Sunday 25 November 2012

SNCL ROUNDS 3 AND 4, 25/11/2012


Today was the day when we could put some daylight between us and our main rivals. We were playing the team above and below us in our division. As with all our other best laid plans, we somehow managed to mess things up. 

First up we had a team of very good improving and under-graded juniors to play. A win on boards one and five, plus a point squeezed from the other boards would have done. We were nervous and the kids just back from the World Youth games were confident. We got the win on board 5, but only a draw on board 1. We also lost on boards 2 and 3, leaving just me and only a win would do. I had been better, until kids do what kids do and found a good tactic. The game was then a dead draw and I turned down 2 draw offers, as I had to win for us to draw the match. I would have been fine with the draw, if the team had accumulated half a point more. So I ended up gambling, it was like buying a lottery ticket hoping that I could win enough for some food. This did not pay off and he played very well. As usual pushing too hard in a drawn position results in nothing. So a 3.5-1.5 loss to start with. 

This afternoon was a simpler, as we only had to beat adults. Though to his credit my opponent despite being very out-graded, played very solidly and gave me few chances. In the end I had to soak up some pressure to get a draw. Gary on board 2 had the same issue and ended up drawing. The rest of the team with the odd small hiccup along the way, managed to win. So a 4-1 win to us and we are in clear 2nd place and we just need to stay ahead of the 3rd and 4th team 1 point behind us to get promoted to div 2. Nect time we should leave the bag of spanners at home.


BdGradeNorth Ayrshire Crusaders(1)vs(8)Dunfermline KnightsGradeComments
1 1855 MacDonald, Paul H  ½  -  ½ Robertson, Ian C  2102 Draw 
2 1715 Deary, David  1  -  0 Forbes, Garry  1837 Home Win 
3 1619 McCusker, Andrew  1  -  0 Carpenter, Paul A  1833 Home Win 
4 1649 Deary, Daniel  1  -  0 McBride, John  1858 Home Win 
5 910 McCusker, Kirsty  0  -  1 Sneddon, Iain D  1835 Away Win 
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BdGradeDunfermline Knights(8)vs(3)Forth Valley BGradeComments
1 2102 Robertson, Ian C  1  -  0 Anderson, Graham C  1574 Home Win 
2 1837 Forbes, Garry  ½  -  ½ Cook, William M  1575 Draw 
3 1833 Carpenter, Paul A  1  -  0 Gray, William B  1527 Home Win 
4 1858 McBride, John  ½  -  ½ Hanlon, Hugh  1459 Draw 
5 1835 Sneddon, Iain D  1  -  0 Brodie, David  1281 Home Win 
4 - 1

Boards
MatchesPlayedDefaultsScore
 Pos  Team  Team Name  P  W  D  L  Pts  W  D  L  W  D  L  Boards  % 
11North Ayrshire Crusaders43107105410013½68
28Dunfermline Knights43016105500012½63
35Lanark4211585610011½58
46Inverclyde4130595400211½58
53Forth Valley B4202475800048
67Oban4022257800043
72Dumfries and District41032488000840
84Hamilton B401312612000525
32128123255465520281



SNCL Division 3 Crosstable
 Team  Name  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  Plyd  Boards 
North Ayrshire Crusaders   4       13½ 
Dumfries and District 2    1     
Forth Valley B  3 5 ½     1 9½ 
Hamilton B1  0        
Lanark         1 11½ 
Inverclyde 4         11½ 
Oban         2 8½ 
Dunfermline Knights   4   4   3 12½ 


SNCL Division 3 Match Results

http://www.sncl.org.uk/div3.htm

Tuesday 13 November 2012

Stirling's Bruce v Dunfermline's Minnows allegro match 12/11/12



We did not have such a good result and were extremely lucky not to have been hammered. A drawn match was just a bit unfair on Stirling.
I was lost in my first 2 games against Dave and Bill before both produced shockers. We were still one down with just Terry’s game going in a level position before Tony left a rook hanging. Terry might have missed it but Tony threw his hands in the air after his blunder thereby dropping Terry the hint he required!!
Ian
Bruce
8-8
Minnows
Paul Prescott
1-0
Terry Docherty
Tony Pitson
1-0
George Webb
Bill Cook
0-1
Iain Sneddon
Dave Hewitt
0-1
Ian Robertson
2-2
Dave Hewitt
1-0
Terry Docherty
Paul Prescott
1-0
George Webb
Tony Pitson
1-0
Iain Sneddon
Bill Cook
0-1
Ian Robertson
3-1
Bill Cook
1-0
Terry Docherty
Dave Hewitt
0-1
George Webb
Paul Prescott
1-0
Iain Sneddon
Tony Pitson
0-1
Ian Robertson
2-2
Tony Pitson
0-1
Terry Docherty
Bill Cook
1-0
George Webb
Dave Hewitt
0-1
Iain Sneddon
Paul Prescott
0-1
Ian Robertson
1-3

Tuesday 6 November 2012

Stirling A V Dunfermline A 05/11/12


I was an utter idiot for asking people to meet at the club for pick-up on bonfire night. The place was heaving and although I had proposed an earlier pick up time than normal Michael still could not get through. By the time we sorted another rendezvous it was about 6.50 leaving Dunfermline for a 7.00pm start in Stirling! We all lost 35 minutes on the clocks so had to play the first 30 moves in 25 minutes.

Ian won on bd1 comfortably mostly following up from when Doug put a piece on a poor square in the opening of a Pirc Defence he was trying for the first time. Florin's flag fell as he made his 30th move so lost on time in a far better position. Iain with 4 moves still to make in about 10 seconds should probably have lost on time but instead Robin with 8 minutes left had a long think - and lost on time!! Michael fell to a neat combination by Graham which netted the exchange. Fred was slightly better even after his spectacular rook sac was declined but with him and Bill only having around 5 minutes of allegro time left each they agreed a draw rather than a lottery scramble.

Stirling A Dunfermline A 
Douglas Bain 0-1 Ian Robertson 
Steve Smith 1-0 Florin Toropoc 
Robin Hayles 0-1 Iain Sneddon 
Graham Anderson 1-0 Michael Roy 
William Cook Draw Fred Ossowski 
2.5-2.5