Broadstairs 2½ Woodnesborough 1½
| 1. | Andy Flood (113) | ½-½ | Bryan Rodwell (100) |
| 2. | Reg Pidduck (104) | 0-1 | Robin Bellion (e95) |
| 3. | Bob Cronin (101) | 1-0 | Roy Dawson (75) |
| 4. | Michael Doyle (80) | 1-0 | Rens Bossers (e60) |
Reg Pidduck writes:
With high hopes of winning four out of four in our quest for the Walker Shield, Woodnesborough gave us a fright.
Board 1 EBB AND FLOW. At first Andy looked all over Brian with an attack on the castled king side and looking likely to win by 8.30. But Brian kept finding the correct moves to thwart Andy’s mating intentions. After looking at the progress of the other games, Andy took the draw in the blocked position. ½-½
Board 2. NEW MAN. Robin is a new player for the Woody team and has only mainly been playing online but he is a worthy opponent and a great find. After getting the better of me in a French Defence opening, he started a pawn storm on my castled king. I countered with an attack of my own in a very complex position and got caught with a knight fork. After the skirmish had ended, I was a knight down which was enough to finish me in a pawn ending. ½-1½ down
Board 4. SUPER SUB. Michael Doyle set out straight away to attack down the A file and was never in any trouble. Rens defended stoutly but Michael eventually found the right combination to finish him off. A great win for our substitute. 1½-1½
Board 3. NO PRESSURE. Bob C. looked at me as if to say ‘no pressure then’ when I told him the score so far but he came up trumps after an exchange which left him a whole rook up and he then finished off Roy fairly easily. So a win 2½-1½. Two more games to go in the Walker Shield.