Broadstairs 5½ Margate 1½
| 1 | David Faldon (175) | 1-0 | Peter McGill (149) |
| 2 | Trefor Owens (167) | 1-0 | John Thorley (140) |
| 3 | Shany Rezvany (163) | 1-0 | Colin Gregory (119) |
| 4 | Bob Page (144) | ½-½ | Clive Le Baigue (111) |
| 5 | Paul Carfrae (141) | 1-0 | Leon Garfield (101) |
| 6 | Richard Clement (128) | 1-0 | John Clarke (98) |
| 7 | Michael Doyle (90) | 0-1 | Roy McAloney (86) |
David Faldon writes:
What seems a comfortable win actually wasn’t. We were 1-0 down for a long time, with several of the other games looking either dodgy or drawish. It was a relief when Shany converted his extra exchange into a win on board 3 and Bob secured a draw on board 4. All four of the remaining games went into the last half-hour when the time left on a player’s clock starts to be important. Richard was a couple of pawns up for not much compensation on board 6 and in the other three games the Margate players had much less time, so at last the situation began to look favourable. In the end we won all four games. Trefor’s game on board 2 looked the most interesting, a delicate knight versus bishop ending that is possibly a bit too long for a game of the week, with Shany’s tactical mess a close second. We’ll have to see what the webmaster decides. Well done to the team on our first Millar Cup win of the season, and congratulations to Margate on putting up such a tough fight despite the wide gap in ratings on most of the boards.