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Published 28 January 2012
Leicestershire - Worcestershire
Played 28 January at Thurmaston Old School & Community Centre, Thurmaston, Leics. Leicestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white.
| Board | Leicestershire | Ref No | Grade | Score | Score | Worcestershire | Ref No | Grade |
| 1 | Mark Hebden | 112455K | 241 | 1 | 0 | Ray Collett (subst) | 108621C | 149 |
| 2 | Iliyan Mladenov | 287510B | 207 | 1 | 0 | Brian Turner | 120670K | 184 |
| 3 | Martin Burrows | 125697L | 200 | 1 | 0 | Carl Hibbard | 112595D | 181 |
| 4 | Andy Morley | 115787F | 179 | 1 | 0 | Pavel Besedin | 287190H | Fide |
| 5 | Ray Burgess | 107674H | 182 | 1 | 0 | Peter Kitson | 127645B | 174 |
| 6 | Sean Sheahan | 118836H | 170 | 0 | 1 | Nic Fallowfield | 128865K | 173 |
| 7 | Brian Galligan | 287350D | 173 | 0 | 1 | Jim Friar (Snr) | 110925L | 173 |
| 8 | John Mitchell | 115634C | 173 | 0 | 1 | Kevin Hurney | 129898H | 172 |
| 9 | Richard Vann | 163691B | 163 | 0 | 1 | Ed Osbourn | 282451G | 169 |
| 10 | Dave Farrall | 213110K | 168 | 0 | 1 | John Wrench | 127123E | 165 |
| 11 | Alfonso Jiminez | 279527K | 164 | 1 | 0 | Nigel Towers | 165392B | 161 |
| 12 | Patrick McDermott | 115247G | 159 | ½ | ½ | Charles Higgie | 129306A | 158 |
| 13 | Jim Bingham | 106748F | 161 | 0 | 1 | James Friar (Jnr) | 275649D | 153 |
| 14 | Jim Miller | 115535A | 157 | ½ | ½ | John Knee | 127661L | 152 |
| 15 | John Pattinson | 116818G | 157 | 1 | 0 | Mike Hadley | 160573C | 150 |
| 16 | Sean Hewitt | 112575J | 157 | 1 | 0 | Joseph Friar | 275633L | 149 |
| total | 9 | 7 |
The match started badly for Worcestershire. Their team was five players short at the start of the session. Telephone contact with the missing car eventually guided four player to the venue to start their games a quarter of an hour late and Worcestershire's intended top board player had been taken ill that morning. Predictably Leics were soon one up when Mark Hebden won easily. Early in the session, Worcs equalised and then went into a temporary lead with wins from Wrench and Osbourn. After the two draws, Hewitt and Burgess pushed Leics into the lead. Worcs equalled with wins from Friar senior and son James, but wins from Mladenov, Burrows re-established Leicestershire in front. The remaining games looked hopeful for Worcs, but Pattinson's opponent misjudged a piece sac when a pawn up to put Leics two points ahead. Two promising games for Worcestershire were lost by poor time management with Morley and Jiminez winning. Hurney made up some of Worcestershire's deficit, but his win left Leicestershire winners by two points. Leicestershire's President Sean Hewitt said: "I think that we were very fortunate indeed to win the match. How we won on B4 and B15 when we were lost on both I do not know!"