In order of completion, we lost first on board 3 when Callum failed to turn up having apparently confused the words “Tuesday” and “Thursday”. I (John) had another black against Brian Valentine and got nowhere fast. Ben, in an Evans Gambit, pointed his rooks, bishops and queen at the black king and impressively sledge-hammered his way through. Mark, playing the black side of a Kings Indian, reached the point where it looked like all of his pieces were going to be pushed off the board into his lap. A feisty sacrifice gave him some fun. but it was never quite going to work. Richard got the worst of the opening and dropped a pawn. He finally equalised (as white!) at about move 30, at which point they agreed a draw.
| Home Team: Leighton Buzzard B | Away Team: Bedford B | ||||||
| Board | Name | Grade | Score | Score | Name | Grade | |
| 1 | Adrian Matthews | 166 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Richard Bodily | 140e | |
| 2 | Brian Valentine | 161 | 1 | 0 | John Harbour | 141 | |
| 3 | Tony Readman | 125 | 1 | 0 | Callum Shields | 123 | |
| 4 | Andre Eggenhoffner | 125e | 1 | 0 | Mark Schofield | 114 | |
| 5 | Ross Day | 73e | 0 | 1 | Ben Pike | 80e | |
| Date Played: 04/02/2014 | 3.5 | 1.5 | |||||