In this game having drawn black on the top boards each time I drew the colours I tried a new strategy and got Andrew to draw them on the basis he might be luckier. This proved a wise decision as
he drew white for us on boards 1,2 and 3.
As far as the games went the first to finish was Dougie Will who won on board 4 against John Smith. Then I think David Wallace won on board 5 against Graham Kerr where he seemed to win an
exchange and duly converted it. Next to finish was board 1 where Andrew Newton sacrificed a pawn for a very strong attack that proved decisive against John McLay. Then Mark Cooke and Alan Bell
drew their game. My game against Graham Hamilton was the last to finish where I had a comfortable spatial edge after which I was able to gain material and convert the ending in mutual time
trouble where we finished with less than 3min between us.
We had a tricky journey home as we got caught in a blizzard but everyone got home safely despite my driving skills!
Full results are as follows:
| Grangemouth | Badgers Brook | |||||||
| Grade | Surname | Forename | Pnum | Result | Grade | Surname | Forename | Pnum |
| 2066 | McLay | John | 5168 | 0-1 | 2007 | Andrew | 18930 | |
| 1979 | Hamilton | Graham | 4238 | 0-1 | 1998 | McGeoch | Kenny | 14326 |
| 1953 | Bell | Alan | 3166 | 0.5-0.5 | 1887 | Cooke | Mark | 20648 |
| 1833 | Will | Dougie | 6473 | 1-0 | 1622 | Smith | John | 8494 |
| 1727 | Wallace | David | 6346 | 1-0 | 1580 | Kerr | Graham | 10613 |
| Total | 2.5-2.5 | |||||||
Thanks to Grangemouth for their hospitality!
Kenny