CAMBRIDGESHIRE AWAY (BCF QUARTER FINAL)
WHITTLESFORD
11 MAY2003

    CAMBRIDGESHIRE   ESSEX    
Board Colour Home Team Grade Score Away Team Grade Score
1 B Ola Winfridsson 174 ½ Tim Hebbes 173 ½
2 W Philip Fallon 171 1 Larry Marden 173 0
3 B Brian Panter 172 0 Robert Parker 174 1
4 W Lloyd Retallick 155 ½ Paul Williamson 172 ½
5 B Alan Downham 160 0 Chris Fegan 169 1
6 W Peter Rice   ½ Ian Reynolds 166 ½
7 B Nigel Holroyd 153 0 George McNally 164 1
8 W Ray Illet 159 0 John Moore 163 1
9 B Carl Watkins 153 ½ Martin McCall 161 ½
10 W John Daugman 151 ½ Mark Weighell 160 ½
11 B Richard Donaghay 139 0 Josiah Lutton 158 1
12 W Colin Byrne   ½ John White 160 ½
13 B Richard Newman 141 0 Colin Ramage 160 1
14 W Patrick Ribbands 142 0 David Millward 159 1
15 B Marcus Misson 145 0 Ian Hunnable 156 1
16 W Stephen Pride 142 ½ Paul Barclay 147 ½
    4½   11½

Essex U175s have an extremely good record in the quarter-finals of the County Championshp, and have now not lost at that stage since 1993. This may say something about the inherent strength of the U175 competition within the SCCU, as the runners up from other Unions, against whom Essex have generally been paired, have rarely provided as much of a challenge as the familiar opponents from Sussex and Kent. On this occasion Essex, in the unaccustomed role of the second SCCU nominee, were drawn away to the first EACU nominee. However, the EACU does not run an U175 competition as such, and Cambridgeshire had qualified by virtue of coming third in the EACU Open compeition, which primarily serves to determine the EACU nominess for the Minor Counties Championship. The Cambridgeshire line-up was much as expected with four strong players at the top (Lloyd Retallick being a much tougher opponent than his current grade suggests) but Essex being conceded a significant grading advantage elsewhere. Paper advantages had not counted for much during some of the qualifying matches but on this occasion Essex, strengthened by Chris Fegan (for the first time this season) and Paul Williamson played to something like their potential turned in some very impressive performances capped by John Moore's sparkling win. With victories on the board from Colin Ramage, Josiah Lutton and Ian Hunnable early on and the steady accumulation of points thereafter this was an unusually stress-free afternoon for the captain.

Ray Illet v John Moore

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 b4 10.Na4 Be7 11.Bd2 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.Bb5+ Ke7 15.Rc1 Qb6 16.Qa4 a5 17.Ne5 Rhd8 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.h3 Rd5 20.Rfd1 Rg5 21.e4 Qg3!! 22.Bxg5 Bxe4 23.Rd7+ Kf8 24.Rxf7+ Kxf7 25.Nd6+ Qxd6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Rd1 Bd5 28.Bc6 Bxc6 0-1

Josiah Lutton v R Donaghay

1.Nc3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 Ne7 5.Be2 d6 6.0-0 Nd7 7.Qe1 b6 8.Bc4 Bb7 9.d3 c6 10.f5 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.fxg6 hxg6 13.Ng5 Qc7 14.Bf4 Bd4+ 15.Kh1 Be5 16.Nxf7 Bxf4 17.Nxh8 0-0-0 18.Nf7 Re8 19.Bxd5 cxd5 20.Nb5 Qc6?? Black was lost anyway 21.Nxa7+ 0-1

 

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