| Open University | Bedford D | |||||
| Board | Name | Grade | Score | Score | Name | Grade |
| 1 | Peter Clarke | 177 | 0.5 | 0.5 | John Harbour | 150 |
| 2 | George Ward | 151 | 0 | 1 | Qais Karimi | 136 |
| 3 | James Alexander | 145 | 0 | 1 | Ben Pike | 104 |
| 4 | Rodrigo Fisher Fernandez | 130e | 1 | 0 | Mac MacKenzie | 73 |
| 5 | Shamal Mohammed | 120e | 1 | 0 | Anthony Lawrence | 66 |
| 23/03/2017 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||
About an hour into the match we were looking good: I had a reasonable position; Qais had a promising attack and was about to win a pawn; Ben had gambitted a pawn and looked to be a pawn down; Tony and Mac were both a piece up with solid positions.
On my next stroll around I was still OK; Qais was winning; Ben was a pawn down; Tony was still a piece up with an opportunity to immediately win a 2nd piece – which he sadly missed; Mac was still a piece up.
Next time I looked I was under pressure; Qais had won; Ben was a pawn down; Tony was being mated in an endgame; Mac had somehow lost – I never did find out how.
My game was agreed drawn after 61 moves. I assumed we had lost the match and was delighted to find out that Ben had cashed in on his gambit pawn late on to achieve a fine victory for the second week in a row. Someone’s grade is on the rise!
John