County Match (Open) 2024-25: Surrey – Sussex

Posted on November 17, 2024 by James Mansson

Last Saturday Sussex were away against Surrey at their regular venue in Cheam. In their previous match, Sussex had suffered a thumping defeat at the hands of Middlesex; this time they put on a much improved performance, only losing narrowly (7.5 – 8.5) to a team graded much higher than them (on average 136 points).

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Horsham Club Championship 2024-25: Mansson – Warren

Posted on November 13, 2024 by James Mansson

Last night, I was up against Nick Warren in the third round of the club championship. After a couple of draws in the first two rounds, I was anxious to win, which I managed to do after my opponent played an unwise piece sacrifice.

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Sussex League Division 1 2024-25: Horsham 1 – Worthing 1

Posted on November 6, 2024 by James Mansson

Last night, Horsham 1 were up against Worthing 1 at home. Although I managed to draw my game, Horsham lost the match, as the other three games saw one win and two defeats.

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Horsham Club Knockout 2024-25: Mansson – Miller

Posted on October 30, 2024 by James Mansson

Last night I played against Daniel Miller in the Club Knockout. We had drawn our first game, so a replay was required.

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County Match (Open) 2024-25: Sussex – Middlesex

Posted on October 27, 2024 by James Mansson

Sussex were at home of in their first county match of the season, against Middlesex. The first game to finish was my game against Ian Calvert, which was a fairly solid draw. However, after that, things went very much in Middlesex’s favour, and they ran out 10.5-5.5 winners. This was a rather disappointing result, as the average grading difference between the two teams was not that large (Middlesex’s average was 2081 and Sussex’s was 2036).

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Sussex League Division 1 2024-25: Horsham 1 – Crowborough

Posted on October 23, 2024 by James Mansson

Following a disappointing draw against Horsham 2 the previous week, Horsham 1 bounced back with a decisive win against Crowborough. The score stands at 3-0 in Horsham’s favour, with the one unfinished game at least a draw. [Update: the game was agreed drawn, so Horsham won 3.5-0.5.]

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Sussex League Division 1 2024-25: Horsham 1 – Horsham 2

Posted on October 16, 2024 by James Mansson

Horsham started its campaign in two of the Sussex League divisions with inter-club team matches: Horsham 1 – Horsham 2 (in Division 1) and Horsham 4 – Horsham 5 (in Division 3). I was playing in the Horsham 1 – Horsham 2 match.

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Horsham Club Championship 2024-25: Kington – Mansson

Posted on October 9, 2024 by James Mansson

Last night, I played Paul Kington in the second round of the Club Championship. I managed to gain some pressure in the endgame, but misses a couple of chances and only drew.

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Horsham Club Championship 2024-25: Mansson – Trofin

Posted on October 2, 2024 by James Mansson

Lats night, I finally played my delayed first round game in the Club Championship against Marian Trofin. After some poor strategic decisions, I fell into a bad position, but fortunately I was able to wriggle out eventually, and the game ended in a draw.

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Horsham Club Quickplay Knockout 2024-25: Mansson – J.Reid

Posted on September 25, 2024 by James Mansson

Last night, I was up against James Reid in the first round of the Quickplay Knockout. I managed to win both games easily enough, and so progressed to the next round in the main draw.

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