Horsham Club Knockout 2024-25: Miller – Mansson

Posted on September 18, 2024 by James Mansson

Last night, I played Daniel Miller in the first round of the Club Knockout competition. I was lucky to escape with a draw. The replay will be on our next free Tuesday.

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Horsham Club Rapidplay 2024-25: Mansson – Toth

Posted on September 11, 2024 by James Mansson

Last night, I played my first competitive games of the new season. As my game in the Horsham Club Championship was delayed, I played a couple of games in the Horsham Club Rapidplay instead. My opponent was Ben Toth and we played two games, one with each colour. The time control was new: 20 minutes each, with a 10 second increment.

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Horsham Club Knockout 2023-24: Mansson – McDonald

Posted on July 10, 2024 by James Mansson

Last night I was up against Rob McDonald in the final of the Knockout competition. Unlike my previous couple of matches, we managed to decide the match in the first game; I won with the White pieces to win the competition.

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County Match (Open) 2023-24: Sussex – Lincolnshire

Posted on July 8, 2024 by James Mansson

Sussex were up against Lincolnshire in the final of the Minor Counties competition last Saturday. We managed to win an exciting match on board count.

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Horsham Club Knockout 2023-24: Mansson – Forster (Rapidplay)

Posted on June 26, 2024 by James Mansson

After two draws at the usual longplay time control (65 minutes + 30 second increment), my semi-final against Mike Forster switched to the first rapidplay time control (30 minutes + 10 second increment). I managed to win the next game in the endgame and so progressed to the final.

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Horsham Club Championship 2023-24: Kington – Mansson

Posted on June 13, 2024 by James Mansson

Last Tuesday was the final round of the club championship. I was in the joint lead, but my rival for first, Mark Broom, had the superior tiebreak, so I had to win even to have a serious chance.

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County Match (Open) 2023-24: Sussex – Norfolk

Posted on June 9, 2024 by James Mansson

Sussex and Norfolk traveled to a neutral venue in Great Baddow, Chelmsford, for their Minor Counties semi-final match. The match finished 8-8, with Sussex winning on board count. My game was the penultimate one to finish; I managed to win in dramatic (if ultimately somewhat fortunate) fashion, taking the score to 7-8, before Feliks finally converted his advantage to take the score to 8-8.

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Horsham Club Knockout 2023-24: Forster – Mansson

Posted on June 5, 2024 by James Mansson

The second game of my knockout semi-final against Mike Forster was also a draw. The tie will therefore go to a quickplay playoff, to be contested at a future date yet to be agreed.

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Horsham Club Rapidplay 2023-24: Rankin – Mansson

Posted on June 3, 2024 by James Mansson

Following on from my last post, here is my second win against Pete Rankin, this time with the black pieces.

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Horsham Club Rapidplay 2023-24: Mansson – Rankin

Posted on June 3, 2024 by James Mansson

Last Tuesday, I played two games against Pete Rankin in the club rapidplay, both of which I won. In this post I’ll look at the first game, where I was White.

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