Recently Andrew has been playing the odd sacrifice and Wednesday against Russell was no exception. Andrew used an offbeat Bg5 and f4 Sicilian and black was better. On move 13 he surprisingly sacked his Knight on e6, it looked a mistake, Queens were swapped and I was looking better. Unfortunately according to my German analyst there was only one good move for black and this wasn't the one I chose. Andrew's remaining pieces swarmed in, tied Black up, attacked the king and Black was losing. Maybe Andrew was trying to get too much out of the position but we managed to swap pieces off, to be 5 pawns and R vs 4 P and R and a draw resulted.
Carey played Nigel and had some early initiative, winning an exchange. Nigel defended strongly before Carey's pieces broke through but he was running short of time and Nigel gained the upperhand and a win.
Fred played newcomer Owen. Owen lost some pawns early but managed to create some counter play for a while before falling to his first smother mate.
David played Dylan. 1. e4 e6, 2. d4 b6. Dylan was on the backfoot early and David managed to get a Knight into d6 and then a pawn on the same square which became a thorn in Dylan's side. Dylan castled long and David enjoyed a Q-side march of his pawns to win.
Phil played Reg and was a pawn up and better, although short on time. Other players thought that swapping Qs suited Reg 0-1.
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