Charlie van der Winkle faced Jamie Brotheridge in a Sicilian and lasted only a few moves longer than last week, dropping a piece in the opening and resigning on the spot.

Rob Loveband met Switzer Bell who defended with his favourite Scandinavian. The game was quite even until Black shed a rook in the middlegame and white won efficiently from there.

John Abson played Chris Segrave who adopted an unusual line of the Alelekhine Defence (1.e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8?!). In the complex middlegame, White sacrificed 2 pawns for a whisper of an attack which soon become a shout as he won a rook for a pawn and went on to win brilliantly.

Michael Schreenan versus Chris Holley was a classical 1. e4 e5 opening that was over before anyone really saw what happened. The final position featured an unusual mate by White with Bishop on f7 and Queen on e6.

Patrick Cook faced the dangerous Joel Beggs who avoided White's intended Catalan in an unusual manner (1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5?!). After a sharp opening phase in which White gained a big lead in development, Black dropped a pawn in the middlegame and White quietly converted his advantage with refined endgame technique.

Patrick Prevett had the bye.

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

Results
Charlie van der Winkel v Jamie Brotheridge	0 - 1
Rob Loveband v Switzer Bell	1 - 0
John Abson v Chris Segrave	1 - 0
Michael Schreenan v Chris Holley	1 - 0
Patrick Cook v Joel Beggs	1 - 0
Patrick Prevett	Bye