DEVON
(BCF SEMI-FINAL)
WOOTTON BASSETT
13 JUNE 1998
| ESSEX | DEVON | ||||||
| Board | Colour | Home team | Grade | Score | Away team | Grade | Score |
| 1 | B | Andrew Brett | 173 | 1 | Peter Lane | 170 | 0 |
| 2 | W | Trevor Coote | 173 | 1 | Andrew Dunn | 167 | 0 |
| 3 | B | George McNally | 172 | 0 | Alan Brusey | 166 | 1 |
| 4 | W | Bill Saunders | 171 | 1 | Dave Regis | 164 | 0 |
| 5 | B | Peter Doye | 170 | 0 | Andrew Pickering | 163 | 1 |
| 6 | W | Larry Marden | 169 | 1 | Chris Bellers | 161 | 0 |
| 7 | B | David Millward | 168 | 0 | Peter Halmkin | 159 | 1 |
| 8 | W | Ivor Smith | 161 | 1 | Nick Frost | 156 | 0 |
| 9 | B | Ken Clow | 173 | ½ | Mark Blackmore | 153 | ½ |
| 10 | W | Colin Ramage | 167 | 0 | Daniel Hill | 153 | 1 |
| 11 | B | Ian Hunnable | 166 | 1 | Ewan Walton | 152 | 0 |
| 12 | W | Les Crane | 164 | 0 | John Gorodi | 150 | 1 |
| 13 | B | Roberto Waldteufel | 163 | ½ | Mark Abbott | 149 | ½ |
| 14 | W | Neville Twitchell | 160 | 1 | Bill Ingham | 144 | 0 |
| 15 | B | Andy Hartland | 160 | 1 | Steve Homer | 144 | 0 |
| 16 | W | Dave Pearse | 158 | ½ | Ivor Annetts | 142 | ½ |
| TOTAL - Home | 9½ | TOTAL - Away | 6½ | ||||
Essex treated Devon with every respect, particularly as the U150 quarter final between the Counties had suggested that they were likely to prove stronger than their published grades suggested. The match was close throughout but with Essex 7 - 5 in front, calculations indicated that if Trevor Coote could win, Essex would at worst take the match on board count. Trevor duly obliged in the ending, and debutant Dave Pearse followed up by contributing a draw. The two remaining games were both clearly lost for Essex, but although Peter Doye duly resigned once the match was safe, Bill Saunders kept going and was rewarded with an unexpected point when his opponent blundered a rook.
Peter Lane v Andrew Brett
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 c6 [A pawn sacrifice that Andrew has played before] 10.Nxe5 Re8 11.0-0-0 Na6 [11...Rxe5 does not win a piece because of 12.Rd8+ Re8 13.Bxf6] 12.Rd6 Be6 13.Rhd1 h6 14.Bh4 Nc5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.f4 Bxe5 17.fxe5 a5 18.b3 Kf8 19.Kb2 Ke7 20.a3 Nd7 21.Na4 Nxe5 22.Nc5 Bc8 23.b4 axb4 24.axb4 b6 25.Nb3 Be6 26.b5 Bxc4 27.bxc6 Bxe2 0-1
Ewan Walton v Ian Hunnable
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Re1 0-0 13.Nc3 e5 14.dxe5 Ng4 15.exd6 Qxf2+ 16.Kh1 Rxf3 17.Qxf3 Qxe1+ 18.Qf1 Nf2+ 19.Kg1 Nxd3 20.Qxe1 Nxe1 and Black had no trouble in converting his advantage.
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