2026-11-02 Lindsay Cup Game

This entertaining game was played in the group stage of the Lindsay Cup. Thanks to Mick for sending it in.

[Event "Lindsay Cup"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hoehn, Andreas"] [Black "Bloor, Mick"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2374235187720250"] [EventDate "2025.11.28"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Qe2 Bc5 7. h3 Nc6 8. c3 Qd7 9. Ngf3 O-O-O 10. O-O g5 11. Nxg5 Rhg8 12. Ngf3 Rxg3 13. d4 Rxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Rg8+ 15. Kh2 dxe4 16. dxc5 exf3 17. Nxf3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rg2+ 19. Kh1 Qd5 20. Rd1 Qxc5 {Black misses mate in two with either 20...Rh2 or 20...Rg1.} 21. Nf3 Rxf2 22. Be3 Rxe2 23. Bxc5 Bxf3+ 24. Kg1 Rxb2 25. Rf1 Rg2+ 26. Kh1 Rxa2+ 27. Kg1 Rg2+ 28. Kh1 Be4 29. Rxf6 Ra2+ 30. Kg1 Rxa1+ 31. Kh2 bxc5 32. Rxf7 Bf5 {White resigned with less than two minutes on the clock.} 0-1

2026-11-02 Narrow Loss for B Team at Broxburn

   Central League Division 1
   Badgers Brook A  3-2 Stirling B

1. Kenny McGeoch   2041  1-0  Brad Duthie      1562 
2. Stuart Ward     1866  1-0  Nathanael Loch   1525
3. David James     1554  0-1  Kenny MacPherson 1525
4. Jonathan Rowney 1512  1-0  Toby Geyer       1491
5. Colin Matthews  1462  0-1  Harry Feather    1471

2026-10-28 Allegro Match

Clackmannanshire   9-7   Stirling Wallace

Round 1

Glen Wilson        1-0  Chris Woodhouse
Joseph Lambert     0-1  Victor Liu
Roman Quinn        0-1  Elsa Liu
Catherine Lambert  ½-½  Andreas Hoehn

Round 2

Joseph     1-0  Chris
Roman      0-1  Victor
Catherine  0-1  Elsa
Glen       1-0  Andreas

Round 3

Roman      0-1  Chris
Catherine  0-1  Victor
Glen       1-0  Elsa
Joseph     1-0  Andreas

Round 4

Catherine  ½-½  Chris
Glen       1-0  Victor
Joseph     1-0  Elsa
Roman      1-0  Andreas

Individual scores

Clackmannanshire
Glen Wilson 4; Joseph Lambert 3; Roman Quinn 1; Catherine Lambert 1

Stirling Wallace
Chris 1½; Victor 3; Elsa 2; Andreas ½

2026-10-27 A Team win at Dunfermline

   Central League Division 1
   Dunfermline A              1½-3½ Stirling A     

1. Volodymyr Tushynskyi  2116  0-1  Isaac Browning 2053 
2. Ian Robertson         2008  0-1  William Spiers 1766 
3. John MacBride         1721  ½-½  Jim Shemilt    1673 
4. Euan Bell             1543  1-0  Richard Warcup 1630 
5. Gonzalo Ferero        1553  0-1  Toby Geyer     1491 

2026-10-26 Two Matches at Home

   Central League Division 2
   Stirling C            5-0  Clackmannanshire     

1. Toby Geyer      1491  1-0  Glen Wilson       1106
2. Harry Feather   1471  1-0  Joseph Lambert    1043
3. Steve Smith     1460  1-0  Aidan Cameron     u/g
4. Douglas Heatlie 1377  1-0  Vytautas Jakstys  u/g
5. David Fowler    1219  1-0  Catherine Lambert u/g

   Central League Division 2
   Stirling E         4-1  Badgers Brook B     

1. Iain Macrury u/g   1-0  Gordon Walker  1201 
2. Mick Murphy  1057  0-1  David Lawrence 1191 
3. Rudra Pardhi 995   1-0  Connor George  1057
4. Josh Heesom  953   1-0  Douglas Scott  985 
5. Elsa Liu     841   1-0  Peter Woolven  899 

Game from the Match between the D and E Teams

Graham has provided the game from board 1 of the D v E match on Monday - the deciding game as the score was poised at 2-2. Both players were down to under 5 minutes at the end. Graham has added in some engine analysis of the closing stages. Great game, and part of a fantastic win for the E team.

[Event "Stirling D v Stirling E"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2026.10.12"] [Round "?"] [White "Macrury, I.."] [Black "Carmichael, S.."] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Anderson"] [ECO "B19"] [BlackElo "1358"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "117"] [GameId "2365094807392359"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bc4 e6 9. Qe2 Ngf6 10. Bd2 Bxc2 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. Qxc2 Qc7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O-O 16. Rac1 Rdh8 17. d5 f5 18. Qd3 Rxh4 19. Nxh4 Rxh4 20. g3 Ne5 21. Qe2 Re4 22. Qh5 Rxc4 23. Qe8+ Qd8 24. Qxe6+ Qd7 25. Qg8+ Kc7 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. Qxg7+ Kb6 28. Rxc4 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Qxc4 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 Kc5 33. Kg2 Ng5 34. c4 a6 35. Rd5+ Kc6 36. Rxf5 Ne6 37. f4 b5 38. cxb5+ axb5 39. Rf6 Nc5 40. g4 Kd5 41. Kf3 Ne6 42. g5 Be7 43. Rf5+ Kd6 44. Kg4 Nd4 45. Re5 b4 46. Kh5 Ne6 47. Kg4 Nd4 48. Re4 Nc6 49. f5 Ne5+ 50. Kh5 Kd5 51. Re2 Bf8 52. g6 Bg7 53. Rd2+ Ke4 54. Rf2 Bf6 55. Rf1 Nf3 ({Stockfish has the game as drawn after 55 Rf1 recommending Black continue with} 55... Nd3 {In order to keep the f-pawn, the White King has to retreat back to g4. If it advances to h6 instead, Black has to give up his bishop after g7, but the resulting R+P against N+P should be drawn, for example after these moves:} 56. Kh6 Nf4 57. Kh7 Kxf5 58. g7 Bxg7 59. Kxg7) 56. Kh6 Bg5+ 57. Kh7 Bf6 58. g7 Ng5+ 59. Kg6 {Black resigns} 1-0

2026-10-05 and 2026-10-12 E Team's ups and downs

On Monday 5th October the E Team hosted Clackmannanshire, with the visitors claiming a narrow victory.

   Central League Division 2
   Stirling E           2-3  Clackmannanshire

1. Ian Macrury     u/g  1-0  Glen Wilson       1106	
2. Rudra Pardhi    995  0-1  Joseph Lambert    1043	
3. Leith Macrury   u/g  0-1  Luke Evans        u/g 
4. Elsa Liu        841	1-0  Roman Quinn       u/g
5. Jamie Scanlon   u/g  0-1  Catherine Lambert u/g

The following Monday, the E Team were technically the away team and this time, they were victorious by the minimum margin.

   Central League Division 2
   Stirling D             2-3  Stirling E

1. Sandy Carmichael 1358  0-1  Iain Macrury   u/g
2. Tom Wallace      1293  1-0  Mick Murphy    1057
3. David Fowler     1219  1-0  Rudra Pardhi   995
4. Kai Austin       978   0-1  Stewart Cairns 821
5. Josh Heesom      953   0-1  Leith Macrury  u/g

D Team captain Tom provided this summary:

My game on board 2 finished quickly as Mick give away a rook for nothing on move 4 and eventually resigned in a lost middlegame. Josh and Leith fought a tricky rook and pawn ending with Leith promoting a pawn to win on board 5. Stewart had a good win against Kai on board 4.

2 games left and both very close, Rudra left his queen en prise and this wasn’t immediately noticed by David but once it was off David finished the game soon after. Sandy and Iain were down to a few minutes left with Iain having a Rook and 2 connected pawns against Sandy's Bishop and Knight. The pawns were pushed forward and the win secured.

The Stirling E Team is definitely stronger this year.