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.

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Lakudkar, S–Bell, A1–0CL Cup - Grangemouth v StirlingGrangemouth CC08.05.2024

1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.g2 e7 5.f3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.a4 c5 8.dxc5 a5 9.c2 c6 10.a3 xc5 11.e3 h5 12.xc4 e5 13.g5 e6 14.xf6 xf6 15.d6 a5 16.c7 d8 17.c3 b3 18.ad1 f6 19.xb7 c8 20.b4 f7 21.xd8 fxd8 22.h4 d7 23.h3 cd8 24.xe5 xd1 25.xf7 xf1+ 26.xf1 xf7 27.f5 g6 28.c2 d2+ 29.e1 g7 30.b4 c4 31.e7 b8 32.b4 e5 33.b3 f3+ 34.d1 Black resigns 1–0

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McLay, J–Browning, I½–½CL Cup - Grangemouth v StirlingGrangemouth CC08.05.2024

1.e4 c5 2.c4 c6 3.c3 g6 4.f3 g7 5.e2 d6 6.h3 e6 7.d3 ge7 8.e3 d4 9.0-0 0-0 10.d2 ec6 11.h6 xf3+ 12.xf3 d4 13.d1 d7 14.xg7 xg7 15.b1 a5 16.e2 xe2+ 17.xe2 c6 18.bd1 e5 19.f4 f6 20.e3 b6 21.d2 ae8 22.d1 d8 23.f5 g5 24.a4 g8 25.b3 f8 26.h5 e7 27.f2 eg7 28.e2 e7 29.h1 b6 30.d1 b4 31.e2 d8 32.g3 c7 33.b2 xa4 34.d2 xd2+ 35.xd2 c6 36.a1 a8 37.d1 b5 38.ba2 b6 39.e3 ga7 40.d2 h8 41.c3 h5 42.d2 h4 43.g4 ha8 44.c3 bxc4 45.bxc4 a4 46.a3 c7 47.c2 b8 48.b1 xb1 49.xb1 b6 50.c2 a5 51.a1 b7 52.a3 b4 53.a1 b8 54.a3 b4 55.a1 b8 56.a3 a8 57.d1 b6 58.c2 c7 59.d1 a7 60.c2 a8 Draw agreed ½–½

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Spiers, W–Wallace, D1–0CL Cup - Grangemouth v StirlingGrangemouth CC08.05.2024

1.c4 e5 2.c3 c6 3.g3 f6 4.g2 b4 5.e4 0-0 6.ge2 d6 7.h3 a5 8.d3 d4 9.e3 c5 10.0-0 h6 11.xd4 xd4 12.xd4 exd4 13.e2 c5 14.f4 e8 15.d2 b8 16.a4 d7 17.b3 c6 18.ae1 c7 19.g4 d7 20.g3 f8 21.h4 be8 22.g5 hxg5 23.hxg5 g6 24.f3 f6 25.gxf6 xf6 26.g4 ef8 27.h2 g7 28.f5 e5 29.fxg6 xg6 30.xf8 xf8 31.h8+ Black's flag falls. 1–0

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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!