28-10-24 Stirling D v Badgers Brook B

Stirling D		v		Badgers Brook B
Dave Hewitt David Fowler Toby Geyer Mick Bloor Cameron Anderson	1422 1198   1133 847	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	1500 1361 1296	David James Colin Matthews Antonio La Gamma William Mundie John Forbes
		0 - 5

23-10-24 Grangemouth B v Stirling A

Grangemouth B		v		Stirling A
Alan Bell Dougie Will Duncan Glassey Bill Gray Crawford Welsh	1873 1857 1675 1521 1232	½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1	2008 1897 1807 1759 1599	Isaac Browning Sam Coates William Spiers Jim Shemilt Steve Smith
		2 - 3

21-10-24 Lindsay Cup

Two of our promising juniors, Victor and Rudra, played out the following game on Monday night - a fine open game in which a mistake by Victor saw him lose the exchange, but he battled on and, with Rudra's King wide open and being chased around the board, the pair settled on a draw. The club is really proud of both players, and special mention must be made of the fact that I could read and follow the scoresheets!

[Event "Lindsay Cup"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.10.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Victor"] [Black "Rudra"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. d5 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 e5 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nc6 13. Rfe1 Nd4 14. Qd1 Bg7 15. c3 Nc6 16. b4 Ne7 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. a4 f5 19. Bb5 Qc7 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Qd2 e4 23. Rac1 a6 24. Bf1 d5 25. a5 Rc8 26. Re3 Bh6 27. g4 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Rf3 29. Qd4 Rxc3 30. Qxd5+ Qf7 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qd4+ Qf6 34. Qd7+ Kh6 35. Qd2+ g5 36. h4 Kg6 37. hxg5 Qc6 38. f3 exf3 39. Bd3+ Kg7 40. Bf5 b6 41. axb6 Qxb6+ 42. Kh2 Qe3 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qf6+ Ke8 46. Qh8+ Ke7 47. Qxh7+ Kd6 48. Qd7+ { Draw agreed. } 1/2-1/2

21-10-24 Stirling C v Stirling E

Stirling C		v		Stirling E
Richard Warcup Kenny MacPherson Douglas Heatlie Tom Wallace Ross Warcup	1555 1481 1481 1352 742	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1096 738	Harley Lang Stewart Cairns Felix Borzik Neander Didla Advait Harikumer
		5 - 0

Thanks to Ross for the game below, where Ross had Black against debutante Advait.

[Event "Stirling C v Stirling E"] [Site "Striling CC"] [Date "2024.10.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Harikumer, A"] [Black "Warcup, Ross"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c5 2. e5 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Nf3 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Na3 a6 9. d3 d5 10. f4 Bg7 11. Bb3 b5 12. c4 bxc4 13. dxc4 d4 14. Qf3 Bd7 15. O-O Ne7 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Bd2 Rxb2 19. Qf2 Qc8 20. Nb1 Bc6 21. Re1 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf5 23. g4 Ne3 24. Bxe3 Rxf2 25. Bxf2 d3 26. Nd2 Bxa1 27. f5 exf5 28. gxf5 Qxf5 29. Re3 Qg5+ 30. Rg3 Qxd2 31. Re3 Qd1+ 32. Re1 Qf3 { I can't make out the last move, but White resigned after it. } 0-1

16-10-24 Grangemouth Lions v Stirling Bruce

Grangemouth Lions 7 - 9 Stirling Bruce
Round 1
Damien McGrory	1 - 0	Oliver Twentyman
Crawford Welsh	0 - 1	Kenny MacPherson
Harry Leishman	0 - 1	Bill Cook
Dougie Will	1 - 0	Dave Hewitt
Round 2
Damien McGrory	1 - 0	Dave Hewitt
Crawford Welsh	½ - ½	Oliver Twentyman
Harry Leishman	0 - 1	Kenny MacPherson
Dougie Will	1 - 0	Bill Cook
Round 3
Damien McGrory	0 - 1	Bill Cook
Crawford Welsh	0 - 1	Dave Hewitt
Harry Leishman	0 - 1	Oliver Twentyman
Dougie Will	1 - 0	Kenny MacPherson
Round 4
Damien McGrory	0 - 1	Kenny MacPherson
Crawford Welsh	½ - ½	Bill Cook
Harry Leishman	0 - 1	Dave Hewitt
Dougie Will	1 - 0	Oliver Twentyman

14-10-24 Stirling B v Grangemouth B

Stirling B		v		Grangemouth B
Brad Duthie Nathanael Loch Richard Warcup Bill Cook Tom Wallace	1545 1513 1555 1470 1352	0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1873 1857 1521 1232 1152	Alan Bell Dougie Will Bill Gray Crawford Welsh Roman Kuznetsov
		3½ - 1½

07-10-24 Badgers Brook C v Stirling D

Update with names.

Badgers Brook C		v		Stirling D
David Lawrence William Mundie Peter Woollven Douglas Scott David Mabon	1164 1100 1003 981 931	0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0	1422 1198   1133 847	Dave Hewitt David Fowler Toby Geyer Mick Bloor Cameron Anderson
		2½ - 2½

07-10-24 Badgers Brook A v Stirling A

Badgers Brook A		v		Stirling A
Kenny McGeoch Mark Cook Stuart Ward Mark Monaghan David James	2029 1908 1810 1798 1500	0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0	2008 1784 1599 1575 1513	Isaac Browning Oliver Twentyman Steve Smith Sean Flanagan Nathanael Loch
		3 - 2

02-10-24 Richardson Cup Final

The delayed final of the club championship for season 2023-2024, the Richardson Cup, was played between Isaac Browning, with White, and Sam Coates.

Pre-game handshake - Isaac is on the left, Sam on the right.

Thanks to Dave for transcribing the game below.

Isaac with the trophy - congratulations Isaac!

Thanks to Grangemouth CC for hosting the game.

01-10-2024 Dunfermline B v Stirling C

Dunfermine B		v		Stirling C
Calum Newton Gregor McCluskey Barrie Dempster Dimitris Giannakopoulos Euan Bell	1518 1456   1354 1274	0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0	1555 1481 1464 1422 742	Richard Warcup Kenny MacPherson Harry Feather Dave Hewitt Ross Warcup
		2 - 3

Thanks to Dave for sharing his game on lichess. This was the match decider, the last game to finish...

30-09-24 Stirling E v Badgers Brook B

I don't have all of the players names, but I do have the two games below which scored Stirling's points in 3½-1½ win for Badgers Brook B. The first game is from board 1, where Tom had white against David James.

[Event "Stirling E v Badgers Brook B"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.09.30"] [Round ""] [White "Nimmo, T"] [Black "James, D"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Be2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qxg2 10. Bf3 Qg6 11. Qb3 Be7 12. Bxb7 Bxb7 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15. O-O-O a5 16. Rhg1 Qf5 17. Rg2 Rab8 18. Qc7 Qd5 19. Rdg1 g6 20. Qc4 Qb7 21. Qb3 Qd7 22. Qc2 Rec8 23. Nf3 Qd5 24. Qd3 Qxa2 25. Qb1 Qb3 26. Qc2 a4 27. Qxb3 Rxb3 28. Nd2 Rb7 29. Kc2 Nd5 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Rgg1 Bf6 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Ra2 Rba7 34. Nc4 Ra6 35. f3 Nd7 36. Rga1 Nc5 37. Nd2 Nb3 38. Nxb3 axb3+ 39. Kxb3 Rb6+ 40. Kc2 Rab8 41. Rb1 Kg7 42. b4 Kf6 43. Kb3 Kf5 44. Ra7 R8b7 45. Rxb7 Rxb7 46. Rf1 Kf4 47. c4 Ke5 48. Rd1 Kf6 49. c5 Ke7 50. Kc4 f5 51. b5 e5 52. c6 Rc7 53. Kc5 e4 55. fxe4 fxe4 56. b6 { Black resigns } 1-0

This second game is board 5, where Calum, making his league debut, earned a draw with Black against D Scott.

[Event "Stirling E v Badgers Brook B"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2024.09.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Scott, D"] [Black "Tortolano, C"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. c5 b6 10. Nb3 Ne4 11. Nfd2 Qf6 12. Bxe4 { 12 Nxe4 seems preferable, with the follow up threats after 12 ... dxe4 13 Bxe4 } 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qf5 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Kg2 Bc4 17. e3 e5 18. cxb6 cxb6 19. e4 Qd7 20. d5 Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Nd4 22. Qd1 Rfe8 23. Ne2 Qg4 24. f3 Qxf3+ 25. Kg1 Qe3+ 26. Kf1 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qe3+ 28. Kf1 { Repetition draw agreed. However, Black seems to have better options with 28 ... Nf3 29 Nc3 Qg1+ 30 Ke2 Qg2+ 31 Ke3 Nxe1 32 Qxe1 Qxb2 } 1/2-1/2

Update with names.

Stirling E		v		Badgers Brook C
Tom Nimmo Mick Murphy Kai Austin Stewart Cairns Calum Tortolano	1084 1135 893 738	1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½	1500 1164   1003 981	David James David Lawrence William Mundie Peter Woollven Douglas Scott
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