With the B team in division 2 this season we’re able to put out strong MKO teams and our hope/expectation is for decent runs this year. We won both matches last night but whilst the scorelines look comfortable the matches had degrees of tension. Horfield 1 vs South Bristol: We took an early lead in …
Match report: Finally a Cup victory at Bath (4 Sept)
The third year in a row we’ve travelled to Bath in the first round of the Big Cup. 0-2 to date. Like in previous years we were not at our strongest and Einstein’s quote about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result came to mind. Fortunately, Bath were weaker …
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E team win to start the season (3 Sept)
Off to North Bristol for the first match of the season and a 3-1 triumph. Wins for Ash, Scott, and Graham with Mike missing out in a close game.
Matches from the last two weeks
Bit of a round up from the last couple of weeks. On Tuesday the C team did what we needed to do. We beat Hanham. Not always comfortably but we got the job done and have set up a promotion showdown against Clevedon next week. Jack got the ball rolling on board six. Barry got …
D team fall to sixth straight loss (2 April)
Hmmm. Well a consolation is we've lost 4 of the 6 by the narrowest of margins. 3-2 it was last night against a pretty strong Grendel. Joe and Rob won their games. Jack, Mike, and Ash didn't. I wonder if there has been a more arts based team than Grendel B last night? A war …
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E team get the better of the D team in the derby (26 March)
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 …
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Matches from week of 18 March: Not a lot to see
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 …
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B team win one (13 March)
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 …
Match Report: C team march on (5 March)
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 …
Horfield & Redland Chess Club 