23 February 2015 - Central League Division 1

Stirling A v Badgers Brook
Shivan Murdochy   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Graham Anderson   Robin Hayles	1907   1787   1782   1727   1584	0 - 1   ½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½   0 - 1	1873   1912   1476   1574   1466	Kenny McGeoch   Mark Cooke   Steven McHarg   Graham Kerr   Dave McGilvray
		2 - 3

Things started well for Stirling with a win on board 3, but it was down-hill after that. Robin lost on board 5 after attacking Dave's Queen with an undefended piece, then Shivan lost on board 1. Jim agreed a draw on board 2, which left me fighting for a win to draw the match on board 4. I'd been skirting around Graham's King for much of the game, but could never find the breakthrough. Things got a bit silly in the allegro finish when Graham forked my rook and pawn with his bishop, then forgot to defend the bishop. Although I had a slight material advantage, I wasn't able to do anything with it, and a draw was agreed with both players down to under 2 minutes.

18 February 2015 - Central League Division 2

Grangemouth B v Stirling B
Bill Gray Hugh Hanlon Crawford Welsh Keith Kleinman David Fowler	1511 1473 1352   862	0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1	1573 1556 1536 1442 1236	John Blake Bill Cook Tony Pitson Dave Hewitt David Brodie
		½ - 4½

The game below is from board 1, where John Blake had White against Bill Gray.

Blake - Gray

15 February 2015 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Edinburgh 2
Dougie Will   Shivan Murdochy   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason	1954   1907   1873   1782   1694	½ - ½   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0	1881   1794   1711   1603   1543	Michael Ridge   John Smith   Christopher McIntee   Vipin Zamvar   Callum McGillivray
		4½ - ½

Division 2 - Wandering Dragons A v Forth Valley A
Mark Orr (IM)   Walter Burnett   David Wallace   Richard Kynoch   Eoin Campbell	2215   2034   1974   1880   1837	1 - 0   ½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1	1954   1907   1873   1782   1694	Dougie Will   Shivan Murdochy   Kenny McGeoch   Steve Smith   Ian Mason
		2 - 3

Division 3 - Forth Valley B v Lanark
Neil Irving   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   Robert Leckie   David Brodie	1644   1511   1473   1362   1236	1 - 0   0 - 1   0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1	1839   1739   1588   1504   1141	Jim Smalls   Ian Brownlee   Alexander Bond   Tom Brown   Bernard Airlie
		1½ - 3½

Division 3 - Thistles v Forth Valley B
Roddy McKay (IM)   David Campbell   Alistair Maxwell   Ian Marks   Jack Parkes	2422   1962   1895   1881   1655	1 - 0   0 - 1   1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½	1644   1511   1473   1362   1236	Neil Irving   Bill Gray   Hugh Hanlon   Robert Leckie   David Brodie
		3 - 2

11 February 2015 - Central Allegro League

Grangemouth Tigers 7 - 9 Stirling Wallace
Round 1
Ian Mason	1 - 0	Robert Leckie
Bill Gray	½ - ½	Jim Shemilt
Ross Heenan	0 - 1	Steve Smith
	0d - 1d	David Brodie
Round 2
Ian Mason	½ - ½	Jim Shemilt
Bill Gray	1 - 0	Steve Smith
Ross Heenan	0 - 1	David Brodie
	0d - 1d	Robert Leckie
Round 3
Ian Mason	½ - ½	Steve Smith
Bill Gray	½ - ½	David Brodie
Ross Heenan	1 - 0	Robert Leckie
	0d - 1d	Jim Shemilt
Round 4
Ian Mason	½ - ½	David Brodie
Bill Gray	1 - 0	Robert Leckie
Ross Heenan	½ - ½	Jim Shemilt
	0d - 1d	Steve Smith

9 February 2015 - Central Allegro League

Stirling Bruce 9½ - 6½ Dunfermline Minnows
Round 1
Paul Prescott	0 - 1	Ian Robertson
John Blake	0 - 1	Kelechi Ohiaeri
Bill Cook	1 - 0	George Webb
Graham Anderson	1 - 0	Andy Forbes
Round 2
Paul Prescott	1 - 0	Andy Forbes
John Blake	0 - 1	Ian Robertson
Bill Cook	0 - 1	Kelechi Ohiaeri
Graham Anderson	1 - 0	George Webb
Round 3
Paul Prescott	1 - 0	George Webb
John Blake	1 - 0	Andy Forbes
Bill Cook	0 - 1	Ian Robertson
Graham Anderson	0 - 1	Kelechi Ohiaeri
Round 4
Paul Prescott	1 - 0	Kelechi Ohiaeri
John Blake	1 - 0	George Webb
Bill Cook	½ - ½	Andy Forbes
Graham Anderson	1 - 0	Ian Robertson

Stirling Bruce returned to winning ways with a victory in a very tight match over Dunfermline. The first three rounds all finished 2-2, but a tremendous fourth round saw Stirling emerge as victors. The fourth round was also notable for the first allegro victory from a Stirling player (yours truly) over Ian Robertson. Dave has looked at Ian's record against Stirling players since the Allegro league was started back in 2004, and that record is P 92 W 89 D 2 L 1. The game, as I remember it, is below.

Robertson - Anderson

2 February 2015 - Lindsay Cup

In a night of entertaining club games, Mick Bloor met John Blake in the Lindsay Cup. John declined the opportunity to claim the game after Mick's phone went off during the opening exchanges, saying that Mick's unparliamentary exclamation at the time made it worth it.

Bloor - Blake

28 January 2015 - Central League Division 1

Dunfermline A v Stirling A
Iain Robertson   Gavin Saxton   Fred Ossowski   Andy Forbes   Glynis Grant	2115   1732   1631   1581   1267	½ - ½   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1	1907   1787   1782   1584   1556	Shivan Murdochy   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Robin Hayles   Bill Cook
		2 - 3