The night the knights went hopping mad, Tonight saw three alekhines defences employed by Pat Cook, James Eldridge and Jamie Brotheridge. In Joel Beggs v Patrick Cook, Joel displayed more of his fighting qualities made Pat Cook work hard for his point despite giving an early pawn. Pat wins but not without a struggle. James Eldridge employed the more unusual second move for Black Ne4?! against Robert Bailey, James getting into all sorts of trouble held to draw despite being several pawns down. Jamie Brotheridge struggled against Peter and sacraficed an exchange unnecessarily, easy win for Peter.

Round 4 also saw the board 1 clash between Scott Stewart v John Lavery, French Winawer, John opting to rid himself of his Bad French Bishop with the maneuvere b6 Ba6. The game quickly became a nightmare of complications typical of these two players. Neither party really wanting the point on the night drew as the game entered its final phases both players missing decisive opportunities earlier in the piece. The remaining games very routine for the higher rated opponents

Key
1	Win	pp	Postponed
0	Loss	adj	Adjourned
½	Draw
1	Bye

Results
Scott Stewart v John Lavery	½ - ½
Joel Beggs v Patrick Cook	0 - 1
Peter Lumsdon v Jamie Brotheridge	1 - 0
Michael Schreenan v Judd Madden	0 - 1
Robert Bailey v James Eldridge	½ - ½
John Abson v Darren Young	0 - 1
John Frangakis v Mitchel Bailey	0 - 1
Charlie Andrews	Bye