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County Match (Open) 2024-25: Surrey – Sussex
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 … Continue reading
Posted in County Matches, Games, Opening Analysis, Reports, The Pirc Defence
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Horsham Club Championship 2024-25: Mansson – Warren
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 … Continue reading
Sussex League Division 1 2024-25: Horsham 1 – Worthing 1
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.
Posted in Games, Opening Analysis, Reports, Sussex League, The Sicilian Defence
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Horsham Club Knockout 2024-25: Mansson – Miller
Last night I played against Daniel Miller in the Club Knockout. We had drawn our first game, so a replay was required.
Posted in Club Knockout, Games, Opening Analysis, Reports, The Sicilian Defence
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County Match (Open) 2024-25: Sussex – Middlesex
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 … Continue reading
Sussex League Division 1 2024-25: Horsham 1 – Crowborough
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 … Continue reading
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Sussex League Division 1 2024-25: Horsham 1 – Horsham 2
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 – … Continue reading
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Horsham Club Championship 2024-25: Kington – 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.
Horsham Club Championship 2024-25: Mansson – Trofin
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 … Continue reading
Horsham Club Quickplay Knockout 2024-25: Mansson – J.Reid
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.