Horsham Chess Club

Horsham 3 beat Brighton & Hove 4 convincingly last night - wins for Ian Comley, Mick Harris and Nick Warren, Draw for John Marshall while John Cannon finally succumbed in a long ending - Third team captain Mick Harris writes:

A good win for Horsham last night – although all games were hard fought.
We won 3.5 to 1.5 and details are :

Horsham 1 suffered a defeat away to Lewes 1 last night. There was an early draw between Dix Roberts and Martin Costley, as the former was unable to dent the latter's solid Double Fianchetto formation. This was followed by defeats for Phil Stimpson and James Mansson, leaving Horsham 2.5-0.5 down with two to play. Unfortunately, no miracle occurred this time, as Dominic Lawson got the better of Paul Taylor. Anthony Higgs' win again Barry Maufe merely served to make the score respectable.

The results of the individual games are given in the table below:

Last nights Paul Watson Trophy match v Bognor went down to the wire...

A win for the Paul Watson team against Bognor on board count and a conclusive win for the fifth team with yet another good turnout despite five players in our top team playing away.

A few quick reminders - final chance to pay subs before the cost increases £5; catch up with KO teams; London chess classic on 7 December (see forum)

Amy Hoare continues to do great things in the chess world - here she is demolishing a 2303.

The e2e4 Brighton Congress gets underway today and runs throughout the weekend. Horsham is represented by Dave, Gary and Paul in the Minor section...

Last Friday, Horsham 5 suffered a narrow defeat away to Eastbourne 2. The results of the individual games were:

Another pic from last night's knockout - Nick takes a sneaky peek at an interesting position!

Horsham 1 just managed to scrape a draw against St Francis and Haywards Heath 1 after the three unfinished games from the match were agreed to be one win for Horsham and two draws. The match, played on the Tuesday of last week (30th October), saw the first team confronted by a strengthened Haywards Heath outfit, who have acquired the services of former Crawley stalwarts Chris Baker and Robert Noyce.

33 players at the club tonight with 16 internal competitions being played. Joe Wilby ended up with a pretty checkmate while James Mansson overcame Peter Harbott. Dix Roberts and Nick Warren were fighting to the very end of the evening with just minutes left on the clock before agreeing a draw.

Some great chess was played and there were some interesting endings - Paul Kington did well to convert a Rook and Rook Pawn ending against Richard Barrowclough.