Horsham Club Championship 2016-17: Stimpson – Mansson

Posted on March 8, 2017 by James Mansson

Last week I played my club championship game against Phil Stimpson. Like Peter Harbott, Phil is someone I have played quite a few times. This time I was Black. The game started with a line of the the Grand Prix Attack against the Sicilian, which was complex but roughly equal for a while, before a White slip allowed me to gain the upper hand. However, I failed to find the best continuation as both sides started to run short of time. In the scramble to reach the time control, White was even better at one point, but then blundered and soon resigned. Continue reading →

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County Match (Open) 2016-17: Sussex – Kent

Posted on March 6, 2017 by James Mansson

In a recent county match, Sussex lost 3-13 to a very strong Kent side. I was up on board three against Andrew Mayhew. I ran into trouble early on, but managed to mix things up. However, when both players were short of time, I finally blundered and lost. Continue reading →

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Horsham Club Championship 2016-17: Harbott – Mansson

Posted on February 22, 2017 by James Mansson

Before this game, which was played last night, I wondered how many games I had played against Peter Harbott in various competitions. Looking in my database, I found 28, of which 15 were in the Horsham club championship, 6 in the club knockout (3 in one mamoth tie in 1999), 1 in the club knockout plate, 4 in the club quickplay knockout, and 2 in the Mid-Sussex League in matches between Horsham 1 and Horsham 2. As I have only recently started recording games played at faster time limits, there were no doubt more of those; also, I am not sure that I have any of my club games at classical rates of play pre the 1998-9 season. If we exclude the quickplay games, the overall score over the remaining 24 games was 15 wins to me, 6 wins to Peter and 3 draws. Continue reading →

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Mid-Sussex League Division 1 2016-17: Horsham 1 – Worthing 1

Posted on February 14, 2017 by James Mansson

Last night saw Horsham 1 keep open their hopes of winning the Mid-Sussex League by winning 3-2 against Worthing 1 in a tight match. At one point it had looked like we might be defeated, but a dramatic time trouble reversal in my game against Grant Bucher saw us secure a narrow but important victory. Continue reading →

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County Match (Open) 2016-17: Sussex – Essex

Posted on February 13, 2017 by James Mansson

On Saturday I played in the county match between Sussex and Kent at the familar Kent venue in Wanstead.  Unfortunately, because of a clash with the 4NCL, the Sussex Open team was short of four players and so 4-0 down before the match started. The players present acquitted themselves well, but were unable to overcome the deficit, losing 7-9. Continue reading →

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Mid-Sussex League Division 1 2016-17: Horsham 1 – Hastings 1

Posted on February 4, 2017 by James Mansson

Last Tuesday, Horsham 1 was up against Hastings 1 at home in the Mid-Sussex League. The team scored a couple of draws on the top two boards and won all three games on the bottom three boards. This meant a very good 4-1 victory against a decent Hastings line up (Rayner, Sugden, Tebbs, Kelly and Anstead). Continue reading →

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Horsham Club Quickplay Knockout 2016-17: Mansson – Harbott

Posted on February 2, 2017 by James Mansson

My Quickplay Knockout Semi-Final against Peter Harbott was a tough encounter. In the first game, he was doing well when he made a horrible blunder, allowing an instant mate. In the second game, he had his chances and in the end lost because of another blunder. This made the match result 2-0 to me, and I reached the final. Continue reading →

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Horsham Club Quickplay Knockout 2016-17: Mansson – Moorhouse

Posted on February 2, 2017 by James Mansson

My third round match in the Quickplay Knockout against Richard Moorhouse saw me win 2-0. The first was a complex battle where White slipped up in a difficult position; the second was a Sicilian where White build up the pressure, inducing a blunder from Black. Continue reading →

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Mid-Sussex League Division 1 2016-17: Horsham 1 – Crowborough 1

Posted on January 29, 2017 by James Mansson

Horsham 1 scored a 3.5-1.5 win against Crowborough 1 in the Mid-Sussex League before Christmas. The match was decided by Phil Stimpson and Peter Harbott winning on the bottom two boards; the other three games were drawn. My game against David Fryer was a complex encounter, in which I was close to winning until I slipped up just before the time control. Continue reading →

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Horsham Club Championship 2016-17: Mansson – Heath

Posted on January 1, 2017 by James Mansson

My club championship game against Chris Heath was an eventful encounter. I made a mistake in the opening, which fortunatelty my opponent didn’t exploit fully. The game then headed into complications, where neither side played entirely accurately, before my opponent committed a serious error, which I was able to exploit. Continue reading →

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