KENT AWAY (SCCU STAGE)
SEVENOAKS
6 FEBRUARY 1993

    KENT   ESSEX    
Board Colour Home team Grade Score Away team Grade Score
1 B T H Owens 174 0 Michael Ashdown 173 1
2 W James Vigus 159J 0 Roy Heppinstall 171 1
3 B Lyndon Gurr 171 1 Paul Williamson 169 0
4 W A M Harakis 171 1 Robert Rodie 168 0
5 B Zia Mehmet 168 0 Ian Pheby 167 1
6 W Tony Ropek 166 ½ Colin Ramage 167 ½
7 B John Lewin 165 ½ David Millward 166 ½
8 W Martin Portwood 165 1 Les Crane 164 0
9 B M I Mortimer 162 0 Fred Dorn 164 1
10 W David Moskovic 160 1 Steve Harvey 163 0
11 B Jim Bayford 159 ½ Mark Blyth 163 ½
12 W Roger Winterburn 159 1 Barry Beavis 160 0
13 B Philip Eldridge 157 0 Stan Harwood 156 1
14 W Paul Fenn 156 ½ John Philpott 154 ½
15 B Andy Waters 154 ½ Mustafa Rahaman 153 ½
16 W Paul Rutland 154 1 Steve Williams 142 0
17 B Anthony Knights 154 1 Sean Gallagher 147 0
18 W Andrew Mata 154 1 Andy King 145 0
19 B Robert Lane 153 0 David Smith 147 1
20 W Sidney Jacob 152 1 Mark Murrell 144 0
  TOTAL - Home 11½ TOTAL - Away 8½

This was the match that killed Essex's chances of qualifying for the National Stages. Needing a victory, the visitors looked to be in with a fighting chance for most of the afternoon, but one after another the longer games turned in favour of Kent and that was that.

David Smith v Robert Lane

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 e6 7.Nd2 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.Ngf3 0-0 10.Qe2 Bd7 11.0-0 a6 12.Ne5 b5 13.f4 b4 14.Ndf3 bxc3 15.bxc3 Na5 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Ne5 Nf6 18.g4 Rfc8 19.g5 Ne8 20.Bxh7+ Kf8 [The bishop is taboo 20...Kxh7 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.Qxf7+ Kh8 23.Rf3 and mates] 21.f5 Nc4 22.Ng6+ fxg6 23.fxe6+ Ke7 24.Rf7+ Kd8 25.Rd7+ Qxd7 26.exd7 Kxd7 27.Re1 1-0 after Black played on for a further dozen futile moves.

 

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