27 February 2017 - Central Allegro League

Dunfermline Sharks 7 - 9 Stirling Bruce
Round 1
Michael Roy	0 - 1	Bill Cook
Stuart Black	1 - 0	Tony Pitson
Stewart Brisbane	0 - 1	Dave Hewitt
Peter Horne	1 - 0	Robert Leckie
Round 2
Michael Roy	0 - 1	Tony Pitson
Stuart Black	½ - ½	Dave Hewitt
Stewart Brisbane	0 - 1	Robert Leckie
Peter Horne	0 - 1	Bill Cook
Round 3
Michael Roy	½ - ½	Dave Hewitt
Stuart Black	½ - ½	Robert Leckie
Stewart Brisbane	1 - 0	Bill Cook
Peter Horne	0 - 1	Tony Pitson
Round 4
Michael Roy	1 - 0	Robert Leckie
Stuart Black	½ - ½	Bill Cook
Stewart Brisbane	½ - ½	Tony Pitson
Peter Horne	½ - ½	Dave Hewitt

13 February 2017 - Central League Division 2

Dunfermline B v Stirling C
Jamie O'Connor Fred Ossowski Stewart Brisbane Douglas Rew Matt Harris	1642 1536 1512 1490	1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0	1449 1387 1360 1243 1267	Brad Duthie Craig Manson Kyle Kirkpatrick Tom Wallace Robert Togneri
		3 - 2

Thanks to Kyle for providing the game below, where he had Black against Stewart Brisbane.

Brisbane - Kirkpatrick

13 February 2017 - Central League Division 2

Dunfermline A v Stirling A
Ian Robertson   John McBride   Michael Roy   Stuart Black   Peter Horne	2024   1788   1662   1647   1386	1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½	1756   1676   1657   1474   1469	Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Bill Cook   Dave Hewitt   Robert Leckie
		3½ - 1½

6 February 2017 - Central Allegro League

Stirling Bruce 3½ - 12½ Grangemouth Tigers
Round 1
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Graham Hamilton
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	Dougie Will
Robert Leckie	0 - 1	Bill Gray
Kyle Kirkpatrick	0 - 1	Ian Mason
Round 2
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Bill Gray
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	Graham Hamilton
Robert Leckie	0 - 1	Ian Mason
Kyle Kirkpatrick	0 - 1	Dougie Will
Round 3
Bill Cook	0 - 1	Ian Mason
Dave Hewitt	½ - ½	Bill Gray
Robert Leckie	0 - 1	Graham Hamilton
Kyle Kirkpatrick	0 - 1	Dougie Will
Round 4
Bill Cook	½ - ½	Dougie Will
Dave Hewitt	½ - ½	Ian Mason
Robert Leckie	0 - 1	Graham Hamilton
Kyle Kirkpatrick	0 - 1	Bill Gray

2 February 2017 - Central League Division 2

Cumbernauld B v Stirling C
Derek McAteer Steven Monaghan Steven Gentleman George Ford Luke Joyce	1330 1284   716 676	1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1	1360 1387 1381 1243 1267	Kyle Kirkpatrick Craig Manson David Brodie Tom Wallace Robert Togneri
		2 - 3

1 February 2017 - Central League Division 2

Grangemouth B v Stirling B
Ian Mason Bill Gray Crawford Welsh David Fowler Scott Dickson	1721 1537 1272 1010 977	½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1	1553 1469 1474 1360 1454	Tony Pitson Robert Leckie Dave Hewitt Kyle Kirkpatrick Gordon Allcock
		1½ - 3½

23 January 2017 - Central League Division 1

Stirling A v Badgers Brook A
Shivan Murdochy   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Bill Cook   Kyle Kirkpatrick	1910   1756   1676   1657   1360	½ - ½   0 - 1   0 - 1   ½ - ½   1 - 0	2060   1949   1812   1617   1493	Kenny McGeoch   Mark Cooke   David McConnell   Graham Kerr   Dave McGilvray
		2 - 3

16 January 2017 - Central League Division 2

Stirling C v Stirling B
Craig Manson David Brodie Kyle Kirkpatrick Tom Wallace Zihan Kang	1387 1381 1360 1243 803	1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1	1553 1474 1469 1454 1428	Tony Pitson Dave Hewitt Robert Leckie Gordon Allcock Martyn Roe
		2 - 3

9 January 2017 - Blitz

Dave Hewitt writes:- A lively and well-contested new year blitz tournament saw 12 players take part and the lead change hands repeatedly. Three draws in r2 allowed Martyn to become clear leader even at that early stage, and he maintained his 100% score by beating me in r3. Jim beat Martyn in r4 to take the lead, but Gordon beat Jim in r5 to move clear in turn. I then beat Gordon in r6 to sneak ahead, before a draw between Bill and me in r7 saw the title shared by Jim, Martyn and me, all on 5/7. The intention had been to play nine rounds, but a good suggestion by Steve was to end it at seven (at about 9pm), as Idris and Alex were about to go home whereupon it would have become tricky to work out legitimate pairings for the remaining ten players. There was consensus on this - plus, as Mick said, we were all a bit brain-dead by then - so we headed home (or, in the case of four of us, to the pub).

A three-way tie seemed a nice way for it to end, and it was something of a blanket finish generally, with nine of the players on 3½ or better. Carl did well again, 4½, and at the other end of the age range Robert T scored what's become his standard 50%, very respectable. Even lower down there were good games and results - Alex beat Idris in the latest of a series of tournament encounters that is likely to stretch away into the future, and although Idris failed to score he was completely winning against Robert in r4 before losing on time.

Full results here. The slightly curious pairings in r1 were due to me mistakenly thinking there were 13 players and that Jim could sit out, only to realise there were actually 12 and Jim needed to play (which he did to very good effect). Also Tom W and Mick were listed in the wrong grading order on the pairing cards for some muddle-headed reason.

Thanks to everyone for making it such an enjoyable tournament - a good mix of decent chess, blunders and swindles as ever. Thanks especially to Steve for lots of help with the pairings.