KENT
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WANSTEAD HOUSE
18 FEBRUARY 1995
| ESSEX | KENT | ||||||
| Board | Colour | Home team | Grade | Score | Away team | Grade | Score |
| 1 | W | Roy Heppinstall | 174 | ½ | Paul Fenn | 174 | ½ |
| 2 | B | David Millward | 172 | ½ | Jim Bayford | 174 | ½ |
| 3 | W | Terry Donnelly | 172 | 1 | Peter Eldridge | 174 | 0 |
| 4 | B | Peter Doye | 171 | 0 | Chris Brown | 171 | 1 |
| 5 | W | Colin Ramage | 171 | 1 | Zia Mehmet | 170 | 0 |
| 6 | B | Steve Harvey | 168 | 1 | M Mortimer | 167 | 0 |
| 7 | W | George McNally | 164 | ½ | Mark Brougham | 165 | ½ |
| 8 | B | Mark Weighell | 162 | ½ | Lyndon Gurr | 164 | ½ |
| 9 | W | Roberto Waldteufel | 162 | 1 | Sidney Jacob | 162 | 0 |
| 10 | B | Andy King | 161 | 0 | Nicholas Mackett | 163 | 1 |
| 11 | W | Neville Twitchell | 160 | ½ | Paul Rutland | 161 | ½ |
| 12 | B | John Philpott | 157 | 1 | Robert Everson | 158 | 0 |
| 13 | W | Steve Williams | 152 | 0 | A B Mata | 157 | 1 |
| 14 | B | Stan Harwood | 150 | 1 | Robert Lane | 155 | 0 |
| 15 | W | Alan Parsons | 150 | 0 | John Lewin | 155 | 1 |
| 16 | B | Mark Murrell | 137 | 0 | A Sherriff | 153 | 1 |
| TOTAL - Home | 8½ | TOTAL - Away | 7½ | ||||
Essex went into this match knowing that if they won they would qualify for the National Stages, while victory for Kent would have secured the SCCU championship with a match to spare. A tense occasion ensued, with never more than a point between the teams, until with the score tied at 7½ - 7½, only your webmaster remained in play. This is what happened in his game.
Robert Everson v John Philpott
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Qd2 cxd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Nge2 b5 12.0-0 Ne8 13.f4 exf4 14.Nxf4 Ne5 15.Kh1 Bd7 16.Nd4 Rc8 17.Rae1 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Nf3 Bg4 20.Re3 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Nf6 22. Rd3 Nh5 23.Bg5 Qd7 24.Re1 Rfc8 25.a3 a5 26.Rg1 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.Nd1 Qb5 29.Ne3 R4c7 30.Rb3 Rb8 31.Nc2 Qc4 32.Rxb4 Rxb4 33.Nxb4 Rb7? [33...Qb3] 34 Nd3? [Missing 34.Rc1 Qb3 35.Rc8+ Bf8 36.Bh6 but both players were in time trouble coming up to the move 35 time control] 34...Qb3 35.Rg2 Ra7 36.Re2 Ra1+ 37.Kg2?[Re1] Rd1 38.Qc2 Qxd3 39.Qc8+ Bf8 40.Rf2 Kg7 41 Bh6+ Kxh6 42.Qf8+ Ng7 43.Qxd6 Qe3 44.Qg3 Qc1 45.f4 Rg1+ 46.Kh3 Rxg3+ 47.hxg3 Qh1+ 48.Rh2 Qxe4 49.Kg3+ Nh5 0-1
"John sat very serenely, with a smile on his face, while his opponent simply cracked under pressure and John moved in for the kill" (David Smith, quoted in the Ilford Recorder).
It is days like this that make everything worth while!
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