7 October 2015 - Central League Division 1

Grangemouth A v Stirling A
Alan Bell   Dougie Will   John Smith   Ian Mason   Bill Gray	1956   1946   1737   1719   1460	1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   1 - 0	1778   1702   1671   1486   1301	Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Graham Anderson   Dave Hewitt   David Brodie
		3 - 2

An exciting match which could have gone either way. Steve drew from a rook down (with a perpetual check that could only be stopped by giving back the rook, which would have left Steve up three pawns). I snatched a draw in time-trouble, by forcing perpetual check. Dave won a fine endgame against Ian. David apparently lost after being a rook up.

The first game below is my effort from board 3, where I had White against John Smith. I stopped recording at move 34, having less than five minutes left. 42 Qd3 was my saviour, if I didn;t have that it was certain defeat.

Anderson - Smith

The game below is from board 4, where Dave had White against Ian Mason.

Hewitt - Mason

The final game here is the board 2 clash between Dougie Will and Steve Smith, where perpetual check once again comes into play. Analysis from Steve.

Will - Smith