Friday 19 April 2013

24 March 2013 - Scottish National Chess League

I forgot to add this at the time, so for the sake of completeness here are the results from the final round of the SNCL.

Giffnock & Clarkston A v Forth Valley A
Calum MacQueen
 
Neil Thomson
 
Antonios Floros
 
Rosie Giulian
 
Andrew MacQueen
2272
 
1918
 
1819
 
1787
 
1648
½ - ½
 
½ - ½
 
1 - 0
 
1 - 0
 
1 - 0
1858
 
1839
 
1762
 
1708
 
1625
Dougie Will
 
Kenny McGeoch
 
Ian Mason
 
Steve Smith
 
Robin Hayles
    4 - 1    

This defeat means Forth Valley A are relegated to Division 2 for next season.

Forth Valley B v Oban
Dave Hewitt
 
Bill Cook
 
Bill Gray
 
 
 
Robert Leckie
1589
 
1575
 
1527
 
 
 
 
½ - ½
 
½ - ½
 
½ - ½
 
0d - 1d
 
½ - ½
1898
 
1799
 
1576
 
 
 
1363
Duncan Campbell
 
Alistair Campbell
 
Hugh Flockhart
 
 
 
Peter Doris
    2 - 3    

Forth Valley B finished one point above the relegation zone, and will play in Division 3 again next season.

Monday 15 April 2013

15 April 2013 - Central League Cup (7 board knockout)

Stirling v Badgers Brook
Douglas Bain
 
Steve Smith
 
Robin Hayles
 
Dave Hewitt
 
Bill Cook
 
Graham Anderson
 
Martyn Roe
2019
 
1708
 
1625
 
1589
 
1575
 
1574
 
1465
1 - 0
 
½ - ½
 
0 - 1
 
0 - 1
 
1 - 0
 
0 - 1
 
1 - 0
1927
 
1839
 
1726
 
1645
 
1546
 
1366
 
1281
Mark Cooke
 
Kenny McGeoch
 
Andrew McHarg
 
Stuart Ward
 
Graham Kerr
 
Steven McHarg
 
Derek Raffan
    3½ - 3½    

The board count for victories is the same. Badgers Brook progress to the Final after the result from the bottom board is eliminated.

Thursday 4 April 2013

3 April 2013 - Central League Division 2 - Stirling B are champions!

Dunfermline B v Stirling B
Fred Ossowski
 
Douglas Rew
 
Stewart Brisbane
 
Bryan O'Rourke
 
Peter Horne
1647
 
1566
 
1562
 
1412
 
1261
1 - 0
 
½ - ½
 
1 - 0
 
0 - 1
 
0 - 1
1659
 
1589
 
1575
 
1564
 
1543
Neil Irving
 
Dave Hewitt
 
Bill Cook
 
Tony Pitson
 
John Blake
    2½ - 2½    

In terms of the order in which the games ended, Neil lost on time in a better position against Fred, then Tony equalised with a very solid win against Bryan. I should probably have won my game against Doug but he defended stoutly for a draw by repetition, by which time John was well on the way against Peter - whose resignation sealed the league for us. That just left Bill trying to salvage a tricky position against Stewart, which thankfully didn't matter in league terms (although both players appeared to think it did), and in the end Bill's flag fell. The final league table look like this:-

  Played
 
Won
 
Drawn
 
Lost
 
Game Points
 
Match Points
 
Stirling B
 
Dunfermline B
 
Dunfermline C
 
Stirling C
 
6
 
6
 
6
 
6
 
3
 
3
 
1
 
0
 
3
 
2
 
3
 
2
 
0
 
1
 
2
 
4
 
20
 
18
 
14
 
8
 
9
 
8
 
5
 
2
 

Congratulations to all involved!

Tuesday 2 April 2013

27 March 2013 - Under 1500 Cup

Cumbernauld v Stirling
David Johnstone
 
Ronnie Wallace
 
Haydon Williams
 
Derek McAteer
 
George Ford
1494
 
1482
 
1373
 
1258
 
796
0 - 1
 
1 - 0
 
1 - 0
 
0 - 1
 
0 - 1
1416
 
1330
 
1281
 
1267
 
831
Gordon Allcock
 
Craig Manson
 
David Brodie
 
Robert Togneri
 
Tom McKay
    2 - 3    

Well done to all! The final is provisionally booked for 13 May 2013.