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!