27-01-25 Stirling E v Dunfermline B

Stirling E		v		Dunfermline B
Kai Austin Rudra Pardhi Mick Murphy Neander Didla Victor Liu	893   1125	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	1518   1021 1004	Calum Newton Daniel Lynch Melinda Kindeur Brian Easton Ali Shuttleworth
		0 - 5

27-01-25 Stirling A v Stirling B

Stirling A		v		Stirling B
Isaac Browning William Spiers Oliver Twentyman Richard Warcup Steve Smith	2008 1807 1784 1555 1599	1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½	1470 1545 1481 1513 1481	Bill Cook Brad Duthie Douglas Heatlie Nathanael Loch Kenny MacPherson
		1½ - 3½

Thanks to the various players for the games below.

[Event "Stirling A v Stirling B"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2025.01.27"] [White "Browning, I"] [Black "Cook, B"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1470"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Najdorf, 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2"] [WhiteElo "2008"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Rc8 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 Nb6 12. Qf2 Nfd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. Kb1 Bc4 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Nd5 Qc6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bd8 20. Qd2 O-O 21. Nb4 Qb5 22. Qxd6 Nb6 23. Nd5 Rc6 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Qxe7 Nc4 26. Rd7 {Black resigns.} 1-0

 

[Event "Stirling A v Stirling B"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2025.01.27"] [White "Loch, N"] [Black "Warcup, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1555"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Dunst (Sleipner-Heinrichsen-Van Geet) Opening"] [Variation "1...d5"] [WhiteElo "1513"] 1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bf5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg2 d4 7. e4 Bg4 8. Ne2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 h5 10. Ng1 e5 11. Nh3 Qd7 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Bg2 Nh7 15. f5 Be7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Bh3 Qd6 18. fxg6+ Kxg6 19. Bf5+ Kg7 20. Qxh5 Ng5 21. Qg4 Qf6 22. O-O Rh3 23. Bxg5 Rxg3+ 24. hxg3 Qxg5 25. Qxg5+ Bxg5 26. a3 Ne7 27. Kg2 Ng8 28. Rh1 Nh6 29. Rh5 Be3 30. Rf1 Re8 31. g4 Nf7 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Bd7+ Ke7 35. Bxe8 Kxe8 36. Kh3 Ke7 37. Kh4 Bf4 38. g5 b5 39. Kg4 Kf7 40. Rxf4+ exf4 41. Kxf4 c4 42. Kf5 a5 43. e5 c3 44. b3 {Black resigns.} 1-0

 

20-01-25 Stirling D v Stirling C

Stirling D		v		Stirling C
Toby Geyer Dave Hewit David Fowler Mick Bloor Cameron Anderson	1422 1198 1133 847	0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1	1555 1481 1464 742 1352	Richard Warcup Kenny MacPherson Harry Feather Ross Warcup Tom Wallace
		1½ - 3½

Thanks to Dave for providing this game from board 2, where Dave had White against Kenny.

06-01-25 New Year Blitz

Well done to William and, er, me, joint winners of the opening night Blitz!

Time control: 3 minutes + 2 second increment each for all moves

	Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Place
1	William Spiers	1 W 10	2 B 21	3 W 6	4 W 8	4 B 3	5 W 4	6 B 5	=1
2	Bill Cook	0 B 11	1 W 17	2 B 10	3 W 7	4 B 8	4 W 3	4 B 4	=7
3	Graham Anderson	1W 12	1B 8	2W 22	3 B 9	4 W 1	5 B 2	6 W 6	=1
4	Richard Warcup	1 B 13	2 W 11	2 B 8	3 W 21	4 B 5	4 B 1	5 W 2	3
5	Nathanael Loch	1 W 14	2 B 9	2 W 12	3 B 20	3 W 4	4 B 6	4 W 1	=7
6	Douglas Heatlie	1 B 15	2 W 7	2 B 1	3 W 12	4 B 11	4 W 5	4 B 3	=7
7	Tom Nimmo	1 W 16	1 B 6	2 W 14	2 B 2	2½ W 22	2½ B 12	3½ W 19	=12
8	Ross Warcup	1 B 17	2 W 3	3 W 4	3 B 1	3 W 2	3 B 13	3 W 11	=14
9	Toby Geyer	1 B 18	1 W 5	2 B 11	2 W 3	2½ B 12	3½ W 15	4½ W 13	=4
10	Mick Bloor	0 B 1	1 W 19	1 W 2	1 B 22	1 B 13	1 W 18	2 B 16	=18
11	Marnix Joris	1 W 2	1 B 4	1 W 9	2 B 16	2 W 6	3 B 17	4 B 8	=7
12	Rudra Pardhi	0 B 3	1 W 16	2 B 5	2 B 6	2½ W 9	3½ W 7	3½ B 21	=12
13	Cameron Anderson	0 W 4	1 B 20	1 W 21	2 B 14	3 W 10	4 W 8	4 B 9	=7
14	Victor Liu	0 B 5	1 W 15	1 B 7	1 W 13	2 B 19	2 W 20	3 B 18	=14
15	Elsa Liu	0 W 6	0 B 14	1 W 20	2 B 17	3 W 16	3 B 9	3 W 22	=14
16	Samay Banakar	0 B 7	0 B 12	1 W 18	1 W 11	1 B 15	1 W 19	1 W 10	=21
17	Grishma Banakar	0 W 8	0 B 2	0 B 19	0 W 15	1 W 18	1 W 11	1 B 20	=21
18	Aarika Pawar	0 W 9	0 B 22	0 B 16	1 W 19	1 B 17	2 B 10	2 W 14	=21
19	Jamie Scanlon	0 W 20	0 B 10	1 W 17	1 B 18	1 W 14	2 B 16	2 B 17	=21
20	Rihaan Pawar	1 B 19	1 W 13	1 B 15	1 W 5	1 B 21	2 B 14	3 W 17	=14
21	Dave Hewitt	1 Bye	1 W 1	2 B 13	2 B 4	3 W 20	3½ B 22	4½ W 12	=4
22	Steve Smith	½ Bye	1½ W 18	1½ B 3	2½ W 10	3 B 7	3½ W 21	4½ B 15	=21

16-12-24 Keddie Cup

The annual Christmas handicap tournament, the Keddie Cup, was a well-attended event, with 26 competitors initially split across 5 groups. From Group A, Victor and Dave qualified. From Group B, Kenny qualified with Elsa just missing out. From Group C, Gordon and I qualified. From Group D, Kai qualified with Toby just missing out, and from Group E Rudra and Sean qualified.

Quarter-finals:
Victor Liu 0-1 Rudra Pardhi
Kenny MacPherson 1-0 Dave Hewitt
Gordon Allcock 1-0 Sean Flanagan
Kai Austin 1-0 Graham Anderson

Semi-final 1 - Kenny (left) starts a rook and c pawn down against Kai.

Semi-final 2 - Gordon (left) starts a rook down against Rudra.

Kenny MacPherson 0-1 Kai Austin
Rudra Pardhi 1-0 Gordon Allcock

And so to the Rudra - Kai final. With very similar gradings, Kai started off with 9 minutes and Black to Rudra's 10 minutes.

The crowd watch on in interest...

Thanks to Isaac and Dave for a Keddie Cup first - someone recorded a game!

[Event "Keddie Cup"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.12.16"] [Round "F"] [White "Pardhi, R"] [Black "Austin, K"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E90"] [Opening "King's Indian"] [Variation "Zinnowitz Variation"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bd7 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 Qa5 10. Qb3 Bc8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qa4 Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Re8 14. Rfe1 Nxe4 15. Bd3 Nxg5 16. Nxg5 Ne5 17. Rad1 h6 18. Ne4 Bd7 19. Nac3 f5 20. Ng3 Ba4 21. Nxa4 f4 22. Nf1 Rab8 23. g3 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bf6 26. Bxg6 Rf8 27. gxf4 b5 28. cxb5 Rxb5 29. Nc3 Rxb2 30. Ne4 Kg7 31. Nxf6 Rxf6 32. Bb1 Kf7 33. a4 Rxf4 34. Kg3 Rxa4 35. Nh2 Rb3+ 36. Kg2 Rd4 37. Bc2 Rc3 38. Be4 e6 39. dxe6+ Kxe6 40. Nf3 Ra4 41. Bc2+ Kd5 42. Bxa4 Ra3 43. Bd7 c4 44. Rd1+ Kc5 45. Bf5 Kb4 46. Rb1+ Kc3 47. Rc1+ Kb4 48. Be6 c3 49. Ne1 a5 50. Nc2+ Ka4 51. Nxa3 Kxa3 52. Rxc3+ Ka4 53. Bb3+ Kb4 54. Rd3 Kc5 55. Kf1 d5 56. Rxd5+ Kb4 57. Ke1 Kxb3 58. Rxa5 Kb4 59. Rh5 Kc4 60. Rxh6 {Black resigns.} 1-0

Rudra receives the trophy from club president Gordon. Well done Rudra!

09-12-24 Stirling B v Stirling A

Stirling B		v		Stirling A
Nathanel Loch Kenny MacPherson Bill Cook Harry Feather Ross Warcup	1513 1481 1470 1464 742	0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1	2008 1807 1784 1555 1599	Isaac Browning William Spiers Oliver Twentyman Richard Warcup Steve Smith
		1 - 4

25-11-24 Stirling C v Stirling D

Stirling C		v		Stirling D
Richard Warcup Kenny MacPherson Harry Feather Sandy Carmichael Tom Wallace	1621 1489 1478 1357 1342	0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½	1429     1106 832	Dave Hewitt Toby Geyer Felix Borzik Mick Bloor Cameron Anderson
		2½ - 2½

Thanks to Dave for providing the game below, where on board 1 Dave had White against Richard.