10 February 2020 - Central League Division 2

Stirling E		v		Stirling Juniors (D)
Tom Wallace Kenny MacPherson Mick Bloor Martin Pringle Tom McKay	1389 1376 1158 990 770	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	592 406	Glen Wilson Ross Warcup Alex Brimlow Gordon Bowie Douglas Pringle
		5 - 0

Game of this match was definitely the bottom board clash between Tom and Douglas. It turned into a slug-fest, lasting well over two hours. Douglas missed an opportunity when the Queen exchange was offered to win Tom's Queen for a Rook, and finally resigned when Tom threatened an indefensible mate. Alex did well to force his way back into the game against Mick, before falling to a back rank mate. Thanks to Tom for providing the game below from board 1.

[Event "Stirling E v Stirling Juniors(D)"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2020.02.10"] [Round ""] [White "Wallace, T"] [Black "Wilson, G"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Nd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O g6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. g4 Qb6 12. Qe3 Rfc8 13. Qh6 c5 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. Kh1 cxd4 16. Rg1 Rxc2 17. Rg3 Rac8 18. Rf3 { After 17 Rg3, Stockfish started shouting that 17 ... Qxb2 was the move, giving it +2. 17 ... Qxb2 18 Rb1 Rc1+ 19 Rxc1 Qxc1+ 20 Kg2 Qxd2. As soon as the Knight on g5 moves, the Queens can be exchanged and White's mate threat is pretty much gone. Given some more time, though, it settled on 17 ... Nc6 as the best move, presumably going next to e5 to protect f7. Either way, Stockfish is happy with Black's position after either of these options. Unfortunately, Rac8 doesn't really help Black. } 18... Nf5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Nb3 Qb4 21. Nxh7 d3 22. Nf6# 1-0