Established 1942. Seven times Bristol & District league Champions
White to play on Board 2. Is there a way through after black plays Bd5? Tuesday morning and I wake to realise my cold is worse than before. I really do not want to play tonight but I have no reserves and everyone would have to move up. Best to soldier on. However, we are …
Continue reading "Battling display but Horfield B fall in the final minutes (26/09/17)"
Black to play at the end of an 80 move marathon on Board 2. The game was drawn but a nice win is available. Can you find the win? The early skirmishes in the match went in our favour, although I was under some pressure on board 4, with most of Shane’s pieces aimed in …
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An interesting position from a Nf6 Scandinavian on Board 5... A new season and a new time limit. Increments have arrived! The beauty of them is that it gets rid of those ridiculous time scrambles and matches being decided by the clock instead of by play. Anyway, that's the theory. First, though, you have to …
Continue reading "Lucky escape for Horfield B seals first points of the season (12/09/17)"
Yate A are a strong side who have very solid top boards and must be in with a good chance of promotion this season. Horfield D struggled against them. Lee and Alan lost first. Alan was a pawn up and but came under a mate threat and may have resigned prematurely. Peter won. Howard was …
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It was never going to be easy opening our campaign against reigning champions Downend A. However, we certainly had our chances in this match although I was too occupied with the complications which erupted in my own game to observe the details of the critical stages of the other games. On board 1, Aaron’s Tarrasch …
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Horfield & Redland Chess Club 