We’ve been on a collectively dreadful run the last three weeks. Nine losses, one draw a solitary win. The A team drew with Bath B including a win for Phil on top board! The B team’s aspirations of a top two finish were ended by defeats to Downend B and then Bath C. The D …
Matches from w/c 16 Feb. 3 out of 4 ain’t bad
Apologies to Marvin Aday. Four matches this week, three wins and the only loss to the runaway division 1 leaders. The C team were away to table-topping Clevedon on Monday. Conceding an average of around 50 per board didn’t stop us and great wins from Alan, Piotr and Scott meant we eased to a 4-2 …
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Matches from the week. D team win, F team don’t
Two matches to report this week. On Tuesday the D team completed the double over table-topping Hanham A and made it two straight wins after a tough first half of the season. Duncan hung in against Steven for as long as he could but the flag fell in a losing position. Piotr took what turned …
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Back after Christmas
Three matches this week. Tuesday saw the F team at home against debutants Thornbury B. Match details below from Siobhan and co (thank you). The game on board 1 saw the ever-popular (sigh) London system deployed by Richard. It remained equal after the first few pieces were traded off and, whilst there were opportunities for …
No home comfort (weakened B and D teams struggle)
Two home matches this week. Two defeats. It was, to be honest, a struggle to find 12 available players this week. As it turned out Piotr, one of our dirty dozen, lost his exhaust on the way to the club leaving us with eleven. Fortunately Kristian was brave enough to step up to fill the …
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Matches from w/c 24 November. C team top division 3
Three matches this week. On Tuesday the A team’s good run of form came to an end against Clifton B. The white pieces on boards 4 and 6 proved to be decisive. Match card here. Also on Tuesday the D team went down to a strong Grendel B in division 4. Joe won his game …
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D team crash and F team remain unbeaten (w/c 20 October)
Two matches last week. The D team took their unbeaten record to North Bristol but got a bit of a tonking going down 5.5-.5 with only Judd on top board managing to trouble the scorers. Match card here for those with a strong stomach. The positive was Jason played his first match for us, welcome …
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Match reports and the Bristol Congress
The A team won against Downend B to keep themselves in the title race (although they need other results to go their way). Scorecard here and pithy report from Phil below We were decent favourites on paper but at 9pm I couldn't see where we’d be getting the points. Matias had sacrificed a piece for …
Match for w/c 10 March
Two matches this week. See below for Phil's A team report for the match vs Bath. Match card. Bath put out a surprisingly strong team, heavily outgrading us on the top 3 so a drawn match would seem to be a good result but in the end this was one that got away. The venue’s …
Horfield & Redland Chess Club 