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

 

09-12-24 Stirling B v Stirling A

Stirling B		v		Stirling A
Nathanel Loch Kenny MacPherson Bill Cook Harry Feather Ross Warcup	1513 1481 1470 1464 742	0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1	2008 1807 1784 1555 1599	Isaac Browning William Spiers Oliver Twentyman Richard Warcup Steve Smith
		1 - 4

04-11-04 Stirling A v Grangemouth A

Stirling A		v		Grangemouth A
Isaac Browning William Spiers Oliver Twentyman Sean Flanagan Steve Smith	2008 1807 1784 1575 1599	1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1	2011 1962 1801 1675 1628	John McLay Daniel Kitaev Pranav Ram Hariharan Alan Petrie Martin Moyo
		2 - 3

23-10-24 Grangemouth B v Stirling A

Grangemouth B		v		Stirling A
Alan Bell Dougie Will Duncan Glassey Bill Gray Crawford Welsh	1873 1857 1675 1521 1232	½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1	2008 1897 1807 1759 1599	Isaac Browning Sam Coates William Spiers Jim Shemilt Steve Smith
		2 - 3

07-10-24 Badgers Brook A v Stirling A

Badgers Brook A		v		Stirling A
Kenny McGeoch Mark Cook Stuart Ward Mark Monaghan David James	2029 1908 1810 1798 1500	0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0	2008 1784 1599 1575 1513	Isaac Browning Oliver Twentyman Steve Smith Sean Flanagan Nathanael Loch
		3 - 2

23-09-24 Stirling A v Dunfermline A

Stirling A		v		Dunfermline A
Isaac Browning William Spiers Oliver Twentyman Steve Smith Nathanael Loch	2008 1807 1784 1599 1513	0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½	2051 1662 1631 1594 1528	Ian Robertson Jamie O'Connor Gordon Greig Calum Smith Gonzalo Forero
		3 - 2

16-04-24 Dunfermline A v Stirling A

Dunfermline A		v		Stirling A
Ian Robertson Gonzalo Forero Dimitris Giannakopoulos Gregor McCloskey Euan Bell	2109 1530 1330	½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1	1988 1771 1755 1635 1542	Isaac Browning Jim Shemilt William Spiers Steve Smith Richard Warcup
		1 - 4

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

19-02-24 Stirling A v Badgers Brook A

Stirling A		v		Badgers Brook A
Isaac Browning Jim Shemilt William Spiers Steve Smith Sean Flanagan	1988 1771 1755 1632 1557	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1	2039 1572 1298	Kenny McGeoch Graham Kerr Colin Matthews Angus Dayle James David
		3 - 2

14-02-24 Grangemouth B v Stirling A

Grangemouth B		v		Stirling A
Dougie Will Daniel Kitaev Ian Mason Alasdair Sandham Crawford Welsh	1870 1669 1603 1434 1199	0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1	1988 1771 1755 1632 1557	Isaac Browning Jim Shemilt William Spiers Steve Smith Sean Flanagan
		2 - 3

15-01-24 Stirling A v Stirling B

Stirling A		v		Stirling B
Isaac Browning William Spiers Steve Smith Leyla Kim Richard Warcup	1988 1755 1632 1588 1542	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1	1771 1557 1504 1490 1440	Jim Shemilt Sean Flanagan Nathanael Loch Douglas Heatlie Kenny MacPherson
		3 - 2

04-12-2023 Stirling B v Stirling A

Stirling B		v		Stirling A
Graham Anderson Brad Duthie Dave Hewitt Nathanael Loch Kenny MacPherson	1703 1520 1513 1504 1440	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½	1988 1755 1632 1542 1492	Isaac Browning William Spiers Steve Smith Richard Warcup Bill Cook
		½ - 4½

27-11-2023 Stirling A v Dunfermline A

Stirling A		v		Dunfermline A
Shubham Lakudkar Isaac Browning William Spiers Steve Smith Nathanael Loch	2142 1988 1755 1632 1504	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0	2109 1636 1652 1624 1229	Ian Robertson Scott Kilgour Gordon Grieg Calum Smith Mark McLintock
		4½ - ½

UPDATE: thanks to Shubham for providing the game below, where he had Black against Ian on board 1.

[Event "Stirling A v Dunfermline A"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2023.11.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Robertson, I"] [Black "Lakudkar, S"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Bh6 Bxh6 7. Qxh6 Bf5 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Qa5 10. Ng5 Nb6 11. g4 Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. e3 Kd7 14. Bd3 Rag8 15. Qg5 Qb4 16. a3 Qd6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rf8 20. f3 Nd5 21. Qd2 Qf4 22. Rde1 Nc7 23. Re3 g5 24. h4 h5 25. hxg5 hxg4 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Re1 Qg3 28. fxg4 Qxg4 29. g6 Ne8 30. Kb1 Nd6 31. Qe3 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Rh1+ 34. Ka2 Rg1 35. Kb3 Rxg6 36. Kc3 Kd6 37. a4 Rg5 38. Rh4 e5 39. dxe5+ Rxe5 40. Rh8 a5 41. Rd8+ Kc5 42. Rd7 b6 43. b3 Re3+ 44. Kd2 Re6 45. Kc3 Re5 46. Rd8 Rd5 47. Re8 e5 48. Re7 b5 49. axb5 cxb5 50. Rc7+ Kd6 51. Rh7 e4 52. Rh4 e3 53. Rh6+ Kc5 54. Re6 b4+ { White runs out of time here. I believe Ian played the 20 or so moves with about 3 minutes on the clock. } 0-1

15-11-23 Grangemouth A v Stirling A

Grangemouth A		v		Stirling A
Alan Bell John McLay Graham Hamilton David Wallace Alan Petrie	1949 1948 1936 1776 1572	½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0	1755 1771 1703 1632 1520	William Spiers Jim Shemilt Graham Anderson Steve Smith Brad Duthie
		3½ - 1½

Below is my game from board 3, where I had Black against Graham H. It got very complicated in parts, and for the benefit of the juniors (who think this term is hilarious), it includes a majestic Bishop.

[Event "Grangemouth A v Stirling A"] [Site "Grangemouth CC"] [Date "2023.11.15"] [Round ""] [White "Hamilton, G"] [Black "Anderson, G"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bd2 d6 6. c4 Nb6 7. Qg4 dxe5 8. dxe5 g6 { Stockfish prefers g5. } 9. Nf3 N8d7 10. Nc3 Nc5 { Heading for d3. } 11. O-O-O Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 Qxd3 { Now that I'm here, I'm not so convinced it's good. The pawn on c4 is hanging - 13 b3 falls to 13 ... Ba3#. } 13. Nb5 { All of the black holes around f6/g7/h6 make this tricky for Black. The next move is an attempt to block White's black squared bishop from getting to them. } 13... h5 14. Qf4 Bd8 { 14 ... 0-0 falls to 15 Bb4 Qxc4+ 16 Qxc4 Nxc4 17 Bxe7 } 15. Ba5 { Analysis after the game found 15 Bc3 - which prevents 15 ... Qxc4 being check. } 15... Qxc4+ 16. Qxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc7 Bd7 18. Nd6+ Nxd6 19. Bxd6 Be7 { 19 ... Bc6 looks good, but my first priority was to get rid of the strong-looking Bishop on d6. } 20. Kb1 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Bc6 22. Rhd1 Bd5 { The rook on d6 is now trapped. } 23. Ne1 Ke7 24. f3 { This just seemed like a wasted move. My reply isn't much better... } 24... f6 25. f4 fxe5 26. fxe5 Rhf8 { Stockfish recommends Rad8 instead, but I still think I can win this rook. } 27. Nd3 Rf5 28. Nc5 Rxe5 { 28 ... b6 puts the Knight back in its box } 29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. Nxb7 Rb8 31. Nd6 Re2 32. b3 a5 33. Rf1+ Kg5 34. Nf7+ Kg4 35. Ra7 Rxg2 36. Rxa5 Rxh2 37. Ra4+ Kg3 { Draw agreed, although Stockfish has Black as at least +2 here. } 1/2-1/2

02-10-23 Badgers Brook A v Stirling A

Badgers Brook A		v		Stirling A
Kenny McGeoch Stuart Ward Jonathan Rowney David Lawrence Douglas Scott	2039 1774 1591   988	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	2142 1988 1755 1632 1513	Shubham Lakudkar Isaac Browning William Spiers Steve Smith Dave Hewitt
		0 - 5

18-09-2023 Stirling A v Grangemouth B

A full strength Stirling A team started the defence of their Central League Division 1 title at home against a strong Grangemouth B team.

Stirling A             3.0-2.0  Grangemouth B

Shubham Lakudkar 2142    0-1    Dougie Will     1870
Isaac Browning   1988    0-1    Daniel Kitaev   1669 
Sam Coates       1852    1-0    John Smith      1652  
William Spiers   1755    1-0    Ian Mason       1603
Steve Smith      1632    1-0    Nicholas Kitaev 1037

24-04-2023 Stirling A v Dunfermline

Stirling A		v		Dunfermline
Isaac Browning William Spiers Matthew Demmon Steve Smith Sean Flanagan	1934 1722 1660 1621 1487	0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0	2079 1665 1560 1626 1565	Ian Robertson Iain Sneddon Gordon Greig Calum Smith Gonzalo Ferero
		3 - 2

12-04-2023 Grangemouth B v Stirling A

Grangemouth B		v		Stirling A
David Wallace Alan Petrie Ian Mason Scott Dickson Ryan Herron	1727 1711 1626 1022	0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1	2040 1722 1670 1621 1562	Shubham Lakudkar William Spiers Graham Anderson Steve Smith Dave Hewitt
		½ - 4½

Congratulations to the A team players - this result secures the league title for Stirling for the first time since 2005/6. Special mention to Steve, who has captained the team throughout this time. Thanks to the team for providing the games below.

[Event "Grangemouth B v Stirling A"] [Site "Grangemouth CC"] [Date "2023.04.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Wallace, D"] [Black "Lakudkar, S"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be3 c5 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. d5 Nd7 14. c4 Qd6 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Nd2 e5 17. g4 a6 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Nf1 Bc8 20. Ng3 Nf6 21. h3 Ne8 22. Bd3 Qc7 23. Rb1 Bd7 24. Rb2 Nd6 25. Rdb1 Rb8 26. Qd2 Kh7 27. Rb3 b5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Bc2 Rfc8 30. Rc3 Qa5 31. Bd1 b4 32. Rcc1 c4 33. Qc2 Qa3 34. Nf1 c3 35. Qb3 Qa5 36. Ra1 Nxe4 37. a3 Nc5 38. Bxc5 Qxc5 39. axb4 Rxb4 40. Qa3 Bf8 41. Ne3 Rxg4+ { White resigns. } 0-1

[Event "Grangemouth B v Stirling A"] [Site "Grangemouth CC"] [Date "2023.04.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Petrie, A"] [Black "Spiers, W"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Ndb5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Nxd6 Re7 15. Bc5 Be6 16. Bf3 Rd7 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qe3 b6 21. Ba3 Bd5 22. Rc1 Qa8 23. f3 Rxd6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Qe7 Re6 26. Qc7 Be5 27. Qc8+ Qxc8 28. Rxc8+ Kg7 29. b3 Bg3 30. Rd1 Re2 31. Rd8 Be6 32. R8d2 Re5 33. Kf1 Bc8 34. Re2 { White resigns because of 34 ... Ba6. } 0-1

[Event "Grangemouth B v Stirling A"] [Site "Grangemouth CC"] [Date "2023.04.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Smith, S"] [Black "Dickson, S"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 b6 8. Nf3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Ndb8 { The idea of exchanging off light square bishops is common in the French but the other N should have gone to b8. } 11. O-O-O c6 12. h4 Nc7 13. g4 Nd7 14. f5 b5 15. Rdf1 a5 16. f6 Qd8 17. fxg7 Rg8 18. Qe3 Qe7 19. Qh6 O-O-O 20. Ng5 Kb7 { Now White has a won position. } 21. Nxf7 Ra8 22. Nd6+ Kb6 23. Rf7 Qd8 24. Qxh7 a4 25. Rhf1 Rb8 26. Qg6 { Stopping the h pawn will cost Black material. } 26... Ne8 27. h5 Nxg7 28. Rxg7 Rxg7 29. Qxg7 Nf8 30. Rf7 Nh7 31. Rb7+ Ka6 32. Rxb8 Qxb8 33. Qxh7 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "Grangemouth B v Stirling A"] [Site "Grangemouth CC"] [Date "2023.04.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Hewitt, D"] [Black "Herron, R"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. c3 Bf5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be4 7. Bxe4 Nxe4 8. Bf4 e6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 h6 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Nf6 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Rae1 Qc7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. f4 g4 18. f5 Qd6 19. fxe6 Qxe6 20. Qf5 Qxf5 21. Rxf5 Ne4 22. Rxf7 O-O-O 23. Rf4 Ng5 24. Rxg4 Rdg8 25. Rf1 h5 26. Rxg5 Re8 27. Rf7 Ref8 28. Rgg7 Rxf7 29. Nxf7 Rf8 30. Nd6+ Kb8 31. Rxb7+ Ka8 32. Rh7 Rd8 33. Nf5 Rf8 34. Rxh5 Kb7 35. g4 Kb6 36. Rh7 Rb8 37. h4 c5 38. Rh6+ Kb5 39. dxc5 Kxc5 40. b3 a5 41. Nd4 Rc8 42. Rc6+ { Black resigns. Instead, there was 42 a4 Rc7 43 Ra6 Rc6 44 Rxc6# } 1-0

And the only fly in the ointment...

[Event "Grangemouth B v Stirling A"] [Site "Grangemouth CC"] [Date "2023.04.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Anderson, G"] [Black "Mason, I"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. b4 Be7 7. Bg5 d6 8. Nbd2 a6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. Qb3 b5 { 11 ... Nxe4 } 12. Bxf6 bxc4 13. Qxc4 Bxf6 14. Qxc6 Bd7 15. Qd5 Bb5 16. Qb3 Bd7 { 16 ... Bxd3 } 17. Rac1 Qe8 18. d4 Qc8 19. d5 Be7 20. c4 Qd8 21. c5 f5 22. c6 Be8 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Rfe1 Bg5 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Qd3 Bg6 28. Qg3 Bh7 29. a4 Rb8 30. Qc3 Rf4 31. f3 Qf7 32. Qd3 { Draw agreed. White is well down on time here, with just under 4 minutes left. Stockfish agrees with the draw here, but recommended 32 Qd2 to maintain the +1 advantage. } 1/2-1/2

20-02-2023 Stirling A v Grangemouth A

Stirling A		v		Grangemouth A
Shubham Lakudkar Isaac Browning Jim Shemilt William Spiers Steve Smith	2040 1934 1790 1722 1621	1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½	2066 1979 1833 1711 1626	John McLay Graham Hamilton Dougie Will Alan Petrie Ian Mason
		2½ - 2½

06-02-2023 Badgers Brook A v Stirling A

Badgers Brook A		v		Stirling A
Andrew Newton Kenny McGeoch Mark Cooke Stuart Ward Gordon Walker	2007 1998 1887 1746 1292	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1	2040 1934 1843 1722 1621	Shubham Lakudkar Isaac Browning Sam Coates William Spiers Steve Smith
		1 - 4