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Match Results 2006-7 Season
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At Worcestershire (H) - Leicestershire
(A)
28 March, Claines, Worcester
Match
Report based on Maurice Bissell's letter to team members
The match was exciting throughout. Brian Turner (Malvern) turned up
slightly late only to find he faced grandmaster Mark Hebden graded 61 points
higher. Brian fought bravely, but was forced into Zugswang. With the exception
of top board, players in the home team slightly outgraded our Leicester visitors
and the match was always close. Mike Boyce travelled up from Bristol to give
welcome reinforcement to our upper order, but found he faced ex-Worcester
St John's player Martin Burrows. With two games to finish, Worcs needed 1½ points
to tie the match. Mark Bethel and John Chester did what was necessary.
Board |
Home team |
Result |
Away team |
1 2 3 4 |
Brian Turner (173) G Mike Boyce (est 170) Stephen Mellor (169) John Edge (166) |
0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 0 - 1 |
Mark Hebden (234) Martin Burrows (178) L A Edwards (171) Jim Mitchell (150) |
5 6 7 8 |
Nicholas Fallowfield (162) Jeremy Fallowfield (160) Mark Bethel (157) Kevin Hurney (157) |
½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 |
Sean Hewitt (149) D Farrall (144) J Bingham (130) P Watkinson (140) |
9 10 11 12 |
Maurice Bissell (151) Nigel Towers (141) John Chester (141) Julie Wilson (138) |
0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ |
P Deacon (136) P Harrison (136) S Turvey (133) S Wylie (130) |
13 14 15 16 |
Ray Collett (131) Jim Keene (130) Mike Hadley (125) Andrew Wiggins (120) |
½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 |
J Pattinson (128) G Booley (127) Otto Hardy (122) Default |
Statistics |
Result Mean grade Mean grade difference |
8 -
8 |