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25 Aug 2008 |
New season's fixtures now
available. |
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19 Aug |
Summer Lightning Round 4:
Horfield lost to Downend 1sts 14-22. Individual scores: Dilleigh 3½; Davies
2; Nendick 2½; Weiss 1; Richards 4; Levene 1. |
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13 Aug |
The Club AGM will be
on Tuesday 2 September, starting at 7:30pm.
Agenda (PDF) - Minutes of last AGM -
Secretary's Report (PDF) |
|
9 Aug |
Steve Dilleigh drew
with Susan Lalic to finish on 50% in the British Championship - an excellent
result. Jack Rudd
(Bath) finished on 6/11 and got an IM norm. |
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29 Jul |
Summer Lightning Round 3: Ouch! Horfield
suffered probably its biggest defeat ever in the Summer Lightning, losing
5½-30½ to Clifton 1sts; Martin Davies was our only star. Individual scores:
Davies 4; Richards 0; Levene ½; Thomas ½; Millbank 0; Chatterjee ½. |
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7 Jul |
Summer Lightning Round 2: Horfield drew with
Clevedon 18-18. Individual scores: Nendick 5; Weiss 3½; Richards 4; Thomas ½; Chatterjee 2;
Crewe 3. |
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17 Jun |
Summer Lightning Round 1: Horfield beat
Downend 2nds by 24½ - 11½. Individual scores: Richards 4; Nendick 5; Davies
5½; Levene 3½; Chatterjee 2½; Thomas 4. |
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29 Apr |
Horfield won the
Minor KO Final against Clevedon. |
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22 Apr |
The D's are Division
5 champions. It's the Minor KO Final next week: Horfield v Clevedon. |
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17 Apr |
The B's are Division
2 champions. The A's will finish 3rd in Division 1. |
|
11 Apr |
The B's have secured promotion from Division
2 and the D's are running away with Division 5. The A's can now do no better
than third after failing to pick up a win since February. Clifton A has won
the League. |
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12 Mar |
It's proving to be a great season. Horfield are in
the finals of the KO and the Minor KO. The A team are in the top three of
the League; the B's are leading Division 2, and the C's are surely safe. The
D's are in with a great chance of promotion from Division 5. |
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11 Feb |
Steve Dilleigh's excellent tournament
season continues. He is the new Bristol League Champion. |
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18 Dec 2007 |
There was a Christmas Club social on 18
December. The chess was won by Steve Dilleigh and was followed by a
traditional curry. |
|
27 Nov |
Our oldest member, Jim Draisey, is now
living at Room 8, Grand Panorama Nursing
Home, 57 South Rd, Weston-Super-Mare. BS23 2LU. Some Xmas cards would
doubtless be much appreciated, so please send him one. |
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27 Nov |
Congratulations to Steve Dilleigh, who
took 1st= at Torbay and the British Championship qualifying place. |
|
9 Nov |
The Bristol Junior League is being
restarted and will be held at Clifton College, alternate Mondays at 18:15,
starting 12 November. Details from Peter Saunders, 0117 9079215 Mob 07985
346694 chess@saundersmedia.f9.co.uk |
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22 Sep |
The AGM minutes are
now available. |
|
28 Aug |
Chris Jones came 4th in the BCM Composing
Championship, ahead of the likes of Mestel and Nunn. Chris is one of the
country's leading problemists and was the reigning champion in this
competition. He is the current President of the
British Chess Problem Society. |
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14 Aug |
Horfield lost to Downend in the final round
of the Summer Lightning, with several players unavailable (Dilleigh 4;
Nendick 3½; Levene 2; Pearce 1; Millbank 0; Chatterjee 2). |
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24 July |
The new
grades are available. |
|
23 July |
Horfield lead the Summer Lightning with 100%
and one round to play. Scores in the win against Clevedon: Dilleigh 4½;
Easton 5½; Nendick 4½; Davies 2½; Levene 2½; Richards 3. |
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25 Apr |
Horfield C have won Division 3! Horfield A
are runners-up in Division 1. |
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18 Apr |
It wasn't to be. Clifton A beat Horfield A to
win the title; see match report. |
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12 Apr |
Horfield A and Clifton A are still neck and neck in
a thrilling finish to the season; see match report.
And Horfield C are now practically certain of promotion from Division 3. |
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13 Mar |
Bristol and District Chess League Centenary Celebrations – 100 years
old
The Michael Adams simul in Broadmead was a big success -
see report
|
|
16 Sep 2006 |
Minutes of the AGM
(PDF format) are now available. |
|
19 Aug |
Steve Dilleigh scored 4/11 in his first
appearance in the British Championship
in Swansea. |
|
9 Aug |
We lost to Bath in the 3rd round of the
Summer Lightning by 16½-19½ (Easton and Nendick 3½; Richards and Davies 3;
Levene 2; Chatterjee 1½). |
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18 Jul |
Horfield lost to Downend 12-24 in the 2nd round of
the Summer Lightning (Richards 3½; Easton 2½; Dilleigh, Nendick, Chatterjee
2; Greely 0). |
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5 May |
 Alex
Dunn failed to get elected as a councillor for
Westbury-on-Trym in yesterday's City Council elections, but he did
increase the Green Party's share of the vote on last time and went from
fourth to third. |
|
25 Apr |
Horfield has won the Minor KO beating Clifton in
the final! |
|
18 Apr |
Steve Dilleigh qualified for the British
Championship at the
West of England Congress. |
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21 Jan |
A letter
from Steve Boniface's family. |
|
13 Jan |
Minutes of the
club EGM are now available. |
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2 Jan |
Howard
Millbank challenges you again to Find the Move. |
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20 Dec 2005 |
Results of the
club blitz tournament held following the EGM. |
|
9 Dec |
We are very sorry to have to report the death
of Martin Davies' wife, Karen, earlier this week. The funeral will be on
15 December; details here. |
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10 Nov |
Steve Boniface's family has suggested that
anyone wishing to make a donation to charity in memory of Steve should
donate to the British Heart Foundation. See here
for details. |
| 18
Oct |
We are sorry to report the death of Steve
Boniface, unexpectedly, at his home in Bristol. Steve was one of the
country's leading arbiters and did an enormous amount for chess,
especially in Bristol and the South West. He played his last game for
Civil Service against Horfield C just two weeks ago. Obituary |
| 16
Oct |
Another fixture change: Horfield C v Cabot is
moved from 7 Feb to 25 Apr. Thank you Cabot! |
| 2
Oct |
More fixture changes: Horfield A v Grendel A
moved from 29 Nov to 25 Oct. Downend A v Horfield A moved from 28 Feb to
10 Jan. Horfield A v Downend B moved from 4 Apr to 14 Feb. Thank you
Grendel and Downend! |
| 27
Sep |
A fixture rearrangement: Clifton C v Horfield
B moved from 14 Mar to 28 Mar. Thank you Clifton! |
| 23
August |
Horfield beat Clifton 20½-15½ in the final
round of the Summer Lightning. |
| July |
Horfield lost to Bath 11-25 in the third
round of the Summer Lightning. |
| 28
June |
Horfield beat Grendel 20 - 16 in the second
round of the Summer Lightning. Leading scores: Martin Davies 5½; Phil
Nendick 4½; Simon Greely 4. |
| June |
Horfield beat Cabot by 18½
- 17½ in the first round of the Summer Lightning. |
| 10 May |
Horfield beat Downend 3½ -
2½ in the final of the Minor KO! |
|
18 Jan |
It proved a bit of a
challenge to get a full cup side with most of the B team unavailable
and the Cs having a vital bottom-of-the-table clash. However by
7:30pm, 8 Horfield & Redland players were eagerly awaiting the
Nailsea team. With no sign of them by about 7:45pm, I phoned the
Nailsea secretary to see what was going on. He confirmed that
Nailsea had beaten Hanham in the previous round (most of our players
were expecting Hanham for some reason) and that he had been waiting
of news for the next round. When I explained that I didn't know
how we had been informed but that the fixture book said that the
round was due to be played this week he conceded the match.
However rather than scuttle home we made the most of the
evening by having an 8-player all-play-all 7 minute tournament.
The early rounds saw results going with seeding and the heavyweight
pairing of Steve v Alex E produced a draw in round 2. In round
3 I lost convincingly after castling into Steve's King's Indian
kingside attack. Other games went with seeding except for Alex
D taking a draw from Martin.
Things livened up in round 4: Martin beat Steve
("demolished" was the word Martin used I think), I won on
time against Alex in an ending where I was a pawn up but drawing and Alex
Dunn overturned Mike. The drama continued in round 5 with Alex
E losing on time again ("It's just as well Nailsea didn't turn
up" he was heard to say), this time a pawn up in a rook and
pawn ending against Martin. Mike held Steve to a draw.
In round 6, I needed to beat Martin to have a chance of stopping
him, despite the disadvantage of the
time-wasting-decision-making white pieces. The game petered
out into a mutual IQP ending and a draw was agreed. Elsewhere
Alex D chalked up his 3rd win in a row, although Dave was
unfortunate to lose on time in a better position. (In fact
Dave's score doesn't really do him justice as he he took a few of
his games to the wire.) Round 7 went with the seedings
and then it was finally over ("Thank goodness for that",
or words to that effect, was Howard's verdict).
The final standings were as follows (original match board position
in brackets):
1. Martin (4) - 6
2. Phil (3) - 5.5
3. Steve (1) - 5
4. Alex Easton (2) - 4.5
5. Alex Dunn (7) - 3.5
6. Mike (5) - 2.5
7. Howard (6) - 1
8. Dave (8) - 0
So congratulations to Martin who can claim the crown of H&R
blitz champion after my 28-day reign."
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| 25 Sep 2004 |
We've set up a club ladder tournament. Also,
there will be a club internal quickplay on 21 December (probably followed
by a curry). And the AGM minutes and
Constitution are now available (contain your excitement). |
