| Sheffield Deaf | 0.5 | 3.5 | Nomads D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Freund | 0.5 | 0.5 | Keith Wicks | (w) |
| Peter Sharpe | 0 | 1 | Eric McKenna | |
| Mick Simmons | 0 | 1 | Robert Shaw | |
| David Whiston | 0 | 1 | Jo Woollard |
We won the toss, and played white on odd boards.
Keith and his opponent swapped off queens early, then continued in the same vein. When they were down to a knight, a bishop, and four pawns each, they agreed a draw.
Robert tried a speculative knight sacrifice, generating significant pressure on Mick’s king, but was unable to force immediate mate. After swapping queens off, Robert won a bishop with a rook fork, then pressed home his material advantage, eventually mating the black king on h3.
Eric began by swapping off minor pieces then, after much manoeuvring , trapped his opponent’s queen on his back rank. They promptly resigned.
Jo was the last to finish. After a quiet start she went into the middle game even on material – queen, two rooks, two bishops and a knight against queen, two rooks, two knights and a bishop. She then won a bishop and pawn for a knight, giving her a slight material advantage, but was unable to break through. Eventually though, her opponent’s flag fell.