For second night in a row the stronger team demonstrated that stronger teams are stronger because they are stronger.
We were out-gunned in particular on boards 4-6 and went 3-0 down. James had a promising attack but a rook sac turned out to be unsound. We were equal on the top three boards but overall the score-line reflects the difference in depth between the teams. A slight surprise University put their weakest player on board 1; certainly it made it even harder for us.
So a week of three matches; one draw and two loses. Onwards and upwards I guess!
| 1 | James Clarke (1884) | 0 | Derek Pugh (2169) | 1 |
| 2 | Dan Savidge (2148) | 1 | Matias Candelario (2138) | 0 |
| 3 | Ian Gallagher (2080) | .5 | Phil Nendick (1969) | .5 |
| 4 | Dan Varney (2005) | 1 | Nigel Pollett (1788) | 0 |
| 5 | Dorian Schieffer (1975) | 1 | James Facey (1663) | 0 |
| 6 | Tom Shepherd (2028) | 1 | Prakash Chatterjee (1638) | 0 |
| University A | 4.5 | Horfield A | 1.5 |
Horfield & Redland Chess Club 