Game from the Match beteen the D and E Teams

Graham has provided the game from board 1 of the D v E match on Monday - the deciding game as the score was poised at 2-2. Both players were down to under 5 minutes at the end. Graham has added in some engine analysis of the closing stages. Great game, and part of a fantastic win for the E team.

[Event "Stirling D v Stirling E"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2026.10.12"] [Round "?"] [White "Macrury, I.."] [Black "Carmichael, S.."] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Anderson"] [ECO "B19"] [BlackElo "1358"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [BlackFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "117"] [GameId "2365094807392359"] [EventDate "2026.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bc4 e6 9. Qe2 Ngf6 10. Bd2 Bxc2 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. Qxc2 Qc7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O-O 16. Rac1 Rdh8 17. d5 f5 18. Qd3 Rxh4 19. Nxh4 Rxh4 20. g3 Ne5 21. Qe2 Re4 22. Qh5 Rxc4 23. Qe8+ Qd8 24. Qxe6+ Qd7 25. Qg8+ Kc7 26. dxc6 Qxc6 27. Qxg7+ Kb6 28. Rxc4 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Qxc4 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 Kc5 33. Kg2 Ng5 34. c4 a6 35. Rd5+ Kc6 36. Rxf5 Ne6 37. f4 b5 38. cxb5+ axb5 39. Rf6 Nc5 40. g4 Kd5 41. Kf3 Ne6 42. g5 Be7 43. Rf5+ Kd6 44. Kg4 Nd4 45. Re5 b4 46. Kh5 Ne6 47. Kg4 Nd4 48. Re4 Nc6 49. f5 Ne5+ 50. Kh5 Kd5 51. Re2 Bf8 52. g6 Bg7 53. Rd2+ Ke4 54. Rf2 Bf6 55. Rf1 Nf3 ({Stockfish has the game as drawn after 55 Rf1 recommending Black continue with} 55... Nd3 {In order to keep the f-pawn, the White King has to retreat back to g4. If it advances to h6 instead, Black has to give up his bishop after g7, but the resulting R+P against N+P should be drawn, for example after these moves:} 56. Kh6 Nf4 57. Kh7 Kxf5 58. g7 Bxg7 59. Kxg7) 56. Kh6 Bg5+ 57. Kh7 Bf6 58. g7 Ng5+ 59. Kg6 {Black resigns} 1-0