Monday, 11 March 2019

Thornton Cup Final

Tonight, the final of the Thornton Cup was played between Gordon Allcock (left, with White) and Tom Wallace.

This is the game.

[Event "Thornton Cup"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2019.03.11"] [Round "F"] [White "Allcock, G"] [Black "Wallace, T"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 c5 4. e3 a6 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Nd2 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Qa4 c4 11. O-O b5 12. Qd1 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 Be7 16. b3 O-O 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Bf4 g5 20. Bg3 f5 21. Be5 Bf6 22. Bd6 Rfc8 23. f4 Rc6 24. fxg5 Bxg5 25. Be5 Bd2 26. Rf3 { Rab1 instead - give up the pawn to get the Rook to b7. } 26... Kf7 27. Rb1 Rcc8 28. Rb7 Ke7 29. Rh3 h6 30. Rg3 Bg5 31. Bd1 Ke8 32. h4 Be7 33. Bh5+ Kd8 34. Rg8+ Bf8 35. Bf6# 1-0

 

Congratulations to Gordon!

President Tony Pitson presents the trophy to Gordon.

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