John Frangakis met dark horse Rob Loveband and of course we had a Trompovsky Opening. The usual dour positional struggle resulted until Rob trapped one of John's rooks and won the exchange. Rob then played a clinically precise endgame to wrap up the point.

Darren Young played Peter Miitel and a Sicilian was the result. As usual, Darren played solid but cautious chess, and conceded some slight positional weaknesses. Peter maintained the pressure and Darren eventually lost on time in a clearly losing position.

In the game of the night, Simon Feros faced Tim Commons Philidor Defence. Tim seemed to go astray in an interesting middlegame position and found himself being smashed, a rook piece and 3 pawns in arrears. With his never say die attitude and keen eye for tactical possiblities, Tim recovered some ground and even had the temerity to offer a draw! Simon kept a cool head and snuffed out the swidle chances to win an exciting game.

Michael Schreenan met Patrick Cook a few days later. In a Pirc Defence, the defending champion gave Michael no chance and Patrick now needs one more win to win back to back titles.

Kevin Perrin played his round 15 game against Joel Beggs. In something resembling a Catalan Opening, Kevin won a pawn early and steadily increased his advantage until Joel resigned when faced with the loss of the exchange as well.