Established 1942. Seven times Bristol & District league Champions
While the eyes of the chess world were on the final day of the Candidates’ tournament (well done Fabiano Caruana!) the Horfield A team faced our own battle – could we get the point we needed at Downend to secure our first League Division 1 title for 17 years? The first challenge was to put …
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Match report to follow... (1) A Guthrie 0 – 1 C Beaumont (2) D Pugh 1 – 0 M Sierra Jiminez (3) S Dilleigh 1 – 0 A Papier (4) D Tunks 1 – 0 A Muller (5) P Nendick 0.5 – 0.5 J Coxwell (6) H Atkinson 1 – 0 A Carver HORFIELD A …
Continue reading "Horfield A close to the finishing line for the title (20/03/18)"
Would you rather forecast the weather or chess match results? Last week we convincingly beat a significantly higher-rated Yate A ; this week we're outplayed by a theoretically weaker Downend E. And all credit to Downend : nothing fortuitous about their 3 wins, and top board Richard Palmer kept his equanimity in a tense, open …
Continue reading "Tough night for Horfield D at the cricket club (20/03/18)"
After our unanticipated Minor KO autumn victory at the washing machine factory I expected a much hotter program this time. In reality we were given an encouraging start by the late arrival of 2 home players and by half-time had the better of it overall : Mike's unenviable position was at least balanced by Alan's …
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Gambit time on Board 6. Trouble is you have to know what you are doing... In my pre-match briefing email (yes, we are very organised) I said that I thought that we had a realistic chance of beating Clifton A this time out, for the following reasons: Clifton A had not won in its five …
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Desperate to stop the h pawn promoting, Black walked into a knight fork to seal the win for white on Board 2. It was all to play for with Horfield 'C' just a single point behind South Bristol 'B' at the top of division 2. Tom got the team off to the perfect start after …
Continue reading "Narrow victory allows Horfield C to nick top spot in Division 2 (07/03/18)"
I thought snow would be the problem but, no, it melted over the weekend. No, the problem outbound was rain, lots of it, as though the Bristol Channel was being emptied over the B3128. I aquaplaned my way, hoping that the rest of the team would make it okay (being not particularly ecological, we were …
Continue reading "Horfield B earn valuable win away (05/03/18)"
Downend looked like they were determined to end the season with some silverware, turning up with three 200+ players. An early truce was signed on board 5. In a repairing of our match against Downend B three weeks ago, the two Steves also drew: Ours had an edge but decided it was balanced by the …
Continue reading "Downend over power Horfield in cup semi final (27/02/18)"
A well-matched encounter wherein the balance of good fortune fell to the home side. Jonathan opened up with characteristic initiative, soon having the exposed Black king facing 2 rooks and an advanced pawn spike ; but Oleskii calmly held him off and looked set for a trip to the bank with extra material - until …
Continue reading "Horfield D pick up again with solid win over Clifton C (27/02/18)"
