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Published 15 May 2011
Under-140 Championship: Worcestershire - Lancashire
Played 15 May 2011 at The Bridge Club, King Street, Newcastle under Lyme. Lancashire players had white on odd-numbered boards. Code for Lancs board 13 and surname of Lancs board 14 corrected 16 May 2011.
| Board | WORCESTERSHIRE | ECF Code | Grade | Score | Score | LANCASHIRE | ECF Code | Grade |
| 1 | Holowczak, Alex | 263651H | 137 | 1 | 0 | Jameson, Nick | 268009K | 139 |
| 2 | Crockett, Stephen A | 279615G | 139 | 1 | 0 | Hart, Rob | 215270J | 139 |
| 3 | Friar, James P | 275649D | 130 | 1 | 0 | Reeves, Danny | 256457K | 138 |
| 4 | Ellis, Ian | 248739B | 136 | 0 | 1 | Stanfield, David | 240185L | 133 |
| 5 | Truscott, Ian | 120615B | 136 | 1 | 0 | Tennant-Smith, Jim | 120219E | 131 |
| 6 | Loynes, John H | 185413G | 136 | 0 | 1 | Innes, David | 273264G | 130 |
| 7 | Reed, Kyle | 275755C | 126 | 1 | 0 | Logan, Peter | 240931J | 130 |
| 8 | Friar, Joseph D | 275633L | 127 | 1 | 0 | Morrison, Lynn | 253122H | 129 |
| 9 | Humphries, Jeremy | 266351L | 131 | ½ | ½ | Bennett, Judd | 269335F | 122 |
| 10 | Yates, Tim | 127209D | 130 | 1 | 0 | Horne, Michael | 166452K | 119 |
| 11 | Shaw, Tony | 248737J | 130 | 1 | 0 | Williamson, Ian | 279651L | E119 |
| 12 | Spowart, David | 277850G | 129 | 0 | 1 | Dilworth, Joe | 157673C | 116 |
| 13 | Bott, Doug | 183289L | 132 | 0 | 1 | Jinks, Anthony | 147523L | E116 |
| 14 | O’Gorman T Francis | 242814D | 129 | ½ | ½ | Glover, Gordon | 256834C | 105 |
| 15 | Gittus, John F | 156963G | 127 | ½ | ½ | Jones, Wayne | 240915L | E105 |
| 16 | Butler, Richard | u/g | e122 | ½ | ½ | Moxham, John | U/G | E104 |
| TOTAL | 10 | 6 | TOTAL |
Match report from Giles Stanton. At the start of play Worcestershire were expecting good results on the lower boards, but it wasn't the case at all, with a win for Lancashire on 13, a draw on board 16 and Lancashire had good positions on other lower boards. Worcestershire's Jeremy Humphries contained the efforts of a confident and young opponent to agree a draw. Worcestershire juniors continued to put in impressive performances, having been moved up the board order. The Friar brothers and Kyle Reed responded by winning their games. On top board Alex Holowczak played a French Defence winning a pawn in the middle game and building up the pressure to convert to a won ending. On board 2, Steve Crockett used the Grand Prix Attack against Rob Hart's Sicilian and overwhelmed his opponent in the end game. Worcestershire's top boards had out-scored Lancs by 6 to 2. With three games still playing, the score stood 7-6 in Worcestershire's favour. On board 10, Tim Yates had won a pawn in the middle game and his superior king giving him the win in a same-coloured bishop ending. On board 11, Tony Shaw gained a two-pawn advantage and pressed home to win. Junior Joseph Friar was the last to finish. In a patient game, he built up a well co-ordinated army, and then flushed the opposing king into the open. An infelicitous rook capture by Joseph's opponent lost the exchange to a queen fork and took Worcestershires tally to 10.