| Home Team: Luton | Away Team: Bedford A | ||||||
| Board | Name | Grade | Score | Score | Name | Grade | |
| 1 | Andrew Perkins | 194 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Steven C Ledger | 186 | |
| 2 | Samir Vora | 158 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Paul F Habershon | 180 | |
| 3 | Damon D’Cruz | 152 | 0.5 | 0.5 | Richard T Bodily | 178 | |
| 4 | Aleksander Juhasz | 130e | 0 | 1 | Ravi Arulnandhy | 169 | |
| 5 | Nick Pointon | 0 | 1 | Qais Karimi | 159 | ||
| 1.5 | 3.5 | ||||||
| Played: 12/11/18 | |||||||
Ravi and Qais (v a 100e) were given material early in their games and those two results were never in doubt. The Bedford A top three boards all had an edge at some point; Richard in the opening, Steve in the middle game after a Trompowsky opening and Paul in a rook ending where, as is often the case, a pawn advantage was not enough unless you play it very accurately. Still, a solid victory before the bigger test against Leighton Buzzard A on 22nd November.