Match report from our captain Bill Tracey:
On Monday 16th march our first team travelled to Worthing to take on their 1st team.
This was always going to be a very tough challenge as Worthing have a large number of very strong players to choose from.
Our team, in board order was Andrew, Janis, Steve B and Michael H.
The scale of the challenge was clear when the relative ratings were compared and Worthing out ranked Bexhill by just over 1000 points.
They even had a player on board 4 that has been Sussex champion 6 times!
Michael played very well against his illustrious opponent but in the end had to concede defeat.
Steve on 3 fought very well against a fast rising young player and earned an excellent draw.
Janis on 2 facing an opponent out rating him by 370 points played an outstanding game and had his opponent in a great deal of trouble. Eventually a draw was agreed.
Andrew on 1 lost a pawn early on but fought long and hard against an outstanding player, but eventually ran out of time.
Final score Worthing 3 Bexhill 1.
We now have one match left V Hastings 1. Depending on results we may need to win this match to remain in Division 1.
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