Established 1942. Seven times Bristol & District league Champions
A double! B team vs North Bristol B This is the fifth time we’ve played a North Bristol team this season. Last time they came and beat us 4-0 and they brought a reasonable team again, bolstered by the late replacement of Debaditya for Jason on board 4. Kandara and I finished first with a …
Continue reading "Match Reports: B and D teams in action (1 March): Two matches, two wins"
A curate’s egg of a match. Board 5 was first to finish. Sitting down opposite Igor I felt confident I should be able to get something out of the match with the white pieces if I played competent sensible chess. Instead I played the opening as if I was underwater and had never played chess …
The evening started with me picking up an email from Adam asking where Downend’s venue was. Unfortunately I picked up the email at 8.30. Fortunately Adam had asked Nigel who was more responsive than I. Scott finished first and finished very well. After a slightly shonky opening he turned the tables and trapped James’s queen …
A tough night for us. Firstly the A team were up against the league-leading University A team. We started out by defaulting on board one (which isn’t the ideal) however we scored with the first result of the night on board four as James launched a kingside attack which Tom bravely decided to castle into. …
Continue reading "Match Reports: A and C teams in action (15 February): Oh dear."
Off to the cricket club with the romantic coastal view for chocolates and roses chess. On one Piotr, had an open and dynamic game with Brian. The opening was watchful but black decided to expand his queen side pawns and the centre exploded and white’s pieces were better placed to take advantage of the open …
Continue reading "Match Report: Clevedon C vs Horfield B (14 February): Valentine’s Day victory"
A match that went right down to the wire. Peter finished early, he got an advantage out of a unorthodox opening from Matthew and felt he was in control of the position. Black put some pressure on c4 but it didn’t amount to much and white won the exchange and once his rooks broke into …
Continue reading "Match Report: Horfield A vs Clevedon A (8 February): Honours even."
Three matches in a night again. Exciting times. B team vs Cabot A Scott finished early. Unfortunately the wrong side of opening know-how as Alastair created an enormous centre and black had no squares for his pieces, was unable to get his dark-squared bishop out and his king died in the middle. Mike J dropped …
Continue reading "Match Reports: B, C, and D teams (1 February): Mixed blessings"
Downend A are very strong this year and consistently strong on all six boards. So what came to pass wasn't entirely unexpected. Before the match there was a degree of amusement that Downend had decided on a board order to avoid Nigel and Oli playing Peter and Matias. Half right. So in board order: On …
Continue reading "Match Report: Downend A vs Horfield A (26 January): Out-graded, out-gunned"
We’ve added a fourth team to give some of our new recruits a chance to play regular league chess and last night they did themselves proud. Two of our matches were at home. The B team took on Hanham and the C team were playing Cabot B, the third match of the night was our …
Continue reading "Match Reports: B, C, and D teams all in action (19 January): Oh what a night."
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