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Published 8 November 2014

Greater Manchester - Worcestershire

Played on 8 November 2014 at Newcastle-under-Lyme Bridge Club. Worcestershire players had white on odd-numbered boards. Match reported by Ray Collett. Manchester's board 13 player's name corrected 10 Nov 2014.

 

Board Grade Code Grade Greater Manchester Score Score Worcestershire Grade Grade Code
1 265014K 214 Horton, Andrew 0 1 Besedin, Pavel 199 287190H
2 275891L 210 Abbas, Daniel ½ ½ Lambourne, Daniel M 178 259447L
3 119158F 204 Smith, Alan A ½ ½ Towers, Nigel S 176 165392B
4 241589G 204 Jaunoobi, Ali 1 0 Kitson, Peter R 176 165392B
5 247371K 190 Horton, Jamie 0 1 Hurney, Kevin 172 129898H
6 117777B 186 Reeve, Andy 1 0 Higgie, Charles 172 129306A
7 185941K 181 Olbison, Phil ½ ½ Turner, Brian 170 120670K
8 104797J 177 Tyton, Adam 0 1 Wrench, John 165 127123E
9 190315K 174 Reed, John S ½ ½ Friar, Joseph D 165 275633L
10 107756K 174 Burton, Graham P 0 1 Friar, Jim A 160 110925L
11 222001F 171e Utyuzhnivkova, Galina ½ ½ Bissell, Maurice D 157 106812L
12 292506A 170 Antal, Laszlo 1 0 Roberts, David L 156 137850J
13 282176L 158 Hilton, Tim ½ ½ Knee, John P 149 127661L
14 120612G 163 Trueman, Glenn 1 0 Collett, Ray A 149 154571B
15 108722J 152 Connor, Michael I 0 1 Sharratt, Paul 144 118792C
16 143105F 144 Lonsdale, Jon 1 0 Ellis, Ian 135 248739B
  Man   Result 8 8 Mean    

 

An exciting match where outgraded Worcestershire fought a full-strength Manchester side to a draw. The match was decided by the last game to finish when Glenn Trueman converted his pawn plus into a win in a bishop and pawn ending.