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Mid-Sussex League Division 1 2013-14: Horsham 1 – Brighton 1

Not long after their most recent McArthur Cup debacle against the same team, Horsham 1 faced Brighton 1 again in the Mid-Sussex League. The match was closer this time, but Horsham still lost 2-3.

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County Match (Open) 2013-14: Sussex – Essex

I suffered a frustrating loss in last Saturday’s county match against Essex. After some mutual inaccuracies, my opponent blundered, allowing me to win a piece, but I didn’t look at the position carefully enough and so passed up on the … Continue reading

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McArthur Cup 2013-14: Horsham – Brighton

Once again Horsham came up against Brighton in the McArthur Cup, and once again we were defeated. Gavin and Mike picked up a couple of draws on the top boards [Update: Mike in fact won!], but the rest of the … Continue reading

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Mid-Sussex League Division 1 2013-14: Horsham 1 – Knoll Knights

Horsham 1 suffered a convincing defeat 1.5-3.5 at home on Tuesday night against Knoll Knights. The visitors won the lower boards with a clean sweep (3-0), so a win and draw on the top two boards was not nearly enough … Continue reading

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4NCL Division 3 2013-14: e2e4.org.uk 2 – Celtic Tigers 1

Unlike our match in the previous range against Oxford 2, the match against Celtic Tigers 1 went down to the wire. With the score at 3-2 in our favour, Adam Taylor managed to hold a tricky endgame to give us … Continue reading

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4NCL Division 3 2013-14: e2e4.org.uk 2 – Oxford 2

Because of their lackluster start to the season, the e2e4.org.uk second team needed a couple of wins over the third 4NCL weekend. Their first match was against Oxford 2, which ended in a crushing 6-0 win over their lower – … Continue reading

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County Match (Open) 2013-14: Sussex – Kent

Sussex were soundly beaten 10-6 by Kent in last weekend’s match at the Mick Jagger Center, Dartford. Kent’s grading advantage told in the top half of the team, where they outscored Sussex 6.5-1.5.

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Mid-Sussex League Division 1 2013-14: Horsham 1 – Worthing 2

Not long after taking on the Worthing first team, we were faced with their second team, this time away from home. Our first result was a rather lackluster draw between Don Banks and myself, where I equalised easily enough, but … Continue reading

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Mid-Sussex League Division 1 2013-14: Horsham 1 – Worthing 1

After an absence of nearly a year, I returned to Horsham’s Mid-Sussex League team on Tuesday, when we faced Worthing 1 at home. Unfortunately, I played a very poor game (I plead tiredness!) and went down in 25 moves. Anthony … Continue reading

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County Match (Open) 2013-14: Sussex – Herts

Last Saturday saw the Sussex Open team score a narrow victory against Herts. We started strongly, racking up a series of wins on the bottom boards, before we were gradually pegged back. In the end, we just held on to … Continue reading

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