SUSSEX
AWAY (SCCU STAGE)
HASSOCKS
23 JANUARY 1999
| SUSSEX | ESSEX | ||||||
| Board | Colour | Home team | Grade | Score | Away team | Grade | Score |
| 1 | W | Richard Almond | 172 | 0 | Tim Hebbes | 174 | 1 |
| 2 | B | Michael Reddie | 170 | 0 | Trevor Coote | 172 | 1 |
| 3 | W | Erkki Pesonen | 169 | 0 | Ivor Smith | 173 | 1 |
| 4 | B | Adrian Pickersgill | 163 | ½ | Rod Nixon | 170 | ½ |
| 5 | W | Stephen Hawes | 168 | ½ | Bill Saunders | 171 | ½ |
| 6 | B | Michael Stott | 167 | 0 | George McNally | 172 | 1 |
| 7 | W | Stephen Blewitt | 164 | ½ | David Millward | 169 | ½ |
| 8 | B | Paul Batchelor | 160 | 1 | Ian Hunnable | 166 | 0 |
| 9 | W | Les Eastoe | 153 | ½ | Paul Barclay | 165 | ½ |
| 10 | B | Ian Judd | 152 | ½ | Ivan Myall | 164 | ½ |
| 11 | W | Andrew Fleming | 144 | ½ | Dave Pearse | 163 | ½ |
| 12 | B | L John Cannon | 149 | ½ | Roy Heppinstall | 162 | ½ |
| 13 | W | Philip Greaves | 147 | 0 | Neville Twitchell | 162 | 1 |
| 14 | B | Alan Palmer | 146 | 1 | Steve Williams | 162 | 0 |
| 15 | W | David Ratcliffe | 146 | 0 | John White | 161 | 1 |
| 16 | B | Paul Selby | 146 | 1 | Colin Ramage | 153 | 0 |
| TOTAL - Home | 6½ | TOTAL - Away | 9½ | ||||
For the second time in the season, Sussex gave Essex an extremely close call. The scoreline gives a misleading impression, since after the match was decided, Trevor Coote who had been on the receiving end all afternoon was gifted a point when his opponent resigned after an oversight in a position where many onlookers thought that Trevor was still losing. Despite a clear grading disadvantage. Sussex managed to hold their own in the lower order, and it was the top boards that saw Essex home on this occasion.
Tim Hebbes v Richard Almond
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d4 Bf5 6.Bd2 e6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.0-0 c6 9.Re1 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qc7 12.Qe2 0-0 13.Rad1 Rfd8 14.h3 h6 15.Bb3 Ne4 16.Bd2 Nxd2 17.Rxd2 c5 18.Nh4 Bh7 19.d5 exd5 20.Rxd5 c4 21.Bxc4 Nb6 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 [22...Rxd8 23.Qe8+ Rxe8 24.Rxe8#] 23.Bb3 Qd7 24.Nf3 Rf8 25.Ne5 Qc8 26.Nxf7 Bxc2 [26...Rxf7 27.Qe8+ Qxe8 28.Rxe8#] 27.Nxh6+ [27.Nd6+ Bxb3 28.Nxc8 Rxc8 would have won the Queen for two minor pieces, but White understandably plays for mate] 27...Kh8 28.Bxc2 gxh6 29.Qe5+ Kg8 30.Bb3+ Kh7 31.Qe4+ Kh8 32.Qd4+ Kh7 33.Re7+ Kg6 34.Rg7+ Kh5 35.Bd1+ 1-0
Michael Stott v George McNally
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.0- 0 Re8 9.f3 d5 10.Nb3 b6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 c5 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Bxd7 Qxd7 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Qxd5 18.exd5 Bxb2 19.Rad1 Nd7 20.f4 Re2 21.fxg5 hxg5 22.Rf2 Rae8 23.Kf1 Rxf2+ 24.Kxf2 f5 25.Bc7 Re4 26.Bd8 Bf6 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.d6 Nd7 29.Rd5 Re5 30.Rd2 Kf7 31.Nc1 Ke6 32.Ne2 Rd5 33.Rxd5 Kxd5 34.Nc3+ Kxd6 35.Nb5+ Kd5 36.Nxa7 Kc4 37.Ke2 Kc3 38.Kd1 Kb2 39.Nc8 Kxa2 40.Nd6 f4 41.h3 Nf 6 42.Kd2 Kb1 43.Kd3 Kc1 44.Nf7 g4 45.hxg4 Nxg4 46.Ke4 Ne3 47.g4 fxg3 48.Kxe3 Kxc2 49.Ne5 b5 50.Kf3 b4 51.Kxg3 b3 52.Nc4 b2 53.Kf3 Kc3 [53...b1Q 54.Na3+ Kb2 55.Nxb1 Kxb1 56.Ke4 only draws] 54.Na3 Kd3 55.Kf2 c4 56.Ke1 c3 [If 57 Kd1 c2+ 58 Nxc2 b1=Q mate] 0-1
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