At one time it looked like this match could decide the runners up spot. South Bristol gifting a 6-0 walkover to Downend, and a late run by Bath, meant that the best we could hope for was third, probably fourth. Still, we wanted to do the double over Downend A so we went into this …
Horfield B cling to 2nd place in Division 1 with cool victory over South Bristol (29/03/18)
A pretty tactic on Board 6 won the match for Horfield B. Black to play and win. Our penultimate match and somehow we were on for 2nd place on Easter weekend if we managed a point - with the skipper away we stuck to our mantra of 'hold them on the top boards, beat them …
Horfield B jump to second place in Division 1
Gambit time on Board 6. Trouble is you have to know what you are doing... In my pre-match briefing email (yes, we are very organised) I said that I thought that we had a realistic chance of beating Clifton A this time out, for the following reasons: Clifton A had not won in its five …
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Horfield B earn valuable win away (05/03/18)
I thought snow would be the problem but, no, it melted over the weekend. No, the problem outbound was rain, lots of it, as though the Bristol Channel was being emptied over the B3128. I aquaplaned my way, hoping that the rest of the team would make it okay (being not particularly ecological, we were …
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Clifton B surprise Horfield B in tough encounter (20/02/18)
Clifton's Alan Papier crashed through on board 2 following an exchange sacrifice on f6. Until then Mike Harris had been holding well. It took a while to find the venue. No one had mentioned that the Town House was now Rosa. But we all assembled and got underway by 7:40. On paper, Peter had the …
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Horfield B and University battle to stalemate (13/02/18)
On Board 4, a lovely mating net in four settled the game in the University's favour. It's half term and I suppose that could be the reason the Church decided to turn the heating off, forgetting we had a booking. I hadn't realised we had become an event in the Winter Olympics. The temperature kept …
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Title dream fades as the B’s lose derby match in injury time (30/01/18)
Unfortunately there was no pretty checkmate on board 6 after 26. Ne8 but the upcoming loss of multiple pawns meant a gentlemanly resignation from Black First vs third - who'd have thought it? With the added incentive of going second with a win, the B's were up for a fight. On paper, we didn't stand …
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A single pawn squeezes the win for Horfield in battle of the B’s (16/01/18)
In a very close match, did black miss an opportunity on board 6 when white played 20. Be3?! The game was eventually drawn. Last month, we lost to Downend B and we should have drawn it, so this time we wanted our revenge. Brent couldn't make it, but we had got super sub Bob Radford …
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Horfield B move to third after completing surprising double over Bath (09/01/18)
On Board 6, a close and tense game exploded into life at the end but black blundered into a mating net after rook to f4 to f7. Can you find the pattern? Back in September we travelled to Bath and came back surprise winners. Since when, we have been surprising everyone, including ourselves, having beaten …
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