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Friday June 3, 2005 9:44
County Championship 2003/4
The National Counties Championship final was held in Leicestershire, at the
Hinckley Leisure Centre on 3rd July 2004.
The event was opened by the Director of Home Chess, Cyril Johnson. The Open
Championship for the Lowenthal Trophy was won by Greater Manchester 8½
-7½ after recovering from a quick loss on top board to GM Daniel Gormally
of Kent who then had to watch his lead pulled back and then overtaken after
5 hours of chess. The Minor Counties had become an East Anglian affair which
was won by the higher rated Bedfordshire team 9-7 against Norfolk. Devon faced
regular finalists Essex in the U175 but fell short by 10-6. Cambridgeshire did
not know their opponents in the U150 final until Sunday but still defeated Lancashire
9-7. Middlesex made their first appearance in any final for 10 years against
Shropshire, but lost 10-6. The U100s was very close with Essex failing to do
a double as Norfolk won 6½ to 5½. All matches were hard fought,
with none being concluded in less than 4 hours!
The Chief Executive of the British Chess Federation, Roy Heppinstall, thanked
the controlling team of David Welch, John Shaw and Cyril Johnson, whom he remarked,
had a very quiet day. The administration team of Francesca, Nathan, Aiden and
Jacob Brown ensured that the results were collected promptly helping harassed
captains keep up to date with the score. Roy also commented that the Hinckley
Leisure Centre, which was making its debut as a national venue was excellent,
and he hoped that other events would be coming to the town in future.
Photographs by John Shaw
Danny Gormally v Ali Reza Jaunooby
1d4 c5:2 d5 e5: 3 e4 d6: 4 g3 g6:5 Nc3 Bg7: 6 h4 h5: 7 Bh3 Nd7: 8 Nf3 Nh6: 9
Ng5 b6:( 9 … Qb6 would be better): 10 Nb5 Ba6: (Black has to acknowledge
the threat on d6 and either play Bf8 or Ke7): 11 Nxd6 Ke7: 12 Ndxf7 Nxf7: 13
Ne6 Qg8 ( the wrong way, Qb8 would have been stronger):14 d6+ ( an excellent
sac) Nxd6: 15 Nxg7 Qxg7: 16 Bg5+ Nf6:17 Qd5 Nxe4:18 Qxe4 Kf7:19 Qc6 Rae8:20
0-0-0 Re7: 21 Rd6 winning material
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