14-10-24 Stirling B v Grangemouth B

Stirling B		v		Grangemouth B
Brad Duthie Nathanael Loch Richard Warcup Bill Cook Tom Wallace	1545 1513 1555 1470 1352	0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1873 1857 1521 1232 1152	Alan Bell Dougie Will Bill Gray Crawford Welsh Roman Kuznetsov
		3&Frac12; - 1½

07-10-24 Badgers Brook C v Stirling D

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Badgers Brook C		v		Stirling D
David Lawrence William Mundie Peter Woollven Douglas Scott David Mabon	1164 1100 1003 981 931	0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0	1422 1198   1133 847	Dave Hewitt David Fowler Toby Geyer Mick Bloor Cameron Anderson
		2½ - 2½

07-10-24 Badgers Brook A v Stirling A

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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
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02-10-24 Richardson Cup Final

The delayed final of the club championship for season 2023-2024, the Richardson Cup, was played between Isaac Browning, with White, and Sam Coates.

Pre-game handshake - Isaac is on the left, Sam on the right.

Thanks to Dave for transcribing the game below.

Isaac with the trophy - congratulations Isaac!

Thanks to Grangemouth CC for hosting the game.

01-10-2024 Dunfermline B v Stirling C

Dunfermine B		v		Stirling C
Calum Newton Gregor McCluskey Barrie Dempster Dimitris Giannakopoulos Euan Bell	1518 1456   1354 1274	0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0	1555 1481 1464 1422 742	Richard Warcup Kenny MacPherson Harry Feather Dave Hewitt Ross Warcup
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Thanks to Dave for sharing his game on lichess. This was the match decider, the last game to finish...

30-09-24 Stirling E v Badgers Brook B

I don't have all of the players names, but I do have the two games below which scored Stirling's points in 3½-1½ win for Badgers Brook B. The first game is from board 1, where Tom had white against David James.

[Event "Stirling E v Badgers Brook B"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.09.30"] [Round ""] [White "Nimmo, T"] [Black "James, D"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Be2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qxg2 10. Bf3 Qg6 11. Qb3 Be7 12. Bxb7 Bxb7 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. O-O-O a5 16. Rhg1 Qf5 17. Rg2 Rab8 18. Qc7 Qd5 19. Rdg1 g6 20. Qc4 Qb7 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Qc2 Rec8 23. Nf3 Qd5 24. Qd3 Qxa2 25. Qb1 Qb3 26. Qc2 a4 27. Qxb3 Rxb3 28. Nd2 Rb7 29. Kc2 Nd5 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Rgg1 Bf6 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Ra2 Rba7 34. Nc4 Ra6 35. f3 Nd7 36. Rga1 Nc5 37. Nd2 Nb3 38. Nxb3 axb3+ 39. Kxb3 Rb6+ 40. Kc2 Rab8 41. Rb1 Kg7 42. b4 Kf6 43. Kb3 Kf5 44. Ra7 R8b7 45. Rxb7 Rxb7 46. Rf1 Kf4 47. c4 Ke5 48. Rd1 Kf6 49. c5 Ke7 50. Kc4 f5 51. b5 e5 52. c6 Rc7 53. Kc5 e4 55. fxe4 fxe4 56. b6 { Black resigns } 1-0

This second game is board 5, where Calum, making his league debut, earned a draw with Black against D Scott.

[Event "Stirling E v Badgers Brook B"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.09.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Scott, D"] [Black "Tortolano, C"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. c5 b6 10. Nb3 Ne4 11. Nfd2 Qf6 12. Bxe4 { 12 Nxe4 seems preferable, with the follow up threats after 12 ... dxe4 13 Bxe4 } 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qf5 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Kg2 Bc4 17. e3 e5 18. cxb6 cxb6 19. e4 Qd7 20. d5 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Nd4 22. Qd1 Rfe8 23. Ne2 Qg4 24. f3 Qxf3+ 25. Kg1 Qe3+ 26. Kf1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qe3+ 28. Kf1 { Repetition draw agreed. However, Black seems to have better options with 28 ... Nf3 29 Nc3 Qg1+ 30 Ke2 Qg2+ 31 Ke3 Nxe1 32 Qxe1 Qxb2 } 1/2-1/2

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Stirling E		v		Badgers Brook C
Tom Nimmo Mick Murphy Kai Austin Stewart Cairns Calum Tortolano	1084 1135 893 738	1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½	1500 1164   1003 981	David James David Lawrence William Mundie Peter Woollven Douglas Scott
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25-09-24 Grangemouth A v Stirling B

Grangemouth A		v		Stirling B
John McLay Daniel Kitaev Pranav Ram Hariharan Alan Petrie Mark Moyo	2011 1962 1801 1675	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½	1759 1545 1513 1481 1470	Jim Shemilt Brad Duthie Nathanael Loch Kenny MacPherson Bill Cook
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