[Event "VCCC2026"]
[Site "Bendigo"]
[Date "2026-10-11"]
[White "Smith, Declan"]
[Black "Coffey, Ruari"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1890"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qf2 c6 11. a4 Rb8 12. Be3 b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Ba2 b4 15. Bxd4
exd4 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. Nxd4 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nf5 Nb6 20. Bb3 Rfc8 21. Nxe7 Qxe7
22. d4 Rb7 23. Ra5 Qd7 24. f5 Nc4 25. Ra6 Qb5 26. Raa1 Qb6 27. Rfe1 Qh6 28. f6
gxf6 29. exf6 Qg5 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Re5 Qg6 32. Qe3 Kf8 33. Rg5 Qxc2 34. Qg3
Qg6 35. Rxg6 hxg6 36. Qh4 Ke8 37. Re1 Kd8 38. Qe4 Rd7 39. d5 c3 40. d6 Rc5 1-0