2026-10-06 Honours even at Dunfermline

   Central League Division 2
   Dunfermline                  2½-2½ Stirling D            

1. Dimitris Giannakopoulos 1450  1-0  Sandy Carmichael 1358
2. Ali Shuttleworth        1234  0-1  Tom Wallace      1293
3. Daniel Lynch            1221  ½-½  David Fowler     1219 
4. Brian Easton            967   1-0  Mick Bloor       1143 
5. Barrie Dempster         931   0-1  Tom Nimmo        1169

Tom provided this game from Board 2. His queenside pressure forced an error, winning the exchange and then he finished the game off with a nice pseudo-sacrifice, exxploiting a back rank mating possibility.

[Event "Central League Div 2 26/27"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.10.06"] [Round "?"] [White "Wallace, Tom"] [Black "Shuttleworth, Ali"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2364793445888105"] [EventDate "2025.11.28"] [WhiteTeam "Stirling"] [BlackTeam "Dunfermline"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. h3 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. O-O Bg6 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. a3 Qb6 12. Na4 Qc7 13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rc1 Qd8 16. Bb5 Rc8 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. Qd2 Qc8 20. Rc1 Qa6 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Qb7 23. Qc3 Ne7 24. Nd2 Rb8 25. Nb3 Qa6 26. Ra5 Qb7 27. Nc5 Qc7 28. Na6 Qb6 29. Nxb8 Qxb8 30. Qc5 Nc8 31. Qxc6 Nb6 32. Rxa7 1-0