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.

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Bell, A–Anderson, G0–1Grangemouth A v Stirling BGrangemouth CC21.02.2024

1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.c3 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.xd4 f6 6.b5 d7 7.0-0 xd4 8.xd7+ xd7 9.xd4 e7 10.f4 0-0 11.ad1 h5 12.e3 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. 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 f5 14.exd6 f6 15.c4+ h8 16.d4 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... xd6 17.c5 c7 18.xf8 xf8 19.e2 f4 20.f3 e5 21.fe1 g5 21 ... Bh4 might have been better - make the rook go back to f1. 22.c3 d8 23.xd8 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. xd8 24.c5 e8 25.d1 h4 26.e4 f6 27.d6 e1+ Black resigns, 28 Rxe1 Qxe1# 0–1

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19-02-24 Stirling A v Badgers Brook A

Stirling A		v		Badgers Brook A
Isaac Browning Jim Shemilt William Spiers Steve Smith Sean Flanagan	1988 1771 1755 1632 1557	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1	2039 1572 1298	Kenny McGeoch Graham Kerr Colin Matthews Angus Dayle James David
		3 - 2

14-02-24 Grangemouth B v Stirling A

Grangemouth B		v		Stirling A
Dougie Will Daniel Kitaev Ian Mason Alasdair Sandham Crawford Welsh	1870 1669 1603 1434 1199	0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1	1988 1771 1755 1632 1557	Isaac Browning Jim Shemilt William Spiers Steve Smith Sean Flanagan
		2 - 3

12-02-24 Stirling D v Stirling E

Stirling D		v		Stirling E
Harry Feather Tom Wallace Sandy Carmichael Mick Bloor Tom Nimmo	1342 1335 1242 1148	1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1096	Harley Lang Scott Keenan David Borland Stewart Cairns Cameron Anderson
		4½ - ½

Thanks to Tom and Bill for providing the game below from board 2, where Tom had White against Scott.

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Wallace, T–Keenan, S½–½Stirling D v Stirling EStirling CC12.02.2024

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 f6 4.c3 a5 5.d2 bd7 6.d5 d8 7.c3 e5 8.d5 c5 9.g5 b6 10.c2 e7 11.h3 0-0 12.b3 a5 13.f3 h6 14.d2 c7 15.ge2 h5 16.0-0-0 a5 17.g4 f4 18.xf4 exf4 19.xf4 b5 20.d2 g5 21.g3 b4 22.e2 a4 23.dxc6 axb3 24.xd6 24 ... Bxd6 25 Qxd6 bxa2 26 Qxc7 b1=Q+ 27 Kd2 Ra2+ 28 Ke3 Qxd1 bxa2 25.xa2 xa2 26.xc7 a1+ 27.d2 a2+ 28.e1 b3 29.c3 c2 30.b1 b2 31.e5 d3+ 32.xd3 b4+ 33.f1 c1 34.g2 d8 35.xc1 bxc1 36.xc1 xd3 37.c7 e7 38.c3 f6 39.g3 d2+ 40.h1 f7 41.d5 b2 42.xe7 xe7 43.c5 b3 44.d6+ e6 45.g2 d7 46.a1 b7 47.c1 a6 48.f8 e2 49.c6+ xc7 50.xh6 xf3+ 51.h2 xe4 52.g7 f5 53.e5+ c8 54.gxf5 xf5 55.g3 b2+ 56.g1 xh3 57.c7 g2+ 58.h1 xg3 59.h2 Black is now winning. After 59 ... Rb3 followed by g4, the c pawn will be lost, but both players were short of time and a draw was agreed. ½–½

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07-02-24 Grangemouth C v Stirling C

Grangemouth C		v		Stirling C
Bill Gray Alasdair Sandham Roman Kuznetsov Nicholas Kitaev Harry Leishman	1526 1434 1161 1037 750	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½	1523 1499 1440 1492 1476	Dave Hewitt Douglas Heatlie Kenny McPherson Bill Cook David McAlister
		1½ - 3½

05-02-24 Badgers Brook B v Stirling D

Badgers Brook B		v		Stirling D
Graham Kerr Colin Matthews Gordon Walker David James Peter Woollven	1572 1298 1263   962	0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0	1342 1335 1117 1071	Harry Feather Tom Wallace Mick Bloor Callum Richardson Tom Nimmo
		3 - 2

29-01-24 Stirling E v Dunfermline B

Stirling E		v		Dunfermline B
Harley Lang Scott Keenan Ross Warcup Stewart Cairns Cameron Anderson	1096   647	0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0	1229 1212	Calum Newton Mark McLintock Jim Wallace Melinda Kindeur Harris Dowie
		1½ - 3½

A proud Dad posts the game of his son's first league win...well done son!

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Dowie, H–Anderson, C0–1Stirling E v Dunfermline BStirling CC29.01.2024

1.e4 e5 2.h5 c6 3.c4 d5 4.xd5 e6 5.xe6 g6 6.d1 fxe6 7.f3 f6 8.d3 c5 9.0-0 g4 10.h3 xf2+ 11.h1 c5 12.hxg4 d4 13.e3 xf3 14.xf3 f8 15.e2 15 Bxc5 Rxf3 16 Rxf3 is an alternative, but there is a now a forced mate. 15 ... Rxf1+ 16 Qxf1 Qh4+ 17 Kg1 Bxe3+ 18 Qf2 Qxf2+ 19 Kh2 Qh4# xf1+ 16.xf1 xe3 17.c3 h4# 0–1

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29-01-24 Stirling C v Cumbernauld

Stirling C		v		Cumbernauld
Leyla Kim Dave Hewitt Douglas Heatlie Kenny MacPherson Tom Nimmo	1588 1513 1499 1440	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1d - 0d	1390 679 558	Derek McAteer George Ford Mark Bellamy-Collins Rayhan Hussein
		4½ - ½