31 October 2016 - Central League Division 1

Stirling A v Dunfermline A
Jim Shemilt   Graham Anderson   Steve Smith   Bill Cook   Tony Pitson	1756   1692   1676   1657   1553	1 - 0   0 - 1   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0	2024   1662   1647   1626   1512	Ian Robertson   Michael Roy   Stuart Black   Ben Volland   Stewart Brisbane
		4 - 1

30 October 2016 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 1 - Forth Valley A v Giffnock & Clarkston
Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Graham Anderson   Steve Smith	1913   1845   1756   1692   1676	½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0   0 - 1   1 - 0	2054   1926   1902   1750   1396	Neil Thomson   Rosie Giulian   Loukas Kefalas   Andrew McQueen   David McDonald
		3 - 2

Jim's game from board 3 is worth looking at...

Shemilt - Kefalas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Division 1 - Edinburgh 1 v Forth Valley A
Neil Berry (FM)   Colin Georghiu   Julius Schwartz   Raj Bhopal   William Rutherford	2336   2300   2060   1958   1912	1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½	1913   1845   1756   1692   1676	Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Graham Anderson   Steve Smith
		4 - 1

Division 3 - Perth v Forth Valley B
Martin Gourlay   David Hall   Michael Roth   John Warren   Ian Washington	1880   1819   1633   1465   1427	1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0	1657   1527   1469   1394   1381	Bill Cook   Bill Gray   Robert Leckie   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie
		4½ - ½

Division 3 - Forth Valley B v Pentland Hills
Bill Gray   Robert Leckie   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie   David Fowler	1527   1469   1394   1381   1010	0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1	1790   1735   1560   1376   1319	David Begg   Robin Bauld   Charles Nisbet   Walter Pearson   Andrew Clark
		½ - 4½

24 October 2016 - Central Allegro League

Stirling Bruce 2½ - 13½ Dunfermline Minnows
Round 1
Graham Anderson	0 - 1	Jim Webster
Bill Cook	0 - 1	Calum Smith
Robert Leckie	1 - 0	George Webb
Zihan Kang	0 - 1	Ian Robertson
Round 2
Graham Anderson	1 - 0	Ian Robertson
Bill Cook	0 - 1	Jim Webster
Robert Leckie	0 - 1	Calum Smith
Zihan Kang	0 - 1	George Webb
Round 3
Graham Anderson	0 - 1	George Webb
Bill Cook	0 - 1	Ian Robertson
Robert Leckie	0 - 1	Jim Webster
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	Calum Smith
Round 4
Graham Anderson	0 - 1	Calum Smith
Bill Cook	0 - 1	George Webb
Robert Leckie	0 - 1	Ian Robertson
Dave Hewitt	½ - ½	Jim Webster

It may be Hallowe'en next Monday, but tonight was a real fright night for Bruce. It was scary how quickly my pieces dropped off the board...the lucky underpants are getting binned.

Game

Thanks to Steve for providing the game below and analysis from last week's match at Badgers Brook. Steve had White.

Smith - Biancalana

20 October 2016 - Central League Division 2

Stirling C v Cumbernauld B
David Brodie Robert Togneri Tom Wallace Zihan Kang Tom McKay	1381 1267 1243 803 765	½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1	1330 1114 716 803 792	Derek McAteer Ulugbek Adurahmanov George Ford Martin Murphy Euan Wallace
		2½ - 2½

Although this was a home match for Stirling, it was played at Cumbernauld. Thanks to Dave for the game below, the board 4 clash between Martin Murphy (White) and Carl. This is the first, I hope of many, for Stirling, for young Carl.

Murphy - Kang

Games

Thanks to Dave, Jim and Robert for providing the games below. More to follow soon, as well. The first game provided below is from Stirling B v Granegemouth B match last week, between Hugh Hanlon (White) and Dave Hewitt.

Hanlon - Hewitt

The next game is from the Badgers Brook A v Stirling A match, the board 5 clash between Steven McHarg (White) and Robert Leckie.

McHarg - Leckie

The final game in this post is from the same match, the board 1 clash between Jim Shemilt (White) and Kenny McGeoch.

Shemilt - McGeoch

17 October 2016 - Central League Division 1

Badgers Brook A v Stirling A
Kenny McGeoch   Mark Cook   Fabio Biancalana   Andrew McHarg   Steven McHarg	2060   1949   1879   1854   1698	½ - ½   1 - 0   0 - 1   1 - 0   0 - 1	1756   1692   1676   1474   1469	Jim Shemilt   Graham Anderson   Steve Smith   Dave Hewitt   Robert Leckie
		2½ - 2½

10 October 2016 - Richardson Cup

The club championship got under way tonight, as I played the favourite Shivan. After about 10 moves, I thought I was doing OK, but my time and the game quickly slipped away. To add insult to injury, he 'stole' my pen...

Murdochy - Anderson

10 October 2016 - Central League Division 2

Stirling B v Grangemouth B
Tony Pitson Dave Hewitt Robert Leckie Gordon Allcock Martyn Roe	1553 1474 1469 1454 1428	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1537 1394 1010 1070 977	Bill Gray Hugh Hanlon David Fowler Scott McKenzie Scott Dickson
		4½ - ½