Broadstairs 2½ Herne Bay 4½
| 1 | David Faldon (170) | ½-½ | Bernie Kooiman (195) |
| 2 | Alan Gosman (149) | ½-½ | Gordon Botley (186) |
| 3 | Bob Page (141) | 0-1 | Stuart Williams (179) |
| 4 | Paul Carfrae (132) | 0-1 | Bob Pooley (147) |
| 5 | John Couzens (131) | ½-½ | Luke Kite (139) |
| 6 | Andy Flood (113) | ½-½ | Paul Arold (125) |
| 7 | Reg Pidduck (104) | ½-½ | Jamie Dawson (e75) |
David Faldon writes:
This was another narrow defeat against a highly-rated Herne Bay side. At one point we were doing very well on boards 1, 6 and 7 but tough defence from our opponents kept the scoring to three draws. The games on boards 2 and 5 were also drawn but in very different fashion. John on board 5 played very solidly with black while Alan with white on board 2 came up with some extraordinary ideas. His king went to f1 early, leaving his h1 rook stuck in the corner with no easy route out. Alan solved this problem by playing Rh1-g1, g2-g4, Rg1-g3 and Rg3-d3. A splendid game that should soon be available on this website as Game of the Day. That leaves boards 3 and 4. In both games the Herne Bay players got the initiative out of the opening and in both the Broadstairs players just couldn’t quite hang on, despite defending well. All in all, a narrow defeat but not one that we need feel too depressed about. Congratulations to Herne Bay on another hard-fought victory.