LEIGHTON BUZZARD A 2-3 BEDFORD A (18/11/2014)
207 Sharp 0.5 Ledger 198
193 Law 0-1 Arulnandhy 177
174 Tinker 0.5 Habershon 182
169 Valentine 0.5 Pike S. 178
163 Matthews 0.5 Botteley 168
After two early draws on Boards 1 and 3, Ravi Arulnandhy escaped from a lost position and time trouble to score an exciting victory. Steve Pike outplayed Brian Valentine but then missed two chances to mate in one and settled for a draw when short of time – see game if you have a generous nature (and a strong stomach). Mike Botteley pressed all the way in a rook ending but could not quite find the killer sequence in time trouble. Another narrow victory takes Bedford A to 4 wins out of 4.