9 October 2017 - Central League Division 1

Stirling A v Dunfermline A
Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Bill Cook   Graham Anderson   Dave Hewitt	1767   1704   1663   1622   1584	½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½	1919   1675   1661   1660   1581	Ian Robertson   Stuart Black   Jamie O'Connor   Michael Roy   Calum Smith
		3½ - 1½

Bill finished first with his draw, then I got my win soon after (see below). Steve then finished with a win, calmly converting a pawn up in a rook and pawn ending. The remaining two games continued on for a while, before Jim offered Ian a draw in what looked a winning position to make sure of the match victory. Dave and Calum continued until each player was down to around a minute. Dave took an en prise bishop then offered a draw which Calum accepted.

[Event "Stirling A v Dunfermline A"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2017.10.09"] [Round ""] [White "Roy, M"] [Black "Anderson, G"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. e3 Be6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 Rc8 11. O-O c5 12. Rac1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. Qb3 Qa5 15. Rfe1 Nh5 { Aiming for f4, to attack d3. However, this is wrong, it should have been Ne4. I had briefly considered this, and missed that if White takes it, taking back with d pawn is a discovered attack on the Queen. } 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Nf4 18. Bb1 { And now that the position comes up, I've missed Qc2 for White threatening mate. } 18... Qb6 { Cool computer analysis says that Bg3 is the correct response here, and I'd discounted that after Qxd4. Michael spent some time considering his reply, and ran very short of time. } 19. Qd1 Bd6 { This produces a discovered threat on b2. } 20. Qc2 g6 21. Re3 { The computer recommends giving up the exchange with Bf6. } 21... Qxd4 22. Rd1 Ne2+ 23. Qxe2 Qxh4 24. Bxg6 { Down to under 2 minutes of time, this is a fatal mistake. } 24... Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Qh1# 0-1