| Ravenfield | 2½ | 3½ | Nomads E |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Tate | 1 | 0 | Les Day (w) |
| Andrew Shaw | 1/2 | 1/2 | Duncan Chambers |
| David Hall | 1 | 0 | Eric McKenna |
| Stephen Eyre | 0 | 1 | Robert Shaw |
| Martin Wilkes | 0 | 1 | Jo Woollard |
| Graham Peacock | 0 | 1 | Gordon Shaw |
Nomads won the toss, and chose white on odds.
On board 1, the queens were swapped off early, leaving Les with doubled f pawns, and his king looking vulnerable on g2. Once all the pieces had been exchanged, Les was left with a bare king against three pawns, and resigned.
Meanwhile, Gordon won his opponent’s queen with a knight fork, then mated him on move 21 on h1, with his queen on h3 and a bishop on f2
Eric castled first, then exchanged minor pieces, ending up with a rook, opposite coloured bishops, and six pawns each. After much manoeuvring, Eric lost his rook, and resigned.
Duncan also castled first in a fairly quiet opening, then swapped off minor pieces, ending up with two rooks and five pawns (one on his seventh rank) against two rooks and six pawns. Duncan then exchanged rooks, gained a pawn advantage, but the position remained pretty even, so a draw was eventually agreed.
Robert won a rook for a knight in the middle game, then swapped down to rook and two pawns vs bishop and 3 pawns, a slight advantage. Robert pushed his pawns, winning two pawns in the process, then swapped his rook for the bishop, giving him a won king and pawn endgame. Faced with inevitable promotion, Stephen resigned.
Jo was the last to finish, ending up in a rook and pawn endgame, with six pawns to four, and five minutes extra on the clock, but players had a passed pawn. Jo won her opponent’s rook with a promotion threat, then promoted one of her remaining pawns, giving her a queen and rook against a king and pawns. Mate soon followed.