Last Tuesday, Horsham 1 scored a crucial win over Worthing 1 in Mid-Sussex League Division 1.
Mike Forster was unable to make headway against Mike Nicholas's customary Alekhine, and so the game ended in a draw.
(Horsham 0.5 - Worthing 0.5)
Anthony Higgs's favourite Philidor proved an effective weapon against Cassie Graham, allowing him to pick up the first win of the match.
(Horsham 1.5 - Worthing 0.5)
However, Worthing struck back as Matthew Payne defeated Mark Broom in a wild game.
(Horsham 1.5 - Worthing 1.5)
Horsham 1 beat a spirited Lewes 1 side in a match in early February.
Despite their position at the bottom of Division 1, Lewes 1 proved tricky opponents for Horsham 1.
They secured draws on the bottom two boards (Higgs -M.Britnell and Badham - Roberts), before Horsham managed to win on boards one (J.Britnell - Lock) and three (Maufe - Mansson). Although they had already lost the match 3-1, they were finally able to pick up a consolation win in the last game to finish (Broom - Welford).
Submitted by Chris Heath on 11 March, 2020 - 18:26
Modestly out graded on all boards, Horsham 3 put in a good effort to share the honours with the Argumentatives, who had until last night, enjoyed seven wins out of seven.
Our opponents featured three ex Horsham players and you would have got long odds on board 5 between Bob and Paul Kington being anything but a draw...and so it proved relatively early in the evening.
Submitted by Julie Denning on 4 March, 2020 - 08:47
Followers of the fortunes of teams I've captained in either this competition or the MSL Knock Out over the past several years should probably have been advised to sit down before reading that headline. However, the chess gods finally looked favourably on us last night as we hosted Woodpushers.
With 7 teams in the competition this season, Horsham had a bye in the first round and only entered at the semi-final stage. Matches are between teams of 4 with an average grade not exceeding 150.
Submitted by Alex Taylor on 1 March, 2020 - 23:21
As the new captain of Horsham 2 I hadn't realised how to put a report on the website until recently so this is an update about how Horsham 2 have been getting on this season. Full results are available on the new League Management System: https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/45436/tfixtures
Our first match of the season was against Horsham 1 and as expected we lost to our own first team. For a full report please see James' excellent report at the beginning of the season.
Submitted by Alex Taylor on 1 March, 2020 - 16:13
Last Tuesday Horsham hosted Worthing 2. This was set to be a close match with both teams sitting mid-table and with similar ratings on all boards.
Submitted by Chris Heath on 29 February, 2020 - 16:19
Horsham 3 suffered a heavy defeat in our away fixture at Crowborough, with only super sub Julie contributing the team's solitary point.
Ian's English on board one seemed fairly even to me but on next viewing the dynamics had changed with his opponent enjoying three minor pieces plus rook against two rooks and one minor piece. There appeared to be back row prospects when given the congested nature of the black position but accurate play by his opponent negated Ian's tactics and ultimately he lost the exchange and the game.
Horsham 1 made its second trip down to Worthing this season, this time to play Worthing 3.
As expected,Horsham 1 won comfortably in the end. Mike Forster and Gavin Lock found themselves in tricky positions, but fortunately their opponents were in a peaceable mood. Dix Roberts won quickly on bottom board. James Mansson won the bishop pair then a pawn, and proceeded safely to convert his advantages to a win. Mark Broom had a longer, tougher game, in which he finally prevailed, to secure Horsham a 4-1 victory.
Submitted by Chris Heath on 13 February, 2020 - 10:00
Towards the end of the evening's proceedings a tied match or even a narrow win still seemed on the cards for Horsham 3 but in the event, Sussex University ran out deserved winners 4-1.
My own game didn't last all that long against a strong player. Whilst far from happy with my opening I seemed to have all bases covered and was reasonably comfortable, as later confirmed by computer. I then missed a tactic which was dropping a pawn, for which I found a 'brilliant' antidote that unfortunately lost me my queen!
Horsham played Hastings in the MacArthur cup in a very strong match of 6 boards.
A quick draw for Mike Forster began proceedings with James also drawing shortly after. Gavin followed with an excellent win while Phil Stimpson lost on bottom board.
Mark Broom was unable to convert to a win with a couple of extra pawns in a Rook and Pawn endgame and it ended in a draw. This left Anthony still playing a pawn down with Bishop vs Knight and ultimately this was also drawn.
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