31 Oct		Wigston 5		v	Oadby 1
				2 - 2
1	B	129	Chalashkanov, Nikola	½ - ½	Pettitt, David	131
2	W	114	Goldsmith, Rory	½ - ½	Thornton, Mike	116
3	B	110	McKiernan, John	0 - 1	Candlin, Don	112
4	W	107	Cooper, Barrie	1 - 0	Gutteridge, John	61

 
A disappointing draw at home to Oadby.
I was entertaining new boy Marcus and giving him a much needed practice game in match conditions.
Barrie was first to finish, before I'd finished my friendly. He approached me and gave me the thumbs up. I looked briefly at his board and the final position and it looked like a very nice win indeed, I think it was a crushing mate......?
John was next to finish, unfortunately on the wrong end of a poorly played middlegame which we had a brief look at after the game. John made a couple of mistakes and wasn't able to recover after a fairly decent opening.
Rory was next to finish, agreeing a draw where both players had attacking chances swiftly followed by a draw for Nik. Both looked very even closed boards and draws looked sensible.