Result from Sussex League LMS<\/p>\n\n\n\n A good result at Hastings. Tom, playing one of his first games as a new member with the Black pieces battled hard against a rising junior but came off worst in the R + P ending. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bill, also with Black soon levelled the team score, gaining multiple pawns in a double rooks and pawns ending. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I didn’t get to see Jo’s game but a glimpse or two showed solid control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I had an interesting, if hair-raising, game. on board 3. Having pushed pawns to squeeze the opponent on both wings, I pressed with a K-side attack, while I left the Q-side hanging.. The game was flawed, we both missed opportunities. We reached this position ( which had morphed from an English opening to a Saemisch formation against an Old Indian structure) after 25…Bd7<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Rc3 both cut off the entry points for the Black Q and protected a3. This would mean several moves to break open the Q-side and while the Black Q is off-side, the Black’s K-side is vulnerable. I was down to 5 mins or less on the clock and there were some interesting tactics which swung back and forth but eventually in my favour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Th game concluded ( analysis by Fritz 19 ) :<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26. Rg1 <\/strong>(26. Bxh6! gxh6 27. Nf5+ Kf8 28. Nxh6 Rg7 29. Qf2 Nxc4 !) 26\u2026 Nxc4<\/strong> Now Black is better 27. Bxh6 <\/strong>(27. Rxc4 Bb5 28. Ke1! Bxc4 29. Nf5 Qxa3 30. Qg6 Qc3+ 31. Kf2 Qc2+ 32. Kg3 Rxf5 33. Qxf5 Rf8 34. Qe6+ Rf7 35. Bxh6 Qe2 36. Qe8+ Rf8 37. Qe6+ Rf7 =) 27\u2026 Bb5 <\/strong>(27\u2026 Nxa3 28. Ra1 Qb5+ 29. Kf2 Nc4 30. Bg5 Qxb4 31. Rac1 Na5 32. Kg1) 28. Kf2 +- Nd2 29. Nf5 Nxf3 30. Qxf3 Bd7 31. Bxg7<\/strong> (31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32. Bxg7) 31\u2026 Bxf5 32. exf5<\/strong> (32. Bf6+ Kf8 33. Qxf5 Qd7 34. Qg6 Rxf6+ 35. Qxf6+ Qf7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rxc7+) 32\u2026 Rxg7<\/strong> (32\u2026 Qd7 33. f6 e4 34. Qxe4 Qe8 35. Qg6) 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. f6+ Kf8 35. Qg4 Qe8 36. Qg7# 1-0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The result leaves us well placed and undefeated near the top of Div.4 :<\/p>\n\n\n\n The final match against Lewes 2 on 16 March looks as if will be the key one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hastings & St.L. 5 —1-3—Bexhill 5 Division 4 Thu 19th Feb 2026 00:00 Winner: Away Result from Sussex League LMS Board Rating Hastings & St Leonards 5 V Bexhill 5 Rating 1 1533 Cosens, DerekG 0 – 1 B Carthew, Jo 1662 2 1528 Hosannah, AaronG 0 – 1 G Luxton, William H 1669 3 1419 Fletcher, Martin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Board<\/th> Rating<\/th> Hastings & St Leonards 5<\/th> V<\/th> Bexhill 5<\/th> Rating<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> 1 <\/td> 1533<\/td> Cosens, Derek<\/a>G<\/td> 0 – 1<\/td> B Carthew, Jo<\/a><\/td> 1662<\/td><\/tr> 2 <\/td> 1528<\/td> Hosannah, Aaron<\/a>G<\/td> 0 – 1<\/td> G Luxton, William H<\/a><\/td> 1669<\/td><\/tr> 3 <\/td> 1419<\/td> Fletcher, Martin G<\/a>G<\/td> 0 – 1<\/td> G Rhodes, Lawrence<\/a><\/td> 1632<\/td><\/tr> 4 <\/td> 1374<\/td> Hosannah, Amir<\/a>G<\/td> 1 – 0<\/td> N O Niell, Thomas<\/a><\/td> 0000<\/td><\/tr> Average<\/td> 1464<\/td> <\/td> 1 – 3<\/td> <\/td> 1241<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-7.png\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nLeague table for Division 4 (top section)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Team<\/th> Play<\/th> Won<\/th> Draw<\/th> Lost<\/th> For<\/th> Against<\/th> Points<\/th> SP<\/th> MP<\/th> IM<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Worthing 3<\/a><\/td> 8<\/td> 4<\/td> 2<\/td> 2<\/td> 20\u00bd<\/td> 11\u00bd<\/td> 10<\/strong><\/td> 0<\/td> 0<\/td> 0<\/td><\/tr> Bexhill 5<\/a><\/td> 6<\/td> 4<\/td> 2<\/td> 0<\/td> 16<\/td> 8<\/td> 10<\/strong><\/td> 0<\/td> 0<\/td> 0<\/td><\/tr> Lewes 2<\/a><\/td> 6<\/td> 4<\/td> 1<\/td> 1<\/td> 16\u00bd<\/td> 7\u00bd<\/td> 9<\/strong><\/td> 0<\/td> 0<\/td> 0<\/td><\/tr> Uckfield 2<\/a><\/td> 6<\/td> 3<\/td> 2<\/td> 1<\/td> 13<\/td> 11<\/td> 8<\/strong><\/td> 0<\/td> 0<\/td> 0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n