KENT
AWAY (SCCU STAGE)
SEVENOAKS
25 JANUARY 1997
| KENT | ESSEX | ||||||
| Board | Colour | Home team | Grade | Score | Away team | Grade | Score |
| 1 | W | Robert Everson | 173 | 0 | Paul Williamson | 174 | 1 |
| 2 | B | Geoffrey Brown | 170 | 1 | Larry Marden | 173 | 0 |
| 3 | W | Stephen Firth | 170 | ½ | David Millward | 172 | ½ |
| 4 | B | John Cordner | 167 | 0 | Trevor Coote | 171 | 1 |
| 5 | W | Steve Pullinger | 163 | 0 | Peter Doye | 166 | 1 |
| 6 | B | Alan Atkinson | 165 | 1 | Sid Kalinsky | 165 | 0 |
| 7 | W | Tony Ropek | 161 | 1 | Terry Whitton | 165 | 0 |
| 8 | B | Mark Brougham | 159 | ½ | Colin Ramage | 163 | ½ |
| 9 | W | Stephen Peters | 159 | 1 | Neville Twitchell | 162 | 0 |
| 10 | B | John Lewin | 159 | 0 | Ian Hunnable | 161 | 1 |
| 11 | W | Gavin Josephs | 158 | 0 | Les Crane | 159 | 1 |
| 12 | B | S G B James | 156 | ½ | Andy King | 159 | ½ |
| 13 | W | Sidney Jacob | 155 | ½ | Ken Clow | 158 | ½ |
| 14 | B | Paul Rutland | 152 | ½ | Steve Williams | 157 | ½ |
| 15 | W | Nick Mackett | 152 | ½ | Richard Weeber | 154 | ½ |
| 16 | B | Alan Sherriff | 148 | ½ | Roberto Waldteufel | 152 | ½ |
| TOTAL - Home | 7½ | TOTAL - Away | 8½ | ||||
Kent away was a fixture that Essex had lost in every previous season since the inception of the U175 competition. Although an 8 - 8 draw would have sufficed for qualification for theNational Stages, this seemed a remote prospect for much of the afternoon as Kent raced into a 3 point lead, with Sid Kalinsky's ten move loss being compounded by defeats for Neville Twitchell and Terry Whitton. However, Essex steadily fought back, salvaging a number of difficult positions into draws and picking up some full points to level at 6½ - 6½. Peter Doye unexpectedly won a game where he had simply appeared to be a pawn down to put the visitors in front, but with Larry Marden losing everything hinged on Trevor Coote's game. Trevor kept cool, calculated well and finished the afternoon with a checkmate.
Robert Everson v Paul Williamson
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.Bf4 c6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.e4 Nb6 9.Qd3 0-0 10.Be2 a5 11.Rd1 a4 12.0-0 Nh5 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Qd2 Rd8 15.Qc1 Be6 16.Nb5 Qd7 17.d5 cxb5 18.Bxb6 Rdc8 19.dxe6 Qxe6 20.Qe3 Qxa2 21.Bd4 b4 22.Bxg7 Nxg7 23.Qh6 f6 24.Rd7 Qe6 25.Rfd1 a3 26.bxa3 bxa3 27.Qd2 Qxe4 28.Qa2+ Kf8 29.Bd3 Qe6 30.Bb1 Qxd7 31.Re1 b5 32.Qb3 e6 33.h3 Qd5 34.Qb4+ Qc5 35.Qf4 a2 36.Qxf6+ Ke8 37.Be4 a1Q 38.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 39.Qxa1 Qc1+ 40.Qxc1 Rxc1 + 41.Kh2 b4 42.Nd2 Nf5 43.g3 Nd4 44.Kg2 b3 45.g4 b2 0-1
Trevor Coote v John Cordner
1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Nc3 e3 5.Bxe3 e6 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.Qd2 Nd5 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Nxe3 10.Qxe3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qh5 12.Ne2 0-0 13.h4 f5 14.Nf4 Qf7 15.Bc4 Re8 16.0-0 Kh8 17.Rae1 Qf6 18.Bxe6 Bxe6 19.Nxe6 Nd7 20.d5 Nb6 21.Qd3 Re7 22.Kf2 c6 23.c4 Rae8 24.Nf4 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Rxe1 26.Kxe1 Qe5+ 27.Kf2 cxd5 28.cxd5 Nd7 29.Qc4 Nb6 30.Qc5 Qe8 31.Ne6 h6 32.Qc7 Qd7 33.Qe5 Kg8 34.c4 Nxc4? 35.Qb8+ Kf7 36.Qf8+ Kg6 37.h5+ Kh7 38.Qxf5+ Kg8 39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.g4 Nb6 41.g5 hxg5 42.Nxg5+ Kh6 43.Nf7+ Kxh5 44.Qxg7 Qf5 45.Qh6# 1-0
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