Players of a certain age often ask "Where were you when England won the World Cup?" (for younger readers this actually refers to football) or "Where were you when you heard JFK had been shot?" To these life defining events some of us can add "Where were you when Atticus 6, yes 6, scored their first win?" And the answer for me, even though the question may not have the same ring as the previous two, is "I was there".

Neither side was able to impose themselves on the other and a very tense encounter was the result. Geoff Jones seemed to have some chances but quite a quick draw resulted. Will on board 4 meanwhile had taken some structural weaknesses in the opening and in due course these allowed his opponent in to put Atticus one nil down. Sean Malkeson, whose only mistake of the evening was to lose the toss (this is allowable only if the captain obtains white for himself), equalised the score by exploiting the weaknesses he had inflicted on his opponent during the opening phase. Steve on board 1 had a solid draw against an opponent keen to use the "advantage " of white to engineer exchanges.

This left the final thrilling game. Sanjoy found himself in a struggle with Kings castled on opposite sides. He kept his nerve marvellously. With material dropping off the board and his King's position blasted wide open, Sanjoy delivered checkmate on the opposite side of the board - Bravo!