Almost a year ago, on a balmy Herfordshire evening, we headed up the A1 to the delightful Three Horseshoes in Willian, near Letchworth.  A bit of déjà vu, apart from the driving rain, as we invaded the country pub. “2 pints of your weakest bitter and a diet coke, please”. We were armed for battle.

Last year we scored 3 wins. Could we repeat this feat, though outgraded (a bit) on each board? Leon rolled back the years like a timelord as he scored a win with an excellent Ruy Lopez king-side attack. Dan countered his opponent’s Grand Prix attack for a storming win. Board one saw the Modern Variation of the Alekhine. White grabbed a pawn and swapped down to a winning blitz knight and pawn ending. We had our 3 wins, again. Malcolm entered the (Sicilian) Dragon via the Benoni for a creditable half. Terry’s Benk0 Gambit Half Accepted  drew (sharp eyed readers will notice there was one last year – more weird déjà vu).

Match Played 12 February 2013

Borehamwood                        Welwyn Hatfield Chess Forum 2nds

Board 1 :       Kent, Anthony R          148       1/2       Fisher, Jim 158  
Board 2 :       Gesthuysen, Malcolm 149     1/2       White, David 143
Board 3 :       O’Sullivan, Terry J    131         0-1        Bruckner, Roman 143
Board 4 :       Marcos, Dan              130           1-0       Wali, Mir M 141
Board 5 :      Glouzman, Leon        126           0-1       Read, Matthew 142