12-04-2023 Grangemouth B v Stirling A

Grangemouth B		v		Stirling A
David Wallace Alan Petrie Ian Mason Scott Dickson Ryan Herron	1727 1711 1626 1022	0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1	2040 1722 1670 1621 1562	Shubham Lakudkar William Spiers Graham Anderson Steve Smith Dave Hewitt
		½ - 4½

Congratulations to the A team players - this result secures the league title for Stirling for the first time since 2005/6. Special mention to Steve, who has captained the team throughout this time. Thanks to the team for providing the games below.

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Wallace, D–Lakudkar, S0–1Grangemouth B v Stirling AGrangemouth CC12.04.2023

1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 d5 4.cxd5 xd5 5.e4 xc3 6.bxc3 g7 7.a4+ c6 8.f3 0-0 9.e3 c5 10.e2 b6 11.0-0 c7 12.ac1 b7 13.d5 d7 14.c4 d6 15.fd1 h6 16.d2 e5 17.g4 a6 18.c2 ad8 19.f1 c8 20.g3 f6 21.h3 e8 22.d3 c7 23.b1 d7 24.b2 d6 25.db1 b8 26.d2 h7 27.b3 b5 28.cxb5 axb5 29.c2 fc8 30.c3 a5 31.d1 b4 32.cc1 c4 33.c2 a3 34.f1 c3 35.b3 a5 36.a1 xe4 37.a3 c5 38.xc5 xc5 39.axb4 xb4 40.a3 f8 41.e3 xg4+ White resigns. 0–1

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Petrie, A–Spiers, W0–1Grangemouth B v Stirling AGrangemouth CC12.04.2023

1.e4 c5 2.f3 c6 3.e2 g6 4.c3 g7 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.c3 f6 8.h3 0-0 9.e3 e5 10.0-0 exd4 11.xd4 e8 12.db5 xe4 13.xe4 xe4 14.xd6 e7 15.c5 e6 16.f3 d7 17.d2 c7 18.ad1 ad8 19.xc6 xc6 20.e3 b6 21.a3 d5 22.c1 a8 23.f3 xd6 24.xd6 xd6 25.e7 e6 26.c7 e5 27.c8+ xc8 28.xc8+ g7 29.b3 g3 30.d1 e2 31.d8 e6 32.8d2 e5 33.f1 c8 34.e2 White resigns because of 34 ... Ba6. 0–1

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Smith, S–Dickson, S1–0Grangemouth B v Stirling AGrangemouth CC12.04.2023

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 f6 4.g5 e7 5.e5 fd7 6.xe7 xe7 7.f4 b6 8.f3 a6 9.xa6 xa6 10.e2 db8 The idea of exchanging off light square bishops is common in the French but the other N should have gone to b8. 11.0-0-0 c6 12.h4 c7 13.g4 d7 14.f5 b5 15.df1 a5 16.f6 d8 17.fxg7 g8 18.e3 e7 19.h6 0-0-0 20.g5 b7 Now White has a won position. 21.xf7 a8 22.d6+ b6 23.f7 d8 24.xh7 a4 25.hf1 b8 26.g6 Stopping the h pawn will cost Black material. e8 27.h5 xg7 28.xg7 xg7 29.xg7 f8 30.f7 h7 31.b7+ a6 32.xb8 xb8 33.xh7 Black resigns. 1–0

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Hewitt, D–Herron, R1–0Grangemouth B v Stirling AGrangemouth CC12.04.2023

1.d4 f6 2.g5 d5 3.f3 c6 4.c3 f5 5.e3 bd7 6.d3 e4 7.xe4 xe4 8.f4 e6 9.bd2 xd2 10.xd2 h6 11.0-0 g5 12.g3 f6 13.c2 d6 14.ae1 c7 15.xd6 xd6 16.e5 c7 17.f4 g4 18.f5 d6 19.fxe6 xe6 20.f5 xf5 21.xf5 e4 22.xf7 0-0-0 23.f4 g5 24.xg4 dg8 25.f1 h5 26.xg5 e8 27.f7 ef8 28.gg7 xf7 29.xf7 f8 30.d6+ b8 31.xb7+ a8 32.h7 d8 33.f5 f8 34.xh5 b7 35.g4 b6 36.h7 b8 37.h4 c5 38.h6+ b5 39.dxc5 xc5 40.b3 a5 41.d4 c8 42.c6+ Black resigns. Instead, there was 42 a4 Rc7 43 Ra6 Rc6 44 Rxc6# 1–0

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And the only fly in the ointment...

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Anderson, G–Mason, I½–½Grangemouth B v Stirling AGrangemouth CC12.04.2023

1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.c4 c5 4.c3 f6 5.d3 0-0 6.b4 e7 7.g5 d6 8.bd2 a6 9.0-0 h6 10.h4 g4 11.b3 b5 11 ... Nxe4 12.xf6 bxc4 13.xc4 xf6 14.xc6 d7 15.d5 b5 16.b3 d7 16 ... Bxd3 17.ac1 e8 18.d4 c8 19.d5 e7 20.c4 d8 21.c5 f5 22.c6 e8 23.exf5 xf5 24.fe1 g5 25.xg5 xg5 26.e4 e7 27.d3 g6 28.g3 h7 29.a4 b8 30.c3 f4 31.f3 f7 32.d3 Draw agreed. White is well down on time here, with just under 4 minutes left. Stockfish agrees with the draw here, but recommended 32 Qd2 to maintain the +1 advantage. ½–½

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