Guildford 2 hosted Wimbledon 2 in the Surrey League Division 3 (Ellam Trophy) on Monday 15 January. Guildford edged it on paper with an average rating of 1900 a board vs 1850 and this was reflected in the final score, a 4–2 home win. The top two boards swung it with a couple of late victories. On board 1, James Toon played positional chess as White against his opponent's QGD Tarrasch Defence (by transposition), winning Black's isolated d-pawn to reach a rook ending with six pawns vs five pawns. There was only going to be one outcome. See the Games page for the annotated game. Then on board 2, defending against the English Opening, Seb Galer reached a queen and rook ending with complicated pawns, outplaying his opponent to win a piece in an exciting finish with both payers very short of time. After that Guildford 2 are third in the table but it's very close at the top.