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Staffordshire - Nottinghamshire

Played at Bushbury, Wolverhampton, Staffs on 27 February 2010. Nottinghamshire players had white on odd-numbered boards.

 

Board     Staffordshire ECF Code         Grade Score Score     Nottinghamshire ECF Code     Grade    
1 Richard Parker 136884K 159 0 1 Robert P Taylor 104775K 157
2 John Staniforth 119583K 157 ½ ½ Stephen J Foster 110802F 156
3 Ben Zitha 264530K 156 1 0 Eric Williamson 246342J 156
4 Max Wootton 161058C 154 0 1 Tim R Poole 141053C 155
5 Peter Leary 152089B 153 0 1 Richard Myers 233342K 153
6 William Armstrong 105848E 153 1 0 Janos Wagenbach     120919L 152
7 Steve Hill 259968F 152 1 0 Dragoljub Sudar 119873H 151
8 Derek Perks 139665B 152 ½ ½ Marcel Taylor 120150F 150
9 Mike Groombridge 111774K 151 ½ ½ Keith W Roper 118199D 148
10 Phil Staley 119572E 147 1 0 J Keith Walters 121070B 148
11 Ken McNulty 261888G 146 0 1 John Tassi 120066F 146
12 William Rea 117710C 146 ½ ½ Philip D Morgan 115766J 145
13 Ken Francis 110855E 139 ½ ½ Stanley E E Cranmer     151489B 144
14 Matthew P Wyza     240298B 137 1 0 Keith D Brameld 125733L 143
15 Peter Broomhall 107382F 133 1 0 George J Murfet 115976J 140
16 Andy Lenz 273510G 128 0 1 Hamzah Ali 255748E 140
        8½ 7½      

 

Match report based closely on Staffs website. The Notts team quickly went into a 5 - 0 lead but as the other games finished, the results started to swing back to Staffs.  Peter Broomhall found himself in a tense engame position, but forced the advantage by pushing his king side forward.  Matthew Wyza, playing white, missed one winning opportunity, and soon found himself with pawns locked together and an opposing bishop blockading passed pawns, but won with careful play. Three ganes to go and it still looked like Notts would win. Bill Armstrong's win for Staffs brought the teams level.  The last game to finish was Steve Hill against Dragoljub Sudar.  In a tense position with plenty of onlookers Steve's flag had started to lift, while Dragoljub had almost 10 minutes left, but Steve held on to the win the match for Staffs.