LANCASHIRE (BCF QUARTER FINAL)
SYSTON
14 MAY 1994

    LANCASHIRE   ESSEX    
Board Colour Home team Grade Score Away team Grade Score
1 B John Lyth 172 1 Fred Dorn 174 0
2 W P Fallon 162 1 Paul Williamson 171 0
3 B Simon Woodcock 166 1 Peter Doye 167 0
4 W Paul Isherwood 159 1 Sid Kalinsky 166 0
5 B P Mulleady 157 1 David Millward 166 0
6 W K J Gormall 166 1 Michael Ashdown 164 0
7 B S Foulkes 161 ½ Colin Ramage 162 ½
8 W Andrew Jaques 141 0 Steve Harvey 162 1
9 B Armand Catz 164 ½ John Philpott 158 ½
10 W Jim Tennant-Smith 156 0 George McNally 158 1
11 B A A Clarkson 161 ½ Mike Cresswell 154 ½
12 W M Lythgoe 156 ½ Neville Twitchell 154 ½
13 B Steve Berkley 155 ½ Stan Harwood 153 ½
14 W F S Rushworth 130 1 Andy King 149 0
15 B R Whiteside 140 0 Alan Parsons 145 1
16 W A T Dunkerley 133 ½ Paul Barclay 141 ½
  TOTAL - Home 10 TOTAL - Away 6

An Essex grading advantage counted for absolutely nothing when play began. Lancashire won the top six boards and despite stern resistance elsewhere leading to three good wins there was nothing that Essex could do to stem the tide.

Jim Tennant-Smith v George McNally

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Ne2 Nf6 6.Ng3 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Qxd5 Nxd5 9.c3 Bc5 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 Bf5 13.Bd3 Bg6 14.f3 0-0-0 15.Be2 Rhe8 16.a4 Nc7 17.Be3 f5 18.Nf2 Nd5 19.Bd2 Bc5 20.Nd1 e4 21.fxe4 Rxe4 22.b4 Rde8 23.bxc5 Rxe2+ 24.Kf1 f4 25.c4 Bd3 0-1

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