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Three matches two wins and a draw. Well done us. Firstly Phil's A team report. Back top of the table: A team bounces back It had been a rather frantic build-up to the match. Tom was away, stranded by flooding, and at least a dozen B and C team players had been tried before Joe …
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Away to Clifton A. Two full strength teams but Clifton's was stronger running out 5-1 victors to end our 100% start to the season. Card here and a 'through gritted-teeth' match report from Phil below. Someone sarcastically predicted an exciting game on board 5. The scoffer was made to eat his words as our 2 …
2 wins and a draw. A decent return The B team squeaked past Clevedon in a match where we had an average 200-point grading advantage. Wins for John and Jeremy against his old muckers and three draws took us home 3.5-2.5 and secured a much-needed win to reboot our season. Card here The C team …
Two home matches. Two defeats. Meh. The B team came up the wrong side of the result against Bath B. Early results saw Rob benefiting from an opening blunder from Stephen to win his game but Mike and John lost their matches. John was galled to have worked out his next two moves but played …
Three matches on Tuesday. Firstly the A team won well against the defending champions to make it four wins out of four this season. Match report from Phil below and scorecard here. A team report: Mike got our first win and then Derek doubled our lead, as football commentators are obliged to say. After Derek …
We had 16 last night for our blitz tournament. Matias won the top section with 6.5/7 (the dropped half-point gives him something to work on I suppose) and Scott won the second section with a perfect score. We’ll do it again.
Both teams were missing some players. We had Steve and Peter were otherwise engaged, scoring well at the Guernsey International Chess Festival, but our strong supporting cast meant that we were still favourites. Those of us who blinked missed the game on board 1. After playing a few opening moves I looked up to see the …
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Four of our teams were in action this week. Good wins on the road for the A and B teams (here and here). The As are the only team with a 100% record in Division 1 now. Long may it continue! The B team is handily placed in Division 2. The E team drew away …
A good week, two wins and a draw as our strong start to the season continues. The A team report from Phil. A team best Clifton B We faced a newly promoted new look Clifton B team for our first home match of the season. With the shorter time limit my game was the first …
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