We weren’t at full strength for our match against one of our main rivals for second place: Cavendish 1.
But no matter, we still managed a narrow win in spite of our grading disadvantage, thanks to wins from Gavin, Mike, Jonathan and Andrew along with draws from Julien, John and Martin.
| Cavendish 1 | Richmond | ||
| 1 | Jonathan Parker 240 | 1:0 | Iain Gourlay 225 |
| 2 | John Cox 226 | 0:1 | Gavin Wall 223 |
| 3 | Jonathan Rogers 226 | 0:1 | Mike Healey 212 |
| 4 | Matthew Piper 215 | 1:0 | Caspar Bates 200 |
| 5 | Kanwal Bhatia 190 | ½:½ | Julien Shepley 174 |
| 6 | Jeff Goldberg 197 | ½:½ | John Burke 181 |
| 7 | Danny Wright 188 | 0:1 | Jonathan Somekh 179 |
| 8 | Alan Scrimgour 185 | ½:½ | Martin Benjamin 176 |
| 9 | Barry Green 165 | 1:0 | Chris White 177 |
| 10 | Howard Waterman 169 | 0:1 | Andrew Waters 168 |
| 4½:5½ |
Here‘s the B3 game. It’s always good to see one of my former (chess) pupils beating one of my brother’s former (English) pupils.
We’re now on 5/6, having only suffered the inevitable loss against Wood Green. Here’s to the rest of the season.
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