27 November 2013 - Central Allegro League

Dunfermline Minnows 7 - 9 Stirling Bruce
Round 1
Jim Webster	0 - 1	Paul Prescott
Ian Robertson	1 - 0	John Blake
Iain Sneddon	½ - ½	Graham Anderson
Terry Doherty	0 - 1	Dave Hewitt
Round 2
Jim Webster	½ - ½	John Blake
Ian Robertson	1 - 0	Graham Anderson
Iain Sneddon	0 - 1	Dave Hewitt
Terry Doherty	1 - 0	Paul Prescott
Round 3
Jim Webster	0 - 1	Graham Anderson
Ian Robertson	1 - 0	Dave Hewitt
Iain Sneddon	1 - 0	Paul Prescott
Terry Doherty	0 - 1	John Blake
Round 4
Jim Webster	0 - 1	Dave Hewitt
Ian Robertson	1 - 0	Paul Prescott
Iain Sneddon	0 - 1	John Blake
Terry Doherty	0 - 1	Graham Anderson

24 November 2013 - Scottish National Chess League

Edinburgh 2 v Forth Valley A
Michael Ridge   John Smith   Christoper McIntee   Calum McGilvray   Vipin Zamvar	1900   1869   1710   1504   1494	0 - 1   0 - 1   1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0	1912   1776   1750   1733   1660	Dougie Will   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason   Robin Hayles
		2½ - 2½

Forth Valley A v Dundee City B
Dougie Will   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason   Graham Anderson	1912   1776   1750   1733   1670	1 - 0   ½ - ½   0 - 1   0 - 1   1 - 0	1802   1784   1720   1624   1496	Gary Weir   Alastair Dawson   Andre Babin   Dariusz Koznik   Martin Chalmers
		2½ - 2½

 

Lanark v Forth Valley B
Jim Smalls   Ian Brownlee   Tom Brown   John Nicol   Anthony Burns	1772   1698   1592   1441   1271	½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0	1657   1616   1496   1442   1207	Neil Irving   Bill Cook   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie
		3½ - 1½

Forth Valley B v Kilmarnock
Neil Irving   Bill Cook   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   David Brodie	1657   1616   1496   1442   1207	½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   0 - 1   1 - 0	1958   1822   1822   1760   1518	Jamie Malkin   Joe Parks   Kenneth Malkin   James Kleboe   John McNicoll
		2 - 3

18 November 2013

Two matches were played in the Richardson Cup on Monday night. Paul Prescott defeated Bill Cook, and Robin and I, over the course of 2¾ hours, fought out the game below.

Hayles - Anderson

11 November 2013 - Central League Division 1

Stirling A v Grangemouth A
Steve Smith   Graham Anderson   Robin Hayles   Neil Irving   Dave Hewitt	1750   1670   1660   1657   1502	0 - 1   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0	1946   1912   1733   1259	Alan Bell   Dougie Will   Ian Mason   Crawford Welsh   David Fowler
		2½ - 2½

This is my game from board 2, where I had Black (for the fifth game in a row) against Dougie Will.

Will - Anderson

 

This is the game from board 3, where Robin had White against Ian Mason.

Hayles - Mason

4 November 2013 - Thornton Cup

As well as the Allegro match on Monday night, the Thornton Cup saw the battle of the Roberts - Mr Togneri against Mr Leckie. The game is below, with Mr Togneri as White.

4 November 2013 - Central Allegro League

A match that seemed closer than the score-line suggests. Notable for another fine 4/4 from John Blake, a fine unbeaten 3/4 from Bill Cook, me snatching defeat from the jaws of victory against Stewart Brisbane, and Dave picking up his bishop from a3, deciding f8 wasn't the correct square for it but g7 was...

Stirling Bruce 11 - 5 Dunfermline Sharks
Round 1
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Fred Ossowski
John Blake	1 - 0	Stewart Brisbane
Graham Anderson	0 - 1	Peter Horne
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	Matthew Stewart
Round 2
Bill Cook	½ - ½	Matthew Stewart
John Blake	1 - 0	Fred Ossowski
Graham Anderson	0 - 1	Stewart Brisbane
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	Peter Horne
Round 3
Bill Cook	½ - ½	Peter Horne
John Blake	1 - 0	Matthew Stewart
Graham Anderson	1 - 0	Fred Ossowski
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	Stewart Brisbane
Round 4
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Stewart Brisbane
John Blake	1 - 0	Peter Horne
Graham Anderson	1 - 0	Matthew Stewart
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	Fred Ossowski

28 October 2013 - GM Daan Brandenburg simultaneous part 2

Dave Hewitt adds: A very impressive performance by GM Daan Brandenburg, who won most of his games not by any fireworks, but by quiet development and manoeuvring. The first game to end was against Robin Hayles, after just under 90 minutes of play - but it then took only another 28 minutes before the 15th and final win was secured, against Jono Blake.

Neil Irving and Steve Smith appeared to come closest to spoiling the GM's 100% record, while Robert Togneri also did well - even having Daan in slight time trouble for a while and feeling afterwards that he wasn't too far from managing a draw. Martyn Roe and Gordon Allcock put up stout resistance, as did Jono, but in the end it was a 15-0 drubbing.

Several of the stronger Stirling players were away - Paul, Jim, Bill and Tony - and their presence might not only have increased the individual difficulty for Daan but also the larger number of opponents might have made things harder for him overall, given that a good few more moves would have had to be played in the same amount of time. As it was, most games lasted between 28 and 46 moves, and around 560 moves were made in total. In other words, Daan won the 15 games at a rate of around seven moves per minute - tremendous stuff. Immediately afterwards, he described himself as feeling "very tired" - and no wonder.

Many thanks to him for a tour de force - fascinating to watch and, for those taking part, enjoyable (well, up to a point) to play in. It was very instructive - and rather humbling - to watch such a strong player in action.

Some more games...

Brandenburg - Hayles

 

 

 

Brandenburg - Leckie

Mick Bloor's game to follow once I find out what's wrong with it...