James Mansson’s Chess Blog

In the two unfinished games from last Tuesday’s match, a draw was agreed on board four, while Horsham conceded defeat to Hastings on board five. This means that Hastings 1 win the match 3-2. As the Mid-Sussex League website puts it:

Looks like being an exciting finish to the season for Division 1.  While Horsham 1 look comfortable in top position and  1½ MP clear of any other team, when viewed at in terms of match points dropped Knoll Knights come out top having dropped just 1½ MP.  The first teams from Horsham, Brighton & Hove and Hastings & St Leonards are in joint second place just ½ a dropped MP behind.  Crowborough 1, despite their recent default, cannot be ruled out altogether either.

Horsham’s remaining matches are against Crowborough 1 and Brighton & Hove 2. We will have to win those, and hope that Knoll Knights (and the others, to a lesser extent) slip up.

Phil Stimpson’s game against Geoff James has been agreed drawn, so the final score is 4-1 in Horsham’s favour.

The unfinished game Butt – Harbott from the recent Horsham 1 – Knoll Knights was resigned by White, leaving Horsham with a 3-2 win. This puts them on the top of the table, although with matches against Hastings 1 and Crowborough 1 to come, there is still plenty of chess left before this year’s championship is decided.

The two unfinished games from the Horsham 1 – Eastbourne 1 match have ended in draws. Phil Stimpson accepted John Herbert’s proposal of a draw, while Andrew Fleming’s attempt to claim a win against Dix Roberts floundered for procedural reasons; quite apart from anything else, Eastbourne apparently submitted the wrong position for adjudication! The match therefore ended 3.5 – 1.5 in Horsham’s favour.