Ealing C played against Harrow B in Harrow on 13^th January 2022. As David Housego was not able to play in this match, the team was captained by Neville Rowden. Although Ealing C was rated 859 lower in total than Harrow B, the team achieved a very respectable 2-2 draw in the match.

Ealing C played White on Board 1 with the results being:

Harrow B	Rating	Result	Ealing C	Rating
John Clenshaw	1746	0-1	Alex Lushpa	1559
David Stott	1490	1-0	Geoff Richards	1401
Phil Humphry	1465	0-1	Neville Rowden	1265
David Wray	1463	1-0	Andy Glass	1180

The only match report available is from Board 3. White opened with d4 and Black responded with e6. It was a very tight game with White maintaining a slight advantage up until the end game. At this point, Black started to gain advantage by taking some poorly defended pawns. White’s only hope was to promote its pawn while distracting Black using its King to reduce Black’s King’s escape possibilities. White fortunately escaped mate in 2 by Black at Move 46. Black made then a fatal mistake at Move 50 which allowed White to promote its Pawn. Lichess’s analysis claims that White’s next move (Rh8+) was a mistake (sacrificing a Rook to gain a Queen). Lichess claims Rf8 to be a better move which would have resulted in Black exchanging its Rook for White’s soon to be promoted Queen. I’m not sure that this analysis is correct.