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Published 21 January 2018

Worcestershire - Leicestershire

Played on 20 January 2018 at St Stephen's Church Hall, Worcester. Worcestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white pieces. Match reported by John Wrench

 

Board Grade ID Grade Worcestershire Score Score Leicestershire Grade Grade ID
1 105817E 237 Keith Arkell 1 0 Alan Agnew 199 187456B
2 129898H 191 Kevin Hurney 0 1 John Naylor 185e 116086C
3 129898H 181 Dan Lambourne 0 1 Andy Morley 184 115787F
4 127645B 179 Peter Kitson ½ ½ Phil Horspool 183 113015J
5 110076C 178 John Edge 0 1 John Denton 180 109613J
6 275541F 177e Zbigniew Koncki 1 0 Sean Sheahan 178 118836H
7 152157D 172 Gary Jackson 0 1 Graham Sharpe 177 118781J
8 120670K 170 Brian Turner ½ ½ Bob K Taylor 178 120174J
9 114901F 167 Geoff Marchant 1 0 Ray Burgess 176 107674H
10 127046B 166 Stephen Woodhouse 0 1 Matt Smith 171 285677D
11 230883G 165 Stephen Mellor ½ ½ Tom Brown 168 293029J
12 127123E 161 John Wrench ½ ½ Tom Dove 164 272938G
13 160573C 160 Mike Hadley 1 0 Karl Potter 163 265676A
14 110004L 158 Gregg Dyett ½ ½ Richard Handscombe 156 290352A
15 291071J 158 Leigh Canham 1 0 Phil Harlow 155 112121C
16 108621C 145 Ray Collett 1 0 John Mitchell 153 115634C
  Mean 173 Match Result 8½ 7½ Mean 173  

A very close match where Leicestershire led by 1 point with two games unfinished on boards 6 and 16. On 6, Worcestershire debutant Zbigniew Koncki (Zibby) had a crazy time scramble with over twenty moves to make and only a few minutes left. He defended well and reached the time control with a few seconds to spare. Koncki then found a way to break through with an unstoppable attack on f2 forcing his opponent's king into the open where it succumbed to a queen and rook attack. With the score 7 - 7, and only board 16 to finish, Worcestershire's Ray Collett, a last minute substitute, was a pawn up after withstanding fierce pressure in the middle game and his opponent short of time in a tight endgame. The Leicestershire player's flag fell to give Worcestershire its first win of the season.