Grading list 2021/22

Some notes on this:- for the most part, regular grades are the same as the published list for 2020/21, but there were very few opportunities to use these. Allegro grades drop off the list after one season, so the allegro grades below in brackets are from the 2020/21 list. Where players have no allegro grade, it'll show the same as the regular grade. Some of the juniors achieved a new allegro grade by playing in the online tournaments organised by Lenzie.

Name	Grade	Allegro Grade	CS Player Number
Neil Irving   Kabir Pandit   Steve Smith   Jim Shemilt   Graham Anderson   William Spiers   Sam Coates   John Blake   Bill Cook   Dave Hewitt   David McAlister   Martyn Roe   Brad Duthie   Richard Warcup   Aaron Nobile   Craig Manson   Kenny MacPherson   Tony Pitson   Tom Wallace   Gordon Allcock   Mick Bloor   Ross Coupland   Michael Cook   Glen Wilson   Martin Pringle   Sam Cook   Craig Thomson   Tom McKay   Jordan Leach   Ross Warcup   Nadzieja Lu-Czartoryjska   Alex Brimlow   Douglas Pringle   Gordon Bowie   Cameron Anderson   Kalina Lu-Czartoryjska	1905   1886   1795   1722   1657   1657   1580   1568   1542   1531   1523   1499   1486   1477   1444   1373   1372   1359   1358   1256   1132   1107   1102   1023   1020   852   826   769   653   649   643   413   386   374	1724   (1933)   (1637)   (1546)   (1603)   1657   1640   (1627)   (1596)   (1558)   (1612)   1499   1543   (1594)   1444   1373   1307   1352   1417   1370   (1178)   (659)   1102   (1028)   (1240)   1080   (730)   769   653   767   215   572   440   (612)   237   113	12666   29488   14985   6052   3045   6074   27984   3215   3596   8570   28837   11533   27821   28305   28490   10220   28993   5644   15409   13003   21079   28995   27134   29257   28323   26394   27136   5119   28916   28204   29490   26555   28041   28326   29810   29873

We're back!

Thanks to Gordon for the photos.

Post AGM Blitz

Time control: 3 minutes + 2 seconds per move each for all moves

	Name	Grade	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Place
1	Jim Shemilt	1657	0 W 7	1 B 9	2 W 8	2 B 3	3 B 6	3 -	3 -	=7
2	Bill Cook	1596	0 B 8	1 W 10	1 B 7	1 W 5	2 B 11	3 W 9	3 B 3	=7
3	Richard Warcup	1594	1W 9	1B 7	2 B 11	3 W 1	4 W 4	5 B 6	6 W 2	=1
4	Dave Hewitt	1558	1 Bye	2 W 8	3 B 5	4 W 7	4 B 3	4 W 10	5 B 6	3
5	Brad Duthie	1543	1 B 10	2 W 6	2 W 4	3 B 2	3 W 7	3 W 3	4 B 11	=4
6	Gordon Allcock	1370	1 W 11	1 B 5	1½ W 10	2½ B 8	2½ W 1	2½ B 7	2½ W 4	9
7	Kenny MacPherson	1307	1 B 1	2 W 3	3 W 2	3 B 4	4 B 5	5 W 6	6 B 10	=1
8	Glen Wilson	1028	1 W 2	1 B 4	1 B 1	1 W 6	2 Bye	3 B 11	4 W 9	=4
9	Craig Thomson	730	0 B 3	0 W 1	1 Bye	2 W 11	2 B 10	2 B 2	2 B 8	10
10	Sean Flanagan	u/g	0 W 5	0 B 2	½ B 6	1½ Bye	2½ W 9	3½ B 4	3½ W 7	6
11	Stirling Reed	u/g	0 B 6	1 Bye	1 W 3	1 B 9	1 W 2	1 W 8	1 W 5	11

Club restart

 With the recent relaxation of Government guidelines, the club intends to restart on Monday 6th September at 7pm with the AGM, followed by a blitz tournament.

There will be a number of new measures in place. All those who attend will be asked to sign a register. Signing this register confirms that you are not suffering any of the symptoms of Coronavirus/Covid (these being a new persistent/dry cough, a fever, or a loss of sense of taste). Hand sanitiser will be available at the front door, and also in our room. Facemasks should be worn when moving around the Church, but are not required when playing. The windows will be opened to provide ventilation for the duration of the session regardless of the weather outside. The maximum number of people allowed in the room will be 24.

It's been a long time coming...looking forward to seeing everyone again!

Sun set

The sun sets over Stirling Chess Club - figuratively, but not literally. Our outdoor sessions continue, although won't last much longer as it's getting dark at 7pm, and our weekly online competition on lichess.org, with our friends from Stirling University, continue. It's still unclear when we might be allowed back into the Church, but it's unlikely to be anytime soon.
 

Outdoor Chess and a Beautiful Sunset

 The outdoor chess continues. We're a serious lot - not easily distracted by beautiful sunsets...

Outdoor Chess

The outdoor chess continues. After one of the worst storms in living memory (and it seems Stirling may only have got the edge of it), it was a beautiful warm night in Kings Park. Thanks to all who turned out.