Jamie Brotheridge faced James Eldridge who played the solid Queens Indian Defence. Lack of precision by James enabled Jamie to seize the initiative and when Black overlooked a combination that netted his Queen, he resigned after just 15 moves.

Tim Commons met Michael Schreenan who ventured the Petroff Defence, a favourite of World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. The game was played at lightning pace. Tim won a pawn in the opening, then picked up a piece in the middlegame. White then "sacrificed" his Queen for 2 rooks in the endgame to reach an easily winning position and finished it off in style.

Rob Bailey took on the tough John Frangakis. A Caro-Kann Defence, John's specialty these days it seems, the position looked solid enough. In the middlegame, White's Queen ran amok, however, picking up 2 pawns and when John was faced with mate or loss of a rook, he resigned.

Rob Loveband versus Kevin Perrin featured an obscure line of the French Defence, Winawer variation. White built up a powerful attack against Black's King which rapidly overwhelmed Kevin who was forced to resign surprisingly quickly when he could not defend against mate.

Defending champion Patrick Cook played his usual Larsen against John Abson. After grabbing a hot pawn, White found himself under some pressure and John proceeded to launch a brilliant attack which forced Patrick to give up his Queen for just 2 pieces. With club members hovering around in expectation of a major upset. John declined Patrick's hopeful draw offer, but several inaccuracies ket the champion alive until John tragically walked into a swindle to hand Patrick the full point.

Clint Stewart versus his brother, top seed Scott Stewart was postponed at the latter's request.