Lincolnshire beat Worcestershire 10½ : 5½

Midland Counties Chess Union COUNTY MATCH RESULT FORM

Section: Minor Counties
Home Team: Worcestershire					Away Team: Lincolnshire
Venue:   Syston					Date:  10TH March 2012
Team having white on odd boards:  Lincolnshire					Result reported by:  Nigel Birtwistle
Board	ECF Code	Grade	Home team players’ names	Score	Score	Away Team players’ names	Grade	ECF Code
1	112595D	192	Carl Hibbard	0	1	Chris Dorrington	225	175238J
2	287190H	191	Pavel Besedin	0	1	Paul Cumbers	197	103734B
3	120670K	186	Brian Turner	½	½	Claudio Mangione	193	280840H
4	127645B	183	Peter Kitson	½	½	Nick Stead	193	119629H
5	129898H	173	Kevin Hurney	½	½	Nigel Birtwistle	182	106801F
6	106679B	166	Mark Bethel	½	½	Steven Prior	186	263507A
7	282451G	166	Ed Osbourn	½	½	Harry Russell	176	216825L
8	165392B	155	Nigel Towers	½	½	Joe Kilshaw	176	118511D
9	129306A	156	Charles Higgie	½	½	Ivan David	172	277281E
10	116998B	150	Roy Peters	0	1	Keith Palmer	171	116655E
11	160573C	150	Mike Hadley	½	½	Kevin McCarthy	168	244268B
12	127661L	147	John Knee	½	½	Denis Georgiou	161	111157H
13	267733H	143	Andrew Farthing	½	½	Stuart MacDonald	152	277271G
14	108621C	140	Ray Collett	0	1	Alastair Summers	147	270555C
15	183529E	109	Tony Pountney	0	1	Ian McDonald	147	222114H
16	108620A	101	Richard Collett	½	½	Geoff Collyer	147	160353L
				5½	10½

This result means that Lincolnshire will qualify for the national stages of the Minor Counties Competition. On condition that Leicestershire have  beaten Derbyshire yesterday then Lincolnshire finished second in the group. It means that Lincolnshire team will probably face one of the SCCU teams such as Herts, Essex or Kent in the Quarter Finals.The date for the Quarter Final is Saturday May 19th.