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A decent first outing for the D team. Mike played a mainly even game but James held an advantage in the endgame but blundered his rook and from there it was easy for Mike. Harry probably had an edge into the middlegame but Leon manoeuvred well and built a winning position. However black was very …
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A short road trip to Redland Green. Igor had been trying to arrange a team from his holiday in Croatia and managed to get 5 together, pleasingly he had kept us informed prior to the match so we knew the situation beforehand. I didn’t see much of the games; by the time I’d arrived boards …
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A new season! We had significantly higher ratings across all six boards against Clevedon but they have a track record of pulling results out of the bag. Looking at the games early most of them seemed balanced and as it happened most of the games went the distance. Steve finished first on board 3 and …
Our club championship took place over two evenings this month. Six 20m+5s games with two trophies up for grabs; the main cup for the overall winner and the ‘patzer’ trophy for the best under 1700 graded player. 18 players turned out over the two evenings and much thanks to Phil for organising us and Peter …
We expected to be outgraded at the top of the board order and have the advantage lower down; the hope was we’d win enough in the bottom half to take the match. This was not how it turned out. First to finish, after only 40 minutes or so, was board 3. Aimee lost a pawn …
Continue reading "Match Report: MKO Grendel vs Horfield (3 May): It ends with a whimper not a bang"
Ah, the Big Cup. Downend, as they always are, were very strong all the way down the boards, but the absence of Stephen give us some hope. The team sheets suggested we’d need to score our points in the top half of the draw and hope to get something from boards 5-8. First to finish …
Continue reading "Match Report: Horfield vs Downend (26 April): Not going to Wembley this year"
Two cup matches. Not enough players to win both of them; the joy of arranging fixtures during the Easter break! We only had four against the five of Thornbury but came really close to scoring a remarkable win. Mike J won early against Mike M on board 5. He worked a good positional advantage and …
Continue reading "Match Reports: MKO games (19 April): One out of two ain’t bad"
A splendid final round for the three Horfield teams. Firstly the D team were at Clifton. With Kana unwell we only took three players, but it was enough to secure a draw. Hendrik won very rapidly on board 1; he was already in a strong position when Joel overlooked a one move mate with his …
Continue reading "Match Reports: B, C, D teams (12 April): All white on the night"
Wet in Bath last night (I know, I know). Board 2 finished early. Derek, after the delight of dentistry in the afternoon, got the wrong side of Steve’s very sharp pet line. The pressure of the position and white playing his first 19 moves instantly told and a blunder on move 20 made the position untenable, although …
Continue reading "Match Report: Bath A vs Horfield A (6 April): A win to finish the season."
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