Surbiton B fielded a much weaker team than in some of their previous matches this season, so on paper it looked like we were in with a chance of a result.

Here’s what happened.

	Richmond B		Surbiton B
1	Bertie Barlow 170	1:0	Altaf Chaudhry 196
2	Ian McLeod 160	0:1	Mark Hogarth 154
3	Raghu Kamath 156	0:1	Graham Alcock 140
4	Sampson Low 148	½:½	Henry Shard 137
5	Adrian Waldock 146	½:½	Paul Durrant 150
6	Masoud Molazadeh 120	0:1	David Cole 126
7	Lewis Low 106	0:1	Mark Webley 119
		2:5

Bertie repeated his win from eight days earlier against his high graded opponent, a former President of the Chess Federation of Pakistan. But, alas, there was little joy for us on the lower boards.

Board 4 was unfinished on the night but adjudicated a draw by Stockfish 11 after both players had missed wins in a time scramble.

Congratulations to Bertie, who is currently in the form of his life, and congratulations also to our friends from Surbiton on an outstanding victory.