Surbiton B have made their intentions of winning Division 2 and returning to the top flight clear, so it wasn’t surprising that they fielded a very strong team for this match. Their boards 1, 3 and 4 were on boards 3, 4 and 5 for their A team the following evening.

It was good to see Chris Baker making a rare appearance for us, and even better to see him scoring a fine win against a formidable adversary. Congratulations to him, and also to Ian, Richard and Maks, who all held their opponents to a draw.

	Surbiton  B		Richmond B
1	Altaf Chaudhry 190	0:1	Chris Baker 165
2	Tony Stewart 185	1:0	Bertie Barlow 162
3	Paul Shepherd 183	1:0	Sampson Low 160
4	Angus James 180	½:½	Ian McLeod 159
5	Stefano Bruzzi 161	½:½	Richard Thursby 152
6	Malcolm Groom 160	½:½	Maks Gajowniczek 135
7	Graham Alcock 152	1:0	Masoud Molazadeh 136
		4½:2½