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2 March 2020 - Richardson Cup

I'm a bit late posting this, but it's worth it. Thanks to John for providing this game where he had White against Kabir in the Richardson Cup last Monday.

[Event "Richardson Cup"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2020.03.02"] [Round ""] [White "Blake, J"] [Black "Pandit, K"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Qc7 8. h3 e5 9. d5 a5 10. e4 Na6 11. Be3 h6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rac1 c5 14. a3 Qe7 15. Nh2 Nc7 16. Ng4 Ng8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Nh2 f4 19. Bxc5 Ra6 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. c5 Rdd8 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 f3 24. d6 Qf6 25. c6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Bb7 27. Ng4 Qh4 28. Rc7 Bxe4 29. g3 Qxh3 30. Ne3 Nf6 31. Bf1 Qh5 32. Qxa5 Nd7 33. Qa4 Bf5 34. Qa7 Be6 35. Qa5 Qg5 36. Qb4 Rb8 37. Qd2 Qh5 38. b4 Bh3 39. Qd3 Nf6 40. Bxh3 Qxh3 41. Qf1 Qh5 42. d7 Ne4 43. d8=Q Rbxd8 44. Rxd8 Rxd8 45. Qc4 Qh3 46. Qf7 Rd1+ 0-1

9 March 2020 - Central League Division 2

Stirling B		v		Stirling E
Dave Hewitt Brad Duthie Richard Warcup Craig Manson Godon Allcock	1547 1494 1463 1448 1284	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0	1398   1389 1326 1158	Aaron Nobile Kris Dimitrov Tom Wallace Kenny MacPherson Mick Bloor
		4 - 1

9 March 2020 - Central League Division 2

Stirling Juniors(D)		v		Cumbernauld B
Glen Wilson Alex Brimlow Douglas Pringle Gordon Bowie Nadzieja Lu-Czartoryjska	406	0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1	869 563	Euan Wallace Ibrahim Khan Chrysa Mitraka Rayhan Hussein Mark Bellamy-Collins
		½ - 4½

Thanks to Cumbernauld for travelling through. The two youngest teams to compete in the Central League for many a year...possibly ever. Well done all!

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

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