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Another top of the table clash and once again Horfield narrowly missed out. Prakash was outplayed by a very strong junior on board 5 and could not recover from going a Knight to Rook down early on. Mike brought the scores level after opening up his opponents King and completing the win. Howard stepped in …

Continue reading "Horfield C lose again to drop off top of Div 2 (12/12/17)"

On board 4, Captain Nigel Pollett spiced up things with the lovely Nxd5 and he went on to win a nice tactical struggle. Alas it was not enough to save his team from their first defeat of the season. I have attached last nights result against South Bristol B and my game. Here is the …

Continue reading "Horfield C lose top of table clash to South Bristol B (30/11/17)"

In a complex position on Board 1, Rob Attar could not decide between 26...e3 or nf4.  He went on to win when his opponents flag fell. It was a top v bottom of the table clash that on paper should have proved an easy win, but with chess nothing is ever straight forward. However, in …

Continue reading "Horfield C retain top spot with assured win over Downend D (21/11/17)"

On board 5, Captain Nigel Pollett rolled away the queenside forcing his opponent to sacrifice material and ultimately the game Horfield 'C' had a tricky away fixture away to a very strong University 'B' team that had just come off the back of a win against top of the table South Bristol 'B'. The University's …

Continue reading "Tough draw keeps Horfield C at the top (16/11/17)"

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)"

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)"

A rapidly deteriorating position forced an early resignation on Board 2, setting Horfield C on the road to a big win against Grendal Horfield 'C' marches on with another fantastic result. Nigel played a modern defence, ignored his opponents king side aggression and opened up the queen side. His strong knight proved decisive and his …

Continue reading "Dominant Horfield C head towards the top of Division 2 (10/10/17)"