Three matches this week. On Tuesday the A team had a comprehensive victory against University B and the D team came up short against Clifton C. Then on Wednesday the B team battled hard but Downend A had too much firepower. A team: Board five finished early with John and Tommy agreeing a draw. A strange …
C team and E team match reports. Glory, glory.
A good week for us. Firstly on Tuesday our E team was away to Hanham. On board 4 Kana was the first to finish and kept his 100% record this season after Richard gave away a queen on move 21, white played on for a while but resigned on move 35. Joe put us 2-0 …
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Matches from this week (A, B, and D teams)
This week we had three matches and failed to win any of them but they were all very close. Bath A added the scalp of the B team to their wins over the A team and our KO team this season. Enough of playing Bath already. Short of a few regulars we were significantly out-graded …
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Matches from last week (A team and E team in action)
Last week our B team had a bit of a chastening experience against Clifton (who I notice followed it up with a comprehensive victory over Downend A this week). Peter had a good win against and Derek couldn’t find the correct continuation in a winning position against the venerable IM. He had a draw in …
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The week’s match reports; three for the price of one.
Monday saw our first trip to Portishead and a successful one resulting in our first over the board match win of the season. Scott comfortably held Andrew on the top board, Harry got a bit lost in the middle game and fell to a pin and Graham and Kana brought home the points on boards …
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Minor Knock Out match reports (26 Sept)
Two matches scheduled in the MKO but only one played as Keynsham couldn’t raise a team giving us our first match win of the season. The match score against Clevedon was comprehensive but the balance of play was closer than it looks and it was only in the last 15 minutes of the evening that …
E team and Cup team in action: Still no match wins….
Two matches this week The E team were at home on Tuesday against Yate. The match was done by 8.38 with four positive results for the white pieces meaning overall honours even. Scott finished first (by 7.55). Kevin had seen a tactic to win a pawn and make a mess of white’s structure but had …
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A vs B team clash (12 Sept). Honours even
The intra-club derby. A mix of quality and early season rustiness led to a match that swung wildly. Up on board one Peter gained a spatial advantage out of the opening but his white bishop was limited, and exchanges led to the possibility of a good knight vs bad bishop endgame for Matias. On two Steve …
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The new season starts with our C and D teams not quite hitting their straps
The first match of the season, our C team at home vs Downend D. Nigel managed to mess up his opening against Ian on board 1 and after many (many) attempts Mr Pickup finally won his first ever game against him. James and Nigel played a no frills (thrills?) game on board 3 and agreed …
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