25 October 2015 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 1 - Forth Valley A v Hamilton A
Ubong Archibald   Kenny McGeoch   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Ian Mason	2224   2020   1946   1748   1719	1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½	2198   2143   2070   1967   1714	Patrick Coffey   Steven Tweedie   Christopher Tweedie   Tom Donahue   Arthur Mulholland
		2½ - 2½

Division 1 - Wandering Dragons A v Forth Valley A
Mark Orr (IM)   Graham Hamilton   David Wallace   Eoin Campbell   Richard Kynoch	2169   1944   1842   1839   1815	½ - ½   1 - 0   0 - 1   ½ - ½   1 - 0	2020   1946   1748   1719   1702	Kenny McGeoch   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Ian Mason   Steve Smith
		3 - 2

The withdrawal of teams further up the league means that Forth Valley B retain their place in the third division.

Division 3 - CSBOS1 v Forth Valley B
Jamie Mollison   Adria Borras Carbonell   Crawford MacNab   Findlay Murray   Richard Scott	1827   1764   1748   1689   1648	½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0	1702   1486   1460   1301   1219	Steve Smith   Dave Hewitt   Bill Gray   David Brodie   Robert Togneri
		3½ - 1½

Division 3 - Forth Valley B v Dumfries & District
Graham Anderson   Dave Hewitt   Bill Gray   David Brodie   Robert Togneri	1671   1486   1460   1301   1219	0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1   1 - 0	1965   1801   1640   1618   1362	Michael Green   Satvros Karampatos   Stuart Marchbank   Nikos Argyroudis   Don Garford
		1 - 4

From the archive - Stirling Observer 1968

Many thanks to Robert Togneri for providing this clipping from the Stirling Observer in 1968 - the year Robert competed in the Scottish Championship.

Click the picture to get it full-size.

I have, after deciphering the descriptive notation, transcribed the game below, with analysis by the article's writer, Laurence Stirling.

Partis - Togneri

AGM - Photos

Some photos from the recent AGM (thanks to Bill).

Robert Togneri presents Bill Cook with his eponymous trophy.

President Robin Hayles presents David Brodie with the Under 1500 Cup.

President Robin Hayles presents Gordon Allcock with the Lindsay Cup.

President Robin Hayles presents John Blake with the Central League Division 2 trophy.

12 October 2015 - Richardson Cup

The second qualifier for the Richardson Cup (club championship) between Bill Cook and Dave Hewitt was played last Monday. The game is below (thanks to Dave). As winner, Bill progresses to meet John Blake for the final place in the Richardson Cup.

Cook - Hewitt

5 October 2015 - Richardson Cup

Monday night saw the first qualifying game between John Blake and Tony Pitson. Tony lost on time, with 5 moves to make before the time control, struggling against John's pressure on f5. John now plays the winner of the Bill Cook - Dave Hewitt match.

Blake - Pitson

7 October 2015 - Central League Division 1

Grangemouth A v Stirling A
Alan Bell   Dougie Will   John Smith   Ian Mason   Bill Gray	1956   1946   1737   1719   1460	1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   1 - 0	1778   1702   1671   1486   1301	Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Graham Anderson   Dave Hewitt   David Brodie
		3 - 2

An exciting match which could have gone either way. Steve drew from a rook down (with a perpetual check that could only be stopped by giving back the rook, which would have left Steve up three pawns). I snatched a draw in time-trouble, by forcing perpetual check. Dave won a fine endgame against Ian. David apparently lost after being a rook up.

The first game below is my effort from board 3, where I had White against John Smith. I stopped recording at move 34, having less than five minutes left. 42 Qd3 was my saviour, if I didn;t have that it was certain defeat.

Anderson - Smith

The game below is from board 4, where Dave had White against Ian Mason.

Hewitt - Mason

The final game here is the board 2 clash between Dougie Will and Steve Smith, where perpetual check once again comes into play. Analysis from Steve.

Will - Smith

5 October 2015 - Central League Division 2

Stirling C v Dunfermline B
Martyn Roe Craig Manson David Brodie Robert Togneri Mick Bloor	1458 1306 1301 1219 1183	0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0	1543 1530 1521 1359 1357	Ben Volland Stewart Brisbane Douglas Rew Bryan O'Rourke Peter Horne
		2½ - 2½

A good point for the C team, in a match where they were outgraded on all boards. Mick's win on board 5 secured the match point for the C team, in a tough rook and pawn ending where he was well down on time. David's win came first, followed by Craig's draw, but Dunfermline pulled themselves back into the match with wins from Ben and Bryan. The game below comes from board 3, where David had White against Douglas Rew.

Brodie - Rew