31 March 2014 - Central League Cup

Badgers Brook v Stirling
Mark Cooke   Fabio Biancalana   Martin Clancy   Andrew McHarg   Kenny McGeoch   Stuart Ward   Graham Kerr	1942   1927   1904   1792   1776   1630   1629	½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0   1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½	1750   1670   1660   1657   1616   1559   1458	Steve Smith   Graham Anderson   Robin Hayles   Neil Irving   Bill Cook   John Blake   Martyn Roe
		5 - 2

It would have been a big surprise if Stirling had managed to progress against such a strong team. My lucky underpants were worked overtime on board 2, after I missed a very strong reply to my attempt to get rid of an isolated d pawn. Fabio won two pawns, then in a time scramble to get to 30 moves lost a bishop. His three queenside pawns still looked to be very strong against my lonely-looking b pawn. Further analysis suggested he should probably have won.