28-09-2022 Grangemouth Lions v Stirling Douglas

Grangemouth Lions 7-9 Stirling Douglas
Round 1
Dougie Will	1 - 0	Brad Duthie
Daniel Kitaev	1 - 0	Sam Coates
Colin Nielson	0 - 1	Leyla Kim
Nicholas Kitaev	0 - 1	Richard Warcup
Round 2
Dougie Will	1 - 0	Sam Coates
Daniel Kitaev	0 - 1	Leyla Kim
Colin Nielson	0 - 1	Richard Warcup
Nicholas Kitaev	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Round 3
Dougie Will	1 - 0	Leyla Kim
Daniel Kitaev	1 - 0	Richard Warcup
Colin Nielson	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Nicholas Kitaev	0 - 1	Sam Coates
Round 4
Dougie Will	1 - 0	Richard Warcup
Daniel Kitaev	1 - 0	Brad Duthie
Colin Nielson	0 - 1	Sam Coates
Nicholas Kitaev	0 - 1	Leyla Kim

26-09-2022 - Stirling C vs Grangemouth C

Stirling E vs Grangemouth C

Summary from our club competition member:

Another hard-fought match with Grangemouth putting in good performances despite being outgraded on all boards. Ruaridh got the first point on the board against Roman, and Harry then beat Kieran. There was then quite a lengthy spell with no further results, until Kenny and Scott agreed a draw in an opposite-colours Bs ending of the type that could have seen them still playing at Christmas. Board 2 was next to finish, and was the sharpest and most complex game of the night - some sharp swings in a lengthy middlegame where David was material ahead but had his K stuck in the centre amid heavy-piece crossfire. Eventually the various pins and skewers saw Richard win after David missed a backwards-moving B - a fine game to watch. That just left the top board, where Brad was a pawn up in a R ending - but with the clocks ticking down (or whatever it is that digital clocks do), a draw was agreed. An excellent match all round and it was good to see various of the of the old Grangemouth friends - plus Roman, who is new, I think - at Stirling once again.

Stirling C	Grangemouth C	Score
Brad Duthie (c) 1523	(W) Alasdair Sandham 1459	½-½
Richard Warcup 1519	(W) David Fowler (c) 1181	1-0
(W) Kenny MacPherson 1418	Scott Dickson 1022	½-½
(W) Ruaridh Simpson 1483	Roman Kuznetsov u/g	1-0
Harry Feather 1327	(W) Kieran Marshall u/g	1-0

Match Score: 4-1

20-09-2022 - Stirling A vs Badgers Brook A

Stirling A vs Badgers Brook A

Summary from our club competition member:

Wins for Shubham (first to finish - suspect that might become a theme), Isaac and Nathanael, losses for Steve and Brad. Badgers were 2-1 up before Isaac and Nathanael won tight games with not much time left, exciting stuff.

Stirling A	Badgers Brook A	Score
Shubham Lakudkar 2040	(W) Andrew Newton 2007	1-0
Isaac Browning 1934	(W) Kenny McGeoch (c) 1998	1-0
(W) Steve Smith (c) 1621	Mark Cooke 1887	0-1
(W) Brad Duthie 1523	John Smith 1666	0-1
(W) Nathanael Loch 1513	Jonathan Rowney 1622	1-0

Match Score: 3-2

13-09-2022 - Stirling E vs Badgers Brook B

Stirling E vs Badgers Brook B

Summary from our club competition member:

Congratulations to Badgers B.

Stirling E	Badgers Brook B	Score
(W) Gordon Allcock 1260	Dave McGilvary 1513	0-1
Harley Lang (c) 1082	(W) Gordon Walker (c) 1292	0-1
Callum Richardson 1097	(W) Craig Van Den Heever 933	1-0
(W) Mick Bloor 1079	Peter Woollven 894	½-½
Stewart Cairns u/g	(W) Colin Matthews u/g	0-1

Match Score: 1½-3½

Analysis of Harley and Gordon's game for those interested: https://lichess.org/study/hBI9pFG2/2JI1Gkb9

A fine win for Callum on board 3, on his League debut.

[Event "Stirling E v Badgers Brook B"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2022.09.12"] [Round "-"] [White "van der Heever, C"] [Black "Richardson, C"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. e3 a6 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. b4 Bd6 8. Bg3 O-O 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qg4 c5 15. Rb1 b5 { 15 ... Bxb1! } 16. Rb2 a5 17. Bxb5 axb4 18. c4 Bf5 19. Qf3 Qb7 20. O-O Be4 21. Qg4 Bd3 22. Rd1 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Rfc8 25. Qd3 Qc7 26. Qd6 h6 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. g4 Rb8 29. f4 c4 30. a3 b3 31. Rdb1 c3 32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. Rxb3 c2 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Kg2 c1=Q 36. g5 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Qg2+ { 38 ... Qg1+ 39 Kf3 Qg2# or 39 Kh3 Rxh2# } 39. Kh4 Qxh2+ 40. Kg4 Rg2+ 41. Kf3 Qh3+ 42. Ke4 Qf5+ 43. Kd4 Qc2 44. e4 Rd2+ 45. Ke3 Qd3# 0-1

13-09-2022 - League chess is back! Stirling allegro update

Monday, September 12th

The club hosted the first league allegro match since March 2020.

Summary from our competition chair, Dave Hewitt:

Bruce had white in r1 and r3. Allegro grades shown where people have them (Blake and McAlister only have main list grades at present). Individual scores - Bruce: Hewitt 3½, Blake 2½, Browning and MacPherson both 2 Wallace: Spiers 3½, Flanagan 2, McAlister ½, Feather 0 

A good hard-fought match to get things going again. Bruce won the first three rounds but Wallace's win in the fourth was an indication of this being a match of small margins. As ever, the clock was a big factor (eg my win vs Sean in r2 came from a good position but with only three seconds left when Sean's flag fell), and Wallace captain Harry's play merited more than his eventual score.

The results were as follows:

Round 1

Bruce	Wallace	Score
Isaac Browning 1853a	William Spiers 1692a	0-1
John Blake 1568	Sean Flanagan 1579a	1-0
Dave Hewitt (c) 1512a	David McAlister 1523	1-0
Kenny MacPherson 1399a	Harry Feather (c) 1333a	1-0

Running Score: 3-1

Round 2

Bruce	Wallace	Score
Browning	Feather	1-0
Blake	Spiers	0-1
Hewitt	Flanagan	1-0
MacPherson	McAlister	1-0

Round Score: 3-1; Running Score: 6-2

Round 3

Bruce	Wallace	Score
Browning	McAlister	1-0
Blake	Feather	1-0
Hewitt	Spiers	½-½
MacPherson	Flanagan	0-1

Round Score: 2½-1½; Running Score: 8½-3½

Round 4

Bruce	Wallace	Score
Browning	Flanagan	0-1
Blake	McAlister	½-½
Hewitt	Feather	1-0
MacPherson	Spiers	0-1

Round Score: 1½-2½ ; Final Score: 10-6

Grading List 2022/23

Name	Grade	Allegro Grade	CS Player Number
Shubham Lakudkar   Isaac Browning   Sam Coates   Jim Shemilt   William Spiers   Graham Anderson   Steve Smith   Leyla Kim   John Blake   Dave Hewitt   Brad Duthie   David McAlister   Richard Warcup   Nathanael Loch   Bill Cook   Sean Flanagan   Ruaridh Simpson   Sam Cook   Kenny MacPherson   Tony Pitson   Tom Wallace   Craig Manson   Kris Dimitrov   Harry Feather   Sandy Carmichael   Lito Tounta   Gordon Allcock   Michael Cook   Callum Richardson   Harley Lang   Mick Bloor   Glen Wilson   Martin Pringle   Craig Thomson   Jordan Leach   Ross Warcup   Nadzieja Lu-Czartoryjska   Alex Brimlow   Douglas Pringle   Stewart Cairns   Thomas Forsyth   Cameron Anderson   Euan Tortolano   Kalina Lu-Czartoryjska	2040   1934   1843   1790   1722   1670   1621   1569   1568   1562   1523   1523   1519   1513   1489   1487   1483   1450   1418   1359   1358   1345   1331   1327   1283   1268   1260   1098   1097   1082   1079   1028   1014   847   651   647   636   413   384	2041   1853   1766       1692   1655   1636   1561       1512   1581       1482   1447   1507   1579   1373   1681   1399           1358   1309   1333   1349   1349   1346       759   1585   1114   1004   999   805   697   802   203   623   463   1099   750   685   611   121