25 February 2013 - Central Allegro League

Dunfermline Sharks 7 - 9 Stirling Bruce

A very close match. By the end of round 3, the score was Minnows 5 Bruce 7. As round 4 progressed, Bill lost and John drew. This left Bruce needing just one point to claim the match. I lost a pawn during middle game exchanges, but got lucky when Matthew miscalculated a rook exchange, enabling me to win the exchange. After huffing and puffing for a bit, I managed to promote a pawn and finally win with checkmate. Dave and Michael agreed a draw just after my match finished.

This completes a fine season for Stirling Bruce - 4 wins and a draw. Only Dunfermline Minnows can catch us - Minnows have two matches still to play, against Stirling Wallace and Grangemouth. We await the results...

18 February 2013 - Central League Division 2

Stirling B v Dunfermline C
Dave Hewitt   Bill Cook   Tony Pitson   Martyn Roe   Gordon Allcock	1589   1575   1564   1465   1416	½ - ½   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0   0 - 1	1412   1268   1263   1261   1219	Bryan O'Rourke   Matthew Stewart   Terry Doherty   Peter Horne   Derek Rodger
		2½ - 2½

11 February 2013 - Central League Division 1

Stirling A v Grangemouth
Steve Smith Robin Hayles Bill Cook Martyn Roe Robert Togneri	1708 1624 1575 1465 1267	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	1858 1762 1697 1527 1459	Dougie Will Ian Mason John Smith Bill Gray Hugh Hanlon
		0 - 5

4 February 2013 - Central League Division 2

Stirling C v Dunfermline B
Gordon Allcock   Craig Manson   Mick Bloor   David Brodie   Robert Togneri	1416   1330   1309   1283   1267	0 - 1   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0   0 - 1	1647   1566   1562   1391   1263	Fred Ossowski   Douglas Rew   Stewart Brisbane   George Webb   Terry Doherty
		2 - 3

A narrow defeat hides a fine performance from the C team. Mick and Stewart agreed a draw just as Robert resigned against Terry. David then won his game, leaving the match tied. Craig and Douglas drew, leaving just board 1 to decide the match. Unfortunately, Fred declined the stalemate opportunities offered by Gordon, and with just 1 minute 30 seconds left finally mated Gordon.

This is David's game (Black) against George Webb.