GREATER MANCHESTER (BCF SEMI-FINAL)
SYSTON
3 JUNE 1995

    ESSEX   GREATER MANCHESTER    
Board Colour Home team Grade Score Away team Grade Score
1 W Roy Heppinstall 174 ½ Andrew Wilson 174 ½
2 B David Millward 172 ½ Mike Abbott 161 ½
3 W Peter Doye 171 ½ T Browin 167 ½
4 B Colin Ramage 171 1 Edward Goodall 168 0
5 W Ian Hunnable 169 1 Tracey Thompson 157 0
6 B Steve Harvey 168 0 P Kobryn 165 1
7 W Ivor Smith 165 1 John Bentley 154 0
8 B Terry Whitton 168 ½ J Burgess 153 ½
9 W Roberto Waldteufel 162 0 Adam Tyton 152 1
10 B Mark Weighell 162 ½ M Searles 148 ½
11 W Andy King 161 1 Mark Sanderson 146 0
12 B Neville Twitchell 160 0 B Wood 142 1
13 W John Philpott 157 1 M Stoker 140 0
14 B Steve Williams 152 1 A Beresford 136 0
15 W Andy Hartland 149 1 Julian Clissold 132 0
16 B David Smith (res) 152 1 I Thompson 127 0
  TOTAL - Home 10½ TOTAL - Away 5½

Essex performed well enough to secure a place in the fiunal against Notts, but were flattered by the margin of victory. Although outgraded, Greater Manchester almost held their own over the top 12 boards, but the clean sweep over the last four boards (including a win for debutant Andy Hartland) saw Essex home. On board 16, captain David Smith had to take over 50 minutes down on the clock when the scheduled player failed to arrive as a result of a car breakdown. Fittingly it was David (who found a swindle late in the session after being outplayed for a large part of the game) who scored the point that took Essex to the victory target of 8½ points.

Ian Hunnable v Tracey Thompson

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nbd2 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Rc1 c5 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.exd4 Rc8 13.Rfd1 dxc4 14.Nxc4 Nd5 15.Qe4 g6 16.Nd6 Rxc1 17.Rxc1 Bxh4 18.Nxb7 Qb8 19.Qxh4 Qxb7 20.Qxh6 N7f6 21.Ne5 Ne7 22.Rc3 Qd5 23.Bxg6 fxg6 24.Nxg6 Qd8 25.Nxe7+ Kf7 26.Nc6 Qd6 27.Ne5+ Ke8 28.Rc8+ 1-0


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