Stirling Chess Club Grading List 2013/14

Name	Grade	Allegro Grade
Douglas Bain   Paul Prescott   Jim Shemilt   Steve Smith   Graham Anderson   Robin Hayles   Neil Irving   Bill Cook   John Blake   Tony Pitson   Dave Hewitt   Martyn Roe   Gordon Allcock   Mick Bloor   Craig Manson   Jonathan Blake   Robert Togneri   Nicholas Blake   David Brodie   Robert Leckie   Tom McKay   George Clarke   John Crichton	2008   1949   1820   1750   1670   1660   1657   1616   1559   1520   1518   1458   1383   1323   1318   1277   1245   1230   1207   1182   831   812   u/g	2006   1802   1820   1575   1593   1446   1588   1684   1657   1581   1502   1432   1406   1130   1071   1197   1278   1398   1276   1224   905   812   u/g

Lindsay Cup Final

Congratulations to John Blake, winner of the Lindsay Cup! John's victory over Craig Manson is below - John had White.

Lindsay Cup Semi-Final

While the club is officially closed for the summer, the outstanding games are gradually being played. The two games below are between Martyn Roe and John Blake. The first game ended up a draw, so the tie was replayed with the colours reversed. In the first game, John had White and Martyn had Black.

In the replay, Martyn has White and John has Black.

 

 

This means the final is between John Blake and Craig Manson. Good luck to both!

End of season club update

Congratulations to Paul Prescott, winner of the Richardson Cup (club championship) for the seventh consecutive season, with an unbeaten 5½/6.

In the only other decided competition, congratulations go to Bill Cook for winning the season long quickplay all-play-all with 8½/9.

Still undecided are the Thornton Cup and the Lindsay Cup. The Thornton Cup final is between David Brodie and Martyn Roe. The Lindsay Cup final is between Craig Manson and the winner of the John Blake-Martyn Roe semi-final. These outstanding games will hopefully be completed as soon as possible.

The club has now finished for the summer. We're due back on the first Monday in September (the 2nd) for the AGM and the subsequent 5 minute allegro tournament. Have a good summer!

13 May 2013 - Stirling win the U1500 Cup!

Stirling v Badgers Brook
Martyn Roe   Gordon Allcock   Craig Manson   Mick Bloor   David Brodie	1465   1416   1330   1309   1281	½ - ½   1 - 0   ½ - ½   1 - 0   0 - 1	1366   1444   1418   1340   1158	Steven McHarg   Dave McGilvray   Kenny Alston   Dave Marshall   Steve Monaghan
		3 - 2

Well done to all!

6 May 2013 - Central League Divison 1

Stirling A v Cumbernauld A
Dave Hewitt   Graham Anderson   John Blake   Martyn Roe   David Brodie	1589   1574   1543   1465   1283	0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1   ½ - ½   0 - 1	1922   1836   1658   1482   1260	Ian Marks   Kevin Mayo   Ralph Stirrat   Ronnie Wallace   Paul Hendry
		1 - 4

On board 2 as White, I managed to get to here after 28 ... b5. I quite liked my position, but went wrong with 29 Ng2. The whole point of putting the knight on h4 had been to prevent Nf5. The game continued 29 Ng2 Nf5 and I then had to decision to make - lose a piece or lose the exchange. Compounding the error, I chose to let Kevin decide what he wanted by playing 30 Rae1. Kevin, unsurprisingly, chose to take the bishop. I managed not to make any further howlers, and with each of us having 5 minutes left, had a draw offer accepted on move 43.

The final Division 1 table looks like this:-

	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Game Points	Match Points
Cumbernauld   Badgers Brook   Dunfermline   Grangemouth   Stirling	8   8   8   8   8	7   4   4   1   1	0   2   2   1   1	1   2   2   6   6	25½   23½   21   17½   12½	14   10   10   3   3

29 April 2013 - Club Allegro

The latest - the sixteenth - in the series of club allegros proved to be a competitive affair, as ever. There were 13 entrants - the highest since the May 2010 edition - and the early pace-setter was Gordon. He was the clear leader after two rounds. There was a spate of draws (five in all, including three in the first round - no one had more than one draw, however), and this made for a tight race. The pack gradually reeled in the early leader, and in the end the top five graders occupied the top five places. In r5 Graham played John, both on 3½/4 and with no one on 3/4, so it was effectively a playoff. Graham won, to take the title for the first time in a couple of years, while John ended up in a share of second along with Neil, Bill and me. Further down the rankings, both Roberts had good nights relative to their gradings

Time control: 15 minutes each for all moves

	Name	Grade	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Place
1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13	Neil Irving   John Blake   Bill Cook   Graham Anderson   Dave Hewitt   Martyn Roe   Steve Smith   Gordon Allcock   Robert Togneri   David Brodie   Jonathan Blake   Mick Bloor   Robert Leckie	1659   1639   1575   1565   1523   1520   1516   1398   1324   1300   1234   1123   1053	0 W 8   ½ B 9   ½ W 10   1 B 11   1 W 12   ½ B 13   1 Bye   1 B 1   ½ B 2   ½ B 3   0 W 4   0 B 5   ½ B 6	1 B 12   1½ W 13   ½ B 6   1½ W 7   1 B 8   1½ W 3   1½ B 4   2 W 5   1½ W 4   ½ W 9   1 Bye   0 W 1   ½ B 2	2 W 11   2½ B 6   1½ W 13   2½ B 9   2 W 10   1½ W 2   2½ W 8   2 B 7   1½ W 4   ½ B 5   1 B 1   1 Bye   ½ B 3	2½ B 5   3½ W 7   2½ B 11   3½ W 8   2½ W 1   2½ B 9   2½ B 2   2 B 4   1½ W 6   1½ Bye   1 W 3   1 B 13   1½ W 12	3½ W 6   3½ B 4   3½ B 3   4½ W 2   3½ B 7   2½ B 1   2½ W 5   2 W 8   2½ Bye   1½ W 13   1 B 12   2 W 11   2½ B 10	=2   =2   =2   1   =2   =6   =6   =10   =6   12   13   =10   =6