8-10-2025 Stirling Bruce -v- Stirling Wallace

The Club has entered two teams in the Central Allegro League and the new season started with a very close and hard-fought match between them. Stirling Bruce had the white pieces in rounds 1 and 3.

Stirling Bruce         9-7  Stirling Wallace

                     Round 1
Isaac Browning   1938  0-1  William Spiers 1784 
John Iwuozor     1861  1-0  Brad Duthie    1618 
Kenny MacPherson 1568  ½-½  Nathanael Loch 1581 
Bill Cook        1440  0-1  Toby Geyer     1487
                      1½-2½

                     Round 2
            Browning   1-0  Geyer
            Iwuozor    1-0  Spiers
            MacPherson ½-½  Duthie
            Cook       0-1  Loch
                      2½-1½

                     Round 3
            Browning   1-0  Loch
            Iwuozor    1-0  Geyer
            MacPherson ½-½  Spiers
            Cook       0-1  Duthie
                      2½-1½ 

                     Round 4
            Browning   1-0  Duthie
            Iwuozor    ½-½  Loch
            MacPherson 1-0  Geyer
            Cook       0-1  Spiers
                      2½-1½           

01-09-2023 Stirling AGM Blitz

The traditional post-AGM blitz was played over five rounds at a time rate of three minutes, plus 2 seconds increment. Top seed Issac secured first place with five straight wins. Your correspondent lost to him in Round 1 and ended up at the other end of the final table. Ross and Sean shared second place in the field of sixteen.