12 December 2019 - Central League Division 2

Stirling B		v		Cumbernauld B
Brad Duthie David McAlister Dave Hewitt John Blake Richard Warcup	1494 1567 1547 1531 1463	½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1418 1225 1085	Derek McAteer Liam Heron Mark Heron Rayhan Hussein Chrysa Mitraka
		4 - 1

The match was played at Cumbernauld, although technically a home match for Stirling B. Cumbernauld had White on boards 1, 4 and 5.

Stirling B now have won six matches out of six by the halfway point in the season.

27 November 2019 - Robert Togneri Trophy

Time control: 15 minutes each for all moves

	Name	Grade	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Place
1	Kabir Pandit	u/g	1 W 9	2 B 13	3 W 4	4 B 3	5 W 6	1
2	John Blake	1631	1 B 10	2 W 8	2 B 3	3 W 7	4 B 5	=2
3	Graham Anderson	1629	1W 11	2B 6	3 W 2	3 W 1	3 B 4	=4
4	Dave Hewitt	1536	1 B 12	2 W 7	2 B 1	3 W 8	4 W 3	=2
5	Tom Wallace	1492	0 W 13	1 B 15	2 W 14	2 B 6	2 W 2	=10
6	Brad Duthie	1434	1 B 14	1 W 3	2 B 10	3 W 5	3 B 1	=4
7	Gordon Allcock	1388	1 W 15	1 B 4	2 W 13	2 B 2	3 B 8	=4
8	Tony Pitson	1377	1 Bye	1 B 2	2 W 12	2 B 4	2 B 7	=10
9	Kenny MacPherson	1308	0 B 1	0 W 12	1 B 15	1½ W 14	2½ B 11	=8
10	Mick Bloor	1164	0 W 2	1 B 11	1 W 6	2 B 12	2 W 13	=10
11	Gordon Bowie	616	0 B 3	0 W 10	1 Bye	1 B 13	1 W 9	=13
12	Alex Brimlow	548	0 W 4	1 B 9	1 B 8	1 W 10	1 B 14	=13
13	Dave Gendall	u/g	1 B 5	1 W 1	1 B 7	2 W 11	3 B 10	=4
14	Glen Wilson	u/g	0 W 6	1 Bye	1 B 5	1½ B 9	2½ W 12	=8
15	Nadzieja Lu-cartoryjska	u/g	0 B 7	0 W 5	0 W 9	1 Bye	1 -	=13

Congratulations to Kabir, winning this with 5/5 on his first attempt! An honorable mention to Alex as well, for beating Kenny in round 2 - a grading difference of 760. Well done Alex!

Tony Pitson (left) presents the trophy to Kabir

25 November 2019 - Central Allegro League

Dunfermline Minnows 5½ - 10½ Stirling Bruce
Round 1
Calum Smith	1 - 0	Graham Anderson
Gonzalo Forero	½ - ½	Bill Cook
Gordon Greig	½ - ½	John Blake
Mark McLintock	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Round 2
Calum Smith	0 - 1	Bill Cook
Gonzalo Forero	0 - 1	John Blake
Gordon Grieg	½ - ½	Brad Duthie
Mark McLintock	0 - 1	Graham Anderson
Round 3
Calum Smith	½ - ½	John Blake
Gonzalo Forero	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Gordon Greig	1 - 0	Graham Anderson
Mark McLintock	½ - ½	Bill Cook
Round 4
Calum Smith	0 - 1	Brad Duthie
Gonzalo Forero	1 - 0	Graham Anderson
Gordon Greig	0 - 1	Bill Cook
Mark McLintock	0 - 1	John Blake

25 November 2019 - Central League Division 2

Stirling E		v		Badgers Brook B
Tom Wallace Dave Gendall Kenny MacPherson Mick Bloor Glen Wilson	1389   1326 1158	0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½	1644 1497 1386 1267 877	John Smith Dave McGillvray Derek Raffan Gordon Walker Peter Woollven
		1 - 4

13 November 2019 - Central League Division 2

Grangemouth B		v		Stirling E
Ian Mason Alasdair Sandham Hugh Hanlon Nicolas Whitton Daniel Kitaev	1572 1341 1319 1032 743	1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1d - 0d	1398 1389 1326 1158	Aaron Nobile Tom Wallace Kenny MacPherson Mick Bloor
		4½ - ½

11 November 2019 - Central League Division 2

Badgers Brook B		v		Stirling Juniors
Dave McGilvray Derek Raffan Gordon Walker Peter Woollven Craig van der Heever	1497 1386 1267 877	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	592 406	Glen Wilson Ross Warcup Alex Brimlow Douglas Pringle Gordon Bowie
		5 - 0

11 November 2019 - Central League Division 2

In an all-Stirling match the Es, with the benefit of the white pieces on the top two boards, had a very good 2.5-1.5 win over the Cs (board 5 was a double default after both teams had a late call-off).

Stirling C		v		Stirling E
Craig Manson Tony Pitson Gordon Allcock Ross Coupland No Player	1448 1413 1284	0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 0	1398 1389 1326 1158	Aaron Nobile Tom Wallace Kenny MacPherson Mick Bloor No Player
		1½ - 2½