25 September 2017 - Central League Division 2

Stirling C v Stirling B
Martyn Roe Kyle Kirkpatrick Alex Scott Gordon Allcock Richard Warcup	1419 1418 1388 1284	½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½	1584 1574 1469 1455 1428	Dave Hewitt John Blake Tony Pitson Craig Manson Brad Duthie
		2 - 3

Thanks to Kyle for providing the game below, the board 2 game where Kyle had Black against John Blake.

[Event "Stirling C v Stirling B"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2017.09.25"] [Round ""] [White "Blake, J"] [Black "Kirkpatrick, K"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. dxe6 fxe6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bc4 Nxe4 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. Nxe4 Bc6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. O-O Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bf6 14. Qe2 Qe8 15. Qe4 h5 16. Re1 h4 17. Nh1 e5 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. c4 b5 20. Be3 bxc4 21. Qxc4+ Kh8 22. Qe4 Rb8 23. Rxd6 Rb4 24. Qc2 e4 25. fxe4 Rxb2 26. Qxc5 Qg6+ 27. Kf1 Qxe4 28. Qd5 Qg4 29. Rc1 Qh3+ 30. Qg2 Qf5 31. Rd5 Be5 32. Ke1 h3 33. Qg3 Qe4 34. Qxh3+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Ng3 Bc3+ 0-1

18 September 2017 - Central League Division 1

Badgers Brook A v Stirling A
Kenny McGeoch   Mark Cooke   David McConnell   Fabio Biancalana   Stuart Ward	2054   2012   1863   1782   1763	1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0	1767   1704   1663   1584   1418	Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Bill Cook   Dave Hewitt   Kyle Kirkpatrick
		4 - 1

Thanks to Dave for providing the game below, his board 4 clash with White against Fabio Biancalana.

[Event "Badgers Brook A v Stirling A"] [Site "Badgers Brook CC"] [Date "2017.09.18"] [Round ""] [White "Hewitt, D"] [Black "Biancalana, F"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 8. c3 g5 9. h3 Bg7 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Nh2 c5 12. Ng4 Qe7 13. Nf3 a6 14. Qe2 O-O 15. O-O cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. g3 Rac8 19. Rae1 Rc5 20. Nb3 Rc7 21. Nd4 Rc5 22. Nb3 1/2-1/2

Dave writes:- The computer doesn't reckon there was ever much in it - I felt I had a slight edge but probably Fabio thought he had one too! I offered the draw after the repetition and Fabio accepted immediately. I'm wanting to keep my N on d4 if possible, to prevent any e5 ideas due to Nf5, but I didn't want his Rc5 becoming too active. Ideally I was wanting to push the f-pawn and create attacking chances on the K-side, and there were also ideas along the b3-g8 diagonal, but it felt risky and Fabio's a strong opponent so in the end I was happy to settle for the draw. Later in the season with a few more games under my belt I might well have carried on to see where it might lead.

Grading List 2017/18

Name	Grade	Allegro Grade
Paul Prescott   Shivan Murdochy   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Bill Cook   Graham Anderson   Dave Hewitt   John Blake   Robert Leckie   Tony Pitson   Craig Manson   Brad Duthie   Martyn Roe   Kyle Kirkpatrick   Alex Scott   Tom Wallace   Jonathan Blake   Gordon Allcock   Robert Togneri   Mick Bloor   Michael Cook   David Little   Sam Cook   Craig Thomson   Tom McKay   James Warwick   Alex Brimlow   Idris Benwell	1975   1916   1879   1767   1704   1663   1622   1584   1574   1497   1469   1455   1428   1419   1418   1388   1386   1289   1284   1273   1107   1102   1008   867   781   756   594   527   510	1975   1916   1750   1694   1586   1601   1595   1558   1574   1472   1496   1233   1316   1442   1416   1388   1313   1289   1368   1200   1192   1102   1299   841   723   756   1003   377   394