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.

[Event "U1500 Cup Stirling v Dunfermline"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2023.05.08"] [Round "Final"] [White "Grant, G"] [Black "Simpson, R"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d3 Bg7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Kh1 c4 10. Rb1 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. d4 Nb6 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. c3 h6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rf2 Qe6 19. Rbf1 Be4 20. Ne1 Rad8 21. Qc1 f6 22. Rf4 fxe5 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Rxf8 Bxf8 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Bd4 Qf5 27. Kg1 b6 28. Qe3 e5 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. Qxb6 Qg4 31. Qc7+ Bg7 32. Qf7 Bf5 33. Qa7 Qd1 34. Qf2 h5 35. h3 Bh6 36. Kh2 Bf4+ 37. g3 Qd2 38. Qxd2 Bxd2 39. Nf3 Bc1 40. Nxe5 Bxb2 41. Nxc4 Bxc3 42. a4 Bd3 43. Nb6 Bc2 44. Nd5 Ba5 45. h4 Bxa4 46. Nf6+ Kg7 47. Ne4 Bc6 48. Ng5 Kf6 49. Kg1 Kf5 50. Kh2 Bc7 51. Kh3 Bd8 52. Nf7 Bc7 53. Nh6+ Ke4 54. Nf7 Kf3 55. Ng5+ Kf2 56. g4 Bg2# 0-1

[Event "U1500 Cup Stirling v Dunfermline"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2023.05.08"] [Round "Final"] [White "MacPherson, K"] [Black "Easton, B"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 b6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3 Nb8 9. Bd2 a6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O Ng4 12. h3 Bd4+ 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. hxg4 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Rf8 16. f5 Nd7 17. Qe3 Bb7 18. Qh6 O-O-O 19. Qxh7 Qc5+ 20. Rf2 Qe3 21. Qh3 Qc5 22. b4 Qc7 23. Qe3 gxf5 24. gxf5 f6 25. Bd4 Rh8 26. Rc1 Rdg8 27. Be2 Rg7 28. Bf3 Rgh7 29. Kf1 Rh1+ 30. Ke2 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Kd8 32. Ke3 Ke8 33. Rc2 Qd8 34. c5 Kf7 35. c6 Ne5 36. cxb7 Qg8 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. Kd3 Qe8 39. Rc8 Qb5+ 40. Qc4 Rh1 41. Qxb5 axb5 42. b8=Q Rd1+ 43. Bxd1 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "U1500 Cup Stirling v Dunfermline"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2023.08.05"] [Round "Final"] [White "Skicko, M"] [Black "Wallace, T"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bd3 c4 5. Be2 Bc5 6. d4 cxd3 7. Bxd3 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxf2 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. b3 Nc6 13. c3 Rd8 14. Ke2 Bb6 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Be3 h6 17. h4 e5 18. Nfd2 Bg4+ 19. Nf3 e4 20. Bc2 exf3+ 21. gxf3 Bh5 22. Rhg1 Kf8 23. b4 Nd5 24. Bc5+ Kg8 25. b5 Nxc3+ 26. Kf2 Nxb5 27. Rg2 Nbd4 28. Be4 f5 29. Bd3 Bxf3 30. Rgg1 b6 31. Ba3 Be4 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Nd2 e3+ 34. Kxe3 Nc2+ 35. Ke2 Nxa3 36. Raf1 Re8+ 37. Kd1 Rf8 38. Rg6 Rxf1+ 39. Nxf1 Rd8+ 40. Nd2 Ne5 41. Rg3 Nb1 42. Kc1 Nxd2 { White resigns. } 0-1