22-10-23 Scottish National Chess League

The Forth Valley A team had their first match postponed (due to their opponent's difficulties travelling from the North East after the recent storm), and lost the afternoon match 4½-½ to Dundee City A. Full scorecard here.

Forth Valley B drew 2½-2½ with Oban in the morning (scorecard here), and lost 3-2 to Dundee City B in the afternoon (scorecard here).

Forth Valley C beat Troon 4-1 in the morning (scorecard here), and drew 2½-2½ with Phones in the afternoon (scorecard here).

Thanks to Tom for the game below, where he had White against Aditya Srivastava.

[Event "SNCL"] [Site "Dunfermline"] [Date "2023.10.23"] [Round ""] [White "Wallace, T"] [Black "Srivastava, A"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Bh6 a5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Bd3 Rb8 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rae1 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Nd1 Qa5 16. b3 e5 17. Nb2 exd4 18. Nc4 Qc5 19. Qf4 d5 20. Nd6 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Qd5 22. Bc4 Qh5 23. Nxd4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 c5 25. Re7 Kh8 26. Rxd7 cxd4 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Bxf7+ { Black resigns } 1-0

24 March 2019 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Dumfries & District A
Uby Archibong   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith	2194   1914   1904   1771   1712	0 - 1   0 - 1   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0	2076   1852   1692   1632   1544	Michael Green   Stavros Karampatos   Nikos Argyroudis   Stuart Marchbank   Karsten Saunders
		2 - 3

Division 4 - Forth Valley B v CSBOS 2
David McAlister   Ian Mason   Dave Hewitt   Brad Duthie   David Fowler	1634   1620   1550   1488   1104	½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0	1699   1654   1457   1144	Charles Gunn-Russell   Richard Scott   Alistair Forbes   Louis Ferrie   Andrew Austin
		2½ - 2½

25 November 2018 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Wandering Dragons B
Uby Archibong   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   David McAlister	2194   1904   1771   1712   1634	1 - 0   ½ - ½   0 - 1   1 - 0   ½ - ½	1814   1791   1766   1571   1518	Ewan Taylor   Richard Carter   Jim O'Neil   Jim Turner   Gwilym Morrison
		3 - 2

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Dunfermline Knights
Uby Archibong   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   David McAlister	2194   1904   1771   1712   1634	1 - 0   ½ - ½   0 - 1   1 - 0   ½ - ½	2045   1848   1745   1640   1548	Ian Robertson   Nicolas Skettos   John McBride   Stuart Black   Fred Ossowski
		2½ - 2½

Division 4 - Forth Valley B v Dundee City C
Ian Mason   Bill Cook   Dave Hewitt   Gordon Allcock   David Fowler	1620   1576   1550   1226   1087	½ - ½   0 - 1   1 - 0   0 - 1   1 - 0	1569   1512   1495   1482   1242	Paul Shafi   Raymond Flood   Keith Rose   Ray Noble   Edward Walton
		2½ - 2½

Division 4 - Forth Valley B v Dunfermline B
Ian Mason   Bill Cook   Dave Hewitt   Gordon Allcock   David Fowler	1620   1576   1550   1226   1104	½ - ½   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   0 - 1	1434   1396   1391   1338   1087	Gonzalo Forero   Gordon Grieg   Terry Doherty   Glynis Grant   Aaron Owens
		1½ - 3½

4 November 2018 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Perth
Uby Archibong   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith	2194   1914   1904   1771   1712	1 - 0   0 - 1   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0	1704   1612   1597   1468	David Hall   Gwenole Le Feuvre   Michael Roth   Ian Washington   Iwo Labuda
		4 - 1

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Wandering Dragons A
Uby Archibong   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith	2194   1914   1904   1771   1712	1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½	2139   2082   1961   1830   1814	Andrew Dunn (CM)   Mark Orr (IM)   Max Turner   Richard Kynoch   Ewan Taylor
		2½ - 2½

Division 4 - Forth Valley B v The Little Liver Fryers
David McAlister   Ian Mason   Dave Hewitt   Brad Duthie   Alisdair Sandham	1634   1620   1550   1488   1308	1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0	564   242   227   454   276	Alina Tang   Shewetika Balaji   Rajkumar Anbu   Jake Liu   Kabir Kumar
		5 - 0

Division 4 - Forth Valley B v Bon Accord B
David McAlister   Ian Mason   Dave Hewitt   Brad Duthie   Alasdair Sandham	1634   1620   1550   1488   1308	0 - 1   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   ½ - ½	1600   1376   1370   1247   1240	Kalyan Kante   Pranav Arcot   Vagif Ramazanov   Oishani Dutta   Nandini Dutta
		3½ - 1½

25 March 2018 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Dumfries & District A
Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Bill Cook	1894   1879   1767   1704   1663	0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1   1 - 0   1 - 0	2064   1875   1690   1543   1510	Michael Green   Stavros Karampatos   Nikos Argyroudis   Stuart Marchbank   Gordon Lyburn
		2 - 3

Forth Valley finish 4th in Division 2.

Division 4 - Forth Valley B v Oban
Ian Mason   Dave Hewitt   Bill Gray   Brad Duthie   David Fowler	1608   1584   1499   1428   1095	0 - 1   0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1   0 - 1	1899   1802   1661   1421   1259	Duncan Campbell   Stephen Harvey   Alastair Campbell   Peter Doris   Hugh Flockhart
		½ - 4½

Forth Valley B finish 7th (of 10) in Division 4.

18 February 2018 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Bon Accord A
Kenny McGeoch   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Steve Smith   Bill Cook	2054   1894   1879   1704   1663	0 - 1   0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1   0 - 1	2123   2159   2080   1899   1842	Hamish Olson   Sean Gordon   Daniel Maxwell   Richard Jennings   Stefan Wagner
		½ - 4½

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v IPCC
Kenny McGeoch   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Bill Cook   Steve Smith	2054   1894   1879   1663   1704	0 - 1   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0   1d - 0d	1995   2104   1871   1142	Peter Smith   Elliot Frew   David Gillespie   Hugh Gillespie
		3 - 2

Division 4 - Forth Valley B v Hidden Dragons
Ian Mason   Dave Hewitt   Bill Gray   Gordon Allcock   David Fowler	1608   1584   1499   1284   1095	0 - 1   1 - 0   1 - 0   0 - 1   1 - 0	862   860   708   597	Andrew Whalley   Pranav Saravanan   Oliver Whalley   Panav Sharma   Aiden Davis
		3 - 2

Division 4 - Forth Valley B v Musselburgh
Ian Mason   Dave Hewitt   Bill Gray   Gordon Allcock   David Fowler	1608   1584   1499   1284   1095	½ - ½   1 - 0   1 - 0   0 - 1   0 - 1	1599   1534   1429   1344   1090	Bryan Tope   Keith McDonald   Ian Hope   Ruaraidh McKay   Jim Crawford
		2½ - 2½

Thanks to Dave Hewitt for providing this game, from round 6 against Musselburgh, where Dave was Black against Keith McDonald.

McDonald - Hewitt

26 November 2017 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Dundee City B
Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Steve Smith   Bill Cook   Ian Mason	1894   1879   1704   1663   1601	1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   1 - 0	1839   1818   1793   1728   1727	Carey Groves   Sam Gregory   Dominic O'Rourke   Alistair Dawson   Euan Dawson
		3 - 2

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Giffnock
Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Steve Smith   Bill Cook   Ian Mason	1894   1879   1704   1663   1601	½ - ½   0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1   ½ - ½	2146   2023   1917   1878   1878	Philip Giulian   Neil Thomson   Loukas Kefalas   Antionos Floros   Rosie Giulian
		1 - 4

Division 4 - Forth Valley B v Bon Accord B
Dave Hewitt   Bill Gray   Brad Duthie   Gordon Allcock   David Fowler	1584   1499   1428   1284   1095	0 - 1   1 - 0   ½ - ½   0 - 1   1 - 0	1291   1202   1125   1032   908	Kalyan Kante   Oishanti Dutta   Nandini Dutta   Pranav Arcot   Senthil Ragupathy
		2½ - 2½

Division 4 - Forth Valley B v Crouching Tigers
Dave Hewitt   Bill Gray   Brad Duthie   Gordon Allcock   David Fowler	1584   1499   1428   1284   1095	½ - ½   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0   1 - 0	1765   1390   1334   1256   978	Siddarth Berera   Benjamin Ridge   Jonathan McKay   James Hartman   Alasdair Sandham
		3½ - 1½

Some games to follow...

29 October 2017 - Scottish National Chess League

This season, Forth Valley A are playing in Division 2, and Forth Valley B are in Division 4.

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Kilmarnock
Kenny McGeoch   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith	2054   1894   1879   1767   1704	½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0	2103   1988   1903   1729   1449	Jamie Malkin   Kenny Malkin   Douglas Hamilton   Jim Kleboe   John McNicoll
		2½ - 2½

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Perth
Kenny McGeoch   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith	2054   1894   1879   1767   1704	½ - ½   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0	1907   1644   1512   1451   1200	Martin Gourlay   Michael Roth   Ian Washington   Gwenole Le Feuvre   Aaron Gourlay
		4½ - ½

Division 3 - Forth Valley B v Dundee City C
Bill Cook   Ian Mason   Dave Hewitt   Bill Gray   David Fowler	1663   1601   1584   1499   1095	0 - 1   1 - 0   0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1	1670e   1600   1539   1453   1377	Joshua Crofts   Robert Jackson   Keith Rose   Agnijo Banerjee   Ray Flood
		1½ - 3½

Division 3 - Forth Valley B v Corstorphine
Bill Cook   Ian Mason   Dave Hewitt   Bill Gray   David Fowler	1663   1601   1584   1499   1095	0 - 1   ½ - ½   1 - 0   1 - 0   0 - 1	1585   1291   1265   1199   1016	Ricky Dowling   Graham Wilson   Angus Ruthven   Dave Watson   Ernesto Salvatore
		2½ - 2½

It's not often I get sent games like this...

[Event "SNCL FVB v Corstorphine"] [Site "Dunfermline"] [Date "2017.10.29"] [Round "-"] [White "Gray, B"] [Black "Watson, D"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 dxc3 6. Qd5 d6 7. Qxf7+ Kd7 8. Be6# 1-0

26 March 2017 - Scottish National Chess League

I was going to do a post to detail the results of rounds 5, 6, and 7 but I now realise that I haven't documented rounds 3 and 4, played back in November, so here we go...

Division 1:-
Round 3 - 26 Nov 2016 - Thistles 3 - 2 Forth Valley A
Round 4 - 26 Nov 2016 - Forth Valley A 0 - 5 Dundee City A
Round 5 - 26 Feb 2017 - Forth Valley A 4 - 1 Wandering Dragons A
Round 6 - 26 Feb 2017 - Hamilton A 4½ - ½ Forth Valley A
Round 7 - 26 Mar 2017 - Forth Valley A 1½ - 3½ Edinburgh West

Forth Valley A are relegated from Division 1.

Divison 3:-
Round 3 - 26 Nov 2016 - Dunfermline Knights 3½ - 1½ Forth Valley B
Round 4 - 26 Nov 2016 - Forth Valley B 2 - 3 Oban
Round 5 - 26 Feb 2017 - Edinburgh 2 1½ - 3½ Forth Valley B
Round 6 - 26 Feb 2017 - Forth Valley B 1 - 4 Bon Accord
Round 7 - 26 Mar 2017 - Forth Valley B 4 - 1 Wandering Dragons B

Forth Valley B are relegated from Division 3.

Thanks to Dave Hewitt for providing the game below - his 7th round clash as Black against Edward McCosh.

McCosh - Hewitt

30 October 2016 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 1 - Forth Valley A v Giffnock & Clarkston
Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Graham Anderson   Steve Smith	1913   1845   1756   1692   1676	½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0   0 - 1   1 - 0	2054   1926   1902   1750   1396	Neil Thomson   Rosie Giulian   Loukas Kefalas   Andrew McQueen   David McDonald
		3 - 2

Jim's game from board 3 is worth looking at...

Shemilt - Kefalas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Division 1 - Edinburgh 1 v Forth Valley A
Neil Berry (FM)   Colin Georghiu   Julius Schwartz   Raj Bhopal   William Rutherford	2336   2300   2060   1958   1912	1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½	1913   1845   1756   1692   1676	Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Graham Anderson   Steve Smith
		4 - 1

Division 3 - Perth v Forth Valley B
Martin Gourlay   David Hall   Michael Roth   John Warren   Ian Washington	1880   1819   1633   1465   1427	1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0	1657   1527   1469   1394   1381	Bill Cook   Bill Gray   Robert Leckie   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie
		4½ - ½

Division 3 - Forth Valley B v Pentland Hills
Bill Gray   Robert Leckie   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie   David Fowler	1527   1469   1394   1381   1010	0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1	1790   1735   1560   1376   1319	David Begg   Robin Bauld   Charles Nisbet   Walter Pearson   Andrew Clark
		½ - 4½

29 November 2015 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 1 - Dundee City A v Forth Valley A
Andrew Greet (IM)   David Findlay   Stephen Hogg   Sergey Tin   Carey Groves (WFM)	2496   2185   1981   1969   1887	½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½	2020   1778   1748   1719   1702	Kenny McGeoch   Jim Shemilt   Neil Irving   Ian Mason   Steve Smith
		3½ - 1½

Division 1 - Forth Valley A v East Kilbride A
Kenny McGeoch   Jim Shemilt   Neil Irving   Ian Mason   Steve Smith	2020   1778   1748   1719   1702	½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0   0 - 1   0 - 1	1870   1840   1807   1639   1581	Lennart Koehn   Alan Jelfs   Anthony Dunlop   Frankie Murray   Tom Brisbane
		3 - 2

Division 3 - Oban v Forth Valley B
Alistair Campbell   Hugh Flockhart   Derek Coope   Peter Doris   Jeffrey Robinson	1737   1425   1365   1256   931	½ - ½   1 - 0   0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1	1666   1502   1460   1406   1301	Bill Cook   Robin Hayles   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie
		1½ - 3½

Division 3 - Forth Valley B v Dunfermline Knights
Bill Cook   Robin Hayles   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie	1666   1502   1460   1406   1301	0 - 1   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   1 - 0	2085   1610   1530   1357   1252	Ian Robertson   Stuart Black   Stewart Brisbane   Peter Horne   Glynis Grant
		2 - 3

25 October 2015 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 1 - Forth Valley A v Hamilton A
Ubong Archibald   Kenny McGeoch   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Ian Mason	2224   2020   1946   1748   1719	1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½	2198   2143   2070   1967   1714	Patrick Coffey   Steven Tweedie   Christopher Tweedie   Tom Donahue   Arthur Mulholland
		2½ - 2½

Division 1 - Wandering Dragons A v Forth Valley A
Mark Orr (IM)   Graham Hamilton   David Wallace   Eoin Campbell   Richard Kynoch	2169   1944   1842   1839   1815	½ - ½   1 - 0   0 - 1   ½ - ½   1 - 0	2020   1946   1748   1719   1702	Kenny McGeoch   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Ian Mason   Steve Smith
		3 - 2

The withdrawal of teams further up the league means that Forth Valley B retain their place in the third division.

Division 3 - CSBOS1 v Forth Valley B
Jamie Mollison   Adria Borras Carbonell   Crawford MacNab   Findlay Murray   Richard Scott	1827   1764   1748   1689   1648	½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0	1702   1486   1460   1301   1219	Steve Smith   Dave Hewitt   Bill Gray   David Brodie   Robert Togneri
		3½ - 1½

Division 3 - Forth Valley B v Dumfries & District
Graham Anderson   Dave Hewitt   Bill Gray   David Brodie   Robert Togneri	1671   1486   1460   1301   1219	0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1   1 - 0	1965   1801   1640   1618   1362	Michael Green   Satvros Karampatos   Stuart Marchbank   Nikos Argyroudis   Don Garford
		1 - 4

29 March 2015 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Dunfermline Knights
Dougie Will   Shivan Murdochy   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason	1954   1907   1873   1782   1694	0 - 1   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0	2115   1570   1387   1273   1267	Ian Robertson   Stuart Black   Peter Horne   Ben Volland   Glynis Grant
		4 - 1

A tremendous season for the A team, finishing top of the league with 6 wins from 7 matches and promoted to Division 1. Well done to all!

Division 3 - Forth Valley B v Stepps Warriors
Neil Irving   Bill Cook   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie	1644   1556   1511   1473   1236	0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1   1 - 0	2326   2082   1922   1877   1447	Douglas Bryson (IM)   Graeme Nolan   Alex Gillies   William Hulme   Peter Thomson
		1 - 4

Disappointment for the B team, the season finishing with relegation from Division 3 to 4. This masks some fine individual performances, with all but the unlucky Mr Hanlon achieving grading performances well above their current rating. On board 1, with 3/7 including two games against titled players, Neil managed a tournament rating of 1888, and special mention to Bill Cook, who, with 2/3, had a tournament performance of 2002.

15 March 2015 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 2 - North Ayrshire Crusaders v Forth Valley A
Gary McPheator   David Deary   Paul McDonald   David Congleton   Michelle Jones	1741   1685   1518   1429	0 - 1   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   0 - 1	1954   1907   1873   1782   1694	Dougie Will   Shivan Murdochy   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason
		1 - 4

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Kilmarnock
Dougie Will   Shivan Murdochy   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason	1954   1907   1873   1782   1694	0 - 1   1 - 0   ½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½	1924   1871   1803   1704   1513	Jamie Malkin   Joe Parks   Kenneth Malkin   James Kleboe   John McNicoll
		2 - 3

Division 3 - Forth Valley B v Pentland Hills
Neil Irving   Bill Cook   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie	1644   1556   1511   1473   1236	1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   0 - 1   0 - 1	1769   1727   1547   1454   1311	David Begg   Robin Bauld   Charles Nisbet   Walter Pearson   Andrew Clark
		3 - 2

Division 3 - Inverclyde v Forth Valley B
Jim Montgomery   Kevin McDonald   John Calder   Steve Hilton   Andy Smith	2144   2026   1928   1832   1375	1 - 0   0 - 1   1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½	1644   1556   1511   1473   1236	Neil Irving   Bill Cook   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie
		3 - 2

15 February 2015 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Edinburgh 2
Dougie Will   Shivan Murdochy   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason	1954   1907   1873   1782   1694	½ - ½   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0	1881   1794   1711   1603   1543	Michael Ridge   John Smith   Christopher McIntee   Vipin Zamvar   Callum McGillivray
		4½ - ½

Division 2 - Wandering Dragons A v Forth Valley A
Mark Orr (IM)   Walter Burnett   David Wallace   Richard Kynoch   Eoin Campbell	2215   2034   1974   1880   1837	1 - 0   ½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1	1954   1907   1873   1782   1694	Dougie Will   Shivan Murdochy   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason
		2 - 3

Division 3 - Forth Valley B v Lanark
Neil Irving   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   Robert Leckie   David Brodie	1644   1511   1473   1362   1236	1 - 0   0 - 1   0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1	1839   1739   1588   1504   1141	Jim Smalls   Ian Brownlee   Alexander Bond   Tom Brown   Bernard Airlie
		1½ - 3½

Division 3 - Thistles v Forth Valley B
Roddy McKay (IM)   David Campbell   Alistair Maxwell   Ian Marks   Jack Parkes	2422   1962   1895   1881   1655	1 - 0   0 - 1   1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½	1644   1511   1473   1362   1236	Neil Irving   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   Robert Leckie   David Brodie
		3 - 2

9 November 2014 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Cumbernauld
Dougie Will   Shivan Murdochy   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason	1954   1907   1873   1782   1694	½ - ½   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   ½ - ½	1906   1782   1746   1737   1593	Steven Kelly   Mark Monaghan   Kevin Mayo   Ralph Stirrat   George Thomson
		4 - 1

Division 2 - Giffnock & Clarkston v Forth Valley A
Neil Thomson   Antonios Floros   Rosie Guilian   David McDonald   Andrew McCulloch	1984   1830   1806   1336   1139	0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1	1954   1907   1873   1782   1694	Dougie Will   Shivan Murdochy   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason
		1 - 4

Division 3 - Forth Valley B v CSBOS1
Neil Irving   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   Robert Leckie   David Brodie	1644   1511   1473   1362   1236	1 - 0   0 - 1   0 - 1   ½ - ½   1 - 0	1853   1803   1802   1668   1641	Nigel Chapman   Jamie Mollison   Crawford McNab   Rudolph Austin   David Stewart
		2½ - 2½

Division 3 - Dumfries & District v Forth Valley B
Michael Green   David Brown   Robert Walton   Gordon Lyburn   Stavros Karampatos	1975   1893   1740   1689   1661	1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0	1644   1511   1473   1362   1236	Neil Irving   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   Robert Leckie   David Brodie
		4½ - ½

23 February 2014 - Scottish National League

Forth Valley A v North Ayrshire Crusaders
Dougie Will   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason   Robin Hayles	1912   1776   1750   1733   1660	1 - 0   0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1   1 - 0	2000   1706   1754   1576   1232	David Grant   Daniel Deary   David Deary   Paul MacDonald   Jack Stewart
		2 - 3

CS BOS1 v Forth Valley A
Crawford Macnab   Nigel Chapman   Rudolph Austin   Thomas Grundy   David Stewart	1805   1774   1720   1678   1614	1 - 0   ½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½   ½ - ½	1912   1776   1750   1733   1670	Dougie Will   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason   Graham Anderson
		2½ - 2½

 

Pentland Hills v Forth Valley B
David Begg   Robin Bauld   Charles Nisbet   Walter Pearson   Richard Heathwood	1786   1616   1605   1458   1436	0 - 1   1 - 0   ½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½	1657   1616   1496   1442   1207	Neil Irving   Bill Cook   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie
		2 - 3

Forth Valley B v Inverclyde
Neil Irving   Bill Cook   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie	1657   1616   1496   1442   1207	½ - ½   0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1	2069   1880   1822   1696   1666	Kevin McDonald   John Calder   Steve Hilton   David Logue   Andrew Curran
		½ - 4½

Things look grim for Forth Valley A in division 2 - 4 draws and 2 defeats leave them bottom of the table, with a tough final fixture against Dunfermline. Forth Valley B, with 2 victories and 4 defeats, should be safe in division 3.

24 November 2013 - Scottish National Chess League

Edinburgh 2 v Forth Valley A
Michael Ridge   John Smith   Christoper McIntee   Calum McGilvray   Vipin Zamvar	1900   1869   1710   1504   1494	0 - 1   0 - 1   1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0	1912   1776   1750   1733   1660	Dougie Will   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason   Robin Hayles
		2½ - 2½

Forth Valley A v Dundee City B
Dougie Will   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason   Graham Anderson	1912   1776   1750   1733   1670	1 - 0   ½ - ½   0 - 1   0 - 1   1 - 0	1802   1784   1720   1624   1496	Gary Weir   Alastair Dawson   Andre Babin   Dariusz Koznik   Martin Chalmers
		2½ - 2½

 

Lanark v Forth Valley B
Jim Smalls   Ian Brownlee   Tom Brown   John Nicol   Anthony Burns	1772   1698   1592   1441   1271	½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0	1657   1616   1496   1442   1207	Neil Irving   Bill Cook   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie
		3½ - 1½

Forth Valley B v Kilmarnock
Neil Irving   Bill Cook   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie	1657   1616   1496   1442   1207	½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   0 - 1   1 - 0	1958   1822   1822   1760   1518	Jamie Malkin   Joe Parks   Kenneth Malkin   James Kleboe   John McNicoll
		2 - 3

27 October 2013 - Scottish National Chess League

East Kilbride v Forth Valley A
Alan Jelfs   Anthony Dunlop   Lennart Koehn   Jim Robertson   Tom Brisbane	1922   1696   1678   1602   1542	1 - 0   1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   ½ - ½	1912   1750   1733   1660   1657	Dougie Will   Steve Smith   Ian Mason   Robin Hayles   Neil Irving
		3½ - 1½

Forth Valley A v Giffnock & Clarkston A
Dougie Will   Steve Smith   Ian Mason   Graham Anderson   Robin Hayles	1912   1750   1733   1670   1660	1 - 0   0 - 1   1 - 0   ½ - ½   0 - 1	2174   1836   1712   1694   1628	Phil Giulian   Neil Thomson   Andrew McQueen   Rosie Giulian   Iain Campbell
		2½ - 2½

A couple of short (in terms of number of moves, but not, of course, time) games from the afternoon session. The first game is from board 1, where Dougie had White against Phil Giulian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This second game is from board 4, where I had Black against Rosie Giulian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wandering Dragons v Forth Valley B
Richard Kynoch   Elliot Sloan   Donald Heron   Richard Carter   Chris Donkin	1844   1832   1800   1736   1547	1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0	1496   1442   1207   1182   764	Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie   Robert Leckie   Ross Heenan
		5 - 0

Forth Valley B v Dumfries & District
Neil Irving   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie   Robert Leckie	1657   1496   1442   1207   1182	½ - ½   1 - 0   0 - 1   1 - 0   ½ - ½	2011   1519   1510   1404   1151	Michael Green   Karsten Saunders   Stavros Karampatos   Nikos Argyroudis   Robert Sim
		3 - 2

This final game is from board 4, where David Brodie had Black against Nikos Argyroudis.

24 March 2013 - Scottish National Chess League

I forgot to add this at the time, so for the sake of completeness here are the results from the final round of the SNCL.

Giffnock & Clarkston A v Forth Valley A
Calum MacQueen   Neil Thomson   Antonios Floros   Rosie Giulian   Andrew MacQueen	2272   1918   1819   1787   1648	½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0	1858   1839   1762   1708   1625	Dougie Will   Kenny McGeoch   Ian Mason   Steve Smith   Robin Hayles
		4 - 1

This defeat means Forth Valley A are relegated to Division 2 for next season.

Forth Valley B v Oban
Dave Hewitt   Bill Cook   Bill Gray       Robert Leckie	1589   1575   1527	½ - ½   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0d - 1d   ½ - ½	1898   1799   1576       1363	Duncan Campbell   Alistair Campbell   Hugh Flockhart       Peter Doris
		2 - 3

Forth Valley B finished one point above the relegation zone, and will play in Division 3 again next season.