Very wet, roads closed, a notice on the door saying the Jackson Social Club is closing. All a bit ominous if you like to read the runes. Looking across the boards out of the openings no one had decisively made such a mess as to think it was definite points in the bag. Alan had …
Match reports for the week; one point from three matches
Three matches this week and we managed a solitary point. On Tuesday Clifton arrived. Seasons change, years pass by, empires rise and fall, mountains fall into the sea but Clifton's team reassuringly stays much the same. The B team struggled to get much out of them. A creditable draw for Peter against IM Chris B …
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Kicking off the new division 4 (23 and 24 January)
Both the D and E teams qualified for division 4 as a result of their performances int he first half of the season. Last week we had two fixtures. One loss, one win. On Tuesday we were outgunned by the Clifton kids. Jack took a full point on board one but otherwise youth had its …
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Match Report: C team win at Downend (17 Jan)
The C team were at Downend on Wednesday and came away with the points. Joaquim finished early after falling to a Greek Gift. From that point the evening got better and better. Joe won a pawn out of the opening on board 6. John tried for a few tactical tricks but Joe had it in …
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Matches so far in January
A round up of the results so far this year Firstly on the 2nd Jan, the E team went to Clifton and won very impressively 5-1 over an extended six board match. Joe and Kana continued their winning ways and were joined Jack and Mike who scored full points. Graham and Scott kept things steady on …
Match reports for the week. Young ‘uns
Two matches this week. The E team and University C put on an eight-board extravagnza of chess on Tuesday. After racing into a 2-0 lead on the bottom two boards not a lot went well for us as the University closed the advantage then went ahead. The last match standing was board 4 but Graham …
Match reports for the week. Division 1 woe, division 3 triumph
Three matches this week. First up on Tuesday the A team had the pleasure of hosting Downend A. The first result of the night was board 3 which was drawn by 8pm. Steve (M) played quickly and aggressively taking Steve (D) out of his opening preparation on move 9. The approach might have paid dividends but white …
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Match reports for the week: A, D, E teams marching on
Tuesday.. The A team were away to Clifton. It was a match of two full strength teams and we scored a fine victory. Matias maintained equality against James for the majority of his game and possibly had some opportunities at the end to mix it up but low on time he sensibly chose to agree …
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15 November match report: C team vs Bath C
The C team were in Bath on Wednesday. It wasn’t raining, we found a parking space. The omens were good. Out of the openings we looked pretty good apart from board 4. On board 1, in a low-confidence game, Christian and Pete were having a contest to see who could play the more drawish chess. …
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