His first game was a long slog against Raymond Sayers (2145) of Poisoned Pawns 2, in which, following a particularly unenterprising French Defence, Sayers consistently overplayed his hand, first allowing Payne to equalise, and then slowly take over. Sayers reached a roughly level position before inexplicably dropping a pawn for nothing. The game still ended up drawn, with Oliver missing a handful of chances in a tricky bishop ending, so in some senses, it was job done.
His next game, however, turned into an effective demolition job by Andrew Greet (2282), when as early as move two, Payne accepted doubled isolated pawns to secure the trade of queens! The stronger player asserted himself very well here, and produces a game that seems effortless.
Unfortunately we don't have his last round game against Roger Hardy (2022) of Bristol 2, a win with the white pieces, but we will be happy to display it when it comes through.
Postscript, 25/06/03 - At the recent Michelle Alfred Memorial Tournament, your webmaster met up with Oliver, who expressed his "sincere disagreement" with some of the comments above. Indeed, he went on to score an excellent 6/9 (=3rd), containing only two draws (less than myself, I might add) and, to add icing on the cake, beating your webmaster in the penultimate round. A copy of this game, annotated by the winner, should reach my desk shortly, as a grovelling apology to Mr.Payne.