A Team triumph at Downend!
Last Wednesday the A team put in a fine performance to win 4-2 against a Downend team. Baptiste maintained his 100% performance on board...
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Iain Bourne
Nov 211 min read
Trip to Bath!
Last night the B team set off to face a strong Bath team. In the end luck wasn’t with us. Alice pulled off a fine victory. Meanwhile,...
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Iain Bourne
Nov 131 min read
More Success for the C Team!
The C Team travelled to take on a Bristol & Clifton team last night and came away with a fantastic 3-1 win! Santosh, on board one, had a...
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Iain Bourne
Nov 101 min read
Rapidplay Success!
Eighty budding junior chess champions plus their friends and family joined us at Somerset Hall for our 3rd Portishead Junior Rapidplay....
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Iain Bourne
Nov 61 min read
Ibrahim and Hugo Shine!
It wasn’t just the A team in action on Monday night, the B team were also taking on a Clifton side. Unfortunately the only information I...
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Iain Bourne
Nov 62 min read
Andrew and Baptiste Win!
On Monday night the A team faced a strong Clifton side. Andrew had a very smooth and quick win over one of the top local juniors. Playing...
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Iain Bourne
Oct 301 min read
WHAT'S COMING UP!
... but first of all what's NOT! Owing to a Beer Festival at Redcliffe Bay Hall, there will be NO club meetings this Friday! On Monday,...
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Iain Bourne
Oct 291 min read
First Success for the C Team!
Last night Yate’s C Team arrived - via an unfortunate detour to Redcliffe Bay Hall - at The Old Mill to take on our C Team. So far this...
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Iain Bourne
Oct 191 min read
Club Championship Update!
Last night saw the Semi-Finals of the Club Championship being played out. The match between Edward and Santosh went 2-0 in favour of...
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Iain Bourne
Oct 172 min read
Feisty C Team Miss Out!
On Wednesday night our C team travelled to play against Bristol Four Knights A team. Jane’s son Ollie, a former England Junior Team...
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Iain Bourne
Oct 81 min read
League Update
So last night the A Team's opponents pulled out due to lack of players (!) - "Should've gone to Portishead!" - so we chalked up a 6-0 win...
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Iain Bourne
Oct 21 min read
Great Start for Baptiste!
Last night the A Team travelled to Clifton for their first match of the season. Another first was Baptiste playing his first game for the...
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Iain Bourne
Oct 11 min read
Hooray for Hugo!
Last night the C Team took on South Bristol D at home. Here is Jane's match report: "Hugo won on board 3 against a 1500 adult. Mark lost...
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Iain Bourne
Sep 301 min read
A Very Busy Week Ahead!
Lots going on this week! Tonight the C Team are at home (The Old Mill) against South Bristol D. Why not pop in and offer your support? On...
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Iain Bourne
Sep 281 min read
Chess in Portishead Schools Begins!
The club has no less than 17 trained chess tutors and this week began it’s new Chess in Schools initiative at St Peter’s Primary School....
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Iain Bourne
Sep 281 min read
18 Turn Up for Friday’s Junior Rapidplay!
The junior club hosted it’s monthly Junior Rapidplay on Friday with 18 players in attendance. The eventual winners were Curtis and Leo -...
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Iain Bourne
Sep 281 min read
Talk by FIDE Master Tyson Mordue on Friday!
Tyson a FIDE Master (FM) and a four-times Bristol Champion, as well as a several-times champion of both Glos and Somerset. To get an FM...
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Iain Bourne
Sep 281 min read
All Square in Club Semi-finals!
Last night Andrew played Oliver and Santosh played Edward in the Semi-finals of the Club Championship. As it happened both matches were...
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Iain Bourne
Sep 281 min read
Curtis and Andrew draw in B Team's first match of the Season
On Thursday evening our B Team travelled to take on Bristol University. University teams are always an unknown quantity at the beginning...
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Iain Bourne
Sep 251 min read
What's Coming Up!
There's a lot going on at this time of year and it's never too late to get involved whatever your playing strength! Why not bookmark our...
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