11 December 2017 - Central League Division 2

Stirling B v Badgers Brook B
Dave Hewitt John Blake Tony Pitson Craig Manson Brad Duthie	1584 1574 1469 1455 1428	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1562 1430 1375 1361 1175	Graham Kerr Dave McGilvray Derek Raffan Dylan Gillies Gordon Walker
		4 - 1

Thanks to John for providing the game below, where he had Black against Dave McGilvray.

McGilvray - Blake

4 December 2017 - Central League Division 1

Stirling A v Cumbernauld A
Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Bill Cook   Graham Anderson   John Blake	1767   1704   1663   1622   1574	½ - ½   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0   1 - 0	1836   1748   1547   1404   1219	Steven Kelly   Ralph Stirrat   George Thomson   Derek McAteer   Steven Monaghan
		3½ - 1½

Steve drew, then Bill drew, then Jim drew, and John won to leave the score at 2½-1½. I got into a wee bit of time trouble, and threw away a small positional advantage with a careless move. Derek started to get on top down the Queen-side, before chucking his Queen for a pawn (the lucky underpants strike again!).

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...

23 November 2017 - Central League Division 2

Cumbernauld B v Stirling C
Derek McAteer Steven Gentleman Liam Heron Mark Heron Euan Wallace	1404 1272 1085 964 883	½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	1386   1284 1273 1107	Tom Wallace Richard Warcup Gordon Allcock Robert Togneri Mick Bloor
		1½ - 3½

20 November 2017 - Robert Togneri Trophy

Time control: 15 minutes each for all moves

	Name	Grade	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Place
1	Bill Cook	1601	1 W 14	1½ B 10	1½ W 3	2½ B 18	3½ W 12	=4
2	Graham Anderson	1595	1 B 13	2 W 23	3 B 11	4 W 6	5 B 3	1
3	John Blake	1574	½*	1½B 18	2½ B 1	3½ W 7	3½ W 2	=4
4	Tony Pitson	1496	1 B 15	1 W 11	2 B 19	2½ W 19	2½ B 6	=10
5	Dave Hewitt	1558	1 W 16	2 B 8	2 W 6	3 B 14	4 W 11	=2
6	Richard Warcup	e1450	1 B 17	2 W 9	3 B 5	3 B 2	4 W 4	=2
7	Martyn Roe	1442	½ W 18	1½ B 12	2½ W 10	2½ B 3	2½ W 9	=10
8	David Scobie	e1400	1 B 19	1 W 5	2 B 23	2 W 11	-	=15
9	Gordon Allcock	1368	1 W 20	1 B 6	2 W 22	2½ B 4	3½ B 7	=4
10	Brad Duthie	1316	1 B 21	1½ W 1	1½ B 7	1½ W 12	2½ Bye	=10
11	Tom Wallace	1313	1 W 22	2 B 4	2 W 2	3 B 8	3 B 5	=7
12	Jonathan Blake	1289	½ *	½ W 7	1½ W 21	2½ B 10	2½ B 1	=10
13	Robert Togneri	1200	0 W 2	0 B 14	0 W 18	1 Bye	1 B 22	=20
14	Mick Bloor	1192	0 B 1	1 W 13	2 B 17	2 W 5	3 B 15	=7
15	Craig Thomson	723	0 W 4	0 B 22	1 W 16	2 B 20	2 W 14	=15
16	Idris Benwell	394	0 B 5	0 W 19	0 B 15	0 W 17	-	23
17	Alex Brimlow	377	0 W 6	1 B 20	1 W 14	2 B 16	-	=15
18	Martin Pringle	u/g	½ B 7	½ W 3	1½ B 13	1½ W 1	-	=18
19	Ross Warcup	u/g	0 W 8	1 B 16	1 W 4	1½ B 21	2½ W 20	=10
20	Garth Armitage	u/g	0 B 9	0 W 17	1 Bye	1 W 15	1 B 19	=20
21	Douglas Pringle	u/g	0 W 10	1 Bye	1 B 12	1½ W 19	-	=18
22	Chris Mintern	u/g	0 B 11	1 W 15	1 B 9	2 W 23	3 W 13	=7
23	Gordon Bowie	u/g	1 Bye	1 B 2	1 W 8	1 B 22	-	=20

 

Robert Togneri presents Graham Anderson with his eponymous trophy.

14 November 2017 - Junior Challenge Match

Thanks to Derek McAteer and all of the juniors at Cumbernauld Chess Club for hosting a challenge match last night. We all enjoyed it, and hope for a rematch soon.

13 November 2017 - Central League Division 2

Stirling B v Dunfermline B
Dave Hewitt Tony Pitson Craig Manson Brad Duthie Tom Wallace	1584 1469 1455 1428 1386	½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0	1581 1541 1465 1452 1370	Calum Smith Andy Forbes Stewart Brisbane Douglas Rew Peter Horne
		4 - 1