Result of U-160 Leics - Staffs 17 Oct 2009

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	U-160 Leics - Staffs Result of match played 17 October

VENUE: Heathcote Arms, Croft, Leics

Board	Leicestershire had white on odds	Grade	ID	Score	Score	Staffordshire had white on evens	Grade	ID
1	Dave Farell	159	213110K	1	0	Staniforth, John	157	119583K
2	Rajan Granger	159		½	½	Handley, Mark	157	112022A
3	Greg Adcock	156	130161F	0	1	Zitha, Ben	156	264350K
4	Paul Deacon	154	109512C	0	1	Wootton, Max	154	161058C
5	Karl Potter	154	265676A	1	0	Pedder, Stephane SG	154	137099G
6	Alan Jex	152	113642G	½	½	Leary, Peter	153	152089B
7	Steve Turvey	150	153473H	½	½	Groombridge, Mike J	151	111774K
8	Bob Collins	143	108656L	0	1	Hill, Steve R	152	259968F
9	Tom Dove	141	272938G	½	½	Thomason, Alan E	142	262471A
10	Peter Harrison	140	112216C	½	½	Wyza, Matthew P	137	240298B
11	Larry Hayden	138	112374K	1	0	Carr, Matthew	135	266785L
12	Peter Hickman	137	106989F	½	½	Day, John R	134	109480E
13	Tony Robinson	137	213110K	1	0	Dolan, Ray	127	157184K
14	Barney Thomas	137	130161F	½	½	Dobson, Alan F	125	109734K
15	Ian Farquaharson	135	109512C	½	½	Clapham, Paul J	107	186538K
16	Roy Lathwood	129	114104B	1	0	Shaw, Peter	107	118825C
				9	7

Match report (based on Matthew Carr's report on the Staffs website). Boards 6 and 9 finished first with early draws. Staffs went 1 down when their board 16 resigned. After three hours the score was 7 - 5. Staffs' board 11 had rook and two minor pieces for a queen, but managed to drop the rook and resigned few moves later. Leics also won on board 13. In the two remaining games Staffs players made good, but it was not sufficient to equalise the match. Ben Zitha managed to mate his opponent's king with a and b pawns. The final game in play was drawish, but the Staffs player forced through a pawn to promote and won.