This match should not have been difficult, based on the difference in grading strength, and that is how it has turned out, despite the opposition’s captain describing his team as his “Young Guns”. The grades of the youth in chess should always be regarded with the deepest suspicion.

Bradford DCA Knights B 1874   Holmes Chapel 2030

331 w Bak, Andrew 1946 ½ – ½ Turner, John M 2071

332 b Edwards-Wright, Miles D 1946 1 – 0 Hancock, Michael L 2098

333 w Corcoran, Gary 1868 ½ – ½ Clark, Robert G 2035

334 b Jones, Steven A 1829 0 – 1 Doran, Chris 2020

335 w Dean, Robert A 1882 0 – 1 Bennion, David A 2015

336 b Hackner, Oskar A 1778 0 – 1 Gorman, John A 1942

2 – 4

Dave Bennion had a topsy-turvy game with a neat finish:

Congratulations everyone, and now for the big boys tomorrow – Good Luck!