Jamie Brotheridge met Michael Schreenan and the only surprise was the opening: the 4 Knights opening! Jamie rapidly built up a Queen and Rook attack against Michael's King and pocketed the full point.

Peter Miitel played top seed and tournament leader Scott Stewart. A strange Bird/Dutch hybrid appeared and then quickly disappeared as the two players agreed to a draw after just 9 moves!

James Eldridge faced Jason Brotheridge in a French defence. White won a pawn very early, then quickly increased his advantage to be 2 Bishops up and about to Queen a pawn when Jason resigned.

John Abson played Kevin Perrin. Kevin defended with his usual Scandinavian defence and picked up an early pawn. He then gained a commending position with a strong central pawn push, after which a nice tactical sortie gained him a rook. The ending proved no problem for Kevin afterwards.

Tim Commons took on defending champion Patrick Cook who defended once more with Alekhine. Tim misplayed the Four Pawns Attack and found himself the exchange down in the opening. He later lost a second exchange and resigned after his speculative attack was brushed aside.

Simon Feros met Rob Loveband in the battle of the newcomers. A Queen's Gambit Declined, White gained a solid, protected passed pawn in the early middlegame, but later launched a promising looking mating attack, sacrificing material to expose Black's King. Rob, however, managed to refure the attack, keeping the material to win an exciting game.

Joel Beggs played John Frangakis in a Caro-Kann. White sacrificed a pawn early on for sustained pressure which Black calmly withstood. A position with unbalanced material and about equal chances was later reached after Joel gave up a rook a couple of pawns for 2 pieces. He then outplayed John to register his first point after a disasterous start to the tournament.

Darren Young versus Robert Bailey was postponed. The postponed Round 4 game, Robert Bailey versus Joel Beggs was played during the week. A Tarrash Defence, Rob picked up a cheap pawn in the opening, later winning the exchange as well, before a demoralised Joel resigned the game.

2 other games have been played in advane. From round 7, Simon Feros versus John Frangakis was a Queen's Gambit. Simon gained a slight edge which proved insufficient for more then a draw against John's careful defence.

The round 10 game Jamie Brotheridge versus Simon Feros was a Sicilian Dragon. Jamie, looking to punish someone after his dramatic 104 move loss in round 4, destroyed Simon's position to score a quick win in 19 moves.