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Published 7 October 2013
Warwickshire - Worcestershire
Played on 5 October at Tysley WMC, Birmingham. Worcestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white. Result reported by Ray Collett and Simon Smith.
| Board | ID | Grade | Warwickshire | Score | Score | Worcestershire | Grade | ID |
| 1 | 247591b | 192 | Mark Page | 0 | 1 | Pavel Besedin | 196 | 287190h |
| 2 | 156634k | 174 | Simon Smith | 1 | 0 | Brian Turner | 185 | 120670k |
| 3 | 110278d | 173 | Keith Escott | 0 | 1 | Kevin Hurney | 179 | 129898h |
| 4 | 115500d | 167 | John Mildenhall | 0 | 1 | Peter Kitson | 175 | 127645b |
| 5 | 121042h | 167 | Robert Wallman | ½ | ½ | Gary Jackson | 170 | 152157d |
| 6 | 120270e | 166 | Keith Thomas | ½ | ½ | Jim Friar (snr) | 168 | 275649d |
| 7 | 119386h | 162 | Martin Smyth | ½ | ½ | Charles Higgie | 166 | 129306a |
| 8 | 112599a | 161 | Anthony Hickey | 1 | 0 | Mark Bethel | 164 | 106679b |
| 9 | 257493h | 160 | default | 0 | 1 | James Friar | 163 | 275649d |
| 10 | 109211L | 155 | Mark Cundy | ½ | ½ | Leigh Canham | 163 | 291071j |
| 11 | 248168g | 155 | Anthony Sadler | 1 | 0 | Joseph Friar | 161 | 275633L |
| 12 | 154571b | 153 | Nigel Byrne | 0 | 1 | David Roberts | 158 | 137850j |
| 13 | 117842j | 151 | Robert Reynolds | ½ | ½ | John Knee | 156 | 127661L |
| 14 | 233507e | 151 | John Fahy | 1 | 0 | Stephen Woodhouse | 150 | 127046b |
| 15 | 120034d | 141 | Mark Tallis | 1 | 0 | Mark Riley | 142 | 117964a |
| 16 | 179054h | 138 | Roy Lawrence | 1 | 0 | Ray Collett | 142 | 108621c |
| Mean | 160.4 | total | 8½ | 7½ | 164.9 | Mean |
Report from Ray Collett. An exciting match with two early upsets. Worcestershire started in the lead helped by a default, but a Worcestershire player's mobile sounded after about half an hour's play and the scores were level. Play was even on most of the boards for a considerable time and as results came it it was clear there would be a close result as predicted from the grades of the players in the two teams. The final three boards to finish were boards 1, 7 and 8. In a difficult minor piece ending Martin Smith defended a pawn down to draw. On board 1 Pavel Besedin was material ahead and the game finished with only a few minutes left when his opponent allowed a double attack. The match result now depended on the Hickey-Bethel encounter. In a king and pawn ending Hickey promoted first, but Bethel had several connected advanced passed pawns and chances of a win. The queen, however, eventually triumphed with only seconds on Hickey's clock. Names of Warks' players on boards 5 and 11 corrected 7 Oct.