2026-11-09 Togneri Trophy

The Autumn edition of the bi-annual Robert Togneri Trophy had 20 participating, including a good number of juniors.

The Allegro tournament had a time-limit of ten minutes per player plus a 5 second increment per move.

Isaac repeated his Spring success with a 100% score and four players - Nathanael, Steve, Ross and Ian - finished equal second.

Final standings

Place Name             Rating  Total

  1   Isaac Browning    2042    5.0    
 2-5  Nathanael Loch    1673    4.0    
      Stephen H Smith   1442    4.0    
      Ross Warcup       1417    4.0    
      Ian Macrury               4.0    
  6   Toby Geyer        1614    3.5  
 7-9  Richard Warcup    1614    3.0    
      Harry Feather     1292    3.0    
      William M Cook    1442    3.0    
10-15 Thomas Nimmo      1441    2.0    
      Andreas Hoehn             2.0    
      Leith Macrury             2.0    
      Mick Bloor        1063    2.0    
      Elsa Liu           528    2.0    
      Rudra Pardhi       935    2.0    
16-18 Tim Vynnytsky             1.0    
      Grishma Banakar           1.0   
      Josh Heesom        955    1.0   
19-20 Julie Ferguson     508    0.5  
      Samay Banakar             0.5

Crosstable

No Name             Rating  Total   1     2     3     4     5  

1  Isaac Browning    2042    5.0   15:W  10:W   9:W   3:W   2:W
2  Nathanael Loch    1673    4.0    0:+   16:W  10:W  4:W   1:L
3  Stephen H Smith   1442    4.0   20:W  12:W   7:W   1:L   6:W
4  Ross Warcup       1417    4.0   11:W   9:W  15:W   2:L   8:W
5  Ian Macrury               4.0    8:L  14:W  18:W   7:W  13:W
6  Toby Geyer        1614    3.5    0:=  18:W  12:W  14:W   3:L
7  Richard Warcup    1614    3.0   14:W   8:W   3:L   5:L  10:W
8  Harry Feather     1292    3.0    5:W   7:L  16:W  11:W   4:L
9  William M Cook    1442    3.0   19:W   4:L   1:L  16:+  11:W
10 Thomas Nimmo      1441    2.0   17:W   1:L   2:L  12:W   7:L
11 Andreas Hoehn             2.0    4:L  19:W  13:W   8:L   9:L
12 Leith Macrury             2.0   13:W   3:L   6:L  10:L  17:W
13 Mick Bloor        1063    2.0   12:L  20:W  11:L  18:W   5:L
14 Elsa Liu           528    2.0    7:L   5:L  17:W   6:L  19:W
15 Rudra Pardhi       935    2.0    1:L  17:W   4:L  19:W   
16 Tim Vynnytsky             1.0   18:W   2:L   8:L   9:-   
17 Grishma Banakar           1.0   10:L  15:L  14:L  20:W  12:L
18 Josh Heesom        955    1.0   16:L   6:L   5:L  13:L  20:W
19 Julie Ferguson     508    0.5    9:L  11:L  20:D  15:L  14:L
20 Samay Banakar             0.5    3:L  13:L  19:D  17:L  18:L

Thanks to Graham for taking this photograph of Harry presenting the trophy to Isaac.

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