11-11-24 Stirling E v Badgers Brook C

Apologies to BB, need to find out the names of their players...

Stirling E		v		Badgers Brook C
Tom Nimmo Mick Murphy Stewart Cairns Rudra Pardhi Advait Harikumer	1084 1125 738	1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1	1164	David Lawrence
		2½ - 2½

Thanks to Rudra for the game below - a fantastic result on his leagiue debut.

[Event "Stirling E v Badgers Brook C"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.11.11"] [Round ""] [White "Lawrence, D"] [Black "Pardhi, R"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A48"] [Opening "Neo-King's Indian"] [Variation "East Indian Defence, 2..g6 3.e3 Bg7"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Bd3 d5 5. b3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb2 Re8 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6 12. c4 Ne7 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 dxc4 16. bxc4 a4 17. Bf3 h6 18. Qc2 Rf8 19. e4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Rad1 c6 22. Rd3 Kh7 23. Bg4 Qd7 24. Qd2 Bg5 25. Qe2 Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 h5 27. Qf7+ Kh6 28. d5 Rg8 29. Bxe6 Qd8 30. Qf2 Rf8 31. Qd4 Bf6 32. Qe3+ Bg5 33. Qd4 Bf6 34. Qe3+ Bg5 { Draw by repetition. Stockfish recommends 34 Qc5 instead, and when the black bishop is on f6, e5 seems to keep White going. } 1/2-1/2

Games

A couple of games to post...thanks to Bill for the first one, from the SNCL where he had White against Shriya Madhu from the Edinburgh West 3 team. Bill writes: She was in a bind for a while but difficult to see a way through until I spotted the sacrifice on move 23. 24...Nh5  was the best defence and it took me a minute or two to see that swapping queens was the answer followed by Re8+ and Bf6+.

[Event "SNCL v Ed West 3"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.10.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Bill Cook"] [Black "Shriya Madhu"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "1470"] [BlackElo "1436"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. Be3 d5 9. c5 Nd7 10. a3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e6 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Nb5 Re7 19. Bg5 a6 20. Nd6 Rc7 21. Qf4 Rd7 22. Bg4 Kh8 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Nh5 25. Bxd8 Nxf4 26. Re8+ Bf8 27. Bf6+ Kg8 28. Rxa8 Ne6 29. Be5 Nc7 30. Rc8 Ne7 31. Rb8 Ne6 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Nxb7 Nc6 34. Nd6 Nxc5 35. dxc5 Nxe5 36. Rxd5 1-0

This second game was played between Toby and Kenny in the Lindsay Cup. The Queens are exchanged early on, only to both make a re-appearance later in the game.

[Event "Lindsay Cup"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.11.11"] [Round "-"] [White "MacPherson, K"] [Black "Geyer, T"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. c5 Be7 7. Nf3 b6 8. b4 a5 9. a3 bxc5 10. bxc5 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Nxc3 13. Bxd8 Nxd1 14. Kxd1 Kxd8 15. Nh4 Kc7 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bd3 g6 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. Ke2 Rhb8 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Rb1 Rxb1 22. Bxb1 Ne4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. a4 Kd7 25. f3 Ke6 26. fxe4 dxe4 27. Kf2 h5 28. Kg3 g5 29. h4 gxh4+ 30. Kxh4 f5 31. Kg5 h4 32. Kxh4 f4 33. exf4 Kd5 34. f5 Kxd4 35. f6 e3 36. Kg3 Kd3 37. f7 e2 38. f8=Q e1=Q+ 39. Kh3 Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Qe1+ 41. Qf2 Qe5+ 42. Kh3 Qh5+ 43. Kg3 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Qh5+ 45. Kg1 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qxa4 47. Qf5+ Kc3 48. g4 Qd4 49. g5 a4 50. g6 a3 51. Qf3+ Kb4 52. Qxc6 Qxc5 { Stockfish offers, as +52 for Black: 53 ... Qf4+ 54 Kg2 a2 55 Qb7+ Kc3 56 Qg7+ Kd3 57 Qa1 Qg4+ 58 Kh2 Qh5+ 59 Kg2 Qxg6+ 60 Kh2 Qh7+ 61 Kg3 Qg8+ 62 Kh4 Qc4+ 63 Kh5 Qxc5+ 64 Kg6 Qb6+ 65 Kf7 Qb3+ 66 Ke7 Qb1 67 Qh8 Qb7+ 68 Ke6 Qb6+ 69 Kd5 Qb5+ 70 Ke6 Qc6+ 71 Kf7 Qf3+ 72 Kg6 Qg2+ 73 Kf5 Qf2+ 74 Ke6 Qe3+ 75 Kf5 Qc5+ 76 Kg6 Qg1+ 77 Kf7 } 53. Qb7+ Qb5 54. Qf7 a2 { Draw agreed. According to Stockfish, on 55 b2 White loses after Qe5+ or Qe2+. White holds the draw with 55 Qxa2. } 1/2-1/2

09-11-2024 GM Jacob Aagard Simultaneous

The fledgling Clacks County chess club hosted a simultaneous display with GM Jacob Aagard. Thanks to John Blake and Dave Hewitt for providing one of the games below, where John had Black. I don't know if there were any other performances as good as John's, but if there were please pass them on.

05-11-24 Dunfermline B v Stirling D

Dunfermline B		v		Stirling D
Calum Newton Doug Rew Mark McLintock Daniel Lynch Bartosz Belch	1518 1401 1228	½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0	1422 1198 1084 1133	Dave Hewitt David Fowler Tom Nimmo Mick Bloor Josh Rodger
		2½ - 2½

04-11-04 Stirling A v Grangemouth A

Stirling A		v		Grangemouth A
Isaac Browning William Spiers Oliver Twentyman Sean Flanagan Steve Smith	2008 1807 1784 1575 1599	1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1	2011 1962 1801 1675 1628	John McLay Daniel Kitaev Pranav Ram Hariharan Alan Petrie Martin Moyo
		2 - 3

28-10-24 Stirling D v Badgers Brook B

Stirling D		v		Badgers Brook B
Dave Hewitt David Fowler Toby Geyer Mick Bloor Cameron Anderson	1422 1198   1133 847	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	1500 1361 1296	David James Colin Matthews Antonio La Gamma William Mundie John Forbes
		0 - 5

23-10-24 Grangemouth B v Stirling A

Grangemouth B		v		Stirling A
Alan Bell Dougie Will Duncan Glassey Bill Gray Crawford Welsh	1873 1857 1675 1521 1232	½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1	2008 1897 1807 1759 1599	Isaac Browning Sam Coates William Spiers Jim Shemilt Steve Smith
		2 - 3

21-10-24 Lindsay Cup

Two of our promising juniors, Victor and Rudra, played out the following game on Monday night - a fine open game in which a mistake by Victor saw him lose the exchange, but he battled on and, with Rudra's King wide open and being chased around the board, the pair settled on a draw. The club is really proud of both players, and special mention must be made of the fact that I could read and follow the scoresheets!

[Event "Lindsay Cup"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.10.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Victor"] [Black "Rudra"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. d5 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 e5 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nc6 13. Rfe1 Nd4 14. Qd1 Bg7 15. c3 Nc6 16. b4 Ne7 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. a4 f5 19. Bb5 Qc7 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Qd2 e4 23. Rac1 a6 24. Bf1 d5 25. a5 Rc8 26. Re3 Bh6 27. g4 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Rf3 29. Qd4 Rxc3 30. Qxd5+ Qf7 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qd4+ Qf6 34. Qd7+ Kh6 35. Qd2+ g5 36. h4 Kg6 37. hxg5 Qc6 38. f3 exf3 39. Bd3+ Kg7 40. Bf5 b6 41. axb6 Qxb6+ 42. Kh2 Qe3 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46. Qh8+ Ke7 47. Qxh7+ Kd6 48. Qd7+ { Draw agreed. } 1/2-1/2

21-10-24 Stirling C v Stirling E

Stirling C		v		Stirling E
Richard Warcup Kenny MacPherson Douglas Heatlie Tom Wallace Ross Warcup	1555 1481 1481 1352 742	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1096 738	Harley Lang Stewart Cairns Felix Borzik Neander Didla Advait Harikumer
		5 - 0

Thanks to Ross for the game below, where Ross had Black against debutante Advait.

[Event "Stirling C v Stirling E"] [Site "Striling CC"] [Date "2024.10.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Harikumer, A"] [Black "Warcup, Ross"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c5 2. e5 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Nf3 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Na3 a6 9. d3 d5 10. f4 Bg7 11. Bb3 b5 12. c4 bxc4 13. dxc4 d4 14. Qf3 Bd7 15. O-O Ne7 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Bd2 Rxb2 19. Qf2 Qc8 20. Nb1 Bc6 21. Re1 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf5 23. g4 Ne3 24. Bxe3 Rxf2 25. Bxf2 d3 26. Nd2 Bxa1 27. f5 exf5 28. gxf5 Qxf5 29. Re3 Qg5+ 30. Rg3 Qxd2 31. Re3 Qd1+ 32. Re1 Qf3 { I can't make out the last move, but White resigned after it. } 0-1

16-10-24 Grangemouth Lions v Stirling Bruce

Grangemouth Lions 7 - 9 Stirling Bruce
Round 1
Damien McGrory	1 - 0	Oliver Twentyman
Crawford Welsh	0 - 1	Kenny MacPherson
Harry Leishman	0 - 1	Bill Cook
Dougie Will	1 - 0	Dave Hewitt
Round 2
Damien McGrory	1 - 0	Dave Hewitt
Crawford Welsh	½ - ½	Oliver Twentyman
Harry Leishman	0 - 1	Kenny MacPherson
Dougie Will	1 - 0	Bill Cook
Round 3
Damien McGrory	0 - 1	Bill Cook
Crawford Welsh	0 - 1	Dave Hewitt
Harry Leishman	0 - 1	Oliver Twentyman
Dougie Will	1 - 0	Kenny MacPherson
Round 4
Damien McGrory	0 - 1	Kenny MacPherson
Crawford Welsh	½ - ½	Bill Cook
Harry Leishman	0 - 1	Dave Hewitt
Dougie Will	1 - 0	Oliver Twentyman

14-10-24 Stirling B v Grangemouth B

Stirling B		v		Grangemouth B
Brad Duthie Nathanael Loch Richard Warcup Bill Cook Tom Wallace	1545 1513 1555 1470 1352	0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1873 1857 1521 1232 1152	Alan Bell Dougie Will Bill Gray Crawford Welsh Roman Kuznetsov
		3½ - 1½

07-10-24 Badgers Brook C v Stirling D

Update with names.

Badgers Brook C		v		Stirling D
David Lawrence William Mundie Peter Woollven Douglas Scott David Mabon	1164 1100 1003 981 931	0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0	1422 1198   1133 847	Dave Hewitt David Fowler Toby Geyer Mick Bloor Cameron Anderson
		2½ - 2½

07-10-24 Badgers Brook A v Stirling A

Badgers Brook A		v		Stirling A
Kenny McGeoch Mark Cook Stuart Ward Mark Monaghan David James	2029 1908 1810 1798 1500	0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0	2008 1784 1599 1575 1513	Isaac Browning Oliver Twentyman Steve Smith Sean Flanagan Nathanael Loch
		3 - 2

02-10-24 Richardson Cup Final

The delayed final of the club championship for season 2023-2024, the Richardson Cup, was played between Isaac Browning, with White, and Sam Coates.

Pre-game handshake - Isaac is on the left, Sam on the right.

Thanks to Dave for transcribing the game below.

Isaac with the trophy - congratulations Isaac!

Thanks to Grangemouth CC for hosting the game.

01-10-2024 Dunfermline B v Stirling C

Dunfermine B		v		Stirling C
Calum Newton Gregor McCluskey Barrie Dempster Dimitris Giannakopoulos Euan Bell	1518 1456   1354 1274	0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0	1555 1481 1464 1422 742	Richard Warcup Kenny MacPherson Harry Feather Dave Hewitt Ross Warcup
		2 - 3

Thanks to Dave for sharing his game on lichess. This was the match decider, the last game to finish...

30-09-24 Stirling E v Badgers Brook B

I don't have all of the players names, but I do have the two games below which scored Stirling's points in 3½-1½ win for Badgers Brook B. The first game is from board 1, where Tom had white against David James.

[Event "Stirling E v Badgers Brook B"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.09.30"] [Round ""] [White "Nimmo, T"] [Black "James, D"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Be2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qxg2 10. Bf3 Qg6 11. Qb3 Be7 12. Bxb7 Bxb7 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. O-O-O a5 16. Rhg1 Qf5 17. Rg2 Rab8 18. Qc7 Qd5 19. Rdg1 g6 20. Qc4 Qb7 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Qc2 Rec8 23. Nf3 Qd5 24. Qd3 Qxa2 25. Qb1 Qb3 26. Qc2 a4 27. Qxb3 Rxb3 28. Nd2 Rb7 29. Kc2 Nd5 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Rgg1 Bf6 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Ra2 Rba7 34. Nc4 Ra6 35. f3 Nd7 36. Rga1 Nc5 37. Nd2 Nb3 38. Nxb3 axb3+ 39. Kxb3 Rb6+ 40. Kc2 Rab8 41. Rb1 Kg7 42. b4 Kf6 43. Kb3 Kf5 44. Ra7 R8b7 45. Rxb7 Rxb7 46. Rf1 Kf4 47. c4 Ke5 48. Rd1 Kf6 49. c5 Ke7 50. Kc4 f5 51. b5 e5 52. c6 Rc7 53. Kc5 e4 55. fxe4 fxe4 56. b6 { Black resigns } 1-0

This second game is board 5, where Calum, making his league debut, earned a draw with Black against D Scott.

[Event "Stirling E v Badgers Brook B"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.09.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Scott, D"] [Black "Tortolano, C"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. c5 b6 10. Nb3 Ne4 11. Nfd2 Qf6 12. Bxe4 { 12 Nxe4 seems preferable, with the follow up threats after 12 ... dxe4 13 Bxe4 } 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qf5 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Kg2 Bc4 17. e3 e5 18. cxb6 cxb6 19. e4 Qd7 20. d5 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Nd4 22. Qd1 Rfe8 23. Ne2 Qg4 24. f3 Qxf3+ 25. Kg1 Qe3+ 26. Kf1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qe3+ 28. Kf1 { Repetition draw agreed. However, Black seems to have better options with 28 ... Nf3 29 Nc3 Qg1+ 30 Ke2 Qg2+ 31 Ke3 Nxe1 32 Qxe1 Qxb2 } 1/2-1/2

Update with names.

Stirling E		v		Badgers Brook C
Tom Nimmo Mick Murphy Kai Austin Stewart Cairns Calum Tortolano	1084 1135 893 738	1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½	1500 1164   1003 981	David James David Lawrence William Mundie Peter Woollven Douglas Scott
		3 - 2

25-09-24 Grangemouth A v Stirling B

Grangemouth A		v		Stirling B
John McLay Daniel Kitaev Pranav Ram Hariharan Alan Petrie Mark Moyo	2011 1962 1801 1675	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½	1759 1545 1513 1481 1470	Jim Shemilt Brad Duthie Nathanael Loch Kenny MacPherson Bill Cook
		3 - 2

23-09-24 Stirling D v Stirling E

Stirling D		v		Stirling E
Dave Hewitt David Fowler Mick Bloor Toby Geyer Cameron Anderson	1422 1198 1133   847	1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½	1135 1084 893 877 734	Mick Murphy Tom Nimmo Kai Austin William Feather Stewart Cairns
		2½ - 2½

23-09-24 Stirling A v Dunfermline A

Stirling A		v		Dunfermline A
Isaac Browning William Spiers Oliver Twentyman Steve Smith Nathanael Loch	2008 1807 1784 1599 1513	0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½	2051 1662 1631 1594 1528	Ian Robertson Jamie O'Connor Gordon Greig Calum Smith Gonzalo Forero
		3 - 2

16-09-24 Stirling C v Badgers Brook C

Stirling C		v		Badgers Brook C
Richard Warcup Kenny MacPherson Harry Feather Tom Wallace Ross Warcup	1555 1481 1464 1352 742	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	142 1266 1164 1003 931	Mark Brown Gordon Walker David Lawrence Peter Woollven David Mabon
		5 - 0

Thanks to Tom and Ross for the games below. First is Tom, who had Black on board 4 against Peter.

[Event "Stirling C v Badgers Brook B"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.09.16"] [Round ""] [White "Woollven, P"] [Black "Wallace, T"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 { Stockfish recommends 10 Nxd5 exd5 11 Bb5+ Bd7 12 Qxd5 Be7 13 Bxd7+. If the Queen recaptures, the Rook on a8 is en prise. } 10. Bb3 h6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Qg4 Rg8 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. c3 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Bc2 e5 18. Qf3 e4 19. Qe3 Nf5 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Nf4 Qh4+ 22. Nh3 Ng3+ 23. fxg3 Qxg3 24. Qf2 Qh2# 0-1

This next game is from board 5, where Ross had White against David.

[Event "Stirling C v Badgers Brook C"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.09.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Warcup, Ross"] [Black "Mabon, D"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 c6 5. O-O h6 6. a4 Bg4 7. h3 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Re1 Na6 10. c3 Qd7 11. b4 Nc7 12. Be3 b6 13. a5 b5 14. Nbd2 Qf7 15. c4 g5 16. d4 g4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c5 Rg8 20. Nf1 h5 21. N1h2 Nxh2 22. Kxh2 Qg6 23. Nh4 Qg7 24. Qxh5+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rad1 Be7 27. Nf3 Rg7 28. Nxe5+ Kf6 29. Nxc6 Rh8+ 30. Kg1 Rgh7 31. Bd4+ Kf7 32. Bxh8 Rxh8 33. Rd7 Re8 34. Rxc7 a6 { Stockfish finds a mate in 9... 35 Rxe7+ Rxe7 36 Nxe7 Kxe7 37 Rd1 Kf6 38 c6 Kf7 39 c7 Kg6 40 c8=Q Kf6 41 Rd6 Kg5 42 Qxe6 Kh4 43 g3+ Kh5 44 Qf5# } 35. Rxe7+ Rxe7 36. Nxe7 Kxe7 37. Rd1 e5 38. Rd6 Ke8 39. Kh2 Ke7 40. Rxa6 Kd7 41. Rb6 Kc7 42. a6 Kc8 43. a7 Kc7 44. a8=R { Black resigns } 1-0

New season and AGM

The club starts back on Monday 2 September with the AGM, followed by a blitz tournament. The agenda for the AGM is as follows:-

Agenda for the 131st AGM to be held on 2nd September 2024 in The Park Church Stirling at 7.00 p.m.

Apologies for absence
1. President’s welcome
2. Minutes of previous AGM
3. Matters arising
4. Officers’ reports
5. Election of Office Bearers
6. Competitions for 2023/24
7. Any other business
8. Date of next AGM

Play proper starts on 9 September.

21-06-24 Lindsay Cup Final

The Lindsay Cup Final was played between Sean and Nathanael. Thanks to Dave for transcribing the game below.

Congratulations to Nathanael, seen below receiving the trophy from last year's winner Kenny MacPherson.

29-05-24 Cumbernauld v Stirling - Under 1500 Cup Final

Cumbernauld		v		Stirling
Chrysa Mitraka Derek McAteer Liam Heron Mark Heron Mark Bellamy-Collins	1187 1370 1301 1129 538	½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1	1499 1440 1492 1340	Douglas Heatlie Kenny MacPherson Bill Cook Harry Feather Tom Nimmo
		1½ - 3½

29-05-24 Stirling E v Grangemouth C

Stirling E		v		Grangemouth C
David Fowler Ross Warcup Stewart Cairns Cameron Anderson Nicholas Stevenson	1133 647	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0	1526 1199 1161 1037 750	Bill Gray Crawford Welsh Roman Kuznetsov Nicholas Kitaev Harry Leishman
		1½ - 3½

20-05-24 Badgers Brook B v Stirling C

Badgers Brook B		v		Stirling C
Colin Matthews Altamash Khan David Lawrence Connor George David Mabon	1298       912	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0	1542 1513 1440 1492 1242	Richard Warcup Dave Hewitt Kenny MacPherson Bill Cook Sandy Carmichael
		1 - 4

Bill Cook writes: Stirling needed to win by a large margin to have a chance of winning the league and managed it eventually after the final game on Board 1 was decided with Colin resigning after a long defence a piece down but making a final mistake with little time left. Dave and Kenny won a piece early on and my game was the first to finish once I had won the exchange and was two pawns up. David was a piece up with a passed pawn about to queen for some time before catching Sandy in a mating net. Thanks to Badgers hosting the match - nice to travel in the sunshine for a change!

13-05-24 Stirling Bruce v Grangemouth Lions

Stirling Bruce 10½ - 5½ Grangemouth Lions
Round 1
Shubham Lakudkar	1 - 0	Alan Bell
Isaac Browning	0 - 1	Dougie Will
Bill Cook	0 - 1	Pranav Ram
Kenny MacPherson	1 - 0	Ian Mason
Round 2
Shubham Lakudkar	1 - 0	Ian Mason
Isaac Browning	0 - 1	Alan Bell
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Dougie Will
Kenny MacPherson	1 - 0	Pranav Ram
Round 3
Shubham Lakudkar	1 - 0	Dougie Will
Isaac Browning	1 - 0	Ian Mason
Bill Cook	0 - 1	Alan Bell
Kenny MacPherson	0 - 1	Dougie Will
Round 4
Shubham Lakudkar	1 - 0	Dougie Will
Isaac Browning	1 - 0	Pranav Ram
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Ian Mason
Kenny MacPherson	½ - ½	Alan Bell

08-05-24 Grangemouth v Stirling (Central League Cup Final)

Grangemouth		v		Stirling
Alan Bell John McLay Graham Hamilton Dougie Will David Wallace Pranav Ram Hariharan Ian Mason	1949 1948 1936 1870 1776 1743 1603	0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1	2142 1988 1852 1771 1755 1703 1632	Shubham Lakudkar Isaac Browning Sam Coates Jim Shemilt William Spiers Graham Anderson Steve Smith
		2½ - 4½

Dougie presents the trophy to Steve.

The winning team: (l-r) Shubham, Isaac, William, Graham, Steve, Jim, Sam

Thanks to the team for the games below. I hope to add Sam's game as well, once I get the final few moves.

[Event "CL Cup - Grangemouth v Stirling"] [Site "Grangemouth CC"] [Date "2024.05.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Lakudkar, S"] [Black "Bell, A"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. a4 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Na3 Qxc5 11. Be3 Qh5 12. Nxc4 e5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd6 Na5 16. Qc7 Bd8 17. Qc3 Nb3 18. Rad1 f6 19. Nxb7 Rc8 20. Qb4 Qf7 21. Nxd8 Rfxd8 22. Qh4 Rd7 23. Bh3 Rcd8 24. Nxe5 Rxd1 25. Nxf7 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Bxf7 27. Bf5 g6 28. Bc2 Nd2+ 29. Ke1 Kg7 30. Qb4 Nc4 31. Qe7 Rb8 32. b4 Ne5 33. Bb3 Nf3+ 34. Kd1 { Black resigns } 1-0

[Event "CL Cup - Grangemouth v Stirling"] [Site "Grangemouth CC"] [Date "2024.05.08"] [Round "-"] [White "McLay, J"] [Black "Browning, I"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3 Nd4 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 Nec6 11. Bh6 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Bd1 Bd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rb1 a5 16. Ne2 Nxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Bc6 18. Rbd1 e5 19. f4 f6 20. Qe3 Qb6 21. Rd2 Rae8 22. Bd1 Qd8 23. f5 g5 24. a4 Rg8 25. b3 Kf8 26. Bh5 Re7 27. Kf2 Reg7 28. Qe2 Ke7 29. Rh1 Qb6 30. Qd1 Qb4 31. Ke2 Kd8 32. g3 Kc7 33. Rb2 Bxa4 34. Qd2 Qxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Bc6 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. Bd1 b5 38. Rba2 Kb6 39. Ke3 Rga7 40. Kd2 Rh8 41. Kc3 h5 42. Kd2 h4 43. g4 Rha8 44. Kc3 bxc4 45. bxc4 a4 46. Ra3 Kc7 47. Bc2 Rb8 48. Rb1 Rxb1 49. Bxb1 Kb6 50. Bc2 Ka5 51. Ra1 Rb7 52. Ra3 Rb4 53. Ra1 Rb8 54. Ra3 Rb4 55. Ra1 Rb8 56. Ra3 Ra8 57. Bd1 Kb6 58. Bc2 Kc7 59. Bd1 Ra7 60. Bc2 Ra8 { Draw agreed } 1/2-1/2

[Event "CL Cup - Grangemouth v Stirling"] [Site "Grangemouth CC"] [Date "2024.05.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Spiers, W"] [Black "Wallace, D"] [Result "1-0"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. h3 a5 8. d3 Nd4 9. Be3 Bc5 10. O-O h6 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 c5 14. f4 Re8 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. a4 Bd7 17. b3 Bc6 18. Rae1 Qc7 19. g4 Nd7 20. Ng3 Rf8 21. h4 Rbe8 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 g6 24. Bf3 f6 25. gxf6 Rxf6 26. Bg4 Ref8 27. Qh2 Kg7 28. f5 Ne5 29. fxg6 Rxg6 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. Qh8+ { Black's flag falls. } 1-0

06-05-2024 Stirling Douglas v Dunfermline Minnows

Stirling Douglas 5½ - 10½ Dunfermline Minnows
Round 1
Brad Duthie	½ - ½	Jamie O'Connor
Steve Smith	0 - 1	Calum Smith
Jim Shemilt	0 - 1	Gordon Greig
Callum Richardson	1 - 0	Gonzalo Forero
Round 2
Brad Duthie	0 - 1	Gonzalo Forero
Steve Smith	0 - 1	Jamie O'Connor
Jim Shemilt	0 - 1	Calum Smith
Callum Richardson	0 - 1	Gordon Greig
Round 3
Brad Duthie	1 - 0	Gordon Greig
Steve Smith	1 - 0	Gonzalo Forero
Jim Shemilt	0 - 1	Jamie O'Connor
Callum Richardson	0 - 1	Calum Smith
Round 4
Brad Duthie	0 - 1	Calum Smith
Steve Smith	1 - 0	Gordon Greig
Jim Shemilt	1 - 0	Gonzalo Forero
Callum Richardson	0 - 1	Jamie O'Connor

Steve Smith writes: Despite Ian Robertson's absence on international duty, Minnows completed their Allegro league season with a decisive win by 10.5-5.5 over Stirling Douglas. This gave them a 100% match score so they are worthy champions. Well done Minnows!

29-04-24 Stirling Wallace v Dunfermline Minnows

Stirling Wallace 3 - 13 Dunfermline Minnows
Round 1
Nathanael Loch	0 - 1	Ian Robertson
Richard Warcup	0 - 1	Gonzalo Forero
Tom Nimmo	0 - 1	Gregor McCloskey
Ross Warcup	0 - 1	Euan Bell
Round 2
Nathanael Loch	½ - ½	Euan Bell
Richard Warcup	0 - 1	Ian Robertson
Tom Nimmo	0 - 1	Gonzalo Forero
Ross Warcup	0 - 1	Gregor McCloskey
Round 3
Nathanael Loch	0 - 1	Gregor McCloskey
Richard Warcup	0 - 1	Euan Bell
Tom Nimmo	0 - 1	Ian Robertson
Ross Warcup	0 - 1	Gonzalo Forero
Round 4
Nathanel Loch	1 - 0	Gonzalo Forero
Richard Warcup	½ - ½	Gregor McCloskey
Tom Nimmo	1 - 0	Euan Bell
Ross Warcup	0 - 1	Ian Robertson

23-04-2024 Dunfermline B v Stirling D

Dunfermline B		v		Stirling D
Gregor McCloskey Calum Newton Douglas Rew Mark McLintock Jim Wallace	1403 1229 1212	0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1	1342 1335 1117 1133	Harry Feather Tom Wallace Mick Bloor David Fowler Tom Nimmo
		2 - 3

22-04-2024 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	1638	1 W 9	2 B 5	2 W 3	2 B 13	2½ W 6	=7
2	Bill Cook	1546	1 B 10	1½ W 8	2½ B 13	3½ B 3	4½ W 5	1
3	Kenny MacPherson	1546	1 W 11	2 B 7	3 B 1	3 W 2	4 W 13	2
4	Dave Hewitt	1544	1 B 16	1 W 13	1½ B 8	2½ W 11	2½ B 7	=7
5	Nathanael Loch	1510	1 B 12	1 W 1	2 B 9	3 W 8	3 B 2	=4
6	Richard Warcup	1485	0 W 13	1 B 15	1 W 16	2 B 12	2½ B 1	=7
7	Gordon Allcock	1362	1 B 14	1 W 3	1½ B 11	2½ W 16	3½ W 4	3
8	Tom Wallace	1293	1 W 15	1½ B 2	2 W 4	2 B 5	2 B 16	=11
9	Mick Bloor	1103	0 B 1	1 W 12	1 W 5	2 B 14	2 B 11	=11
10	Stewart Cairns	1058	0 W 2	0 B 16	0 W 14	0 W 15	0 W 12	16
11	Kai Austin	660	0 B 3	1 W 14	1½ W 7	1½ B 4	2½ W 9	=7
12	Ross Warcup	647	0 W 5	0 B 9	1 W 15	1 W 6	2 B 10	=11
13	Tom Nimmo	u/g	1 B 6	2 B 4	2 B 2	3 W 1	3 B 3	=4
14	David Borland	u/g	0 W 7	0 B 11	1 B 10	1 W 9	1 B 15	15
15	Josh Rodger	424	0 B 8	0 W 6	0 B 12	1 W 10	2 W 14	=11
16	Toby Geyer	u/g	0 W 4	1 W 10	2 B 6	2 B 7	3 W 8	=4

Congratulations to Bill, seen here being presented with the trophy by club president Gordon. Well done Bill!

21-04-2024 Game

Thanks to Tom for providing the game below, from the SNCL match against Dumfries B. Tom had Black against Daniel Bell.

[Event "SNCL"] [Site "Dunfermline"] [Date "2024.04.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Bell, D"] [Black "Wallace, T"] [Result "0-1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Nc3 Rb8 9. Nh4 Bd7 10. e4 e6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Bh3 18. Bh1 Be6 19. Ncb1 b5 20. Bd4 Nc6 21. Bf2 Nb4 22. c4 Nxa2 23. e5 Nh5 24. Be3 Bxe5 25. Nf1 Nc3 26. Nxc3 Bxc3 27. Nd2 bxc4 28. bxc4 a5 29. Qd3 Bb4 30. Re2 Ng7 31. Ne4 Qd8 32. Bg5 Qc8 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Bh6 Bf5 35. Bxg7+ Kxg7 36. Nxe8+ Kf8 37. Qd5 Be6 38. Nxd6 Bxd6 39. Qg5 Bxc4 40. Rc2 Bb3 41. Rxd6 Bxc2 42. Rc6 Bf5 43. Qf6 Kg8 44. f4 Qd7 45. Bd5 Qxd5 { White resigns } 0-1

16-04-24 Dunfermline A v Stirling A

Dunfermline A		v		Stirling A
Ian Robertson Gonzalo Forero Dimitris Giannakopoulos Gregor McCloskey Euan Bell	2109 1530 1330	½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1	1988 1771 1755 1635 1542	Isaac Browning Jim Shemilt William Spiers Steve Smith Richard Warcup
		1 - 4

15-04-24 Stirling v Grangemouth (Under 1500 Cup)

Stirling		v		Grangemouth
Bill Cook David McAlister Kenny MacPherson Sandy Carmichael Kai Austin	1492 1476 1440 1242	0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1d - 0d	1430 1191 1161	Alasdair Sandham Crawford Welsh Roman Kuznetsov Collum Herron
		3½ - 1½

15-04-24 Stirling B v Badgers Brook A

Stirling B		v		Badgers Brook A
Nathanael Loch Dave Hewitt Brad Duthie Cameron Anderson Mick Bloor	1505 1513 1520   1117	0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1	2039	Kenny McGeoch David James Antonio La Gamma Altamash Khan George Connor
		1 - 4

08-04-2024 Stirling D v Grangemouth B

Stirling D		v		Grangemouth B
Harry Feather Tom Wallace Sandy Carmichael Callum Richardson Tom Nimmo	1342 1335 1242 1073	1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 1d - 0d 1d - 0d	1526 1434 1199	Bill Gray Alasdair Sandham Crawford Welsh
		4 - 1

08-04-24 Badgers Brook B v Stirling E

Badgers Brook B		v		Stirling E
Angus Dayle James David Ho Jay George Connor Aryaman Dandu		1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½	1133 1096 647	David Fowler Harley Lang Ross Warcup Stewart Cairns Cameron Anderson
		3½ - 1½

01-04-24 Stirling D v Stirling C

Stirling D		v		Stirling C
Harry Feather Tom Wallace Sandy Carmichael Callum Richardson Tom Nimmo	1342 1335 1242 1073	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1	1542 1513 1499 1440 1492	Richard Warcup Dave Hewitt Douglas Heatlie Kenny MacPherson Bill Cook
		3 - 2

25-03-24 Stirling A v Grangemouth A

The league decider. A win for Stirling meant that a further win against Dunfermline still gave them a chance of winning the league. A draw or a win for Grangemouth would see them take the title.

Stirling A		v		Grangemouth A
Isaac Browning Jim Shemilt William Spiers Graham Anderson Steve Smith	1988 1771 1755 1703 1632	½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½	1949 1948 1776 1669 1572	Alan Bell John McLay David Wallace Daniel Kitaev Alan Petrie
		2 - 3

Congratulations to Grangemouth!

Thanks to William for this game from board, where William had White against David Wallace.

[Event "Stirling A v Grangemouth A"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.03.25"] [Round ""] [White "Spiers, W"] [Black "Wallace, D"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bb5 Be7 12. Nh5 g6 13. Nf4 Bxh4 14. Qf3 Bg5 15. O-O-O Ne7 16. Kb1 a6 17. Bxc6+ Nxc6 18. Bc5 Nxe5 19. Qg3 Nc4 20. Nfxd5 Nd2+ 21. Rxd2 Bxd2 22. Qe5 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 { Black resigns. } 1-0

25-03-24 Stirling C v Stirling E

Stirling C		v		Stirling E
Dave Hewitt Douglas Heatlie Kenny MacPherson Bill Cook Mick Bloor	1513 1499 1440 1492 1117	1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1	1240       647	Gordon Allcock Stewart Cairns Cameron Anderson Kai Austin Ross Warcup
		3 - 2

UPDATE: thanks to Stewart for providing the game below from board 2, where Stuart had Black against Douglas.

18-03-24 David Brodie Junior Trophy

The David Brodie Trophy is a juniors/beginners allegro. This is the fourth time this trophy has been played for: Alex won it back in 2019, it was not awarded in 2020 or 2021 due to the pandemic, in 2022 it was shared between Cameron A, Alex, and Thomas, and last year was won by Thomas outright. Well done to everyone who played, we are very proud of all of you!

Time control: 15 minutes each for all moves

	Name		Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	Thomas		0 W 6	1 B 11	2 W 2	3 B 4	4 W 5
2	William		1 B 7	2 W 3	2 B 1	2 W 6	3 B 11
3	Callum		1W 8	1B 2	1½ B 5	2½ W 11	2½ B 6
4	Cameron		1 B 9	2 W 10	2½ B 6	2½ W 1	3½ B 8
5	Kai		0 W 11	1 B 8	1½ W 3	2½ W 5	2½ B 1
6	Ross		1 B 1	2 W 12	2½ W 4	3½ B 2	4½ W 3
7	Victor		0 W 2	1 B 9	1 W 11	1 B 5	2 W 10
8	Elsa		0 B 3	0 W 5	1 B 10	2 Bye	2 W 4
9	Samay		0 W 4	0 W 7	0 B 12	0 B 10	1 Bye
10	Graham		1 Bye	1 B 4	1 W 8	2 W 9	2 B 7
11	Jonathan		1 B 5	1 W 1	2 B 7	2 W 3	2 W 2
12	Jia-Xi		½ Bye	½ B 6	1½ W 9	1½ -	1½ -

Congratulations to Ross on his victory! Thanks to Marissa and Nadine, David's daughters, for coming along to present the medals and trophy.

Thanks to everyone who played!

18-03-24 Stirling Bruce v Stirling Douglas

Stirling Bruce 10½ - 5½ Stirling Douglas
Round 1
Isaac Browning	1 - 0	Steve Smith
Bill Cook	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Kenny MacPherson	½ - ½	Douglas Heatlie
Dave Hewitt	½ - ½	David McAlister
Round 2
Isaac Browning	1 - 0	David McAlister
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Steve Smith
Kenny MacPherson	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Dave Hewitt	½ - ½	Douglas Heatlie
Round 3
Isaac Browning	1 - 0	Douglas Heatlie
Bill Cook	1 - 0	David McAlister
Kenny MacPherson	½ - ½	Steve Smith
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	Brad Duthie
Round 4
Isaac Browning	½ - ½	Brad Duthie
Bill Cook	1 - 0	Douglas Heatlie
Kenny MacPherson	1 - 0	David McAlister
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	Steve Smith

11-03-2024 Thornton Cup

Monday night saw the final of the Thornton Cup - played between Harry (with White) and Sandy.

I hope I've got these moves right...

[Event "Thornton Cup"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.03.11"] [Round "Final"] [White "Feather, H"] [Black "Carmichael, S"] [Result "1-0"] 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e4 e5 6. Nge2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Be6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Nc5 12. f5 Bd7 13. d4 Na6 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Nh5 16. f6 Bxf6 17. exf6 c6 18. Qd4 Be6 19. Qh4 Kh8 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Kh1 Qd3 22. b3 Rad8 23. Rac1 a4 24. Nf4 Ng3+ 25. Kh2 Nxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qd2+ 27. Nfe2 Qd6+ 28. Bf4 Qf8 29. Ne4 Bf5 30. Bh6 Qa3 { 30 ... Rxe4 } 31. Bg7+ Kg8 32. Ng5 Qd6+ 33. Kh1 h5 34. Ng3 Qd4 35. Nxf5 Qxh4 36. Nxh4 { 36 Nh6# } 36... axb3 37. axb3 Re3 38. Nhf3 Rxb3 39. Ne5 Rd4 40. Nexf7 Rxh3+ 41. Bxh3 Rd1+ 42. Rxd1 Nc7 43. Nh6# 1-0

Congratulations to Harry, and comiserations to Sandy.

11-03-2024 Stirling v Badgers Brook

Stirling		v		Badgers Brook
Isaac Browning Steve Smith Leyla Kim Sean Flanagan Dave Hewitt Nathanael Loch David McAlister	1988 1632 1588 1557 1513 1504 1476	0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0	2039 1298       962	Kenny McGeoch Colin Matthews Dayle Angus David James David Lawrence Peter Woollven Connor George
		5 - 2

05-03-24 Dunfermline Minnows v Stirling Bruce

Dunfermline Minnows 11-5 Stirling Bruce
Round 1
Volodymyr Tushynskyi	1 - 0	Isaac Browning
Scott Kilgour	½ - ½	Bill Cook
Calum Smith	1 - 0	Kenny MacPherson
Gregor McCluskey	½ - ½	Dave Hewitt
Round 2
Volodymyr Tushynskyi	1 - 0	Bill Cook
Scott Kilgour	1 - 0	Kenny MacPherson
Calum Smith	1 - 0	Dave Hewitt
Gregor McCluskey	0 - 1	Isaac Browning
Round 3
Volodymyr Tushynskyi	1 - 0	Kenny MacPherson
Scott Kilgour	1 - 0	Dave Hewitt
Calum Smith	0 - 1	Isaac Browning
Gregor McCluskey	½ - ½	Bill Cook
Round 4
Volodymyr Tushynskyi	1 - 0	Dave Hewitt
Scott Kilgour	0 - 1	Isaac Browning
Calum Smith	½ - ½	Bill Cook
Gregor McCluskey	1 - 0	Kenny MacPherson

26-02-24 Stirling C v Dunfermline B

Stirling C		v		Dunfermline B
Richard Warcup Dave Hewitt Kenny MacPherson Bill Cook David McAlister	1542 1513 1440 1492 1476	1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½	1403     1229 1212	Doug Rew Gregor McCloskey Euan Bell Mark McLintock Jim Wallace
		4 - 1

21-02-24 Grangemouth A v Stirling B

Grangemouth A		v		Stirling B
Alan Bell John McLay Daniel Kitaev Ian Mason Alan Petrie	1949 1948 1669 1603 1572	0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0	1703 1520 1504 1499 1342	Graham Anderson Brad Duthie Nathanael Loch Douglas Heatlie Harry Feather
		3 - 2

Below is my game from board 1 where I had Black against Alan. After dropping the exchange, Alan decided he had to sacrifice it back, before I got lucky at the very end.

[Event "Grangemouth A v Stirling B"] [Site "Grangemouth CC"] [Date "2024.02.21"] [Round ""] [White "Bell, A"] [Black "Anderson, G"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O Nxd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rad1 Nh5 12. Be3 { The original plan had been to follow up Nh5 with Bf6, but only now that the position has come up do I see 12 ... Bf6 13 e5 Bxe5 14 Qxe5 dxe5 15 Rxd7. } 12... c6 13. e5 { After c6, I'd intended to reply d5 after e5. But, again, now that the position has come up, have I noticed g4. Stockfish thinks I can get away with d5 but I couldn't see how. 13... d5 14 g4 Bc5 15 Qc4 Qe6 16 Qe2 d4 17 Bxd4 Nf4 18 Qf3 Bxd4 19 Rxd4 g5 } 13... f5 14. exd6 Bf6 15. Qc4+ Kh8 16. Bd4 { When thinking about this originally, I thought Alan wouldn't play Bd4 because then I could just take back on d6. I still couldn't see what was wrong with it, so... } 16... Qxd6 17. Bc5 Qc7 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Ne2 f4 20. f3 Qe5 21. Rfe1 Qg5 { 21 ... Bh4 might have been better - make the rook go back to f1. } 22. Nc3 Bd8 23. Rxd8 { Alan said afterwards that he didn't want things to get too hairy after Bb6+, although Ne4 Bb6+ Nf2 seems to be OK for White. } 23... Qxd8 24. Qc5 Re8 25. Rd1 Qh4 26. Ne4 Nf6 27. Nd6 Re1+ { Black resigns, 28 Rxe1 Qxe1# } 0-1