Horfield & Redland Chess Club

Horfield C 1 – Horfield B 5 (1) Patryk Krzyzanowski (196) 0-1 Mike Harris (175) (2) Rob Attar (171) 0-1 Paul Helbig (184) (3) Bob Radford (152) 0-1 Peter Kirby (179) (4) Nigel Pollett (141) 0-1 John Richards (167) (5) Prakash Chatterjee (135) 0.5-0.5 Roger Pearce (138) (6) James Facey (136) 0.5-0.5 Tom Holmes (129) Horfield B were …

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Horfield E 2 1/2  Harambee 1 1/2 Jonny did well and polished off Kwame quite quickly and Graham was well up against Simba.  Mike thankfully was taking the heat from Lloyd somebody has to do it, and we are grateful.  Alex had a pawn from the opening. So all panned out as expected Horfield 2 …

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Yate B 1 1/2 Horfield E 2 1/2 Played 8 January 2019 There was an exciting and educational denouement to this closely fought contest.  Alex won comfortably and Piotr lost quite early.  Graham was winning throughout but the excitement was on board one.  Mike had a clear and winning material advantage but was well down …

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North Bristol C 2 Horfield E 2 Played 13 December 2018   Jonny was making a first away appearance for the club but cam unstuck against Adam.  Piotr and Louis duly won, as would Horfield had not Alex after establishing a winning position taken the bishop with the bishop and not the knight as planned.  …

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Bath A 4 - Horfield C 2 D Buckley 1 - 0 P Krzyzanowski R Phillips 1 - 0 R Radford A Musson 0 - 1 J Fisher H Bogdan 0.5 - 0.5 N Pollett A Gregory 1 - L Martin A Dimond 0.5 - 0.5 M Jennings We came close to pulling off a …

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Horfield A 3.5 Clifton B 2.5: D Pugh (black) 0.5 – 0.5 C Beaumont (white) S Dilleigh 0.5 – 0.5 A Muir P Helbig 0 – 1 M Sierra Jimenez M Levene 1 – 0 A Muller P Nendick 0.5 – 0.5 M Dirnhuber H Atkinson 1 – 0 R Smolka (No report available yet)

Tom Holmes (124)                  1-0       Anthony Carver (117) James Facey (UNG)             0-1       Philip Lawson (104) Louis Martin (129)                   1-0       Barry Davies (105) Howard Millbank (124)           0-1       Allen Bridgwood (77) Peter Marks (110)                   1-0       Matt Howells (47) Piotr Zielinski (UNG)               .5-.5     Tim Rabone (UNG) …

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Clevedon A 3.5 – Horfield B 2.5 (1) David Egginton (170) 0.5-0.5 Dominic Tunks (203) (2) David Painter-Kooiman (170) 0-1 Mike Harris (185) (3) Max Walker (160) 1-0 Peter Kirby (181) (4) Chris Strong (152) 1-0 John Richards (171) (5) James Beardwood (134) 0-1 Bob Radford (152) (6) Paul Spiller (167) 1-0 Default Horfield B were white on …

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Horfield B 4.5 – Horfield A 1.5 (1) Patryk Krzyzanowski (197) 0.5-0.5 Steve Dilleigh (187) (2) Paul Helbig (183) 0-1 Derek Pugh (201) (3) Mike Harris (185) 1-0 Mike Levene (181) (4) Peter Kirby (181) 1-0 Phil Nendick (171) (5) John Richards (171) 1-0 Bob Radford (152) (6) Roger Pearce (-) 1-0 Jon Fisher (154) Horfield B were …

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