| Stirling B v Badgers Brook B | ||||
|
Tony Pitson Robin Hayles Dave Hewitt Gordon Allcock Craig Manson |
1562 1502 1486 1460 1306 |
1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 |
1577 1360 1142 959 |
Dave McGilvray Robert McCord Gordon Walker Kevin Aitken Dylan Gillies |
| 3½ - 1½ | ||||
Thanks to Dave for providing this game and analysis from his board 3 clash against Gordon Walker. Dave had White.
Hewitt - Walker
| Dunfermline B v Stirling C | ||||
| Ben Volland Stewart Brisbane Calum Smith Douglas Rew Peter Horne |
1543 1530 1529 1521 1357 |
0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 |
1306 1301 1219 488 |
Craig Manson David Brodie Robert Togneri Michael Cook Sam Cook |
| 3½ - 1½ | ||||
The game below is the board 1 clash between Craig Manson (with White) and Ben Volland.
Manson - Volland
Tonight's match v Grangemouth was effectively a title decider. Grangemouth, on 4 wins out of four, could only be caught by us, as both Dunfermline and Cumbernauld have already lost at least twice.
| Stirling A v Grangemouth A | ||||
|
Shivan Murdochy Jim Shemilt Steve Smith Graham Anderson Bill Cook |
1912 1778 1702 1671 1666 |
0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ |
2224 1956 1944 1946 1719 |
Uby Archibong Alan Bell Graham Hamilton Dougie Will Ian Mason |
| ½ - 4½ | ||||
When Dougie Will sits down on board 4, it's always going to be tough...Bill and Ian finished with a draw first. I felt I was struggling from move 8 onwards, although according to Stockfish I had my chances at various points. The rest of the games all finished within a few minutes of each other, and all in favour of Grangemouth.
Congratulations to Grangemouth on their league title!
Three games coming up...
The first game is from last month's match against Dunfermline, where Neil Irving had Black against John McBride. Neil provided some extensive analysis of this game, and my apologies if I've butchered it...
McBride - Irving
The second game here is from 18 January, when John Blake had White against Gordon Allcock in the Richardson Cup.
Blake - Allcock
The final game is from the match against Cumbernauld, also from 18 January, where I had Black against David Johnston. Hopefully some lessons in the importance of development can be learned.
Johnston - Anderson
| Stirling C v Stirling B | ||||
| Craig Manson David Brodie Robert Togneri Mick Bloor Tom McKay |
1306 1301 1219 1183 798 |
0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 |
1562 1502 1486 1460 |
Tony Pitson Robin Hayles Dave Hewitt Gordon Allcock Michael Cook |
| 1½ - 3½ | ||||
| Stirling A v Cumbernauld A | ||||
|
Jim Shemilt Steve Smith Graham Anderson Bill Cook Tony Pitson |
1778 1702 1671 1666 1562 |
1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 |
1738 1630 1570 1543 1181 |
Mark Monaghan Ralph Stirrat David Johnstone George Thomson Steven Monaghan |
| 4 - 1 | ||||
Dave Hewitt writes:- Last Monday saw the inaugural new year blitz tournament, played just for fun (no grading of games) and with a lively time control of three minutes plus two seconds per move. We managed to squeeze in nine rounds, and it developed into a scrap between Bill - who led for a while - and Graham, who took and retained the lead after Bill lost in r7. Graham's undefeated total of 8/9, courtesy of seven wins and two draws, was very impressive, and as he also holds the 15-minute allegro title he's very much the current king of the fast stuff at Stirling chess club.
Bill was clear second with 7/9, and the third step on the podium was quite crowded with Craig M, Michael and me all finishing on 5½/9.
Graham writes:- I can't fit the cross-table in, but for those interested in the full results, you can download the file here.
