| Home Team: Open University | Away Team: Bedford D | ||||||
| Board | Name | Grade | Score | Score | Name | Grade | |
| 1 | Graham E Borrowdale | 177 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Qais Karimi | 159 | |
| 2 | James NO’D Alexander | 149 | 0.5 | 0.5 | John J Harbour | 139 | |
| 3 | Richard Keane | 112 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Richard McMorran | 130E | |
| 4 | Dominic Bartram | 111 | 1 | 0 | Gerry Nolan | 130e | |
| 5 | Paul Endersby | 107 | 1 | 0 | R David Cox | 63 | |
| Played: 22/11/2018 | 3.5 | 1.5 | |||||
Qais maintained a small edge throughout against Graham Borrowdale, but was unable to convert it to the win he deserved.
The advantage ebbed and flowed in my game with James and I finished with a slight material advantage (RR+3 vs RB+4). I offered the draw when the match could no longer be saved.
The two Richards reached a position with an interlocking fence of pawns across the board and each playing in his own garden. I didn’t see the conclusion but the result was not a surprise.
Gerry won’t be repeating his opening, since allowing White to quickly establish a pawn on d6 didn’t work out well. The loss was all but inevitable.
David’s position looked fine early on, but when I next looked he was a pawn down with little compensation beyond a bit of pressure. He fought long and hard, but it was another inevitable result.
John