| Home Team: Bedford D | Away Team: Leighton Buzzard B | ||||||
| Board | Name | Grade | Score | Score | Name | Grade | |
| 1 | Neil Hickman | 150 | 1 | 0 | Adrian Matthews | 163 | |
| 2 | John Harbour | 141 | 0 | 1 | Pete Taylor | 160 | |
| 3 | Jeremy Burrows | 120 | 0 | 1 | Andrea Eggenhoffner | 125 | |
| 4 | Ben Pike | 90 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Tony Readman | 125 | |
| 5 | Anthony Lawrence | 60e | 0 | 1 | Fred Dawn | 125e | |
| Date Played: 22/01/2015 | 1.5 | 3.5 | |||||
Neil used his experience as a former gambiteer to find a ‘refutation’ to the Milner Barry gambit, which he once played, to grab the only win of the team in a fine show on board 1.
John turned down a draw but eventually went into a lost endgame a tempo down and lost.
Jeremy buckled under pressure on the c file and went a piece down. A little play was gained for it but seemingly not enough.
I went 2 passed pawns up in the middle game but a couple of rash moves in the end let my opponent back in and he found a draw by repetition.
Anthony played well but unfortunately lost to a stronger opponent.
Bedford D is still without a win, but games are getting closer, and with some new blood on the bench, don’t count us out yet.
Ben Pike 23/01/2015