Central League Division 1 Stirling A 5-0 Stirling B Isaac Browning 2054 1-0 Richard Warcup 1637 William Spiers 1758 1-0 Brad Duthie 1552 Sean Flanagan 1698 1-0 Ross Warcup 1494 Nathanael Loch 1515 1-0 Steve Smith 1549 Kenny MacPherson 1506 1-0 Bill Cook 1544 Stirling A had white on boards 3 and 4
Stirling A team captain, Isaac reports:
Stirling A had to rely on two members of the C team due to shortages, but neither Kenny nor Nathanael looked out of place. Kenny won in a bishop endgame after the game simplified fairly quickly. Nathanael attacked his way to a position with a queen and extra pawn vs two rooks, the exposed black king tipping the balance in his favour.
I managed to beat Richard after breaking out of a cramped position with an extra pawn. William, playing his fifth black from five games, managed to build up a space advantage in the centre and eventually triumph.
Sean and Ross' game went right down to the wire. Sean had an extra pawn, but Ross' passer on c2 had the white rook locked down. Therefore, it seemed for a while as though white wouldn't be able to escape, but Sean managed to open the h-file and bring his rook across to threaten mate, the possible pawn promotion an irrelevance. Ross, down to his last few seconds, was unable to find the saving tactic in time.
A hard-fought match, again not fully captured by the scoreline, under difficult circumstances for all.
