John Abson took on Jamie Brotheridge in an open Sicilian. White found himself with a weak position, doubled isolated pawns early and then dropped a piece on move 15. He resigned on the spot.

Patrick Cook versus Switzer Bell was a Larsen Opening. A game of pure positional technique, White won a pawn and proceeded to grind out a win in 53 moves. The only unusual feature of the game was checkmate delivered by 3 Queens !!

Michael Schreenan faced Rob Loveband in another open Sicilian. Black eventually won a piece in a tactical melee and went on to win comfortably.

Joel Beggs met Chris Segrave who played the rarely seen Owen's Defence (1.e4 b6?!). White pushed hard against a passive set up and won a piece, then 2 pawns as well, to have an overwhelming position which he had no trouble converting to a win.

Chris Holley had the bye.

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

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