The D rose to the challenge posed by the C team captain by winning a hard fought match against Milton Keynes C. Richard reports:-
- Callum won a pawn in the middle game, swapped down to a rook knight and pawns endgame with Callum having a passed ‘a’ pawn which he was pushing.
- I obtained my usual very average position out of the opening, fought back to equalise and then blundered.
- Ben was on the wrong end of a Ruy Lopez exchange which his opponent played well, good knight v bad bishop. Ben had to shed several pawns to free his pieces and succumbed.
- Mike always had a slight edge and exchanged down to a 2 rooks and 2 bishops v 2 rooks and 2 knights. He steadily improved his position and won 2 pawns whilst retaining his advantage.
- Gerry had black against a London system and his opponent built a promising king side attack see game. Black defended well and his opponent seemed to run out of ideas when Gerry counter-attacked and in the complications was victorious.
A good result capping a fine season.
| Home Team: Bedford D | Away Team: Milton Keynes C | ||||||
| Board | Name | Grade | Score | Score | Name | Grade | |
| 1 | Michael T Botteley | 165 | 1 | 0 | Peter Rawcliffe | 147 | |
| 2 | Richard T Bodily | 140e | 0 | 1 | Colin Solloway | 129 | |
| 3 | Gerry Nolan see game |
141e | 1 | 0 | John McKeon | 121 | |
| 4 | Callum T Shields | 123 | 1 | 0 | Dave Wells | 115 | |
| 5 | Ben Pike | 80e | 0 | 1 | Bryan Leggett | 88 | |
| Date Played: 03/04/2014 | 3 | 2 | |||||