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Published 26 February 2011

Shropshire - Worcestershire

Played on 26 February 2011 at Scout & Guide HQ, Shifnal, Shrops. Shropshire players had white on odd-numbered boards. Reported by Worcestershire.

 

Board ECF Code Grade Shropshire Score Score Worcestershire Grade ECF Code
1 104197G 139 PETER  CREAN ½ ½ STEVE   CROCKETT 139 279615G
2 157397E 138 JOHN A WESTHEAD ½ ½ JASON  COLE 137 128813B
3 116900C 137 WINDSOR WA  PECK 1 0 IAN  ELLIS 137 248739B
4 179346K 134 STEFAN H  TENNANT 1 0 IAN  TRUSCOTT 136 120615B
5 120647D 132 JOHN A  TUNKS ½ ½ JOHN  LOYNES 136 185413G
6 136893L 127 IAN G  DAVIES ½ ½ ROB  BRICKNELL 133 234732F
7 117579J 126 EUGENE  BD  RABY 0 1 JAMES P  FRIAR 130 275649D
8 179299E 125 ALAN  PICKLES 0 1 DOUG  BOTT 132 183289L
9 118435A 124 IVOR  SALTOR ½ ½ DAVID  SPOWART 129 277850G
10 120879C 117 GEORGE  VISZOKAI ½ ½ JOHN  GITTUS 127 156963G
11 143781B 115 DELE  OGUNDIPE 0 1 KYLE  REED 126 275755C
12 248948L 115 CHRISTOPHER  PAUL 0 1 JOSEPH D FRIAR 127 275633L
13 107507L 115 ROGER R  BROWN 0 1  T FRANCIS O’GORMAN 129 242814D
14 268066L 110 STEPHEN  TULETT 1 0 PETER  BANKS 127 165118D
15 117343B 105 DERRICK  POWELL ½ ½ ARNOLD  KIRKLAND 125 128994K
16 136890E 102 PAUL G  BRODERICK ½ ½ KEVIN  DAY 122 271358F
        7 9      

 

Match report from Giles Stanton. The match was a close run affair. One of Worcester's players had to withdraw late because of a family emergency. In the early stages boards 16 and 5 agreed early draws. Kyle Reed (Worcs) played with assurance capitalising on his opponent's mistakes to gain Worcs' first win. Worcester players Doug Bott and Francis O'Gorman regained their form to score wins. Doug with well marshalled troops overwhelmed his opponent's castled king. Francis O'Gorman (Worcs) maintained an Iron grip on the position while his opponent fell behind on the clock eventually loosing on time. The next games to finish were three draws leaving the match score at 2½ to 5½ in Worcestershire's favour. Shropshire replied with three sucessive wins to tie the scores. In the remaining games, however, the advantage was with Worcestershire. Both of Worcester's Friar brothers sacrificed a pawn in the opening and used their superior development to score. In Joseph's case winning a piece and James's case his centralised queen and knight threatening mate on the move: too much for his opponent to cope with. Realising the advantage lay with Worcestershire, Rob Bricknell offered a draw, which was accepted. When John Gittus (Worcesterscire) accepted his opponent's offer of a draw, Worcestershire were over the winning line. The board 15 game was hard-fought. Arnold had what looked like a winning attack but Derrick came in with counter threats and both sides were threatening to queen a pawn. With the threats nullified, a draw was agreed.