Metropolitan won the toss and were White on odds. The teams were fairly evenly matched although Wanstead were slightly higher graded on average.
| Bd | Metropolitan Knights | 157 | v | Wanstead & Woodford | 159.4 | |
| 1 | w | Nick Noden | 181 | 1 - 0 | D.I.Reynolds | 172 |
| 2 | b | Zafer Djabri | 161 | ½ - ½ | L Marden | 169 |
| 3 | w | Ian Gallagher | 151 | 0 - 1 | I Hunnable | 165 |
| 4 | b | Kathy Djabri | 154 | ½ - ½ | T Whitton | 161 |
| 5 | w | Kevin Lenaghan | 138 | 1 -0 | M Murrell | 130 |
| 3 -2 |
Board 5 was the last to finish and provided some drama, as the position was
imbalanced (queen and rook vs two rooks, a bishop, and some extra pawns),
and very sharp. It was an advantage to us that the match position meant
the Wanstead player had to win rather than seek a perpetual.
Zaf was in some danger of losing on time, and was relieved to make the time control
with a level endgame: we would have lost the match otherwise. Nick's game, on
the other hand, was the match winner - he always looked better, and won in
fine positional style.
The next round is the Semi Final where we will play Maidstone.
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