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

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.

[Event "Stirling C v Badgers Brook B"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.09.16"] [Round ""] [White "Woollven, P"] [Black "Wallace, T"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O 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. Bb3 h6 11. a3 Bd6 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Qg4 Rg8 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. c3 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Bc2 e5 18. Qf3 e4 19. Qe3 Nf5 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Nf4 Qh4+ 22. Nh3 Ng3+ 23. fxg3 Qxg3 24. Qf2 Qh2# 0-1

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

[Event "Stirling C v Badgers Brook C"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.09.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Warcup, Ross"] [Black "Mabon, D"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 c6 5. O-O h6 6. a4 Bg4 7. h3 Be6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Re1 Na6 10. c3 Qd7 11. b4 Nc7 12. Be3 b6 13. a5 b5 14. Nbd2 Qf7 15. c4 g5 16. d4 g4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c5 Rg8 20. Nf1 h5 21. N1h2 Nxh2 22. Kxh2 Qg6 23. Nh4 Qg7 24. Qxh5+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rad1 Be7 27. Nf3 Rg7 28. Nxe5+ Kf6 29. Nxc6 Rh8+ 30. Kg1 Rgh7 31. Bd4+ Kf7 32. Bxh8 Rxh8 33. Rd7 Re8 34. Rxc7 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. Rxe7+ Rxe7 36. Nxe7 Kxe7 37. Rd1 e5 38. Rd6 Ke8 39. Kh2 Ke7 40. Rxa6 Kd7 41. Rb6 Kc7 42. a6 Kc8 43. a7 Kc7 44. a8=R { Black resigns } 1-0