Date: 29-01-2020, Division 2 at Citadines Hotel. Ilford White on odd boards
| Board | Home Player | Result | Home Player | Difference |
| one | Paolo Casaschi es170 | 0-1 | Andrew Gilfillan s187A | -17 |
| two | Anthony R Kent s158A | 0-1 | Simon Randall s180C | -22 |
| three | Gary Thurston s152C | 1/2-1/2 | Conor O’Shaughnessy s175D | -23 |
| four | Venkatesh Subramanian es150 | 1-0 | Alex Bourke s155B | -5 |
| five | Gideon Vecht s142B | 1/2-1/2 | Peter Grant-Ross s138A | 4 |
| six | Jason W Klimach s145C | 1/2-1/2 | WK (Bill) Osborne s135C | 10 |
| seven | Jeffrey Page s128B | 1/2-1/2 | Richard A Balatoni s122A | 6 |
| eight | Taha Undre es100 | 1/2-1/2 | Faye Ainscow s113A | -13 |
| nine | Walk Over | 1-0 | For Feit | – |
| ten | Walk Over | 1-0 | For Feit | – |
| Mean grading | Home team: 143.1 | Away team: 150.6 | Δ = 7.5 |
Although we were 2 up to start with, Kings Head were stronger than us on top 3 boards and teams broadly level below that. Paolo’s Queens gambit accepted gave him some initiative but he lost material. Anthony’s hedgehog was going well but he missed a tactic for his opponent.
Gary Thurston, Jason Klimach and Jef Page agreed draws in even fairly positions and things looked in the balance. Gideon Vecht had a Knight for 2 pawns in a rook ending but had to settle for a draw as his opponents pawn reached the 7th rank. Venkatesh won material and saw through our only win on the night in a tense open board. Now 5-4 to us. Taha Undre and Faye Ainscow had 7 pawns each in a fairly locked position. Taha lost his a pawn but got active play with his knight as both players started running out of time. An honorable draw was agreed to give us the match. We now have 2 wins from our last 2 matches, after suffering 4 defeats since the season started.
Our next match is against British Bangla Chess Association on Wednesday 19 February.
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