SURREY
AWAY (SCCU STAGE)
SUTTON
24 OCTOBER 1998
| SURREY | ESSEX | ||||||
| Board | Colour | Home team | Grade | Score | Away team | Grade | Score |
| 1 | B | Chris Clegg | 168 | 0 | Tim Hebbes | 174 | 1 |
| 2 | W | R John Wilcox | 164 | ˝ | Ivor Smith | 173 | ˝ |
| 3 | B | David Malcolm | 163 | ˝ | Trevor Coote | 172 | ˝ |
| 4 | W | Paul Dupré | 163 | 1 | George McNally | 172 | 0 |
| 5 | B | H Trevor Jones | 163 | 0 | Bill Saunders | 171 | 1 |
| 6 | W | Nicholas Grey | 163 | ˝ | David Millward | 169 | ˝ |
| 7 | B | Martin Page | 159 | ˝ | Ian Hunnable | 166 | ˝ |
| 8 | W | Stephen Macdonald-Ross |
159 | ˝ | Paul Barclay | 165 | ˝ |
| 9 | B | Jeremy Tymms | 155 | ˝ | Dave Pearse | 163 | ˝ |
| 10 | W | Andrew Smith | 154 | 0 | Neville Twitchell | 162 | 1 |
| 11 | B | Angus James | 152 | 1 | Steve Williams | 162 | 0 |
| 12 | W | Colin Parker | 147 | ˝ | John White | 161 | ˝ |
| 13 | B | John Nyman | 147 | 1 | Les Crane | 159 | 0 |
| 14 | W | Paul Barnard | 142 | ˝ | Stewart Trent (res) | 113 | ˝ |
| 15 | B | John Hawson | 131 | 0 | Lawrence Trent | 151 | 1 |
| 16 | W | Krishna Mehendale | 130 | 0 | Roberto Waldteufel | 151 | 1 |
| TOTAL - Home | 7 | TOTAL - Away | 9 | ||||
A closer than might have been expected first match as Essex set off in search of the treble. Essex only had half of the team that defeated Yorkshire in the 1998 final on parade, but still had a comfortable grading advantage on paper. There was a bad start for the visitors when Steve Williams mishandled his four pawns attack against the King's Indian, and although Essex hit back to take the lead, Surrey levelled matters up at 5˝ - 5˝. However, the two game still in play which were favourable to Essex were converted into wins by Neville Twitchell and Bill Saunders, and the remaining positions were salvaged into draws.
The day was notable for the scheduled debut of Lawrence Trent, who had already achieved a long series of junior successes, and the unscheduled debut of his brother Stewart who agreed to be substituted on board 14. The 1˝ points that the brothers contributed were vitakl in the context of the match.
Tim Hebbes v Chris Clegg
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7 8.Nc3 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.0-0 a6 11.Qe2 Ne7 12.Kh1 Nc6 13.f4 Nb4 14.Rd1 Nxd3 15.Rxd3 Qc4 16.b3 Qc7 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Rc1 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Rc8 20.Rdd1 Qa5 21.f5 exf5 22.Nxd5 Rxc1 23.Qxc1 0-0? 24.Ne7+ Kh8 25.Rxd7 Qxe5 26.h3 h6 27.Rxb7 Re8 28.Qc7 Qe1+ 29.Kh2 f4 30.Ng6+ Kh7 31.Nxf4 Re3 32.Qc2+ Re4 33.Re7 f5 34.Rxe4 fxe4 35.Qe2 Qb4 36.Qe3 1-0
Andrew Smith v Neville Twitchell
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.Nc3 d6 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.Rd1 Rfb8 13.Nd2?! Ra7 14.Rb1 Rab7 15.b3 Ne8 16.Bb2 Nc7 17.e4 Ne5 18.Bf1 Bh6 1 9.f4!? Ng4 20.Bxa6 Qxa6 21.Nc4 Bg7 22.Na4 Nb5 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.h3 Nf6 25.Qg2 Nd4 26.Rb2 Rb4! 27.Rbd2? [27.Rdd2 was better] 27...Rxa4! 28.e5 [desperation] 28...Nh5 29.exd6 Rxc4 30.bxc4 exd6 31.Qe4 [a blunder, but White had too many weak points to defend] 31...Nxg3 32.Qe7 Nf3+ 33.Kf2 Nxd2 34.Rxd2 Nf5 35.Qe4 Nd4 36.Qe7 Qa3 0-1
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