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
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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!

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Victor–Rudra½–½Lindsay CupStirling CC21.10.2024

1.e4 d6 2.d4 f6 3.c3 g6 4.g5 g7 5.xf6 xf6 6.d5 c6 7.d3 0-0 8.ge2 e5 9.0-0 g4 10.h3 xe2 11.xe2 cxd5 12.xd5 c6 13.fe1 d4 14.d1 g7 15.c3 c6 16.b4 e7 17.e3 d7 18.a4 f5 19.b5 c7 20.exf5 xf5 21.xf5 xf5 22.d2 e4 23.ac1 a6 24.f1 d5 25.a5 c8 26.e3 h6 27.g4 xe3 28.xe3 f3 29.d4 xc3 30.xd5+ f7 31.xc3 xc3 32.d8+ g7 33.d4+ f6 34.d7+ h6 35.d2+ g5 36.h4 g6 37.hxg5 c6 38.f3 exf3 39.d3+ g7 40.f5 b6 41.axb6 xb6+ 42.h2 e3 43.d7+ f8 44.d8+ f7 45.f6+ e8 46.h8+ e7 47.xh7+ d6 48.d7+ Draw agreed. ½–½

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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.

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Harikumer, A–Warcup, Ross0–1Stirling C v Stirling EStriling CC21.10.2024

1.e4 c5 2.e5 c6 3.f3 g6 4.c4 g7 5.g5 e6 6.f3 xe5 7.xe5 xe5 8.a3 a6 9.d3 d5 10.f4 g7 11.b3 b5 12.c4 bxc4 13.dxc4 d4 14.f3 d7 15.0-0 e7 16.c2 0-0 17.e4 b8 18.d2 xb2 19.f2 c8 20.b1 c6 21.e1 xe4 22.xe4 f5 23.g4 e3 24.xe3 xf2 25.xf2 d3 26.d2 xa1 27.f5 exf5 28.gxf5 xf5 29.e3 g5+ 30.g3 xd2 31.e3 d1+ 32.e1 f3 I can't make out the last move, but White resigned after it. 0–1

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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
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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.

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Nimmo, T–James, D1–0Stirling E v Badgers Brook BStirling CC30.09.2024

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 xd5 4.d4 e6 5.f3 c6 6.e3 cxd4 7.xd4 f6 8.e2 xd4 9.xd4 xg2 10.f3 g6 11.b3 e7 12.xb7 xb7 13.xb7 0-0 14.d2 fe8 15.0-0-0 a5 16.hg1 f5 17.g2 ab8 18.c7 d5 19.dg1 g6 20.c4 b7 21.b3 d7 22.c2 ec8 23.f3 d5 24.d3 xa2 25.b1 b3 26.c2 a4 27.xb3 xb3 28.d2 b7 29.c2 d5 30.a1 a8 31.gg1 f6 32.xf6 xf6 33.a2 ba7 34.c4 a6 35.f3 d7 36.ga1 c5 37.d2 b3 38.xb3 axb3+ 39.xb3 b6+ 40.c2 ab8 41.b1 g7 42.b4 f6 43.b3 f5 44.a7 8b7 45.xb7 xb7 46.f1 f4 47.c4 e5 48.d1 f6 49.c5 e7 50.c4 f5 51.b5 e5 52.c6 c7 53.c5 e4 54.fxe4 fxe4 55.b6 Black resigns 1–0

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

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Scott, D–Tortolano, C½–½Stirling E v Badgers Brook BStirling CC30.09.2024

1.f3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 f6 4.g2 c5 5.d4 b4+ 6.d2 xd2+ 7.bxd2 c6 8.0-0 0-0 9.c5 b6 10.b3 e4 11.fd2 f6 12.xe4 12 Nxe4 seems preferable, with the follow up threats after 12 ... dxe4 13 Bxe4 dxe4 13.xe4 f5 14.c3 a6 15.e1 ad8 16.g2 c4 17.e3 e5 18.cxb6 cxb6 19.e4 d7 20.d5 xb3 21.xb3 d4 22.d1 fe8 23.e2 g4 24.f3 xf3+ 25.g1 e3+ 26.f1 f3+ 27.g1 e3+ 28.f1 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 ½–½

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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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