28 March 2022 - David Brodie Trophy

The David Brodie Trophy is a juniors/beginners allegro. This is only the second time this trophy has been played for: Alex won it back in 2019, and it was not awarded in 2020 or 2021 due to the pandemic.

Time control: 15 minutes each for all moves

	Name		Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Robbie		1 B 6	1½ W 2	1½ B 4	1½ W 3	1½ B 10
2	Cameron A		1 W 7	1½ B 1	2½ W 9	3 B 10	4 W 5
3	Thomas		1B 8	2W 7	3 W 10	4 B 1	4 W 4
4	Alex		1 W 9	1 B 10	2 W 1	3 B 5	4 B 3
5	Nadzieja		0 B 10	1 W 7	2 W 8	2 B 4	2 B 2
6	Yashvi		0 W 1	0 B 3	1 W 7	1 B 9	1½ W 8
7	Kalina		0 B 2	0 W 5	0 B 6	1 B 8	2 bye
8	Samay		0 W 3	0 B 9	0 B 5	0 W 7	½ B 6
9	Cameron McG		0 B 4	1 W 8	1 B 2	2 W 6	2 *
10	Callum		1 W 5	2 W 4	2 B 3	2½ W 2	3½ W 1

Congratulations to Alex, Cameron A and Thomas! Thanks to Nadine, David's daughter, for coming along to present the trophy.

My thanks as well to Nadine and Brooke for coming along to present the trophy (and hopefully we'll see Brooke again in the near future), Jim for the extra prizes, and Craig for his help on the night.

But most of all my thanks go to the participants; thanks for a great night of chess, and thanks for coming along each week and trying your best! The club is very proud of all of you!

7 March 2022 - 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	Steve Smith	1722	½ W 11	1½ B 22	1½ W 4	2½ B 14	3 *	=6
2	Isaac Browning	1703	1 B 12	2 W 7	3 B 6	4 W 8	4½ B 4	1
3	Leyla Kim	1562	1W 13	1B 8	1½ W 11	2½ B 17	3½ W 6	5
4	Graham Anderson	1657	½ B 14	1½ W 12	2½ B 1	3½ W 5	4 W 2	=2
5	Dave Hewitt	1531	1 W 15	2 B 10	2 W 8	2 B 4	3 W 9	=6
6	Craig Manson	1373	1 B 16	2 W 9	2 W 2	2 B 13	2 B 3	=13
7	Kenny MacPherson	1372	1 W 17	1 B 2	1 W 15	2 B 10	3 W 16	=6
8	Harry Feather	1330	1 B 18	2 W 3	3 B 5	3 B 2	3 W 13	=6
9	Gordon Allcock	1256	1 W 19	1 B 6	2 W 17	2 B 15	2 B 5	=13
10	Mick Bloor	1132	1 B 20	1 W 5	1 B 16	1 W 7	2 W 21	=13
11	Sam Cook	1080	½ B 1	1½ W 14	2 B 3	3 W 16	4 B 15	=2
12	Douglas Pringle	440	0 W 2	0 B 4	0 W 14	1 B 21	1 -	=19
13	Sean Flanagan	u/g	0 B 3	1 W 18	2 B 22	3 W 6	4 B 8	=2
14	Kris Dimitrov	u/g	½ W 4	½ B 11	1½ B 12	1½ W 1	1½ W 20	18
15	Sandy Carmichael	u/g	0 B 5	1 W 20	2 B 7	3 W 9	3 W 11	=6
16	Stewart Cairns	u/g	0 W 6	1 W 20	2 B 7	3 W 9	3 W 11	=6
17	Cameron Anderson	237	0 B 7	1 W 21	1 B 9	1 W 3	1 B 18	=19
18	Callum Richardson	u/g	0 W 8	0 B 13	½ W 20	1½ B 19	2½ W 17	=11
19	Euan Tortolano	u/g	0 B 9	0 W 16	1 B 21	1 W 18	2 B 22	=13
20	Thomas Forsyth	u/g	0 W 10	0 B 15	½ B 18	1½ W 22	2½ B 14	=11
21	Cameron McGloin	u/g	0 W 22	0 B 17	0 W 19	0 W 12	0 B 10	22
22	Abdullah Shassad	u/g	1 B 21	1 W 1	1 W 13	1 B 20	1 W 19	=19

Gordon Allcock (left) presents Isaac with the Robert Togneri Trophy

My final round game against Isaac - given how bad I'd been earlier on, I hadn't expected to be in a play-off for first place, but here I was. It's a bit of an error-strewn game, starting with my 'novelty' on move 7.

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Anderson, G–Browning, I½–½Robert Togneri Trophy5Stirling CC07.03.2022

1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 c6 5.e2 g6 6.c3 f6 7.f4 Isaac said afterward he thought this was deliberate because I'd spent a wee bit of time thinking about it, but it wasn't - it's just a daft move. xd4 8.xd4 e5 9.xe5 dxe5 10.xe5+ e7 11.d1 b6 12.d5 A few moves ago, I didn't expect quite so much pressure after 'sacrificing' the Bishop. As well as the mate threat on e7, the Knight on f6 is pinned. xd5 13.xh8+ f8 14.xd5 e6 15.b5 I didn't think this was such a terrible move at the time, but Stockfish does. 15 Rd2 was recommended. c6 16.0-0 0-0-0 This came as a surprise, because I'd assumed Isaac had moved his King, but of course he hadn't. 17.a5 I'm sure everyone else has seen what's coming, but I didn't. b4 18.xa7 Another mistake...18 Qe5 only loses the exchange. xh8 19.a8+ c7 20.xh8 h5 21.c3 d6 22.f3 g4 23.e5 xf3 24.exd6+ xd6 25.gxf3 xf3 26.d8+ e7 27.d4 Draw agreed - before I lose something else... ½–½

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