The winner of Horsham 2 v Eastbourne 1 was always going to decide the winner of the second division and promotion to division 1 .Phil played a great game to beat Rasa and Ian played accurately to convert a slightly better position. We have 2.5 points with just Peter's game outstanding and are expecting to be claiming a win.
So barring an embaraassing disaster in the final game against lowly opposition we look well set to collect some silverware.
A visit to the Avenue Bridge Club resulted in defeat last Thursday, which leaves Brighton well placed for the title...
Horsham were away against Haywards Heath and came away with an excellent result to allow them to move to the the finals with confidence.
The results with Home team Black on board 1 were:
P Harbott (163) 1 – 0 V Cole (172)
M Harris (146) 0 – 1 G Ewens (160 e)
C Heath (146) 1 – 0 R Rattray (131) 0
R Moorhouse (140) ½-1/2 – D Curtis (124) 0
Total Grading: 595 – 587
Result Horsham 2.5 – Haywards Heath 1.5
Submitted by Paul Richardson on 16 March, 2014 - 19:21
We had a rather strange start to the night with one of the opposition arriving on time with the message that their top board player would be racing over from Brighton to play. Thankfully the other team members arrived at 7.45 and we were able to being on boards 2-5.
Horsham 2 managed an impressive 4.5 - 0.5 victory against Worthing 3 last night. We completely outgraded the opposition and took good advantage with some great results.
On board 3 (Comley - Wallis) Black is threatening to mate White so I underpromoted to a knight with check! After the game Chris Heath recommended Rh5 which was much better...but the computer spotted another tactic...see if you can spot it - clue: turns out I underpromoted the wrong pawn!
Submitted by Mick Harris on 6 March, 2014 - 09:25
Horsham 3 gained a welcome 4-1 win over local rivals East Grinstead 1 to ease their league position dilemma, and move clear of the relegation zone.
Nick Warren set us on our way with a sparkling miniature, before Tim Pavlovic and John Marshall secured the match with excellent wins.
Full results:
Ian Dennis (153) draw Chris Heath (151)
Adrian Waldock (136) draw Mick Harris (141)
Dave Simpkins (126) 0 - 1 Nick Warren (143)
Grau Christian (115) 0 - 1 John Marshall (140)
Suzanne Marshall (84) 0 - 1 Tim Pavlovic (147)
Horsham 1's title hopes took a knock (ok, enough with the kn's now) last Tuesday when we were defeated 3.5-1.5 at home...
Submitted by Mick Harris on 19 February, 2014 - 19:53
In a crucial Division 2 match, Horsham 3 lost to the Argumentatives last Tuesday 3 - 2. This leaves both teams towards the foot of the table with 2 points each and 2 games to play. The only win came from The Args top board, Peter Farr graded185. The remaining 4 games were drawn. Full result:
Chris Heath (151) 0 - 1 Peter Farr (185)
Mick Harris (141) draw Jim Graham (170)
Nick Warren (143) draw Paul Kington (145)
John Marshall (140) draw Dennis Collard (107)
Richard Moorhouse (144) draw Mike Garson (100)
Submitted by Paul Richardson on 17 February, 2014 - 22:37
Last Wednesday we headed over to Uckfield to face their 1st team which was always going to be much tougher than their 2nd.
Update : Dix agrees a draw on top board bringing the final result to 4 - 1 in our favour....
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