Horfield vs Clifton MKO – on a roll!

Anton Muller (143)0-1Nigel Pollett (138)James Aldred (141)0-1Peter Marks (126)Robert Smolka (118)1-0Piotr Zielinski (113)Simon Dunphy (UNG)0.5-0.5Mike Jennings (99)David Budd (111)0-1Johnny Zeng (81)Alan Warne (103)0.5-0.5Kana Balasubramaniam (68)Clifton2-4Horfield We played Clifton C in the league earlier this season and lost 5-1. We were out-graded on all boards that night and we were again this time round. James came …

Bs Go Top Of Division One !

Horfield B 4-2 Grendel A 1.Krzyzanowski 0-1 Gilbert, 2. Helbig 5-5 Humphries 3.Candelario 1-0 Furnevall, 4. Dilleigh 1-0 Flexman, 5.Richards 1-0, 5. Attar 5-5 Radford. The B's went top of division one last night for at least 24 hours before Bath A play Clevedon A. It may be short lived affair as by the time …

Horfield Players take Part In Bristol Open Blitz Event

Six players represented Horfield Chess Club in the 2nd Open Blitz Championship on 25th November. Rd 11. Phil In Action Against The Legendary Jim Sherwin IM Phil Nendick came 7th scoring 7.5, Derek Pugh 12th with 6.5, . Piotr Zieliński 25th with 6, Peter Marks 47th with 4.5 Kanagasabai Balasubramaniam 56th with 3.0, and Mike …

D Team grab a point away to University B

Denis Fradkin (156)10Tom Homes (140)Dorian Schiefer (UNG)10Prakash Chatterjee (130)Oli Clarke (147)01Peter Marks (126)Conor Newton (107)01Alex Dunn (106)Carmel Barwick (UNG)01Graham Strickland (103)Chris Kaye (109)10Kana Balasubramanian (68)University B33Horfield D We all arrived on time, helped set up and got off to a dreadful start. Prakash against a French Advance touched his h pawn rather than his f6 …

Horfield A Lose Heavily To Clevedon A

 Horfield A            Clevedon A 1. Derek Pugh        0-1 Peter Chaplin2. Peter Kirby       0.5 Max Walker2. Mike Harris       0-1 David Painter-Kooiman4. Matias Candelario 0.5 Matthew Wilson5. Philip Nendick    0-1 David Peters6. Pete Marks        0.5 Chris Strong                   1.5 – 4.5 It goes without saying that Clevedon's belief in themselves is to be admired as they fear no one. …

Grendel A 1.5-4.5 Horfield A

  Grendel A            Horfield A  1. Alastair Gilbert 0.5 Dominic Tunks 2. Jerry Humphries  0.5 Mike Harris3. Richard Johnson  0-1 Peter Kirby 4. Mark Furneval    0.5 Matias Candelario 5. Patrick Flexman  0-1 Philip Nendick6. Will Robinson    0-1 John Richards                  1.5 – 4.5Captain's Report to follow

Horfireld C 2-4Thornbury

Mike Levene 0-1 Lynda SmithNigel Pollett 0-1 Mike TownsendRoger Pearce 0.5 Andrew Borkowski Tom Holmes 0-1 Ian Sandford Prakash Chatterjee 1-0 Justin Yau Peter Marks 0.5 Jim NicholsFinal Result 2-4The draw master from Thornbury (Mr Borkowski) did not disappoint by agreeing an early draw with Roger. Nigel had an isolated pawn in the centre of …