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.

ChessBase

Spiers, W–Wallace, D1–0Stirling A v Grangemouth AStirling CC25.03.2024

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 f5 4.c3 e6 5.g4 g6 6.ge2 c5 7.h4 h6 8.f4 h7 9.e3 cxd4 10.xd4 c6 11.b5 e7 12.h5 g6 13.f4 xh4 14.f3 g5 15.0-0-0 ge7 16.b1 a6 17.xc6+ xc6 18.c5 xe5 19.g3 c4 20.fxd5 d2+ 21.xd2 xd2 22.e5 xc3 23.xc3 Black resigns. 1–0

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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...

ChessBase

Feather, H–Carmichael, S1–0Thornton CupStirling CC11.03.2024

1.c4 g6 2.c3 g7 3.g3 d6 4.g2 f6 5.e4 e5 6.ge2 a5 7.0-0 0-0 8.d3 e6 9.h3 bd7 10.f4 exf4 11.gxf4 c5 12.f5 d7 13.d4 a6 14.e5 dxe5 15.dxe5 h5 16.f6 xf6 17.exf6 c6 18.d4 e6 19.h4 h8 20.h6 e8 21.h1 d3 22.b3 ad8 23.ac1 a4 24.f4 g3+ 25.h2 xf1+ 26.xf1 d2+ 27.fe2 d6+ 28.f4 f8 29.e4 f5 30.h6 a3 30 ... Rxe4 31.g7+ g8 32.g5 d6+ 33.h1 h5 34.g3 d4 35.xf5 xh4 36.xh4 36 Nh6# axb3 37.axb3 e3 38.hf3 xb3 39.e5 d4 40.exf7 xh3+ 41.xh3 d1+ 42.xd1 c7 43.h6# 1–0

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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