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21 MARCH 1998
| ESSEX | SUSSEX | ||||||
| Board | Colour | Home team | Grade | Score | Away team | Grade | Score |
| 1 | W | Trevor Coote | 173 | 1 | Andrew Fleming | 168 | 0 |
| 2 | B | Tim Hebbes | 174 | 1 | Adrian Pickersgill | 169 | 0 |
| 3 | W | Larry Marden | 169 | ½ | Michael Reddie | 168 | ½ |
| 4 | B | George McNally | 172 | 0 | Paul Batchelor | 168 | 1 |
| 5 | W | Bill Saunders | 171 | 1 | Stephen Hawes | 168 | 0 |
| 6 | B | Martin McCall | 171 | ½ | Ian Kelly | 167 | ½ |
| 7 | W | Ivan Myall | 171 | 1 | Arthur Hall | 163 | 0 |
| 8 | B | David Millward | 168 | ½ | Paul Selby | 153 | ½ |
| 9 | W | Ivor Smith | 161 | 1 | Philip Greaves | 150 | 0 |
| 10 | B | Ken Clow | 173 | ½ | Paul Watson | 147 | ½ |
| 11 | W | Colin Ramage | 167 | ½ | L John Cannon | 131 | ½ |
| 12 | B | Ian Hunnable | 166 | 1 | R Daniel Hirsch | 139 | 0 |
| 13 | W | Les Crane | 164 | 1 | R C Grundy | 127 | 0 |
| 14 | B | Roberto Waldteufel | 163 | ½ | David Cork | 114 | ½ |
| 15 | W | Neville Twitchell | 160 | 1 | Default | 0 | |
| 16 | B | Mark Weighell | 161 | 1 | Default | 0 | |
| TOTAL - Home | 12 | TOTAL - Away | 4 | ||||
This was a mis-match between an Essex team already confirmed as SCCU champions and a weakened Sussex side that knew that qualification was no longer possible. The only issue at stake was whether Essex could become the first County since the old second teams competition was reconstituted as the U175 championship to complete the qua;ifying event with a 100% record. This was duly achieved, as Sussex did nothing to help their cause by defaulting the bottom two boards, and did well to pick up as many points as they did given the disparity in the grades.
Adrian Pickersgill v Tim Hebbes
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.0-0 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bd6 12.Re1 0-0 13.Nc3 e5 [Wrongly claimed in Chessex to be a theoretical novelty. Ian Hunnable played this move 17 years previously and had the chance to try it out again in the semi-final against Devon.] 14.dxe5 Ng4 15.Be3 Nxe3 16.Rxe3 d4 17.Na4 Qa5 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Nxd4 Nxe5 20.Bb3 Ng4 21.Nf3 Qc7 22.Rc3 Bxh2+ 23.Kf1 Qf4 24.Rc4 Qf6 25.Nc5 b6 26.Ne4 Qh6 27.Rd4 Bb7 28.Neg5 Ne5 29.Rd6 Qh5 30.Bd5 Nxf3 31.Nxf3 Bxd6 32.Bxb7 Rad8 33.Qc2 0-1
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