KO CUP FINAL-Dunfermline 3.5-3.5 Badgers Brook 11/05/2015

Dunfermline 3.5-3.5 Badgers Brook

1. Ian Robertson 1-0 Kenny McGeoch
2. Michael Roy 1-0 Mark Cooke
3. Fred Ossowski 0-1 Fabio Biancalana
4. Jim Webster 0-1 John Smith
5. Stuart Black 1/2-1/2 Graham Kerr
6. Stewart Brisbane 0-1 Dave McGilivray
7. Matthew Stewart 1-0 Kenny Aiston

Dunfermline win on board count.

Dunfermline avenged last season’s cup final loss on board count against Badgers Brook winning this time around by the same method. It always looked like it would be a tight contest with Badgers higher rated on boards 2-5 and Dunfermline higher rated on 1, 6 & 7. 

There was plenty excitement and drama.  An early loss befell board 4 as Jim seemed to have left all his good moves in Greece.  It seemed Dunfermline would level quickly on board 7 after Matthew’s clever play stopped Kenny regaining material. It took longer than expected but the result was never in doubt.  Next on top board Ian beat the other Kenny in a lively Kings Gambit where neither player got castled but Kenny found his king chased to the d5 square where it surrendered.  On board 3 history repeated itself - the two players met with the same outcome the previous week. Fabio's steady pressure won first the exchange then pawns started to fall. On board 6 Stewart was slightly better throughout but let his time drift looking for a killing move. He then lost on time after failing to claim a draw in a completely level position.  On board 5 Stuart and Graham had a right ding-dong battle.  Only they know who was better in a wide open position with several pieces in a precarious situation. The spectators believed both protagonists were losing!  A draw by repetition had to be the correct result. That left board 2 with Dunfermline needing a win. It looked good for Mark but with time running low for both players he missed that he could play a simplifying QxR tactic and was punished as Michael kept an extra piece and then found an impressive tactical finish.

Finally a big thank you to Badgers for their sportsmanship.  Michael had arrived from work just as the clocks were starting and immediately sat down without switching off his phone.  Inevitably it rang a minute into the match - which incidentally sent several players from both sides scurrying for their pockets! Badgers sportingly shrugged off the disruption and all games continued. 

UPDATE FROM D HEWITT:

Congratulations to Dunfermline on the cup win, and commiserations to
Badgers Brook - it sounds like another very close and exciting match
in a season that seems to have been stuffed with them. So of the five
Central League trophies, two this season have gone to Dunfermline, two
to Stirling and one - the big one, the main league title - to Badgers.
Will be interesting to see how next season plays out, with Grangemouth
likely to be more in contention if they can retain their top four of
Uby, Dougie, Alan and Ian, and Cumbernauld perhaps recovering from
their recent dip in form. It's all very close and competitive across
the various competitions and formats, which has to be a good thing.

Oh, and the final division 1 match last night saw Stirling beat
Cumbernauld 3-2 to take third place. Stirling were in trouble on the
three lower boards despite a hefty grading advantage, so the result
looked to be heading the other way before various late swings saw the
home team take the points.

Stirling A vs Cumbernauld A, 11/5/15
Jim Shemilt 1787  ½-½  Ralph Stirrat 1737
Steve Smith 1782  ½-½  George Thomson 1593
Robin Hayles 1584  ½-½  Derek McAteer 1233
Bill Cook 1556  ½-½  Steven Monaghan 1124
David Brodie 1236  1-0  David Flaherty 1117

Stirling had white on boards 2 and 3.

UPDATE FROM G KERR:

Congratulations to Dunfermline, a close and hard fought match...

That ding-dong battle, i was sure i was winning until i hung a piece, just took my eye off it, and in the end was lucky to get out of it with a draw...

Badgers Brook 2.5-2.5 Dunfermline A-27/04/2015 Very nearly but only second place

In their final league match of 2014-15 Dunfermline came so close to winning an unlikely Division One title.  Three and a half points were needed against the defending champs but the match ended in a tie after Fred turned down a draw but then lost in the last game to finish. A draw would have won the match for Dunfermline but also would have lost the title by a half game point.  Fred rightly chose to play on but ultimately could not fend off Fabio’s attack.  Many congratulations to Badgers Brook on their successful defence of the title.

In the earlier games a crushing win on top board was cancelled out by a careless loss on board 5 but Stuart then restored Dunfermline’s lead after John did not get sufficient compensation for the loss of a piece.  Alas no progress could be made on board 4 which started fairly blocked and continued that way thereafter and then came the gallant effort by Fred.

All in all a decent effort by Dunfermline who were missing a few of their higher rated players in several matches over the course of the season.

Badgers Brook 2.5-2.5 Dunfermline A

1. Kenny McGeoch 0-1 Ian Robertson
2. Fabio Biancalana 1-0 Fred Ossowski
3. John Smith 0-1 Stuart Black
4. Stuart Ward 1/2-1/2 Stewart Brisbane
5. Graham Kerr 1-0 Douglas Rew  

Dunfermline 3.5 - 1.5 Cumbernauld 8/4/15

Dunfermline 3.5 - 1.5 Cumbernauld

1. I Robertson 1/2 - 1/2 M Monaghan
2. J Webster 1/2 - 1/2 R Stirrat
3. S Brisbane 1/2 -1/2 G Thomson
4. B O’Rourke 1- 0 S Monaghan
5. win by default 1-0 loss by default

Sadly a late call-off left Cumbernauld short-handed.  Glynis now has 2/2 default wins after a similar situation against Cumbernauld in the KO a few weeks previously.  As for the games played it was a weakened and tired Dunfermline team who were rather gifted the points after Bryan grabbed an early piece and was always winning thereafter despite trying to keep Steven in the game for longer than he should have!  Then a surprising draw offer from George on board 4 was gladly accepted. George thought the position was a bit too blocked to make progress in the allegro finish but on further reflection it seems he was winning .  Ralph considered playing on after a fairly equal position arose following middle game exchanges but accepted a repetition.  On top board Ian won queen for rook and knight but Mark was able to set up a blockade where progress was problematic in the time left and a draw was agreed.     

Minnows 14 - 2 Badgers 25/03/15

Both sides were weakened with Minnows George Webb being replaced by young Ben Volland and also using the rusty Andy Forbes again.  However Badgers also suffered by only having one A-team regular available this time.  Although there were the usual close encounters and plenty of frantic finishes it was Minnows who pulled out the victories.  The score was 9-0 before Badgers got their first win.  The final score might have gone even more in Minnows favour had Kenny not ground out a very equal ending against Ben in the final game to finish.

Minnows 14 - 2 Badgers

Round 1

Ian Robertson 1-0 Kenny McGeoch

Jim Webster 1-0 Dave McGillivray

Andy Forbes 1-0 Robert McCord

Ben Volland 1-0 Gordon Walker

Round 2

Ian Robertson 1-0 Gordon Walker

Jim Webster 1-0 Kenny McGeoch

Andy Forbes 1-0 Dave McGillivray

Ben Volland 1-0 Robert McCord

Round 3     

Ian Robertson 1-0 Robert McCord

Jim Webster 1-0 Gordon Walker

Andy Forbes 0-1 Kenny McGeoch

Ben Volland 1-0 Dave McGillivray

Round 4

Ian Robertson 1-0 Dave McGillivray

Jim Webster 1-0 Robert McCord

Andy Forbes 1-0 Gordon Walker

Ben Volland 0-1 Kenny McGeoch

Stirling 3.5 - 3.5 Dunfermline 23/03/2015

Stirling 3.5 - 3.5 Dunfermline

S Murdochy 0-1 I Robertson
J Shemilt 1/2 F Ossowski
S Smith 1/2 J Webster
G Anderson 0-1 S Black
R Hayles 1/2 S Brisbane
J Blake 1-0 B O'Rourke
B Cook 1-0 P Horne

Dunfermline win on board count so face Badgers Brook in the final for the 3rd successive year.  Ian was in control most of the game but missed a win of the exchange - pointed out after by Jim.  However 2 pawns were won anyway which was enough to force resignation.  Boards 6 & 7 were lost after poor play by Bryan and Peter when they both surrendered better positions. Boards 2,3 & 5 were entertaining affairs where it was difficult to assess who was winning particularly on boards 2 and 5 as first one player then his opponent seemed to be better.  The major surprise was that all 3 games ended as draws.  The crucial game was board 4 where Stuart had rook & 4 pawns against bishop, knight and 4 pawns.  At first it looked good for Stirling but a small slip let Stuart push for a win which he achieved in a really tense finish with both players having less than I minute left on the clock.  

Grangemouth A 1.5 - 3.5 Dunfermline 11/03/2015

1. D Will 0-1 I Robertson
2. U Archibong 1-0 G Saxton
3. I Mason 1/2 F Ossowski
4. C Welsh 0-1 J Webster
5. D Fowler 0-1 G Grant

Grangemouth have found a strong player from Nigeria and Mr Archibong was originally on the team sheet to play top board but as he had not appeared by start of play and Gavin had his own car team lists were switched as Gavin was happy to leave early.  However he appeared 15 minutes late and both players then produced a really exciting game with plenty of sacs before Gavin succumbed to a fierce counter attack.  Jim had an easy win after breaking through Crawford’s odd pawn structure while Glynis looked to make heavy weather of her position before David allowed mate. Fred was generous at the end as he seemed to have a dominating position but with the team only needing a half point offered a draw before time got too short.  Likewise on top board Ian also only needed to draw but Dougie lost a couple more pawns to go with the one he mislaid earlier and gave up

Dunfermline V Cumbernauld KO - 18/02/15

All the plaudits go to Cumbernauld but alas not the victory.  A board down before starting and heavily out-graded on the others this match went to the wire.  Although most of the games had some interest I can but give the really scary opening moves of board 6 which ended in perpetual check.

White: Bryan O’Rourke  Black: David Flanerty  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. ed Nd5 6. Qh5 g6 7.Qf3 Qg5 8. Bd5 Nd4 9.Qf7+ Kd8 10. Be4 Be6 11. h4 Nc2+ 12. Bc2 Qg2 and a draw by perpetual a few moves later after black took the rook.  Entertaining stuff.

Dunfermline 4 - 3 Cumbernauld

1. Ian Robertson  1-0 Mark Monaghan
2. John McBride  1/2 Ralph Stirrat
3. Gavin Saxton  1/2 George Thomson
4. Fred Ossowski 1/2 Derek MacAteer
5. Andy Forbes   0-1 Steven Monaghan
6. Bryan O’Rourke 1/2 David Flanerty
7. Win by Default 1-0 Loss by default     

Stirling Bruce vs Dunfermline Minnows 9/2/15

Stirling Bruce beat Dunfermline Minnows tonight by 9½-6½, a margin

that fails to convey what a tight match it was. The first three cycles

all ended 2-2, and an 8-8 result looked distinctly possible before

Bruce unexpectedly galloped away on the final lap, with wins for John

and Paul securing at least a drawn match before Graham beat Ian to

clinch it. This was a very rare defeat for Ian against any Stirling

team (in fact I can't recall offhand when this last happened).

 

It was a fine match between two strong allegro teams. The result

throws the league wide open, with several teams now being in

contention. Minnows have played four and won three, Bruce have played

three and won two, and Badgers have drawn the one match they've played thus far

(against Tigers). (I believe their match against Sharks, scheduled for tonight, was postponed).

Even Grangemouth Tigers and Stirling Wallace are just about in the

mix, and could certainly influence the overall result - it's all very

tight and unclear (and exciting).

 

Stirling Bruce vs Dunfermline Minnows, 9/2/15

 

Paul Prescott 1775  0-1  Ian Robertson 2187

John Blake 1691  0-1  Kelechi Ohiaeri 1874

Bill Cook 1666  1-0  George Webb 1535

Graham Anderson 1610  1-0  Andy Forbes 1581

2-2

 

Prescott 1-0 Forbes

Blake 0-1 Robertson

Cook 0-1 Ohiaeri

Anderson 1-0 Webb

2-2 / 4-4

 

Prescott 1-0 Webb

Blake 1-0 Forbes

Cook 0-1 Robertson

Anderson 0-1 Ohiaeri

2-2 / 6-6

 

Prescott 1-0 Ohiaeri

Blake 1-0 Webb

Cook ½-½ Forbes

Anderson 1-0 Robertson

3½-½ / 9½-6½

 

Individual scores

Bruce: PP 3, GA 3, JB 2, BC 1½

Minnows: IR 3, KO 3, AF ½, GW 0

 

Bruce (for whom Dave Hewitt was non-playing captain and reserve) won

the toss and had white in rounds 1 and 3.

Dunfermline A 2-3 Stirling A - 28/01/15

1. Ian Robertson 1/2-1/2 Shivan Murdochy
2. Gavin Saxton 1/2-1/2 Jim Shemilt
3. Fred Ossowski 1/2-1/2 Steve Smith
4. Andy Forbes 1/2-1/2 Robin Hayles
5. Glynis Grant 0 - 1 Bill Cook

Well worth Stirling taking the risk of travelling despite the weather warnings and inflicting Dunfermline’s first defeat of the season.  It all hinged on Bill’s sacrifice of piece for 2 pawns and though Glynis was doing well for a while eventually some inaccuracy let bill convert albeit with some very odd moves by both players.  Ian was fractionally better throughout without really being able to create anything decisive.  Once Gavin got out of his initial awkwardness he was better in a complicated game but mutual time trouble saw both players glad to shake hands.  Fred should have won a pawn against Steve but miscounted and the players simplified down to an even ending.  Andy took a pawn in the opening and kept it for a long time.  He thought he had simply blundered it back towards the end and after that disappointment he agreed a draw when material parity was restored but in fact Andy almost certainly still had a winning position.  Alas we have all done it rather than looking at the board afresh.

Dunfermline A 2.5-2.5 Grangemouth A 03/12/14

Three drawn matches from four for Dunfermline.  Proof that we have an evenly contested league.

The match with Grangemouth had two victories - both fairly trouble free for the victors with Ian winning an early pawn for Dunfermline on top board and winning when a second pawn fell on move 27.  Bill for Grangemouth on board 4 took full advantage of Bryan’s slow development to build up an impressive attack and then smashed through convincingly.

On board 2 Alan seemed to have the better structure throughout against Michael and it looked like this would lead to a victory for Grangemouth but Michael accurately judged his counterplay to pick off Alan’s neat pawns for his own wobbly ones to hold the balance.  In the other games Ian for Grangemouth was a pawn up as was Glynis for Dunfermline but neither could see their way to make headway with both games ending by repetition.  Later pub analysis - the best way to analyse games - convinced Fred that he should have lost and Glynis that she should have won so the match result would have been the same!

Dunfermline A 2.5-2.5 Grangemouth A

1. Ian Robertson (2115) 1-0 Dougie Will (1954)
2. Michael Roy (1648) 1/2-1/2 Alan Bell (1920)
3. Fred Ossowski (1631) 1/2-1/2 Ian Mason (1694)
4. Bryan O’Rourke (1487) 0-1 Bill Gray (1511)
5. Glynis Grant (1267) 1/2-1/2 Hugh Hanlon (1473)   

Grangemouth v Minnows-26/11/14

Wow - another close encounter which finished in favour of Minnows by 8.5-7.5

Dunfermline were missing a couple of regulars with Jim in San Francisco and Ben at Scouts.  Glynis was going to play but caught a bug going around school so Andy stepped in for another rare outing.  Until this week Kelechi had only played one evening of 5-minute chess in the past 5 years but after some practice games on Monday he offered to take part as a replacement for Jim. 

The first sign of Kelechi’s inexperience came in round 1 when he was winning but thought he only had 6 seconds left instead of the 6 minutes he actually had!  Panic set in with a disastrous outcome.

Round 2 was a second successive 2-2 after Andy let Bill off the hook while Ian M did likewise with George.

Round 3 saw Grangemouth take the lead in the match and it could have been even better but this time it was Bill that let Ian escape.

Round 4 was a complete contrast with Minnows dominating and would have been even more emphatic if Andy had played mate in one instead of going for mate in 2 whereby he lost on time!  

Grangemouth 7.5 - 8.5 Dunfermline Minnows

Round 1

Alan Bell 0-1 Ian Robertson

Ian Mason 1-0 Kelechi Ohiaeri

Bill Gray 1-0 George Webb

Hugh Hanlon 0-1 Andy Forbes

Round 2

Alan Bell 1/2-1/2 Kelechi Ohiaeri

Ian Mason 1/2-1/2 George Webb

Bill Gray 1-0 Andy Forbes

Hugh Hanlon 0-1 Ian Robertson

Round 3

Alan Bell 1-0 George Webb

Ian Mason 1-0 Andy Forbes

Bill Gray 1/2-1/2 Ian Robertson

Hugh Hanlon 0-1 Kelechi Ohiaeri

Round 4

Alan Bell 1-0 Andy Forbes

Ian Mason 0-1 Ian Robertson

Bill Gray 0-1 Kelechi Ohiaeri

Hugh Hanlon 0-1 George Webb

Stirling A v Dunfermline A 10/11/14

The match ended as a draw but Dunfermline probably should have got both points if they had been a bit braver towards the end.  Gavin lost in a tactical melee before Stuart won a controlled positional game to level the match.  Dunfermline were better on the other boards and when boards 3 and 4 gained material Ian offered a draw in a fairly balanced ending though perhaps he still had a slightly better position.  Alas neither Jim nor Fred could convert their superior positions opting instead not to throw away the match by blundering late in the games and accepting draws for a tied match.

Stirling A 2.5 - 2.5 Dunfermline A 

1. Shivan Murdochy 1/2-1/2 Ian Robertson
2. Jim Shemilt 1-0 Gavin Saxton
3. Steve Smith 1/2-1/2 Fred Ossowski
4. Graham Anderson 1/2-1/2 Jim Webster
5. Bill Cook 0-1 Stuart Black

Minnows v Wallace 29/10/14

Some of the ‘highlights’ of rounds 1-3 were Ian accepting a draw offer when he could have taken a free queen.  Jim W allowing Robin a mate in one instead of simply taking back a rook with the better position and David failing to win a knight and protected pawn v lone king ending! 

Anyway all this generosity led to an exciting 6-6 situation and with Wallace top 3 players playing Minnows bottom 3 the prospects were looking good for the away side.  Alas Minnows played their best round of the season with almost no hiccups, the one exception being Andy forgetting to push his clock, but once he did then Robin resigned his hopeless position.  A tough fight.

Minnows 9.5 v 6.5 Wallace

Round 1

Ian Robertson 1/2-1/2 Jim Shemilt

Jim Webster 1-0 Tony Pitson

George Webb 0-1 Robin Hayles

Andy Forbes 1-0 David Brodie

Round 2

Ian Robertson 1-0 Tony Pitson

Jim Webster 0-1 Robin Hayles

George Webb 1/2-1/2 David Brodie

Andy Forbes 0-1 Jim Shemilt

Round 3

Ian Robertson 1-0 Robin Hayles

Jim Webster 0-1 David Brodie

George Webb 1/2-1/2 Jim Shemilt

Andy Forbes 1/2-1/2 Tony Pitson

Round 4

Ian Robertson 1-0 David Brodie

Jim Webster 1-0 Jim Shemilt

George Webb 1/2-1/2 Tony Pitson

Andy Forbes 1-0 Robin Hayles

Minnows 12 - 4 Sharks 27/10/14

The match finished as Minnows 12 - 4 Sharks

Sharks should have won in round one but Fred blew it against Ian.  Sharks had a shocker in round 2 when they were clearly winning on boards 3 & 4 but mucked up both.  In round 3 it was again generosity from Fred gifting his queen to George and again letting Minnows off the hook.  George also got lucky in round 4 but by this time the match was over.   Minnows will need to find some form before tomorrows match against Wallace.  On another day Sharks would have won this match comfortably.

Round 1

Ian Robertson 1-0 Fred Ossowski

Jim Webster 1/2-1/2 Michael Roy

George Webb 0-1 Stuart Black

Ben Volland 1-0 Peter Horne

Round 2

Ian Robertson 1-0 Peter Horne

Jim Webster 1-0 Fred Ossowski

George Webb 1-0 Michael Roy

Ben Volland 1-0 Stuart Black

Round 3

Ian Robertson 1-0 Stuart Black

Jim Webster 1/2-1/2 Peter Horne

George Webb 1-0 Fred Ossowski

Ben Volland 0-1 Michael Roy

Round 4

Ian Robertson 1-0 Michael Roy

Jim Webster 1-0 Stuart Black

George Webb 1/2-1/2 Peter Horne

Ben Volland 1/2-1/2 Fred Ossowski 

Dunfermline A 3 -2 Badgers Brook 22/10/14

Badgers were unlucky to lose their top board to other commitments just the day before the match.  As a result Dunfermline were given a strong opportunity to defeat the current champions.

The win for Dunfermline rarely looked in doubt after Glynis set the ball rolling with a fine win but they gave themselves some late scares after boards 1 and 4 failed to convert strong positions and board 2 allowed a crazy situation to develop whereby Gavin had to allow his opponent a discovered check. Fortunately everything miraculously held together and he emerge with an easily won ending.

1.  Ian Robertson 1/2-1/2 Kenny McGeoch
2. Gavin Saxton 1-0 Martin Clancy
3. Fred Ossowski 0-1 Graham Kerr
4. Jim Webster 1/2-1/2 Kenny Aiston
5. Glynis Grant 1-0 Robert Liddle

Cumbernauld v Dunfermline A - Central Div 1 1st match of the 2014-15 season

The match was a draw. Pretty good for Dunfermline who were out-graded on 4 boards. The result could even have been better as both Fred and Bryan were pressing for wins. 

(B) S. Kelly (1906) 0-1 I. Robertson (2115)

(W) M. Monaghan (1782) draw F. Ossowski (1631)

(B) R. Stirrat (1737) draw S. Black (1570)

(B) G. Thomson (1593) draw B. O'Rourke (1487)

(W) J. Pearston (1568 1-0 G. Grant (1267)

Surprise! Cumbernauld A 2 ½ - 2 ½ Dunfermline A 19/05/2014

Cumbernauld A 2 ½ - 2 ½ Dunfermline A

S Kelly ½ - ½  I Robertson

R Stirrat ½ - ½ A W Forbes

D Johnstone 1-0 P Horne

G Thomson ½ - ½ G Webb

S Monaghan 0-1 T Russell

The “surprise” was that Cumbernauld had said they would be fielding mainly second team players.  However no-one informed the 4 Cumbernauld first team players who turned up to play!   I might not have got anyone stronger from Dunfermline in any event for a match with nothing at stake but it was most odd for Cumbernauld to say one thing and do another.   I should say there was also surprise from the Cumbernauld players that I had been told this and Steven did apologise on their behalf.

In the match there were 3 quick draws though Ian was a bit better placed on board 1.  On board 2 Andy played his first competitive game for more than a decade but kept it simple for an early draw.  The Georges’ repeated position after Cumbernauld’s George did not notice he had a choice of squares. Dunfermline won on 5 after Steven dropped a rook in what till then had been a tight game.  Peter lost a drawn endgame after getting bored repeating the drawing pattern and played a more adventurous rook move ‘just for something different’ which unfortunately gave David the one tempo he needed to get out of the bind.

Div 2 result-Grangemouth B 3 v Stirling C 2 14/05/2014

Grangemouth B 3 v Stirling C 2

Details:
1. B Gray 1/2  G Allcock 1/2
2. H Hanlon 1  C Manson  0
3. C Welsh  1 M Bloor 0
4. R Heenan 1/2  R Togneri 1/2
5. D Fowler 0 D Brodie 1

Dunfermline won the U1500 KO final V Cumbernauld on board count 12/05/2014

Although the team visited Cumbernauld with only 4 players an inspired board order of Bryan, Tom, Peter, George put 2 of Dunfermline’s more active players on 3 and 4.  With only 20 grading points separating boards 2-4 it made sense to ‘sacrifice’ Tom against one of their stronger players. Nice bit of captaincy!

Regarding the title of this message, Dunfermline lost on board 2 and defaulted 5 but had won on boards 1 and 4 when surprisingly the Cumbernauld board 3 offered a draw.  Peter checked with George to make sure he had his sums right then accepted for a board count victory. When Peter was still considering the draw offer, the Cumbernauld player realised his error and politely asked if he could withdraw the offer!  Nice try but no.

Amazingly, even though the match started later at 7.30 the Dunfermline team were back in the pub in Dunfermline by just after 10.00pm to celebrate.  The match itself must have taken less than two hours

Dunfermline V Badgers Brook KO Final 07/05-2014

A strong Badgers Brook team were taken the distance before winning on board count.  Dunfermline went 2-0 up early following an unwise pawn snatch by Martin on board 2 and Kenny A putting several pieces in the firing line of George’s bishop on board 7.  Badgers fought back by outplaying their opponents on boards 3 and 4.  On board 5 Kenny M felt his team were under pressure and went all out for the win only for Michael to out-calculate him in the ending.  It looked good for Dunfermline at that point but alas on board 6 Bryan blundered a piece. On top board Ian missed a win in a time scramble but Fabio did well to set up a perpetual check for the match win.

Dunfermline		Team	Badgers Brook
Board	Name	Grade	Result	Name	Grade	Colour
1	Ian Robertson	2149	½-½	Fabio Biancalana	1927	B
2	John McBride	1785	1-0	Martin Clancy	1904	B
3	Gavin Saxton	1738	0-1	Mark Cooke	1942	B
4	Fred Ossowski	1662	0-1	Andrew McHarg	1792	W
5	Michael Roy	1630	1-0	Kenny McGeoch	1776	W
6	Bryan O'Rourke	1474	0-1	Graham Kerr	1629	W
7	George Webb	1321	1-0	Kenny Aiston	1448	W
		TOTAL	3½-3½

Match was settled on the first tie-breaker (board count) Dunfermline 14 - 13 Badgers Brook

A night that was Dunfermline's slipped away in the space of seconds near the end of the match. Board one below before the things went wrong.