Richmond B’s last match of the season required a trip down the M4 to Maidenhead, where we faced some strong and experienced opposition.

The result was an outstanding performance, our best of the season, and a stunning 5-2 victory.  Bertie and Ian both drew against much higher graded opponents, while Sampson and Russell (good to see him playing again) also shared the points. Our lower order were remorseless, making a clean sweep of boards 5-7.

The team included four former RJCC members from several decades ago, on boards 1, 3, 4 and 7. Great days, and great that they remember them so fondly and are still involved with Richmond chess.

	Maidenhead A		Richmond B
1	John Wager 188	½:½	Bertie Barlow 162
2	Majid Mashayekh 172	½:½	Ian McLeod 159
3	Charles Bullock 160	½:½	Sampson Low 160
4	Nigel Dennis 153	½:½	Russell Manning –
5	Paul Janota 145	0:1	Maks Gajowniczek –
6	William Castaneda 128	0:1	Adrian Waldock 138
7	Paul Fisher 122	0:1	Eamon Rashid-Farokhi 143
		2:5

Adrian’s team finish with a score of 4½/12 in a tough division, helped by Harrow and Maidenhead failing to fulfil their matches against us. This should be enough for us to remain in Division 2 next season.