The C Team finished their season with a match against MK C, who had slightly strengthened their team since our last meeting. Peter H and Mac found their opponents too strong on the bottom boards. Peter G, after equalising out of the opening, missed a double attack by his opponent’s queen and lost a pawn. Matters got rapidly worse and we were 3-0 down. Nigel had his second fine victory in two weeks to make the score a little more respectable. The captain is still waiting for his first ever win over Peter Rawcliffe after being outplayed in the middle-game, having to sacrifice a pawn for some counter-play and making the time-control by literally one second. Peter still had to make his 35th move, probably still stunned that the game was not over, and he missed a strong, almost certainly winning, rook move. Soon we were in an opposite-coloured bishops ending and he had to concede the draw.
So we will finish mid-table, above both the OU and MK C, so all in all an excellent season for the club’s weakest team.
| Home Team: MK C | Away Team: Bedford C | ||||||
| Board | Name | Grade | Score | Score | Name | Grade | |
| 1 | Peter Rawcliffe | 147 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Chris Hill | 134 | |
| 2 | Tim Puleston | 139 | 1 | 0 | Peter S Gill | 133 | |
| 3 | Colin Solloway | 129 | 0 | 1 | Nigel Staddon | 134 | |
| 4 | John McKeon | 121 | 1 | 0 | Peter T Housden | 102 | |
| 5 | Dave Wells | 115 | 1 | 0 | RW (Mac) MacKenzie | 72 | |
| Date Played: 10/04/2014 | 3.5 | 1.5 | |||||