Snodland 3 had a slightly disappointing start to the season with a 4.5-1.5 loss to Tunbridge Wells 2, but we took heart that it was an extremely competitive match and many of the games could have gone either way.Unusually, and not discovered by either of the players until after the game, both board 2 and board 4 for Snodland were playing on the black side of a Sicilian Najdorf in which white played 6.f3. However, Chris Marshall chose to play 6... e6, whilst David Lettington chose 6... e5 at which points the games took considerably different courses. The choice of top grandmasters is apparently 6... Qb6 when white plays 7.g4.
There was an excellent win with white for team captain David Fowler on board 3 in a very sharp line of the King's Gambit. Another win for the British U140 champion!
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