Richardson Cup

Congratulations to Shubham, winner of this seasons Richardson Cup (club championship), with a perfect 5/5. Well done Shubham!

07-06-2023 Lindsay Cup Final

On Wednesday night, Kenny MacPherson played Dave Hewitt in the final of the Lindsay Cup. This was hosted by Grangemouth CC - thanks to them for facilitating this.

This was the game.

[Event "Lindsay Cup Final"] [Site "https://lichess.org/smTsVfin"] [Date "2023.06.07"] [White "Kenny MacPherson"] [Black "Dave Hewitt"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1418"] [BlackElo "1562"] [ECO "A15"] [Opening "English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. Qd3 Qc8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bf3 Bxh4 15. gxh4 f4 16. d5 Qd7 17. d6 Na6 18. b3 Nb4 19. Qd2 Nd5 20. Ba3 Rad8 21. Rfe1 Rf6 22. Re5 Qf7 23. Rae1 Qg6+ 24. Kh1 Qf7 25. R1e2 Kh8 26. Qe1 Bd7 27. Bg4 h6 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. R2e6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 f3 32. Qe4+ g6 33. h5 Qf5 34. hxg6+ Kg7 35. Qxf5 1-0

Congratulations to Kenny, seen here with the trophy

22-05-2023 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	Shubham Lakudkar	2041	1 W 14	2 B 8	3 W 6	4 B 5	5 W 3	1
2	Graham Anderson	1655	½ B 15	1½ W 17	2 B 7	3 W 9	3 B 27	=7
3	Steve Smith	1636	1 W 16	1½ B 11	2½ W 4	3½ B 7	3½ B 11	=4
4	Harley Lang	1585	½ B 17	1½ W 15	1½ B 3	2½ W 20	3½ B 12	=4
5	Brad Duthie	1581	1 W 18	2 B 12	3 W 27	3 W 1	3 B 10	=7
6	Sean Flanagan	1579	1 B 19	2 W 9	2 B 1	2 W 10	3 B 15	=7
7	Bill Cook	1507	1 W 20	2 B 13	2½ W 2	2½ W 3	3½ B 11	=4
8	Nathanael Loch	1447	1 B 21	1 W 1	2 B 18	2 W 12	3 B 19	=7
9	Kenny MacPherson	1399	1 W 22	1 B 6	2 W 11	2 B 2	3 W 17	=7
10	Ruaridh Simpson	1373	1 W 23	1 B 27	2 W 16	3 B 6	4 W 5	=2
11	Sandy Carmichael	1349	1 B 24	1½ W 3	1½ B 9	2½ W 15	2½ W 7	=15
12	Gordon Allcock	1346	1 W 25	1 W 5	2 B 19	3 B 8	3 W 4	=7
13	Harry Feather	1333	1 B 26	1 W 7	1½ B 20	2½ W 18	2½ B 14	=15
14	Kris Dimitrov	1309	0 B 1	1 W 21	2 B 25	2 W 27	3 W 13	=7
15	Mick Bloor	1114	½ W 2	½ B 4	1½ W 17	1½ B 11	1½ W 6	=20
16	Stewart Cairns	1099	0 B 3	1 W 23	1 B 10	2 W 21	3 B 18	=7
17	Thomas Forsyth	750	½ W 4	½ B 2	½ B 15	1½ W 24	1½ B 9	=20
18	Cameron Anderson	685	0 B 5	1 W 26	1 W 8	1 B 13	1 W 16	=23
19	William Feather		0 W 6	1 B 22	1 W 12	2 B 25	2 W 8	=17
20	Calum Tortolano		0 B 7	1 W 24	1½ W 13	1½ B 4	1½ -	=20
21	Josh Rodger		0 W 8	0 B 14	1 W 23	1 B 16	2 W 25	=17
22	Victor Liu		0 B 9	0 W 19	0 B 24	0 -	0 -	=26
23	Elsa Liu		0 B 10	0 B 16	0 B 21	0 -	0 -	=26
24	Kai Austin		0 W 11	0 B 20	1 W 22	1 B 17	2 Bye	=17
25	Graham Tuck		0 B 12	1 Bye	1 W 14	1 W 19	1 B 21	=23
26	Oleks Vynnytskyi		0 W 13	0 B 18	1 Bye	1 -	1 -	=23
27	Dave Hewitt	1512	1 Bye	2 W 10	2 B 5	3 B 14	4 W 2	=2

Shubham (left) receives the trophy from club president Gordon Allcock. Well done Shubham!

15-05-2023 Central League Cup Stirling v Grangemouth

Stirling		v		Grangemouth
Shubham Lakudkar Isaac Browning William Spiers Graham Anderson Steve Smith Brad Duthie Sean Flanagan	2040 1934 1722 1670 1621 1523 1487	1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½	2066 1979 1953 1833 1727 1711 1626	John McLay Graham Hamilton Alan Bell Dougie Will David Wallace Alan Petrie Ian Mason
		2½ - 4½

Congratulations to Grangemouth!

Thanks to Shubham and Sean for providing the games below.

[Event "CL Cup Stirling v Grangemouth"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2023.05.15"] [Round "F"] [White "McLay, J"] [Black "Lakudkar, S"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. h3 e6 8. Bg5 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Ne4 Qd7 13. Re1 h6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. c3 Kb8 17. Qe2 e5 18. Be3 exd4 19. cxd4 Rhg8 20. Bxa6 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Rg8+ 22. Kh2 Bd6+ 23. Ne5 fxe5 24. Qb5 e4+ { White resigns } 0-1

[Event "CL Cup Stirling v Grangemouth"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2023.05.15"] [Round "F"] [White "Anderson, G"] [Black "Will, D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Be3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Ng4 8. h3 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Bg7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Qf2 Na5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. d4 c5 15. O-O Qb5 16. Rab1 Rac8 17. d5 Nc4 18. Qe2 Na3 19. c4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Qa5 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. a4 f5 23. Qc2 a6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nh2 e4 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Re8 28. Qg6 Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Ng4 c4 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Rxf6 Rxe3 33. Rg6+ Kh7 34. Rxg5 Rb3 35. Re1 { Draw agreed. I am very short of time, and have no ideas on how to win this. All I can think is Re6 which gives perpetual check. } 1/2-1/2

[Event "CL Cup Stirling v Grangemouth"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2023.05.15"] [White "Mason, I"] [Black "Flanagan, S"] [ECO "D16"] [Opening "Slav Defense: Soultanbeieff Variation"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3 Bb4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qe2?! { Inaccuracy. Ne5 was best. } (12. Ne5 Nd7 13. f4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qg5 15. Rf3 Bd7 16. Rg3 Qh4 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. Rf1 Be4) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 b6 14. Ne5?! { Inaccuracy. Rfc1 was best. } (14. Rfc1 Nd7 15. Bb5 Qd8 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. Rc2 Bb7 18. Rac1 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Nf6 20. Ne5 Nd5) 14... Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bb5 Qe7 17. h3 Bc8 18. Ba6 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rfb1 Rab8 21. Rb2 Rfc8 22. Rab1 Rc6 23. a5 Qc7 24. g3 Rc1+ 25. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 26. Kh2 Qc3 27. axb6 axb6 28. Qb5 Qc7 29. Qe2 Qd7 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. Rxb5 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. Kf3 Kd6 34. Ke4 Kc6 35. Rb2 b5 36. Kd3 f5 37. Rc2+ Kd6 38. Rb2 Kc6 39. Rc2+ Kb6 40. Rc5 Rb7? { Mistake. Ra8 was best. } 41. Kc3? { Mistake. Re5 was best. } 41... Ka5 42. Kb3 h5?! { Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } 43. h4 g6 44. Rc6 Rb6?? { Blunder. Re7 was best. } (44... Re7 45. Rc5) 45. Rc8?? { Blunder. Rxb6 was best. } (45. Rxb6 Kxb6 46. Kb4 Ka6 47. f3 Kb6 48. e4 Kc6 49. Ka5 Kd6 50. Kxb5 e5 51. Kc4 f4) 45... Rb7? { Mistake. Rd6 was best. } (45... Rd6 46. Rg8 e5 47. dxe5 Re6 48. Rg7 Rxe5 49. Rxg6 Re4 50. Rg5 Rb4+ 51. Kc3 Rc4+ 52. Kd3) 46. Ra8+ 46... Kb6 47. Rd8?? { Blunder. Re8 was best. } 47... Rc7?! (47... Kc6 48. Rg8 Kd5 49. Rxg6 Re7 50. Rh6 Ke4 51. Rf6 Kd5 52. Rf8 Rh7 53. Kb4 Ra7 54. Rd8+) 48. Rd6+ Ka5 49. Rxe6 b4?? { Blunder. Rc1 was best. } (49... Rc1 50. Rxg6 Rf1 51. f4 b4 52. Rg5 Rb1+ 53. Kc2 Rg1 54. Rxf5+ Ka4 55. Rf8 b3+ 56. Kb2) 50. Kb2? { Mistake. Re5+ was best. } (50. Re5+ Kb6 51. Kxb4 Rc6 52. Rc5 Rd6 53. Kc4 Kb7 54. d5 Ra6 55. Kd4 Ra2 56. Rc6 Rxf2) 50... Rc3 51. Rxg6 Rd3 52. Rg5? { Mistake. Rg8 was best. } (52. Rg8 Kb5 53. Rb8+ Ka4 54. Ra8+ Kb5 55. Kc2 Rc3+ 56. Kd2 Rc6 57. Rb8+ Kc4 58. Kc2 Rc7) 52... Ka4? { Mistake. Rd2+ was best. } (52... Rd2+ 53. Kb3) 53. Kc2 Rc3+ 54. Kb2 Rb3+ 55. Kc2 Rc3+ 56. Kb2 Rb3+ 57. Kc2?? { Blunder. Kc1 was best. } 57... Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

08-05-2023 Stirling v Dunfermline (Under 1500 Cup Final)

Stirling		v		Dunfermline
Bill Cook Sean Flanagan Ruaridh Simpson Kenny MacPherson Tom Wallace	1489 1487 1483 1418 1358	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0	1234   1207 1080	Mark McLintock Jim Wallace Glynis Grant Brian Easton Mike Skicko
		5 - 0

Well done all!

(l-r) Sean, Kenny, Ruaridh, captain Bill with the trophy, Tom

Thanks to Ruaridh, Kenny, and Tom for the games below. I don't have the board 1 and 2 games, because these went on much longer than the players recorded for.

[Event "U1500 Cup Stirling v Dunfermline"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2023.05.08"] [Round "Final"] [White "Grant, G"] [Black "Simpson, R"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d3 Bg7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Kh1 c4 10. Rb1 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. d4 Nb6 14. Be3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. c3 h6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rf2 Qe6 19. Rbf1 Be4 20. Ne1 Rad8 21. Qc1 f6 22. Rf4 fxe5 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Rxf8 Bxf8 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Bd4 Qf5 27. Kg1 b6 28. Qe3 e5 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. Qxb6 Qg4 31. Qc7+ Bg7 32. Qf7 Bf5 33. Qa7 Qd1 34. Qf2 h5 35. h3 Bh6 36. Kh2 Bf4+ 37. g3 Qd2 38. Qxd2 Bxd2 39. Nf3 Bc1 40. Nxe5 Bxb2 41. Nxc4 Bxc3 42. a4 Bd3 43. Nb6 Bc2 44. Nd5 Ba5 45. h4 Bxa4 46. Nf6+ Kg7 47. Ne4 Bc6 48. Ng5 Kf6 49. Kg1 Kf5 50. Kh2 Bc7 51. Kh3 Bd8 52. Nf7 Bc7 53. Nh6+ Ke4 54. Nf7 Kf3 55. Ng5+ Kf2 56. g4 Bg2# 0-1

[Event "U1500 Cup Stirling v Dunfermline"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2023.05.08"] [Round "Final"] [White "MacPherson, K"] [Black "Easton, B"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 b6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3 Nb8 9. Bd2 a6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O Ng4 12. h3 Bd4+ 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. hxg4 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Rf8 16. f5 Nd7 17. Qe3 Bb7 18. Qh6 O-O-O 19. Qxh7 Qc5+ 20. Rf2 Qe3 21. Qh3 Qc5 22. b4 Qc7 23. Qe3 gxf5 24. gxf5 f6 25. Bd4 Rh8 26. Rc1 Rdg8 27. Be2 Rg7 28. Bf3 Rgh7 29. Kf1 Rh1+ 30. Ke2 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Kd8 32. Ke3 Ke8 33. Rc2 Qd8 34. c5 Kf7 35. c6 Ne5 36. cxb7 Qg8 37. Bxe5 fxe5 38. Kd3 Qe8 39. Rc8 Qb5+ 40. Qc4 Rh1 41. Qxb5 axb5 42. b8=Q Rd1+ 43. Bxd1 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event "U1500 Cup Stirling v Dunfermline"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2023.08.05"] [Round "Final"] [White "Skicko, M"] [Black "Wallace, T"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bd3 c4 5. Be2 Bc5 6. d4 cxd3 7. Bxd3 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxf2 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. b3 Nc6 13. c3 Rd8 14. Ke2 Bb6 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Be3 h6 17. h4 e5 18. Nfd2 Bg4+ 19. Nf3 e4 20. Bc2 exf3+ 21. gxf3 Bh5 22. Rhg1 Kf8 23. b4 Nd5 24. Bc5+ Kg8 25. b5 Nxc3+ 26. Kf2 Nxb5 27. Rg2 Nbd4 28. Be4 f5 29. Bd3 Bxf3 30. Rgg1 b6 31. Ba3 Be4 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Nd2 e3+ 34. Kxe3 Nc2+ 35. Ke2 Nxa3 36. Raf1 Re8+ 37. Kd1 Rf8 38. Rg6 Rxf1+ 39. Nxf1 Rd8+ 40. Nd2 Ne5 41. Rg3 Nb1 42. Kc1 Nxd2 { White resigns. } 0-1

08-05-2023 Stirling Douglas v Stirling Wallace

Stirling Douglas 6-10 Stirling Wallace
Round 1
Brad Duthie	1 - 0	David McAlister
Stewart Cairns	0 - 1	Nathanael Loch
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	Gordon Allcock
Kai Austin	0 - 1	William Feather
Round 2
Brad Duthie	1 - 0	William Feather
Stewart Cairns	0 - 1	David McAlister
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	Nathanael Loch
Kai Austin	0 - 1	Gordon Allcock
Round 3
Brad Duthie	1 - 0	Gordon Allcock
Stewart Cairns	0 - 1	William Feather
Dave Hewitt	0 - 1	David McAlister
Kai Austin	0 - 1	Nathanael Loch
Round 4
Brad Duthie	1 - 0	Nathanael Loch
Stewart Cairns	0 - 1	Gordon Allcock
Dave Hewitt	1 - 0	William Feather
Kai Austin	0 - 1	David McAlister

Well done to Brad for a fine 4/4, and good to see juniors Kai and William making their allegro league debuts.

08-05-2023 Thornton Cup Final

The final of the Thornton Cup was played last night, where Kris Dimitrov had White against Harry Feather.

This is the game.

[Event "Thornton Cup"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2023.05.08"] [Round "Final"] [White "Dimitrov, K"] [Black "Feather, H"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2 Qc7 9. b3 N8d7 10. O-O e5 11. d5 Be7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Ba3 Nc5 14. Nd2 Bg6 15. Bh5 O-O-O 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. b4 Ncd7 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nde4 Nc4 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Na4 Bd4 23. Rc1 b5 24. Nac3 Qb6 25. Rc2 Kb7 26. Qf3 f5 27. Ng5 e4 28. Qg3 Rd7 { 28 ... Be5 traps the White Queen. } 29. Ne6 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Rc8 31. Rd1 Nd6 32. Qb2 { 32 Qxc8+ Nxc8 33 Nc5+ } 32... Rxc2 33. Qxc2 e3 34. fxe3 Qxe3+ 35. Kh1 Nc4 36. a4 Qb6 37. Qc3 Qe3 38. Qb4 Rxd5 39. Qe7+ Kc6 40. Qc7# 1-0

Congratulations to Kris, seen here receiving the trophy from club president Gordon Allcock. Well done Kris!