First to finish was Harrison. He played an advanced Caro Kann that focused attention on Harrison's e pawn. After some good manoeuvring and piece placement his opponent, Ben Parkinson, was able to win a pawn after capturing the two centre pawns for one of his own. Ben sustained the pressure and after middle game trades he won a second pawn, going into a double rook endgame. Harrison fought to try and equalise but never had the opportunity to break back into the game.
  David was playing black against Ken Lunn on board one with both sides playing a steady opening/middle game. It wasn't until late in the game that one player was able to push towards a mate attack and that player was Ken. David did his best to defend and counter attack but with pieces exchanged Ken was able to push on to win the game.
  Oliver was playing well and holding his own in the opening of his game but as the game went on and with his opponent attacking hard, Oliver soon found himself with his back to the wall. And it wasn't long before the game ended in another loss for the C Team.
  Bernard Ross 1 v JBH 0. It started as a familiar Sicilian defence, where white castled queenside and presented a strong kingside threat. John delayed castling kingside until having traded white's dark squared bishop, and later traded queens to remove the continuing threat. Both players made mistakes, some noticed and others not, amongst which John got his bishop trapped and lost it. Much later he won his piece back from the congested struggle and they entered the endgame with equal material. John's offer of a draw that was met with stony silence and so play in a technical king, rook and pawn duel continued, which John regrettably lost.

First to finish tonight was Jamie playing on board three who was doing well until he lost his way in the middle game, which resulted in this opponent pushing forward attaching the king and forcing Jamie to resign.
  David playing White on board one was involved in an even opening battle with both sides playing steady. It was David who pushed forward attacking the king but could not find the mate move. When a draw was offered on move 33 the draw was accepted.
  Oliver started off well playing steady and came out of the opening moves well enough but lost his way in the middle game giving his opponent the advantage to push forward and win the game.
  Harrison was playing black on board two where white played a Reti gambit. After this was accepted, the game entered a complex middle game, where Harrison attempted to attack and build some momentum, his opponent found a counter for each move leaving Harrison down 2 knights and a pawn for 3 pawns. The game was far from over and Harrison continued to apply pressure to the open file, winning back a piece, but ultimately made a mistake which would lead to losing his queen whilst trying to manage time pressure towards the end of the game.

Manningtree C got off to a good start with David playing on board one and finishing first. His opponent was on the attack first, playing down the Queen's side, which David defended well with several pieces being exchanged. This was followed with more pressure as his opponent pushed forward with more pieces being exchanged until White was left with two Bishops and Black with two Knights and an even number of pawns. At which point a draw was agreed.
  Harrison played a Caro Kann with some early trades that left him with a Bishop and a Knight versus two Bishops. After a lot of manoeuvring a drawn position was reached and neither player could find a clear advantage. This was until an inaccurate Queen move by Harrison allowed his opponent access to the 7th rank, ultimately leading to an unstoppable attack on his king.
  Jamie opened with d4 followed by Nf3 to which his opponent responded with a Pirc defence. Jamie quickly gained a territorial advantage and was winding up the pressure. Unfortunately, confidence from dominating so early led to complacency and an enemy passive bishop swiped down taking a rook for free on move 19. The game went on for another 19 moves and although Jamie's king was never under any pressure throughout the game, the ending soon came with a swift exchange of Queens and the collapse of any defensive chances giving another win to the home side.
  John's opponent played with flair. It was a solid Queen's pawn opening, kingside castling and steady development forcing white to double pawns on the f-file from a Bishop exchange. Unfortunately, the job got much tougher after John unfortunately threw a knight away on his tenth move. The game shifted to a matched contest along the B file, with sight of a sneaky back rank mate that remained out of reach. John finally resigned in the face of a lost pawn race and irrecoverable material loss.
  A disappointing result for the team, especially as we started so well before falling foul to the ubiquitous single move blunder.