Saturday, 29 February 2020

27 February 2020 - Central League Division 2

Cumbernauld B   v   Stirling B
Liam Heron

Mark Heron

Sophie Heron

Emma Heron

Arran Wallace
1225

1085

760

616

u/g
0 - 1

0 - 1

0 - 1

0 - 1

0 - 1
1640

1494

1567

1547

1463
William Spiers

Brad Duthie

David McAlister

Dave Hewitt

Richard Warcup
0 - 5

Stirling B extended their 100% record this season to 10 matches. There are two matches left to play but with this victory the team has already retained the Division 2 title

Tuesday, 25 February 2020

24 February 2020 - Central League Division 2

Stirling C   v   Grangemouth B
Craig Manson

Kris Dimitrov

Tony Pitson

Kenny MacPherson

Gordon Allcock
1448

 

1413

1326

1284
0 - 1

½ - ½

½ - ½

½ - ½

1 - 0
1572

 

1319

1289

1035
Ian Mason

Bill Gray

Hugh Hanlon

Crawford Welsh

Scott Dickson
2½ - 2½

24 February 2020 - Central League Division 2

Stirling Juniors(D)   v   Badgers Brook B
Glen Wilson

Ross Warcup

Alex Brimlow

Gordon Bowie

Nadzieja Lu-Czartoryjska
 

592

406

 

 
0 - 1

0 - 1

0 - 1

0 - 1

0 - 1
1644

 

1445

1267

877
John Smith

Graham Kerr

Kenny Aiston

Gordon Walker

Peter Woollven
0 - 5

Sunday, 23 February 2020

19 February 2020 - Central Allegro League

Grangemouth Tiger 9-7 Stirling Bruce
Round 1
Alan Bell 1 - 0 Brad Duthie
Dougie Will 1 - 0 John Blake
Ian Mason 1 - 0 Dave Hewitt
Alasdair Sandham ½ - ½ Graham Anderson
Round 2
Alan Bell 1 - 0 John Blake
Dougie Will 0 - 1 Bill Cook
Ian Mason 0 - 1 Graham Anderson
Alasdair Sandham ½ - ½ Brad Duthie
Round 3
Alan Bell 1 - 0 Bill Cook
Dougie Will 1 - 0 Graham Anderson
Ian Mason 1 - 0 Brad Duthie
Alasdair Sandham 0 - 1 John Blake
Round 4
Alan Bell 0 - 1 Graham Anderson
Dougie Will 1 - 0 Brad Duthie
Ian Mason 0 - 1 John Blake
Alasdair Sandham 0 - 1 Bill Cook

Monday, 17 February 2020

17 February 2020 - Lindsay Cup

Thanks to Glen for providing the game below, where he had Black against Richard in a Lindsay Cup group game.

Games
[Event "Lindsay Cup"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2020.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Warcup, Richard"] [Black "Wilson, G"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Bg5 e6 10. a3 Be7 11. Qd2 Qb6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Nb1 Ne4 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Be3 O-O 17. Ne5 Nb3# 0-1

Nice mate!

Wednesday, 12 February 2020

10 February 2020 - Central League Division 2

Stirling C   v   Stirling B
Craig Manson

Kris Dimitrov

Tony Pitson

Gordon Allcock

Craig Thomson
1448

 

1413

1284

824
0 - 1

0 - 1

½ - ½

½ - ½

0 - 1
1494

1567

1547

1531

1463
Brad Duthie

David McAlister

Dave Hewitt

John Blake

Richard Warcup
1 - 4

10 February 2020 - Central League Division 2

Stirling E   v   Stirling Juniors (D)
Tom Wallace

Kenny MacPherson

Mick Bloor

Martin Pringle

Tom McKay
1389

1376

1158

990

770
1 - 0

1 - 0

1 - 0

1 - 0

1 - 0
 

592

406

 

 
Glen Wilson

Ross Warcup

Alex Brimlow

Gordon Bowie

Douglas Pringle
5 - 0

Game of this match was definitely the bottom board clash between Tom and Douglas. It turned into a slug-fest, lasting well over two hours. Douglas missed an opportunity when the Queen exchange was offered to win Tom's Queen for a Rook, and finally resigned when Tom threatened an indefensible mate. Alex did well to force his way back into the game against Mick, before falling to a back rank mate. Thanks to Tom for providing the game below from board 1.

Games
[Event "Stirling E v Stirling Juniors(D)"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2020.02.10"] [Round ""] [White "Wallace, T"] [Black "Wilson, G"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Nd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O g6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. g4 Qb6 12. Qe3 Rfc8 13. Qh6 c5 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. Kh1 cxd4 16. Rg1 Rxc2 17. Rg3 Rac8 18. Rf3 { After 17 Rg3, Stockfish started shouting that 17 ... Qxb2 was the move, giving it +2. 17 ... Qxb2 18 Rb1 Rc1+ 19 Rxc1 Qxc1+ 20 Kg2 Qxd2. As soon as the Knight on g5 moves, the Queens can be exchanged and White's mate threat is pretty much gone. Given some more time, though, it settled on 17 ... Nc6 as the best move, presumably going next to e5 to protect f7. Either way, Stockfish is happy with Black's position after either of these options. Unfortunately, Rac8 doesn't really help Black. } 18... Nf5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Nb3 Qb4 21. Nxh7 d3 22. Nf6# 1-0