Game

Thanks to Bill Cook for providing the game below. This was played a couple of weeks ago, in the B team match against Grangemouth A. Apologies to Bill for taking so long to post it.

[Event "Stirling B v Grangemouth A"] [Site "Stirling CC"] [Date "2023.10.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Kuznetzov, R"] [Black "Cook, B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E70"] [WhiteElo "1161"] [BlackElo "1492"] [PlyCount "118"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nc5 (10... Nh5) 11. Bc2 c6 12. Bd6 Qb6 (12... Ne6 13. Bxf8 Qxf8 14. h3 Qc5+ 15. Kh1 Nd7) 13. Bxf8 Ncxe4+ (13... Bxf8 14. Qd4 Ng4 15. h3 Bg7 16. Qd6 Nxe4+ 17. c5 Nxc5 18. Kh1 Ne3) 14. c5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Qd4 Qe7 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Bb3 Be5 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rf8 24. Bxb7 Bxb2 25. Nf4 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Kg7 27. g3 Rb8 28. Rd1 Rxb7 29. Rxd4 Rb1+ 30. Kg2 Rb2+ 31. Kh3 Rxa2 32. Nd5 a5 33. Nc3 Ra3 34. Na4 h5 35. Kg2 g5 36. h4 f6 37. Nc5 Ra2+ 38. Kf3 Ra3+ 39. Nd3 a4 40. hxg5 fxg5 41. Rd6 Rb3 42. Ke4 a3 43. Ra6 h4 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Nf2 h3 46. Ng4 Rb4+ 47. Kf3 Rxg4 48. Kxg4 h2 49. Ra7+ Kf6 50. Rh7 a2 51. Rxh2 a1=Q 52. Rf2+ Ke5 53. Re2+ Kd5 54. Rd2+ Kc4 55. Kf3 Qc3+ 56. Ke2 Qh3 57. Rc2+ Kb3 58. Kd2 Qh2+ 59. Kd3 Qxc2+ 0-1

Bill writes: I was a whole rook down after 15 moves with no compensation, but gradually clawed my way back, first by just being only a piece down, (22...Bxd5) and then after 31...Rxa2, had a passed pawn to play with. The rook sacrifice 47....Rxg4 ensured the a pawn finally queened.

25-10-23 Allegro League Grangemouth Tigers v Stirling Bruce

Grangemouth Tigers 5½-10½ Stirling Bruce
Round 1
Alan Petrie	0 - 1	Isaac Browning
John McLay	1 - 0	Bill Cook
Harry Leishman	0 - 1	Kenny MacPherson
Zya Dolan	0 - 1	Dave Hewitt
Round 2
Alan Petrie	1 - 0	Bill Cook
John McLay	1 - 0	Kenny MacPherson
Harry Leishman	0 - 1	Dave Hewitt
Zya Dolan	0 - 1	Isaac Browning
Round 3
Alan Petrie	0 - 1	Kenny MacPherson
John McLay	1 - 0	Dave Hewitt
Harry Leishman	0 - 1	Isaac Browning
Euan Binnie	0 - 1	Bill Cook
Round 4
Alan Petrie	1 - 0	Dave Hewitt
John McLay	½ - ½	Isaac Browning
Harry Leishman	0 - 1	Bill Cook
Euan Binnie	0 - 1	Kenny MacPherson

25-10-23 Allegro League Grangemouth Lions v Stirling Wallace

Grangemouth Lions 7-9 Stirling Wallace
Round 1
Ian Mason	1 - 0	Graham Anderson
Bill Gray	0 - 1	Tom Wallace
Thomas Frew	0 - 1	William Feather
John Smith	0 - 1	Harry Feather
Round 2
Ian Mason	0 - 1	Harry Feather
Bill Gray	½ - ½	Graham Anderson
Thomas Frew	0 - 1	Tom Wallace
John Smith	1 - 0	Cameron Anderson
Round 3
Ian Mason	1 - 0	William Feather
Bill Gray	½ - ½	Harry Feather
Thomas Frew	0 - 1	Cameron Anderson
John Smith	1 - 0	Tom Wallace
Round 4
Ian Mason	0 - 1	Tom Wallace
Bill Gray	1 - 0	Cameron Anderson
Thomas Frew	0 - 1	Harry Feather
John Smith	1 - 0	Graham Anderson

23-10-23 Stirling C v Stirling D

Stirling C		v		Stirling D
Dave Hewitt Kenny MacPherson Bill Cook Sandy Carmichael Cameron Anderson	1513 1440 1492 1242	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1	1342 1335   1133 1071	Harry Feather Tom Wallace Tom Nimmo David Fowler Callum Richardson
		2½ - 2½

22-10-23 Scottish National Chess League

The Forth Valley A team had their first match postponed (due to their opponent's difficulties travelling from the North East after the recent storm), and lost the afternoon match 4½-½ to Dundee City A. Full scorecard here.

Forth Valley B drew 2½-2½ with Oban in the morning (scorecard here), and lost 3-2 to Dundee City B in the afternoon (scorecard here).

Forth Valley C beat Troon 4-1 in the morning (scorecard here), and drew 2½-2½ with Phones in the afternoon (scorecard here).

Thanks to Tom for the game below, where he had White against Aditya Srivastava.

[Event "SNCL"] [Site "Dunfermline"] [Date "2023.10.23"] [Round ""] [White "Wallace, T"] [Black "Srivastava, A"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. Bh6 a5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Bd3 Rb8 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rae1 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Nd1 Qa5 16. b3 e5 17. Nb2 exd4 18. Nc4 Qc5 19. Qf4 d5 20. Nd6 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Qd5 22. Bc4 Qh5 23. Nxd4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 c5 25. Re7 Kh8 26. Rxd7 cxd4 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Bxf7+ { Black resigns } 1-0

16-10-23 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	Steve Smith	1638	0 W 8	1 B 12	2 W 2	2½ B 4	2½ W 6	=7
2	Graham Anderson	1594	1 B 9	1½ W 5	1½ B 1	2½ W 13	3½ B 3	=3
3	Kenny MacPherson	1546	1 W 10	2 B 4	3 W 8	4 B 6	4 W 2	=1
4	Bill Cook	1546	1 B 11	1 W 3	2 B 5	2½ W 1	2½ B 7	=7
5	Dave Hewitt	1544	1 W 12	1½ B 2	1½ W 4	2½ B 10	2½ W 8	=7
6	David McAlister	1484	½ B 13	1½ W 7	2½ B 9	2½ W 3	3½ W 1	=3
7	Sandy Carmichael	1410	1 W 14	1 B 6	2 W 10	2 B 8	3 W 4	=5
8	Gordon Allcock	1362	1 B 1	2 W 13	2 B 3	3 W 7	4 B 5	=1
9	Harry Feather	1260	0 W 2	1 B 14	1 W 6	2 B 11	3 B 13	=5
10	Mick Bloor	1103	0 B 3	1 W 11	1 B 7	1 W 5	2 B 14	=10
11	Stewart Cairns	1058	0 W 4	0 B 10	1 W 14	1 W 9	1 B 12	13
12	Thomas Forsyth	858	0 B 5	0 W 1	0 B 13	1 W 14	2 W 11	=10
13	Cameron Anderson	680	½ W 6	½ B 8	1½ W 12	1½ B 2	1½ W 9	12
14	Jonathan Pont		0 B 7	0 W 9	0 B 11	0 B 12	0 W 10	14

Club Secretary Bill presents the trophy to Gordon (l) and Kenny (r). This is Kenny's first win in this tournament, and Gordon's first since 2006. Well done both!

10-10-23 Dunfermline B v Stirling C

Dunfermline B		v		Stirling C
Douglas Rew Anthony Milligan Dimitris Giannakopoulos Calum Newton Mark McLintock	1403 1345 1330   1229	1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0	1513 1440 1492 1476 1335	Dave Hewitt Kenny MacPherson Bill Cook David McAlister Tom Wallace
		3½ - 1½