SUSSEX
AWAY (SCCU STAGE)
HASSOCKS
6 DECEMBER 1997
| SUSSEX | ESSEX | ||||||
| Board | Colour | Home team | Grade | Score | Away team | Grade | Score |
| 1 | W | Richard O'Brien | 171 | 0 | Tim Hebbes | 174 | 1 |
| 2 | B | Robert Elliston | 174 | 1 | Martin McCall | 171 | 0 |
| 3 | W | Andrew Fleming | 168 | 0 | Roy Heppinstall | 170 | 1 |
| 4 | B | Michael Reddie | 168 | ½ | George McNally | 172 | ½ |
| 5 | W | Paul Batchelor | 168 | 0 | Larry Marden | 169 | 1 |
| 6 | B | Stephen Hawes | 168 | 1 | Ken Clow | 173 | 0 |
| 7 | W | Ian Kelly | 156 | ½ | David Millward | 173 | ½ |
| 8 | B | Adrian Pickersgill | 165 | ½ | Colin Ramage | 167 | ½ |
| 9 | W | Arthur Hall | 163 | ½ | Ian Hunnable | 166 | ½ |
| 10 | B | Alan Palmer | 155 | ½ | Les Crane | 164 | ½ |
| 11 | W | Ian Judd | 155 | 0 | Ivor Smith | 161 | 1 |
| 12 | B | Paul Selby | 153 | 0 | Roberto Waldteufel | 163 | 1 |
| 13 | W | Stephen Blewitt | 151 | 1 | Mark Weighell | 161 | 0 |
| 14 | B | David Ratcliffe | 148 | 0 | Neville Twitchell | 160 | 1 |
| 15 | W | Laurence Rackham | 142 | 0 | Andy Hartland | 160 | 1 |
| 16 | B | Paul Smith | 119 | 0 | Andy King | 156 | 1 |
| TOTAL - Home | 5½ | TOTAL - Away | 10½ | ||||
Essex had lost the four previous away fixtures with Sussex, and Daniel Hirsch reminded everybody during his welcoming remarks that they had been the only County to defeat Essex during its championship winning 1996/97 season. It was clearly time to set the record straight. After two early draws, Essex went two up thanks to convincing wins by the two Andys (Hartland and King), but Sussex fought back strongly to take a 5-4 lead. The longer games favoured Essex and point after point was chalked up to give a handsome margin by the finish.
Richard O'Brien v Tim Hebbes
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 0-0 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Ne5 12.Qc2 Bf5 13.e4 Bd7 14.b3 Bb5 15.Nxb5 axb5 16.Bb2 Nfd7 17.h3 Rfc8 18.Kh2 c4 19.bx c4 bxc4 20.Bc3 Ra3 21.Nb1 Ra6 22.f4 Nd3 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Nd2 Qb2 25.Qxb2+ Nxb2 26.Rfc1 c3 27.Nb3 Nb6 28.Rc2 Ra3 29.Nd4 Rc5 30.Kg1 N6c4 31.Kf2 Nd3+ 32.Kg1 Ne3 33.Re2 c2 34.Nb3 Rxb3 35.axb3 c1Q+ 36.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 37.Kh2 Nxg2 38.Kxg2 Rc3 39.e5 Rxb3 0-1
Laurence Rackham v Andy Hartland
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Qxe2 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.c4 Qf5 8.Bd2 e6 9.d5 Nb4 10.Bxb4 Bxb4+ 11.Nbd2 0-0 12.dxe6 Rae8 13.Nd4 Qf4 14.Qe3 Qxe3+ 15.fxe3 Ne4 16.N4f3 Rxe6 17.Ke2 Nx d2 18.Nxd2 Rfe8 19.Nf1 Bc5 20.Re1 Bxe3 21.Nxe3 Rxe3+ 22.Kd2 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Rxe1 24.Kxe1 f5 25.Ke2 Kf7 26.h4 Ke6 27.Kf3 Ke5 28.g3 g6 29.Ke3 c5 30.Kf3 h6 31.Ke3 g5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Kf3 Kd4 0-1
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