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The derby, a seven-board extravaganza of chess brilliance. On board 1 Rob managed to get a comfortable positional advantage out of the opening against Mike (L) and then won a pawn, he looked very much in control. On board 2 I was playing as a late sub against Mikey and we played the first 12 …
Continue reading "Match Report: Horfield B vs Horfield C (29 March): Magnificent seven"
We expected to out-grade Grendel and we did. To make it harder on themselves they were without Alistair and anyone on boards 5 or 6. Clearly they like a challenge. First to finish was Derek and Mark on board 2. Derek had much the better of the game with the white pieces and comfortably worked …
Continue reading "Match Report: Horfield A vs Grendel A (22 March): Biggest win since…."
Hmm. Two matches we expected to be tough turned out to be tough. Firstly on Wednesday we managed to muster three players against a Cabot A side who was going to be higher graded than us. This turned out to be a mistake. Shalome, playing his first league match for us, finished first against the …
Continue reading "Match reports: B and C teams (16 and 17 March): Oops"
Clifton have had a boom in new players this year and they are trying to introduce as many as possible to league chess. Our team had three players who have started this season meaning seven out of the eight participants are new this year which surely is a good thing for chess in Bristol. Board …
Continue reading "Match Report: Clifton E vs Horfield D (15 March): A clean sweep."
Our strongest team of the season with Callum making his debut for us, Steve playing his first of the season, and Mike his second. It isn’t often we out-grade a Downend team but they were probably more match-fit with all their players having played regularly this year and not needing to shake the rust off …
Continue reading "Match Report: Horfield A vs Downend A (8 March): Honours even"
Our fourth fixture against a University team this season. Before last night we were 0-3. Everyone obviously knows this is the one that mattered though. It was a night of four short games at the Student Union; with the longest lasting only 32 moves. So in order of shortest to longest here we go: On …
Continue reading "Match Report: University C vs Horfield C (3 March): Three wins in a week"
A double! B team vs North Bristol B This is the fifth time we’ve played a North Bristol team this season. Last time they came and beat us 4-0 and they brought a reasonable team again, bolstered by the late replacement of Debaditya for Jason on board 4. Kandara and I finished first with a …
Continue reading "Match Reports: B and D teams in action (1 March): Two matches, two wins"
A curate’s egg of a match. Board 5 was first to finish. Sitting down opposite Igor I felt confident I should be able to get something out of the match with the white pieces if I played competent sensible chess. Instead I played the opening as if I was underwater and had never played chess …
The evening started with me picking up an email from Adam asking where Downend’s venue was. Unfortunately I picked up the email at 8.30. Fortunately Adam had asked Nigel who was more responsive than I. Scott finished first and finished very well. After a slightly shonky opening he turned the tables and trapped James’s queen …
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