YORKSHIRE (BCF SEMI-FINAL)
SYSTON
3 JUNE 2000

    ESSEX   YORKSHIRE    
Board Colour Home Team Grade Score Away Team Grade Score
1 W Tim Hebbes 168 ½ Gawain Jones 166J ½
2 B Ivor Smith 173 0 Paul Blackman 173 1
3 W Paul Williamson 167 0 M Hankinson 173 1
4 B Peter Doye 169 1 Peter Shaw 157 0
5 W Ivan Myall 166 ½ Jonathan Arnott 165 ½
6 B Terry Whitton 166 0 Jeremy Hamm 173 1
7 W Fred Dorn 165 1 C C Williams 170 0
8 B John White 164 ½ Geoff Frost 170 ½
9 W Ian Hunnable 164 0 Chris Wright 169 1
10 B Sid Kalinsky 160 0 J Round 169 1
11 W Neville Twitchell 156 0 Neil Lowther 166 1
12 B Paul Barclay 156 ½ Richard Archer 160 ½
13 W Dave Pearse 156 1 Steve Mann 155 0
14 B George McNally 147 ½ Paul Hopwood 136J ½
15 W Howard Grist 154 ½ Peter Cloudsdale 149 ½
16 B Colin Ramage 152 0 S Nicholls 152 1
  TOTAL - Home 6 TOTAL - Away 10

All good things eventually come to an end, and the 29 match unbeaten run that the Essex U175s had put together since their loss at Hassocks in February 1997 was finally broken by an extremely strong Yorkshire team who must be favourites to take this year's national title. [An inaccurate prediction - in the event Warwickshire won the final]. Essex were missing a number of their regular top order and simply found themselves outgunned on the day. After Paul Barclay had registered a quick draw, Yorkshire won four of the next five games to finish, with the only partial success for Essex coming when Tim Hebbes survived a period of acute time pressure to draw. There was a brief Essex rally led by Fred Dorn, making a welcome return to side,whose four pawns attack against the King's Indian defence led rapidly to an advantageous ending which Fred nursed to a win. When draws by Howard Grist and George McNally were followed by a win by Dave Pearse whose opponent never succeeded in castling, Essex had clawed back to 4 -6 but that was as close as it got. Four games finishing in the space of three minutes gave Yorkshire 3 1/2 points and an unassailable lead, with only John White avoiding defeat. With the match decided, Ivan Myall agreed a draw, but Peter Doye fought on and eventually secured victory in a rook and pawn ending.

Despite the defeat, this was a good afternoon for Essex chess with both the Open and the U150 teams qualifying for the finals.

P Shaw v Peter Doye

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 c6 7.c4 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Nd7 9.Nc3 Nb6 10.Qb3 Be7 11.Nf3 0-0 12.0-0 Qd7 13.a4 Qe6 14.Qxe6 fxe6 15.a5 Nc4 16.Rfc1 a6 17.Ne4 Nd6 18.Nc5 Kf7 19.e4 Rfb8 20.d5 cxd5 21.exd5 e5 22.Nd7 Rc8 23.Nb6 Rxc1+ 24.Rxc1 Rb8 25.Nd2 Bd8 26.Ndc4 Ke7 27.Re1 Nxc4 28.Nxc4 Rc8 29.b3 Kd7 30.Re4 Rc5 31.f4 exf4 32.Rxf4 Rxd5 33.b4 Bc7 34.Rg4 g5 35.h4 h5 36.Re4 f5 37.Re2 g4 38.Kf2 g3+ 39.Ke1 Rd4 40.Ne3 Bd6 41.Nc2 Bxb4+ 42.Nxb4 Rxb4 43.Re3 Re4 44.Kd2 Rxh4 45.Rxg3 Rg4 46.Rd3+ Kc6 47.Kc3 Rxg2 48.Rf3 Rg5 49.Rf4 Kb5 50.Rb4+ Kxa5 51.Rxb7 f4 52.Rf7 h4 53.Rxf4 Rh5 54.Rf2 h3 55.Rh2 Kb5 56.Kb3 a5 57.Ka3 Kc4 58.Kb2 Kd3 59.Kc1 Ke3 60.Kd1 Kf3 61.Kc1 Kg3 62.Rd2 h2 63.Rd3+ Kf4 0-1

Fred Dorn v C Williams

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 b5 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Ng4 12.Bg5 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Qd2 Bxg5 15.Qxg5 Qxg5 16.Nxg5 Ne3 17.Kd2 Nc4+ 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.Rhf1 Bf5 20.Nxh7 Kxh7 21.g4 Nd7 22.gxf5 gxf5 23.Rf4 Kg6 24.Rg1+ Kf6 25.Rgf1 Ke5 26.Rxc4 Rh8 27.Re1+ Kf6 28.Re6+ Kf7 29.h4 Nb6 30.Rxc5 Nxd5 31.Re5 Nxc3 32.Rxf5+ Ke6 33.Kxc3 Rxh4 34.Rh5 Rxh5 35.Rxh5 Rc8+ 36.Kb4 Rc2 37.Rh6+ Kd5 38.Ka3 Rc7 39.b4 Rg7 40.Ka4 Rf7 41.Ka5 Rg7 42.a4 Rf7 43.b5 Rc7 44.Ka6 Kc5 45.a5 Rc8 46.Rh5+ Kb4 47.Kxa7 1-0

Dave Pearse v S Mann

1.d4 d5 2.c3 e6 3.Bf4 Bd6 4.e3 Ne7 5.Nf3 Ng6 6.Bg3 Nc6 7.Bd3 f5 8.c4 e5 9.cxd5 Bb4+ 10.Nbd2 Qxd5 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Bc4 Qd6 13.Bb3 Bxd2 14.Qxd2 h6 15.Qc3 exd4 16.Qc4 Nce5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.exd4 Qd6 20.Qf7+ Kd8 21.Qxg7 Re8 22.Rfe1 a5 23.Rxe8+ Bxe8 24.Re1 Ra6 25.Re6 Qd7 26.Qf6+ Kc8 27.Rxa6 bxa6 28.Be6 1-0

 

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