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The D vs E derby. A shortage of players meant 3 play-downs from the C team. On board 1 Pete beat Joaquim. The game felt very drawn after about 25 moves as black accurately equalised out of the opening and exchanged down pieces. However white had the advantage in a same-coloured bishop end game with …
Continue reading "E team get the better of the D team in the derby (26 March)"
On Tuesday the B team came up just short against a weaker than expected University A. Jeremy was our sole winner but credible draws for Phil, Brent, and Judd. no cigar The Clifton kids were too sharp for the E team on the same night. Joe won his match and Rob on debut let a …
Continue reading "Matches from week of 18 March: Not a lot to see"
The B team have struggled in Division 1 and after a run of dispiriting results leaving us adrift in the table we made the journey to Fishponds with little to play for. However pride and competition for its own sake are great motivators and we overturned the form book to beat Downend B. Weirdly the …
A trip to Little Stoke resulted in us continuing our good run of results and climbing to the heady heights of second in the division 3 table. We had a big grading advantage so the result was no surprise but probably the margin of victory flatters us somewhat. Judd finished almost before he’d started on …
Div 1 matches On Tuesday the B team went down to Downend A. No real surprise considering the grading advantage the visitors had. We competed well on the top 4 boards, drawing all the games but Downend’s extra strength in depth told and they won the match with wins on boards 5 and 6. They were …
Continue reading "Division 1 match reports from end of Feb: As expected"
A better week than last week for H&R. The C team rolled Keynsham 6-0 and the E team held a strong Grendel B 3-3. The C team were 1-0 up by 8.00 as Malcolm failed to arrive on top board for the visitors allowing Alan an early night. Then very shortly afterwards John resigned against …
Continue reading "Matches from week commencing 19 Feb: Much better"
Very wet, roads closed, a notice on the door saying the Jackson Social Club is closing. All a bit ominous if you like to read the runes. Looking across the boards out of the openings no one had decisively made such a mess as to think it was definite points in the bag. Alan had …
Three matches this week and we managed a solitary point. On Tuesday Clifton arrived. Seasons change, years pass by, empires rise and fall, mountains fall into the sea but Clifton's team reassuringly stays much the same. The B team struggled to get much out of them. A creditable draw for Peter against IM Chris B …
Continue reading "Match reports for the week; one point from three matches"
Both the D and E teams qualified for division 4 as a result of their performances int he first half of the season. Last week we had two fixtures. One loss, one win. On Tuesday we were outgunned by the Clifton kids. Jack took a full point on board one but otherwise youth had its …
Continue reading "Kicking off the new division 4 (23 and 24 January)"
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