tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2219497090538673902024-03-14T13:13:09.458+00:00Dunfermline Chess and the Central LeagueUnofficial news about chess in Dunfermline and the happenings in the Central League!dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-34185718752499066722020-01-25T22:57:00.000+00:002020-01-25T22:57:25.648+00:00Dunfermline 4-1 Cumbernauld - 20.01.2020<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="color: orange;">Back to back wins for Dunfermline as the team started 2020 as it finished 2019, with a home win.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Dunfermline was white on Boards 1 and 2. Cumbernauld defaulted on Board 3, as David Johnstone understood the match was due on the Wednesday. First game to finish was Board 2, where <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Calum got a cheap tactic to win a pawn, which also caused black's position to collapse. Post-match pub analysis showed that Calum misplayed the follow-up and George could have harassed the queen with his a-pawn and win a piece back. Board 1 was the next one to finish, where Gary got to the end game up in material, and following accurate play secured the win for the team - Not easy, near the end of the game, a stale mate via a queen sacrifice seemed a possibility as black was running out of moves. Just a threat though, and black resigned as the check mate was inevitable. </span></span></div>
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-43896552833904430022019-12-12T20:10:00.003+00:002019-12-12T20:10:36.999+00:00Dunfermline 3 - Stirling 2, Monday, 9th December<div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Dunfermline 3 - Stirling 2</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">I Robertson 1 - 0 K Pandit 0</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">B Volland 0.5 - 0.5 J Shemilt</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Dunfermline was white on boards 2 and 5. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Busy week for Dunfermline with a second match in only 5 days. A good result for the home team. A last minute game saw Gordon Greig joining the team replacing Gary Weir, who had to miss the match due to work commitments. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">First match to finish was a draw on Board three, where Calum had gone up a pawn, but settled for a draw and secured half a point for the team. Second game to finish was Board 5, where Gordon continued with his strong form and displayed another very good performance, he managed to win the exchange and a pawn to secure the win in the end game. Board one was a repeat of last Wednesday, when Ian had material advantage but was running out of time, although this time he managed to get the point. A very close game on Board 2, none of the payers could find a winning way and agreed the draw. Last game to finish was Board 4, where the visitors got their only win of the day: a enjoyable game where white went a pawn up and had the initiative but black kept finding a way to get out of it until it couldn't any more. Thank you Stilring for the visit. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138;">Dunfermline finish the first half of the season with 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Well done team. Time now for the Christmas break. </span></div>
dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-75853662990088000242019-05-23T19:36:00.003+01:002019-05-23T19:41:12.576+01:00Dunfermline Sharks v Grangemouth Tigers - 20/05/19<br />
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<span style="color: orange;">This Allegro match was our last match of the season. A Tigers win would confirm them as Allegro champions with the Sharks considered underdogs. Although Dunfermline put up a good fight, the Grangemouth team proved too strong in this friendly encounter.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">It was too much to expect a Dunfermline victory even without Grangemouth fielding their star man. We congratulate Grangemouth Tigers on their Allegro league victory and look forward to meeting them again next year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Dunfermline Sharks. Grangemouth Tigers<br />Fred Ossowski (B) 0 Alan Bell 1<br />Stewart Brisbane (B) 0 Dougie Will 1<br />Mark McLintock (B) 1 Ian Mason 0<br />Derek Rodger (B) 0 Hugh Hanson 1<br /> Round 1 1 3<br /><br />Fred Ossowski (W) 1 Hugh Hanson 0<br />Stewart Brisbane (W) 0 Alan Bell 1<br />Mark McLintock (W) 0 Dougie Will 1<br />Derek Rodger (W) 0 Ian Mason 1<br /> Round 2 1 3<br /><br />Fred Ossowski (B) 0 Ian Mason 1<br />Stewart Brisbane (B) 1 Hugh Hanson 0<br />Mark McLintock (B) 0 Alan Bell 1<br />Derek Rodger (B) 0 Dougie Will 1<br /> Round 3 1 3<br /><br />Fred Ossowski (W) 0 Dougie Will 1<br />Stewart Brisbane (W) 0 Ian Mason 1<br />Mark McLintock (W) 1 Hugh Hanson 0<br />Derek Rodger (W) 0 Alan Bell 1<br /> Round 4 1 3</span></div>
dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-58127752085365823302019-05-04T00:13:00.001+01:002019-05-04T00:13:02.465+01:00 Grangemouth 8 - 8 Minnows - 01/05/19<div class="ydp31fe0db4yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
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<span style="color: orange;">Thanks to young Daniel for volunteering to play.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"> A Grangemouth Tigers victory over Dunfermline Sharks later this month will see them defend the title.</span></div>
dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-9833483491274816242019-05-02T11:13:00.000+01:002019-05-02T11:15:51.220+01:00Under 1500 KO Final - 29/04/19<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap=""><pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap=""><pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap=""><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Dunfermline. Badgers Brook
Gonzalo Forero (B). 0. Mark Brown. 1
Stewart Brisbane. (W). 1. Kenny Alston. 0
Douglas Rew. (W). 1/2. Derek Raffan. 1/2
Gordon Greig. (B). 1. Dylan Gillies. 0
Mark McLintock. (B). 0. Gordon Walker. 1
This Final was played on Monday night at Dunfermline.
During the match there was some faulty moves but this is what you get with our grading level. This also made the match exciting and unpredictable.
After losing a pawn in the opening, Gonzalo gained two bishops for a rook, likely winning, but blundered a bishop. A deserved win for Mark as Gonzalo made too many errors.
Stewart dropped a pawn in the opening but got the pieces out quickly, recovering the pawn. Kenny could not get his rooks in the game, and lost two knights for a rook. The material told in the end.
Derek, up two pieces for a rook, sac'ed his remaining rook for a bishop and a mating attack but misplaced his knight giving Douglas a flight square. Last to finish Douglas held his nerve and reached a drawn endgame.
Dylan pushed too many pawns on the queenside in the opening allowing Greg to win one and prevent Dylan castling. Greg was able to build up a mating net on the open queenside.
On 5. Gordon's pressure on the kings side caused Mark to misplace a knight which was trapped, this proved decisive.
With the match drawn, we went to board count 6 each.
So we remove the bottom board and Dunfermline win.
Dunfermline players congratulated Douglas as he managed to obtain the draw under intense pressure from Derek and as last finished he also had the excited club audience to deal with.
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-73559147169574440272019-03-25T09:35:00.000+00:002019-03-25T09:35:44.296+00:00Two Dunfermline SNCL Teams promoted - 24/03/19 <div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: orange;">Well shock and surprises. Did any of us have ever imagine that from hauling together 2 makeweight Dunfermline teams that they would both get promoted! Top billing goes to the Knaves in winning Division 4 which wasn’t a bad showing for a team cobbled together at the last minute to make up the numbers. Gonzalo was top player with a super 4/5. The team itself got 5 wins and a draw from the 7 rounds.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">The Knights aimed to consolidate Division 2 status after winning Division 3 the previous season. However a bit of good fortune found us playing against one of the main challengers in round 1 but who were slightly weakened on the day. That win got Dunfermline off to a flier and although drawing 2 and losing one (to the eventual champions) of their next matches, three successive victories secured second place (ahead of our unfortunate round 1 rivals) and promotion to the top division for next season. </span></div>
dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-7362299840319790322019-03-25T09:32:00.000+00:002019-03-25T09:32:21.018+00:00Dunfermline v Cumbernauld A played at Dunfermline, 18 Mar 19<div>
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<span style="color: orange;">First to finish was the top board. Ralph had seen my
combination ending in me getting two pawns for a piece but overlooked
that I was attacking his Ra1 as well as the c4 knight. We had a look at
the game afterwards and found that Ralph need not follow
the combination all the way through, he could pin/ win my bishop
instead. We both agreed that I would have resigned. I had a look on the
computer just now and I can wriggle... it goes back to two pawns for a
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exchanges only to see the "Bxh2+ leaving the queen en prise" motif when
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<span style="color: orange;">It was unfortunate that Alan didn’t make it but also that had Dougie realised earlier he could have asked to step in. He thought about asking me if that would be ok but I was engrossed in my game. He had forgotten that it was actually Calum that was captain and could have discussed it direct!</span></div>
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-35458430655059459332018-10-30T21:27:00.002+00:002018-10-30T21:27:42.954+00:00Dunfermline vs Grangemouth A, 29/10/18<div class="ydp50999287yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
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Ian Robertson 2045 ½-½ Uby Archibong 2194</div>
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On Board 1 Uby as white had pressure on Ian's kingside and e6 pawn in particular. The momentum of his attack then reduced but Uby kept going when consolidation was probably called for. Ian achieved a draw by perpetual check (delivered by Uby) to avoid the loss of the first player's queen. </div>
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Post-match analysis in the pub revealed that Dunfermline's Gordon Greig rode his luck. Against Duncan's Sicilian Defence Gordon became short on time for the first control at 30 moves. An inspired b4 push tried to lure a bishop away which would allow perpetual check using one mobile and one static rook. It didn't work at first, but eventually the bishop was drawn and so was the game.</div>
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-47889050818956273322018-10-16T22:37:00.002+01:002018-10-16T22:37:35.738+01:00Badgers Brook vs Dunfermline, 15/10/18<div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><br />On Board 2 Kenny McGeoch pressed for initiative but probably over-extended. I had a series of attacks going that put me a rook up in the end. I should have played to simplify the whole thing but, sticking to the plan, strung it out for a few more moves.</span></div>
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-53543806973939424152018-10-03T10:40:00.000+01:002018-10-03T10:40:43.564+01:00Minnows 10-6 Sharks - 01/10/18<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: orange;">Round 1<br />Gonzalo Forero 0-1 Jamie O’Connor<br />Calum Smith 1-0 Stewart Brisbane<br />Gordon Greig 1-0 Peter Horne<br />Ian Robertson 1-0 Mark McLintock<br />3-1<br /><br />Round 2<br />Forero 1-0 McLintock<br />Smith 1-0 O’Connor<br />Greig 0-1 Brisbane<br />Robertson 1-0 Horne<br />3-1/ 6-2<br /><br />Round 3<br />Forero 0-1 Horne<br />Smith 1-0 McLintock<br />Greig 0-1 O’Connor<br />Robertson 1-0 Brisbane<br />2-2/ 8-4<br /><br />Round 4<br />Forero 0-1 Brisbane<br />Smith 1-0 Horne<br />Greig 0-1 McLintock<br />Robertson 1-0 O’Connor<br />2-2/ 10-6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Everybody got a point. Mark’s came in last round when he delivered mate as his flag fell. Both players were prepared to accept the loss! Great spirit. With most of the results going as expected and the B-players all getting 1 point each, the result really came down to how Calum would get on against Sharks top boards. Had Calum lost both then the match would have been tied but Dunfermline’s new club captain delivered to get Minnows off to a winning start. </span></div>
dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-34934960501819319242018-09-27T11:25:00.001+01:002018-09-27T11:26:41.015+01:00Inaugural Fife Champions match - 26/09/18<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: orange;">Congratulations to all who took part in the inaugural Fife Champions match.
Dunfermline took the championship with 10 points; Kirkcaldy on 6.5 and Newport on 1.5.
Thank you to organiser and host Stuart Blyth of Kirkcaldy. The three clubs enjoyed the occasion which had plenty of entertaining games. Looking forward to seeing this become an annual event!
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-76371747124520097292018-09-27T10:57:00.002+01:002018-09-27T10:57:16.059+01:00Dunfermline 1 Stirling 4 - 24/09/18<div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1537880755874_19844">
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<span style="color: orange;">Ben Volland 1/2 Jim Shemilt</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">There was a debut league win for David McAlister who's a welcome </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">newcomer having moved here following a long and distinguished chess </span></div>
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-69291079873984270352018-05-07T12:12:00.000+01:002018-05-07T12:12:18.657+01:00Last match of the season - Cumbernauld 3-2 Dunfermline <div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: orange;">No surprises though we possibly could have done better against Cumbernauld with Jamie in a strong position early on before shortage of time led to a draw being accepted. Glynis was a pawn down but seemed to have enough play to hold but ran out of ideas and fatally started moving pawns in front of her king. The Badgers match was a fair reflection of the play except that I accepted an early draw offer when clearly better but we were being slaughtered on all the other boards at the time and likewise Fabio accepted a draw when winning but the match was over anyway. We finish bottom of the league with 2 wins and 6 losses</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">14635<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">1-0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-51325342174307575842018-03-27T21:42:00.000+01:002018-03-27T21:50:24.137+01:00Minnows 8-8 Tigers - 26/03/18<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western">
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<span style="color: orange;">Dave thought the narrow win for Dunfermline in the Bruce v Sharks match was tight but we trumped it!
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<span style="color: orange;">As always there were the usual shoogly positions
and mighty blunders including me reversing 2 moves and thereby setting
up a mate in one for Graham – which he then missed! The strangest
position I noticed out the corner of my eye was in
the Jamie v Bill game with Jamie’s King getting mated on e5 with what
looked like nearly every piece still on the board. I must remind Jamie
that the days of the King leading his troops into battle are gone. That
position however is in itself worthy of 2
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<span style="color: orange;">It was a really enjoyable match with everyone in
jovial mood with Grangemouth turning up relaxed and happy after what
seems the first time in ages getting to travel on a nice bright sunny
evening and Dunfermline also full of good cheer
after winning the SNCL Division 3 title the previous day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">I believe the result means that Tigers can win the
Allegro league if they beat Stirling Wallace by any margin in their
final match. All the best to both sides.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Round 1</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Gonzalo Forero 0-1 Graham Hamilton</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Jamie O’Connor 0-1 Dougie Will</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Ian Robertson 1-0 Ian Mason</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Calum Smith 1-0 Bill Gray</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">2-2</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Gonzalo 0-1 Dougie</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Jamie ½-½ Ian M</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Ian R 1-0 Bill</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">1½-2½/3½-4½</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Gonzalo ½-½ Ian M</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Jamie 0-1 Bill</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Ian R 1-0 Graham</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">2½-1½/6-6</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Gonzalo 1-0 Bill</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Jamie 0-1 Graham</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">2-2/8-8</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Minnows: Ian R 4, Calum 2, Gonzalo 1½, Jamie ½</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Played</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Grangemouth Tigers<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: orange;">3<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: orange;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: orange;">0<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Dunfermline Minnows<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: orange;">4<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: orange;">1<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: orange;">9<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Stirling Bruce<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="color: orange;">25.5<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-76344883159486751062018-03-27T21:40:00.000+01:002018-03-27T21:40:01.686+01:00Stirling Bruce 7½-8½ Dunfermline Sharks - 26/03/18<div style="border-bottom: none; border-image: initial; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: 1pt solid rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;">
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<span style="color: orange;">Bill Cook 1601 0-1 Stuart Black 1614</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Graham Anderson 1595 1-0 Michael Roy 1604</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Dave Hewitt (c) 1558 0-1 Stewart Brisbane (c) 1441</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Brad Duthie 1316 1-0 Peter Horne 1373</span></div>
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-38425343186417754262018-03-21T16:47:00.001+00:002018-03-21T16:47:09.857+00:00Dunfermline A 3-2 Badgers Brook A 19/03/18<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: yellow;">Stuart Black (1675) ½-½ Fabio Biancalana (1746)</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Jamie O’Connor (1661) ½-½ Graham Kerr (1562)</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Michael Roy (1660) 0-1 Dave McGilvary (1430)</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">On top board black’s accidental drop of an exchange
surprisingly led to me getting a very active and slightly better of the
position. Some frantic time trouble antics eventually led to Kenny
getting 3 pieces for queen but with his knight
stuck in the corner and a repetition on offer he probably should have
settled for the draw. He went for mate instead and got to within one
move but alas it was not his turn and it was Ian who downed the white
king first. The Stuart and Fabio game was pretty
uneventful with any early initiative Stuart had quickly petering out.
Although Fabio later declined a draw progress was not possible. Jamie
probably should have won having accumulated several extra pawns but all
credit to Graham for creating the one chance
that led to Jamie’s time dwindling (again!) and a draw was agreed.
Dave did well matching Michael’s solid middle game play and eventually
gaining an outside passed pawn. After avoiding late cheap tricks Dave
was going to convert when Mike’s flag fell saving
him the trouble. Gonzalo played a lovely attack getting all his pieces
aiming at his opponents semi-exposed king and sacrificing a rook to
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<span style="color: yellow;">Badgers were unlucky with the scheduling of this
match as both Cooke’s were missing from the line-up due to other
commitments. The result makes it more likely that Grangemouth with
retain the league title.</span></div>
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-27427292627496911682018-03-21T16:44:00.000+00:002018-03-21T16:44:39.666+00:00Dunfermline B 4-1 Stirling B 19/03/18<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: yellow;">Calum Smith 1581 ½-½ Dave Hewitt (c) 1584</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Andy Forbes 1541 ½-½ Richard Warcup e1500</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Fred Ossowski 1553 1-0 Tony Pitson 1469</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Peter Horne (c) 1370 1-0 Craig Manson 1455</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Douglas Rew 1452 1-0 Brad Duthie 1428</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Stirling had white on boards 1, 4 and 5.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Congratulations to Dunfermline B, who clinched division 2 for the</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">third season in a row and for the eighth season in the last ten with a</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">title with a match to spare, being three points ahead of Stirling</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">after a very solid season which has seen them win eight of their nine</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">There was a bit of rejigging at the start tonight as Stewart Brisbane</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">checked his phone and found a text from Stewart saying he was in</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">hospital. Calum and I paused our clock and I joined Ian, Peter and</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Craig outside in the corridor to work out what to do, and of course</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">given the circumstances it was no problem to slot in a replacement. So</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Peter (who had intended being the non-playing captain) took over on</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Things had looked quite good for Stirling for a while (a win on the</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">for the title), with Brad in particular having launched a huge early</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">that, with Peter's pieces swarming all around his K, so that was</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">for Stirling), I offered a draw back which Calum accepted. The other</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">games went on for quite a while but Tony eventually lost a pawn-down</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">ending against Fred, after which Richard and Andy shook hands on a</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">draw with Andy having a promising-looking K-side attack with heavy</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Well played Dunfermline - an excellent performance throughout the</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">season from a good group of players well captained by Peter. Here's to</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">next season's campaign - and here's hoping that Stewart is out of</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">hospital and playing again soon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">(I believe it was not too serious and that Stewart is now out of hospital)</span></div>
dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-47267209958811040662018-02-13T19:14:00.004+00:002018-02-13T19:18:11.093+00:00Dunfermline A 3- 2 Stirling A 12/02/18<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: orange;">Ian Robertson 1919 1-0 Neil Irving 1879</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Stuart Black 1675 0-1 Jim Shemilt 1767 </span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Jamie O'Connor 1661 1-0 Steve Smith 1704</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Mike Roy 1660 1-0 Bill Cook 1663</span></div>
<span style="color: orange;">Gordon Greig U/G 0-1 Graham Anderson 1622</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">As a last minute replacement Gordon gave it a good go for the A-team on board 5 but as it was his first competitive game in 13 years it was no surprise when he lost. He brought us luck however as the A-team got its first win of the season. There were particularly complex games with Jamie giving up the exchange for loads of initiative. Steve panicked in time pressure as Jamie’s forces gathered and he blundered back the exchange then next move dropped a piece. Michael’s position was really hard to work out but his opponent had back rank mate issues which allowed Michael to set all sorts of problems which firstly won an exchange and shortly after turned into a whole rook. Once Michael played a final consolidating move it was over. Boards 1 and 2 finished quickly with Neil getting his King caught in the centre after he tried to rescue his leaky queenside position. Stuart unwisely allowed Jim’s bishop to pin knight against queen against king. Something had to fall so brought about a 1-1 score for boards 1 and 2 in under an hour.</span></div>
dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-51484685751564743362018-02-13T19:13:00.002+00:002018-02-13T19:17:51.788+00:00Dunfermline B 4½-½ Grangemouth B 12/02/18<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: orange;">Calum Smith 1581 ½ v ½ Ian Mason 1601<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Stewart Brisbane 1465 1 v 0 Bill Gray 1499 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Douglas Rew 1452 1 v 0 Crawford Welsh 1335<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Peter Horne 1370 1 v 0 David Fowler 1095<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Gonzalo Forero U/G 1 v Scott Dickson 1014</span><span style="color: yellow;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">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</span></div>
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-71575374229031624602017-10-11T14:42:00.001+01:002017-10-11T14:42:37.632+01:00Stirling 3.5 V Dunfermline 1.5 - 09/10/17<div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;">
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<span style="color: orange;">Bill Cook 1/2 Jamie O'Connor</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Graham Anderson 1-0 Michael Roy</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Dave Hewitt 1/2 Calum Smith</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">A welcome win for Stirling after our defeat at Badgers Brook. There</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">the end of the playing session as Dunfermline's boards 1 and 5 tried to</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">The boards 1 and 5 were particularly interesting in that Dunfermline did achieve the desired winning positions only to blunder away both in time scrambles which allowed Stirling to offer generous draws. On board 1 Dunfermline was better throughout and at times much better (+3) only to make one incorrect 50/50 decision towards the end which allowed a brilliant response turning the tables entirely. On board 5 patient play started to reap rewards when Calum’s queen got behind Dave’s defences but then Calum left a piece hanging as time drifted. </span></div>
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-64129440289540027432017-10-03T18:27:00.001+01:002017-10-03T18:27:59.859+01:00Minnows 12½-3½ Sharks - 02/10/2017<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western">
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<span style="color: orange;">After last season’s close encounter between these
teams this time was surprisingly one sided with no losses at all for
Minnows. This was perhaps due to the healthy first round lead after
which Sharks had to take more risks.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Ian Robertson 1-0 Mike Roy</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Jamie O’Connor ½-½ Stewart Brisbane</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Andy Forbes 1-0 Peter Horne</span></div>
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-85650866775929431052017-09-26T13:39:00.002+01:002017-09-26T13:39:33.118+01:00Dunfermline A 1½ - 3½ Grangemouth A - 25/09/17<div class="MsoNormal">
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="color: orange;">S Black 0-1 D Wallace</span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="color: orange;">J O’Connor ½-½ J Smith</span></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="color: orange;">M Roy ½-½ S Binnie</span></li>
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<span style="color: orange;">Grangemouth may have been understrength but were still too good for Dunfermline’s top 5. Interestingly, individually each of the games could easily have had a different result. Boards 1 and 5 were similar in that Grangemouth were pressing strongly in the middlegame only for the Dunfermline players to escape to endings which were then held. Board 2 was a loss on time in an equal position. Board 3 seemed to be saveable before the home player fell to late pressure whilst on board 4 I’m sure both players would have been surprised when Dunfermline’s death or glory attack with numerous sacrifices reached an opposite coloured bishop ending.</span></div>
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dunfermlinechesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03628013748580168085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221949709053867390.post-88904226721711753482017-05-16T10:24:00.000+01:002017-05-16T10:24:43.201+01:005 min KO Competition 15/05/17<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: orange;">The chess club caught up a bit with its KO competition when it held the 2016(!) tournament last evening.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Although open to the entire club 8 players only were available to participate on this occasion.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">We started with a 7-round all play all with the top 4 going forward to double round semi-finals.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">The all play all finished with the following scores: John McBride 6.5, Ian Robertson 6, Calum Smith 5, Peter Horne, 4, Fred Ossowski 3.5, Stewart Brisbane 2, Dean Osborne 1, Robin Murray 0.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">In the first semi-final to finish Ian beat Calum 2-0. The second semi-final was tighter with John recovering after losing the first game to Peter by winning the 2<sup>nd</sup> game and winning a decider.</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">Ian beat John 2-0 in a tight final where the first game should have been a draw and the 2<sup>nd</sup> game ending when John’s flag fell with Ian having less than a second left.</span></div>
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