Tuesday 29 March 2022

28 March 2022 - David Brodie Trophy

The David Brodie Trophy is a juniors/beginners allegro. This is only the second time this trophy has been played for: Alex won it back in 2019, and it was not awarded in 2020 or 2021 due to the pandemic.

Time control: 15 minutes each for all moves

  Name   Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5  
 
1 Robbie   1 B 6 W 2 B 4 W 3 B 10  
 
2 Cameron A   1 W 7 B 1 W 9 3 B 10 4 W 5  
 
3 Thomas   1B 8 2W 7 3 W 10 4 B 1 4 W 4  
 
4 Alex   1 W 9 1 B 10 2 W 1 3 B 5 4 B 3  
 
5 Nadzieja   0 B 10 1 W 7 2 W 8 2 B 4 2 B 2  
 
6 Yashvi   0 W 1 0 B 3 1 W 7 1 B 9 W 8  
 
7 Kalina   0 B 2 0 W 5 0 B 6 1 B 8 2 bye  
 
8 Samay   0 W 3 0 B 9 0 B 5 0 W 7 ½ B 6  
 
9 Cameron McG   0 B 4 1 W 8 1 B 2 2 W 6 2 *  
 
10 Callum   1 W 5 2 W 4 2 B 3 W 2 W 1  
 

Congratulations to Alex, Cameron A and Thomas! Thanks to Nadine, David's daughter, for coming along to present the trophy.

My thanks as well to Nadine and Brooke for coming along to present the trophy (and hopefully we'll see Brooke again in the near future), Jim for the extra prizes, and Craig for his help on the night.

But most of all my thanks go to the participants; thanks for a great night of chess, and thanks for coming along each week and trying your best! The club is very proud of all of you!

Friday 11 March 2022

7 March 2022 - 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 Steve Smith 1722 ½ W 11 B 22 W 4 B 14 3 * =6
 
2 Isaac Browning 1703 1 B 12 2 W 7 3 B 6 4 W 8 B 4 1
 
3 Leyla Kim 1562 1W 13 1B 8 W 11 B 17 W 6 5
 
4 Graham Anderson 1657 ½ B 14 W 12 B 1 W 5 4 W 2 =2
 
5 Dave Hewitt 1531 1 W 15 2 B 10 2 W 8 2 B 4 3 W 9 =6
 
6 Craig Manson 1373 1 B 16 2 W 9 2 W 2 2 B 13 2 B 3 =13
 
7 Kenny MacPherson 1372 1 W 17 1 B 2 1 W 15 2 B 10 3 W 16 =6
 
8 Harry Feather 1330 1 B 18 2 W 3 3 B 5 3 B 2 3 W 13 =6
 
9 Gordon Allcock 1256 1 W 19 1 B 6 2 W 17 2 B 15 2 B 5 =13
 
10 Mick Bloor 1132 1 B 20 1 W 5 1 B 16 1 W 7 2 W 21 =13
 
11 Sam Cook 1080 ½ B 1 W 14 2 B 3 3 W 16 4 B 15 =2
 
12 Douglas Pringle 440 0 W 2 0 B 4 0 W 14 1 B 21 1 - =19
 
13 Sean Flanagan u/g 0 B 3 1 W 18 2 B 22 3 W 6 4 B 8 =2
 
14 Kris Dimitrov u/g ½ W 4 ½ B 11 B 12 W 1 W 20 18
 
15 Sandy Carmichael u/g 0 B 5 1 W 20 2 B 7 3 W 9 3 W 11 =6
 
16 Stewart Cairns u/g 0 W 6 1 W 20 2 B 7 3 W 9 3 W 11 =6
 
17 Cameron Anderson 237 0 B 7 1 W 21 1 B 9 1 W 3 1 B 18 =19
 
18 Callum Richardson u/g 0 W 8 0 B 13 ½ W 20 B 19 W 17 =11
 
19 Euan Tortolano u/g 0 B 9 0 W 16 1 B 21 1 W 18 2 B 22 =13
 
20 Thomas Forsyth u/g 0 W 10 0 B 15 ½ B 18 W 22 B 14 =11
 
21 Cameron McGloin u/g 0 W 22 0 B 17 0 W 19 0 W 12 0 B 10 22
 
22 Abdullah Shassad u/g 1 B 21 1 W 1 1 W 13 1 B 20 1 W 19 =19

Gordon Allcock (left) presents Isaac with the Robert Togneri Trophy

My final round game against Isaac - given how bad I'd been earlier on, I hadn't expected to be in a play-off for first place, but here I was. It's a bit of an error-strewn game, starting with my 'novelty' on move 7.

[Event "Robert Togneri Trophy"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2022.03.07"] [Round "5"] [White "Anderson, G"] [Black "Browning, I"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Be2 g6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bf4 { Isaac said afterward he thought this was deliberate because I'd spent a wee bit of time thinking about it, but it wasn't - it's just a daft move. } 7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Bxe5 dxe5 10. Qxe5+ Be7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Nd5 { A few moves ago, I didn't expect quite so much pressure after 'sacrificing' the Bishop. As well as the mate threat on e7, the Knight on f6 is pinned. } 12... Nxd5 13. Qxh8+ Bf8 14. Rxd5 Be6 15. Rb5 { I didn't think this was such a terrible move at the time, but Stockfish does. 15 Rd2 was recommended. } 15... Qc6 16. O-O O-O-O { This came as a surprise, because I'd assumed Isaac had moved his King, but of course he hadn't. } 17. Ra5 { I'm sure everyone else has seen what's coming, but I didn't. } 17... Bb4 18. Rxa7 { Another mistake...18 Qe5 only loses the exchange. } 18... Rxh8 19. Ra8+ Kc7 20. Rxh8 h5 21. c3 Bd6 22. Bf3 Bg4 23. e5 Bxf3 24. exd6+ Kxd6 25. gxf3 Qxf3 26. Rd8+ Ke7 27. Rd4 { Draw agreed - before I lose something else... } 1/2-1/2