13 December 2021 - Medal Award

Last month, Callum, Euan and Cameron participated in the Battle of the Schools online chess competition (https://lichess.org/swiss/JywWauBt) - and, once their scores were aggregated together, won it for Stirling High! Well done boys! The photo below is the boys with their medals, and I presented Mr Cassidy (head teacher at Stirling High) with the trophy earlier today.

Updated:-

Congratulations to Callum, Cameron and Euan for winning the online Chess Battle of the Schools. We are very proud of your achievement! pic.twitter.com/6n0CdjbJxh

— Stirling High School (@Stirling_High) December 14, 2021

13 December 2021 - Padowans v Parents

Tonight saw a crunch match, with the Padowans looking to show off everything they've learned over the last few months and put it in to practice. As it turned out, the match was just as close as the score suggests. Well done Padowans, we're very proud of you!

My thanks to the parents who took this in the spirit intended, and my apologies again for the equipment malfunction which saw some of the sets missing pieces. Thanks to Jim for the brain food, and thanks to Mick and Craig for standing in

Padowans	v	Parents
Cameron McG Callum Nadzieja Kalina Douglas Ross Cameron A Euan Samay Yashvi	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	Mum Stand-in Dad (Mick) Mum Mum Stand-in Dad (Craig) Dad Mum Dad Yashvi's Dad Samay's Dad
	10 - 0

6 December 2021 - Internal Allegro Match

Stirling Bruce 6-9 Stirling Douglas
Round 1
Bill Cook	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Sam Cook	0 - 1	Sam Coates
Callum Richardson	0 - 1	Mick Bloor
Sandy Carmichael	1 - 0	Cameron Anderson
Round 2
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Mick Bloor
Sam Cook	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Callum Richardson	0 - 1	Cameron Anderson
Sandy Carmichael	0 - 1	Sam Coates
Round 3
Bill Cook	0 - 1	Sam Coates
Sam Cook	1 - 0	Cameron Anderson
Callum Richardson	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	Harley Lang
Round 4
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Cameron Anderson
Sam Cook	1 - 0	Harley Lang
Callum Richardson	0 - 1	Sam Coates
Dave Hewitt	void	Brad Duthie

6 December 2021 - Internal Allegro Match

Stirling Castle 9-7 Stirling Wallace
Round 1
Steve Smith	0 - 1	William Spiers
Richard Warcup	1 - 0	Nathanael Loch
Isaac Browning	1 - 0	Gordon Allcock
Euan Tortolano	0 - 1	Toby Geyer
Round 2
Steve Smith	1 - 0	Nathanael Loch
Richard Warcup	0 - 1	Kenny MacPherson
Isaac Browning	1 - 0	Toby Geyer
Euan Tortolano	0 - 1	William Spiers
Round 3
Steve Smith	1 - 0	Kenny MacPherson
Richard Warcup	1 - 0	Toby Geyer
Isaac Browning	1 - 0	William Spiers
Euan Tortolano	0 - 1	Nathanael Loch
Round 4
Steve Smith	1 - 0	Toby Geyer
Richard Warcup	0 - 1	William Spiers
Isaac Browning	1 - 0	Nathanael Loch
Euan Tortolano	0 - 1	Gordon Allcock

These are the correct results, but I don't have a note of the actual order of the games.

22 November 2021 - Internal Friendly Match

With the continuing absence of league chess, this was a second internal friendly match - nominally the A's v Rising Stars. Board 10 was chosen as a juniors only game. Time control was 60 minutes for 30 moves, plus 20 minutes allegro. Results will be sent for grading.

Stirling A		v		Stirling Rising Stars
Shubham Lakudkar Steve Smith William Spiers Graham Anderson Bill Cook Brad Duthie Richard Warcup Kenny MacPherson Gordon Allcock Euan Tortolano	2023 1722 1657 1657 1542 1486 1477 1372 1256	1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1	1497         1330	Isaac Browning Kris Dimitrov Nathanael Loch Sean Flanagan Ruaridh Simpson Harry Feather Sandy Carmichael Harley Lang Stuart Hill Toby Geyer
		8 - 2

1 November 2021 - 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	Shubham Lakudkar	2023	1 W 14	2 B 27	3 W 18	4 B 4	5 W 6	1
2	Steve Smith	1722	1 B 15	1 W 13	2 B 7	3 W 23	3 B 14	=7
3	Isaac Browning	1703	1W 16	2B 12	2 W 6	2 B 14	3 W 11	=7
4	William Spiers	1657	1 B 17	2 W 11	3 B 13	3 W 1	3½ B 18	=4
5	Graham Anderson	1657	0 W 18	1 B 26	1 W 10	2 B 21	3 W 12	=7
6	Brad Duthie	1543	1 B 19	2 W 9	3 B 3	3½ W 10	3½ B 1	=4
7	Bill Cook	1542	1 W 20	1½ B 10	1½ W 2	2½ B 22	2½ W 13	13
8	Dave Hewitt	1531	1 Bye	1 B 18	1 W 20	2 B 27	3 W 22	=7
9	Richard Warcup	1477	1 W 22	1 B 6	2 W 12	2 B 18	2 -	=14
10	Sean Flanagan	u/g	1 B 23	1½ W 7	2½ B 5	3 B 6	3 W 20	=7
11	Craig Manson	1373	1 W 24	1 B 4	1 W 14	2 B 25	2 B 3	=14
12	Nathanael Loch	u/g	1 B 25	1 W 3	1 B 9	2 W 28	2 B 5	=14
13	Lito Tounta	1277	1 W 26	2 B 2	2 W 4	2 B 20	3 B 7	=7
14	Gordon Allcock	1256	0 B 1	1 W 25	2 B 11	3 W 3	4 W 2	=2
15	Ruaridh Simpson	u/g	0 W 2	0 B 20	0 W 25	1 B 26	2 W 28	=14
16	Ross Coupland	1107	0 B 3	0 W 23	0 B 21	1 W 17	2 W 27	=14
17	Glen Wilson	1023	0 W 4	0 B 24	1 W 26	1 B 16	1 -	=23
18	Sam Cook	1080	1 B 5	2 W 8	2 B 1	3 W 9	3½ W 4	=4
19	Martin Pringle	1020	0 W 6	1 W 28	1 W 22	1 -	1 -	=23
20	Harley Lang	u/g	0 B 7	1 W 15	2 B 8	3 W 13	4 B 10	=2
21	Craig Thomson	826	0 W 27	0 B 22	1 W 16	1 W 5	1 B 25	=23
22	Jordan Leach	653	0 B 9	1 W 21	2 B 19	2 W 7	2 B 8	=14
23	Ross Warcup	767	0 W 10	1 B 16	2 W 24	2 B 2	2 -	=14
24	Douglas Pringle	440	0 B 11	1 W 17	1 B 23	1 -	1 -	=23
25	Sandy Carmichael	u/g	0 W 12	0 B 14	1 B 15	1 W 11	2 W 21	=14
26	Callum Richardson	u/g	0 B 13	0 W 5	0 B 17	0 W 15	1 -	=23
27	Euan Tortolano	u/g	1 B 21	1 W 1	1 B 28	1 W 8	1 B 16	=23
28	Cameron Anderson	237	½ -	½ W 19	1½ W 27	1½ B 12	1½ W 15	22

A record turnout for this tournament - 28 players. Congratulations to Shubham, winning this with 5/5 on his first attempt!Many thanks to Dave for his organisational efforts on the evening.

Gordon Allcock (left) presents the trophy to Shubham

11 October 2021 - Internal Friendly Match

In the absence of league chess, this match was arranged as an internal 'friendly' to give the oldies a chance to get back into the swing of things, and the newbies some experience. Board 7 was chosen as a juniors only game, and board 8 was added to give two new members the chance to play. Time control was 60 minutes for 30 moves, plus 20 minutes allegro. Results will be sent for grading.

Stirling B		v		Stirling C
Brad Duthie Richard Warcup Kenny MacPherson Kris Dimitrov Dave Hewitt Ross Coupland Toby Geyer Lito Tounta	1486 1477 1372   1531 1107   (1277)	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0	1497 1256 1132 1023 413	Sean Flanagan Nathanael Loch Isaac Browning Gordon Allcock Mick Bloor Glen Wilson Alex Brimlow Raghu Raj
		5 - 3

27 Sep 2021 - Internal Allegro Match

Stirling Douglas 6-10 Stirling Castle
Round 1
Sam Coates	0 - 1	Richard Warcup
Brad Duthie	1 - 0	Steve Smith
Mick Bloor	0 - 1	Kris Dimitrov
Alex Brimlow	1 - 0	Ross Warcup
Round 2
Sam Coates	1 - 0	Ross Warcup
Brad Duthie	0 - 1	Richard Warcup
Craig Thomson	0 - 1	Steve Smith
Alex Brimlow	0 - 1	Kris Dimitrov
Round 3
Sam Coates	1 - 0	Kris Dimitrov
Brad Duthie	1 - 0	Ross Warcup
Craig Thomson	0 - 1	Richard Warcup
Alex Brimlow	0 - 1	Steve Smith
Round 4
Sam Coates	1 - 0	Steve Smith
Brad Duthie	0 - 1	Kris Dimitrov
Mick Bloor	0 - 1	Ross Warcup
Alex Brimlow	0 - 1	Richard Warcup

27 Sep 2021 - Internal Allegro Match

Stirling Bruce 10-6 Stirling Wallace
Round 1
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Toby Geyer
Subham Lakudkar	1 - 0	William Spiers
Sam Cook	1 - 0	Gordon Allcock
Callum Richardson	0 - 1	Nathanel Loch
Round 2
Dave Hewitt	½ - ½	Nathanael Loch
Subham Lakudkar	1 - 0	Toby Geyer
Sam Cook	½ - ½	William Spiers
Callum Richardson	0 - 1	Gordon Allcock
Round 3
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	Gordon Allcock
Shubham Lakudkar	1 - 0	Nathanael Loch
Sam Cook	1 - 0	Toby Geyer
Callum Richardson	0 - 1	William Spiers
Round 4
Bill Cook	0 - 1	William Spiers
Shubham Lakudkar	1 - 0	Gordon Allcock
Sam Cook	1 - 0	Nathanael Loch
Callum Richardson	0 - 1	Toby Geyer

Grading list 2021/22

Some notes on this:- for the most part, regular grades are the same as the published list for 2020/21, but there were very few opportunities to use these. Allegro grades drop off the list after one season, so the allegro grades below in brackets are from the 2020/21 list. Where players have no allegro grade, it'll show the same as the regular grade. Some of the juniors achieved a new allegro grade by playing in the online tournaments organised by Lenzie.

Name	Grade	Allegro Grade	CS Player Number
Neil Irving   Kabir Pandit   Steve Smith   Jim Shemilt   Graham Anderson   William Spiers   Sam Coates   John Blake   Bill Cook   Dave Hewitt   David McAlister   Martyn Roe   Brad Duthie   Richard Warcup   Aaron Nobile   Craig Manson   Kenny MacPherson   Tony Pitson   Tom Wallace   Gordon Allcock   Mick Bloor   Ross Coupland   Michael Cook   Glen Wilson   Martin Pringle   Sam Cook   Craig Thomson   Tom McKay   Jordan Leach   Ross Warcup   Nadzieja Lu-Czartoryjska   Alex Brimlow   Douglas Pringle   Gordon Bowie   Cameron Anderson   Kalina Lu-Czartoryjska	1905   1886   1795   1722   1657   1657   1580   1568   1542   1531   1523   1499   1486   1477   1444   1373   1372   1359   1358   1256   1132   1107   1102   1023   1020   852   826   769   653   649   643   413   386   374	1724   (1933)   (1637)   (1546)   (1603)   1657   1640   (1627)   (1596)   (1558)   (1612)   1499   1543   (1594)   1444   1373   1307   1352   1417   1370   (1178)   (659)   1102   (1028)   (1240)   1080   (730)   769   653   767   215   572   440   (612)   237   113	12666   29488   14985   6052   3045   6074   27984   3215   3596   8570   28837   11533   27821   28305   28490   10220   28993   5644   15409   13003   21079   28995   27134   29257   28323   26394   27136   5119   28916   28204   29490   26555   28041   28326   29810   29873

We're back!

Thanks to Gordon for the photos.

Post AGM Blitz

Time control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds per move each for all moves

	Name	Grade	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Place
1	Jim Shemilt	1657	0 W 7	1 B 9	2 W 8	2 B 3	3 B 6	3 -	3 -	=7
2	Bill Cook	1596	0 B 8	1 W 10	1 B 7	1 W 5	2 B 11	3 W 9	3 B 3	=7
3	Richard Warcup	1594	1W 9	1B 7	2 B 11	3 W 1	4 W 4	5 B 6	6 W 2	=1
4	Dave Hewitt	1558	1 Bye	2 W 8	3 B 5	4 W 7	4 B 3	4 W 10	5 B 6	3
5	Brad Duthie	1543	1 B 10	2 W 6	2 W 4	3 B 2	3 W 7	3 W 3	4 B 11	=4
6	Gordon Allcock	1370	1 W 11	1 B 5	1½ W 10	2½ B 8	2½ W 1	2½ B 7	2½ W 4	9
7	Kenny MacPherson	1307	1 B 1	2 W 3	3 W 2	3 B 4	4 B 5	5 W 6	6 B 10	=1
8	Glen Wilson	1028	1 W 2	1 B 4	1 B 1	1 W 6	2 Bye	3 B 11	4 W 9	=4
9	Craig Thomson	730	0 B 3	0 W 1	1 Bye	2 W 11	2 B 10	2 B 2	2 B 8	10
10	Sean Flanagan	u/g	0 W 5	0 B 2	½ B 6	1½ Bye	2½ W 9	3½ B 4	3½ W 7	6
11	Stirling Reed	u/g	0 B 6	1 Bye	1 W 3	1 B 9	1 W 2	1 W 8	1 W 5	11

Club restart

 With the recent relaxation of Government guidelines, the club intends to restart on Monday 6th September at 7pm with the AGM, followed by a blitz tournament.

There will be a number of new measures in place. All those who attend will be asked to sign a register. Signing this register confirms that you are not suffering any of the symptoms of Coronavirus/Covid (these being a new persistent/dry cough, a fever, or a loss of sense of taste). Hand sanitiser will be available at the front door, and also in our room. Facemasks should be worn when moving around the Church, but are not required when playing. The windows will be opened to provide ventilation for the duration of the session regardless of the weather outside. The maximum number of people allowed in the room will be 24.

It's been a long time coming...looking forward to seeing everyone again!