Broadstairs 2½ Margate 1½
| 1. | Andy Flood (113) | 1-0 | Leon Garfield (101) |
| 2. | Reg Pidduck (104) | 1-0 | John Clarke (86) |
| 3. | Bob Cronin (101) | ½-½ | Roy McAloney (73) |
| 4. | Michael Doyle (80) | 0-1 | Ashley Cordery (41) |
Reg Pidduck writes:
Margate needed to beat us to remain in contention for the Walker Shield so it was a hard fought match in this local derby.
BOARD 4. A NASTY FORK. Although Ashley is only graded 41 he is quite a banana skin. Michael set out with a good attacking game and got to a strong position when he fell into a nasty fork from Ashley and resigned. 0-1 down.
BOARD 3. TACTICAL DRAW. Bob faced the decision of gaining a piece for three dangerous pawns. After looking at the positions on boards 1 and 2 He took a tactical draw. Well done Bob: a team-wise decision. 0.5 – 1.5 down.
BOARD 2. THE TRAP. With John choosing a French Defence against my e4, I was happy to set up an early trap which won me a knight for a pawn. With his usual back to the wall defending John lasted well but I finally wore him down. 1.5- 1.5
BOARD 1. TO THE WIRE. After getting the better of a rook and knight exchange early on, Andy was always looking good. Leon had other ideas and fought back to equalise but in doing so lost valuable time on his clock. Andy kept the pressure on and finally Leon ran out of time. 2.5 – 1.5
This victory means that with five wins out of five with one more match to play in the Walker we cannot be caught.
WELL DONE, TEAM!