10 October 2016 - Central League Division 2

Stirling B v Grangemouth B
Tony Pitson Dave Hewitt Robert Leckie Gordon Allcock Martyn Roe	1553 1474 1469 1454 1428	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1537 1394 1010 1070 977	Bill Gray Hugh Hanlon David Fowler Scott McKenzie Scott Dickson
		4½ - ½

26 September 2016 - Central Allegro League

Stirling Bruce 11½ - 4½ Stirling Wallace
Round 1
Graham Anderson	½ - ½	Steve Smith
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	Gordon Allcock
Robert Leckie	0 - 1	David Brodie
Zihan Kang	1 - 0	Robert Togneri
Round 2
Graham Anderson	1 - 0	Robert Togneri
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	Steve Smith
Robert Leckie	1 - 0	Gordon Allcock
Zihan Kang	1 - 0	David Brodie
Round 3
Graham Anderson	½ - ½	David Brodie
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	Robert Togneri
Robert Leckie	1 - 0	Steve Smith
Zihan Kang	½ - ½	Gordon Allcock
Round 4
Graham Anderson	1 - 0	Gordon Allcock
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	David Brodie
Robert Leckie	1 - 0	Robert Togneri
Zihan Kang	0 - 1	Steve Smith

19 September 2016 - Central League Division 2

Stirling B v Stirling C
Tony Pitson Dave Hewitt Robert Leckie Gordon Allcock Martyn Roe	1553 1474 1469 1454 1428	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1381 1267 1243 765	David Brodie Robert Togneri Tom Wallace Tom McKay Joe Hirst
		5 - 0

15 September 2016 - Central League Division 1

Cumbernauld A v Stirling A
Steven Kelly   Ralph Stirrat   David Johnson   Mark Monaghan   George Thomson	1840   1729   1654   1624   1556	½ - ½   ½ - ½   1 - 0   1 - 0   ½ - ½	1756   1692   1676   1657   1553	Jim Shemilt   Graham Anderson   Steve Smith   Bill Cook   Tony Pitson
		3½ - 1½

Several of the Stirling players were complaining of rustiness before the game. Jim dealt with this best, by agreeing a draw in just 20 minutes. Next to finish was Bill, blundering against Mark. George and Tony agreed a draw, with things looking bleak for Stirling. Steve then resigned against David, after which Ralph agreed a draw. I thought I'd done OK, but Stockfish disagrees - see below.

Stirrat - Anderson

Grading List 2016/17

Name	Grade	Allegro Grade
Paul Prescott   Shivan Murdochy   Neil Irving   Jim Shemilt   Graham Anderson   Steve Smith   Bill Cook   John Blake   Tony Pitson   Dave Hewitt   Robert Leckie   Gordon Allcock   Martyn Roe   Craig Manson   David Brodie   Jonathan Blake   Robert Togneri   Mick Bloor   Michael Cook   David Little   Sam Cook   Kang Zihan (Carl)   Tom McKay   Carrick Simpson   James Warwick   Drystan Simpson	1975   1910   1845   1756   1692   1676   1657   1574   1553   1474   1469   1454   1428   1387   1381   1289   1267   1163   1102   1004   898   803   765   634   596   436	1812   1920   1750   1688   1689   1637   1567   1665   1524   1516   1469   1467   -   1169   1396   -   1253   1206   1472   1299   841   803   -   665   1035   -

20 August 2016 - Smith Art Gallery Open Day

On Saturday, at the Smith Art Gallery, some members from Stirling Chess Club braved the rain to play on the outdoor board. Thanks to Mick for the photos below. By his own admission, he needs to take some photography lessons, as he's managed to edit out the watching crowds. But not Steve's umbrella...

30 May 2016 - Finals night on the final night

Two finals were contested on the final night of this season. On the far board, Bill Cook (left) had White against Tony Pitson for the Lindsay Cup. On the near board, Craig Manson had White against Robert Togneri for the Thornton Cup. This game played out as follows...

Togneri - Manson

Congratulations to Craig! I did take a photo of him being presented the trophy, but it's too blurry to use.

In the other game, Tony triumphed over Bill. I don't have a note of that game, but I do have a photo of Tony presented his trophy. Well done Tony!

The club is now closed for the summer - we reconvene with the AGM on the first Monday in September.