Horsham's annual 10-second per move buzzer chess competition took place last night, with the usual frenetic chaos and the occasional good move thrown in...
Last Tuesday, Horsham 1 scored a memorable victory in an exciting match against a strong Brighton 1 team.
Since my last report, on the excellent away win against Worthing 1, Horsham 1 had accumulated enough points, given the results in other matches, that they needed a win by any margin to definitely take the league title.
Horsham 2 had another successful evening on Friday with a good draw against Bexhill maintaining our 4th position in Division 1.
Submitted by Julie Denning on 24 February, 2024 - 14:46
I have been very lax in not posting on the progress of the 4th team as the season progresses. Our 4 - 0 thrashing of our luckless Eastbourne opponents last night has spurred me into action.
The season opener intra-club match had Roger's 5th team hold us to a draw. We then had a long break till past mid-November when we hosted East Grinstead Bookshop 2 (but following problems fielding teams, now their only team in the League) and we notched up our first win, by the margin of 3 - 1.
Horsham 1 scored a fine away win over Worthing 1 last night.
First to finish was Mark Broom, who was up against Russell Granat with Black on board two. His position look passive to start with, but he managed to launch a counter-attack to exploit his opponent's over-extension, winning material and forcing resignation.
The score was now 1-0 in Horsham 1's favour.
Horsham 1's progress in Sussex League Division 1 was halted by Eastbourne 1, as they crashed to a narrow away defeat.
The match looked to be going well for Horsham 1 as Gavin Lock secured a good win against the dangerous Maks Rozman on top board. However, progress was not so serene on the other boards.
Anthony Higgs ran into difficulties against Laurence Butt on board 4. He came under pressure from his opponent's Stonewall Attack and blundered, resulting in a loss.
Submitted by Jonathan Taylor on 22 January, 2024 - 12:09
The Horsham Knockout team have reached the knockout final for the second year in succession after a 2.5-2 win over Crowborough in the semi-final. The match was a tight affair with the teams fairly close on grading, Horsham conceding only a half point handicap with 2.5 points required for the win.
Horsham 1 finished 2023 with a big win over Bexhill 1. Only Anh Nguyen was able to hold a draw, against Gavin Lock on board one. The other games were in Horsham's favour: Mark Broom beat Janis Petersons, Mike Forster beat Steve Merchant, and James Mansson beat William Tracey. The final score was therefore a 3.5-0.5 win for Horsham 1.
Horsham 1 continued their good run with an away win against Crowborough 1.
The adult club restarts on Tuesday 2nd January and the junior club a week later on Tuesday 9th January. Happy new year to all!
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