25-03-24 Stirling A v Grangemouth A

The league decider. A win for Stirling meant that a further win against Dunfermline still gave them a chance of winning the league. A draw or a win for Grangemouth would see them take the title.

Stirling A		v		Grangemouth A
Isaac Browning Jim Shemilt William Spiers Graham Anderson Steve Smith	1988 1771 1755 1703 1632	½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½	1949 1948 1776 1669 1572	Alan Bell John McLay David Wallace Daniel Kitaev Alan Petrie
		2 - 3

Congratulations to Grangemouth!

Thanks to William for this game from board, where William had White against David Wallace.

[Event "Stirling A v Grangemouth A"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.03.25"] [Round ""] [White "Spiers, W"] [Black "Wallace, D"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bb5 Be7 12. Nh5 g6 13. Nf4 Bxh4 14. Qf3 Bg5 15. O-O-O Ne7 16. Kb1 a6 17. Bxc6+ Nxc6 18. Bc5 Nxe5 19. Qg3 Nc4 20. Nfxd5 Nd2+ 21. Rxd2 Bxd2 22. Qe5 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 { Black resigns. } 1-0

25-03-24 Stirling C v Stirling E

Stirling C		v		Stirling E
Dave Hewitt Douglas Heatlie Kenny MacPherson Bill Cook Mick Bloor	1513 1499 1440 1492 1117	1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1	1240       647	Gordon Allcock Stewart Cairns Cameron Anderson Kai Austin Ross Warcup
		3 - 2

UPDATE: thanks to Stewart for providing the game below from board 2, where Stuart had Black against Douglas.

18-03-24 David Brodie Junior Trophy

The David Brodie Trophy is a juniors/beginners allegro. This is the fourth time this trophy has been played for: Alex won it back in 2019, it was not awarded in 2020 or 2021 due to the pandemic, in 2022 it was shared between Cameron A, Alex, and Thomas, and last year was won by Thomas outright. Well done to everyone who played, we are very proud of all of you!

Time control: 15 minutes each for all moves

	Name		Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Thomas		0 W 6	1 B 11	2 W 2	3 B 4	4 W 5
2	William		1 B 7	2 W 3	2 B 1	2 W 6	3 B 11
3	Callum		1W 8	1B 2	1½ B 5	2½ W 11	2½ B 6
4	Cameron		1 B 9	2 W 10	2½ B 6	2½ W 1	3½ B 8
5	Kai		0 W 11	1 B 8	1½ W 3	2½ W 5	2½ B 1
6	Ross		1 B 1	2 W 12	2½ W 4	3½ B 2	4½ W 3
7	Victor		0 W 2	1 B 9	1 W 11	1 B 5	2 W 10
8	Elsa		0 B 3	0 W 5	1 B 10	2 Bye	2 W 4
9	Samay		0 W 4	0 W 7	0 B 12	0 B 10	1 Bye
10	Graham		1 Bye	1 B 4	1 W 8	2 W 9	2 B 7
11	Jonathan		1 B 5	1 W 1	2 B 7	2 W 3	2 W 2
12	Jia-Xi		½ Bye	½ B 6	1½ W 9	1½ -	1½ -

Congratulations to Ross on his victory! Thanks to Marissa and Nadine, David's daughters, for coming along to present the medals and trophy.

Thanks to everyone who played!

18-03-24 Stirling Bruce v Stirling Douglas

Stirling Bruce 10½ - 5½ Stirling Douglas
Round 1
Isaac Browning	1 - 0	Steve Smith
Bill Cook	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Kenny MacPherson	½ - ½	Douglas Heatlie
Dave Hewitt	½ - ½	David McAlister
Round 2
Isaac Browning	1 - 0	David McAlister
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Steve Smith
Kenny MacPherson	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Dave Hewitt	½ - ½	Douglas Heatlie
Round 3
Isaac Browning	1 - 0	Douglas Heatlie
Bill Cook	1 - 0	David McAlister
Kenny MacPherson	½ - ½	Steve Smith
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	Brad Duthie
Round 4
Isaac Browning	½ - ½	Brad Duthie
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Douglas Heatlie
Kenny MacPherson	1 - 0	David McAlister
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	Steve Smith

11-03-2024 Thornton Cup

Monday night saw the final of the Thornton Cup - played between Harry (with White) and Sandy.

I hope I've got these moves right...

[Event "Thornton Cup"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.03.11"] [Round "Final"] [White "Feather, H"] [Black "Carmichael, S"] [Result "1-0"] 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e4 e5 6. Nge2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Be6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Nc5 12. f5 Bd7 13. d4 Na6 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nh5 16. f6 Bxf6 17. exf6 c6 18. Qd4 Be6 19. Qh4 Kh8 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Kh1 Qd3 22. b3 Rad8 23. Rac1 a4 24. Nf4 Ng3+ 25. Kh2 Nxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qd2+ 27. Nfe2 Qd6+ 28. Bf4 Qf8 29. Ne4 Bf5 30. Bh6 Qa3 { 30 ... Rxe4 } 31. Bg7+ Kg8 32. Ng5 Qd6+ 33. Kh1 h5 34. Ng3 Qd4 35. Nxf5 Qxh4 36. Nxh4 { 36 Nh6# } 36... axb3 37. axb3 Re3 38. Nhf3 Rxb3 39. Ne5 Rd4 40. Nexf7 Rxh3+ 41. Bxh3 Rd1+ 42. Rxd1 Nc7 43. Nh6# 1-0

Congratulations to Harry, and comiserations to Sandy.

11-03-2024 Stirling v Badgers Brook

Stirling		v		Badgers Brook
Isaac Browning Steve Smith Leyla Kim Sean Flanagan Dave Hewitt Nathanael Loch David McAlister	1988 1632 1588 1557 1513 1504 1476	0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0	2039 1298       962	Kenny McGeoch Colin Matthews Dayle Angus David James David Lawrence Peter Woollven Connor George
		5 - 2

05-03-24 Dunfermline Minnows v Stirling Bruce

Dunfermline Minnows 11-5 Stirling Bruce
Round 1
Volodymyr Tushynskyi	1 - 0	Isaac Browning
Scott Kilgour	½ - ½	Bill Cook
Calum Smith	1 - 0	Kenny MacPherson
Gregor McCluskey	½ - ½	Dave Hewitt
Round 2
Volodymyr Tushynskyi	1 - 0	Bill Cook
Scott Kilgour	1 - 0	Kenny MacPherson
Calum Smith	1 - 0	Dave Hewitt
Gregor McCluskey	0 - 1	Isaac Browning
Round 3
Volodymyr Tushynskyi	1 - 0	Kenny MacPherson
Scott Kilgour	1 - 0	Dave Hewitt
Calum Smith	0 - 1	Isaac Browning
Gregor McCluskey	½ - ½	Bill Cook
Round 4
Volodymyr Tushynskyi	1 - 0	Dave Hewitt
Scott Kilgour	0 - 1	Isaac Browning
Calum Smith	½ - ½	Bill Cook
Gregor McCluskey	1 - 0	Kenny MacPherson

26-02-24 Stirling C v Dunfermline B

Stirling C		v		Dunfermline B
Richard Warcup Dave Hewitt Kenny MacPherson Bill Cook David McAlister	1542 1513 1440 1492 1476	1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½	1403     1229 1212	Doug Rew Gregor McCloskey Euan Bell Mark McLintock Jim Wallace
		4 - 1