Thursday 23 May 2019

20 May 2019 - Trophy Presentation

It's two years this week since Stirling chess club stalwart David Brodie died aged just 56. He remains much missed, so it was very good to see his daughters Marissa and Nadine at the club to present their father's memorial trophy to the current leading junior, Alex Brimlow.

David was a great encourager of keen young players and would have loved to have seen the recent surge in membership at the club, both in terms of juniors and adults.

It was great to see Alex receive the trophy - which will be contested each season from now on - and it was lovely to meet Marissa and Nadine again and to be able to recall happy memories of their father's years at the club.

Saturday 18 May 2019

13 May 2019 - Robert Togneri Trophy

Time control: 15 minutes each for all moves

  Name Grade Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Place
 
1 Graham Anderson 1695 1 W 10 B 5 W 4 3 B 3 4 W 7 1
 
2 David McAlister 1634 1 B 11 W 6 B 5 W 4 W 3 =2
 
3 Steve Smith 1582 1W 12 1B 8 2 W 11 W 1 B 2 =8
 
4 Bill Cook 1562 1 B 13 W 7 B 1 B 2 W 12 =8
 
5 Dave Hewitt 1530 1 Bye W 1 W 2 B 7 B 9 =2
 
6 Robert Leckie 1497 1 W 14 B 2 - - - 14
 
7 Brad Duthie 1494 1 W 16 B 4 W 10 W 5 B 1 =2
 
8 Richard Warcup 1493 1 B 15 2 W 3 3 B 9 3 - 3 - =5
 
9 Aaron Nobile 1398 1 B 17 2 W 13 2 W 8 3 B 12 3 W 5 =5
 
10 Gordon Allcock 1342 0 B 1 1 W 15 1 B 7 2 W 14 3 B 11 =5
 
11 Martin Pringle 1251 0 W 2 1 B 14 1 B 3 2 W 16 2 W 10 =10
 
12 Robert Togneri 1164 0 B 3 1 W 17 2 B 16 2 W 9 2 B 4 =10
 
13 Ross Warcup 858 0 W 4 0 B 9 1 W 17 1 - 1 - =15
 
14 Craig Thomson 725 0 B 6 0 W 11 1 B 15 1 B 10 2 W 17 =10
 
15 Douglas Pringle 400 0 W 8 0 B 10 0 W 14 0 B 17 0 B 16 17
 
16 Glen Wilson   0 B 7 1 Bye 1 W 12 1 B 11 2 W 15 =10
 
17 Garth Armitage   0 W 9 0 B 12 0 B 13 1 W 15 1 B 14 =15
 

Because there's just not enough photos of me being presented with a trophy, here's another one.

Friday 3 May 2019

29 April 2019 - David Brodie Junior Trophy

Monday night saw the inaugural David Brodie Junior Trophy - an allegro competition for the juniors. Unfortunately, Gordon couldn't make it for the start of the competition, but did get a couple of games when Ross retired after round 4.

Time control was 12 minutes, with 5 second increment, for all moves.

Round 1
Idris 0 - 1 Alex
Douglas 0 - 1 Ross

Round 2
Ross 0 - 1 Idris
Alex 1 - 0 Douglas

Round 3
Idris 1 - 0 Douglas
Ross ½ - ½ Alex

Round 4
Alex 1 - 0 Idris
Ross 0 - 1 Douglas

Round 5
Idris 1 - 0 Gordon
Douglas ½ - ½ Alex

Round 6
Douglas 1 - 0 Idris
Alex 1 - 0 Gordon

Congratulations to Alex on his unbeaten 5/6, and winning the trophy! There were some very entertaining games played, especially Ross - Idris in round 2 when Ross fought back from a Queen down to gain equality, and Douglas - Alex in round 5, when, with a bit more time, I'm sure Douglas would have gone on to win. Well done all! Thanks to Dave and Jim for their support and organisation on the night.

25 April 2019 - Central League Division 1

Cumbernauld A   v   Stirling A
Ralph Stirrat

David Johnstone

George Thomson

Liam Heron

Mark Heron
1788

1558

1534

1189

1000
½ - ½

1 - 0

1 - 0

0 - 1

1 - 0
1771

1712

1667

1550

1488
Jim Shemilt

Steve Smith

Graham Anderson

Dave Hewitt

Brad Duthie
    3½ - 1½    

18 April 2019 - Central League Division 2

Cumbernauld B   v   Stirling C
Derek McAteer

Liam Heron

Mark Heron

Zayd Khan

Ibrahim Khan
1429

1189

1000

458

351
1 - 0

0 - 1

1 - 0

0 - 1

0 - 1
1379

1385

1226

 

 
Martyn Roe

Tom Wallace

Gordon Allcock

Nikolai Hermann

Kenny MacPherson
    2 - 3    

Thanks to Tom Wallace for providing his game.

[Event "Cumbernauld B V Stirling C"] [Site "Cumbernauld CC"] [Date "2019.04.18"] [Round ""] [White "Wallace, T"] [Black "Heron, L"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. Bd3 e5 9. Nf3 h6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 Rc8 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. Nd2 d5 15. exd5 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxe5 Qc6 18. Re1 Be7 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Be4 Rd8 22. Bxb7 Rxd2 23. Qc8+ Rd8 24. Bc6+ Kf8 25. Qxd8+ Bxd8 26. Re8# 1-0

8 April 2019 - Central Allegro League

Dunfermline Sharks 8-8 Stirling Bruce
Round 1
Fred Ossowski ½ - ½ Graham Anderson
Stewart Brisbane ½ - ½ Bill Cook
Peter Horne 0 - 1 Dave Hewitt
Mark McLintock ½ - ½ Brad Duthie
Round 2
Fred Ossowski 0 - 1 Bill Cook
Stewart Brisbane ½ - ½ Dave Hewitt
Peter Horne 1 - 0 Brad Duthie
Mark McLintock 1 - 0 Graham Anderson
Round 3
Fred Ossowski ½ - ½ Dave Hewitt
Stewart Brisbane 1 - 0 Brad Duthie
Peter Horne ½ - ½ Graham Anderson
Mark McLintock 0 - 1 Bill Cook
Round 4
Fred Ossowski ½ - ½ Brad Duthie
Stewart Brisbane 1 - 0 Graham Anderson
Peter Horne 0 - 1 Bill Cook
Mark McLintock ½ - ½ Dave Hewitt

 

Stirling Bruce 6-10 Cumbernauld
Round 1
Steve Smith 0 - 1 Ralph Stirrat
David McAlister 1 - 0 Derek McAteer
Tony Pitson 0 - 1 Liam Heron
Gordon Allcock 0 - 1 Mark Heron
Round 2
Steve Smith 1 - 0 Derek McAteer
David McAlister 0 - 1 Liam Heron
Tony Pitson 0 - 1 Mark Heron
Gordon Allcock 0 - 1 Ralph Stirrat
Round 3
Steve Smith 1 - 0 Liam Heron
David McAlister 0 - 1 Mark Heron
Tony Pitson 0 - 1 Ralph Stirrat
Gordon Allcock 0 - 1 Derek McAteer
Round 4
Steve Smith 1 - 0 Mark Heron
David McAlister 1 - 0 Ralph Stirrat
Tony Pitson 0 - 1 Derek McAteer
Gordon Allcock 1 - 0 Liam Heron