MIDDLESEX
AWAY (SCCU STAGE)
CHESS & BRIDGE
29 JANUARY 1994
| MIDDLESEX | ESSEX | ||||||
| Board | Colour | Home team | Grade | Score | Away team | Grade | Score |
| 1 | W | David Ebbett | 1 | Fred Dorn | 174 | 0 | |
| 2 | B | M Paley | 172 | 0 | Paul Williamson | 171 | 1 |
| 3 | W | Terry Donnelly | 171 | 1 | Ian Pheby | 171 | 0 |
| 4 | B | Stephen Bell | 165 | ½ | Mark Blyth | 170 | ½ |
| 5 | W | Anthony Wheatley | 168 | 1 | Peter Doye | 167 | 0 |
| 6 | B | David Bower | 163 | 0 | David Millward | 166 | 1 |
| 7 | W | Tim Spanton | 161 | 0 | Michael Ashdown | 164 | 1 |
| 8 | B | David Cutmore | 162 | 0 | Colin Ramage | 162 | 1 |
| 9 | W | I Graham | 158 | ½ | Steve Harvey | 162 | ½ |
| 10 | B | Gerald Jacobs (res) | 156 | ½ | Les Crane | 161 | ½ |
| 11 | W | V Pavlovec | 156 | ½ | John Philpott | 158 | ½ |
| 12 | B | Gordon Cadden | 155 | 1 | Mike Cresswell | 154 | 0 |
| 13 | W | M Puittien | 0 | Neville Twitchell | 154 | 1 | |
| 14 | B | Andrew Dunn | 168 | 1 | Stan Harwood | 153 | 0 |
| 15 | W | Francis Johnson | 132 | 0 | David Smith | 153 | 1 |
| 16 | B | G Slack | ½ | Keith Jones | 149 | ½ | |
| TOTAL - Home | 7½ | TOTAL - Away | 8½ | ||||
A crucial win which revived the season for Essex. This was a hard won victory which hinged upon the last two games to finish. David Smith put in a captain's performance by winning a difficult knight and pawn ending in which his passed pawn proved decisive, while Neville Twitchell played superbly under pressure, finding remarkable resources in a complex knight v bishop ending. Neville created a passed pawn from nowhere, for which his opponent was obliged to give up his piece.
Francis Johnson v David Smith
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 5.h3 d6 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c4 Nh5 8.Bh2 e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.g4 Nf6 11.Bd3 Bd7 12.Qc2 c6 13.e4 Rc8 14.Qb3 cxd5 15.cxd5 b5 16.0-0 Qb6 17.Rfc1 Rc5 18.Qd1 Rfc8 19.Rxc5 Qxc5 20.a3 Qb6 21.Rc1 h5 22.g5 Ne8 23.Rxc8 Bxc8 24.Kg2 a6 25.a4 Bd7 26.Qb3 Qc5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Qc3 Qb6 29.Qb4 Qc7 30.Qc3 Qb8 31.Ng1 Nxd5 32.exd5 e4 33.Qb3 exd3 34.Ne4 Qb6 35.Nf3 Kh7 36.Bf4 Qa6 37.Qb4 Qa4 38.Qxa4 bxa4 39.Bc1 Kg8 40.Ne1 Bf5 41.f3 Bxe4 42.fxe4 d2 43.Bxd2 Bxb2 44.Nd3 a3 45.Bc1 Bxc1 46.Nxc1 f5 47.Kf3 Kf7 48.Ke3 fxe4 49.Kxe4 Ng7 50.Kd4 Nf5+ 51.Kc4 Ke7 52.Na2 Nh4 53.Kb3 Nf3 54.Kxa3 Nxg5 55.h4 Nf3 56.Nc1 Nxh4 57.Ne2 Kf6 0-1
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