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9 DECEMBER 2000
| ESSEX | SUSSEX | ||||||
| Board | Colour | Home Team | Grade | Score | Away Team | Grade | Score |
| 1 | W | Tim Hebbes | 174 | ½ | Brian Donnelly | 173 | ½ |
| 2 | B | Ivor Smith | 174 | 0 | James Mansson | 170 | 1 |
| 3 | W | Ivan Myall | 173 | 0 | Paul Batchelor | 167 | 1 |
| 4 | B | Larry Marden | 169 | 1 | Jim Graham | 167 | 0 |
| 5 | W | Paul Williamson | 172 | ½ | Stephen Hawes | 165 | ½ |
| 6 | B | Martin McCall | 170 | ½ | David Fryer | 161 | ½ |
| 7 | W | Neville Twitchell | 168 | ½ | R Daniel Hirsch (res) | 126 | ½ |
| 8 | B | John White | 166 | 0 | Adrian Pickersgill | 158 | 1 |
| 9 | W | David Millward | 165 | ½ | Alan Palmer | 157 | ½ |
| 10 | B | Peter Doye | 164 | 1 | Paul Watson | 156 | 0 |
| 11 | W | George McNally | 163 | 0 | Andrew Fleming | 151 | 1 |
| 12 | B | Julian Winkworth | 163 | 0 | John Bryant | 149 | 1 |
| 13 | W | Ian Hunnable | 159 | 1 | Brian Izzard | 150 | 0 |
| 14 | B | Colin Ramage | 158 | ½ | L John Cannon | 145 | ½ |
| 15 | W | Ken Clow | 157 | ½ | David S Hall | 141 | ½ |
| 16 | B | Mark Weighell | 156 | 1 | David Cork | 135 | 0 |
| TOTAL - Home | 7½ | TOTAL - Away | 8½ | ||||
Inspired by the absence of their captain at Upton Park, Essex achieved a comfortable 6½ - 4½ lead. Draws by Neville Twitchell and Martin McCall saw Essex almost at the finishing line. Then disaster struck, and the three remaining games were all lost, Ivan Myall falling for a cheapo in a winning position, George McNally failing to offer a draw that his opponent would have accepted and Julian Winkworth eventually having to give up a long rearguard action. This was the first home defeat for the Essex U175s since Surrey were successful by the same margin at Wanstead House on 5 November 1994.
Ivan Myall v Paul Batchelor
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.0-0 e6 15.Re1 Nd5 16.Ne4 Bb4 17.Re2 0-0 18.a3 Be7 19.Bxe7 Nxe7 20.Nc5 Qd6 21.Re4 Qd5 22.Re5 Qd6 23.Ne4 Qd7 24.Rg5 f6 25.Rg3 Nf5 26.Rd3 Rfd8 27.Qg4 Kh8 28.Rad1 Qd5 29.Nc3 Qd6 30.b4 a5 31.b5 cxb5 32.Nxb5 Qc6 33.a4 Qc4 34.Qh5 Qxa4 35.Nc7 Rac8 36.Nxe6 Rd5 37.Nf4 Rb5 38.Re1 Ne7 39.Qf7 Qb4 40.Rde3 Rb7 41.g4 h6 42.Rxe7?? Qxe1+ 43.Rxe1 Rxf7 and Black had just enough time left to convert his advantage.
Jim Graham v Larry Marden
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 0-0 9.0-0 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.f3 Na5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.Qd2 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.Rfd1 Qd7 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.d5 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Qa4 20.Bc5 Rc7 21.Kf1 Rfc8 22.Be3 Rc2 23.Rxc2 Rxc2 24.Rd2 Rc1+ 25.Kf2 Bc3 26.Rd3 Be1+ 27.Kf1 Ra1 28.Qb2 Bc3+ 0-1
Ian Hunnable v Brian Izzard
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.Ne5 c5 8.Ng4 cxd4 9.exd4 Nbd7 10.Qf3 h5 11.Ne5 Qa5 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.cxd5 Bxd4 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Be2 Ne5 16.Qg3 Qxb2 17.Rb1 Qc2 18.Rc1 Qf5? [18...Qb2 19.Rb1 Qc2 was a likely draw by repetition] 19.Nb5 Bb6 20.Nd6 Qf6 21.Bc3 exd5 22.Qxe5 [22.Bxe5 Bxf2+] 22...Qxf2+ 23.Kd1 f6 24.Qxd5+ Kh7 25.Rf1 Qe3 26.Bxf6 Bd7 27.Ne4 Ba4+ A bolt from the blue that White missed. But by now Black, who had arrived 43 minutes late, was almost out of time. 28.Rc2 Bxc2+ 29.Kxc2 Qxe2+ 30.Kb3 Qxf1 31.Qd7+ 1-0
David Cork v Mark Weighell,
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.0-0 Nge7 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 a6 8.Ba4 d5 9.e5 0-0 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Bg4 13.Qd3 f5 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Nc3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nxd4 17.Rfe1 Bg7 18.Bd1 Nef5 19.Be5 Re8 20.f4 gxf4 21.Bg4 Rxe5 22.Rxe5 Bxe5 23.Kh1 Ng7 24.Rg1 f3 25.Bh5 Qh4 26.Rxg7+ Bxg7 27.Bxf3 c6 28.Bg2 Re8 0-1
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