Steve Hodge vs Douglas Vleeshhouwer

This is was my first 4NCL game and I was glad how it went. In the week leading up to the match, I figured that Yorvik would be coming out in the first round with their strongest team possible, which meant I'd facing Steve on board 3. My record against Steve wasn't good until now: 3 losses, no draws, no wins!

However, I knew I had an opportunity to surprise him by replying with 1... e5 against his 1.e4 instead of my usual Black Lion which he would be expecting.