The 2007 John Holmes Memorial tournament commenced with an entry of 10 players on Thursday 25th October.

Top seed and Club Champion Scott Stewart played a Bird's Opening against Rob Loveband who countered with the aggressive From's Gambit (1.f4 e5?!). In a wild game, White sacrificed a piece on f7 quite early and gained a vicious attack. Black's King was caught in the centre and White rapidly broke through to score an impressive win.

Tim Commons met Patrick Cook in an unusual French Winawer. After casually shedding a pawn in the opening, Black put his thinking cap on, regained the pawn and then outplayed White to win comfortably.

Michael Schreenan took on Kevin Perrin in an Open Sicilian. A feisty game with chances for both sides well into the middle game stage, Black eventually won the exchange and then smoothly converted the Rook versus Bishop plus pawns ending into the full point.

Jamie Brotheridge faced John Abson in a Ruy Lopez. A typical attacking build up by White overwhelmed Black, who dropped his Queen on move 14 and resigned after 19 moves.