22 October 2012 - Club Allegro

Congratulations to Steve Smith, winner of the Autumn Allegro. This is the fifth time Steve has come first or first equal, more than anybody else.

Time control: 15 minutes each for all moves

	Name	Grade	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Place
1	John Blake	1639	1 W 6	1½ B 4	2½ W 10	3 B 2	4 W 8	2nd
2	Bill Cook	1575	1 B 7	1½ W 3	2½ B 5	3 W 1	3 W 4	3rd=
3	Dave Hewitt	1523	1W 8	1½B 2	1½ W 4	1½ B 6	2 B 7	7th
4	Steve Smith	1516	1 B 9	1½ W 1	2½ B 3	3½ W 5	4½ B 2	1st
5	Robin Hayles	1459	1 W 10	2 B 6	2 W 2	2 B 4	3 W 9	3rd=
6	Gordon Allcock	1398	0 B 1	0 W 5	1 B 9	2 W 3	3 W 2	3rd=
7	Robert Togneri	1324	0 W 2	0 B 10	0 W 8	0 B 9	½ W 3	10th
8	David Brodie	1300	0 B 3	1 W 9	2 B 7	3 W 10	3 B 1	3rd=
9	Mick Bloor	1123	0 W 4	0 B 8	0 W 6	1 W 7	1 B 5	8th=
10	Robert Leckie	1053	0 B 5	1 W 7	1 B 1	1 B 8	1 W 6	8th=

Games from the Grangemouth match

Taken a wee while, but here's a couple of games from the match against Grangemouth. First is John Blake's win on board 5 against Bill Gray.

 
 

This is Dave Hewitt's win on board 4 against John Smith.

15 October 2012 - Central Allegro League

Stirling Bruce 14 - 2 Stirling Wallace
Round 1
Paul Prescott	1 - 0	David Brodie
John Blake	1 - 0	Mick Bloor
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Robert Leckie
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	Steve Smith
Round 2
Paul Prescott	1 - 0	Mick Bloor
John Blake	1 - 0	Robert Leckie
Bill Cook	½ - ½	Steve Smith
Dave Hewitt	½ - ½	Robin Hayles
Round 3
Paul Prescott	1 - 0	Robert Leckie
John Blake	1 - 0	Steve Smith
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Robin Hayles
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	David Brodie
Round 4
Paul Prescott	1 - 0	Steve Smith
John Blake	1 - 0	Robin Hayles
Bill Cook	1 - 0	David Brodie
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	Mick Bloor

10 October 2012 - Central League Division 1

Grangemouth v Stirling A
Alan Bell   Dougie Will   Ian Mason   John Smith   Bill Gray	1946   1858   1762   1697   1527	1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   0 - 1	1708   1625   1574   1589   1543	Steve Smith   Robin Hayles   Graham Anderson   Dave Hewitt   John Blake
		2 - 3

Robin managed a draw on board 2 from a seemingly lost position, and I drew after 40 moves without once having any of my pieces in the other half of the board.

8 October 2012 - Club night

Results from last night's matches:-
Richardson Cup
Tony Pitson ½ - ½ Dave Hewitt
Bill Cook 0 - 1 Robin Hayles
Richardson Cup Qualifier
Graham Anderson 1 - 0 Martyn Roe

 

Thornton Cup
Tom McKay 0 - 1 David Brodie

It ain't over...

...until the fat lady sings.

Another game from last week's match against Cumbernauld, which just proves it's sometimes worth continuing, even when all appears lost (after 10 moves).

1 October 2012 - Central League Division 1

Cumbernauld A v Stirling A
Elaine Bamber   Ian Marks   Kevin Mayo   Ralph Stirrat   Ronnie Wallace	2095   1922   1836   1658   1482	1 - 0   1 - 0   0 - 1   ½ - ½   ½ - ½	2019   1708   1574   1543   1465	Douglas Bain   Steve Smith   Graham Anderson   John Blake   Martyn Roe
		3 - 2

This is the game from board 3.