| Board | Name | Grade | Score | Score | Name | Grade | |
| 1 | Steven C Ledger | 186 | 1 | 0 | Richard CP Freeman | 181 | |
| 2 | Paul F Habershon | 180 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Francesca Matta | 178 | |
| 3 | Ravi Arulnandhy | 169 | 0 | 1 | Phillip Ekhaesomi | 166 | |
| 4 | Richard T Bodily | 178 | 1 | 0 | Robert Whiteside | 160 | |
| 5 | Andrew J Chapman | 169 | 0 | 1 | Peter Edwards | 162 | |
| 2.5 | 2.5 |
This was a match we really needed to win, but MKB held us to a draw for the second time. With Andrew shedding pawns on Bd 5 and Ravi always on the back foot we went 0-2 down. Then Rob Whiteside failed to convert a winning position and Richard wrapped up the point (see game). Steve did not seem to be making much progress on Bd 1 but eventually his persistence paid off. This left me playing the deciding game, but I had already missed a simple exchange into a won pawn ending (see below). I was still a pawn up in a bishop ending but Francesca defended well and it simplified to a dead draw.
Captain misses open goal (Paul is overly hard on himself here but it’s worth a look, what would you play? – Ed)