Established 1942. Seven times Bristol & District league Champions
Match report coming... (1) Alex Easton 0 - 1 Mike Harris Play through game (2) Aaron Guthrie 1 - 0 Mike Levene (3) Derek Pugh 0.5 - 0.5 Christopher Jones (4) Steve Dilleigh 1 - 0 John Richards (5) Phil Nendick 1 - 0 Brent Perrin (6) Harvey Atkinson 0.5 - 0.5 Jon Fisher Play …
Continue reading "A’s defeat the B’s to pull further ahead in Division 1 (14/11/17)"
On Board 1, Alex Easton resigned for the first time this season with a nice positional crush from Mike Harris. Both players are enjoying stellar seasons for Horfield this year The A's have been on a roll, winning their last 3 matches by big margins (5.5-0.5, 6-0, 5-1), and were sitting pretty at the top …
Continue reading "B’s unable to slow the advance of Horfield A (14/11/17)"
Hello my fellow Horfield wood pushers! I hope you are all enjoying the new website this season and finding everything easy to use. I wanted to write a quick update about some recent changes and ask for some opinions on some issues: I have added the "Little Team Cup" competition to the site with links …
There was just as much happening off the board as over the board in the away match at Cabot. It started off with a dispute about playing with increments. After consulting the rule book Cabot agreed to play with increments and the clocks were then all adjusted. Then their board 3 player was asked to …
Continue reading "Horfield C beat Cabot A to chase down Div 2 leaders (08/11/17)"
On board 6, Black missed a beautiful checkmate after white blundered with f2 x e3 on the last move. Black to play and mate in 4. Having won all 5 of his games this season prior to this match, Alex was promoted to board 1, and quickly continued his form, first winning an exchange and …
Continue reading "Third big win in a row puts Horfield A in a strong position (07/11/12)"
For the second week in a row, Jon Fisher over pushed in a better position with the unsound 13...Qxh3?? White immediate wins the d4 knight and subsequently the game For the first time this season we outgraded our opponents, but not by much, 6 points. It started badly for Clifton when their board 4 failed …
Continue reading "Horfield B continue to defy the odds (31/10/17)"
Graham was unfortunate to find himself in a lost rook and minor piece ending after declining several draw offers from Doreen. On the other hand, after crafting a +/- position from the opening I was very lucky to stir up at least equal chances when the proverbial material encountered the fan. But that's the worst …
Continue reading "Comfortable win against Hanham A for Horfield D (31/10/17)"
Away matches at Clevedon have often been close, tense affairs. The score-line suggests this one was less so, although it doesn’t tell the whole story. On board 1, Aaron got us off to a great start with a powerful kingside attack after black had closed the centre too early in a French structure. On board …
Continue reading "Horfield A crush Clevedon to move top (30/10/17)"
Prakash got the team of to a start with a quick draw on board 5. Nigel was taken apart by his very talented 12 year old opponents' four pawn attack. After quickly running out of space and options, the game was soon lost by 9pm but the final four games went all the way to …
Continue reading "Horfield C and North Bristol A cancel each other out (24/10/17)"
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