26 November 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	Jim Shemilt	1696	1 B 12	1 W 10	2 B 18	2 W 8	2½ B 5	=11
2	Graham Anderson	1695	1 W 13	2 B 7	3 W 11	4 B 6	4½ W 9	1
3	David McAlister	1634	1B 14	2W 19	2½ B 10	2½ W 4	3½ W 11	=3
4	Steve Smith	1582	1 W 15	1 B 9	2 W 13	3 B 3	3½ W 7	=3
5	Dave Hewitt	1530	1 Bye	1 B 11	2 W 22	2 B 9	2½ W 1	=11
6	Richard Warcup	1493	1 W 17	2 B 23	3 W 9	3 W 2	4 B 8	2
7	Brad Duthie	1494	1 B 18	1 W 2	2 B 19	3 W 10	3½ B 4	=3
8	Martyn Roe	1423	0 W 19	1 B 17	2 W 23	3 B 1	3 W 6	=8
9	Tony Pitson	1386	1 B 20	2 W 4	2 B 6	3 W 5	3½ B 2	=3
10	Tom Wallace	1357	1 W 21	2 B 1	2½ W 3	2½ B 7	3½ B 14	=3
11	Gordon Allcock	1342	1 B 22	2 W 5	2 B 2	3 W 12	3 B 3	=8
12	Martin Pringle	1251	0 W 1	1 B 20	2 W 21	2 B 11	2 -	=14
13	Mick Bloor	1194	0 B 2	1 W 16	1 B 4	1 W 14	2 W 21	=14
14	Robert Togneri	1164	0 W 3	½ B 21	1½ W 15	2½ B 13	2½ W 10	=11
15	Craig Thomson	725	0 B 4	0 W 18	0 B 14	1 W 17	2 W 23	=14
16	Alex Brimlow	436	0 W 23	0 B 13	1 W 17	1 B 19	2 W 20	=14
17	Douglas Pringle	400	0 B 6	0 W 8	0 B 16	0 B 15	0 -	23
18	Idris Benwell	376	0 W 7	1 B 15	1 W 1	2 B 23	2 W 19	=14
19	Kenny McPherson		1 B 8	1 B 3	1 W 7	2 W 16	3 B 18	=8
20	Garth Armitage		0 W 9	0 W 12	1 Bye	1 B 21	1 B 16	=20
21	Nikolai Herrmann		0 B 10	½ W 14	½ B 12	1½ W 20	1½ B 13	19
22	Gordon Bowie		0 W 11	1 Bye	1 B 5	1 -	1 -	=20
23	Ross Coupland		1 B 16	1 W 6	1 B 8	1 W 18	1 B 15	=20

Here's another photo of yours truly being presented with the trophy.

And here's a game which offers an insight into a common trap in the French Advance.

[Event "Robert Togneri Trophy"] [Date "2018.11.26"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxd4 9. Bb5+ {Black resigns with the Queen en prise. } 1-0

25 November 2018 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Wandering Dragons B
Uby Archibong   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   David McAlister	2194   1904   1771   1712   1634	1 - 0   ½ - ½   0 - 1   1 - 0   ½ - ½	1814   1791   1766   1571   1518	Ewan Taylor   Richard Carter   Jim O'Neil   Jim Turner   Gwilym Morrison
		3 - 2

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Dunfermline Knights
Uby Archibong   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   David McAlister	2194   1904   1771   1712   1634	1 - 0   ½ - ½   0 - 1   1 - 0   ½ - ½	2045   1848   1745   1640   1548	Ian Robertson   Nicolas Skettos   John McBride   Stuart Black   Fred Ossowski
		2½ - 2½

Division 4 - Forth Valley B v Dundee City C
Ian Mason   Bill Cook   Dave Hewitt   Gordon Allcock   David Fowler	1620   1576   1550   1226   1087	½ - ½   0 - 1   1 - 0   0 - 1   1 - 0	1569   1512   1495   1482   1242	Paul Shafi   Raymond Flood   Keith Rose   Ray Noble   Edward Walton
		2½ - 2½

Division 4 - Forth Valley B v Dunfermline B
Ian Mason   Bill Cook   Dave Hewitt   Gordon Allcock   David Fowler	1620   1576   1550   1226   1104	½ - ½   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   0 - 1	1434   1396   1391   1338   1087	Gonzalo Forero   Gordon Grieg   Terry Doherty   Glynis Grant   Aaron Owens
		1½ - 3½

21 November 2018 - Central League Division 1

Grangemouth A		v		Stirling A
Uby Archibong Graham Hamilton Dougie Will David Wallace Ian Mason	2194 1976 1914 1756 1620	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1771 1712 1550 1456 1226	Jim Shemilt Steve Smith Dave Hewitt Richard Warcup Gordon Allcock
		5 - 0

8 November 2018 - Central Allegro League

Cumbernauld 3½-12½ Stirling Bruce
Round 1
Steven Kelly	1 - 0	Graham Anderson
Steven Monaghan	1 - 0	Bill Cook
Liam Heron	0 - 1	Dave Hewitt
Mark Heron	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Round 2
Steven Kelly	½ - ½	Bill Cook
Steven Monaghan	0 - 1	Dave Hewitt
Liam Heron	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Mark Heron	0 - 1	Graham Anderson
Round 3
Steven Kelly	0 - 1	Dave Hewitt
Steven Monaghan	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Liam Heron	0 - 1	Graham Anderson
Mark Heron	0 - 1	Bill Cook
Round 4
Steven Kelly	1 - 0	Brad Duthie
Steven Monaghan	0 - 1	Graham Anderson
Liam Heron	0 - 1	Bill Cook
Mark Heron	0 - 1	Dave Hewitt

Congratulations to Dave Hewitt on his first ever 4/4 in an allegro match! Commiserations to the Heron boys, who, despite playing some fine chess, finished with no wins.

5 November 2018 - Central Allegro League

Dunfermline Minnows 11-5 Stirling Wallace

I don't have the round by round scores for this yet, but will update this post if I get them.

4 November 2018 - Scottish National Chess League

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Perth
Uby Archibong   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith	2194   1914   1904   1771   1712	1 - 0   0 - 1   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0	1704   1612   1597   1468	David Hall   Gwenole Le Feuvre   Michael Roth   Ian Washington   Iwo Labuda
		4 - 1

Division 2 - Forth Valley A v Wandering Dragons A
Uby Archibong   Dougie Will   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith	2194   1914   1904   1771   1712	1 - 0   ½ - ½   ½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½	2139   2082   1961   1830   1814	Andrew Dunn (CM)   Mark Orr (IM)   Max Turner   Richard Kynoch   Ewan Taylor
		2½ - 2½

Division 4 - Forth Valley B v The Little Liver Fryers
David McAlister   Ian Mason   Dave Hewitt   Brad Duthie   Alisdair Sandham	1634   1620   1550   1488   1308	1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0	564   242   227   454   276	Alina Tang   Shewetika Balaji   Rajkumar Anbu   Jake Liu   Kabir Kumar
		5 - 0

Division 4 - Forth Valley B v Bon Accord B
David McAlister   Ian Mason   Dave Hewitt   Brad Duthie   Alasdair Sandham	1634   1620   1550   1488   1308	0 - 1   1 - 0   1 - 0   1 - 0   ½ - ½	1600   1376   1370   1247   1240	Kalyan Kante   Pranav Arcot   Vagif Ramazanov   Oishani Dutta   Nandini Dutta
		3½ - 1½