The handicapping mechanism led to Spinney having a one point head start - but they had been expecting more. The first result was a loss for John who had struggled to find space for his pieces. Graham B had gotten one of his knights trapped in the opening and was under time pressure, but, in exchange, his opponent's kingside remained undeveloped and with some fabulous pins against the e and f pawns, Graham was able to regain the piece and then some. Mike C was heading into a pawn endgame one pawn down against Steve Wylie, when Steve's position imploded leaving Mike a technical win. In Graham S's game, the centre had been completely blocked with pawns, but as the clocks ran down to their remaining few minutes, Graham converted a game that had been looking very drawish into a win.
| 22 Feb | Heathcote Arms 1 | v | Spinney Hill 1 | GD |
|---|
| 3 - 1 | | -56 |
| Handicap | 0 - 1 | |
| 3 - 2 |
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| 1 | W | 192 | Sharpe, Graham | 1 - 0 | Potter, Karl | 161 | -31 |
| 2 | B | 156 | Cowley, Michael | 1 - 0 | Wylie, Stephen | 144 | -12 |
| 3 | W | 153 | Booley, Graham | 1 - 0 | Slater, Brian L | 133 | -20 |
| 4 | B | 122 | Manger, John | 0 - 1 | Gurney, Roy | 129 | 7 |
The table now looks like this, but bare in mind that HA1 has a game in hand.
| Pos | Team | Pl | W | D | L | GPD | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | Loughborough 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Heathcote Arms 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | Spinney Hill 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Braunstone 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 5 | Melton Mowbray 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 6 | Scraptoft Valley 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
Colin
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