[Event "Spielvogel 2026"]
[Site "Ballarat"]
[Date "2026-02-19"]
[White "Loveband, Rob"]
[Black "Stewart, Scott"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. h3 Nf6 14. Nxe5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxe5 16. Rad1 Bd4 17. Qc1 c6 18. Nc3 Qh4 19. Bf3 Bxh3? 20. gxh3 Qxh3 21. Qf4 g5 22. Qf5 Qg3+ { Stockfish gives a score of +3.1 - what can go wrong? RL } 23. Bg2 Qc7 24. Rd3 Rae8 25. Rh3 { Best was Ne2 to remove that eternally annoying bishop! } 25... Qd6 26. Kh1 Re5 27. Qg4 f5 28. exf5 Rexf5 29. Ne4 Qg6 30. f3 Rf4 31. Qh5 Kg7 32. Qxg6+ Kxg6 33. Re1 h5 34. Nd6 g4 35. fxg4 hxg4 36. Re6+?? { Now, down to -2.8... } 36... R8f6 37. Rxf6+ Rxf6 38. Be4+?? Kg5 39. Rg3 Rxd6 40. Kg2 { White resigns } *