A big thank you to Imogen Ereira for providing the graphics for this blog. Imogen can be contacted through her Complete Design website.
The code used by this blog to play through the games is provided by Chess Publishing. Thank you to the owner of this blog for helping me out with a couple of issues.
| Dunfermline C v Stirling B | ||||
| Bryan O'Rourke Martin Stewart Terry Doherty Peter Horne Charlie Stewart |
1412 1268 1263 1261 1246 |
½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 |
1589 1575 1564 1543 1283 |
Dave Hewitt Bill Cook Tony Pitson John Blake David Brodie |
| 1½ - 3½ | ||||
Here's Dave Hewitt's game on board 1 - Dave is White.
There were mixed fortunes for the two Forth Valley teams on Sunday in Dunfermline. In Division 1, Forth Valley A lost both their matches, while in Division 3, Forth Valley B won both matches.
| Forth Valley A v Hamilton A | ||||
| Dougie Will Kenny McGeoch Ian Mason Steve Smith John Smith |
1858 1839 1708 1697 |
0 - 1 0 - 1 0d - 1d 0 - 1 1 - 0 |
2273 2242 2012 1665 |
Pat Coffey Joe Redpath Graeme Nolan Tom Donahue Arthur Mulholland |
| 1 - 4 | ||||
| Edinburgh University v Forth Valley A | ||||
| Gabriel Petesch Boris Mitrovic Hamish Olson Jonathan Edwards Motiejus Gudenas |
2248 2246 2007 1987 1563 |
1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 |
1858 1839 1708 1697 1625 |
Dougie Will Kenny McGeoch Steve Smith John Smith Robin Hayles |
| 5 - 0 | ||||
| Forth Valley B v Hamilton B | ||||
| Robin Hayles Bill Cook Bill Gray Hugh Hanlon David Brodie |
1625 1575 1527 1459 1281 |
1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 |
1519 1440 1197 1128 985 |
David Potts David Mulholland Jim Frame Bernard Airlie Bill Perrie |
| 5 - 0 | ||||
| Dumfries and District v Forth Valley B | ||||
| David Brown Robert Walton Stuart Marchbank Karsten Saunders Robert Sim |
1908 1750 1596 1558 1297 |
1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 |
1575 1574 1524 1459 1281 |
Bill Cook Graham Anderson Bill Gray Hugh Hanlon David Brodie |
| 2 - 3 | ||||
The game below is Graham Anderson (White) v Rob Walton. These 25 moves took very nearly three hours.
| Dunfermline B v Stirling C | ||||
| Fred Ossowski Douglas Rew Bryan O'Rourke George Webb Glynis Grant |
1647 1566 1412 1391 1305 |
1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 |
1309 1309 1283 831 |
Jonathan Blake Mick Bloor David Brodie Robert Leckie Tom McKay |
| 5 - 0 | ||||
Congratulations to Steve Smith, winner of the Autumn Allegro. This is the fifth time Steve has come first or first equal, more than anybody else.
Time control: 15 minutes each for all moves
| Name | Grade | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Place | |
| 1 | John Blake | 1639 | 1 W 6 | 1½ B 4 | 2½ W 10 | 3 B 2 | 4 W 8 | 2nd |
| 2 | Bill Cook | 1575 | 1 B 7 | 1½ W 3 | 2½ B 5 | 3 W 1 | 3 W 4 | 3rd= |
| 3 | Dave Hewitt | 1523 | 1W 8 | 1½B 2 | 1½ W 4 | 1½ B 6 | 2 B 7 | 7th |
| 4 | Steve Smith | 1516 | 1 B 9 | 1½ W 1 | 2½ B 3 | 3½ W 5 | 4½ B 2 | 1st |
| 5 | Robin Hayles | 1459 | 1 W 10 | 2 B 6 | 2 W 2 | 2 B 4 | 3 W 9 | 3rd= |
| 6 | Gordon Allcock | 1398 | 0 B 1 | 0 W 5 | 1 B 9 | 2 W 3 | 3 W 2 | 3rd= |
| 7 | Robert Togneri | 1324 | 0 W 2 | 0 B 10 | 0 W 8 | 0 B 9 | ½ W 3 | 10th |
| 8 | David Brodie | 1300 | 0 B 3 | 1 W 9 | 2 B 7 | 3 W 10 | 3 B 1 | 3rd= |
| 9 | Mick Bloor | 1123 | 0 W 4 | 0 B 8 | 0 W 6 | 1 W 7 | 1 B 5 | 8th= |
| 10 | Robert Leckie | 1053 | 0 B 5 | 1 W 7 | 1 B 1 | 1 B 8 | 1 W 6 | 8th= |
Taken a wee while, but here's a couple of games from the match against Grangemouth. First is John Blake's win on board 5 against Bill Gray.
This is Dave Hewitt's win on board 4 against John Smith.
| Stirling Bruce 14 - 2 Stirling Wallace | ||
| Round 1 | ||
| Paul Prescott | 1 - 0 | David Brodie |
| John Blake | 1 - 0 | Mick Bloor |
| Bill Cook | 1 - 0 | Robert Leckie |
| Dave Hewitt | 0 - 1 | Steve Smith |
| Round 2 | ||
| Paul Prescott | 1 - 0 | Mick Bloor |
| John Blake | 1 - 0 | Robert Leckie |
| Bill Cook | ½ - ½ | Steve Smith |
| Dave Hewitt | ½ - ½ | Robin Hayles |
| Round 3 | ||
| Paul Prescott | 1 - 0 | Robert Leckie |
| John Blake | 1 - 0 | Steve Smith |
| Bill Cook | 1 - 0 | Robin Hayles |
| Dave Hewitt | 1 - 0 | David Brodie |
| Round 4 | ||
| Paul Prescott | 1 - 0 | Steve Smith |
| John Blake | 1 - 0 | Robin Hayles |
| Bill Cook | 1 - 0 | David Brodie |
| Dave Hewitt | 1 - 0 | Mick Bloor |
| Grangemouth v Stirling A | ||||
| Alan Bell Dougie Will Ian Mason John Smith Bill Gray |
1946 1858 1762 1697 1527 |
1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 |
1708 1625 1574 1589 1543 |
Steve Smith Robin Hayles Graham Anderson Dave Hewitt John Blake |
| 2 - 3 | ||||
Robin managed a draw on board 2 from a seemingly lost position, and I drew after 40 moves without once having any of my pieces in the other half of the board.
Results from last night's matches:-
Richardson Cup
Tony Pitson ½ - ½ Dave Hewitt
Bill Cook 0 - 1 Robin Hayles
Richardson Cup Qualifier
Graham Anderson 1 - 0 Martyn Roe
Thornton Cup
Tom McKay 0 - 1 David Brodie
...until the fat lady sings.
Another game from last week's match against Cumbernauld, which just proves it's sometimes worth continuing, even when all appears lost (after 10 moves).
| Cumbernauld A v Stirling A | ||||
| Elaine Bamber Ian Marks Kevin Mayo Ralph Stirrat Ronnie Wallace |
2095 1922 1836 1658 1482 |
1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ |
2019 1708 1574 1543 1465 |
Douglas Bain Steve Smith Graham Anderson John Blake Martyn Roe |
| 3 - 2 | ||||
This is the game from board 3.
