The match between Ealing C and Harrow A was played on 6th of November,2023 at the Actonians. Ealing C lost the match with the score 2-4. Ealing C won 1 game, drew 2 and lost 2 to the opposing team.
| Board | Ealing C (Home) | Rating | Score | Harrow A (Away) | Rating |
| 1 (B) | Alastair Johnstone | 1602 | 0.5-0.5 | Clive Heidrich | 1785 |
| 2 (W) | Trevor Bates | 1541 | 0.5-0.5 | Mary Deans | 1653 |
| 3 (B) | Jagat Singh | 1510 | 0-1 | Patrick Sartain | 1450 |
| 4 (W) | David Websdale | 1436 | 0-1 | Jenny Goldsmith | 1435 |
| 5 (B) | Ravi Gupta | 1309 | 1-0 | David Stott | 1415 |
| 6 (W) | Paul Johnson | 1418 | 0-1 | Phil Humphry | 1292 |
Well done to Ravi on his win. Early on in his game he had an attack going against his opponent’s king side. Alastair’s was a Queen’s Pawn Game. His game ended in a complex end game position. He settled for a draw. Trevor played the Torre attack and his game also ended in a draw. Jagat played the Caro-Kann defence. With no castling his king became quite exposed to early and sustained attack from his opponent. He eventually lost the game. David did quite well in his game to reach a winning position but unfortunately lost on time. Paul clearly appeared to be in a drawing position with just just equal number of pawns on both sides and the kings literally facing each other. Unfortunately he lost his game.
See comments/games below from some of the players.
Trevor
On board 2 Trevor Bates, played the Torre Attack. This led to a solid position with few chances for either side. After 20 moves each player had a Queen, Knight and six Pawns with one open file and two half-open files. A draw was soon agreed. Fritz gave the final position 0.00.
Paul
We played a Ruy Lopez and reached what appeared to be a drawn position by around move 30 . I instigated a Queen swap and proposed a draw . My opponent opted to play on , realising that his position was marginally superior to mine . I should have moved my Queen to a more attacking position before proposing the draw . His end game technique was superior to mine . Analysing later , I realised that I needed to centralise my King to act as a blockade .
Ravi
Ravi’s game (Ruy Lopez opening: Murphy Defense, Caro Variation):
Alastair:
I simply erred, playing an inaccurate move with 27…Kg7 which resulted in a return to material equality and a position the engines assess as 0.0 If I had played the accurate 27…Rf4 (or indeed 26…Rf4) capitalising on the strength of my connected g and h pawns, I would have retained an advantage, but the endgame is quite complex and I would have needed to find a sequence of only moves to maintain the advantage.
Earlier, I had managed to find an effective counter to my opponent’s London System and emerged from the middle-game with a strong position and an extra pawn. 18…Qf4 would have been an improvement on the 18…Qg5 played.
Alastair’s game (Queen’s Pawn Opening):