Friday, 27 September 2024

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

Tuesday, 17 September 2024

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.

Woollven, PWallace, T0–1Stirling C v Badgers Brook BStirling CC16.09.2024
1.e4 c5 2.f3 c6 3.c3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.xd4 d6 6.c4 e6 7.xc6 bxc6 8.0-0 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.b3 h6 11.a3 d6 12.e1 e7 13.g4 g8 14.e2 c7 15.c3 xh2+ 16.h1 d6 17.c2 e5 18.f3 e4 19.e3 f5 20.d2 e7 21.f4 h4+ 22.h3 g3+ 23.fxg3 xg3 24.f2 h2# 0–1

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

Warcup, RossMabon, D1–0Stirling C v Badgers Brook CStirling CC16.09.2024
1.e4 e5 2.f3 d6 3.c4 f6 4.d3 c6 5.0-0 h6 6.a4 g4 7.h3 e6 8.xe6 fxe6 9.e1 a6 10.c3 d7 11.b4 c7 12.e3 b6 13.a5 b5 14.bd2 f7 15.c4 g5 16.d4 g4 17.hxg4 xg4 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.c5 g8 20.f1 h5 21.1h2 xh2 22.xh2 g6 23.h4 g7 24.xh5+ f7 25.xf7+ xf7 26.ad1 e7 27.f3 g7 28.xe5+ f6 29.xc6 h8+ 30.g1 gh7 31.d4+ f7 32.xh8 xh8 33.d7 e8 34.xc7 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.xe7+ xe7 36.xe7 xe7 37.d1 e5 38.d6 e8 39.h2 e7 40.xa6 d7 41.b6 c7 42.a6 c8 43.a7 c7 44.a8 Black resigns 1–0