Established 1942. Seven times Bristol & District league Champions
With two home players delayed by traffic (or 'First' Bus?) the match wasn't firing on all cylinders until 7.45 ; but Cabot came straight at us with Alastairs on their top boards - a rarer sight than the quadruple fianchetto, I suggest. Drawmeister Jennings was first to finish but , board 3 aside , I …
Continue reading "Horfield D kick start season with fine win against Cabot B (03/10/17)"
White to play on Board 2. Is there a way through after black plays Bd5? Tuesday morning and I wake to realise my cold is worse than before. I really do not want to play tonight but I have no reserves and everyone would have to move up. Best to soldier on. However, we are …
Continue reading "Battling display but Horfield B fall in the final minutes (26/09/17)"
On Board 3, Mike Harris quickly put his opponent to the sword in 22 moves using yet another "unconventional" opening... On board 1, Aaron built a very threatening position against Chris’s Modern Defence. However, Chris was able to make it complicated with a timely e5 break, and although black’s position looked on the verge of …
Continue reading "Horfield A kick on with comfortable win at Clifton B (21/09/17)"
About as exciting as it got on board 5. One for the purists as they say! Four years ago, we wrote: "...the Salisbury is a gem! Walk through the door and you travel back in time to a pub interior that hasn't changed since the 1970's: flowery carpets, old wooden tables, faux wood panelling on …
Continue reading "Well earned win at Bath A bucks Horfield B’s confidence (20/09/17)"
Our first home match of the season and as the weather was fine I decided to drop myself and play tennis instead. However, I was there for the start and the end of the match so this report is a little disjointed. In the opening exchanges Matias went in hard from the start and it …
Continue reading "Horfield C continue strong start with edgy win over Thornbury (19/09/17)"
Black to play at the end of an 80 move marathon on Board 2. The game was drawn but a nice win is available. Can you find the win? The early skirmishes in the match went in our favour, although I was under some pressure on board 4, with most of Shane’s pieces aimed in …
Continue reading "Horfield A get title push started with win at South Bristol (14/09/17)"
An interesting position from a Nf6 Scandinavian on Board 5... A new season and a new time limit. Increments have arrived! The beauty of them is that it gets rid of those ridiculous time scrambles and matches being decided by the clock instead of by play. Anyway, that's the theory. First, though, you have to …
Continue reading "Lucky escape for Horfield B seals first points of the season (12/09/17)"
Yate A are a strong side who have very solid top boards and must be in with a good chance of promotion this season. Horfield D struggled against them. Lee and Alan lost first. Alan was a pawn up and but came under a mate threat and may have resigned prematurely. Peter won. Howard was …
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It was never going to be easy opening our campaign against reigning champions Downend A. However, we certainly had our chances in this match although I was too occupied with the complications which erupted in my own game to observe the details of the critical stages of the other games. On board 1, Aaron’s Tarrasch …
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Horfield & Redland Chess Club 