[Event "Ballarat Club Championships"] [Site "Ballarat"] [Date "2026-05-07"] [White "Stickland, Peter"] [Black "Jacobs, Rodney"] [WhiteElo "1545"] [BlackElo "1816"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. g4 Bb4 5. gxf5 exf5 6. Qd3 d5 7. O-O-O Bxc3 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qe1 O-O 10. f3 Nf6 11. h4 Nh5 12. Nh3 Nc6 13. Rg1 Bd7 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Nf4 Qe3+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rac8 19. e3 Be8 20. Rdg2 g6 21. h5 Ne7 22. Be5 c5 23. Bd6 Rf7 24. Bxc5 b6 25. Bd6 Rc6 26. Be5 Rf8 27. Bb5 Re6 28. Bd3 Nc6 29. f4 Nb4 30. a3 Nxd3+ 31. cxd3 Bb5 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rxg6+ Rxg6 34. Rxg6+ Kh7 35. Rg7+ Kh6 36. Rxa7 Rg8 37. Kd2 Rg2+ 38. Kc3 Re2 39. a4 Be8 40. b3 Rxe3 41. Re7 Bh5 42. Re6+ Kh7 43. Rxb6 Rg3 44. a5 Be2 45. a6 Rxd3+ 46. Kb4 Bd1 47. Kc5 Rc3+ 48. Kxd5 Rc8 49. Ke6 Bc2 50. Kd7 Rf8 51. d5 Be4 52. d6 Bd5 53. b4 Ra8 54. b5 Ra7+ 55. Kc8 Ra8+ 56. Kc7 Be6 57. Rb8 Ra7+ 58. Kb6 Rf7 59. Rb7 1-0