essexchess gets a makeover
The Website is receiving a makeover and you can get a first view of the new site right now, by following the link below.
The principal features are:
- New navigation structure with four main groupings: Activities, ECA Admin, History, Site Admin;
- Wider page;
- Printer-firendly and PDF versions available for principle items;
The new site design is being worked alongside a new style for Chessexonline so that the two are closer together in format, easing production time. A new issue of Chessexonline is already at an advanced stage of production.
Initially, the new pages and the existing site will be run in parallel, but before long the new pages will take over.
ECA
AGM 30-June-2009 
The Annual General Meeting of the Essex Chess Association was held 30th June 2009 at Wanstead House.
In a largely unremarkable meeting of routine business, the standout feature was the significant increase in the ECA Game Fee which includes the ECF Game Fee (which is now 50p pppg for next season). The meeting recognised the need to raise fees and approved the Treasurer's proposal to increase the ECA Game Fee to 65p per player per game. More...
Minutes available soon
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Essex go digital
The County is now equipped with the DGT 2010 digital timers. To find out how to use them, follow this link:
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Site Updates |
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LATEST • 03-Jul-09 Links - Change link for Southend League. |
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Previous • 02-Jul-09 Meetings - Add Finalised Minutes of 2008 AGM (approved 30.6.2009). Add draft GPC Minutes (20.5.2009) • 30-Jun-09 Congresses - Add tables for 2008 Braintree Congress (with apologies for delay.) Clubs - Brentwood: update 1st team captain. Wanstead: Update 2nd team captain. 15-Jun-09 Archive/Champions - Update Champions page for U150 Champion. • 14-Jun-09 Calendar - Add Entry Form links for Team Blitz & individual Lightning and individual Rpaidplay championships. |
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For fuller details and earlier changes, visit update blog |
Ilford 2009
Cross tables and report are now available.
Forthcoming events
The following are all Essex closed events.
Sunday July 12th
ECA Team Blitz (a.m.) and
Individual Lightning (p.m.) both at Ilford CC
Team Blitz & Lightning Entry Form
Sunday July 19th
ECA and North Essex Individual Rapidplay at the Writtle Chess Club venue.
GPC retains single session for EL
At a meeting of the GPC held on Wednesday 20-May-2009 at Brentwood it was decided, by a 10-8 majority to retain the single session. The time control, however, has been changed and will be All moves in 90 minutes, carried by a 12-2 majority.
A further proposal allows team Captains to have a mobile phone on silent (vibrate) mode until he has a full team. Nem con.
Chessexonline
Visit the 'Magazine' page for details and link to the updated issue: Magazine
02-Dec-2008 To subscribe to the newsletter mailing list, follow the 'Subscribe' link below.
New FIDE Laws of Chess come into effect 1st July 2009. Laws of Chess | More...
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