| Stirling C v Stirling B | ||||
| Gordon Allcock Robert Leckie Craig Manson David Brodie Mick Bloor |
1416 1362 1262 1236 1199 |
0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 |
1573 1566 1536 1442 1245 |
John Blake Bill Cook Tony Pitson Dave Hewitt Robert Togneri |
| 1½ - 3½ | ||||
The game below is from board 1, where Gordon Allcock had White against John Blake.
Allcock - Blake
As well as the allegro match between the two Stirling teams, there was the battle of the Roberts - Mr Leckie v Mr Togneri - in the Thornton Cup. The game played as below, with analysis from Mr Leckie.
Leckie - Togneri
| Stirling Bruce 8½ - 7½ Stirling Wallace | ||
| Round 1 | ||
| Paul Prescott | ½ - ½ | Steve Smith |
| John Blake | 0 - 1 | Tony Pitson |
| Bill Cook | ½ - ½ | Robin Hayles |
| Graham Anderson | 1 - 0 | Martyn Roe |
| Round 2 | ||
| Paul Prescott | 1 - 0 | Martyn Roe |
| John Blake | 0 - 1 | Steve Smith |
| Bill Cook | 1 - 0 | Tony Pitson |
| Graham Anderson | 1 - 0 | Robin Hayles |
| Round 3 | ||
| Paul Prescott | 1 - 0 | Robin Hayles |
| John Blake | 0 - 1 | Martyn Roe |
| Bill Cook | 0 - 1 | Steve Smith |
| Graham Anderson | ½ - ½ | Tony Pitson |
| Round 4 | ||
| Paul Prescott | 1 - 0 | Tony Pitson |
| John Blake | ½ - ½ | Robin Hayles |
| Bill Cook | ½ - ½ | Martyn Roe |
| Graham Anderson | 0 - 1 | Steve Smith |
Starting their defence of the Central Allegro League title, Bruce managed to grind out a victory over Wallace in a match that went down to the very last game. My lucky underpants were over-worked in rounds 1 and 2 - I recovered from a piece for a pawn down to a roughly equal endgame. I then survived Martyn missing a fork to win my rook. In my second game, Robin allowed me to queen a pawn, as he forgot that it could promote.
The last round saw Bill and John agreeing draws, before I miscalculated against Steve to lose a rook while already behind. This left the match tied at 7½ - 7½, before Paul triumphed against Tony.
The first competitive game of the season was played at the club last Monday, a prelimnary round match of the Thornton Cup. Dave Hewitt had White against 10 year old James Warwick. The game is notable as James' first ever competitive game (when James is a GM in 15 years time, Dave will happily claim "Ach, beaten him."), and a discovered checkmate from a pawn promotion.
Hewitt - Warwick
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Name
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Grade
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Allegro Grade
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Paul Prescott Jim Shemilt Steve Smith Graham Anderson Neil Irving Robin Hayles John Blake Bill Cook Tony Pitson Dave Hewitt Martyn Roe Gordon Allcock Robert Leckie Jonathan Blake Craig Manson Robert Togneri David Brodie Nicholas Blake Mick Bloor Tom McKay George Clarke |
1960 1787 1782 1727 1644 1584 1573 1556 1536 1442 1440 1416 1362 1301 1262 1245 1236 1227 1199 818 812 |
1775 1705 1583 1610 1603 1522 1691 1666 1425 1532 1420 1376 1268 1197 1134 1197 1332 1398 1189 905 812 |
Dave Hewitt writes:- The 2013-14 Lindsay Cup final was played on Wednesday afternoon, between Tony Pitson and Gordon Allcock, both of whom had won the fine old trophy once before. Tony won the toss and went on to win what was an interesting and well-fought game. He thus acquires not only the trophy itself but also one of the qualifying slots for the 2014-15 Richardson Cup.
Congratulations to Tony for a fine victory, and commiserations to Gordon for putting in a good effort only to end as runner-up. Thanks also to the other eight players who made this an enjoyable event.
The two players before the game...
...and Tony Pitson with the Lindsay Cup afterwards.
Dave Hewitt writes: The penultimate night of the season saw the spring allegro being played - the 18th in the series - and 12 players took part. Congratulations to John and Neil who shared first place with 4/5 - both were unbeaten and they drew with each other (but not a grandmaster draw) in r5. It was Neil's first win - always good to see a new name on the roll of honour (there have now been 11 different winners or joint-winners) - and John's fifth, leaving him just one win behind Steve in overall terms.
Tony claimed the other place on the podium - an excellent result given that he started with a loss - and he won an interesting QvsRR game against Steve in r5 when a win for the latter would have seen him finish joint-first. It was good to see young James getting his first proper tournament outing - always a bit daunting, and even though the three games he played all ended in defeat it will have been good practice and will hopefully be just the start of a long competitive career.
Time control: 15 minutes each for all moves
| Name | Grade | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Place | |
|
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
Bill Cook
John Blake Graham Anderson Neil Irving Tony Pitson Steve Smith Dave Hewitt Robert Togneri David Brodie Mick Bloor Craig Manson James Warwick |
1684
1657 1593 1588 1581 1575 1502 1278 1276 1130 1071 u/g |
1 W 7
1 B 8 1 W 9 1 B 10 0 W 11 1 B 12 0 B 1 0 W 2 0 B 3 0 W 4 1 B 5 0 W 6 |
1 B 4
1½ W 6 2 B 11 2 W 1 ½ B 9 1½ B 2 0 W 10 1 B 12 ½ W 5 1 B 7 1 W 3 0 W 8 |
1 W 2
2½ B 1 2 W 4 3 B 3 1½ W 10 2½ W 11 1 W 12 2 W 9 ½ B 8 1 B 5 1 B 6 0 B 7 |
2 B 10
3½ W 3 2 B 2 3½ W 6 2½ W 8 3 B 4 1½ B 11 2 B 5 1½ Bye 1 W 1 1½ W 7 0 - |
2½ W 3
4 B 4 2½ B 1 4 W 2 3½ B 6 3 W 5 2½ W 9 3 W 11 1½ B 7 2 Bye 1½ B 8 0 - |
=6
=1 =6 =1 3 =4 =6 =4 =10 9 =10 12 |
