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7 NOVEMBER 1998
| ESSEX | SUSSEX | ||||||
| Board | Colour | Home team | Grade | Score | Away team | Grade | Score |
| 1 | B | Tim Hebbes | 174 | 0 | Richard Almond | 172 | 1 |
| 2 | W | Ivor Smith | 173 | ½ | Michael Reddie | 170 | ½ |
| 3 | B | Mark Weighell (res) | 151 | 1 | Erkki Pesonen | 168 | 0 |
| 4 | W | Bill Saunders | 171 | ½ | Adrian Pickersgill | 168 | ½ |
| 5 | B | Rod Nixon | 170 | 1 | Stephen Hawes | 168 | 0 |
| 6 | W | David Millward | 169 | ½ | Michael Stott | 167 | ½ |
| 7 | B | Ian Hunnable | 166 | ½ | Tom Howdle | 165 | ½ |
| 8 | W | Paul Barclay | 165 | 0 | M Layh | 164 | 1 |
| 9 | B | Ivan Myall | 164 | 0 | Stephen Blewitt | 164 | 1 |
| 10 | W | Dave Pearse | 163 | ½ | Paul Batchelor | 160 | ½ |
| 11 | B | Roy Heppinstall | 162 | ½ | Mark Finch | 153 | ½ |
| 12 | W | Neville Twitchell | 162 | 0 | Laurence Rackham | 151 | 1 |
| 13 | B | Steve Williams | 162 | ½ | L John Cannon | 149 | ½ |
| 14 | W | John Philpott (res) | 155 | ½ | Sue Howell | 148 | ½ |
| 15 | B | Colin Ramage | 153 | 1 | Alan Palmer | 146 | 0 |
| 16 | W | Roberto Waldteufel | 151 | 1 | R Daniel Hirsch | 132 | 0 |
| TOTAL - Home | 8 | TOTAL - Away | 8 | ||||
A tremendous struggle in which Essex came close to losing their unbeaten record, until Steve Williams managed to salvage an improbable draw in an ending of king and rook against king and two rooks. Rod Nixon made a winning debut for the team, but the real star of the show was Mark Weighell who won in convincing style as black after being put in as a substitute on board 3.
Erkki Pesonen v Mark Weighell
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 d6 6.Ngf3 dxe5 7.Nxe5 0-0 8.Nd3 Bd6 9.e3 Bf5 10.c5 Bxf4 11.Nxf4 Nc6 12.Be2 Nge5 13.e4 Bg6 14.Nxg6 Nxg6 15.0-0 Qd4 16.Qc2 Nf4 17.Nb3 Qe5 18.a3 a5 19.Bf3 a4 20.Nc1 Nd4 21.Qc3 Ra6 22.Kh1 Rh6 23.g3 Qf6 24.Bg2 Rxh2+ 25.Kxh2 Qh6+ 26.Kg1 Nfe2+ 0-1
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