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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 …
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The C team were at Downend on Wednesday and came away with the points. Joaquim finished early after falling to a Greek Gift. From that point the evening got better and better. Joe won a pawn out of the opening on board 6. John tried for a few tactical tricks but Joe had it in …
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A round up of the results so far this year Firstly on the 2nd Jan, the E team went to Clifton and won very impressively 5-1 over an extended six board match. Joe and Kana continued their winning ways and were joined Jack and Mike who scored full points. Graham and Scott kept things steady on …
Two matches this week. The E team and University C put on an eight-board extravagnza of chess on Tuesday. After racing into a 2-0 lead on the bottom two boards not a lot went well for us as the University closed the advantage then went ahead. The last match standing was board 4 but Graham …
Three matches this week. First up on Tuesday the A team had the pleasure of hosting Downend A. The first result of the night was board 3 which was drawn by 8pm. Steve (M) played quickly and aggressively taking Steve (D) out of his opening preparation on move 9. The approach might have paid dividends but white …
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Tuesday.. The A team were away to Clifton. It was a match of two full strength teams and we scored a fine victory. Matias maintained equality against James for the majority of his game and possibly had some opportunities at the end to mix it up but low on time he sensibly chose to agree …
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The C team were in Bath on Wednesday. It wasn’t raining, we found a parking space. The omens were good. Out of the openings we looked pretty good apart from board 4. On board 1, in a low-confidence game, Christian and Pete were having a contest to see who could play the more drawish chess. …
Continue reading "15 November match report: C team vs Bath C"
The B team were without Derek meaning a shuffle up for all players and an entirely inadequate substitute on board 5. Downend conversely were at full strength meaning we were giving away an average of 200 points a board. A tough night looked likely but we rose to the challenge. On board 1 Peter came …
Continue reading "14 November match reports: B and D teams in action"
Two home matches this week. Two draws. The C team were up against North Bristol. By 8.30 we were 2-0 up and set fair. James and Joe had won on boards 4 and 6 respectively, James finishing off his game with a nice little tactic based on a pin that forced mate in 1. Then …
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