27-01-25 Stirling A v Stirling B

Stirling A		v		Stirling B
Isaac Browning William Spiers Oliver Twentyman Richard Warcup Steve Smith	2008 1807 1784 1555 1599	1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½	1470 1545 1481 1513 1481	Bill Cook Brad Duthie Douglas Heatlie Nathanael Loch Kenny MacPherson
		1½ - 3½

Thanks to the various players for the games below.

[Event "Stirling A v Stirling B"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2025.01.27"] [White "Browning, I"] [Black "Cook, B"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1470"] [ECO "B90"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Najdorf, 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2"] [WhiteElo "2008"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Rc8 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 Nb6 12. Qf2 Nfd7 13. h4 Qc7 14. Kb1 Bc4 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Nd5 Qc6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bd8 20. Qd2 O-O 21. Nb4 Qb5 22. Qxd6 Nb6 23. Nd5 Rc6 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Qxe7 Nc4 26. Rd7 {Black resigns.} 1-0

 

[Event "Stirling A v Stirling B"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2025.01.27"] [White "Loch, N"] [Black "Warcup, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1555"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Dunst (Sleipner-Heinrichsen-Van Geet) Opening"] [Variation "1...d5"] [WhiteElo "1513"] 1. Nc3 d5 2. f4 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bf5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg2 d4 7. e4 Bg4 8. Ne2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 h5 10. Ng1 e5 11. Nh3 Qd7 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Bg2 Nh7 15. f5 Be7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Bh3 Qd6 18. fxg6+ Kxg6 19. Bf5+ Kg7 20. Qxh5 Ng5 21. Qg4 Qf6 22. O-O Rh3 23. Bxg5 Rxg3+ 24. hxg3 Qxg5 25. Qxg5+ Bxg5 26. a3 Ne7 27. Kg2 Ng8 28. Rh1 Nh6 29. Rh5 Be3 30. Rf1 Re8 31. g4 Nf7 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Bd7+ Ke7 35. Bxe8 Kxe8 36. Kh3 Ke7 37. Kh4 Bf4 38. g5 b5 39. Kg4 Kf7 40. Rxf4+ exf4 41. Kxf4 c4 42. Kf5 a5 43. e5 c3 44. b3 {Black resigns.} 1-0

 

20-01-25 Stirling D v Stirling C

Stirling D		v		Stirling C
Toby Geyer Dave Hewit David Fowler Mick Bloor Cameron Anderson	1422 1198 1133 847	0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1	1555 1481 1464 742 1352	Richard Warcup Kenny MacPherson Harry Feather Ross Warcup Tom Wallace
		1½ - 3½

Thanks to Dave for providing this game from board 2, where Dave had White against Kenny.

06-01-25 New Year Blitz

Well done to William and, er, me, joint winners of the opening night Blitz!

Time control: 3 minutes + 2 second increment each for all moves

	Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Place
1	William Spiers	1 W 10	2 B 21	3 W 6	4 W 8	4 B 3	5 W 4	6 B 5	=1
2	Bill Cook	0 B 11	1 W 17	2 B 10	3 W 7	4 B 8	4 W 3	4 B 4	=7
3	Graham Anderson	1W 12	1B 8	2W 22	3 B 9	4 W 1	5 B 2	6 W 6	=1
4	Richard Warcup	1 B 13	2 W 11	2 B 8	3 W 21	4 B 5	4 B 1	5 W 2	3
5	Nathanael Loch	1 W 14	2 B 9	2 W 12	3 B 20	3 W 4	4 B 6	4 W 1	=7
6	Douglas Heatlie	1 B 15	2 W 7	2 B 1	3 W 12	4 B 11	4 W 5	4 B 3	=7
7	Tom Nimmo	1 W 16	1 B 6	2 W 14	2 B 2	2½ W 22	2½ B 12	3½ W 19	=12
8	Ross Warcup	1 B 17	2 W 3	3 W 4	3 B 1	3 W 2	3 B 13	3 W 11	=14
9	Toby Geyer	1 B 18	1 W 5	2 B 11	2 W 3	2½ B 12	3½ W 15	4½ W 13	=4
10	Mick Bloor	0 B 1	1 W 19	1 W 2	1 B 22	1 B 13	1 W 18	2 B 16	=18
11	Marnix Joris	1 W 2	1 B 4	1 W 9	2 B 16	2 W 6	3 B 17	4 B 8	=7
12	Rudra Pardhi	0 B 3	1 W 16	2 B 5	2 B 6	2½ W 9	3½ W 7	3½ B 21	=12
13	Cameron Anderson	0 W 4	1 B 20	1 W 21	2 B 14	3 W 10	4 W 8	4 B 9	=7
14	Victor Liu	0 B 5	1 W 15	1 B 7	1 W 13	2 B 19	2 W 20	3 B 18	=14
15	Elsa Liu	0 W 6	0 B 14	1 W 20	2 B 17	3 W 16	3 B 9	3 W 22	=14
16	Samay Banakar	0 B 7	0 B 12	1 W 18	1 W 11	1 B 15	1 W 19	1 W 10	=21
17	Grishma Banakar	0 W 8	0 B 2	0 B 19	0 W 15	1 W 18	1 W 11	1 B 20	=21
18	Aarika Pawar	0 W 9	0 B 22	0 B 16	1 W 19	1 B 17	2 B 10	2 W 14	=21
19	Jamie Scanlon	0 W 20	0 B 10	1 W 17	1 B 18	1 W 14	2 B 16	2 B 17	=21
20	Rihaan Pawar	1 B 19	1 W 13	1 B 15	1 W 5	1 B 21	2 B 14	3 W 17	=14
21	Dave Hewitt	1 Bye	1 W 1	2 B 13	2 B 4	3 W 20	3½ B 22	4½ W 12	=4
22	Steve Smith	½ Bye	1½ W 18	1½ B 3	2½ W 10	3 B 7	3½ W 21	4½ B 15	=21