Atticus A ½-3½ Brentwood A, Division One 4NCL Online, March 9th 2021
| 2298 | John Redmond | ½ | ½ | IM Richard Pert | 2513 |
| 2239 | FM Charlie Kennaugh | 0 | 1 | FM David Haydon | 2435 |
| 2147 | FM Dave James | 0 | 1 | Karl Bowden | 2340 |
| 2098 | Steve Kee | 0 | 1 | Russell White | 2105 |
| ½ | 3½ |
In this match we were facing higher-rated opposition. Charlie faced a dark-square clamp on the Black side of the Reti, missing one or two tactical opportunities to free himself. Steve Kee also conceded space in the opening and was unable to 'break out'. Dave described his game as being messy before it got away from him near the end. I got a level-ish position in the Anglo-Catalan until I unwittingly disimproved on theory. Still my position was compact even after I won a pawn and gave it back and so my opponent offered a relatively early draw.
Atticus B ½-3½ MCS Oxford A, Division Three 4NCL Online, March 9th 2021
| 1877 | James Rothwell | 0 | 1 | Tom Shepherd | 2018 |
| 1680 | Steve Burge | 0 | 1 | Hari Selveraj | 1934 |
| 1666 | Mark Wadsworth | 0 | 1 | Hou Ning Zhou | 1830 |
| 1480 | John Lawton | ½ | ½ | Samir Khan | 1664 |
| ½ | 3½ |
While John Lawton managed a creditable draw we had difficulties on the other boards. Typical hard going in the 4NCL!