22-05-2023 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	Shubham Lakudkar	2041	1 W 14	2 B 8	3 W 6	4 B 5	5 W 3	1
2	Graham Anderson	1655	½ B 15	1½ W 17	2 B 7	3 W 9	3 B 27	=7
3	Steve Smith	1636	1 W 16	1½ B 11	2½ W 4	3½ B 7	3½ B 11	=4
4	Harley Lang	1585	½ B 17	1½ W 15	1½ B 3	2½ W 20	3½ B 12	=4
5	Brad Duthie	1581	1 W 18	2 B 12	3 W 27	3 W 1	3 B 10	=7
6	Sean Flanagan	1579	1 B 19	2 W 9	2 B 1	2 W 10	3 B 15	=7
7	Bill Cook	1507	1 W 20	2 B 13	2½ W 2	2½ W 3	3½ B 11	=4
8	Nathanael Loch	1447	1 B 21	1 W 1	2 B 18	2 W 12	3 B 19	=7
9	Kenny MacPherson	1399	1 W 22	1 B 6	2 W 11	2 B 2	3 W 17	=7
10	Ruaridh Simpson	1373	1 W 23	1 B 27	2 W 16	3 B 6	4 W 5	=2
11	Sandy Carmichael	1349	1 B 24	1½ W 3	1½ B 9	2½ W 15	2½ W 7	=15
12	Gordon Allcock	1346	1 W 25	1 W 5	2 B 19	3 B 8	3 W 4	=7
13	Harry Feather	1333	1 B 26	1 W 7	1½ B 20	2½ W 18	2½ B 14	=15
14	Kris Dimitrov	1309	0 B 1	1 W 21	2 B 25	2 W 27	3 W 13	=7
15	Mick Bloor	1114	½ W 2	½ B 4	1½ W 17	1½ B 11	1½ W 6	=20
16	Stewart Cairns	1099	0 B 3	1 W 23	1 B 10	2 W 21	3 B 18	=7
17	Thomas Forsyth	750	½ W 4	½ B 2	½ B 15	1½ W 24	1½ B 9	=20
18	Cameron Anderson	685	0 B 5	1 W 26	1 W 8	1 B 13	1 W 16	=23
19	William Feather		0 W 6	1 B 22	1 W 12	2 B 25	2 W 8	=17
20	Calum Tortolano		0 B 7	1 W 24	1½ W 13	1½ B 4	1½ -	=20
21	Josh Rodger		0 W 8	0 B 14	1 W 23	1 B 16	2 W 25	=17
22	Victor Liu		0 B 9	0 W 19	0 B 24	0 -	0 -	=26
23	Elsa Liu		0 B 10	0 B 16	0 B 21	0 -	0 -	=26
24	Kai Austin		0 W 11	0 B 20	1 W 22	1 B 17	2 Bye	=17
25	Graham Tuck		0 B 12	1 Bye	1 W 14	1 W 19	1 B 21	=23
26	Oleks Vynnytskyi		0 W 13	0 B 18	1 Bye	1 -	1 -	=23
27	Dave Hewitt	1512	1 Bye	2 W 10	2 B 5	3 B 14	4 W 2	=2

Shubham (left) receives the trophy from club president Gordon Allcock. Well done Shubham!

15-05-2023 Central League Cup Stirling v Grangemouth

Stirling		v		Grangemouth
Shubham Lakudkar Isaac Browning William Spiers Graham Anderson Steve Smith Brad Duthie Sean Flanagan	2040 1934 1722 1670 1621 1523 1487	1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½	2066 1979 1953 1833 1727 1711 1626	John McLay Graham Hamilton Alan Bell Dougie Will David Wallace Alan Petrie Ian Mason
		2½ - 4½

Congratulations to Grangemouth!

Thanks to Shubham and Sean for providing the games below.

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McLay, J–Lakudkar, S0–1CL Cup Stirling v GrangemouthStirling CC15.05.2023

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 xd5 3.c3 d6 4.d4 f6 5.f3 a6 6.c4 c6 7.h3 e6 8.g5 b5 9.d3 b7 10.0-0 e7 11.a4 b4 12.e4 d7 13.e1 h6 14.xf6+ gxf6 15.f4 0-0-0 16.c3 b8 17.e2 e5 18.e3 exd4 19.cxd4 hg8 20.xa6 xg2+ 21.xg2 g8+ 22.h2 d6+ 23.e5 fxe5 24.b5 e4+ White resigns 0–1

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Anderson, G–Will, D½–½CL Cup Stirling v GrangemouthStirling CC15.05.2023

1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.c4 f6 4.d3 h6 5.e3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.bd2 g4 8.h3 xe3 9.fxe3 g7 10.e2 0-0 11.f2 a5 12.b5 d7 13.xd7 xd7 14.d4 c5 15.0-0 b5 16.ab1 ac8 17.d5 c4 18.e2 a3 19.c4 xc4 20.xc4 a5 21.c3 d8 22.a4 f5 23.c2 a6 24.exf5 gxf5 25.h2 e4 26.xe4 fxe4 27.xe4 e8 28.g6 g5 29.xg5 hxg5 30.g4 c4 31.f6+ xf6 32.xf6 xe3 33.g6+ h7 34.xg5 b3 35.e1 Draw agreed. I am very short of time, and have no ideas on how to win this. All I can think is Re6 which gives perpetual check. ½–½

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Mason, I–Flanagan, S½–½D16CL Cup Stirling v GrangemouthStirling CC15.05.2023

1.d4 f6 2.c4 c6 3.f3 d5 4.c3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.g5 h6 7.xf6 xf6 8.e3 b4 9.xc4 c5 10.0-0 xc3 11.bxc3 0-0 12.e2?! Inaccuracy. Ne5 was best. 12.e5 d7 13.f4 xe5 14.fxe5 g5 15.f3 d7 16.g3 h4 17.d3 c6 18.f1 e4 12...cxd4 13.cxd4 b6 14.e5?! Inaccuracy. Rfc1 was best. 14.fc1 d7 15.b5 d8 16.c6 b8 17.c2 b7 18.ac1 xc6 19.xc6 f6 20.e5 d5 14...d7 15.xd7 xd7 16.b5 e7 17.h3 c8 18.a6 b7 19.xb7 xb7 20.fb1 ab8 21.b2 fc8 22.ab1 c6 23.a5 c7 24.g3 c1+ 25.xc1 xc1+ 26.h2 c3 27.axb6 axb6 28.b5 c7 29.e2 d7 30.b5 xb5 31.xb5 f8 32.g2 e7 33.f3 d6 34.e4 c6 35.b2 b5 36.d3 f5 37.c2+ d6 38.b2 c6 39.c2+ b6 40.c5 b7? Mistake. Ra8 was best. 41.c3? Mistake. Re5 was best. a5 42.b3 h5?! Inaccuracy. g5 was best. 43.h4 g6 44.c6 b6?? Blunder. Re7 was best. 44...e7 45.c5 45.c8?? Blunder. Rxb6 was best. 45.xb6 xb6 46.b4 a6 47.f3 b6 48.e4 c6 49.a5 d6 50.xb5 e5 51.c4 f4 45...b7? Mistake. Rd6 was best. 45...d6 46.g8 e5 47.dxe5 e6 48.g7 xe5 49.xg6 e4 50.g5 b4+ 51.c3 c4+ 52.d3 46.a8+ b6 47.d8?? Blunder. Re8 was best. c7?! 47...c6 48.g8 d5 49.xg6 e7 50.h6 e4 51.f6 d5 52.f8 h7 53.b4 a7 54.d8+ 48.d6+ a5 49.xe6 b4?? Blunder. Rc1 was best. 49...c1 50.xg6 f1 51.f4 b4 52.g5 b1+ 53.c2 g1 54.xf5+ a4 55.f8 b3+ 56.b2 50.b2? Mistake. Re5+ was best. 50.e5+ b6 51.xb4 c6 52.c5 d6 53.c4 b7 54.d5 a6 55.d4 a2 56.c6 xf2 50...c3 51.xg6 d3 52.g5? Mistake. Rg8 was best. 52.g8 b5 53.b8+ a4 54.a8+ b5 55.c2 c3+ 56.d2 c6 57.b8+ c4 58.c2 c7 52...a4? Mistake. Rd2+ was best. 52...d2+ 53.b3 53.c2 c3+ 54.b2 b3+ 55.c2 c3+ 56.b2 b3+ 57.c2?? Blunder. Kc1 was best. c3+ ½–½

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08-05-2023 Stirling v Dunfermline (Under 1500 Cup Final)

Stirling		v		Dunfermline
Bill Cook Sean Flanagan Ruaridh Simpson Kenny MacPherson Tom Wallace	1489 1487 1483 1418 1358	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1234   1207 1080	Mark McLintock Jim Wallace Glynis Grant Brian Easton Mike Skicko
		5 - 0

Well done all!

(l-r) Sean, Kenny, Ruaridh, captain Bill with the trophy, Tom

Thanks to Ruaridh, Kenny, and Tom for the games below. I don't have the board 1 and 2 games, because these went on much longer than the players recorded for.

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Grant, G–Simpson, R0–1U1500 Cup Stirling v DunfermlineStirling CC08.05.2023

1.e4 c5 2.c3 c6 3.f4 d6 4.f3 g6 5.b5 d7 6.xc6 xc6 7.d3 g7 8.0-0 f6 9.h1 c4 10.b1 0-0 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 d7 13.d4 b6 14.e3 d5 15.xd5 xd5 16.c3 h6 17.d2 h7 18.f2 e6 19.bf1 e4 20.e1 ad8 21.c1 f6 22.f4 fxe5 23.xf8 xf8 24.xf8 xf8 25.dxe5 xe5 26.d4 f5 27.g1 b6 28.e3 e5 29.xb6 axb6 30.xb6 g4 31.c7+ g7 32.f7 f5 33.a7 d1 34.f2 h5 35.h3 h6 36.h2 f4+ 37.g3 d2 38.xd2 xd2 39.f3 c1 40.xe5 xb2 41.xc4 xc3 42.a4 d3 43.b6 c2 44.d5 a5 45.h4 xa4 46.f6+ g7 47.e4 c6 48.g5 f6 49.g1 f5 50.h2 c7 51.h3 d8 52.f7 c7 53.h6+ e4 54.f7 f3 55.g5+ f2 56.g4 g2# 0–1

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MacPherson, K–Easton, B1–0U1500 Cup Stirling v DunfermlineStirling CC08.05.2023

1.d4 c5 2.d5 b6 3.c4 f6 4.c3 d6 5.e4 bd7 6.f4 g6 7.f3 g7 8.d3 b8 9.d2 a6 10.e2 c7 11.0-0 g4 12.h3 d4+ 13.xd4 cxd4 14.hxg4 dxc3 15.xc3 f8 16.f5 d7 17.e3 b7 18.h6 0-0-0 19.xh7 c5+ 20.f2 e3 21.h3 c5 22.b4 c7 23.e3 gxf5 24.gxf5 f6 25.d4 h8 26.c1 dg8 27.e2 g7 28.f3 gh7 29.f1 h1+ 30.e2 xc1 31.xc1 d8 32.e3 e8 33.c2 d8 34.c5 f7 35.c6 e5 36.cxb7 g8 37.xe5 fxe5 38.d3 e8 39.c8 b5+ 40.c4 h1 41.xb5 axb5 42.b8 d1+ 43.xd1 Black resigns. 1–0

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Skicko, M–Wallace, T0–1U1500 Cup Stirling v DunfermlineStirling CC05.08.2023

1.e4 c5 2.c4 e6 3.f3 d5 4.d3 c4 5.e2 c5 6.d4 cxd3 7.xd3 dxe4 8.xe4 xd1+ 9.xd1 xf2 10.bd2 f6 11.d3 0-0 12.b3 c6 13.c3 d8 14.e2 b6 15.c4 c7 16.e3 h6 17.h4 e5 18.fd2 g4+ 19.f3 e4 20.c2 exf3+ 21.gxf3 h5 22.hg1 f8 23.b4 d5 24.c5+ g8 25.b5 xc3+ 26.f2 xb5 27.g2 bd4 28.e4 f5 29.d3 xf3 30.gg1 b6 31.a3 e4 32.xe4 fxe4 33.d2 e3+ 34.xe3 c2+ 35.e2 xa3 36.af1 e8+ 37.d1 f8 38.g6 xf1+ 39.xf1 d8+ 40.d2 e5 41.g3 b1 42.c1 xd2 White resigns. 0–1

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08-05-2023 Stirling Douglas v Stirling Wallace

Stirling Douglas 6-10 Stirling Wallace
Round 1
Brad Duthie	1 - 0	David McAlister
Stewart Cairns	0 - 1	Nathanael Loch
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	Gordon Allcock
Kai Austin	0 - 1	William Feather
Round 2
Brad Duthie	1 - 0	William Feather
Stewart Cairns	0 - 1	David McAlister
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	Nathanael Loch
Kai Austin	0 - 1	Gordon Allcock
Round 3
Brad Duthie	1 - 0	Gordon Allcock
Stewart Cairns	0 - 1	William Feather
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	David McAlister
Kai Austin	0 - 1	Nathanael Loch
Round 4
Brad Duthie	1 - 0	Nathanael Loch
Stewart Cairns	0 - 1	Gordon Allcock
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	William Feather
Kai Austin	0 - 1	David McAlister

Well done to Brad for a fine 4/4, and good to see juniors Kai and William making their allegro league debuts.

08-05-2023 Thornton Cup Final

The final of the Thornton Cup was played last night, where Kris Dimitrov had White against Harry Feather.

This is the game.

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Dimitrov, K–Feather, H1–0Thornton CupStirling CC08.05.2023

1.e4 f6 2.e5 d5 3.c4 b6 4.d4 d6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.f3 g4 7.h3 h5 8.e2 c7 9.b3 8d7 10.0-0 e5 11.d5 e7 12.c3 a6 13.a3 c5 14.d2 g6 15.h5 0-0-0 16.xg6 hxg6 17.b4 cd7 18.c5 dxc5 19.de4 c4 20.bxc5 xc5 21.xc5 xc5 22.a4 d4 23.c1 b5 24.ac3 b6 25.c2 b7 26.f3 f5 27.g5 e4 28.g3 d7 28 ... Be5 traps the White Queen. 29.e6 xc3 30.xc3 c8 31.d1 d6 32.b2 32 Qxc8+ Nxc8 33 Nc5+ xc2 33.xc2 e3 34.fxe3 xe3+ 35.h1 c4 36.a4 b6 37.c3 e3 38.b4 xd5 39.e7+ c6 40.c7# 1–0

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Congratulations to Kris, seen here receiving the trophy from club president Gordon Allcock. Well done Kris!

01-05-2023 Stirling Douglas v Grangemouth Tigers

Stirling Douglas 5-11 Grangemouth Tigers
Round 1
Richard Warcup	0 - 1	John McLay
Sandy Carmichael	0 - 1	Alan Bell
Adam Fenwick	0 - 1	Daniel Kitaev
Kenny MacPherson	1 - 0	Ryan Herron
Round 2
Richard Warcup	1 - 0	Ryan Herron
Sandy Carmichael	0 - 1	John McLay
Adam Fenwick	0 - 1	Alan Bell
Kenny MacPherson	½ - ½	Daniel Kitaev
Round 3
Richard Warcup	½ - ½	Daniel Kitaev
Sandy Carmichael	0 - 1	Ryan Herron
Adam Fenwick	0 - 1	John McLay
Kenny MacPherson	0 - 1	Alan Bell
Round 4
Richard Warcup	0 - 1	Alan Bell
Sandy Carmichael	1 - 0	Daniel Kitaev
Adam Fenwick	0 - 1	Ryan Herron
Kenny MacPherson	1 - 0	John McLay

01-05-2023 Stirling Wallace v Grangemouth Lions

Stirling Wallace 6-10 Grangemouth Lions
Round 1
Gordon Allcock	0 - 1	Dougie Will
Nathanael Loch	1 - 0	Alan Petrie
Tom Wallace	1 - 0	Ian Mason
Tom Nimmo	0 - 1	Nicholas Kitaev
Round 2
Gordon Allcock	1 - 0	Alan Petrie
Nathanael Loch	1 - 0	Ian Mason
Tom Wallace	0 - 1	Nicholas Kitaev
Tom Nimmo	0 - 1	Dougie Will
Round 3
Gordon Allcock	0 - 1	Ian Mason
Nathanael Loch	½ - ½	Nicholas Kitaev
Tom Wallace	0 - 1	Dougie Will
Tom Nimmo	0 - 1	Alan Petrie
Round 4
Gordon Allcock	1 - 0	Nicholas Kitaev
Nathanael Loch	½ - ½	Dougie Will
Tom Wallace	0 - 1	Alan Petrie
Tom Nimmo	0 - 1	Ian Mason