| Home Team: Bedford D | Away Team: Open University | ||||||
| Board | Name | Grade | Score | Score | Name | Grade | |
| 1 | Toby Cox | 139 | 0 | 1 | Graham E Borrowdale | 177 | |
| 2 | John J Harbour | 139 | 0 | 1 | James NO’D Alexander | 149 | |
| 3 | Callum T Shields | 134 | 0 | 1 | Josue Estevez Fernandez | 130e | |
| 4 | Gerry Nolan | 130e | 0 | 1 | Dominic Bartram | 111 | |
| 5 | R David Cox | 63 | 0 | 1 | Paul Endersby | 107 | |
| Played: 24/01/2019 | 0 | 5 | |||||
As I wandered around occasionally the other games were hard to judge: the typical complicated, level material, positions that we all get into. How we managed to lose them all is a mystery. All I can say is well done to the O.U. players.
In my game a dodgy “theoretical novelty” at move 5 led to a decent position where I eventually won a pawn. Disaster struck as I was coasting to victory, with more spectators than time.