| 1 | Andy Flood (e114) | ½-½ | Leon Garfield (101) |
| 2 | David Wheatley (106) | ½-½ | John Clarke (86) |
| 3 | Reg Pidduck (104) | ½-½ | James Maskell (80) |
| 4 | Bob Cronin (101) | 1-0 | default |
We out graded Margate on all boards but it was not that easy.
Board 4: Walkover. Margate’s Ashley Cordery was unable to get to the match so our Bob had an early bath. 1-0 up to us.
Board 3: Tough James. Captain Reg had the worst of it against James Maskell in the opening and at one point tried to get a repetition of moves. But James was having none of it and backed off. This allowed Reg to swap off queens and get a two rook attack on James’ weakest pawn but James defended well enough and a draw was agreed. 1½-½ to us.
Board 1: Leon defends. Andy Flood’s game against Leon was cat and mouse with Andy being the cat and slowly creeping up the board and controlling more and more squares, but Leon’s pieces all gelled together to prevent Andy getting through, Another draw agreed. 2-1 to us.
Board 2: Match of the Day. John Clarke finally broke through David’s defence with a bishop sac and getting two passed pawns for his trouble. David then had to sac his last knight to stop one of them queening but could not stop the other. Then it got really interesting: John’s king and queen against David’s king. Easy? Not so! John only had about 20 seconds left on his clock to get the mate. David moved fast so that John did not have time to collect his thoughts then just a couple of moves away from the mate, John’s time was up. As David did not have mating material, the game was drawn . What an exciting game and a credit to both players. 2.5-1.5 to us.