Wednesday 30 October 2013

28 October 2013 - GM Daan Brandenburg simultaneous

On Monday night, members of Stirling Chess Club were pleased to welcome visiting Dutch GM Daan Brandenburg, a visitor to Stirling. Daan had generously agreed to play a simultaneous display. Daan had White on each board, and one hour twenty minutes on the clock. Fifteen opponents had forty minutes each. Neil Irving built up a good position with two connected passed pawns on the Queen side, before Daan sacrificed a Bishop for two pawns on the King side and launched a strong attack, until Neil succumbed on time (see game below). Robert Togneri played quickly and built up a good time advantage, but Daan eventually triumphed here as well. The final game finished when Daan forced Jonathan Blake's King into the corner to mate him.

The final score was:-
Stirling Chess Club 0 - 15 Daan Brandenburg

Many thanks to Daan for taking the time to play us, and thanks to Dave Hewitt for the organisation.

Some pictures...

 
Early days...
 
A study in concentration...
 
 
Another study in concentration...
 
 
 
 
A crowd gathers around Neil Irving's game as it looks like he may have a chance...
 
 
 
 
Gordon Allcock's final position - Daan sacrifices his rook to make sure the pawn can Queen.
 
 
Jonathan Blake finishes
 

Some games with, hopefully, more to follow.

Brandenburg - Irving

 

Brandenburg - Anderson

Sunday 27 October 2013

27 October 2013 - Scottish National Chess League

East Kilbride v Forth Valley A
Alan Jelfs
 
Anthony Dunlop
 
Lennart Koehn
 
Jim Robertson
 
Tom Brisbane
1922
 
1696
 
1678
 
1602
 
1542
1 - 0
 
1 - 0
 
½ - ½
 
½ - ½
 
½ - ½
1912
 
1750
 
1733
 
1660
 
1657
Dougie Will
 
Steve Smith
 
Ian Mason
 
Robin Hayles
 
Neil Irving
    3½ - 1½    
Forth Valley A v Giffnock & Clarkston A
Dougie Will
 
Steve Smith
 
Ian Mason
 
Graham Anderson
 
Robin Hayles
1912
 
1750
 
1733
 
1670
 
1660
1 - 0
 
0 - 1
 
1 - 0
 
½ - ½
 
0 - 1
2174
 
1836
 
1712
 
1694
 
1628
Phil Giulian
 
Neil Thomson
 
Andrew McQueen
 
Rosie Giulian
 
Iain Campbell
    2½ - 2½    

A couple of short (in terms of number of moves, but not, of course, time) games from the afternoon session. The first game is from board 1, where Dougie had White against Phil Giulian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This second game is from board 4, where I had Black against Rosie Giulian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wandering Dragons v Forth Valley B
Richard Kynoch
 
Elliot Sloan
 
Donald Heron
 
Richard Carter
 
Chris Donkin
1844
 
1832
 
1800
 
1736
 
1547
1 - 0
 
1 - 0
 
1 - 0
 
1 - 0
 
1 - 0
1496
 
1442
 
1207
 
1182
 
764
Bill Gray
 
Hugh Hanlon
 
David Brodie
 
Robert Leckie
 
Ross Heenan
    5 - 0    
Forth Valley B v Dumfries & District
Neil Irving
 
Bill Gray
 
Hugh Hanlon
 
David Brodie
 
Robert Leckie
1657
 
1496
 
1442
 
1207
 
1182
½ - ½
 
1 - 0
 
0 - 1
 
1 - 0
 
½ - ½
2011
 
1519
 
1510
 
1404
 
1151
Michael Green
 
Karsten Saunders
 
Stavros Karampatos
 
Nikos Argyroudis
 
Robert Sim
    3 - 2    

This final game is from board 4, where David Brodie had Black against Nikos Argyroudis.

Monday 21 October 2013

21 October 2013 - Central League Division 1

Badgers Brook v Stirling A
Fabio Biancalona
 
Andrew McHarg
 
Kenny McGeoch
 
Steven McHarg
 
Kenny Aiston
1927
 
1792
 
1776
 
1414
 
1448
½ - ½
 
0 - 1
 
1 - 0
 
1 - 0
 
0 - 1
1750
 
1810
 
1660
 
1670
 
1518
Steve Smith
 
Jim Shemilt
 
Robin Hayles
 
Graham Anderson
 
Dave Hewitt
    2½ - 2½    

Thursday 17 October 2013

16 October 2013 - Central League Division 2

Grangemouth B v Stirling B
Bill Gray

Crawford Welsh

Hutch Williams

David Fowler

Ross Heenan
1496

1259

1112

 

764
0 - 1

0 - 1

0 - 1

0 - 1

½ - ½
1810

1616

1559

1518

1383
Jim Shemilt

Bill Cook

John Blake

Dave Hewitt

Gordon Allcock
    ½ - 4½    

On board 4, Dave (as White) continues to have success with 1 b4.

Monday 14 October 2013

14 October 2013

As well as the league match, some Richardson Cup matches were played. In the Qualifier Final, Dave Hewitt defeated Tony Pitson. Bill Cook won against Robin Hayles, and I beat John Blake. My game against John is below, where John has White.

14 October 2013 - Central League Division 2

Stirling C v Dunfermline C
Gordon Allcock

Mick Bloor

Robert Togneri

David Brodie

Tom McKay
1383

1323

1245

1207

831
1 - 0

0 - 1

½ - ½

0 - 1

0 - 1
1474

1388

1342

1300

1239
Bryan O'Rourke

Terry Doherty

Peter Horne

Matthew Stewart

Derek Rodger
    1½ - 3½    

Monday 7 October 2013

7 October 2013 - Stirling Wallace v Stirling Bruce

Stirling Wallace 4 - 12 Stirling Bruce
Round 1
Robin Hayles 0 - 1 Bill Cook
Steve Smith 0 - 1 Paul Prescott
Tony Pitson 0 - 1 John Blake
Mick Bloor 0 - 1 Graham Anderson
Round 2
Robin Hayles 0 - 1 John Blake
Steve Smith 1 - 0 Bill Cook
Tony Pitson ½ - ½ Graham Anderson
Mick Bloor 0 - 1 Paul Prescott
Round 3
Robin Hayles ½ - ½ Graham Anderson
Steve Smith ½ - ½ John Blake
Tony Pitson 0 - 1 Paul Prescott
Mick Bloor 0 - 1 Bill Cook
Round 4
Robin Hayles 0 - 1 Paul Prescott
Steve Smith ½ - ½ Graham Anderson
Tony Pitson 0 - 1 Bill Cook
Mick Bloor 1 - 0 John Blake

Friday 4 October 2013

30 September 2013 - Central League Division 1

Stirling A v Cumbernauld A
Steve Smith
 
Robin Hayles
 
Neil Irving
 
Bill Cook
 
John Blake
1750
 
1660
 
1657
 
1616
 
1559
1 - 0
 
1 - 0
 
0 - 1
 
½ - ½
 
1 - 0
1830
 
1703
 
1715
 
1500
 
1327
Steven Kelly
 
Ralph Stirrat
 
Mark Monaghan
 
John Pearston
 
Paul Hendry
    3½ - 1½