe3 36. Qxe3 Qxa2 37. Ng4 d4 38.
Qf3 Qa7 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Nf6+ Kh6 41. Rg8 Qa5 42. Ng4+ Kg5 43. Qxf7 Qe1+
44. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Gulljord, Birk"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[BlackICU "2121"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "NOR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1542753"]
[BlackFideId "2514311"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O a5 9. Rc1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e5 11. Qc2 Bg4 12. Rfe1 Nd7 13. e3 f5 14. Nd2
Qf6 15. c5 Kh8 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Qb3 Rab8 18. Qb5 exd4 19. exd4 f4 20. Ne4
Qh6 21. Qg5 Qxg5 22. Nxg5 f3 23. Bf1 d5 24. Bb5 Rf6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Re7
h6 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 a4 30. a3 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Stokes, Stephen"]
[Black "Fernandez Manrique, Agustin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[WhiteICU "1960"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2503530"]
[BlackFideId "2231000"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]
[BlackFullName "Fern&aacute;ndez Manrique, Agust&iacute;n"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nd3 Na6 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc7 14.
Bg2 Ne6 15. Be3 Bd4 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Rac1 Rb8 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Bd5 Bb7 20.
e3 Bxd5 21. exd4 Bf3 22. d5 Nd4 23. Ne5 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Kg2 Rd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Black "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[WhiteICU "2047"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2517604"]
[BlackFideId "2297418"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Rb8 11. h4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. h5 b4 14. Nd5
e5 15. Be3 Nxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Bh6 Qf6 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Qh2 Rfc8 20. Ba6
b3 21. axb3 Rxb3 22. c3 Rcxc3+ 23. bxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Qc2 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qa5+ 26.
Ke2 Qxa6+ 27. Kf2 Qb6+ 28. Kg3 Rxf3+ 29. Kg2 Qe3 30. Rh4 g5 31. Rb1 gxh4
32. Rb8+ Kg7 33. Qb2+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "McGill, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[WhiteICU "1983"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "2510375"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav, Noteboom variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 a5 9. d5 f6 10. dxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 b4 12. Bd4 Ba6 13. Rc1 Nxc6 14.
Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Rxc4 Nge7 16. e4 Kf7 17. Be3 Rhc8 18. Ke2 Nd8 19. Nd2 Nb7 20.
Rhc1 Rxc4 21. Nxc4 Rc8 22. b3 e5 23. Rd1 Ke6 24. g3 Rc6 25. f4 exf4 26.
gxf4 Nc8 27. f5+ Ke7 28. Rd5 Ncd6 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Bc5 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Ra6
32. Rc7+ Kd6 33. Rxg7 Rc6 34. Ke3 Rc3+ 35. Kd4 Rxb3 36. Rf7 Ra3 37. Rxf6+
Ke7 38. Ke5 Rxa4 39. Rb6 Ra1 40. Rb7+ Kd8 41. f6 Rf1 42. Ke6 Kc8 43. Rb5
Rf4 44. Ke5 Rf2 45. Rxa5 b3 46. Rb5 b2 47. Ke6 Kc7 48. f7 Rf4 49. e5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Black "Bienko, Jagoda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[WhiteICU "1942"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "AUT"]
[WhiteFideId "2502283"]
[BlackFideId "1194569"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bb5 Bb7 8.
Qa4 Rc8 9. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Kim, Jimin"]
[Black "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[WhiteNationality "KOR"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "13224271"]
[BlackFideId "2260972"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 d4 10. Ne2 e5 11. h3 Qb6 12. O-O h6 13. f4 Be6 14.
b4 O-O-O 15. Bd2 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 d3+ 17. Kh2 dxe2 18. Qxe2 Nd4 19. Qe3 f5 20.
Bf3 e4 21. Bd1 Qd6 22. Qc3+ Kb8 23. Be3 Rd7 24. Qb2 Rc8 25. c3 Nb5 26. Ba4
Bc4 27. Rfd1 Qc7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Bxb5 Bxb5 31. Qf2 g5 32. g3
Qxc3 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Bxg5 Qf3 35. Rd2 Re8 36. Qc5 a6 { (Time) } 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Black "Morriss, Pete"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1723"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[WhiteICU "1816"]
[BlackICU "1909"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2515270"]
[BlackFideId "2500230"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Bf5 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. dxc5 d4 10. Nb5 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Qxb5 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Kelbas, Dariy"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "34160515"]
[BlackFideId "1801899"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 d6 2. b3 e5 3. d3 f5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. O-O h6 10. a3 g5 11. b4 f4 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Nde4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Be6
15. Nc3 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nd4 17. Rc1 c6 18. Nc3 Bh3 19. Ne4 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bxg2
21. Rfe1 f3 22. Qd1 Qh3 23. Re3 d5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Nd2 g4 26. Bxe5 Rf5
27. Nxf3 Bxf3 28. Rxf3 gxf3 29. Bxb8 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Black "Ashbrooke, Monika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[WhiteUCU "1631"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "JCI"]
[WhiteFideId "2510340"]
[BlackFideId "15600262"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Fort Knox variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6
8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. c3 O-O 11. Bg5 Qg6 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Nh4 Ne4 14.
Nxg6 Nxd2 15. Nxf8 Nxf1 16. Rxf1 Kxf8 17. Re1 h6 18. Bd2 b5 19. Bd3 Bd5 20.
a3 Rb8 21. Be4 c6 22. Bc2 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Be3 Rc8 25. Bxc5+ Rxc5 26.
f3 b4 27. axb4 Rc7 28. Be4 Bc4 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Kf2 f5 31. Bc2 a6 32. b3 Bd5
33. c4 Bc6 34. Ra1 Bb7 35. Bd3 Rd7 36. Ke2 f4 37. c5 Rd4 38. Bxa6 Rxb4 39.
Bxb7 Rxb7 40. Rb1 e5 41. b4 Rb5 42. Kd3 Kd7 43. Kc4 Kc6 44. Rd1 Rb8 45.
Rd6+ Kc7 46. Re6 Ra8 47. Rxe5 Kd7 48. Re2 Kc6 49. Rd2 Ra4 50. Rd6+ Kc7 51.
Rg6 Ra1 52. Rxg7+ Kc6 53. b5# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Black "Saine, Zachary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[WhiteICU "2124"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "CAN"]
[WhiteFideId "2523558"]
[BlackFideId "2624346"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg7 7. Nc3 Qd8
8. Be2 Nf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nb6 12. Qd2 Nbd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5
14. Bh6 Be6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. a3
Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nf6 21. Rd1 Bb3 22. Re1 Rxd4 23. Qc3 Be6 24. Bxb7 Rd8 25. Bf3
Bd5 26. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Black "Konig, Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "841790"]
[BlackFideId "343468780"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. h3 b6 6. c4 Bb7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Bd3 d6 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 d5 12. Nb5 Bd6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14.
Qg4 Qe7 15. Qg3 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Rf7 18. Bxb8 Rf8 19. Be5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Smith, Lynda"]
[Black "Vitiukov, Mykhailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[WhiteNationality "WLS"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "1800191"]
[BlackFideId "14168839"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 Nbd7
8. Be3 c6 9. a4 O-O 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. g3 a6 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. d4
exd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 Rae8 18. exd6 Rxe2 19. dxc7 Rxc2 20.
Rxa6 Rxb2 21. Ne4 Be5 22. Nxc5 Bxc7 23. Rc1 Re8 24. Kg2 Bd8 25. Nb7 h6 26.
Rc6 Na8 27. Rc8 Nc7 28. Ra4 Ne6 29. Raa8 Rd2 30. Bg4 Rf8 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32.
Rxd8 Rxf2+ 33. Kh3 e5 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Kg4 g6 37. Kf3 Ke7
38. Ke4 Kf6 39. Nc5 Kg5 40. h3 h5 41. Kxe5 h4 42. Ne4+ Kh6 43. g4 Kh7 44.
Kf6 Kh6 45. Nd2 Kh7 46. Nf3 Kh6 47. Nxh4 Kh7 48. Nxg6 Kh6 49. Ne5 Kh7 50.
h4 Kh6 51. Kf7 Kh7 52. g5 Kh8 53. Nc6 Kh7 54. g6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Prado, Alexandra"]
[Black "Salmin, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[BlackICU "1893"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "BOL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "3301346"]
[BlackFideId "34147885"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5
8. Bc2 Bd6 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qe7+ 12. Kd1 O-O 13. Re1 Be6
14. Qd3 Rfe8 15. Kc1 h6 16. Bh4 Bf4+ 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Rxe7 Bxd3 19. Bxf6
gxf6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bd1 Bf1 22. g3 Bxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Bxh3 24. Bf3 Kg7 25.
Re1 Rxe1 26. Kxe1 Be6 27. Kd2 b6 28. a3 Kf8 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Kd4 Kd6 31. Bg2
f5 32. b4 f6 33. Bf3 Bf7 34. Be2 Be6 35. f4 Bd7 36. Bh5 Ba4 37. Bf7 Bb3 38.
Ke3 d4+ 39. Kxd4 Bxf7 40. c4 Be8 41. Kd3 Bc6 42. Kd4 b5 43. cxb5 Bxb5 44.
Kc3 Kd5 45. Kb3 Ke4 46. a4 Bf1 47. b5 Kf3 48. Kb4 Kxg3 49. Ka5 h5 50. Ka6
h4 51. Kxa7 h3 52. b6 Bg2 53. a5 h2 54. a6 h1=Q 55. b7 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.03"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Black "Webb, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1546"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[WhiteICU "1561"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[BlackClub "The Buffs ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2519143"]
[BlackFideId "2517302"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
O-O f6 9. Nbd2 Nh6 10. Nb3 Nf7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Nc5
Bxc5 15. Rxc5 f5 16. a3 Nxd4 17. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qxc8 19. g4 g6 20.
gxf5 gxf5 21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. Qh4 Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rc1 Rc8
26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Kf3 Nd8 29. b4 b5 30. h4 Nc6 31. Ke3 Bd7 32.
Be2 Be8 33. Kd3 Kf8 34. Bh6+ Ke7 35. f4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[WhiteICU "2186"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "AUS"]
[BlackNationality "AUT"]
[WhiteFideId "3295419"]
[BlackFideId "1632051"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 Bd7 7. Nc2 Qa5 8.
Bd2 Qb6 9. Rb1 Nf5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Ncxd4 Bc5 13. Be3 O-O 14.
O-O Rfe8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Re1 a5 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. b3 Be6 20.
Qf4 Qc7 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. c4 dxc4 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. bxc4 Rab8
26. f4 Kf8 27. Kf2 Rb4 28. Rxb4 axb4 29. c5 Ra8 30. Re2 Ra3 31. Rb2 Ke7 32.
Kf1 Ra4 33. g3 h6 34. Kf2 g5 35. h3 Ra5 36. Rxb4 Rxa2+ 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38. Kf2
Rc3 39. Rb8 Rxc5 40. Rh8 Rc2+ 41. Ke3 Rc3+ 42. Kd4 Rxg3 43. Rxh6 gxf4 44.
Rxc6 Rg1 45. Rf6 Rd1+ 46. Kc3 Rf1 47. Kd4 Rd1+ 48. Kc3 Rh1 49. Rxf5 Rxh3+
50. Kd4 f3 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Rf6+ Kxe5 53. Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Black "Risteski, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "12989983"]
[BlackFideId "15005267"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "E47"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Re8 6. Ne2 d5 7. O-O Bf8 8.
e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 e5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Rxe5 13. Rd8 Rxe4
14. Rxc8 Rxe2 15. Kf1 Rc2 16. Be3 f6 17. Rd1 Kf7 18. Rdd8 Bd6 19. c5 Bxc5
20. Rxc7+ Be7 21. Rxb8 Rxc7 22. Rxa8 a6 23. b3 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. g3 Rc2
26. Ra7 Rxa2 27. Rxb7+ Kg6 28. b4 a5 29. bxa5 Rxa5 30. Kg2 h5 31. h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Willems, Niels"]
[Black "Rosol, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[WhiteNationality "FRA"]
[BlackNationality "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "20695586"]
[BlackFideId "1664905"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 c4 7. Bd2 a6 8.
a4 Bb4 9. b3 Be6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. bxc4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 dxc4 14. a5
Ne4 15. Qc2 Bd5 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Qh4 18. f3 Rfe8 19. Rf2 Nxd4 20. Qc3
Nb5 21. Qb4 Qe7 22. e4 Qxb4 23. Bxb4 Be6 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Bf1 Red8 26. Rd2
Rxd2 27. Bxd2 f6 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Bb4 g5 30. Ke3 Rc6 31. g3 Nc7 32. Kd4 Nb5+
33. Ke3 Kg7 34. f4 Bf7 35. h4 h6 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Be2 Nc7 38. fxg5 fxg5
39. Bc3+ Kf8 40. Rf1 Nb5 41. Bb4+ Kg7 42. Rf5 g4 43. Rc5 Rxc5 44. Bxc5 Be6
45. Kf4 Kf7 46. Bb4 Kf6 47. e5+ Kf7 48. Bxg4 Bxg4 49. Kxg4 c3 50. Kf3 c2
51. Bd2 Nd4+ 52. Ke4 Nb3 53. Kd3 c1=Q 54. Bxc1 Nxc1+ 55. Kc4 Ke6 56. Kc5
Nb3+ 57. Kb6 Nxa5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Morriss, Pete"]
[Black "Collins, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[WhiteICU "1909"]
[BlackICU "2274"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500230"]
[BlackFideId "2512300"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Polish (Sokolsky) opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. a3 Ba5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Bb2 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5
8. e3 Bg4 9. Qc2 O-O-O 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 Qc5 12. Nge2 Rhe8 13. f3 Bf5
14. Qb2 Ne5 15. Nf4 Rxd2 16. Kxd2 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qxe3+ 18. Kd1 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Ribeiro, Gustavo"]
[Black "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[BlackICU "2124"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "POR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1941852"]
[BlackFideId "2523558"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Bh7 10. e4 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rad1 b5 14. exd5
cxd5 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. N2f3 Rfe8 17. Qe3 Nd7 18. c4 bxc4 19. dxc4 dxc4 20.
Bf1 Bf6 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. bxc4 Qxb2 23. Nb5 Ndc5 24. Rd2 Qb3 25. Qf4 Nd3
26. Qe3 Ndc5 27. Kg2 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Ne5 Kf8 31. Nd4
Bc7 32. Nef3 Be4 33. Kg1 e5 34. Nb5 Bxf3 35. Rxf3 Ke7 36. g4 Ke6 37. Re3 f6
38. Re2 Bb6 39. Nd4+ Kf7 40. Nf5 Nb3 41. Kf1 Bc5 42. Rb2 a4 43. Ng3 Bd4 44.
Rc2 Nac5 45. Nf5 g6 46. Ng3 Ke6 47. h4 f5 48. gxf5+ gxf5 49. f3 f4 50. Nh5
Be3 51. Rg2 e4 52. fxe4 f3 53. Rg6+ Ke5 54. Ng3 Nd2+ 55. Ke1 Ncxe4 56. Nh1
Nxc4 57. Rg8 f2+ 58. Nxf2 Bxf2+ 59. Ke2 Bxh4 60. Kd3 Ncd6 61. Ra8 Nc5+ 62.
Kc3 Be1+ 63. Kc2 h5 64. Kd1 Bg3 65. Kd2 h4 66. Rh8 Kd4 67. Kc2 Nde4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Black "Woods, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[BlackICU "1983"]
[BlackClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14101467"]
[BlackFideId "2518384"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 f6 5. Bh4 Nh6 6. f3 Nf5 7. Bf2 e5 8.
dxe5 fxe5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Qxd8+ Nxd8 11. fxe4 Nh6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nf3 Nhf7
14. Na3 Bd6 15. Nc4 Ne6 16. Bg3 Bc6 17. Nfxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5
O-O-O 20. Bc4 Rhe8 21. O-O Ng5 22. Bf4 Nxe4 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxc3 25.
bxc3 Re4 26. Bd3 Rxf4 27. Bxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Black "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[BlackICU "2133"]
[BlackClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2297418"]
[BlackFideId "14189208"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8.
a4 a5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. e3 Bd6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Rd1 Ndf6 14. Nf4
h6 15. Nd3 Bg4 16. Rf1 Qb6 17. Nfe5 Bf5 18. Qd1 Nd7 19. g4 Be6 20. f4 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Bc5 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. f5 Bd7 24. Qd4 Ra6 25. e6 fxe6 26. f6 Rf8
27. fxg7 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Ra8 29. Bd2 e5 30. Qxe5 Ne4 31. Ra3 Nxd2 32. Qf6
Qb4 33. e4 Qxe4 34. Qxh6 Qd4+ 35. Kh1 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Qd4+ (36... Qe1 $19) 37.
Kh1 Re8 $4 (37... Qf2 $19) 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. g8=Q+ Rxg8 40. Qxd4 Ne4 41.
Rf3+ Ke6 42. h3 c5 43. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Kim, Jimin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[WhiteICU "2121"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "KOR"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[BlackFideId "13224271"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qd4 g5 12. Bg3 Qxc5 13. Qxc5 Nxc5
14. Be5 Nce4 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. f3 Re8 18. Bd4 Nd6 19. O-O-O Be6
20. g4 f5 21. h4 fxg4 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rh8+ Kf7 24. Rh7+ Kf8 25. fxg4 Re7
26. Rh8+ Bg8 27. Bg2 Rh7 28. Rxh7 Bxh7 29. Bxd5 Rc8 30. Rf1+ Ke8 31. Rf6
Ne4 32. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Fernandez Manrique, Agustin"]
[Black "Gulljord, Birk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "2231000"]
[BlackFideId "1542753"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Rubinstein system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Fern&aacute;ndez Manrique, Agust&iacute;n"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. d3 e5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nf3 f6 10. Qa4 Be7 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Ne4 Ne6 13. O-O Qb6 14.
Rfc1 Nd4 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Qc4 Rb8 17. Rab1 Qb4 18. Nc5 Qxc4 19. Rxc4 Bg4
20. b3 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Bxf3 22. exf3 Kd7 23. Rbc1 Rb6 24. Ra5 a6 25. Rc4 Ra8
26. Rca4 Kd6 27. f4 c5 28. fxe5+ fxe5 29. Kg2 Rc6 30. Kf3 Rf8+ 31. Ke2 Ra8
32. h4 g6 33. Ke1 h6 34. Ke2 h5 35. Ke1 Ra7 36. Ke2 Ra8 37. Rc4 Rb8 38.
Rca4 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Black "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[BlackUCU "1631"]
[BlackClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "NOR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1516604"]
[BlackFideId "2510340"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bd2 c6 7. Bc4 e6
8. h3 Bh5 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 h6 14.
Bc1 Nf6 15. Qd3 Bg6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. a3 Rfd8 20.
Ba2 Ne7 21. Bf4 Nd5 22. Bh2 Qe7 23. Rad1 Qg5 24. Rd4 Bh5 25. g4 Bg6 26. f4
Qe7 27. f5 Bh7 28. Qf2 exf5 29. gxf5 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 Qe3 31. Qh4 Qg5 32. Qxg5
hxg5 33. e6 fxe6 34. fxe6 Ne7 35. Rd7 Be4+ 36. Kg1 Rxd7 37. exd7+ Bd5 38.
Bc7 Bxa2 39. b3 Nd5 40. d8=Q+ Rxd8 41. Bxd8 Nc3 42. Ra1 Bb1 43. Ba5 Bxc2
44. Bxc3 Bxb3 45. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Stokes, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[BlackICU "1960"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "WLS"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1801899"]
[BlackFideId "2503530"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "English variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6
8. O-O d5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nb4 12. Nd2 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Qc7 14.
c3 Rfd8 15. a4 Rac8 16. a5 e6 17. a6 b6 18. Qb5 Qc6 19. Qxc6 Rxc6 20. b4
Rdc8 21. b5 R6c7 22. f4 Ne8 23. Rab1 Nd6 24. Ba3 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Bb2
h5 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Bh6 29. f5 gxf5 30. gxf5 Bd2 31. Re2 Bxc3 32. Bxc3
Rxc3 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. Rxe6 Kf7 35. Rd6 Rc2 36. Rf1+ Ke7 37. Rg6 Rb2 38.
Rg7+ Ke6 39. Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Dolan, Peter"]
[Black "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[BlackICU "2047"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2413612"]
[BlackFideId "2517604"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qc2 h6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e3 c6 11. b4 a5 12. b5 c5 13. Bd3 Re8 14. O-O b6 15.
Rfe1 Bb7 16. Qa2 Rc8 17. Rac1 Bf8 18. Bf5 g6 19. Bh3 g5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"]
[Black "Smith, Lynda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "2260972"]
[BlackFideId "1800191"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nh6 5. h3 Nc6 6. a4 e6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
d5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. Ba2 Kh8 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 d4 14. Rb1 e5 15.
cxd4 cxd4 16. b4 Qe7 17. Bd5 Na7 18. b5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. bxa6 bxa6 21.
Nb4 Rab8 22. Nd5 Rfc8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. Qb2 Nc6 26. Qb6 Nd8 27.
Qxe6 Nxe6 28. Nxf6 Bg7 29. Nd7 Rc3 30. Rb1 h5 31. Ndxe5 Bxe5 32. Nxe5 Nf4
33. Rb6 Nxd3 34. Nxd3 Rxd3 35. Rxg6 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 d3 37. Rxa6 Re1 38. Rd6
Rxe4 39. Rxd3 Rxa4 40. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Bienko, Jagoda"]
[Black "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[BlackICU "1902"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "AUT"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1194569"]
[BlackFideId "841790"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Cambridge Springs defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qa4 Bb4 8.
Qxa5 Bxa5 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 g5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14.
hxg3 g4 15. Nh4 Nf6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Ke7 18. Ke2 h5 19. Na4 Ne8 20.
Bxg4 Nf6 21. Bf3 Bb4 22. Rh4 Rag8 23. Rch1 Rh7 24. Bxh5 Nxh5 25. Rxh5 Rxh5
26. Rxh5 Bd6 27. Nc5 b6 28. Nd3 a6 29. Kf3 a5 30. g4 Ke6 31. g5 Kf5 32. g4+
Ke6 33. Nf4+ Kd7 34. Rh7 Ke8 35. Rh6 Ke7 36. g6 Bxf4 37. gxf7 Rxg4 38. Rh8
Kxf7 39. Kxg4 Bd6 40. Rc8 c5 41. dxc5 Bxc5 42. Kf5 Ke7 43. Rxc5 bxc5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "McGill, Derek"]
[Black "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "1723"]
[BlackICU "1816"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510375"]
[BlackFideId "2515270"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen system, Keres variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 Nc6
8. a3 Bc5 9. Bg2 Bg4 10. Qa4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxc3 12. Bxc6+ Kf8 13. dxc3 Qf6
14. O-O Qxc6 15. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Saine, Zachary"]
[Black "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[BlackICU "1942"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "CAN"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2624346"]
[BlackFideId "2502283"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Bg4 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Ne1
Bxe2+ 8. Kxe2 e5 9. f3 f6 10. Nd3 Ne7 11. Be3 Ng6 12. a4 Bd6 13. g3 h5 14.
h4 Ngf8 15. Nd2 Ne6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. c3 Ke7 18. a5 Rhb8 19. b4 b5 20. Nd2 a6
21. Nb3 Bd6 22. Ra2 Rc8 23. Nbc5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Rc7 25. f4 g6 26. Kf3 Rf8
27. f5 gxf5 28. exf5 Nd8 29. Nf2 Rg8 30. Rg1 Nb7 31. Ne4 Rg4 32. Rd1 Rxe4
33. Kxe4 Nbxc5+ 34. Kf3 Nb7 35. g4 Nd6 36. gxh5 Nxf5 37. Rad2 Ke6 38. h6
e4+ 39. Kxe4 Ne5 40. Bf4 Rh7 41. h5 Rh8 42. Rd8 Rh7 43. Re8+ Ne7 44. Bxe5
fxe5 45. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Salmin, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Kelbas, Dariy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[WhiteICU "1893"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "34147885"]
[BlackFideId "34160515"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Konig, Jon"]
[Black "Vitiukov, Mykhailo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "343468780"]
[BlackFideId "14168839"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor's defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. h3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. Nxe5 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Be6 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Webb, Nick"]
[Black "Prado, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[WhiteClub "The Buffs ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "BOL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517302"]
[BlackFideId "3301346"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8.
d3 Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nbd2 Qc8 11. h4 Bh3 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd7 14. a3
d5 15. b4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 cxb4 17. axb4 b5 18. Nce5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rfc8 20.
Qb3 Qd5 21. e4 Qd7 22. Rfd1 Qb7 23. Ng5 e6 24. Qb2 Ne8 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26.
Kg1 h6 27. Nf3 Rc7 28. Rbc1 Rac8 29. Qd2 Kh7 30. Qe3 f5 31. Ne5 Rxc1 32.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 fxe4 34. Ng4 e3 35. Qxe3 Nf5 36. Qxe6 Nd4 37. Nf6+ Kg7
38. Ne8+ Kh7 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Nh5+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Ne8+ Kh7 43. Qe4
Qxe4 44. dxe4 Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.04"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Ashbrooke, Monika"]
[Black "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[BlackICU "1561"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "JCI"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "15600262"]
[BlackFideId "2519143"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O
8. Nc3 a6 9. e4 d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxc6 Ra7 13. b3 Bc5 14.
Qe2 Qc7 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. Bg5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd7 18. Ne4 Bd4 19. Rad1 Qc6 20.
Qf3 Qb6 21. Nc3 h6 22. Na4 Qb7 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. fxe3 a5 26.
Rd6 Ra8 27. Rfd1 Nf6 28. c5 Ne4 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. Kf3 Ng5+
32. Ke2 Ne4 33. Kd3 Nf2+ 34. Ke2 Ne4 35. Rc8 Rd7 36. c6 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Rc2
38. Kd1 Rd2+ 39. Kc1 Rxh2 40. c7 Rh1+ 41. Kc2 Rh2+ 42. Kd3 f5 43. Rh8+ Kxh8
44. c8=Q+ Kh7 45. Qxe6 Rd2+ 46. Kc4 Rc2+ 47. Kb5 Rxa2 48. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[WhiteNationality "AUT"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "1632051"]
[BlackFideId "2297418"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 h6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Be6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Rc1
Ne5 15. Nc5 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. e3 Rbc8 18. Qe2 a6 19. Rcd1 Rfe8 20. Nf3
Qe6 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. Ba1 Bc5 23. Qb2 Qg4 24. Qb1 Rcd8 25. h3 Qh5 26. Qf5
Bxd4 27. Qxh5 Nxh5 28. Rxd4 Nc6 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Bxd5 g6 31. Rc1 Rc8 32.
b4 Kf8 33. a4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Rosol, Philip"]
[Black "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[WhiteNationality "POL"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "1664905"]
[BlackFideId "12989983"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be6 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7
8. Nf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Ng7 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Be5 Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Nf6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Na4 Bd6 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. Nxe6 fxe6
20. Qh5+ Kd7 21. Rae1 Raf8 22. e4 Qf7 23. Qd1 h5 24. Qb3 Kc8 25. Rc1 Qc7
26. e5 Be7 27. Qa4 Qb6 28. b4 Rf4 29. Rc2 Rxd4 30. Rfc1 Kb8 31. Bg6 Qxb4
32. Qxb4 Rxb4 33. Rc3 Rh6 34. Be8 g4 35. h3 Kc7 36. a3 Re4 37. f3 gxf3 38.
Rxf3 Rxe5 39. a4 Kd8 40. Bf7 a5 41. Rb1 Bb4 42. Rbf1 Re1 43. g4 hxg4 44.
Rxe1 gxf3 45. Rxe6 Rxh3 46. Re8+ Kc7 47. Rc8+ Kb6 48. Kf1 Bc5 49. Ke1 Rh1+
50. Kd2 f2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Risteski, Emil"]
[Black "Liu, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[BlackICU "2186"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "MKD"]
[BlackNationality "AUS"]
[WhiteFideId "15005267"]
[BlackFideId "3295419"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6
Qxf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qd2 c5 10. O-O-O Rd8 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne4 Qe7
14. g4 Qh4 15. Rhg1 Nc6 16. g5 h5 17. g6 f6 18. f4 Ne7 19. Rdf1 Nf5 20. Rf3
Bd7 21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Nxe6 Bxf3 23. Nxd8 Ne3 24. Ne6 Re8 25. Nxd4 Qxf4 26.
Nf5 Bg4 27. Nxe3 Qxe3 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Kd2 Re5 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 Kf8
32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Kg3 Ke6 34. Kf4 b6 35. c4 Bd1 36. b4 Kd6 37. h4 Bg4 38. Ke4
Kc6 39. Kd4 Be6 40. Be2 Bf5 41. Bxh5 Kd6 42. c5+ bxc5+ 43. bxc5+ Kd7 44. a3
Kc7 45. Kd5 Kd7 46. c6+ Kc7 47. a4 a5 48. Kc5 Be4 49. Kb5 Bxc6+ 50. Kxa5 f5
51. Be2 f4 52. h5 f3 53. Bf1 Bd7 54. h6 gxh6 55. g7 Be6 56. Bh3 Bg8 57. Kb4
f2 58. Kc5 Kb7 59. Bf1 h5 60. Kd4 Kb6 61. Ke3 Ka5 62. Kxf2 Kxa4 63. Kg3 Kb4
64. Kh4 Kc5 65. Kxh5 Kd6 66. Kg6 Ke7 67. Bd3 Ke8 68. Kf6 Kd8 69. Bg6 Kd7
70. Bf7 Bh7 71. Bb3 Ke8 72. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Black "Willems, Niels"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[WhiteICU "2124"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "2523558"]
[BlackFideId "20695586"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, Spassky variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Ne4 Ngf6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14.
g3 Be7 15. Kb1 c5 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. d5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Ne5 20.
Qxc6+ Nxc6 21. c3 Rhe8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Kc2 Rd5 24. g4 Kd7 25. Re1 b5 26.
Re4 c4 27. a4 a6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nd2 Bh4 30. f3 f5 31. Re2 Bf6 32. Nf1
fxg4 33. fxg4 Ne5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Bxe5 36. b3 cxb3+ 37. Kxb3 Bf4 38.
c4 Ke6 39. cxb5 Kf6 40. Kc4 Kg5 41. Kd5 Kxg4 42. Ke4 Bc7 43. Ne3+ Kxh5 44.
Nd5 Bb8 45. b6 Kg4 46. Ne3+ Kh5 47. Kf5 g6+ 48. Kf6 g5 49. Kg7 Be5+ 50. Kh7
Bf4 51. b7 Be5 52. Nc4 Bf4 53. Ne3 Bb8 54. Kg7 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[WhiteNationality "NOR"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "1516604"]
[BlackFideId "14101467"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "Austrian attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 b5 7. e5 b4 8. Nd1
Nd5 9. a3 a5 10. Bc4 Na6 11. Qf2 Nac7 12. Bd2 Ba6 13. b3 Qc8 14. O-O O-O
15. Ng5 Qf5 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 dxe5 19. fxe5 Qxf2+ 20.
Rxf2 c5 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rxa8 Nxa8 23. d5 Bxe5 24. Bxc5 Rc8 25. Nf3 Bd6
26. Bxd6 exd6 27. Nd2 Nb6 28. Rf4 Kg7 29. Kf2 f5 30. Ke3 Re8+ 31. Kd3 Kf6
32. Rf2 Na4 33. Kd4 h5 34. h4 Re1 35. Kd3 Nc5+ 36. Kd4 Rh1 37. Nf3 Ne4 38.
Re2 Rd1+ 39. Ke3 Ra1 40. Nd2 Nc3 41. Nb3 Rh1 42. Rd2 Ke5 43. g3 Ne4 44. Rg2
Nxg3 45. Kf3 f4 46. Rd2 Ne4 47. Rg2 Rh3+ 48. Ke2 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[WhiteICU "1983"]
[BlackICU "2121"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "2514311"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Rc8 12. Qh4 d6 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14.
Rac1 f5 15. Na4 Nf6 16. c5 bxc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Rxc5 Qa8 19. Rc7 e6 20.
Rxd6 Rd8 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qxf6+ Kh6 23. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Gulljord, Birk"]
[Black "Ribeiro, Gustavo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[WhiteNationality "NOR"]
[BlackNationality "POR"]
[WhiteFideId "1542753"]
[BlackFideId "1941852"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 Ne4 6. O-O f5 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. a4 a5 13. e4 fxe4 14.
Bxe4 Bf5 15. Bg2 h6 16. g4 Bh7 17. f4 Ra6 18. f5 h5 19. h3 c6 20. Rb1 Bg5
21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. c4 hxg4 23. hxg4 dxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4+ Kh8 26.
Rxb7 Raa8 27. Qxc6 Qxg4 28. Qe4 Qg5 29. Rb5 Rae8 30. Qf4 Qd8 31. Re5 Qd7
32. d5 Rb8 33. Rfe1 Qd6 34. Qe3 Rbd8 35. Qg5 Qc5+ 36. Kh1 Rd6 37. Re6 Qb4
38. f6 gxf6 39. Qh6 Rd7 40. Re8 Kg8 41. Rxf8+ Qxf8 42. Qh5 Re7 43. Qg4+ Kh8
44. Rxe7 Qxe7 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qe6 $2 (46. Qg4+ $10) 46... Qxe6 47. dxe6
$19 { This is easily winning for Black. } 47... Kf8 48. Kh2 Ke7 49. Kg3
Kxe6 50. Kf4 Kd6 51. Bf1 Kc5 52. Ke3 Kb4 53. Kd2 Kxa4 54. Kc1 Kb3 55. Bg2
a4 56. Bd5+ Kc3 57. Be6 Bc2 58. Bd5 a3 59. Ba2 f5 60. Bd5 f4 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Black "Morriss, Pete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[BlackICU "1909"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14189208"]
[BlackFideId "2500230"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. c3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3
e6 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. dxc5 Bxc5
14. Qe2 O-O 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. h3 Rfd8 18. Qf3 Rd5 19. Bf4 Bd6
20. Be3 Rd8 21. Bc2 b5 22. Bb3 Rf5 23. Qe2 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Bh2+
26. Kh1 Rxd5 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Be5 29. Bxa7 g6 30. Be3 Qc4 31. Bh6 Qc7
32. Qd3 Qb8 33. a3 Bg7 34. Be3 Bf8 35. Qd7 Bd6 36. Bg5 Bc7 37. Bf6 h6 38.
a4 bxa4 39. Qxa4 Be5 40. Bxe5 Qxe5 41. Qa8+ Kg7 42. Qf3 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 e5 44.
b4 f5 45. Qe3 Qf1 46. Qxe5+ Kf7 47. Qd5+ Kg7 48. Qd4+ Kh7 49. c4 Qe1 50. b5
1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Black "Fernandez Manrique, Agustin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[WhiteICU "1942"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2502283"]
[BlackFideId "2231000"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]
[BlackFullName "Fern&aacute;ndez Manrique, Agust&iacute;n"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. dxc5 dxc5
8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Ne4 Qb6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Qd5 Qb6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Qe4
Nd7 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. Qb1 Rfd8 16. Be2 Ng4 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Qe4 Nf6 19. Qa4
a6 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 e6 22. Qf4 Kg7 23. e4 e5 24. Qxe5 h6 25. h4 Re8
26. Qf4 hxg5 27. hxg5 Nh5 28. Qe3 Qe6 29. Re1 b6 30. e5 Qxa2 31. Rd1 Qa1+
32. Kc2 Qa4+ 33. Kc1 Qf4 34. Qxf4 Nxf4 35. g3 Ne6 36. f4 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Nxd8
38. Kd2 Kf8 39. Ke3 Ke7 40. Ke4 Kd7 41. g4 Ne6 42. f5 Nxg5+ 43. Kf4 Nh3+
44. Kg3 Ng1 45. Kf2 gxf5 46. gxf5 Nh3+ 47. Kg3 Ng5 48. Kf4 Nh7 49. c4 Nf8
50. Ke4 Kc6 51. b3 b5 52. cxb5+ axb5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Black "Bienko, Jagoda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[WhiteICU "2047"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "AUT"]
[WhiteFideId "2517604"]
[BlackFideId "1194569"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 Bc3
8. Rb1 c5 9. Bb2 Bxb2 10. Rxb2 b6 11. c3 Bb7 12. Qb1 h6 13. c4 cxd4 14.
exd4 Nh5 15. Re1 Nf4 16. Bf1 Nf6 17. c5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Ne4 19. Rc2 Nxd2 20.
Rxd2 Rc8 21. b4 Qf6 22. Qb2 Qg6 23. Qd4 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 Ng5 25. Ne5 Qf6 26. f3
Qd8 27. c6 Bxc6 28. Qxa7 f6 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. b5 Rb6 31. a4 Rf7 32. Qa5 Qb8
33. Qb4 Rc7 34. Rb2 Nf7 35. a5 Rd6 36. b6 Rcc6 37. b7 Ne5 38. a6 Nd7 39.
Ra1 Qa7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Kim, Jimin"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[WhiteNationality "KOR"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "13224271"]
[BlackFideId "1801899"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Albin-Alekhine-Chatard attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 h6 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
f4 a6 9. Qd2 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qxc5 12. g4 b5 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. Qf2
Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Bb7 16. Rhe1 b4 17. Ne2 Ke7 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 h5 20. g5
g6 21. a3 a5 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nb5 Rhc8 24. Nd6 Rc7 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Ra1
Bc6 27. Ke3 Bd7 28. b3 Nc8 29. Nxc8+ Bxc8 30. Ra4 Rb7 31. Kd4 Bd7 32. Ra5
Rc7 33. Ra6 Kd8 34. Rb6 Ra7 35. Kc5 Kc7 36. Ra6 Rb7 37. Ra8 Bc8 38. Ba6 Rb8
39. Rxb8 Kxb8 40. Bxc8 Kxc8 41. Kxb4 Kb7 42. Kb5 Kc7 43. b4 Kb7 44. c3 Kc7
45. Ka6 Kc6 46. b5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Stokes, Stephen"]
[Black "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[WhiteICU "1960"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2503530"]
[BlackFideId "2260972"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 h6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qb3 c6 11. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Black "Kelbas, Dariy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1723"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[WhiteICU "1816"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2515270"]
[BlackFideId "34160515"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Rb1 d6 6. d3 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
h3 Bd7 9. O-O Qc8 10. Kh2 h6 11. b4 a6 12. a3 Ne7 13. Bb2 Nh7 14. e3 Ng5
15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Ne4 f6 17. d4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Rf7 19. Qd2 Bh8 20. f4 g4 21.
h4 Bf5 22. Rbd1 Be6 23. c5 d5 24. Nc3 f5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxh8 Nxf4 27.
Rxf4 Kxh8 28. Qc3+ Kg8 29. Qe5 Rb8 30. Rfd4 Qe8 31. Bxb7 Re7 32. Qf6 Bf7
33. Bc6 Qf8 34. Qg5 Kg7 35. Kg2 a5 36. b5 Re5 37. Rd7 Rbe8 38. h5 R5e6 39.
R1d5 Qh8 40. Rxf5 Rf8 41. Bd5 Rxe3 42. Qxg6# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Black "McGill, Derek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[WhiteUCU "1631"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510340"]
[BlackFideId "2510375"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Ne7 7. a3 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 Nxc6 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Bd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bxc5 12. Qd2 Bc6 13. O-O a5 14.
Re1 O-O 15. c3 Qb6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. a4 Rfc8 18. h3 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Rc4 20. Rd1
Bxa4 21. Na3 Rb4 22. Nc2 Bxc2 23. Qxc2 h6 24. Rac1 Rxb2 25. Qa4 Qb5 26.
Qxb5 Rxb5 27. Rc7 a4 28. Rdc1 a3 29. Rc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kh7 31. Ra8 Rb1+
32. Kh2 Rb3 33. Ra7 Kg6 34. f3 b5 35. Kg3 b4 36. Ra4 Rb2 37. h4 a2 38. f4
h5 39. Kf3 Rb3+ 40. Kf2 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Ashbrooke, Monika"]
[Black "Dolan, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[WhiteNationality "JCI"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "15600262"]
[BlackFideId "2413612"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. c4 Bc5 8.
e3 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14.
Qe2 Rac8 15. Bh3 Ne5 16. Na4 Qc6 17. f4 Nf7 18. b3 b5 19. Nb2 Bb4 20. Nd3
Bc3 21. Bb2 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Qb6 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. exd4 Nd8 25. Nc5 Rc6 26.
Rac1 Re8 27. b4 Re7 28. Rfe1 Kf7 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Bxf5 Kf7
32. Re1 g6 33. Bd3 a6 34. h3 Ne6 35. Nxe6 Rxe6 36. Kf2 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 Nh5
38. Kf2 Kf6 39. Kf3 Ng7 40. Bc2 Ne6 41. Ke3 Kg5 42. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Collins, Adam"]
[Black "Saine, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[WhiteICU "2274"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "CAN"]
[WhiteFideId "2512300"]
[BlackFideId "2624346"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. Na3 a6 5. c4 e6 6. b3 bxc4 7. Nxc4 c5 8.
O-O d5 9. Nce5 Bd6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. d4 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14.
dxc5 Nxc5 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nd3 Qe7 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Rxc5 Bxc5 19. Qd3 Rd8
20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Bd4 Ba3 22. Rc2 e5 23. Be3 Bc8 24. Qxd5+ Be6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6
26. Bb7 Bf5 27. Rd2 a5 28. Rxd6 Bxd6 29. Bb6 Bb4 30. a3 Bxa3 31. Bxa5 Bb2
32. Bd5+ Kf8 33. Bb4+ Ke8 34. Bc5 Kd7 35. b4 Bd4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Kf1 Kd6
38. Bc4 Be4 39. Ke1 g5 40. Kd2 g4 41. Bd3 f5 42. e3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Black "Smith, Lynda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "841790"]
[BlackFideId "1800191"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. h3 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8.
Nc3 Ne4 9. O-O d6 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nd7 12. Rad1 a6 13. Bh2 Qe8 14.
Rfe1 Qg6 15. Bf1 Rf6 16. f4 Qh6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Rg6 19. g3 Rf8 20. Bg2
d5 21. Nf2 c5 22. Ng4 Qh5 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Qh6 25. Qe2 Rf5 26. Rxf5
exf5 27. Qxe7 Bc6 28. Bxd5+ Bxd5 29. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Salmin, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Webb, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[WhiteICU "1893"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "The Buffs ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "34147885"]
[BlackFideId "2517302"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O Nf6
8. Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Nb5 a6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Nc3 Nd4 15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Bb3 Rg8 17. Rxd4 Bxf3 18. Rd3 Bxg2 19. Qh6 Bxe4+
20. Rg3 Rxg3+ 21. hxg3 Bg6 22. Nd5 Kd7 23. a4 Rc5 24. Qe3 Qa5 25. Rd1 Bc2
26. Bxc2 Rxc2 27. Qb3 Rd2 28. Qxb7+ Ke6 29. Nf4+ exf4 30. Re1+ Kf5 31. Qe4+
Kg5 32. gxf4+ Kh6 33. Qxe7 Qf5 34. Qxf7 Qg4+ 35. Kf1 Qxf4 36. Qf8+ Kg6 37.
Qg8+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Kh5 39. Qf7+ Kg4 40. Qg7+ Kf5 41. Qxh7+ Kg5 42. Qg7+ Kf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Prado, Alexandra"]
[Black "Konig, Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[WhiteNationality "BOL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "3301346"]
[BlackFideId "343468780"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Bf5 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O e6
8. d3 Be7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. a4 a5 13. Bd2 Nb6 14.
Rfe1 O-O 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Kg2 Rfe8 17. h4 Nh7 18. Rh1 g5 19. hxg5 Nxg5 20.
Bf4 Qd7 21. Be4 g6 22. Be5 Nh7 23. Rxh7 Kxh7 24. Rh1+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Vitiukov, Mykhailo"]
[Black "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[BlackICU "1561"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14168839"]
[BlackFideId "2519143"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nd7 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. c3 Ne7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. O-O Qb6 12. b4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. g4
Nc6 15. Bc5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Qf3 f6 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Rae1 d4 20. Rxe5
Bxf3 21. Rxe6+ Kf7 22. Re7+ Kg6 23. Rxf3 dxc3 24. Rxc3 b6 25. Bd4 Rxc3 26.
Bxc3 Rc8 27. Ne4 h6 28. h4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "AUT"]
[WhiteFideId "12989983"]
[BlackFideId "1632051"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, 3...Bd7"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O Ne5
8. d3 Ne7 9. Be3 N7c6 10. Ne1 Nd4 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Qa4 e5 14.
Nc2 Qd7 15. b4 Be7 16. b5 Na7 17. Rfb1 O-O 18. Qb3 axb5 19. cxb5 d5 20.
Qxd5 Qxd5 21. exd5 Rfd8 22. b6 Nc8 23. Rb5 Nd6 24. Rb3 Rdc8 25. Ne1 Ra5 26.
f4 f6 27. a4 Rca8 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Nf3 Rxd5 30. Ng3 Rc5 31. Nd2 Bg5 32.
Ngf1 Ra6 33. Kf2 Rc2 34. Ke1 Bd8 35. Kd1 Rc6 36. Ng3 Rcxb6 37. Rxb6 Rxb6
38. Nge4 Nxe4 39. Nxe4 Rb2 40. Rc1 Kf7 41. Rc2 Rb4 42. Rc5 Rxa4 43. Rxe5
Be7 44. Ke2 Rb4 45. Kf3 Rb3 46. Nf2 Bd6 47. Rh5 h6 48. g3 Ke6 49. Rh4 Be5
50. Rh5 Bf6 51. Rc5 Be7 52. Ra5 b6 53. Ra7 Bf6 54. Ke4 Rb2 55. Ng4 Re2+ 56.
Kf3 Rd2 57. Ke4 Re2+ 58. Kf3 Re1 59. Rb7 Rf1+ 60. Ke4 Re1+ 61. Kf3 Rb1 62.
Ke4 Be7 63. h4 h5 64. Nh2 Re1+ 65. Kxd4 Bf6+ 66. Kc4 Rc1+ 67. Kb4 Kd5 68.
Nf3 Rb1+ 69. Ka4 Kc6 70. Rf7 b5+ 71. Ka3 Rd1 72. Ng5 Rxd3+ 73. Ka2 b4 74.
Ne4 b3+ 75. Ka3 b2+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Collins, Adam"]
[Black "Risteski, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[WhiteICU "2274"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "2512300"]
[BlackFideId "15005267"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8.
Nc3 c6 9. a4 a5 10. b3 Re8 11. Ba3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Rad1
Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Qf2 Qc7 17. Nde2 b6 18. Bc1 Rad8 19. Bf4 Bc8 20. Rd2 Nh5
21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Bd4 Nf6 25. Nf4 Qf7 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8
27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Ncxe2 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "Rosol, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[WhiteICU "1983"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "1664905"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O
8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. Rae1 e5 15. Bc2 Qb6 16. b3 Qb4 17. Re3 Nf6 18. Rf3 Nh5 19. Rd1 Rad8 20.
Ne2 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 b5 22. cxb5 Bxb5 23. Nc3 Bc6 24. Rfd3 Bb7 25. g3 Rc8 26.
f3 Rc6 27. Bd1 Nf6 28. Nd5 Ng8 29. Ne3 Nf6 30. Rxd6 Rc3 31. Nc4 Re8 32. Rc2
Rxc2 33. Bxc2 h5 34. a4 Re7 35. a5 Ne8 36. Rd8 Nc7 37. b4 Ne6 38. Rb8 Nd4
39. Ba4 Nxf3+ 40. Kf2 Bxe4 41. Nd6 f5 42. Nxe4 fxe4 43. b5 Nd2 44. b6 Nc4
45. b7 Rf7+ 46. Ke1 Kf6 47. Bb3 Kg5 48. Bxc4 Rc7 49. a6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Black "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[BlackICU "2124"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14101467"]
[BlackFideId "2523558"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8.
a3 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Nge2 e6 11. O-O Qd8 12. Na4 Bg6 13. Rc1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nc5 Rb8 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Qb6 Qd8 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.
Kf2 Na5 21. Rc2 Kf8 22. Rfc1 Ke7 23. Nf4 Nd7 24. Nfd3 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Nc6 26.
Ne5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 f6 28. f4 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rf8+ 30. Ke2 Rbd8 31. g4 Rd7 32.
Kd3 Rf2 33. R5c2 Rf3 34. Kd4 h6 35. b4 Kf7 36. Rc7 Ke7 37. Rc8 Rf2 38. R8c2
Rxc2 39. Rxc2 Kd8 40. a4 Rc7 41. Rc5 b6 42. Rxc7 Kxc7 43. e4 dxe4 44. b5
axb5 45. axb5 Kd7 46. h4 g6 47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Willems, Niels"]
[Black "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[BlackICU "2133"]
[BlackClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "FRA"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "20695586"]
[BlackFideId "14189208"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. Be2 b6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rc1 Re8 11. Re1 Nf8 12. Nb5 c6 13. Nbd4 Rc8 14.
Nf5 Ng6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bf1 Nd7 17. Nd4 Qg5 18. f4 Qd8 19. Nf5 Nf6 20.
g4 Rf8 21. Nxg7 c5 22. g5 Ne4 23. Nf5 Re8 24. Qh5 Qd7 25. Bh3 Qc7 26. Bf6
Nxf6 27. gxf6 Qc6 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. Ng4 Re6 30. d4 Rxf6 31. Nxf6 Qxf6 32.
Qh6+ Kg8 33. f5 Re8 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Rf1 Qe7 36. Rf3 Ba6 37. Rc2 cxd4 38.
Rc7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Ribeiro, Gustavo"]
[Black "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[BlackICU "2047"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "POR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1941852"]
[BlackFideId "2517604"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Ba7 7. b3 Nge7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14.
Re1 Rae8 15. Qd2 h6 16. b4 Re6 17. Ne3 Re7 18. Nxf5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qxf5 20.
Bxc6 bxc6 21. c5 Qd5 22. Qc3 a5 23. a3 Rd8 24. h3 axb4 25. axb4 Bb8 26. Re3
Kf8 27. Qc2 Kg8 28. Qe2 Kf8 29. Qf3 Qa2 30. Bc3 Qd5 31. g4 Ba7 32. Qe4 Qxe4
33. Rxe4 Re8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Kg2 Ke7 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Ke4 g6 38. h4 h5
39. f3 Bb8 40. Bd2 Ba7 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Bg5 Ke6 43. Kc4 Bb8 44. Bd8 Kd7 45.
Bf6 Ke6 46. Bg7 Ba7 47. Bh8 Bb8 48. Kb3 Kd7 49. Ka4 Kc8 50. Bf6 Ba7 51. Bg5
Bb8 52. Bf4 Ba7 53. Bg3 Bb8 54. Bf2 Ba7 55. b5 cxb5+ 56. Kxb5 Kb7 57. d5
dxc5 58. Bxc5 Bxc5 59. Kxc5 Kc8 60. Kd4 Kd7 61. Ke5 Ke7 62. g5 Kd7 63. f4
Ke7 64. f5 gxf5 65. Kxf5 Ke8 66. g6 Kf8 67. Kf6 fxg6 68. Kxg6 Ke7 69. Kxh5
c5 70. dxc6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Black "Liu, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "1553"]
[BlackICU "2186"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "AUS"]
[WhiteFideId "2297418"]
[BlackFideId "3295419"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qe7
8. O-O e5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e4 c5 13. d5 Nh7 14. Qe2
f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. f4 Rae8 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd1 Rxe1 20.
Qxe1 Re8 21. Qf2 Bd3 22. Re1 Nf6 23. h3 Re7 24. Re3 Bg6 25. Qe1 Rxe3 26.
Qxe3 Kf8 27. Kh2 Qe7 28. Qf2 Qe5 29. Nb3 b6 30. Qf3 Bh5 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32.
gxf4 Be2 33. Nd2 Nh5 34. f5 Ke7 35. Be4 Kf6 36. Kg2 Ke5 37. Kf2 Bd1 38. Ke1
Ng3 39. Bd3 Bh5 40. Kf2 Nxf5 41. Bxf5 Kxf5 42. Nf1 Kf4 43. Ng3 Bf3 44. h4
g6 45. Nf1 Be4 46. Ne3 g5 47. hxg5 hxg5 48. Nf1 Bd3 49. Ne3 g4 50. Ng2+ Ke5
0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Stokes, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[WhiteICU "2121"]
[BlackICU "1960"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[BlackFideId "2503530"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f4 Be6 14.
Qe2 f5 15. Rad1 Qa5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Kh1 h5 18. h3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 c5 20.
Rf3 Kf7 21. Bf2 Rab8 22. Re3 Qc7 23. Bh4 Rfe8 24. Re1 Rb7 25. Kg1 Qd7 26.
Kh2 Rc7 27. Qf2 Rb7 28. Rxe7+ Rxe7 29. Rxe7+ Qxe7 30. Bxe7 Rxe7 31. Qd2 Rd7
32. Kg3 Be6 33. Qd3 Bf5 34. Qd5+ Be6 35. Qc6 Ke7 36. Qe4 Kf7 37. Kh4 Bf5
38. Qd5+ Be6 39. Qc6 Kf6 40. Qc8 Bf5 41. Qf8+ Ke6 42. Kg5 Rf7 43. Qd8 Bc2
44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Bd3 46. Qc8+ Ke7 47. Qb7+ Kf8 48. Qb8+ Kg7 49. Qxd6
Bxc4 50. Qxg6+ Kf8 51. Qd6+ Kg8 52. Qxc5 Bxa2 53. c4 Rg7+ 54. Kh4 Bb1 55.
Qd5+ Kh8 56. c5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "McGill, Derek"]
[Black "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "2510375"]
[BlackFideId "1516604"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[ECO "A23"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Bremen system, Keres variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 Qb6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg2 exd3 10. Qxd3 Nb4 11. Qd1 Bf5 12. Be3 Qd8 13. Nd4 Bg6 14.
Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Kxd7 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nxd5 Ng4 18. Bh3 f5 19. Bxg4 fxg4
20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Nf4 Bf7 22. Bd4 Rg8 23. Rd1 Ke8 24. Nd3 Be7 25. O-O a5
26. Ne5 Bd5 27. Nxg4 a4 28. Ne3 Bb3 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Nf5 Bf8 31. e3 g6 32.
Nh4 c5 33. Nf3 Bg7 34. Bxg7 Rxg7 35. Nd2 Ba2 36. Ne4 Rb8 37. Nxc5 Rxb2 38.
Nxa4 Rb3 39. Nc3 Rxa3 40. Ra1 Rxc3 41. Rxa2 Re7 42. Rfa1 Rcc7 43. Kg2 Kf8
44. h4 Kg7 45. Rb1 Rc6 46. Rb5 Rd6 47. h5 Rc6 48. Rab2 Rcc7 49. hxg6 hxg6
50. Rb6 Kh7 51. R2b4 Rg7 52. Rh4+ Kg8 53. Rh6 Kf7 54. Kf3 Re7 55. Kf4 Ra7
56. e4 Rc7 57. f3 Ra7 58. e5 Re7 59. Rf6+ Ke8 60. Rhxg6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"]
[Black "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1723"]
[BlackICU "1816"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2260972"]
[BlackFideId "2515270"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Qh5 f5 11. g4 g6 12. Qh3 Qe8 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Nf3
Qf7 15. Rg1 Kh8 16. O-O-O c4 17. Bc2 Nc5 18. Qg2 Rg8 19. h4 h5 20. Bg5 Be6
21. Nd4 Rad8 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rxd5 b6 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Qg5
Qxg5 27. Rxg5 Kh7 28. b3 Re8 29. f4 b5 30. Rg2 Rd8 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Rd2
Rxd2 33. Kxd2 Kg7 34. e4 fxe4 35. Ke3 Kf7 36. Bxe4 Nxe4 37. Kxe4 Ke6 38.
Kd4 Kf5 39. Kxc4 g5 40. fxg5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[BlackICU "1902"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "WLS"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1801899"]
[BlackFideId "841790"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Qc2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 Re8 11. b4 Qe7 12. a3 Ne4 13. Na4 Qf6 14. Nc5
Ndxc5 15. dxc5 Bc7 16. Bb2 Qh6 17. g3 Bh3 18. Rfe1 Qh5 19. Nd4 Bg4 20. Be2
Ng5 21. Qd1 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Nxf2 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. h3 Nf6 25. Qxh5 Nxh5 26.
Nf5 Re6 27. g4 Nf6 28. Rf1 Be5 29. Bd4 Ne4 30. Rb2 Rae8 31. a4 h6 32. Rc1
g6 33. Nh4 Bxd4 34. exd4 Ng5 35. Rcc2 Re3 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Rxh3 38.
bxc6 bxc6 39. Nxg6 fxg6 40. Rb6 Re6 41. Ra2 Rd3 42. Ra7 Nf7 43. Rbb7 Rf6
44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rb4 Rf4 46. g5 hxg5 47. Rb6 Rf6 48. Rb4 g4 49. Ra2 g5 50.
Rab2 Kg6 51. Ra2 Nh6 52. Rab2 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Dolan, Peter"]
[Black "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[BlackICU "1942"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2413612"]
[BlackFideId "2502283"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch with c4 & Nc3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Qc2 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Nb3 b6
15. Qe2 a5 16. Nd2 a4 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Rc8 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. e4 Rxf3 21.
Qxf3 Nxd4 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Bc3 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 d4 25. Bb4 Bxb4 26. axb4 e5 27.
Qd5 Qe8 28. Rf2 Nc1 29. Rf1 Nd3 30. Qb7 h6 31. Qxb6 Rc2 32. Qd6 Kh7 33. Rf8
Qe6 34. Qxe6 Bxe6 35. Rxa4 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. Bxh3 Bxh3 38. Ra1 Rg2+ 39.
Kh1 Rxb2 40. Re8 Re2 41. Rxe5 d3 42. Rd5 d2 43. Rg1 Bg4 44. Rf1 Re1 45. Kg2
d1=Q 46. Rxd1 Rxd1 47. Rxd1 Bxd1 48. b5 Ba4 49. b6 Bc6 50. Kf3 Kg6 51. Ke3
Kf6 52. Kd4 Bb7 53. h4 h5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Vitiukov, Mykhailo"]
[Black "Gulljord, Birk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "14168839"]
[BlackFideId "1542753"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "St. George (Baker) defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 a6 2. d4 h6 3. f4 d6 4. c4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. Bd3 g6 8. Qe2
Bg7 9. e5 Nge7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Be4 a5 13. a3 Na6 14. Nb5 O-O
15. exd6 Nf5 16. Nxc7 Nxc7 17. dxc7 Qxc7 18. O-O Rfe8 19. Kh1 Rac8 20. Qd3
Nd6 21. Re1 f5 22. Bxf5 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Bxf5 24. Qd1 Qc4 25. Nf3 Ne4 26. Be3
Qc2 27. Qxc2 Rxc2 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. d6 Ke8 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Bf8 32. Nd4
Rb2 33. Nxf5 Kd7 34. Ne7 g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Nf5 Rxb4 37. Kg1 b5 38. Ng3
Nxg3 39. hxg3 g4 40. Bf4 Rc4 41. Ra1 Bxd6 42. Ra7+ Ke6 43. Ra6 Rd4 44. Kf1
Kd7 45. Rxd6+ $2 (45. Bxd6 Rxd6 46. Ra7+ { (only move) is drawn with best
play, per the Lichess Op1 tablebase. }) (45. Ke2 $15) 45... Rxd6 46. Bxd6
Kxd6 $19 47. Ke2 Kc5 48. Kd1 Kb4 49. Kc1 Kb3 50. Kb1 b4 51. Ka1 Kc2 52. Ka2
b3+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Morriss, Pete"]
[Black "Ashbrooke, Monika"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[WhiteICU "1909"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "JCI"]
[WhiteFideId "2500230"]
[BlackFideId "15600262"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8.
Qd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Nb5 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Na6 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. Nc7 Nxc7
14. Bxc7 Bc6 15. Bd6 Rfd8 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Rd1 Bxb2 18. Nd4 Bc3+ 19. Ke2 Bb4
20. Rc1 Nc3+ 21. Kf1 Ne4 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Ke2 Nxd6 24. cxd6 Rxd6 25. Rhd1
Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Kf8 27. Rd7 Ke8 28. Rc7 c5 29. Bb5+ Kf8 30. e4 a5 31. f4 Rd8
32. Rd7 Rxd7 33. Bxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Bienko, Jagoda"]
[Black "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[BlackUCU "1631"]
[BlackClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "AUT"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1194569"]
[BlackFideId "2510340"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch with c4 & Nc3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. Bd2 c5 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. e3 Qb6 13. Bc3 cxd4 14.
exd4 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rd8 19. Bxf6 Rxd5
20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21. cxd5 Qd6 22. Rad1 Bd7 23. Rfe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Bxe8 25. Re1
Bd7 26. Bf3 Kf6 27. Kg2 b6 28. h4 Kg7 29. Re2 Bc8 30. Kf1 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Saine, Zachary"]
[Black "Kim, Jimin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[WhiteNationality "CAN"]
[BlackNationality "KOR"]
[WhiteFideId "2624346"]
[BlackFideId "13224271"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Kmoch variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. e4 d6 7. d5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 e5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. g4 Qh4 13. Ng3 g6 14. Be3
Ng7 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh6 Rd8 18. h4 Nf8 19. Rf2 Re8 20. Raf1 Rb8
21. Qd1 Qd7 22. Rg2 Re7 23. Be2 a6 24. f4 Rf7 25. f5 Ne8 26. g5 b5 27. gxf6
Rxf6 28. cxb5 axb5 29. h5 Ng7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Nh5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Smith, Lynda"]
[Black "Webb, Nick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[BlackClub "The Buffs ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "WLS"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1800191"]
[BlackFideId "2517302"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Rb8 8.
Nf3 e5 9. Nd5 Nge7 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bf6 O-O 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
h4 h5 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. O-O f6 17. Nh3 b5 18. c3 b4 19. d4 Qc8 20. Kh2 Qc7
21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Bf3 Qb6 23. Be2 Ba4 24. Rdb1 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nc6 26. d5 Nd4
27. b3 Bb5 28. Bd1 a5 29. Kg2 Rdc8 30. Rc1 Qa6 31. Ng1 Bf1+ 32. Kh1 Qd3 33.
Qxd3 Bxd3 34. f3 Rc3 35. Kg2 Rbc8 36. Rxc3 bxc3 37. Rc1 c2 38. Bxc2 Rxc2+
39. Rxc2 Bxc2 40. Kf2 Bb1 41. a3 Nxb3 42. Ne2 Nd4 43. Nc3 Bd3 44. Ke3 Ba6
45. a4 Kf7 46. f4 Ke7 47. Nd1 Be2 48. Nc3 Bg4 49. Kd3 Kd7 50. Kc4 Be2+ 51.
Nxe2 Nxe2 52. f5 gxf5 53. exf5 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Black "Konig, Jon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1546"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[WhiteICU "1561"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "2519143"]
[BlackFideId "343468780"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Bd3 Bxd3
8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. h3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Rhe1 Be7 13. g4 Qa5
14. Qb3 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Bxb4 16. Re3 Ba5 17. Bd6 Rc8 18. Nd2 Bc7 19. Ba3 Nb6
20. Rf3 Bd8 21. Rb3 Be7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. f4 Rc7 24. Nf3 Re8 25. Re1 Kf8
26. Ree3 Rec8 27. c3 Nc4 28. Re2 Nd6 29. Nd2 g6 30. Re5 Re8 31. g5 Nf5 32.
a4 Nxd4 33. Ra3 Nc6 34. Re1 Nb4 35. Kb1 Nd3 36. Rf1 Kg7 37. b4 e5 38. Rf3
Nxf4 39. Ka2 Ne6 40. Kb3 Nxg5 41. Rd3 Rd7 42. Ra1 e4 43. Re3 f5 44. h4 Nf7
45. Rf1 Ne5 46. h5 d4 47. cxd4 Rd6 48. d5 Rxd5 49. Kc3 Rxd2 50. Kxd2 Nc4+
51. Ke2 Nxe3 52. Kxe3 Kf6 53. Rd1 Re7 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Kelbas, Dariy"]
[Black "Prado, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "BOL"]
[WhiteFideId "34160515"]
[BlackFideId "3301346"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 g6 2. e3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. b3 d6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8.
c4 Bb7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 c5 14.
Qc2 Qb8 15. dxc5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Qb7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. a4 a6 20.
Rab1 Ne4 21. Ne2 Rc5 22. Nf4 Rfc8 23. Nd5 h5 24. Ra1 e6 25. Nf6+ Nxf6 26.
Qxf6 Rf5 27. Qd4 d5 28. Qb2 dxc4 29. bxc4 Rg5 30. f4 Rgc5 31. Rac1 Qe4 32.
Rc3 Rxc4 33. Rcd3 e5 34. R1d2 h4 35. Kf2 Kh7 36. fxe5 Qf5+ 37. Kg1 Rc1+ 38.
Rd1 R8c2 39. Qxc2 Rxc2 40. R3d2 Rxd2 41. Rxd2 Qxe5 42. Kf2 Qxh2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Fernandez Manrique, Agustin"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2231000"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Fern&aacute;ndez Manrique, Agust&iacute;n"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.05"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Salmin, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[WhiteICU "1893"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "34147885"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Risteski, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[WhiteNationality "AUT"]
[BlackNationality "MKD"]
[WhiteFideId "1632051"]
[BlackFideId "15005267"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 a5 8.
Rb1 Re8 9. e4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qd1 Nc5 14. b3
Nd4 15. h4 c6 16. a3 Nce6 17. h5 f5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Ne2
Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 f4 22. Bd2 Qg5 23. Bh3 Qg6 24. Qe4 Qh5 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6 26.
Bxf4 Bh6 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rh6 29. Rb2 Kh8 30. Qf3 Qh3 31. g4 Rg8 32.
Rg2 e4 33. dxe4 Qxf3 34. Rxf3 Re6 35. Rh2+ Kg7 36. Rh5 a4 37. Rg5+ Rg6 38.
Rxg6+ Kxg6 39. b4 Re8 40. Rf4 d5 41. exd5 cxd5 42. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Black "Woods, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[BlackICU "1983"]
[BlackClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "12989983"]
[BlackFideId "2518384"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "ultra-symmetrical variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Qd2 d6 8.
b3 Ne7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. f4 Nf5 11. O-O-O e5 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ne4 a5 14. g4 Nd4
15. h3 a4 16. fxe5 axb3 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. axb3 Bxe5 19. Rhf1 c5 20. Qh6 f5
21. Ng5 Qe7 22. h4 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Bxg7 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Rf2 Rab8 26. Kc2
Re7 27. Ra1 Rbe8 28. Kd1 h6 29. Nf3 Bg4 30. Kd2 Bxf3 31. exf3 Be5 32. Rg1
Bf4+ 33. Kd1 Kf7 34. Bc1 Bxc1 35. Kxc1 Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Kb2 Rd1 38.
Kc2 Rh1 39. b4 cxb4 40. Kb3 Rb1+ 41. Kc2 Rh1 42. Kb3 Rb1+ 43. Kc2 Ra1 44.
Kb3 Ra3+ 45. Kxb4 Rxd3 46. c5 dxc5+ 47. Kxc5 Kf6 48. Kc4 Rd1 49. Ra2 Kf5
50. Ra6 Rf1 51. h5 gxh5 52. Kxd4 Rxf3 53. Rxh6 Kg5 54. Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Black "Collins, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[WhiteICU "2124"]
[BlackICU "2274"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2523558"]
[BlackFideId "2512300"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Qf3 Be7 7. O-O-O
Nxe4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qxe4 a6 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Qf4 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Rhe1
Rd8 14. g4 Nd5 15. Qg3 Nb4 16. Kb1 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Qd6 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Ne5
O-O 20. c3 Rfd8 21. Rde3 Rd5 22. Nc4 h5 23. h3 g6 24. Re5 hxg4 25. hxg4
Rxe5 26. Nxe5 g5 27. Kc2 Kg7 28. Nd3 Bf3 29. Ne5 Bd5 30. a3 Rh8 31. Kd2 Rh2
32. c4 Bb7 33. Re2 Rg2 34. Ke1 f6 35. Nd3 Kf7 36. c5 Rxg4 37. cxb6 cxb6 38.
Rc2 Bd5 39. Rc7+ Kg6 40. Nb4 Re4+ 41. Kd2 Rxd4+ 42. Kc3 Rf4 43. Nxd5 exd5
44. Rc6 Rc4+ 45. Rxc4 dxc4 46. Kxc4 g4 47. Kd5 f5 48. Kc6 f4 49. Kxb6 g3
50. fxg3 fxg3 51. Kxa6 g2 52. b4 g1=Q 53. a4 Qd4 54. Ka5 Kf6 55. b5 Ke6 56.
b6 Qc5+ 57. Ka6 Qc4+ 58. Kb7 Qxa4 59. Kb8 Kd6 60. b7 Kc6 61. Kc8 Qa6 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Black "Willems, Niels"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "14101467"]
[BlackFideId "20695586"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 Nd7 10. h3 Bd6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. O-O a5 14. Qb3
Rfb8 15. Rfc1 g5 16. Qc2 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 a4 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf8 20. Rb1
Re8 21. Nc3 Nb6 22. b3 a3 23. b4 Rac8 24. Rb3 Nd5 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Rxc8
Rxc8 27. g3 Rc4 28. Rxa3 Rxb4 29. Ra5 b5 30. Ra8 f6 31. Rd8 Ra4 32. Rxd5 b4
33. Rb5 Rxa2 34. Rb7 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Rd1 36. g4 Rd3 37. h4 b3 38. hxg5 hxg5
39. Ne1 Rc3 40. Nf3 Rd3 41. Ne1 Rxd4 42. Rxb3 Rxg4+ 43. Kf1 Kf7 44. Nc2 Kg6
45. Rc3 Bd6 46. Ne3 Ra4 47. Kg2 Be5 48. Rb3 Bd4 49. Rd3 f5 50. Nc2 Ba7 51.
Ra3 Rg4+ 52. Kf1 Bc5 53. Rc3 Ba7 54. Ra3 Rc4 55. Rxa7 Rxc2 56. Ra5 f4 57.
Kg2 g4 58. Kg1 Rd2 59. Rb5 Kf6 60. Ra5 Re2 61. Rb5 Re5 62. Rb4 Kg5 63. Rb8
Re1+ 64. Kg2 f3+ 65. Kh2 Rf1 66. Rb2 Kf4 67. Rb4+ Kf5 68. Rb5+ Ke4 69. Rb4+
Kd3 70. Rb2 Kc3 71. Ra2 Kb3 72. Rd2 Kc3 73. Ra2 Kd3 74. Rb2 Ra1 75. Rb3+
Ke2 76. Rb2+ Kf1 77. Kg3 Kg1 78. Rc2 Kh1 79. Kxg4 Kg2 80. Rb2 Rf1 81. Rb3
Rxf2 82. Ra3 Rf1 83. Rb3 Rf2 84. Ra3 Kg1 85. Kg3 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "Ribeiro, Gustavo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[WhiteICU "2186"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "AUS"]
[BlackNationality "POR"]
[WhiteFideId "3295419"]
[BlackFideId "1941852"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Dubois-Reti defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxd4 Nb8 10. Nc3 c5 11. Ndb5 c6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. exd6 Be6 14.
Re1 O-O 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Na4 Qd4 19. c3 Qxd2 20.
Bxd2 Rab8 21. Be3 Rb5 22. f3 Reb8 23. Bd2 Kf8 24. b4 d4 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26.
bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"]
[Black "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[BlackICU "2121"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2260972"]
[BlackFideId "2514311"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 a6 7. Qb3 f6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Rd1 fxe5 11. dxe5 Qc7 12. Bd3 Nge7 13. O-O O-O 14.
Bg3 b5 15. Rfe1 Rxf3 16. gxf3 Nd4 17. Qa3 Nxf3+ 18. Kf1 Nxe1 19. Rxe1 Qb7
20. Qb4 Nc6 21. Qg4 Bd7 22. h4 Qb6 23. Nxd5 Qd4 24. Qxd4 Nxd4 25. Be4 Rd8
26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6 Kf7 28. Rd1 Bc6 29. Be5 Bxe4 30. Rxd4 Bd5 31. a3 Rc8
32. Ke2 Rc2+ 33. Ke3 Ke8 34. a4 h6 35. axb5 axb5 36. Rd2 Rc1 37. Bf4 Kf7
38. Bxh6 Kxf6 39. Bg5+ Kf7 40. Rd4 Rc2 41. Rf4+ Kg8 42. Bf6 Bc4 43. Bc3
Re2+ 44. Kf3 Rc2 45. Ke3 Kh7 46. Rd4 Kh6 47. Rd2 Rxd2 48. Kxd2 Kh5 49. Bf6
Kg4 50. Ke3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Black "McGill, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14189208"]
[BlackFideId "2510375"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3
O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. O-O h4 11. h3 Qc7 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rad1 Nf8
14. c4 b6 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Nc3 Rad8 17. a3 a5 18. Qe2 g5 19. Qf3 Kg7 20.
Ne4 Be7 21. Bc2 Qd7 22. Nc3 Qc7 23. Be4 Ba8 24. d5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Nd7 26.
Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Nd5 Qb7 28. Nxf6 Qxf3 29. Nxe8+ Rxe8 30. gxf3 Ne5 31. Bd4 Bf6
32. Kg2 Re6 33. Re4 Rd6 34. Rxe5 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Bxe5 36. Rd5 f6 37. Rd7+ Kg6
38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 Bc3 40. c5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Fernandez Manrique, Agustin"]
[Black "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[BlackICU "1902"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2231000"]
[BlackFideId "841790"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Fern&aacute;ndez Manrique, Agust&iacute;n"]

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1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 a6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8.
e4 dxc4 9. Nxc4 b5 10. Nce5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bb7 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14.
Rc1 Rd8 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. e5 h5 17. Qg3 h4 18. Qg4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxd3 20.
Rfd1 Qg6 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qd4+ Kc8 23. Rd1 h3 24. g3 Kb8 25. Qd6+ Ka8 26.
Qc7 Rc8 27. Qb6 c5 28. Bxc5 Kb8 29. Qa7+ Kc7 30. Bb6+ Kc6 31. Rd6# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Black "Gulljord, Birk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[WhiteICU "2047"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "2517604"]
[BlackFideId "1542753"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 Rc8 9. c4 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Ncd7 14.
Rc1 O-O 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Qa1 Nc5 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Be5 a6 19. Bf1 Bg6 20.
Qd4 Ne6 21. Qb2 Ne4 22. b4 Bd6 23. a3 f6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Nh4 N6g5 26.
Nxg6 hxg6 27. Qd4 Re8 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Bc4 f5 31. Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Black "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[WhiteICU "1942"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2502283"]
[BlackFideId "2297418"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3
8. Bb5 e6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Nb3 Qb4 12. Ne5 Qa4 13. Qd4 Qa6 14.
h3 O-O 15. f3 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Qb4 Rfc8 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Qb7 Qxb7 20.
Rxb7 Be8 21. Bg3 g6 22. Bd6 e5 23. Ne2 Bg7 24. f4 e4 25. Rfb1 Bf8 26. Bxf8
Kxf8 27. Nd4 Rd8 28. a4 Rd7 29. a5 Re7 30. f5 gxf5 31. Nxf5 Rd7 32. a6 Rad8
33. Kf2 f6 34. Rb8 Bg6 35. Nd4 Kf7 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Kim, Jimin"]
[Black "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[WhiteNationality "KOR"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "13224271"]
[BlackFideId "1516604"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...Be7"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7
8. f3 a6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nce2 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14.
Nd4 Bb7 15. Bd3 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rde1 Nb6 19. Qg5 Qf8 20. g4
g6 21. gxh5 Rxh5 22. Nxe6 Rxg5 23. Nxf8 Rg3 24. Nh7 Nc4 25. e6 fxe6 26.
Rxe6+ Kd7 27. Rxg6 Rxf3 28. Rf6 Nd2+ 29. Ka1 Rxf6 30. Nxf6+ Ke6 31. Ng4 Ne4
32. h5 Rh8 33. Rh2 Kf5 34. Ne3+ Kg5 35. b3 Rxh5 36. Rxh5+ Kxh5 37. b4 Kg5
38. Kb2 Kf4 39. Ng2+ Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Stokes, Stephen"]
[Black "Morriss, Pete"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[WhiteICU "1960"]
[BlackICU "1909"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503530"]
[BlackFideId "2500230"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nbd7
8. Nxc4 c6 9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Rd1 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Qc7 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Bg5 Nd5 14.
Rac1 h6 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Ne4 Bb4 17. a3 Bxd2 18. Rxd2 e5 19. Nc5 exd4 20.
Qxd4 b6 21. Nd3 Bb7 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nf4 Rad8 24. Rcd1 Qg5 25. Qa4 a6 26.
e4 dxe4 27. h4 Qe7 28. Rd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Qe8 30. Qd4 Bc6 31. Nh5 f6 32.
Rxg7+ Kh8 33. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Bienko, Jagoda"]
[Black "Vitiukov, Mykhailo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[WhiteNationality "AUT"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "1194569"]
[BlackFideId "14168839"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Be7 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
Nge2 Qc7 9. O-O h6 10. f3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Qc5+ 12. Kh1 b5 13. a3 a5 14. b4
Qb6 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Na2 Bb7 17. Nb4 Rc8 18. Bb2 Qe3 19. Rc1 Nb6 20. Rxc8+
Nxc8 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. dxc6 Ra6 23. Qc2 Qc5 24. Qxc5 dxc5 25. Bxe5 Rxc6 26.
Nc3 c4 27. Rb1 Nd7 28. Bd4 Bc5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Nxb5 c3 31. Bf1 Ne5 32.
Rc1 Nxf3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3 34. Nxc3 Nd2 35. Bh3 Nd6 36. Bg2 Kf8 37. Kg1 Ke7 38.
Kf2 Ke6 39. a4 N2c4 40. Ke2 Ke5 41. Kd3 f6 42. Bh3 g5 43. Bg2 h5 44. Bf3 h4
45. gxh4 gxh4 46. h3 Na5 47. Nd5 Nab7 48. Nc3 Nc5+ 49. Ke3 Nc4+ 50. Ke2 Kd4
51. Nb5+ Ke5 52. Nc3 Nb3 53. Kd3 Nca5 54. Bd1 Nc5+ 55. Ke3 Nc4+ 56. Kf3 Ne6
57. Kg4 Ne3+ 58. Kxh4 Nxd1 59. Nxd1 Kxe4 $18 { White is winning in the
final position, per the Syzygy tablebase. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Webb, Nick"]
[Black "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1646"]
[BlackUCU "1631"]
[WhiteClub "The Buffs ENG"]
[BlackClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517302"]
[BlackFideId "2510340"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 Nc6 8.
O-O h6 9. e4 Be6 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Nd5 Ne7 12. Rc1 c6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qd2
Bg7 15. d4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxd6 Ng8 20.
Rcd1 Rfd8 21. Qe5+ Nf6 22. Qc3 Qe6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Re1 Kg8 25. e5 Ne8 26.
Qe3 Kh7 27. Nd4 Qg4 28. e6 fxe6 29. Nxe6 Rd1 30. Ng5+ hxg5 31. Qxe8 Rxe1+
32. Qxe1 Qd7 33. Qe3 a6 34. Qxg5 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd7 36. h4 b5 37. h5 gxh5 38.
Qxh5+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kf7 40. c5 a5 41. Qe4 a4 42. Qh7+ Ke6 43. Qxd7+ Kxd7 44.
Kf3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Ashbrooke, Monika"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[WhiteNationality "JCI"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "15600262"]
[BlackFideId "1801899"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nh3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3+ d5 8.
Nf4 e6 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. Nf3 Na5 11. Qb5 Nc4 12. Nd3 a6 13. Qb3 b6 14. Nfe5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bb7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qd6 20.
Nf3 Rfc8 21. b4 b5 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. bxc5 c6 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rd8 26.
Ba5 Rd7 27. Rfd1 g5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Kf3 Rf8 30. e3 h5 31. Rd2 g4+ 32. hxg4
hxg4+ 33. Kg2 Rh8 34. Rh1 Rxh1 35. Kxh1 Kg6 36. Rd4 Rb7 37. Kg2 b4 38. e4
fxe4 39. Rxe4 Kf5 40. f3 b3 41. axb3 gxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Rxb3+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Rosol, Philip"]
[Black "Saine, Zachary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[WhiteNationality "POL"]
[BlackNationality "CAN"]
[WhiteFideId "1664905"]
[BlackFideId "2624346"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "semi-Slav"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nh6 6. f4 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qf6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. h3 Nf7 12. g4 Nd6 13. g5 Qf7 14. Ne5 Qe8 15.
c5 Nf7 16. Nxf7 Qxf7 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. Na4 axb4 20. Nb6 bxa3 21.
Rxa3 Rad8 22. Bxa6 bxa6 23. Rxa6 e5 24. O-O Qe6 25. Kh2 Bc8 26. Ra7 Rfe8
27. Re1 Qg6 28. h4 exf4 29. exf4 Bf8 30. Re5 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Bxc5 32. e6 Bxb6
33. h5 Qxe6 34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. Rxh7 d4 36. h6 Qe3 37. Bc1 Qf2+ 38. Kh3 Ba6
39. Ba3+ c5 40. Rh8+ Ke7 41. Rh7+ Kd6 42. Bxc5+ Bxc5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Salmin, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Dolan, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[WhiteICU "1893"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "34147885"]
[BlackFideId "2413612"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. c3 d5 5. e5 dxc3 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Nge7
8. Bg5 Qa5 9. O-O Ng6 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 Bd7 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14.
Rac1 Be7 15. b4 b5 16. a4 Qb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 O-O 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 20.
Nxd4 Ra2 21. Ra1 Qa7 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23. Bc3 Ra8 24. f4 Qxe2 25. Nxe2 Ra2 26.
Rd2 Rxd2 27. Bxd2 f6 28. Kf2 Bd8 29. Be3 Kf7 30. Nc3 Bc7 31. Bd4 g5 32. g3
gxf4 33. gxf4 Kg6 34. b5 Kf5 35. b6 Bb8 36. Kf3 Bc6 37. exf6 gxf6 38. Ne2
Bb5 39. Ng3+ Kg6 40. h4 e5 41. h5+ Kf7 42. fxe5 fxe5 43. Bc5 Kf6 44. Kg4
Bd7+ 45. Kh4 Bc6 46. h6 Kg6 47. Nf5 Be8 48. Ne7+ Kxh6 49. Nxd5 Kg6 50. Kg4
Bd7+ 51. Kf3 $4 (51. Kg3 $10) 51... Bc6 $19 52. Ke4 Kf7 53. Be3 Ke6 54. Bf2
Bxd5+ 55. Kd3 e4+ 56. Kd4 Bb7 57. Be3 Kf5 58. Bg1 Be5+ 59. Ke3 Bf6 60. Bf2
Be7 61. Ke2 Kf4 62. Be3+ Ke5 63. Kd2 Bb4+ 64. Kc2 Kd5 65. Kb3 Bc5 66. Bf4
Bxb6 67. Kc3 Bd4+ 68. Kd2 Bc8 69. Ke2 Kc4 70. Kd2 Bg1 71. Bg5 Bg4 72. Bf4
Bf2 73. Bg5 Kd5 74. Bf4 Ke6 75. Bg5 Kf5 76. Bh6 Bg3 77. Bg7 Bf4+ 78. Ke1 e3
79. Bc3 Ke4 80. Bb4 Kd3 81. Ba5 e2 82. Kf2 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Konig, Jon"]
[Black "Kelbas, Dariy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "343468780"]
[BlackFideId "34160515"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3
O-O-O 8. O-O e5 9. Ng5 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bg4 exd4 12. Bxe6+ Kb8 13. Qf3
dxe3 14. Qxe3 Qe5 15. Qh3 Bd6 16. Rfe1 Qh5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Prado, Alexandra"]
[Black "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "1723"]
[BlackICU "1816"]
[BlackClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "BOL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "3301346"]
[BlackFideId "2515270"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Nge2 a6 7. Be3 d6 8. a4
Nge7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bh6 d5 11. h4 d4 12. Nd1 Ne5 13. h5 Ng4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. f3 Nf6 16. hxg6 Nxg6 17. Qh6+ Kh8 18. g4 Rg8 19. g5 Nf8 20. gxf6 Rxg2
21. Nf4 Rg8 22. Nf2 e5 23. Nd5 Rg6 24. Qh4 Qd6 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. fxg4 Qd7
27. g5 Re8 28. b3 Qd6 29. Ke2 a5 30. Rh2 b6 31. Rah1 Kg8 32. Rh3 Re6 33.
Qg3 Qd7 34. Rh5 Qd6 35. Qh4 Qd7 36. Rh6 Rxh6 37. Qxh6 Qd6 38. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.06"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smith, Lynda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1546"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[WhiteICU "1561"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "2519143"]
[BlackFideId "1800191"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bg5 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nbd2 b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Qb1 d5 14.
exd5 exd5 15. Rfe1 d4 16. Bf1 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Re3 Qd7
20. Qc2 Bd4 21. Re1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nfxd4 cxd4 24. Qc4 Qe6 25. Qxe6
fxe6 26. g3 e5 27. Bg2 Nd8 28. Bxb7 Nxb7 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Kf3 Ke6 31. Kg4
Nc5 32. Nc1 b5 33. f4 a5 34. fxe5 Kxe5 35. Kf3 b4 36. Ke2 a4 37. Kd2 b3 38.
a3 b2 39. Kc2 bxc1=Q+ 40. Kxc1 Nxd3+ 41. Kd2 Ke4 42. h3 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Collins, Adam"]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[WhiteICU "2274"]
[WhiteClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "AUT"]
[WhiteFideId "2512300"]
[BlackFideId "1632051"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. a3 Re8 8.
O-O h6 9. Be3 Bf8 10. Bb3 d6 11. h3 b5 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. Nh2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
Ne7 15. Bb3 Ng6 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. g3 d5 19. h4 dxe4 20. dxe4
Qe8 21. Qg4 Qc6 22. h5 Ne7 23. c3 Nc8 24. Rae1 Nd6 25. Bc1 a5 26. Nf3 Be7
27. Re2 Qc4 28. Nd2 Qd3 29. Rd1 Bg5 30. Ree1 Qc2 31. Qe2 a4 32. Nf1 Qxe2
33. Rxe2 Bxc1 34. Rxc1 Nc4 35. Rd1 Ree8 36. Rd7 Rbc8 37. Ne3 Red8 38. Rxd8+
Rxd8 39. Nxc4 bxc4 40. Kf1 g6 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Ke1 h5 43. f4 Kf7 44. Rf2
exf4 45. gxf4 Kf6 46. Ke2 Rd3 47. Rh2 c6 48. Rh1 Rd8 49. Ke3 c5 50. Rg1
Rd3+ 51. Ke2 Rh3 52. Rg5 Rh2+ 53. Kf3 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Risteski, Emil"]
[Black "Woods, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "1972"]
[BlackICU "1983"]
[BlackClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "MKD"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "15005267"]
[BlackFideId "2518384"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. h3 a6 7. a4 d6 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nh4 d5 12. exd5 Nexd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Qh5 c6 15. Rae1 Be6 16. Nf3 e4 17. Nd4 Nf6 18. Nxe6 Nxh5 19. Nxd8 Raxd8 20.
a5 Nf6 21. Rf5 Rfe8 22. d4 Nd5 23. g4 Re7 24. Kf1 g6 25. Rf2 Rc7 26. Bxd5
cxd5 27. c3 Rd6 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Kg3 Rf6 30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. h4 Ke6 32. g5
hxg5 33. hxg5 Rc6 34. Rf1 Ke7 35. Kf4 Ke6 36. Ra1 f6 37. Rh1 b6 38. Rh6 Kf7
39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. Rg7 fxg5+ 41. Kxg5 bxa5 42. Rxg6+ Kd7 43. Rf6 a4 44. Kf5
a3 45. bxa3 Rxc3 46. Rxa6 Rxe3 47. Ke5 Rc3 48. Kxd5 e3 49. a4 e2 50. Rd6+
Kc7 51. Re6 Ra3 52. Rxe2 Rxa4 53. Re7+ Kd8 54. Rb7 Ra6 55. Rg7 Rh6 56. Kc5
Kc8 57. Rg1 Kd8 58. Re1 Kc8 59. Kd5 Kd7 60. Rg1 Rh5+ 61. Kc4 Kd6 62. Rg6+
Kd7 63. d5 Rh1 64. Rg7+ Kd6 65. Kb3 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Willems, Niels"]
[Black "Ribeiro, Gustavo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[WhiteNationality "FRA"]
[BlackNationality "POR"]
[WhiteFideId "20695586"]
[BlackFideId "1941852"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng1 Be7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
e3 a5 9. Nf4 c6 10. h4 Na6 11. Be2 Nc7 12. Qb3 Qe8 13. Na4 Ne6 14. Nb6 Ra7
15. O-O-O h6 16. Nxc8 Qxc8 17. Ng6 Rf7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
Rdg1 Rg7 21. Qc2 Nc7 22. g4 d5 23. gxf5 Qxf5 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rg1+ Kh8
26. Bg4 Qg6 27. h5 Qh7 28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. Qc5 Ra8 30. Be6 Qe7 31. Bxd5 Qxc5+
32. dxc5 cxd5 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Kc2 Kg7 35. Kc3 Kf7 36. Rg1 Rc8 37. Kd4 Ke6
38. b3 a4 39. Rg7 axb3 40. axb3 Rb8 41. Rc7 Rg8 42. Rxb7 Rg5 43. Rb6+ Ke7
44. Rd6 Rxh5 45. Rxd5 Rh2 46. c6 Rxf2 47. c7 Rd2+ 48. Kc3 Rxd5 49. c8=Q h5
50. b4 h4 51. Qh3 Rd3+ 52. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[WhiteICU "2186"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "AUS"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "3295419"]
[BlackFideId "14101467"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 b5 6. Bd3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Nf3 Nbd7 9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. Nbd2 Nf4 14. Bxf4
exf4 15. Nc4 Ba6 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Bxa6 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qb6 19. Bc4 Bxb2 20.
Rad1 Qc7 21. Rd3 c5 22. Rd5 Rad8 23. Re1 Be5 24. Red1 Bd4 25. Re1 Rfe8 26.
Re2 Kg7 27. Qg4 Be5 28. Red2 h5 29. Qf3 Bd4 30. Re2 Bc3 31. Qd3 Rxd5 32.
exd5 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Be5 34. Kf1 Qd6 35. Bb3 Qf6 36. Kg1 Bd6 37. Qd3 f3 38.
gxf3 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qe5 40. Kf1 Qh2 41. f4 Qxf4 42. Qa6 Be5 43. Qd3 h4 44.
Bc4 Bd4 45. Qe2 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Black "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[WhiteICU "2047"]
[BlackICU "2133"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[BlackClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517604"]
[BlackFideId "14189208"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Rubinstein (Colle-Zukertort) variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. Nbd2 h6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. c4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rd8 13. Qc2 dxc4 14.
Nxc4 b5 15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Ne5 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 Bb7 18. Bd3 b4 19. Rac1 Rdc8 20.
f3 Bd6 21. Kf2 Nd5 22. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[WhiteICU "2121"]
[BlackICU "1942"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[BlackFideId "2502283"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "E76"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Four pawns attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8.
c5 dxc5 9. dxc5 c6 10. Bc4 Nc7 11. Be3 e6 12. Qd2 Nd5 13. O-O Qe7 14. Ne4
f6 15. Bd4 fxe5 16. fxe5 Rxf3 17. Rxf3 Bxe5 18. Raf1 Qg7 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20.
Rf8+ Qxf8 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qf4+ Nf7 24. Ng5 Bf5 25. Nxf7
Kxf7 26. g4 Kf6 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Qd6+ Kg5 29. Qe7+ Kf4 30. Qxb7 Re8 31.
Qxc6 Re5 32. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Black "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "1950"]
[WhiteICU "2124"]
[WhiteClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2523558"]
[BlackFideId "2260972"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d4 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5
14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Bf2 d3
20. cxd3 Ne5 21. Nc1 Nc4 22. Qc2 Ne3 23. Bxe3 Rxe3 24. Rfe1 Nd5 25. Qf2
Rde8 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Ne2 Qb6 28. Ng3 Nf4 29. d4 Rd3 30. Rd2 Qa5 31. Rxd3
Nxd3 32. Qe2 Nf4 33. Qd1 Qb5 34. Qc2 Qb6 35. Qd2 g5 36. h3 f6 37. Kh2 Qc7
38. Qc3 Qd7 39. Qc4+ Kh7 40. Qc2+ Kg8 41. Qe4 Nd5 42. b4 Nc3 43. Qd3 Nb5
44. Qb3+ Kh7 45. d5 Nc7 46. Qd3+ g6 47. Ne4 Kg7 48. d6 Ne8 49. Qd4 b6 50.
b5 Kh6 51. a4 Kh7 52. Nxf6+ Nxf6 53. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "McGill, Derek"]
[Black "Rosol, Philip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1853"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "POL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510375"]
[BlackFideId "1664905"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. Qc2 Na6 8.
a3 O-O 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 Nh5 11. e3 Re8 12. O-O-O b5 13. Na2 Qd6 14. b4
g6 15. Bf1 Nc7 16. Qc5 Qf6 17. Bd3 a5 18. Kb2 axb4 19. Nxb4 Bd7 20. Ne2 Na6
21. Nxa6 Rxa6 22. Nc3 Rb8 23. Ra1 Ng7 24. Kc2 Bf5 25. Rhb1 Ne6 26. Qd6 $4 (
{ White was lost anyway, e.g. } 26. Qb4 c5 $1 27. dxc5 Rc6 { and Black's
attack is crushing. }) 26... Nxd4+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Webb, Nick"]
[Black "Stokes, Stephen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1875"]
[BlackICU "1960"]
[WhiteClub "The Buffs ENG"]
[BlackClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2517302"]
[BlackFideId "2503530"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.
Nbd2 Nc6 9. Qxc4 Qd5 10. a3 b5 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxd5 Nxd3 14.
Bxb7 Rab8 15. Bxa6 Nxc1 16. Rfxc1 Rb6 17. Rxc7 Bd6 18. Ra7 Bb8 19. Ra8 Nd5
20. Rc1 Nc7 21. Rxb8 Rfxb8 22. Rxc7 Rxa6 23. Ne4 h6 24. Nc5 Rd6 25. e3 Rd5
26. Kg2 Re8 27. f4 f6 28. Nd3 Kf8 29. Kf3 Re7 30. Rc8+ Re8 31. Rc7 Re7 32.
Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Black "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1868"]
[WhiteNationality "NOR"]
[BlackNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "1516604"]
[BlackFideId "2297418"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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report</a>. }

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. g5 Ne8 13. f4 Nb4 14. Kb1 Bg4
15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Ndxe2 Nc6 17. f5 Ne5 18. Qd5 Nc4 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rc5
$4 ({ White has a huge advantage anyway after } 20... b5 (20... Ne3 21.
Qxb7) 21. fxg6) 21. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Gulljord, Birk"]
[Black "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1923"]
[BlackElo "1956"]
[WhiteNationality "NOR"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "1542753"]
[BlackFideId "1801899"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Opening "Bogo-Indian defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-open2026_allfiles/pairings_sligo-open2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5
8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. e3 Qe7 10. O-O Rd8 11. Qc2 a5 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Bd7 14.
Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. Qc3 Qc5 17. h3 Nh6 18. cxd5 Qxc3 19. bxc3 exd5
20. g4 Ra7 21. Nb3 b6 22. Nd4 Rc7 23. Rb1 Re8 24. f4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Nxg4 26.
Nf5 g6 27. Nd6 Rb8 28. Bxd5 Nxe3 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Rxa5 Ke6
32. Ra6 Nd5 33. c4 Nxf4 34. c5 Kxe5 35. cxb6 Kd6 36. b7+ Kc7 37. Ra4 Ne6
38. Rc4+ Kd7 39. Rd1+ Ke7 40. Rb4 Ng5 41. Rd5 Nf7 42. Rc5 Kd7 43. Rd4+ Ke6
44. Rc6+ Ke7 45. Rc7+ Ke6 46. Rdd7 Nd6 47. Rxh7 Kf6 48. Rhd7 Ke6 49. Kg2
Kd5 50. Kf3 Rf8+ 51. Ke2 Rb8 52. Kd1 Ke6 53. Kc2 Ke5 54. Kb3 Ke6 55. Kb4 g5
56. Kc5 Ne4+ 57. Kb6 Nd6 58. Rxd6+ Kxd6 59. Rc8 $4 (59. Rg7 { wins easily.
}) 59... Rxb7+ 60. Kxb7 $10 Ke5 61. Rc4 Kf5 62. Kc6 g4 63. Kd5 g3 64. Rh4
g2 65. Rh8 Kf4 66. Rf8+ Kg3 67. Rg8+ Kf2 68. Rf8+ Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Black "Dolan, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[WhiteICU "1902"]
[WhiteClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "SCO"]
[WhiteFideId "841790"]
[BlackFideId "2413612"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Qb6 5. b3 d5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nc6
8. Be3 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. c4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 dxc4 12. d5 Qc7 13. dxc6 Be5 14.
Bd4 Rd8 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Nd2 c3 17. Nc4 Rxd1 18. Nxe5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 bxc6
20. Rc1 Nd5 21. Nxc6 Kd7 22. Ne5+ Ke7 23. Nc4 Ke8 24. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Vitiukov, Mykhailo"]
[Black "Salmin, Vitaliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "1802"]
[BlackICU "1893"]
[BlackClub "Blanchardstown"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14168839"]
[BlackFideId "34147885"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. f4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. Qxd4 e6 9. Bd2 Bc5 10. Na4 Bxd4 11. Bxa5 Be3 12. Nh3 Nh6 13. Ke2 Bd4 14.
c3 Ba6+ 15. Kf3 Bb6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Nxb6 Rb8 18. Na4 O-O 19. Nc5 Bc8 20.
Rhb1 f6 21. a4 fxe5 22. g3 exf4 23. Re1 e5 24. Ng5 e4+ 25. Ncxe4 Bg4+ 26.
Kf2 Rxb2+ 27. Kg1 dxe4 28. Rxe4 fxg3 29. hxg3 Bf3 30. Rf4 Rxf4 31. gxf4 Bd5
32. a5 Ng4 33. a6 Rg2+ 34. Kf1 Nh2+ 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Kelbas, Dariy"]
[Black "Bienko, Jagoda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[WhiteICU "2022"]
[WhiteNationality "UKR"]
[BlackNationality "AUT"]
[WhiteFideId "34160515"]
[BlackFideId "1194569"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 c5 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. h3 h5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bf3 Qd7 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Nb4 18. Qd2 Nd5 19. Rfd1 Ne4 20.
Qe1 Qe8 21. a3 e5 22. Nf3 f6 23. b4 Bf8 24. Bd3 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxc8
Bxc8 27. Bc4 Be6 28. Qe2 Nc7 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. Bxe6+ Qxe6 31. Nh4 Kg7 32.
Qc2 e4 33. g3 g5 34. Ng2 Be5 35. Bxe5 Qxe5 36. Qd1 Kg6 37. Qd8 Ne8 38. h4
Ng7 39. Qa8 a5 40. hxg5 fxg5 41. Qa6 Qa1+ 42. Kh2 axb4 43. Qxb6+ Qf6 44.
Qxb4 Qxf2 45. Qxe4+ Nf5 46. Qe5 g4 47. Qf4 Qf3 48. Qxf3 gxf3 49. Nh4+ Kf6
50. Nxf5 Kxf5 51. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Black "Ashbrooke, Monika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1723"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[WhiteICU "1816"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "JCI"]
[WhiteFideId "2515270"]
[BlackFideId "15600262"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Ne4 7. Nxe4 fxe4
8. Nd4 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d3 Qf6 11. dxe4 dxe4 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Qxb4 Na6
14. Qc3 c5 15. Nb3 Qc6 16. Be3 b6 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. Rd2 Nb4 19. Qc4 Rae8 20.
a3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Saine, Zachary"]
[Black "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[WhiteNationality "CAN"]
[BlackNationality "GER"]
[WhiteFideId "2624346"]
[BlackFideId "12989983"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Schlechter variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. exd5 exd5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne2 Qf6 7. Nd2 Nge7
8. O-O Bg4 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Nf1 g5 11. Ne3 Be6 12. Ng3 h5 13. Qf3 Bf4 14.
Ne2 Ng6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nxf4 gxf4 17. Nf1 g5 18. h4 Bg4 19. hxg5 Bxf3 20.
gxf6 Rdg8 21. g3 fxg3 22. fxg3 Rg6 23. f7 Be4 24. Bf4 Rf8 25. Nd2 Rxf7 26.
Rf1 h4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Rae1 hxg3 29. Kg2 Rh7 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Ne7
32. Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Morriss, Pete"]
[Black "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[WhiteICU "1909"]
[BlackICU "1561"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2500230"]
[BlackFideId "2519143"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Bd6 6. c4 d4 7. a3 a5 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Bc5 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14.
Bxe4 Qd7 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. h4 Qg4 17. Kh2 f5 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Bf7 g6 20.
Bxe8 Rxe8 21. f3 Qh5 22. Rh1 e4 23. g4 Qxh4+ 24. Kg2 Qf6 25. Qh6 exf3+ 26.
exf3 Re7 27. Rae1 Rf7 28. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Smith, Lynda"]
[Black "Konig, Jon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1822"]
[BlackElo "1661"]
[WhiteNationality "WLS"]
[BlackNationality "ENG"]
[WhiteFideId "1800191"]
[BlackFideId "343468780"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 c6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Nc3 Qc7 9. a4 O-O-O 10. d3 e5 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 exf4 14.
gxf4 Rhe8 15. O-O-O g6 16. Ne2 Re6 17. Kb1 Rde8 18. Ng2 h5 19. h3 Bc5 20.
Nd4 R6e7 21. Rde1 Qb6 22. Ka2 Qa5 23. Qf2 Bb4 24. Rd1 Bc3 25. Bxc3 Qxc3 26.
Qd2 Qc5 27. b4 Qd6 28. Rb1 Nf8 29. f5 g5 30. Qc3 Qe5 31. Qc5 Kb8 32. b5
N8d7 33. Nxc6+ bxc6 34. bxc6+ Ka8 35. cxd7 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Kim, Jimin"]
[Black "Prado, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[WhiteNationality "KOR"]
[BlackNationality "BOL"]
[WhiteFideId "13224271"]
[BlackFideId "3301346"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

{ 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 d5 9. exd5 Na5 10. O-O Nxb3 11. axb3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qf3 Qxf3
14. Nxf3 Bg4 15. Nd2 Bxb2 16. Rxa7 Rxa7 17. Bxa7 Bf5 18. Nc4 Bc3 19. Ne3
Be4 20. Bc5 Re8 21. f3 Bc6 22. Rd1 Bg7 23. Nd5 Bf8 24. Nb4 Rc8 25. Nxc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Fernandez Manrique, Agustin"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2231000"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Fern&aacute;ndez Manrique, Agust&iacute;n"]

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

0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.07"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[WhiteUCU "1631"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2510340"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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report</a>. }

0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Willems, Niels"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[WhiteNationality "AUT"]
[BlackNationality "FRA"]
[WhiteFideId "1632051"]
[BlackFideId "20695586"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-open2026_allfiles/pairings_sligo-open2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. } { Annotator: Anon., <a
href="https://www.europe-echecs.com/art/open-d-echecs-de-sligo-2026-9718.html">Felix
Blohberger remporte la 5e &eacute;dition de l'Open de Sligo</a>, <em>Europe
&Eacute;checs</em>, February 9, 2026. }

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 e5 7. e3 Nxc3
8. dxc3 Bd6 9. e4 Be6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Bc4 Bg5 12. Bxe6 Qxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Bxd2+
14. Kxd2 fxe6 15. Ke2 Ke7 16. Bc1 h6 17. Be3 b6 18. h4 Rad8 19. h5 Rd7 20.
g4 Nd8 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5+ Ke8 23. Rag1 Nf7 24. Bd2 Rh7 25. f3 Rd6 26.
Be3 Nd8 27. Rg5 Nf7 28. Rg6 Nh8 29. Rg4 Nf7 30. a4 Nd8 31. Rg5 Nc6 32. Bg1
Na5 33. Bh2 Nxb3 34. Bxe5 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rd7 36. Rg6 Kf7 37. Rhg1 Kf8 38.
R1g5 Na5 39. Rxe6 Nc4+ 40. Kf4 Kf7 41. Reg6 Nxe5 42. Rf5+ Ke8 43. Rxe5+ Kd8
44. c4 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "Collins, Adam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[WhiteICU "1983"]
[BlackICU "2274"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[BlackClub "Kilkenny"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "2512300"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3.Nc3"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.irlchess.com/sligo-open2026_allfiles/pairings_sligo-open2026.html">Tournament
report</a>. }

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 h6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Nge2 Bxf4 9. Nxf4 Qd6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Nxb5 Qb6 13. Nxd5 Nxd5
14. Qxd5 O-O 15. Qc4 c6 16. Nd6 Be6 17. Qc3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Nc4 Rxd1+
20. Rxd1 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxb2 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 f6 24. f4 Rf7 25. Rd8+
Kh7 26. Kf2 Rc7 27. e4 c5 28. Ke3 Kg6 29. Rf8 b5 30. Rb8 c4 31. bxc4 bxc4
32. Rb2 c3 33. Rc2 Kf7 34. Kd3 Ke6 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. h4 h5 37. g3 a5 38. Kd3
a4 39. Kd4 a3 40. Rxc3 Rxc3 41. Kxc3 Kc5 42. e5 fxe5 43. f5 Kd6 44. g4 hxg4
45. h5 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Krastev, Alexander"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[WhiteNationality "GER"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "12989983"]
[BlackFideId "14101467"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Hushpit, Lukian"]
[Black "Bartczak, Korneliusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2078"]
[WhiteICU "2133"]
[BlackICU "2124"]
[WhiteClub "Sligo Juniors"]
[BlackClub "Limerick"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "14189208"]
[BlackFideId "2523558"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. exd5 cxd5 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. c3 b5 13. Nf4 Qb6 14. Nd3
Rfc8 15. Bf4 a5 16. a4 b4 17. Qb3 Qd8 18. Rad1 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5
bxc3 21. bxc3 Rab8 22. Qc2 Qa3 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Rb1 Rbc8 25. Rec1 g6 26.
Rb3 Qxa4 27. Qb2 Rc4 28. Be2 Ne4 29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Rb8 Kg7 31. Rxc8 Qxc8
32. f3 Nd6 33. Rb1 Nc4 34. Qb8 Qd7 35. Rb7 Qd6 36. Qxd6 Nxd6 37. Ra7 Nc4
38. Kf2 Kf6 39. h4 Kg7 40. Ke2 Kf6 41. Kd3 a4 42. g3 a3 43. Kc2 Ne3+ 44.
Kb3 Nf1 45. g4 Nd2+ 46. Kxa3 Nxf3 47. h5 g5 48. Kb4 Nh2 49. c4 dxc4 50.
Kxc4 Nxg4 51. Ra1 Ne3+ 52. Kd3 Nd5 53. Ke4 Nf4 54. Rh1 Ke7 55. Rg1 f5+ 56.
Kf3 h6 57. Rh1 Kf6 58. Rh2 Nd5 59. Re2 g4+ 60. Kg3 Ke7 61. Re5 Kd6 62. Kh4
Ke7 63. Kg3 Kf6 64. Re1 Ke7 65. Re5 Kd6 66. Kh4 Nf4 67. Ra5 Ne2 68. Ra8
Nxd4 69. Rh8 Ke5 70. Kg3 Ke4 71. Rxh6 Ne2+ 72. Kh4 e5 73. Ra6 g3 74. h6 f4
75. h7 g2 76. Ra1 f3 77. h8=Q g1=Q 78. Rxg1 Nxg1 79. Kg3 Ne2+ 80. Kf2 Nd4
81. Qh7+ Kf4 82. Qh2+ Ke4 83. Qh4+ Kd3 84. Qg5 Ke4 85. Qg4+ Kd3 86. Qd7 Ke4
87. Qa4 Kd3 88. Qa3+ Ke4 89. Qe3+ Kd5 90. Qd3 e4 91. Qc3 Nf5 92. Qa5+ Ke6
93. Qc5 Nd6 94. Ke3 Kd7 95. Kf4 Ke6 96. Qd4 f2 97. Qxf2 Kd5 98. Qd2+ Kc5
99. Qc3+ Kd5 100. Qb4 Ke6 101. Qc5 Kd7 102. Ke5 e3 103. Qxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Rosol, Philip"]
[Black "Barnes, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[BlackICU "2047"]
[BlackClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "POL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1664905"]
[BlackFideId "2517604"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Botvinnik system"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4
8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bb2 e5 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. e4
exd4 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Rc1 Qf4 17. Bxd4 Rac8 18. Be3 Qd6 19. Bb5 Qe6 20.
Qa4 a6 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22. Rfd1 Nf6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. f3 h6 25. Qd4 Qb3 26.
Nf5 Kh7 27. Rf1 Rc6 28. e5 Rc4 29. Qd6 Bc8 30. exf6 Bxf5 31. Bxb6 Qc3 32.
fxg7 Qxg7 33. Bf2 Qg6 34. Qe5 Qe6 35. Qa1 Rc6 36. Re1 Qc8 37. h4 Bg6 38.
Qe5 Re6 39. Qf4 Rxe1+ 40. Bxe1 Qc5+ 41. Kh2 Qxa3 42. Bd2 h5 43. Qf6 Qf8 44.
Bc3 Qb8+ 45. f4 Qf8 46. f5 Bxf5 47. Qxf5+ Kg8 48. Qg5+ Kh7 49. Qxh5+ Qh6
50. Qxf7+ Qg7 51. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Ribeiro, Gustavo"]
[Black "Melling, Jonathon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "1878"]
[BlackICU "1902"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "POR"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1941852"]
[BlackFideId "841790"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Opening "Bird's opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Be2 h6 5. O-O Bf5 6. d4 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 8. c3
e6 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Be1 Be7 11. Nbd2 Ndf6 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. c4 Nxd2 14. Bxd2
Ne4 15. Rac1 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Qd7 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 f5 19. Nf3 Bf6 20. Qa3
Qe7 21. Rc3 Qxa3 22. bxa3 O-O 23. Rb1 Rf7 24. Rcb3 Ra7 25. h4 h5 26. Kf2
Kf8 27. Ke2 Rd7 28. Kd3 Ke7 29. Rh1 Ra8 30. Rbb1 Rc8 31. Rb6 Ra8 32. Rb3
Ra7 33. Nd2 Kd8 34. Nf1 Ke7 35. Ng3 g6 36. Nf1 Kd8 37. Nd2 Ke8 38. Nf3 Ke7
39. Rb6 Ke8 40. Rh3 Ra8 41. Kc3 Ke7 42. Rh1 Ke8 43. Ne1 Be7 44. Nc2 Bd8 45.
Rb3 Be7 46. Rhb1 Ra7 47. Ne1 Bxh4 48. Nd3 Be7 49. Ne5 Rc7 50. Nxg6 Bf6 51.
Ne5 Bxe5 52. dxe5 Kf7 53. Kd4 Rd7 54. cxd5 exd5 55. Rh1 Kg6 56. e6 Re7 57.
Ke5 Ra8 58. e4 dxe4 59. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Prado, Alexandra"]
[Black "Halvorsen, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[WhiteNationality "BOL"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "3301346"]
[BlackFideId "1516604"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 e6
8. Nb5 d6 9. Qg3 e5 10. Qa3 Bf8 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Nxd4 Qg4 13. Qf3 Nh6 14.
Qxg4 Nxg4 15. Nb5 Ke7 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Nd5+ Kd8 18. h3 Nh6 19. d3 Be6 20.
Bg5+ Kc8 21. Be3 b5 22. Bb3 a5 23. a4 b4 24. Nb6+ Kb7 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Nc4
Ka6 27. Nxd6 Bxd6 28. Bxh6 Rhc8 29. Kd2 Bc5 30. Be3 Bd4 31. Bxd4 exd4 32.
b3 Rc7 33. h4 Rbc8 34. Rac1 Rf7 35. f3 e5 36. Rh3 h6 37. Rg3 Rf6 38. Rg4
Kb7 39. Rf1 Rfc6 40. Rc1 Rf6 41. Rf1 Rfc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "O'Flaherty, Kevin"]
[Black "Kim, Jimin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1775"]
[WhiteICU "1942"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "KOR"]
[WhiteFideId "2502283"]
[BlackFideId "13224271"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3 d6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Be2 Qe7 8.
h3 g6 9. Qc2 Bg7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 O-O 12. h4 e5 13. Bg5 h6 14. dxe5
dxe5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. e4 c5 17. Ne1 b5 18. g4 Nd7 19. f3 c4 20. Ng2 Nc5
21. Nf1 a5 22. Nfe3 Ba6 23. Nd5 Qb7 24. Nge3 Rfc8 25. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis"]
[Black "Webb, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[BlackClub "The Buffs ENG"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2260972"]
[BlackFideId "2517302"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. h3 Nc6 11. Nc3 a6 12. Re1 e6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Ne7
15. g4 Bd7 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bg3 Qf7 20. Bd6 Rfe8
21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rac8 23. Rd3 Qg7 24. Re3 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Bxe5 26. Rxe5
Rxc4 27. Nxd5 Rxd4 28. Nc7 Rf8 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Rxe6 Rdf4 31. Re7 Qd4 32.
Qe6+ Kh8 33. Qe5+ Qxe5 34. R1xe5 Rxf2 35. Rxb7 Rf1+ 36. Kg2 R1f2+ 37. Kg3
h6 38. Re3 g5 39. Reb3 R2f6 40. h4 Kg8 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. R7b6 Kg7 43. Rxf6
Rxf6 44. Rb4 Kf7 45. a4 Ke7 46. a5 Rd6 47. Rb7+ Kf6 48. Rb6 Ke5 49. Rxd6
Kxd6 50. Kf3 Kd5 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. b4 Kd5 53. Kd3 Kc6 54. Kc4 Kb7 55. b5
axb5+ 56. Kxb5 Ka7 57. Kc6 Ka6 58. Kd6 Kxa5 59. Ke6 Kb6 60. Kf6 Kc7 61.
Kxg5 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Fathallah, Joe"]
[Black "McGill, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "1853"]
[WhiteNationality "WLS"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "1801899"]
[BlackFideId "2510375"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "7.Bc4"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. e4 b5 10. Bd3 a6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Re8 13. Nfg5 Nf8 14. Qh5
g6 15. Qf3 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Be3 Ra7 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qg3 Rae7 20. Ne4
Qg7 21. Bg5 Qxd4 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rac1 Bd7 24. Nc5 Nb4 25. a3 Nxd3 26.
Nxd3 e5 27. b4 Bf5 28. Nc5 Ne6 29. Rfd1 Nf4 30. Qb3+ Be6 31. Nxe6 Ne2+ 32.
Kf1 Nxc1 33. Nxd4+ Nxb3 34. Nxb3 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Morriss, Pete"]
[Black "Kelbas, Dariy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[WhiteICU "1909"]
[BlackICU "2022"]
[WhiteClub "Galway"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2500230"]
[BlackFideId "34160515"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 a6 7. O-O e5 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. f4 c5 12. Rb1 f6 13. b4 b6 14. Be3 Bd7
15. a4 Qc8 16. a5 cxb4 17. Bxb6 Bh3 18. Rxb4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd7 20. Rc4 Rfc8
21. Qb3 Rxc4 22. dxc4 Rb8 23. c5 Nc8 24. c6 Qe7 25. Qc4 Ra8 26. Rb1 f5 27.
Bf2 Bh6 28. c7 exf4 29. Nxf4 Bxf4 30. gxf4 fxe4 31. Rb8 e3 32. Rxa8 Qd7 33.
Qxa6 Qg4+ 34. Bg3 Kg7 35. Rxc8 Qf5 36. Rg8+ Kh6 37. c8=Q Qxd5+ 38. Kg1 Qd1+
39. Qf1 e2 40. Qh3# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Ranade, Akshay"]
[Black "Gulljord, Birk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1723"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[WhiteICU "1816"]
[WhiteClub "Cork"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "NOR"]
[WhiteFideId "2515270"]
[BlackFideId "1542753"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nb4 7. Qa4+
N8c6 8. Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. O-O g6 11. Rd1 Bg7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bh3 e6
14. Bf4 Qc8 15. Rac1 Ne5 16. Qb4 Bc6 17. Nb5 Rd8 18. Nd6 Qd7 19. Nc4 Qxd1+
20. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Bf1 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxb2 23. Bc7 Bg7 24. Qc2 Ra1 25. h4
Rc8 26. Qd2 Bd5 27. Bf4 Rcc1 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Armstrong, Chris"]
[Black "Vitiukov, Mykhailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1646"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[WhiteUCU "1631"]
[WhiteClub "Belfast South"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "UKR"]
[WhiteFideId "2510340"]
[BlackFideId "14168839"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Dolan, Peter"]
[Black "Smith, Lynda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[WhiteNationality "SCO"]
[BlackNationality "WLS"]
[WhiteFideId "2413612"]
[BlackFideId "1800191"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[ECO "A88"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation with c6"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qc2 Na6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Nb4 11. Nf6+ Bxf6 12. Qd2 a5 13. a3 Na6 14. Bb2
Nc7 15. Rfd1 Ne6 16. e3 Qe8 17. d5 Nc5 18. Qc2 Bd7 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. b4 Ne4
21. Nd2 cxd5 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. c5 Kg7 24. Qb2 dxc5 25. bxc5 Bc6 26. Rd2 Rd8
27. Rad1 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 a4 29. Qc3 Kh6 30. Qa5 Rf8 31. Bf1 Qa8 32. Qc7 Qe8
33. Bc4 e6 34. Qf4+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kh6 36. Rd6 Bd7 37. Bxe6 Bxe6 38. Rxe6 Qd8
39. Rd6 Qe8 40. Qd5 Qf7 41. Qe5 Re8 42. Qd4 Qb3 43. Rd7 Qg8 44. Qf6 Qf8 45.
Qh4# 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso"]
[Black "Ashbrooke, Monika"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1868"]
[BlackElo "1628"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[BlackNationality "JCI"]
[WhiteFideId "2297418"]
[BlackFideId "15600262"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Opening "Dutch defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. a4 a5 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. Ng5 Qe7 12. d5 e5 13. Ne6 Rf7 14. f3 h6
15. Nc7 Rb8 16. e4 Nf8 17. Nb5 N6h7 18. Be3 fxe4 19. fxe4 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 b6
21. Qf2 Bd7 22. Bd2 Ng6 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. h3 Rf8 25. Kh2 Ne8 26. Bf3 Rf6 27.
Be3 Qd8 28. Bg4 Bxg4 29. Qxg4 Kh7 30. Na7 Ne7 31. Kg2 Rg6 32. Qh4 Qc7 33.
Nb5 Qd7 34. g4 Nc8 35. Rf1 Nf6 36. g5 Qe7 37. Kh2 Nd7 38. Rf5 Kg8 39. Qh5
Kh7 40. h4 Nf8 41. Qf3 hxg5 42. hxg5 Kg8 43. Qh5 Qd7 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45.
Qxg6 Qg4 46. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Risteski, Emil"]
[Black "Saine, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[WhiteNationality "MKD"]
[BlackNationality "CAN"]
[WhiteFideId "15005267"]
[BlackFideId "2624346"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nd4 7. Qd3 Be6
8. O-O-O Qf6 9. Nf3 c6 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Be3 Nxf3 12. gxf3 Be7 13. Nb5 Rd8
14. Nc7+ Kf8 15. Qxd8+ Bxd8 16. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Konig, Jon"]
[Black "Bienko, Jagoda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1661"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[WhiteNationality "ENG"]
[BlackNationality "AUT"]
[WhiteFideId "343468780"]
[BlackFideId "1194569"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Be3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Rc8 14.
Rc1 Qd7 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. b3 Bh3 17. Qf2 Rf8 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Nd5 Qe6 20.
Nc3 Bh6 21. Rfe1 b5 22. Qf3 Rfd8 23. Rc2 b4 24. d5 Qe5 25. Rf2 bxc3 26.
Qxf7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Salmin, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Mabhena, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1802"]
[BlackElo "1546"]
[WhiteICU "1893"]
[BlackICU "1561"]
[WhiteClub "Blanchardstown"]
[BlackClub "Ennis"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "34147885"]
[BlackFideId "2519143"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nge7
8. Nd5 Ng6 9. Re1 Bc5 10. b4 Nxb4 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. h4 O-O 13. h5 Nge5 14.
Ne3 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 Nxc4 16. Bc5 d6 17. Qc2 dxc5 18. Qxc4 b6 19. e5 Bb7 20.
Qg4 h6 21. Red1 Qc7 22. Re1 Ne7 23. Nd2 Rad8 24. Nf1 Rd4 25. Qh3 Re4 26.
Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Re1 Bb7 28. Nd2 Nd5 29. Nc4 Nf4 30. Qg4 Nxg2 31. Rc1 Rd8 32.
Nd6 Ba8 33. Rc3 Kh7 34. Rg3 Rg8 35. f4 c4 36. Kh2 c3 37. Ne8 Qc4 38. Nd6
Qxf4 39. Qg6+ fxg6 40. hxg6+ Kh8 41. Nf7+ Qxf7 42. gxf7 Rf8 43. Rxc3 g5 44.
Rc7 Kg7 45. Ra7 Rxf7 46. Rxa8 Ne3 47. Rxa6 Nd5 48. Ra8 Rf5 49. Kg3 Rxe5 50.
Ra7+ Kg6 51. Ra8 Re3+ 52. Kg2 b5 53. Ra5 b4 54. Ra8 Ra3 55. Re8 Nf4+ 56.
Kg1 Rxa2 57. Rg8+ Kh5 58. Rd8 b3 59. Rd1 b2 60. Kh2 Ra1 61. Rd2 b1=Q 62.
Kg3 Qe1+ 63. Rf2 Ra3+ 64. Kh2 Rh3# 0-1

[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Liu, Jason"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1553"]
[WhiteICU "2186"]
[WhiteClub "Gonzaga"]
[WhiteNationality "AUS"]
[WhiteFideId "3295419"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Ivanov, Andrey"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[WhiteICU "2121"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2514311"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Fernandez Manrique, Agustin"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[WhiteNationality "ESP"]
[WhiteFideId "2231000"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]
[WhiteFullName "Fern&aacute;ndez Manrique, Agust&iacute;n"]

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[Event "Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Open 2026"]
[Site "Enniscrone IRL"]
[Date "2026.02.08"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Stokes, Stephen"]
[Black "Did not play"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1875"]
[WhiteICU "1960"]
[WhiteClub "Malahide"]
[WhiteNationality "IRL"]
[WhiteFideId "2503530"]
[FIDETournamentId "442761"]
[ICUTournamentId "3080"]
[ChessResultsKey "1241839"]
[Venue "Diamond Coast Hotel"]
[EventDate "2026.02.02"]

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