[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Site "Ballarat"] [Date "2014.04.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Chris Segrave"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1648"] [BlackElo "1160"] [ECO "A52"] [Opening "Budapest: Rubinstein, 4...Bb4+"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.e3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Ngxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Be2 d6 11.O-O Be6 12.Qb4 Nc6 13.Qxb7 O-O 14.Qxc6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Site "Ballarat"] [Date "2014.04.09"] [Round "2"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Rob Bailey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1648"] [BlackElo "1632"] [ECO "E38"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...c5"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.e3 Nc6 7.a3 b6 8.Nf3 Bb7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.b4 Bd6 12.Bb2 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Rad1 Rac8 15.Nb5 Bb8 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nd6 Qe5 18.Qd2 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCCC 2014"] [Site "Ballarat"] [Date "2014.04.23"] [Round "10"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Bjorn Lategan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1648"] [BlackElo "985"] [ECO "D11"] [Opening "Slav: 3.Nf3"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 f5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.a3 Nd7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bxf5 Nf6 12.Bxc8 Rxc8 13.Bd2 Ne4 14.O-O Rxf3!! 15.gxf3 Bxh2+! 16.Kxh2 Qh4+ 17.Kg2 Ng5?? 18.Rh1 Nh3 19.Rxh3 Qg5+ 20.Rg3 {#r} 1-0

[Event "2014 Club Championship"] [Site "Clubrooms"] [Date "2014.04.23"] [Round "4"] [White "Rod Jacobs"] [Black "Jonathon Yates"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [BlackElo "1300"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Advance, Bayonet Variation"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.g4 Bg6 5.Nh3 h6 6.Nf4 Bh7 7.e6 fxe6 8.Bd3 g5 9.Nxe6 Qd6 10.Nxf8 Kxf8 11.O-O Nf6 12.b3 Nbd7 13.f4 Bxd3 14.cxd3 Rg8 15.fxg5 hxg5 16.Qe2 Ke8 17.Ba3 c5 18.dxc5 Qe5 19.Qxe5 Nxe5 20.Nc3 Nxd3 21.Rad1 Nf4 22.Rfe1 e6 23.Nb5 Rd8 24.Nd6+ Kd7 25.Nxb7 Rb8 26.Na5 Rh8 27.Bb2 Rh6 28.c6+ Kc8 29.Be5 Rb5 30.Nb7 Nxg4 31.Nd6+ Kd8 32.Nf7+ Kc8 33.Nxh6 Nxh6 34.Bxf4 gxf4 35.Rxe6 Nf7 36.Re8+ Nd8 37.Rc1 Kc7 38.Re7+ Kc8 39.c7 d4 40.Re8 Rd5 41.cxd8=Q+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "2014 Club Championship"] [Site "Clubrooms"] [Date "2014.04.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Rod Jacobs"] [Black "Peter Miitel"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [BlackElo "1540"] [ECO "B21"] [Opening "Sicilian: Smith-Morra Accepted"] 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.e5 dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Nxd8 9.Nb5 Ne6 10.Bxe6 Bxe6 {#r} 1-0

[Event "2014 Club Championship"] [Site "Clubrooms"] [Date "2014.04.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Rod Jacobs"] [Black "Rob Bailey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [BlackElo "1632"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French: Franco-Benoni"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 d6 7.O-O Qc7 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Rac1 O-O 11.Rfd1 Rd8 12.a3 a6 13.Ba2 Qb8 14.Bb6 Re8 15.h3 Nd7 16.Be3 Nde5 17.Nd2 Bd7 18.f4 Ng6 19.Nc4 Qc7 20.Nb6 Rab8 21.Qf2 Bf8 22.e5 d5 23.f5 Ngxe5 24.Bf4 Bd6 25.Ncxd5 exd5 26.Nxd5 Qa5 27.Nb6 Bc7 28.Nd5 Rbc8 29.Qg3 Bb6+ 30.Kh1 Bxf5 31.Nf6+ Kh8 32.Nxe8 Rxe8 33.Bd2 Qb5 34.Bc3 f6 35.Rd5 Qe2 36.Re1 Qf2 37.Qxf2 Bxf2 38.Rf1 Be4 39.Rxf2 Bxd5 40.Bxd5 Nd3 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Site "Ballarat"] [Date "2014.04.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Jamie Brotheridge"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1648"] [BlackElo "1577"] [ECO "D70"] [Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld: 4.Bg2 c6"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O dxc4 7.Ne5 Be6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.a4 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Nd5 11.Ng5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nf6 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.e3 Nd5 15.Qe2 b5 16.Bb2 a6 17.f4 Rb8 18.e4 Nb6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bh3 b4 21.Bxe6+ Kh8 22.e5! Nd5 23.cxb4 Rxb4 24.Ba3 Rb3 25.Bc5 Qb8 26.Rfc1 Rb2 27.Qxc4 Ne3 28.Qc3 Rg2+ 29.Kh1 Qb2 30.Qxb2 Rxb2 31.Rcb1 Rd2 32.Bd7 Bxe5 33.dxe5 Nc2 34.Ra2 Rxd7 35.Rxc2 Kg7 36.Rcb2 g5 37.Rb7 Rd2 38.Bxe7 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Site "Ballarat Chess Club"] [Date "2014.05.14"] [Round "7"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Rod Jacobs"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1648"] [BlackElo "1565"] [ECO "A80"] [Opening "Dutch: 2.Nf3 Nf6"] 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 Na6 9.Rb1 e5 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Ng5 Bc8 12.b3 h6 13.Nf3 f4 14.Bxf4 Bf5 15.Rc1 Nc5 16.Nd4 Nfe4 17.Nxf5 Rxf5 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Qxe4 20.f3 Qe6 21.e4 Ra5 22.Qd2 Rh5 23.g4 Rc5 24.Be3 Re5 25.h4 Kh7 26.Bd4 Rf8 27.Bxe5 Bxe5 28.Rcd1 Bf4 29.Qg2 Qf6 30.h5! gxh5 31.Rd5 Be3+ 32.Kh1 Qh4+ 33.Qh2 Qxh2+ 34.Kxh2 hxg4 35.Kg2 Rg8 36.fxg4 Rxg4+ 37.Kf3 Rf4+ 38.Ke2 Rxf1 39.Kxf1 Bf4 40.Rf5 Be5 41.Rf7+ Kg6 42.Rxc7 Bd4 43.Rd7 Bc5 44.Rxb7 h5 45.b4 Bd4 46.Rb5 h4 47.Kg2 Be5 48.Rxe5 dxe5 49.c5 Kf7 50.Kh3 Ke7 51.Kxh4 Kd7 52.Kg5 a5 53.a3 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Site "Ballarat Chess Club"] [Date "2014.05.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Daniel Healey"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1648"] [BlackElo "1347"] [ECO "E38"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...c5"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.e3 Nc6 7.a3 a5 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.h3 h6 12.b3 Qe7 13.Bb2 Ne8 14.Rfd1 f5 15.Na4 Nf6 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Ne4 18.Nxc5 bxc5 19.f3 d6 20.Bh2 Qg5 21.Bf4 Qg6 22.fxe4 Bxe4 23.Bd3 e5 24.Bxe4 fxe4 25.Bh2 Rf3 26.Kh1 Rf5 27.Rf1 Raf8 28.Qe2 Qg5 29.Rxf5 Rxf5 30.Rd1 Qf6 31.Kg1 Qd8 32.Qd2 Qf8 33.Qd5+ Kh8 34.Qxe4 Rf2 35.Bg3 Rb2 36.Qd3 Qb8 37.Qxd6 Qxb3 38.Qd8+ Kh7 39.Qd3+ Qxd3 40.Rxd3 e4 41.Rc3 a4 42.Bd6 Rb3 43.Rxb3 axb3 44.Be5 Kg6 45.a4 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Site "Ballarat Chess Club"] [Date "2014.05.28"] [Round "9"] [White "Jonathon Yates"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1300"] [BlackElo "1648"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French: Exchange, 4.Nc3 Nf6"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Bf4 c6 8.Bd3 Be7 9.Qd2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qb6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Bh6 Re8 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Rhg1+ Kh8 15.Qh6 Rg8 16.Rxg8+ Kxg8 17.Rg1+ Kh8 18.Qg7# 1-0

[Event "BCCC 2014"] [Date "2014.06.04"] [Round "10"] [White "Chris Segrave"] [Black "Tim Commons"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1188"] [BlackElo "1333"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: Bogoljubow-Miles, 2.Nf3"] 1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.e3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.Be2 e5 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.b3 Bg6 8.a3 e4 9.Nh4 Nd5 10.Nxg6 Nc3 {Smothered/Lost Queen 10 moves in 25 minutes. Continued leads to Rook, Bishop , Knight and 2 pawns (13) v Queen, Night and 1 pawn (13) Maybe white still has play but Black still winning.} {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship"] [Date "2014.06.04"] [Round "10"] [White "Rob Bailey"] [Black "Jonathon Yates"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1632"] [BlackElo "1300"] [ECO "D41"] [Opening "QGD: Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cxd5"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.g3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.O-O Nd7 10.Qd3 Be7 11.e4 O-O 12.e5 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Rc8 14.Rd1 cxd4 15.cxd4 b5 16.Bb2 Nb6 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.d5 Nc4 19.d6 Bd8 20.Bd4 f6 21.f4 fxe5 22.fxe5 Rf5 23.Bh3 Rg5 24.Rf1 Bb6 25.Bxb6 axb6 26.Rf4 Rxe5 27.Rd1 Rec5 28.Qf3 R5c6 29.Qe4 Re8 30.Rh4 g6 31.Qf4 Rxd6 32.Rxd6 Qxd6 33.Qxd6 Nxd6 34.Rb4 e5 35.Bd7 Ra8 36.Be6+ Kg7 37.Kf2 Kf6 38.Bd5 Rc8 39.Rh4 h5 40.Bb3 e4 41.Rf4+ Ke5 42.Ke2 g5 43.Rf1 Rc3 44.Rd1 h4 45.Rd5+ Kf6 46.Rxd6+ Kf5 47.gxh4 gxh4 48.Rxb6 Rh3 49.Be6+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship"] [Date "2014.05.28"] [Round "9"] [White "Daniel Healey"] [Black "Rob Bailey"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1347"] [BlackElo "1632"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.f5 Bc4 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 b5 14.a3 O-O 15.Rac1 Nb6 16.g4 d5 17.g5 d4 18.gxf6 Bxf6 19.Ncb1 dxe3 20.Nf3 Qc7 21.Nc3 Rfd8 22.Rcd1 Qc5 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Nxd1 Nc4 26.Nc3 Nxb2 27.Nd5 Nc4 28.Ne1 Bh4 29.Nd3 Qd4 30.c3 Qxe4 31.N5b4 Nd2 32.Qg2 Nf3+ 33.Kf1 Qxf5 34.Nxe5 Nxe5+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship"] [Date "2014.04.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Rob Bailey"] [Black "Tim Commons"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1632"] [BlackElo "1333"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Old Benoni: 2.d5 Nf6"] 1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Nf3 a6 8.a4 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qc7 10.Bd3 e5 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.O-O b6 13.Qe2 O-O 14.Ng5 Nb8 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Ne8 17.Rxf8+ Kxf8 18.Qf3+ Kg8 19.Qxa8 Bxe5 20.Qf3 Bxh2+ 21.Kh1 Be5 22.Rf1 Bf6 23.Nce4 Nd7 24.Nxf6+ Nexf6 25.Bc3 Bb7 26.Be4 Bxe4 27.Nxe4 {#r} 1-0

[Event "BCC Championship 2014"] [Site "The Club"] [Date "2014.04.02"] [Round "1"] [White "Kevin Perrin"] [Black "Daniel Healey"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1575"] [BlackElo "1347"] [ECO "B02"] [Opening "Alekhine: Scandinavian, 3.e5"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 d4 4.exf6 dxc3 5.bxc3 exf6 6.d4 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qh5 g6 9.Qf3 Nc6 10.Ne2 f5 11.O-O Re8 12.Nf4 Bf8 13.Rb1 Qd6 14.Be3 g5 15.Ne2 g4 16.Qf4 Qg6 17.Ng3 Bd6 18.Qg5 Rxe3 19.Qxg6+ hxg6 20.fxe3 Be6 21.c4 Bd7 22.Rxb7 Nd8 23.Rbb1 Ne6 24.Ne2 Kg7 25.c5 Be7 26.Nc3 Bg5 27.Ne2 Bxe3+ 28.Kh1 Nxd4 29.Nxd4 Bxd4 30.Rb7 Be5 31.Re1 Kf6 32.Bb5 Be6 33.a4 a6 34.Bc6 Rh8 35.Rxe5 Kxe5 36.Rxc7 g3 37.h3 Rd8 38.Bf3 Rd2 39.Kg1 Bd5 40.Re7+ Kd4 41.c6 Rxc2 42.Kf1 Bxf3 43.gxf3 Rxc6 44.Kg2 Kc4 45.Kxg3 Kb4 46.Rxf7 Kxa4 47.Kf4 Kb5 48.h4 a5 49.Rd7 a4 50.Rd1 a3 51.Kg5 Ka4 52.f4 Kb3 53.h5 gxh5 54.Kxf5 Kc2 55.Ra1 Kb2 56.Rxa3 Kxa3 57.Kg5 Kb4 58.Kxh5 Kc5 59.f5 Kd6 60.Kg6 Ke7+ {#R} 0-1

[Event "BCC Championship 2014"] [Site "The Club"] [Date "2014.04.02"] [Round "5"] [White "Tim Commons"] [Black "Kevin Perrin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1333"] [BlackElo "1575"] [ECO "C62"] [Opening "Spanish: Old Steinitz, 4.Bxc6+"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 c5 7.Qd5 Bd7 8.Ng5 Nh6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.O-O c6 11.Qd2 O-O 12.f4 f6 13.Nf3 Nf7 14.Qf2 Rb8 15.f5 Ne5 16.Nh4 Be8 17.Qg3 Qd7 18.Ne2 Rb4 19.Nc3 Bd8 20.a3 Rb7 21.b3 Bc7 22.Be3 Bh5 23.Rae1 Ng4 24.Bf4 c4 25.Rd1 Bb6+ 26.Kh1 Nf2+ 27.Rxf2 Bxf2 28.Qxf2 Bxd1 29.Nxd1 cxb3 30.cxb3 Rxb3 31.Qa2 Rb8 32.h3 Kf8 33.Ne3 R8b5 34.Nc4 d5 35.Nd6 Rb1+ 36.Qxb1 Rxb1+ 37.Kh2 dxe4 38.Nxe4 Qd4 39.Bd6+ Ke8 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Site "Ballarat Chess Club"] [Date "2014.06.11"] [Round "11"] [White "Tim Commons"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1333"] [BlackElo "1648"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French: Advance, 3...c5"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.f4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Nc3 b6 9.b4 Nh6 10.Ba3 Nf5 11.Qf2 Rc8 12.g4 d4 13.gxf5 Bxh1 14.Nb5 Be7 15.O-O-O d3! 16.Nd6+! Bxd6 17.Rxd3! Bd5 18.exd6 O-O 19.b5! Qd7! 20.Qg3 Be4 21.f6 Bg6 22.h4?! Qxb5! 23.d7 Qxd3!! 24.dxc8=Q Rxc8 {#R} 0-1

[Event "BCC Championship 2014"] [Site "Ballarat Chess Club"] [Date "2014.06.18"] [Round "5"] [White "Kevin Perrin"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1575"] [BlackElo "1648"] [ECO "A22"] [Opening "English: Bremen, Reverse Dragon"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O 9.Nxd5 Bxd5 10.Bd2 f6 11.Bc3 Qd7 12.a3 Rfd8 13.Rc1 a6 14.Re1 Rac8 15.d4? exd4 16.Bd2 Ne5 17.Nxe5 fxe5 18.Bxd5+ Qxd5 19.f3 c5 20.Ba5 Rd7 21.Qc2 Rc6 22.Qc4 Qxc4 23.Rxc4 b5 24.Rc2 c4 25.Kf2 Bc5 26.Kf1 Rf6 27.Kg2 Kf7 28.Rd1 Rfd6 29.Rdd2 Ke6 30.Kf1 d3! 31.exd3 Rxd3 32.Rxd3 Rxd3 33.Kg2 Kd5 34.Rd2? Rxd2+ 35.Bxd2 Bd4 36.Bc1 e4 37.fxe4+ Kxe4 38.Kf1 Kd3 {#R} 0-1

[Event "BCCC 2014"] [Date "2014.06.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Tim Commons"] [Black "Jonathon Yates"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1333"] [BlackElo "1300"] [ECO "B13"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Exchange, 4.Nf3"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bb3 Bf5 8.c3 Rc8! 9.Ng5 Nf6 10.Bf4 e6 11.Bc2? Bxc2 12.Qxc2 Nxd4! 13.Qd3 Nf5 14.Nd2 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.O-O-O? b4! 17.c4 Qf4 18.Nf3 dxc4 19.Qe2 c3 20.Qxa6 cxd2+!! 21.Kb1 Qe4+ 22.Ka1 Qc6 23.Qxc6+ Rxc6 24.Rxd2 O-O 25.Ne5 Rc5 26.Nd7 Nxd7 27.Rxd7 Rfc8 28.Kb1 Kf8 29.Rhd1 Ke8 30.Rb7 Rc4 31.b3 Rf4 32.Rd2 e5 33.Rdd7 Rxf2? 34.Rxf7 Rcc2? 35.Rxf5!! Rb2+ 36.Kc1 Rbc2+ 37.Kb1 Rxf5 38.Kxc2 Rf2+ 39.Kd3 Rxa2 40.Rxb4 Ra5?? {Lost position about move 44? [Check with Jonathon...]} 41.Rg4 h6 42.b4 Ke7 43.Ke4 Ke6 44.Kd3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Club Championship 2014"] [Site "Ballarat Library Australiana Room"] [Date "2014.06.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Rob Bailey"] [Black "Kevin Perrin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1632"] [BlackElo "1575"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French: Advance, 5.Nf3 Qb6"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nge7 8.Nc3 Nf5 9.Na4 Qc7 10.Be2 Be7 11.O-O a6 12.g4 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.Be3 b5 15.Nc5 Na5 16.b3 O-O 17.Rc1 Qe7 18.Qd2 Qd8 19.g5 Nb7 20.b4 f6 21.f4 fxe5 22.fxe5 Nxc5 23.bxc5 Ra7 24.Rxf8+ Qxf8 25.Rf1 Rf7 26.Rxf7 Qxf7 27.Kg2 Qf5 28.Qd3 g6 29.Qxf5 gxf5 30.c6 Kf7 31.Bh5+ Ke7 32.g6 hxg6 33.Bxg6 Be1 34.Bf2 Bc3 35.h4 Kf8 36.h5 Kg7 37.Be8 a5 38.Kf1 (38.Bd7) 38...b4 39.axb4 Ba6+ 40.Kg2 axb4 41.c7 b3 42.Ba4 b2 43.Bc2 Kh6 44.Bd3 Bc8 45.Be3+ Kxh5 46.Be2+ Kg6 47.Bd3 Kf7 48.Kf2 Ke7 49.Ke2 Kd7 50.Kd1 Ba6 51.c8=Q+ Bxc8 52.Kc2 Ba5 53.Kxb2 Kc6 54.Kb3 Kb6 55.Be2 Bd7 56.Bh5 Kb5 57.Be2+ Kc6 58.Ba6 Be1 59.Be2 Bg3 60.Ba6 f4 61.Bg1 Be8 62.Bc8 Bf7 63.Kc3 Kc7 64.Ba6 Bg6 65.Kd2 Be4 66.Bf1 f3 67.Ke3 Be1 68.Bf2 Bc3 69.Bh3 Kd7 70.Bg4 Bb2 71.Bxf3 Bxd4+ 72.Kxd4 Bxf3 73.Bh4 Ke8 74.Bf6 Kf7 75.Bh8 Kg6 76.Bf6 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reserves Ch. Play Off Game 3"] [Site "Ballarat Library"] [Date "2014.07.01"] [Round "0.0"] [White "James Eyre"] [Black "Tom Oppenheim"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1126"] [ECO "E10"] [Opening "Neo-Indian: 3.Nf3"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Bd7 8.a3 Ne4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.Nb3 b6 12.Qc2 g6 13.Nbd2 e5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qxe5 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Ne4 Ng4 18.h3 Qe5 19.hxg4 f5 20.Bc4+ Be6 21.Bxe6+ Qxe6 22.gxf5 Qxf5 23.f3 Rad8 24.Qc4+ Kh8 25.Qxc7 Qb5 26.Qc3+ Kg8 27.Nf6+ Rxf6 28.Qxf6 Rf8 29.Qc3 Qh5 30.Rad1 Rf5 31.Rd7 Rf7 32.Rd8+ Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.Qf6+ Kg8 35.Rd1 {Black resigned in this position. (...c6, 36. Rd1, Kh7 37. Qh8#)} 1-0

[Event "Play-off round 1"] [Site "Ballarat Library"] [Date "2014.07.24"] [White "Kevin Perrin"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1580"] [BlackElo "1622"] [ECO "A22"] [Opening "English: Bremen, Reverse Dragon"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.d4 {an improvement on our previous game} exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bf6 11.Qa4+ c6 12.Rd1 O-O 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.Bd2 Rfd8 16.Bb4 Qd7 17.e3 Qb5 18.Bf1 Qb6 {Black offered a draw...} 19.Qa3 a5 20.Bc3 Bxc3 21.bxc3!? Rac8 22.Rab1 Qc5 23.Qxc5 Rxc5 24.Rxb7 Rxc3 25.Rb5 a4 26.Rd2 g6 {another draw offer...} 27.Ra5 a3 28.Rd3 Rxd3 29.Bxd3 d4! 30.exd4 Rxd4 31.Rxa3 Bxa2! 32.Rxa2 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play-off round 6"] [Site "Rod's office"] [Date "2014.08.10"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Rod Jacobs"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1622"] [BlackElo "1545"] [ECO "D32"] [Opening "QGD Tarrasch: 4.cxd5 exd5"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qd1 Bb4 9.Bd2 O-O 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 d4 12.Bxc6 dxc3 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Bg2 cxb2 15.Rb1 Bf5 16.Rxb2 Rac8 17.f3 b6 18.e4 Rc1+ 19.Kf2 Bc8 20.Ne2 Rxh1 21.Bxh1 {Having survived the attack, White, predictably, offered a draw...} Rd1 22.Bg2 Rd3 23.Rc2 Be6 24.Rc3 Rd2 25.Rc7 a5 26.Rb7 Nd7 27.Ke3 Ra2 28.Nf4 Rxa3+ 29.Kf2 Ra2+ 30.Kg1 Rd2 31.Nxe6 fxe6 32.Bf1? {32.f4 was better...} Ne5 33.Bg2 Rb2 34.f4 Nd3 35.Bh3 Nc5 36.Re7 Kf8 37.Ra7 Rd2 38.e5 Rd8 39.Kf2 Re8 40.Bf1 Re7 41.Ra8+ Kf7 42.Rb8 Rb7 43.Rxb7+ Nxb7 44.Bc4 Ke7 45.Ke3 Nc5 46.Bb5 Kd8 47.Kd4 g6 48.g4 Kc7 49.h3 Kd8 50.f5 gxf5 51.gxf5 exf5 52.e6 Ke7 53.Ke5 Nxe6 54.Bc4 Ng7 55.Bb5 Ne6 56.h4 f4 57.Bc4 Nc7 58.Kxf4 Kf6 59.Ke3 Ke5 60.Bg8 h6 61.Kd3 b5 62.Kc3 Nd5+ 63.Kb3 Nf4 64.Bf7 Kd4 65.Be8 Kc5 66.Bf7 Ng2 67.h5 Nf4 68.Ka3 Kd6 69.Be8 Kc5 70.Bf7 Nd5 71.Be8 Nb6 72.Bf7 b4+ 73.Ka2 Kd4 74.Kb3 Kc5 75.Ka2 a4 76.Kb2 Kd4 77.Kc2 b3+ 78.Kb2 Nc4+ 79.Ka1 Kc3 80.Kb1 a3 81.Bxc4 Kxc4 82.Kc1 Kc3 83.Kb1 b2 84.Ka2 Kc2 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Play-off round 2"] [Site "Ballarat Library"] [Date "2014.09.09"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Rob Bailey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1622"] [BlackElo "1632"] [ECO "E00"] [Opening "Catalan: 3...c5"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Bg2 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 Re8 10.Re1 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Bf4 Qc7 13.Rc1 Ng4 14.h3 {White offered a draw...(surprise, surprise)} Nge5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.e4 Bd7 17.Bxe5 Bxe5 18.Qc2 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Ra1 Qb6 21.Kh2 c4 22.f4! Bg7 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.e5 dxe5 25.fxe5 Bf5! 26.Be4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 {another draw offer...} Ra1 28.Qg2 b4 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play-off Round 3"] [Site "Ballarat Library"] [Date "2014.09.10"] [White "Robert Bailey"] [Black "Kevin Perrin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1632"] [BlackElo "1580"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c3 d6 9.Nbd2 Na5 10.Bc2 Bb7 11.Re1 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 g6 14.d4 Bf8 15.h3 Bg7 16.Be3 exd4 17.cxd4 Nb4 18.d5 Nxc2 19.Qxc2 Rc8 20.Nd4 Qd7 21.Nc6 Bxc6 22.dxc6 Qe6 23.Bd4 h5 24.f3 h4 25.Ne2 Nh5 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Qc3+ Kg8 28.a4 b4!? 29.Qxb4 Rb8 30.Qa5 Rb6 31.b4 Qb3 32.Qg5 Qxb4 33.Reb1 Qc4 34.Rxb6 cxb6 35.Rc1!? Qxe2 36.c7 Rc8 37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Qxc8 Qe3+ 39.Kh2 Qxc1 40.Qd8 Qf4+ 41.Kg1 Qe3+ 42.Kh2 Qf4+ 43.Kg1 Qc1+ 44.Kh2 Ng3 45.Qxh4 Nf1+ 46.Kg1 Nd2+ 47.Kh2 Qxc7 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Play-off round 3"] [Site "Rod's office"] [Date "2014.09.14"] [White "Rod Jacobs"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1545"] [BlackElo "1622"] [ECO "C07"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.Ngf3"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Re1 a6 10.Nbxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.Bb3 Bd6 13.h3 O-O 14.c3 b5 15.Bg5 Bb7 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Bc2 Kh8 18.Be4 Rg8?! {f5 might be better} 19.Qf3 Bxe4 20.Qxf6+! Rg7 21.Rxe4 Rg8 22.g4 Be7 23.Qf3 Bc5 24.Qf6 Be7 25.Qe5 Bd6 {Black offered a draw...} 26.Qf6 Be7 27.Qf3 Bc5 28.Qe2 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 e5 30.Rd5 f5 31.f3 h5 32.Qxe5 Qxe5 33.Rxe5 hxg4 34.hxg4 fxg4 35.Rh5+ Rh7 36.Rxh7+ Kxh7 37.fxg4 Rxg4+ 38.Kf2 Rc4 39.Ke3 Kg6 40.Rd1 Rc6 41.Rd4 Kf5 42.Kd3 Ke5 43.Kc2 a5 44.Rd3 Rh6 45.Kb3 Rh2 46.Rd8 a4+ 47.Ka3 Rh5 48.Rb8?! Kd6 49.Kb4 Kc6 50.Rc8+ Kb6 51.c4 bxc4 52.Rxc4 Rh2 53.Ka3! Kb5 54.Rb4+ Ka5 55.Rxa4+ Kb5 56.Rb4+ Ka5 57.Rc4 Rh3+ 58.Rc3 Rh4 59.Rc5+ Kb6 60.b4 Rg4 61.Kb3 Rg3+ 62.Rc3 Rg1 63.Kb2 Kb5 64.a3 Ka4 65.Rc2 Rg3 66.Rc3 Rg2+ 67.Rc2 Rg3 68.Rc5 Rg2+ 69.Kc3 Rg3+ 70.Kc4 Rg4+ 71.Kd5 Rg5+ 72.Kc6 Rg6+ 73.Kb7 Kxa3 74.b5 Kb4 75.Rf5 Rg7+ 76.Kc6 Ka5?? {Rg6+ is a draw!} 77.Rf6 Rg1 78.b6 Ka6 79.Kc7 Rb1 80.Rc6 Rg1? 81.b7+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Play-off Round 2"] [Site "Ballarat"] [Date "2014.07.26"] [White "Kevin Perrin"] [Black "Rod Jacobs"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1580"] [BlackElo "1545"] [ECO "A13"] [Opening "English: 1...e6 2.Nc3 d5"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bg5 c6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 Nbd7 8.e3 Qa5 9.Bd3 Bb4 10.Qc2 Ne4 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Qxe4+ Kf8 13.O-O f5 14.Qd3 g5 15.Bg3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Qd5 17.c4 Qf7 18.Bd6+ Kg8 19.Rfe1 Nb6 20.Ne5 Qf6 21.c5 Nd5 22.e4 Nf4 23.Qb3+ Ne6 24.exf5 Qxf5 25.Re3 Kh7 26.Rf3 Qe4 27.Rf7+ Kg8 28.Re7 Qd5 29.Qxd5 cxd5 30.Ng4 Nxd4 31.Nf6+ Kf8 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Play-off round 4"] [Site "Ballarat Library"] [Date "2014.10.07"] [White "Patrick Cook"] [Black "Kevin Perrin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1648"] [BlackElo "1575"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.c4"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Be2 h6 10.O-O Be6 11.Rc1 Nc6?! 12.Bb5!? {12.Nb5 was better} Ne7 13.Bd3 c5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.b3 Qa5 16.Qd2 c4 17.bxc4 dxc4 18.Be4 Rfd8 19.Qc2 Rac8 20.Rfd1?? Bxc3 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 {#R} 0-1

[Event "BCC 2014 Championship playoff"] [Site "Ballarat Library"] [Date "2014.10.17"] [Round "6"] [White "Kevin Perrin"] [Black "Robert Bailey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1580"] [BlackElo "1632"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Ne5 12.Kh1 Qc7 13.Bxe5 {13 Nd5 is much better for white} dxe5 14.Qe1 Rc8 15.Nd2 b5 16.a3 O-O 17.Bd3 Rfd8 18.Qh4? Rd4 19.Qg3 Nh5 20.Qf3 Nf4 21.Ne2 Nxe2 22.Qxe2 Rcd8 23.Nf3 R4d7 24.a4 Bc4 25.Bxc4 bxc4 26.b3 cxb3 27.cxb3 a5 28.Rad1 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30.Qxd1 Qd6 {black offered a draw} 31.Qc2 f6 32.Qc4+ Kf8 33.h3 Qb4 34.Qd5 Bc5 35.Qd8+ Kf7 36.Qd7+ Kf8 37.Qd8+ {At this stage white could not see a way through so he offered a draw which was accepted. Black can't play Kg6 as it leads to mate.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 Club Champ. playoff"] [Site "Rod's office"] [Date "2014.11.02"] [Round "6"] [White "Rob Bailey"] [Black "Rod Jacobs"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1638"] [BlackElo "1578"] [ECO "D32"] [Opening "QGD Tarrasch: 5.Nf3"] 1.d4 d5 {This was the final game of the 4 way playoff for the 2014 Championship. If I could win this game, I could be sure of winning the championship. So the game was hugely important to me. I had prepared the Tarrrasch playoffs generally. It provides the chance of being quite aggressive without a huge risk. I'd never played it before, and it worked well for me. (RJ)} 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.dxc5 d4 {The Tarrasch gambit. (RJ)} 10.Nb5 Bxc5 11.Qd3 a6 12.Na3 Be6 13.Nc2 Qd7 14.Rd1 Rad8 15.Bg5 Bf5 16.Qc4 Ne4! {A critical decision, given the risk and the importance of the game. I felt the potential to embarrass the White queen would outweigh the loss of the exchange. Also, at this point in the championship, my confidence was very high. Now, analysing the position some 3 years later I was very pleased to see that Stockfish 7 recommends this move. But it did involve some chess blindness in my part - i.e. overlooking that in a key subsequent variation the White bishop on d8 covered the a5 square. (RJ)} 17.Bxd8 b5 18.Qb3 Rxd8 {Whoops - can't play Na5 as I intended. But it still turns out OK.(RJ)} 19.Ncxd4 {Both my programs call it dead even here. (RJ)} Bxd4 20.e3 Nc5 21.Nxd4 Nxb3 {It's still even. (RJ)} 22.axb3? {Losing his way in the complications. Correct is Bxc6 and it's still even. (RJ)} Nxd4 23.Rxd4 Qc7 24.Bd5 {Best. (RJ} Be6 {As is this. (RJ)} 25.e4 Bxd5 26.exd5 g6 27.Rad1 Rd6 28.b4 Kg7 29.Kg2 Qc2 30.R1d2 Qf5 31.f4 h5 32.h3 Qd7 33.Kf3 Qxh3 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Club Championship playoff"] [Site "Rod's office"] [Date "2014.09.20"] [White "Rod Jacobs"] [Black "Kevin Perrin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1578"] [BlackElo "1580"] [ECO "C03"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, 3...dxe4"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.c3 h6 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 b6 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Qe4 Re8 13.b3 g6 14.Bxh6 Kh7 15.Qf4 Qe7 16.Bg5 Bxg5 17.Nxg5+ Kg7 18.Qg3 Nd8 19.c4 c6 20.Re3 Qf6 21.Re5 c5 22.d5 exd5 23.Rxe8 Qxa1+ 24.Bf1 Bc6 25.Re5 dxc4 26.bxc4 f6 27.Re7+ Kf8 28.Qd6 Kg8 29.Ne6 Nxe6 30.Qxe6+ Kh8 31.Qh3+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "BCC Championship"] [Site "BCC"] [Date "2014.06.15"] [Round "3"] [White "Rob Loveband"] [Black "Patrick Cook"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1611"] [BlackElo "1648"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: London"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c6 4.h3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Qb6 11.Rb1 Qa5+ 12.c3 Nf6 13.Bc2 Qxa2 14.O-O Qa5 15.Qe2 Bf5 16.Be5 Bxc2 17.Qxc2 Qd5 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.c4 Qd8 20.Qb3 b6 21.Qc3 Nh5 22.Rbd1 Bxe5 23.Nxe5 Qc7 24.Qf3 Nf6 {Black offered a draw...} 25.Nxc6 Rac8 26.d5 Kg7 27.Qa3 Ng8 28.Qc3+ f6 29.Re6 Kf7 30.Ra1 Ra8 31.Rae1 Rac8 32.b3 Ra8 33.Qf3 Rac8 34.Qe4 Qd7 35.Qf4 Qc7 36.Qh4 Kg7 {another draw offer from Black...} 37.Qe4 Kf7 38.Nd4 Rcd8 39.Qh4 Kg7 40.Rc6 Qd7 41.Ne6+ Kh8 42.Nxd8 Qxd8 43.Rce6 Kg7 44.Qd4 Kf7 45.Qc3 Kg7 46.Ra1 Qc7 47.Qb4 f5 48.Qa3 Ra8 49.Qa6 Nf6 50.Rxb6 Rb8 51.Rxb8 Qxb8 52.Qe6 Kf8 53.Qe3 Ne4 54.Rxa7 Qb4 55.Ra8+ Kg7 56.Ra4 Qd6 57.Qd4+ Nf6 58.Qc3 Kf7 59.b4 Ne4 60.Qd4 Qf4 61.Qe3 Qc7 62.c5 Qd7 63.Qb3 Nd2 64.Qa2 Ne4 65.d6+ Kg7 66.Ra7 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Date "2014.04.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Rob Bailey"] [Black "Rob Loveband"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B13"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qc7 10.Qe2 a6 11.a4 Nc6 12.d5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Bg4 15.Qc4 Bd7 16.Ng5 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 Qa5 18.Rfd1 Be6 19.Be3 Rfe8 20.Bxe6 Rxe6 21.Qb3 Qc7 22.Rac1 Rae8 23.g3 {#d} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Date "2014.05.28"] [Round "0"] [White "Rob Loveband"] [Black "Rod Jacobs"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D08"] [Opening "QGD: Albin, 3.e3"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.e3 exd4 4.exd4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 O-O 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nc3 Nb6 10.Be2 c6 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.Ne5 Bxe2 13.Nxe2 Nbd5 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.Bg5 Rfe8 16.Rac1 Bd6 17.Nf3 Ne4 18.Ng3 Nxg3 19.hxg3 h6 20.Bh4 Re6 21.Re1 Rae8 22.Rxe6 Rxe6 23.Qf5 g5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Nxg5 Rg6 26.Re1 Kg7 27.Re4 Nf6 28.Rh4 Qe7 29.Nf3 Qe6 30.Qd3 Qd5 31.b3 Ng4 32.Qd2 Be7 33.Rh3 Qe4 34.Qc1 Qe2 35.Rh5 Qxf2+ 36.Kh1 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Date "2014.05.28"] [Round "0"] [White "Rob Loveband"] [Black "Jamie Brotheridge"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A46"] [Opening "Indian: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Be2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Bd3 d5 8.Re1 Ne4 9.Nd2 f5 10.Ne2 Bd6 11.Nf4 Qe7 12.c4 Nd7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.f3 Ndf6 15.fxe4 fxe4 16.Be2 c5 17.Nb3 c4 18.Nd2 Rac8 19.Rf1 Qc7 20.Nb1 b5 21.Nc3 a6 22.Bg4 Rce8 23.a3 Bc6 24.Kh1 Nxg4 25.Qxg4 Rf6 26.Bd2 Ref8 27.Kg1 Qb8 28.Nce2 R8f7 29.Bb4 Bd7 30.Bxd6 Qxd6 31.Qg3 a5 32.Nh5 Rxf1+ 33.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 34.Kxf1 Qxg3 35.Nhxg3 b4 36.axb4 axb4 37.Ke1 Kf7 38.Kd2 Ke7 39.Nf4 Kd6 40.Nfh5 Kc6 41.Nxg7 Kb5 42.Ne2 Ka4 43.Nc1 c3+ 44.Kc2 cxb2 45.Kxb2 Kb5 46.Nb3 Kc4 47.Nc5 Bc8 48.Ne8 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Date "2014.06.04"] [Round "0"] [White "Rob Loveband"] [Black "Daniel Healey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A47"] [Opening "Neo-Queen's Indian"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.c3 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.Nbd2 d5 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Nf3 Rac8 12.e3 Qc7 13.Bd2 Bd6 14.Bh3 Ne4 15.Rac1 f5 16.Qd1 g5 17.Bg2 Qg7 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.f4 Qg7 21.Bxe4 fxe4 22.Qg4 Rf5 23.fxg5 Rcf8 24.Rxf5 exf5 25.Qf4 Ba6 26.Qd6 Qxg5 27.Qxd5+ Kh8 28.c4 Rd8 29.Bc3+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Date "2014.06.11"] [Round "0"] [White "Jonathon Yates"] [Black "Rob Loveband"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B40"] [Opening "Sicilian: Open, 2...e6, 4.Nxd4"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Qb6 6.a3 Bc5 7.Be3 Bxd4 8.Bxd4 Qd8 9.e5 Nd5 10.Nb5 O-O 11.Bc5 Re8 12.Nd6 Qc7 13.b4 b6 14.Nxe8 Qxe5+ 15.Be3 Nxe3 16.fxe3 Qxe3+ 17.Be2 {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Date "2014.06.04"] [Round "0"] [White "Kevin Perrin"] [Black "Rob Loveband"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A25"] [Opening "English: Closed"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.O-O O-O-O 8.d4 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Na5 12.Qb5 e4 13.Bh3+ Kb8 14.Ne5 Ka8 15.a4 a6 16.Qe2 f6 17.Nc4 Nxc4 18.Qxc4 g5 19.Ba3 Qg7 20.Rfb1 Bxa3 21.Rxa3 h5 22.Bf5 g4 23.Rab3 a5 24.Qe2 Qg5 25.Bxe4 h4 26.Qa6+ {#r} 1-0

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Date "2014.06.18"] [Round "0"] [White "Tim Commons"] [Black "Rob Loveband"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B20"] [Opening "Sicilian: 2.Bc4"] 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.a4 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Be7 7.b3 Nf6 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Re1 Qc7 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ne5 12.Bd3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Qc5 14.Rad1 Qh5 15.Qg3 e5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bh4 18.Qf3 Bg4 19.Qd3 exd4 20.Rd2 Bg5 21.f4 Bxf4 22.Qxd4 Bxh2+ 23.Kf1 Be5 24.Rxe5 dxe5 25.Qe3 Rfe8 26.Qg3 f6 {#R} 0-1

[Event "Ballarat Chess Club Championship 2014"] [Date "2014.04.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Rob Bailey"] [Black "Chris Segrave"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [Opening "Pirc: 3.Nc3 Nbd7"] ? 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.f4 e6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Be2 b6 7.e5 dxe5 8.fxe5 Nd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.O-O a5 11.c4 Nf8 12.Be3 Be6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.c5 c6 15.Ba6 Rb8 16.Bd3 bxc5 17.dxc5 Ng6 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Qh5 Nxe5 20.Qxe5 {#r} 1-0