Broadstairs 5½ Margate 1½
| 1 | David Faldon (175) | 1-0 | Peter McGill (157) |
| 2 | David Horton (167) | 1-0 | Harry Sharples (156) |
| 3 | Bob Page (145) | ½-½ | Colin Gregory (114) |
| 4 | Paul Carfrae (131) | 1-0 | Leon Garfield (104) |
| 5 | John Couzens (118) | 1-0 | John Clarke (90) |
| 6 | Bob Cronin (112) | 0-1 | Roy Dawson (72) |
| 7 | Tom Lovegrove (92) | 1-0 | Don Richards (52) |
David Faldon writes:
As usual we outgraded our local rivals by a considerable margin (the team’s average grades were 134 and 106) but also as usual Margate put up a great fight. They even took an early lead when something went spectacularly wrong with Bob C’s all-in attack with white on board 6. At that point most of the other games were pretty level so the fate of the match was in the balance. It wasn’t until about 9.30 that things turned in our favour. First, David H converted a nice position into a mating attack on board 2 and then Paul and John both took pawns in for touchdowns on boards 4 and 5 and suddenly we were 3-1 up. Tom on board 7 provided the most spectacular game of the evening – an early piece sacrifice for 2 pawns led to a long slow mating attack. 4-1. The final two games finished about 10.30 leaving us a precious few minutes to celebrate in the pub. To end, a question. Which board saw the game begin 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 g5? Answer – board 1, with David F to thank/blame for the outrageous/awful 4…g5. It seemed like a good idea at the time.