We arrived at Ipswich to begin the season very early, with full nominated teams on both sides. Ipswich switched around their board order, but so did we to keep everyone on their toes.
  Quite early on in the match things were looking good. Simon had the best out of the early opening in his match, and the other boards were looking even better. Graeme quickly caused problems in the centre and won a pawn. Jim's opponent went for a dubious knight sacrifice, netting only two pawns for it and not nearly enough compensation, and Bob soon found himself able to simplify to a rook endgame with an extra pawn on both sides of the board. Graeme, Jim and Bob each made it look relatively straight forward to convert their advantages, and never looked in any danger.
  Simon, on the other hand, facing a familiar KID, sacrificed his c pawn for queenside activity. This proved unwise and he was always on the back foot after that. The game went the distance though, and with 2 minutes left on the clock he overlooked a single drawing chance, and after that the game was up.