Dunfermline B 4½-½ Grangemouth B
Calum Smith 1581 ½ v ½ Ian Mason 1601
Stewart Brisbane 1465 1 v 0 Bill Gray 1499
Douglas Rew 1452 1 v 0 Crawford Welsh 1335
Peter Horne 1370 1 v 0 David Fowler 1095
Gonzalo Forero U/G 1 v Scott Dickson 1014
The B-team result is hard to believe. At one point I would have said that Calum was the only one likely to come away with a win. Clearly I have no idea about the game. Peter as usual came back from a rubbish position. Gonzalo’s opponent resigned when Gonzalo put a rook to the back rank with mate unless his opponent took it with his knight but Scott (and of course Gonzalo) thought he could not move his knight as that would allow mate on the long diagonal so resigned. The thing is that had he played knight takes rook the knight would then have guarded the g2 mating square! Stewart won on time having just regained the initiative after being a bit worse. Doug ground out a 70 move ending. Calum pushed a fraction too early in the centre allowing Ian to get in with a perpetual
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