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Published 12 June 2011
Under-140 Semi Final: Worcestershire - Hampshire
Played 11 June 2011 at the Memorial Hall, Church Road, Weston on the Green, Oxon. Worcestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white. Reported by Giles Stanton.
| Board | WORCESTERSHIRE | ECF Code | Grade | Score | Score | HAMPSHIRE | ECF Code | Grade |
| 1 | Holowczak, Alex | 263651H | 137 | 1 | 0 | Dean, Stuart | 109534B | 139 |
| 2 | Friar, James P | 275649D | 130 | 0 | 1 | Wiswman, John | 241542C | 139 |
| 3 | Ellis, Ian | 248739B | 136 | 0 | 1 | Chilton, James | 163037E | 139 |
| 4 | Truscott,Ian | 120615B | 136 | 1 | 0 | Steele, Kevin | 192016K | 138 |
| 5 | Loynes, John | 185413G | 136 | 0 | 1 | Scotney, David | 118601C | 135 |
| 6 | Friar, Joseph D | 275633L | 127 | 1 | 0 | Culliford, David | 109194D | 135 |
| 7 | Sharratt, P B | 118792C | E133 | ½ | ½ | Cleave, Bob | 108481B | 133 |
| 8 | Humphries, Jeremy | 266351L | 131 | 1 | 0 | Slater, Tom | 265729G | 132 |
| 9 | Yates, Tim | 127209D | 130 | 0 | 1 | Priestley Derek | 212347C | 132 |
| 10 | Shaw, Tony | 248737J | 130 | ½ | ½ | Azman, Norhidayah | 266396L | 131 |
| 11 | Spowart, David | 277850G | 129 | 0 | 1 | Smith, Ewart | 119226H | 130 |
| 12 | O’Gorman, T Francis | 242814D | 129 | 0 | 1 | Manning, Andy | 278376K | 129 |
| 13 | Banks, Peter S | 165118D | 127 | ½ | ½ | Shaddick, John | 118731E | 126 |
| 14 | Kirkland, Arnold | 128994K | 125 | ½ | ½ | Gething, Philip | 111164E | 125 |
| 15 | Butler, Richard | u/g | E122 | ½ | ½ | Misoulis, Nikolaos | 191994F | 123 |
| 16 | Clack, Ian | 108369H | 119 | ½ | ½ | Diaper, Barry | 192737B | 123 |
| TOTAL | 7 | 9 | TOTAL |
Match report by Giles Stanton. Hampshire strengthen their quarter final side for yesterday's semi final against Worcestershire. Dispite this, Worcs put up some stout resistence. Having won the toss Worcestershire soon found themselves in difficulty with board two loosing his f7 pawn with no compensation and board 3 got into trouble in the opening. Solid play on boards 7,15 and 16 led to draws. Joseph Friar had a most assured game with the black pieces against a Scotch Opening and was always in command. Ian Truscott also with the black pieces, played against a Caro Kann Advanced Pawn Variation. He built a strong counter attacking position, mating his opponent. With the score at 5-6 in Hants' favour, there was a glimmer of hope for Worcs when Jeremy Humphries, who was under conciderable pressure in the opening leaving him in time trouble, turned the tables on winning the exchange and with a passed a pawn on the seventh rank he easily converted to win. After this, the Worcesters' luck deserted them with two successive defeats and the final two games ending in draws.