28 May 2018 - Robert Togneri Trophy

Time control: 15 minutes each for all moves

	Name	Grade	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Place
1	Graham Anderson	1595	½ W 9	1½ B 8	2½ W 6	3½ B 3	4½ W 7	1
2	Steve Smith	1586	1 B 10	1½ W 5	2 B 7	3 W 15	4 B 6	2
3	Dave Hewitt	1558	1W 11	1½B 6	2½ W 9	2½ W 1	3 B 5	=4
4	Richard Warcup	e1500	1 B 12	1 W 7	2 B 5	2 W 6	3 B 10	=4
5	Tony Pitson	1496	1 W 13	1½ B 2	1½ W 4	2 B 9	2½ W 3	=7
6	Gordon Allcock	1368	1 B 14	1½ W 3	1½ B 1	2½ B 4	2½ W 2	=7
7	Tom Wallace	1313	1 W 15	2 B 4	2½ W 2	3½ B 8	3½ B 1	3
8	Craig Manson	1233	1 B 16	1 W 1	2 B 14	2 W 7	3 B 12	=4
9	Robert Togneri	1200	½ B 1	1½ W 10	1½ B 3	2 W 5	2½ B 15	=7
10	Mick Bloor	1192	0 W 2	0 B 9	1 W 16	2 B 13	2 W 4	=11
11	Idris Benwell	394	0 B 3	0 W 14	0 B 12	1 B 16	2 Bye	=11
12	Alex Brimlow	377	0 W 4	0 B 15	1 W 11	2 B 14	2 W 8	=11
13	Gordon Bowie		0 B 5	1 W 16	1 B 15	1 W 10	1 *	15
14	Ross Warcup		0 W 6	1 B 11	1 W 8	1 W 12	2 B 16	=11
15	Martin Pringle		0 B 7	1 W 12	2 W 13	2 B 2	2½ W 9	=7
16	Douglas Pringle		0 W 8	0 B 13	0 B 10	0 W 11	0 W 14	16

 

Robert Togneri presents Graham Anderson with his eponymous trophy. Again.

21 May 2018 - Lindsay Cup

Congratulations to Brad Duthie, winner of this season's Lindsay Cup, after defeating Robert Togneri in the final. Well done Brad!

Brad,left, receives the trophy from last year's winner Tom Wallace

21 May 2018 - Central Allegro League

Stirling Wallace 5½-10½ Grangemouth
Round 1
Jim Shemilt	0 - 1	Graham Hamilton
Steve Smith	0 - 1	Dougie Will
Richard Warcup	0 - 1	Ian Mason
Tony Pitson	½ - ½	Bill Gray
Round 2
Jim Shemilt	0 - 1	Dougie Will
Steve Smith	1 - 0	Ian Mason
Richard Warcup	½ - ½	Bill Gray
Tony Pitson	0 - 1	Graham Hamilton
Round 3
Jim Shemilt	½ - ½	Ian Mason
Steve Smith	1 - 0	Bill Gray
Richard Warcup	0 - 1	Graham Hamilton
Tony Pitson	0 - 1	Dougie Will
Round 4
Jim Shemilt	1 - 0	Bill Gray
Steve Smith	0 - 1	Graham Hamilton
Richard Warcup	1 - 0	Dougie Will
Tony Pitson	0 - 1	Ian Mason

This result confirms Grangemouth as Allegro League champions for this season, to complete the treble. Congratulations to Grangemouth!

9 May 2018 - Under 1500 Cup

Grangemouth v Stirling
Bill Gray Hugh Hanlon Crawford Welsh Scott Dickson Alasdair Sandham	1499 1351 1335 1014 978	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	1469 1455 1428 1386 1284	Tony Pitson Craig Manson Brad Duthie Tom Wallace Gordon Allcock
		1 - 4

Congratulations to the Under 1500 team, winning this competition for the fourth season in a row, and for the ninth time in the last eleven years - a tremondous achievement!

l-r: Tom Wallace, Gordon Allcock, Brad Duthie, Tony Pitson, Craig Manson

Thanks to Tom for providing the game below, where he had White against Scott Dickson.

[Event "Under 1500 Cup - Grangemouth v Stirling"] [Site "Grangemouth CC"] [Date "2018.05.09"] [Round "F"] [White "Wallace, T"] [Black "Dickson, S"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Ba3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6+ Bxc6 9. d4 Nh6 10. O-O f6 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Re1 c4 13. Bxf8 Rxf8 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Qe2 b5 16. Ne4 fxe5 17. dxe5 Nf7 18. Rad1 Nxe5 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Qxe5 Rf6 21. Nf5+ { Black resigns. 21 ... Rxf5 22 Qxc7+ Kf8 23 Qxc6 g6 24 Rd7 Re8 25 Rxe6 Rd8 26 Ree7 Rf7 27 Rxf7+ Kg8 28 Qf6 Rxd7 29 Rf8# } 1-0

7 May 2018 - Central League Cup

Stirling v Grangemouth
Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Bill Cook   Graham Anderson   Dave Hewitt   Tony Pitson   Brad Duthie	1767   1704   1663   1622   1584   1469   1428	½ - ½   0 - 1   0 - 1   0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1   1 - 0	1990   1962   1894   1757   1601   1499   978	Alan Bell   Graham Hamilton   Dougie Will   David Wallace   Ian Mason   Bill Gray   Alistair Sandham
		2 - 5

Congratulations to Grangemouth on winning the Central League Cup!

l-r: Graham Hamilton, Dougie Will, Alastair Sandham, Ian Mason, Alan Bell, David Wallace

3 May 2018 - Central Allegro League

Due to Cumbernauld having an A team fixture the same night, the captains agreed to only field Division 2 players. Cumbernauld fielded 3 juniors, and young Ross Warcup was Stirling's junior.

Cumbernauld 3 - 13 Stirling Wallace
Round 1
Paul Heron	0 - 1	Richard Warcup
Liam Heron	½ - ½	Tom Wallace
Mark Heron	0 - 1	Gordon Allcock
Emma Heron	0 - 1	Ross Warcup
Round 2
Paul Heron	0 - 1	Ross Warcup
Liam Heron	1 - 0	Richard Warcup
Mark Heron	0 - 1	Tom Wallace
Emma Heron	0 - 1	Gordon Allcock
Round 3
Paul Heron	0 - 1	Gordon Allcock
Liam Heron	0 - 1	Ross Warcup
Mark Heron	0 - 1	Richard Warcup
Emma Heron	0 - 1	Tom Wallace
Round 4
Paul Heron	0 - 1	Tom Wallace
Liam Heron	½ - ½	Gordon Allcock
Mark Heron	1 - 0	Ross Warcup
Emma Heron	0 - 1	Richard Warcup

Game

By request, this is my game against Fabio from last week's semi-final against Badgers Brook. I'd stopped recording for the last 3 or 4 moves, and I think they are presented now in the correct order. As with my game against Dougie Will from last month, after a King pawn opening we castle on opposite sides and then the pawn storm begins.

Biancalana - Anderson