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The B team were without Derek meaning a shuffle up for all players and an entirely inadequate substitute on board 5. Downend conversely were at full strength meaning we were giving away an average of 200 points a board. A tough night looked likely but we rose to the challenge. On board 1 Peter came …
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Two home matches this week. Two draws. The C team were up against North Bristol. By 8.30 we were 2-0 up and set fair. James and Joe had won on boards 4 and 6 respectively, James finishing off his game with a nice little tactic based on a pin that forced mate in 1. Then …
Three matches this week. On Tuesday the A team had a comprehensive victory against University B and the D team came up short against Clifton C. Then on Wednesday the B team battled hard but Downend A had too much firepower. A team: Board five finished early with John and Tommy agreeing a draw. A strange …
A good week for us. Firstly on Tuesday our E team was away to Hanham. On board 4 Kana was the first to finish and kept his 100% record this season after Richard gave away a queen on move 21, white played on for a while but resigned on move 35. Joe put us 2-0 …
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This week we had three matches and failed to win any of them but they were all very close. Bath A added the scalp of the B team to their wins over the A team and our KO team this season. Enough of playing Bath already. Short of a few regulars we were significantly out-graded …
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Last week our B team had a bit of a chastening experience against Clifton (who I notice followed it up with a comprehensive victory over Downend A this week). Peter had a good win against and Derek couldn’t find the correct continuation in a winning position against the venerable IM. He had a draw in …
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Monday saw our first trip to Portishead and a successful one resulting in our first over the board match win of the season. Scott comfortably held Andrew on the top board, Harry got a bit lost in the middle game and fell to a pin and Graham and Kana brought home the points on boards …
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Two matches scheduled in the MKO but only one played as Keynsham couldn’t raise a team giving us our first match win of the season. The match score against Clevedon was comprehensive but the balance of play was closer than it looks and it was only in the last 15 minutes of the evening that …
Two matches this week The E team were at home on Tuesday against Yate. The match was done by 8.38 with four positive results for the white pieces meaning overall honours even. Scott finished first (by 7.55). Kevin had seen a tactic to win a pawn and make a mess of white’s structure but had …
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