Ilford continued winning ways against Beckenham & Charlton and have an excellent start of three wins from three matches.
| Beckenham & Charlton 1 | GRADE | SCORE | Ilford 1 | GRADE | |
| 1 | Phili J Morris (IM) | 219 | 1 – 0 | Chris Fegan | 176 |
| 2 | Alan E Hanreck | 209 | 1 – 0 | Gary Thurston | 173 |
| 3 | John Lewin | 164 | ½ – ½ | Paolo Casaschi | 174 |
| 4 | Jim Everson | 147 | ½ – ½ | Julian Hudson | 169 |
| 5 | Andrew Heard | 145 | ½ – ½ | David Millward | 167 |
| 6 | Andrew Dovey | 141 | 0 – 1 | Tom Barton | 168 |
| 7 | Shreyas Royal | 150 | 0 – 1 | Les Crane | 164 |
| 8 | Robert Stebbings | 121 | 0 – 1 | Anthony Kent | 150 |
| 9 | James Jackson | 119 | 0 – 1 | Aidan Corish | 148 |
| 10 | Ian Mills | 114 | 0 – 1 | Stephen J Abbott | 141 |
| Total | 3½ – 6½ |
Les got the evening off to a good start catching his young opponent in an opening trap and our strength in depth saw a clean sweep of the bottom half of the boards the foundation of the win.
Thanks to Chris and Gary for taking on the top boards against high rated opponents.
Ilford Chess Club 