Horfield & Redland Chess Club

Horfield News

30 Aug 2011 The Club AGM is on next Tuesday 6 September at the King's Arms, Blackboy Hill. New fixtures are available.
22 May The League AGM will be held on Thursday 26 May at Hanham CC. Agenda.
6 May It's been another successful season for the club, with the D team leading the way. The club is now closed for the summer and we will resume on Tuesday 6 September with our AGM. Chess will continue on Wednesday evenings at the King William pub on King Street (across from the Theatre), and there is no shortage of summer tournaments. Check the league website for details.

Before the AGM Howard Millbank would be very pleased to hear from anyone who is prepared to take up an official responsibility within the club. He would also appreciate any updates on individual playing ambitions for next season. The club exists to provide chess at an appropriate level for all its members, and sometimes we are unaware of personal preferences.
10 Nov 2010 We are sorry to inform you our longest-serving member and life president, Jim Draisey, died a few months ago at the age of 89.
18 Sep The club will not be open this coming Tuesday, 21 September.
17 Sep The AGM minutes are now available.
26 Aug New fixtures available.
5 May League AGM. Thursday 27th May. Filton Sports & Leisure Centre. Motions need to be with the League Secretary by May 13th
11 Apr Ben Edgell of Somerset has an interesting blog about chess in the West Country.
9 Mar The Bristol League Congress is this weekend, 12-14 March. Entry form.
7 Mar The Bath B v Horfield C fixture has been rearranged for 24 March.
23 Feb The Horfield C v South Bristol A fixture has been moved back again from 9 March to 16 March. When will they make up their minds?!
15 Feb The Horfield C v South Bristol A fixture has been moved from 16 March to 9 March.
8 Feb The club will be closed on Tuesday 16 February.
10 Dec 2009 The traditional Christmas Chess & Curry evening will be on Tuesday 22 December. What does it involve? We play some chess, then we go for a curry. See you there.
5 Nov We are sorry to inform you that Graeme Thomson of Clifton has died following a long illness. His funeral will be at Bristol Memorial Woodlands, Alveston, at 11am on 10 November. All who wish to attend are welcome.
20 Oct The club will be closed next Tuesday, 27 October, as there are no matches.
30 Sep A big welcome to new member Jim Boyce, who played his first match (for the C's) last night.
2 Sep Minutes of yesterday's AGM are available. The new fixtures and grades have been published.
26 May The Bristol League AGM is on this Thursday 28th. Congratulations to Graham Strickland who has won the Boniface Tankard Trophy ( including a pint of real ale!) for the best attack played in the Steve Boniface Congress 2008. Horfield will be picking up the Minor KO and Division 2 trophies
6 May Horfield has won the Minor KO for the fourth time in five years. The match against Clifton ended 3-3, with Horfield winning on tie break. More to follow.
30 Apr Horfield C has won division 2! Final placings: Horfield A 3rd, div 1. Horfield B 9th, div 1 (relegated). Horfield C 1st, div 2 (promoted). Horfield D 5th, div 4.

There will be a celebration end-of-season tournament, followed by a curry, on 12 May. Let Phil or Alex know if you are coming.
28 Apr Horfield is in the Minor KO Final, at home to Clifton on Tuesday 5 May. Turn up and support the team!

Other news: The C's are still in with a good chance of promotion.

Ex-member Geoff Amos will be at the Frome Congress this weekend.

The AGM will be on Tuesday 1 September.
22 Feb Forthcoming events: League Rapidplay Saturday 14th March, Stanshawe Court Hotel, Yate: entry form (xls). League Congress 27-29 March, at Clifton College: entry form (xls).
24 Oct You should read Dave Edmonds' entertaining blog (subtitled "Life in Division 4").
24 Oct Keynsham fixtures have moved to Wednesdays.
17 Sep The AGM minutes are now available.
9 Sep Howard Millbank takes us down memory lane.
25 Aug 2008 New season's fixtures now available.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
29 Apr Horfield won the Minor KO Final against Clevedon.
22 Apr The D's are Division 5 champions. It's the Minor KO Final next week: Horfield v Clevedon.
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.
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.
11 Feb Steve Dilleigh's excellent tournament season continues. He is the new Bristol League Champion.
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.
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
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.
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).
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.
25 Apr Horfield C have won Division 3! Horfield A are runners-up in Division 1.
18 Apr It wasn't to be. Clifton A beat Horfield A to win the title; see match report.
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.
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).
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).
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.
21 Jan A letter from Steve Boniface's family.
13 Jan Minutes of the club EGM are now available.
2 Jan Howard Millbank challenges you again to Find the Move.
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. 
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."
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).

7 September 2004

Jim Draisey was made a Life Member of Horfield & Redland CC at its AGM. Jim has been a member of the club since 1946, and by far our longest-serving. After 58 years of paying subs, we decided Jim had paid quite enough! This new honour is the latest to be bestowed - Jim is already a Life Vice-President of the Bristol League.

Jim Draisey
Nick Jakubovics

17 August 2004

Horfield beat Clifton 2nds by 22.5 to 13.5 in the final round of the Summer Lightning tonight. Top board Nick Jakubovics was making his final appearance for Horfield before moving to work in Washington D.C. We wish him good luck in his new job. Nick scored 5/6 bringing his total for the tournament to 16.5/18.