| Bedford D | Northampton | |||||
| Board | Name | Grade | Score | Score | Name | Grade |
| 1 | John Harbour | 150 | 0 | 1 | Chris Ross | 200 |
| 2 | Qais Karimi | 136 | 1 | 0 | David Curran | 130 |
| 3 | Mac Mackenzie | 73 | 0 | 1 | Shane Ashley | 135e |
| 4 | Ben Cox | 75e | 1 | 0 | Tim Broad | 90 |
| 5 | Tony Lawrence | 66 | 0 | 1 | Tom Malone | ? |
| 26/01/2017 | 2 | 3 | ||||
A creditable display by the D team against a considerably stronger side. All five games were won by the white pieces.
Let’s start with the losses. Mac, heavily outgraded, dropped a minor piece early on and was the first to succumb. I had my standard grotty looking but solid position, then unnecessarily lost a pawn. Chris played the endgame well and the result the inevitable one. Tony looked to be doing fine, but lost a rook in a complicated position and it was all over.
Qais’s opponent was, according to Qais, forced to sac a piece for a couple of pawns. An exciting game followed, with Qais just managing to keep his opponent’s advancing pawns under control.
Ben won a pawn in the opening, then another later on, to secure a solid victory.
John