23-04-2024 Dunfermline B v Stirling D

Dunfermline B		v		Stirling D
Gregor McCloskey Calum Newton Douglas Rew Mark McLintock Jim Wallace	1403 1229 1212	0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1	1342 1335 1117 1133	Harry Feather Tom Wallace Mick Bloor David Fowler Tom Nimmo
		2 - 3

22-04-2024 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	1 W 9	2 B 5	2 W 3	2 B 13	2½ W 6	=7
2	Bill Cook	1546	1 B 10	1½ W 8	2½ B 13	3½ B 3	4½ W 5	1
3	Kenny MacPherson	1546	1 W 11	2 B 7	3 B 1	3 W 2	4 W 13	2
4	Dave Hewitt	1544	1 B 16	1 W 13	1½ B 8	2½ W 11	2½ B 7	=7
5	Nathanael Loch	1510	1 B 12	1 W 1	2 B 9	3 W 8	3 B 2	=4
6	Richard Warcup	1485	0 W 13	1 B 15	1 W 16	2 B 12	2½ B 1	=7
7	Gordon Allcock	1362	1 B 14	1 W 3	1½ B 11	2½ W 16	3½ W 4	3
8	Tom Wallace	1293	1 W 15	1½ B 2	2 W 4	2 B 5	2 B 16	=11
9	Mick Bloor	1103	0 B 1	1 W 12	1 W 5	2 B 14	2 B 11	=11
10	Stewart Cairns	1058	0 W 2	0 B 16	0 W 14	0 W 15	0 W 12	16
11	Kai Austin	660	0 B 3	1 W 14	1½ W 7	1½ B 4	2½ W 9	=7
12	Ross Warcup	647	0 W 5	0 B 9	1 W 15	1 W 6	2 B 10	=11
13	Tom Nimmo	u/g	1 B 6	2 B 4	2 B 2	3 W 1	3 B 3	=4
14	David Borland	u/g	0 W 7	0 B 11	1 B 10	1 W 9	1 B 15	15
15	Josh Rodger	424	0 B 8	0 W 6	0 B 12	1 W 10	2 W 14	=11
16	Toby Geyer	u/g	0 W 4	1 W 10	2 B 6	2 B 7	3 W 8	=4

Congratulations to Bill, seen here being presented with the trophy by club president Gordon. Well done Bill!

21-04-2024 Game

Thanks to Tom for providing the game below, from the SNCL match against Dumfries B. Tom had Black against Daniel Bell.

[Event "SNCL"] [Site "Dunfermline"] [Date "2024.04.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Bell, D"] [Black "Wallace, T"] [Result "0-1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. Nc3 Rb8 9. Nh4 Bd7 10. e4 e6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Bh3 18. Bh1 Be6 19. Ncb1 b5 20. Bd4 Nc6 21. Bf2 Nb4 22. c4 Nxa2 23. e5 Nh5 24. Be3 Bxe5 25. Nf1 Nc3 26. Nxc3 Bxc3 27. Nd2 bxc4 28. bxc4 a5 29. Qd3 Bb4 30. Re2 Ng7 31. Ne4 Qd8 32. Bg5 Qc8 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. Bh6 Bf5 35. Bxg7+ Kxg7 36. Nxe8+ Kf8 37. Qd5 Be6 38. Nxd6 Bxd6 39. Qg5 Bxc4 40. Rc2 Bb3 41. Rxd6 Bxc2 42. Rc6 Bf5 43. Qf6 Kg8 44. f4 Qd7 45. Bd5 Qxd5 { White resigns } 0-1

16-04-24 Dunfermline A v Stirling A

Dunfermline A		v		Stirling A
Ian Robertson Gonzalo Forero Dimitris Giannakopoulos Gregor McCloskey Euan Bell	2109 1530 1330	½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1	1988 1771 1755 1635 1542	Isaac Browning Jim Shemilt William Spiers Steve Smith Richard Warcup
		1 - 4

15-04-24 Stirling v Grangemouth (Under 1500 Cup)

Stirling		v		Grangemouth
Bill Cook David McAlister Kenny MacPherson Sandy Carmichael Kai Austin	1492 1476 1440 1242	0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1d - 0d	1430 1191 1161	Alasdair Sandham Crawford Welsh Roman Kuznetsov Collum Herron
		3½ - 1½

15-04-24 Stirling B v Badgers Brook A

Stirling B		v		Badgers Brook A
Nathanael Loch Dave Hewitt Brad Duthie Cameron Anderson Mick Bloor	1505 1513 1520   1117	0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1	2039	Kenny McGeoch David James Antonio La Gamma Altamash Khan George Connor
		1 - 4

08-04-2024 Stirling D v Grangemouth B

Stirling D		v		Grangemouth B
Harry Feather Tom Wallace Sandy Carmichael Callum Richardson Tom Nimmo	1342 1335 1242 1073	1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 1d - 0d 1d - 0d	1526 1434 1199	Bill Gray Alasdair Sandham Crawford Welsh
		4 - 1