It was a long trip to Surbiton C , even longer for one team member, on the 1st of May. However the host was quite welcoming of our presence.

Team Ealing C eventually won a match after a hiatus of 4 months, the previous one against Richmond D. We won by a score 4-2.

Board	Surbiton C	Rating	Score	Ealing C	Rating
1 (B)	David Cole	1789	0.5-0.5	Subas Subbaraj	1513
2 (W)	John Polanyk	1787	0-1	Matthew Georgiou	1741
3 (B)	Malcolm Groom	1714	0-1	Tony Braine	1656
4 (W)	Alexey Markov	1626	1-0	Alastair Johnstone	1585
5 (B)	John Rennocks	1663	0-1	Oscar Brown	1489
6 (W)	Paul McCauley	1462	0.5-0.5	David Websdale	1437

All our opponents were higher rated than we were. Creditable performances by the winners, Oscar, Matthew and Tony, and by David who drew his game. Subas’s game also ended in a draw. Alastair lost his game but would have done well any other day.

In Subas’s game the opening was French Defense: Knight Variation. Subas was playing as White. Initally Black seem to be attacking but then White was able to attack in return. However for most of the game it was fairly even with the odd inaccuracy creeping into the game from both sides. A draw was eventually agreed.