Guildford 4 v Kingston 3, Surrey League division 2 match played at the Guildford Institute, Guildford on 9 December 2024

This was a remarkable win for Ed Mospan’s Kingston 3, who currently have a tough schedule, visiting Epsom, Guildford and Coulsdon in successive weeks. Guildford 4 fielded a very experienced team – Trevor Jones, Peter Horlock and Mike Gunn have been playing since about the Steinitz era – but Kingston dispatched them with aplomb, running out 4.5-1.5 winners.

David Shalom and Adam Nakar won on the two top boards; Aziz Sannie played a well-controlled game to win on board 4 against Anthony Garrood, who only last week won an important game for Guildford 2 against Kingston 2; and Ed Mospan continued his terrific run of recent form with a victory over the wily Horlock. Congratulations to Ed and his team (pictured above at the match, minus photographer Ed). This is surely one of Kingston’s best wins of the season so far.

Stephen Moss, Kingston club captain