27 May 2019 - Richardson Cup and Allegro

Congratulations to Steve Smith, winner of the Richardson Cup for the second year in a row with 4½/6! Congratulations also to Richard Warcup, who defeated Tom Wallace in the final of the season long allegro competition!

27 May 2019 - Lindsay Cup Final

On Monday night, the Lindsay Cup Final was played between Tom Wallace (left) and Kenny MacPherson. The game played out as follows, with Tom as White.

[Event "Lindsay Cup"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2019.05.27"] [Round "F"] [White "Wallace, T"] [Black "MacPherson, K"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 e5 6. dxe6 Bxe6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Bf3 Qb6 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. Nf4 Bf7 12. Bd5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15. Ncd5 Qa5+ 16. c3 Qxa2 17. O-O Ne5 18. b3 Qa6 19. Qh5 Bd8 20. Ne6 Qc6 21. Rfd1 Qd7 22. Nxc5 Qe8 23. Nxb7 Bc7 24. Nxc7 Rxc7 25. Qxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nxd6 Rd8 27. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxc3 29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Nxc6 Rxc6 31. g3 Rb6 32. Rb1 a5 33. Kf1 a4 34. Ra1 Rxb3 35. Rxa4 Kf7 36. Ra6 Rb4 37. Ke2 g6 38. Kf3 Rb7 39. h4 Kg7 40. g4 g5 41. h5 Rf7+ 42. Kg3 Re7 43. Ra3 Kf7 44. f4 gxf4+ 45. exf4 { Black resigns } 1-0

Bill Cook (right) presents Tom with the trophy.

27 May 2019 - Chessercise

On Monday night, the juniors participated in the very first Chessercise session - possibly the very first in the world. Taking inspiration from chess boxing, they played 6 minutes of chess followed by 1 minute of "carefully" chosen exercises. Kudos to Samay for a backward plank on one hand and foot, Alex for making more noise than everyone else put together while mooing like a cow, Ross for his touch "mooove" jokes, and Gordon for making the whole session seem effortless.

When they achieve their GM norms, I'll upload the videos to Youtube...

I hope you all enjoyed it, and I'm looking forward to next year's session.

27 May 2019 - Trophy Presentation

Congratulations to the B team, seen here with the Central League Division 2 shield. Left to right: Tom Wallace, Dave Hewitt (captain), Bill Cook, Brad Duthie, Richard Warcup, Gordon Allcock. Absent: Tony Pitson (top scorer) and Craig Manson. Well done all!