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Published 11 June 2017
Under-120 national semi-final: Middlesex - Worcestershire
Played on 10 June 2017 at The Open University, Milton Keynes, Bucks. Worcestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white pieces. Match reported by Richard Collett
| Board | Grade ID | Grade | Middlesex | Score | Score | Worcestershire | Grade | Grade ID |
| 1 | 116 | James Pooler | 0 | 1 | David Smith | 116 | 281549H | |
| 2 | 114 | Surjit Dhemrait | 1 | 0 | Jeremy Humphries | 116 | 266351L | |
| 3 | 115 | Stanley Share | ½ | ½ | Michele Clack | 101 | 108370D | |
| 4 | 118 | Doug Bonn | 1 | 0 | Toni Reed | 99 | 299115K | |
| 5 | 116 | John Harvey | 1 | 0 | Terry Radford | 104 | 286160E | |
| 6 | 117 | Harshil Mehta | 0 | 1 | Richard Collett | 94 | 108620A | |
| 7 | 111 | Dejan Lekic | ½ | ½ | Monty Woodhouse | 86 | 298350D | |
| 8 | 108 | Barry Fraser | 1 | 0 | Kevan Ward | 96 | 299870B | |
| 9 | 117 | David Wray | 0 | 1 | Brian Allsop | 91 | 105666K | |
| 10 | 98 | Phil Humphry | ½ | ½ | John Hesketh | 80 | 291296L | |
| 11 | 107 | Manoharan Dilukshan | 1 | 0 | Joyce Evans | 67 | 139662G | |
| 12 | 83 | Michael Smith | 1 | 0 | Default | |||
| Totals | 7½ | 4½ |
Worcestershire started a board down after one of the team was admitted to hospital on the day of the match. The first to finish was Board 10 where John Hesketh who made a solid draw in his debut game for the Worcestershire under-120s. Another earlier finish was board 1 when David Smith gave Worcestershire their first victory. Richard Collett , captain, and fellow club player BRian Allsop were the other Worcestershire winners. Michele Clack got a solid draw and last to finish was junior Monty Woodhouse who doggedly battled out to draw an endgamewith inferior material.