2026-09-28 Home and Away victories in Division 1

The League season got underway with the B Team hosting Grangemouth.

   Central League Division 1
   Stirling B             3-2  Grangemouth 

1. Brad Duthie      1562  0-1  Alan Bell        1939
2. Bill Cook        1552  ½-½  Dougie Will      1859
3. Kenny MacPherson 1525  1-0  Duncan Glassey   1676
4. Nathanael Loch   1525  ½-½  Pranav Hariharan 1712 
5. Toby Geyer       1491  1-0  Mark Monaghan    1706 

B team Captain Bill reports:

Despite being outgraded by a combined total of over 1000 points, Stirling managed to win an exciting and close match played in a good spirit.

My game was the first to finish - Dougie built up a attack which I fended off until we were left with a blocked position. Alan won two pieces for a rook with a nice tactic and although Brad resisted for a long time he had to resign - this was the second game to finish. Meanwhile Kenny had been building up pressure against Duncan, winning a couple of pawns and eventually delivering mate.

Nathanael appeared to be winning, a piece up with a strong attack on Pranav's exposed king, but he allowed his rook to be taken, and for a while was losing, but Pranav's king was still vulnerable and he was forced to repeat moves with perpetual check.

The last game to finish was Toby v Mark. Toby was two pawns up at one stage but allowed Mark back into the game before finally queening a pawn at which point Mark resigned.

Meanwhile, the A Team were in Broxburn and also took overall victory by the minimum margin.

   Central League Division 1
   Badgers Brook         2-3  Stirling A

1. Kenny McGeoch   2041  0-1  Isaac Browning 2053
2. Ian McLean      1883  1-0  Leo Gardner    1889
3. Stuart Ward     1866  0-1  William Spiers 1766
4. Graham Kerr     1599  1-0  Richard Warcup 1630
5. Jonathan Rowney 1512  0-1  Harry Feather  1471

2026-03-23 Stirling host Badgers Brook and Clackmannanshire

   Central League Division 2
   Stirling E            1-4  Badgers Brook B

1. Mick Murphy     1087  0-1  Derek Raffan   1384
2. Rudra Pardhi    930   0-1  David Lawrence 1180
3. William Feather 875   0-1  Connor George  977
4. Stewart Cairns  719   0-1  Peter Woollven 907
5. Elsa Liu              1-0  default

Stirling had white on boards 2 and 3

   Central League Division 2
   Stirling C             5-0  Clackmannanshire

1. Nathanael Loch   1515  1-0  Glen Wilson      1047
2. Kenny MacPherson 1506  1-0  Luke Evans       u/g
3. Harry Feather    1461  1-0  Joseph Lambert   u/g*
4. Tom Wallace      1313  1-0  Vytautas Jakstys u/g
5. Mick Bloor       1084  1-0  Roman Quinn      u/g

Stirling C had white on boards 2 and 4
* Live rating: Joseph Lambert 1007

2026-01-12 The return match between the C and D teams

  Central League Division 2 Match
  Stirling C             4-1  Stirling D 

1 Nathanael Loch   1515  1-0  Douglas Heatlie  1563
2 Kenny MacPherson 1506  1-0  Harry Feather    1461
3 Toby Geyer       1302  1-0  Sandy Carmichael 1357
4 Mick Bloor       1084  1-0  David Fowler     1300  
5 Josh Heesom      u/g   0-1  Victor Liu       928

The Sirling D team had White on Boards 2, 4 and 5

C Team captain Nathanael provided this report:

All five games were quite aggressive all around. The only pairing I did not witness was Josh vs Victor, but Victor came out with a quick win (less 30 minutes if I recall correctly), so I presume some sort of opening trap led to Victor-y (pun intended).

Board 4 featured a level game for a long time, until eventually David pressed for a mating attack which ultimately failed to manifest. In doing so, about 2 pawns fell and the endgame was ultimately lost in R vs R.

Board 3 is one I didn't see the beginning of, but during the middlegame, Toby somehow ended up with 2 extra pieces, but things were not so cut and dry. Sandy held the game until the very end as losing at that point would have meant a guaranteed win for Stirling C. The two rooks kept chances in the air, but the material proved too strong even after Toby sacced a bishop back, winning RRN vs RR.

Board 2 seemed very level to me until at one point a sequence led to Kenny having two bishops for a rook (with pawn interest), and due to both bishops looking at the castled king protected by only an f-pawn remaining, the bishops proved stronger than the rooks, leading to a situation where Harry would have to lose a piece by force after trading queens; hence the endgame was too dire to play out to the end.

Board 1 was tense the whole way. Douglas traded his knight for my bishop (g3) which opened my h-file on move 11. The result was a constant attack on the castled king (kingside) until eventually I was able to sacrifice a knight to break through with the pieces. Not quite a true sacrifice as taking would lead to Qh7# supported by the rook on h1. The engine showed White was for choice the whole attack, but Douglas did have one move to get a -0.2 evaluation from Stockfish. Unfortunately, this was not found in the game.

2025-12-08 Stirling E -v- Dunfermline B

Alongside the match on Monday night between the Stirling D -v- C teams already reported upon, the E Team had a good win over Dunfermline B.

   Central League Division 2

   Stirling E             3-2  Dunfermline B

1. Sandy Carmichael  1357 1-0  Calum Newton     1508
2. Mick Murphy       1087 0-1  Douglas Rew      1369 
3. Mick Bloor        1084 0-1  Daniel Lynch     1239
4. William Feather   875  1-0  Ali Shuttleworth 1207
5. Stewart Cairns    719  1-0  Brian Easton     999

Here is Stewart's victory on board 5.

[Event "Stirling E v Dunfermline B"] [Site "Stirling"] [Date "2025.12.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Easton, B."] [Black "Cairns, S."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "999"] [BlackElo "719"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "92"] [GameId "2253634069524498"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. g4 Ndxe5 9. gxf5 Nc4 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. Bxc4 Bxf4 12. exf4 dxc4 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qg5 Nxd4 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. O-O Nxc2 17. Ra2 O-O 18. Nc3 Rxf4 19. Rc1 Nd4 20. Kf1 Rdf8 21. b3 Nxb3 22. Re1 Nc5 23. Nb5 Nd3 24. Ree2 Nc1 25. Nxc7 Nxa2 26. Rxa2 Rc8 27. Nxe6 Rh4 28. Kg2 c3 29. Rc2 Ra4 30. Ng5 Rxa3 31. Ne4 b5 32. Nd6 Rd8 33. Nxb5 Rb3 34. Nxa7 Rd2 35. Rc1 c2 36. Nc6 Rb1 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Nd5 Rxc1 39. Ne3 Rb1 40. Nxc2 Rxc2 41. Kg3 Rbb2 42. f3 Rxh2 43. f4 Kf6 44. Kg4 Rb3 45. f5 h5+ 46. Kf4 Rh4# 0-1

2025-12-08 Match between the Stirling D and C Teams

   Central League Division 2 
  
   Stirling D         1½-3½ Stirling C   
   
1. Harry Feather 1461  0-1  Nathanael Loch   1515    
2. David Fowler  1304  1-0  Kenny MacPherson 1506 
3. Tom Wallace   1313  0-1  Kelechi Nwosu    u/g     
4. Josh Heesom   u/g   0-1  Toby Geyer       1302
5. Victor Liu    928   ½-½  Rudra Pardhi     930

Stirling D had white on boards 1 and 4  

2025-12-03 Division 2 Match at Grangemouth

Stirling E travelled to Grangemouth to face their Cs, with both teams having non-playing captains - Bill Gray for the hosts and Graham Anderson for the visitors - watching on.

Grangemouth C          3½-1½ Stirling E 

1. Crawford Welsh 1486  1-0  Mick Murphy     1087 
2. Joe Johnstone  u/g   1-0  Mick Bloor      1084 
3. Harry Leishman 847   1-0  Rudra Pardhi    930 
4. Arran Short    u/g   0-1  William Feather 875 
5. Tyler Doney    u/g   ½-½  Stewart Cairns  719 

The home team had White on boards 3 and 4

Graham provides this report on the match:

Some wild games...Stewart was N+5P against N+2P in the endgame. I blinked, and it was then N+2P v N+2P. Not entirely sure how he managed to lose those pawns, but he held out for a draw. Mick M's game is below...he missed several mates. Mick B's King found its way to g3 by about move 15, but survived a ferocious attack to be 2 pawns up in the endgame, then contrived to lose. William had a lovely mate at the end (game also below).

[Event "Grangemouth C V Stirling E"] [Site "Grangemouth"] [Date "2025.12.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Murphy, M.."] [Black "Welsh, C.."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1087"] [BlackElo "1243"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. d4 g6 2. e3 Bg7 3. Bd3 d6 4. Nd2 e6 5. f4 b6 6. Ngf3 Bb7 7. Qe2 a6 8. O-O Ne7 9. c3 Nd7 10. e4 O-O 11. e5 d5 12. g4 c5 13. h4 b5 14. g5 Nc6 15. Rf2 Qb6 16. Qe3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rac8 18. Nf1 Rc7 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. a3 Bf8 21. N1h2 b4 22. Ng4 Na5 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. gxf6 Nb3 25. Rd1 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 bxa3 27. bxa3 Bxa3 28. Rg2 Bb4 29. Qe2 a5 30. h5 Bc3 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Bxg6 Bxd4+ 33. Nxd4 Rc1 34. Rxc1 (34. Be8+ Kf8 35. Rg8+ Kxg8 36. Qg2+ Kf8 37. Qg7+ Kxe8 38. Qe7#) 34... Qxd4+ 35. Kh2 Qxf4+ 36. Kh3 Rxc1 37. Bxh7+ (37. Bf7+ Kxf7 38. Qh5+ Kf8 39. Rg8+ Kxg8 40. Qe8#) 37... Kh8 38. Rg8+ Kxh7 39. Qh5+ Kxg8 40. Qe8+ (40. Qg6+ Kf8 41. Qg7+ Ke8 42. Qe7#) 40... Kh7 41. Qh5+ Qh6 42. Qxh6+ Kxh6 0-1

[Event "Grangemouth C v Stirling E"] [Site "Grangemouth"] [Date "2025.12.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Short, A."] [Black "Feather, W."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C62"] [BlackElo "875"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d3 Bd7 5. Bd2 a6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Nc3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qd1 c6 11. Be3 d5 12. Bb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 d4 14. Bg5 dxc3 15. bxc3 Be7 16. Ra5 Qxa5 17. b4 Qa3 18. Qd2 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. g3 O-O 21. Rb1 b5 22. Qe1 b4 23. cxb4 Bxb4 24. Rxb4 Qa1 25. Rb1 Qa4 26. c4 h6 27. Bd2 Ra6 28. f4 Ng4 29. fxe5 Nxe5 30. Qf1 Qc2 31. Rd1 Qxd3 32. Bf4 Qxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Nxc4 34. Ke2 Ra2+ 35. Kf3 g5 36. Bc1 f5 37. Rd4 Ne5+ 38. Ke3 f4+ 39. gxf4 gxf4# 0-1

2025-11-17 Two League Matches at Home

Central League Division 1

Stirling B           2-3  Grangemouth A 

Leo Gardner    1896  ½-½  John McLay       2016 
Richard Warcup 1636  0-1  Graham Hamilton  1905
Brad Duthie    1552  1-0  Pranav Hariharan 1747
Bill Cook      1544  0-1  Duncan Glassey   1722 
Steve Smith    1530  ½-½  Alan Petrie      1685 

Central League Division 2

Stirling E            ½-4½ Stirling C 

Mick Murphy     1087  0-1  Kenny MacPherson  1506
Mick Bloor      1084  0-1  Harry Feather     1461
Stewart Cairns  719   0-1  Toby Geyer        1302
Rudra Pardhi    930   0-1  Kelechi Nwosu     u/g
William Feather 875   ½-½  Tom Wallace       1313

2025-10-10 Two Matches against Dunfermline

Stirling hosted a double-header against Dunfermline, and both home teams ended the evening victorious.

Central League Division 1 Match

Stirling A           4-1  Dunfermline A

Isaac Browning 2054  1-0  Volodymyr Tushynsky 2176
John Iwuozor   2020  ½-½  Ian Robertson       2059
Leo Gardner    1889  1-0  John McBride        1715
William Spiers 1758  1-0  Calum Smith         1599
Sean Flanagan  1698  ½-½  Gregor McCloskey    1571

Stirling had white on boards 3 and 5

The Stirling A team had a strengthened line-up with Leo Gardner winning on his first appearance for the club. Isaac Browning, the Stirling A captain, reports:

A tighter match than the score line would perhaps suggest.

Ian and John Iwuozor (who had arrived ten minutes late) drew what seemed to be a fairly peaceful game; Sean and Gregor likewise.

Leo, Stirling's newest recruit, managed to get the better of John McBride from a position with queens and two minor pieces each.

I beat Volodymyr after emerging from a very complicated opening with an extra pawn, which eventually became two due to white's problematic structure.

William was down a pawn at one point but managed to regain it and ultimately caught Calum's king in a mating trap to round off the match.

Central League Division 2 Match

Stirling D             3-2  Dunfermline B

1. Harry Feather 1461  0-1  Euan Bell        1429
2. David Fowler  1300  ½-½  Douglas Rew      1369
3. Tom Wallace   1313  1-0  Daniel Lynch     1239
4. Kai Austin    946   ½-½  Ali Shuttleworth 1207
5. Victor Liu    928   1-0  Barrie Dempster  896

Dunfermline had white on boards 3,4 and 5

The Junior players for both sides put in strong performance. Tom Wallace reports:

A very close game tonight between Stirling D and Dunfermline B.

Stirling Junior Kai Austin drew with Ali Shuttleworth with a perpetual quite quickly on board 4. David Fowler and Douglas Rew on board 2 swapped off pieces to leave a rook and 5 pawn draw. Another Stirling Junior Victor Liu won on board 5 against Barrie Dempster.

On board 1 Dunfermline Junior Euan Bell beat Harry Feather which left the score 2-2 with my game on board 3 against Daniel Lynch deciding the overall result.

I had black and put a lot of pressure on white until a miscalculation with not a lot of time left on both sides where Daniel had a dangerous passed d-pawn with only the queens and 4 pawns each. I sacrificed a b-pawn and Daniel quickly moved his queen up the queenside to capture more pawns and leaving his King to a back row mate which I gladly grabbed.

2025-10-23 League Results Round-up

I had got behind with reporting the results of the Central League matches, but below you will find a major update starting with this week's results and going in reverse chronological order back to late September. The results start off with what I think was our first visit to the new Clackmannanshire club in Alloa for a competitive match.

   2025-10-22 Division 2 Match

   Clackmannanshire     0-5  Stirling C

1. Glen Wilson    1082  0-1  Nathanael Loch   1488
2. Luke Evans     u/g   0-1  Kenny MacPherson 1504
3. Dale Carberry  u/g   0-1  Kelechi Nwosu    u/g
4. Joseph Lambert u/g   0-1  Toby Geyer       1332
5. Roman Quinn    u/g   0-1  Dave Hewitt      1500

Two days earlier the Stirling B team were at home to Grangemouth B in while the E team ventured to Broxburn to play Badgers Brook.

   2025-10-20 Division 1 Match

   Stirling B           ½-4½ Grangemouth B

1. Brad Duthie    1552  0-1  Alan Bell      1948
2. Ross Warcup    1494  0-1  Daniel Kitaev  1928
3. Richard Warcup 1637  ½-½  Dougie Will    1839
4. Bill Cook      1544  0-1  Crawford Welsh 1243
5. Steve Smith    1549  0-1  Joe Johnson    u/g
   
   2025-10-20 Division 2 Match

   Badgers Brook          3-2  Stirling E

1. Kevin Brown      1318  0-1  Sandy Carmichael 1357
2. Antonio La Gamma 1269  1-0  Mick Murphy      1087
3. David Lawrence   1180  0-1  Stewart Cairns   719
4. Corey Dolan      u/g   1-0  Chris Woodhouse  u/g
5. Matthew McEwan   u/g   1-0  Elsa Liu         u/g

The previous Monday there was a double-header at home against Badgers Brook and Clackmannanshire.

   2025-10-13 Division 1 Match

   Stirling A          3½-1½ Badgers Brook

1. Isaac Browning 2054  1-0  Kenny McGeoch   2014
2. John Iwuozor   2020  1-0  Stuart Ward     1868
3. William Spiers 1758  0-1  Jonathan Rowney 1543
4. Sean Flanagan  1698  ½-½  Colin Matthews  1394
5. Stephen Smith  1549  1-0  Corey Dolan     u/g
  
   2025-10-13 Division 2 Match

   Stirling D         4½-½  Clackmannanshire

1. Harry Feather 1461  1-0  John Blake       1546
2. David Fowler  1300  1-0  Glen Wilson      1047 
3. Tom Wallace   1313  1-0  Luke Evans       u/g
4. Kai Austin    946   ½-½  Vytautas Jakstys u/g
5. Victor Liu    u/g   1-0  Joseph Lambert   u/g

There was only one League match played in the week commencing Monday 6 October.

   2025-10-06 Division 2 Match

   Stirling C            3½-1½ Badgers Brook B
                        
1. Nathanael Loch   1515  1-0  Graham Kerr    1482
2. Kenny MacPherson 1506  1-0  Colin Matthews 1394
3. Kelechi Nwosu    u/g   0-1  Gordon Walker  1237
4. Toby Geyer       1302  ½-½  David Lawrence 1170
5. Dave Hewitt      1493  1-0  Peter Woollven 907

Going back to the last Tuesday in September, Stirling had two teams in action away to Dunfermline.

   30-09-2025 Division 1 Match

   Dunfermline A                4½-½  Stirling B
 
1. Volodymyr Tushynskyi    2176  1-0  Jim Shemilt     1707
2. Ian Robertson           2059  1-0  Richard Warcup  1637
3. Calum Smith             1599  ½-½  Brad Duthie     1552
4. Gordon Greig            1560  1-0  Douglas Heatlie 1563
5. Dimitris Giannakopoulos 1400  1-0  Steve Smith     1549
   
   30-09-2025 Division 2 Match

   Dunfermline B         2½-2½ Stirling C
                           
1. Gregor McCloskey 1630  1-0  Nathanael Loch   1515
2. Euan Bell        1427  1-0  Kenny MacPherson 1506
3. Douglas Rew      1369  ½-½  Harry Feather    1461
4. George Webb      1316  0-1  Toby Geyer       1302
5. Barrie Dempster  896   0-1  Dave Hewitt      1493

The last match in our round-up to link up with the two earlier results of the 2025-6 season, already posted, is an away match at Grangemouth

   24-09-2025 Division 1 Match

   Grangemouth B      2½-2½ Stirling A    
                       
1. Alan Bell     1948  ½-½  Isaac Browning 2054
2. Daniel Kitaev 1928  0-1  John Iwuozor   2020
3. Dougie Will   1839  1-0  William Spiers 1758
4. John Smith    1653  1-0  James Shemilt  1707
5. Bill Gray     1486  0-1  Ross Warcup    1494

15-09-25 Stirling E -v- Stirling D

Stirling E           2½-2½         Stirling D

Gordon Allcock  1230  0-1  Harry Feather 1461
Mick Bloor      1084  1-0  Tom Wallace   1313
Mick Murphy     1087  0-1  David Fowler  1300
Charles Thomson  u/g  ½-½  Kai Austin     946
Stewart Cairns   719  1-0  Josh Heesom    u/g

10-02-25 Stirling E v Stirling D

Stirling E		v		Stirling D
Kai Austin Mick Murphy Rudra Pardhi Stewart Cairns Grishma Bannakar	900 1101   738	0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1	1472 1406 1264 1102 851	Dave Hewitt Toby Geyer David Fowler Mick Bloor Cameron Anderson
		½ - 4½

27-01-25 Stirling E v Dunfermline B

Stirling E		v		Dunfermline B
Kai Austin Rudra Pardhi Mick Murphy Neander Didla Victor Liu	893   1125	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	1518   1021 1004	Calum Newton Daniel Lynch Melinda Kindeur Brian Easton Ali Shuttleworth
		0 - 5

20-01-25 Stirling D v Stirling C

Stirling D		v		Stirling C
Toby Geyer Dave Hewit David Fowler Mick Bloor Cameron Anderson	1422 1198 1133 847	0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1	1555 1481 1464 742 1352	Richard Warcup Kenny MacPherson Harry Feather Ross Warcup Tom Wallace
		1½ - 3½

Thanks to Dave for providing this game from board 2, where Dave had White against Kenny.

25-11-24 Stirling C v Stirling D

Stirling C		v		Stirling D
Richard Warcup Kenny MacPherson Harry Feather Sandy Carmichael Tom Wallace	1621 1489 1478 1357 1342	0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½	1429     1106 832	Dave Hewitt Toby Geyer Felix Borzik Mick Bloor Cameron Anderson
		2½ - 2½

Thanks to Dave for providing the game below, where on board 1 Dave had White against Richard.

05-11-24 Dunfermline B v Stirling D

Dunfermline B		v		Stirling D
Calum Newton Doug Rew Mark McLintock Daniel Lynch Bartosz Belch	1518 1401 1228	½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0	1422 1198 1084 1133	Dave Hewitt David Fowler Tom Nimmo Mick Bloor Josh Rodger
		2½ - 2½

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

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

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

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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