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Cometh the hour... |
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19 June 2010 10:22:29
Today, we welcome John Philpott (johnu175) to the editorial ranks on the essexchess blog and he opens with a scene-setting item on today's last two semi-final County Championship matches: U180 Essex v Notts (at St Neots), U160 Essex v Yorks (at Barkby).
Follow the U180 team's progress throught the afternoon as the blog gets updated.
Read: essexchess blog
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Open Team go out |
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The Essex Open team’s semi-final against Lancs in Syston 13th June, ended in disappointment for the East Saxons. The team went down 9-7, a scoreline enhanced by Essex wins in the last two games to finish. Read more...
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Essex U100 reach the Final |
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Congratulations to Malcolm Crane and the U100 team who reached the ECF final with a convincing 7½-4½ victory over Lancashire. They won the match over the top seven boards where they allowed just two draws. Details...
The U100 team are therefore the first of the Essex quartet to reach the County Championship Finals on 10th July, where they will play the winners of Warwicks against Yorks.
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Essex players star at Ilford |
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The entry in the 61st Ilford Chess Congress, 29-31 May, at Redbridge Institute, was slightly down on last year at 106. This was disappointing for Ivor Smith in charge of his last Ilford Congress, but in keeping with recent trends in other events. In the last week before the event, entries reached an encouraging level of 94, but the usual rush of late entries - 22 last year - was this year only a trickle with just 12 entering on the day.
However, the event passed off successfully, particularly for Essex players in the Open and the Minor. Read more...
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Full house! |
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Essex U180 defeated the 2009 U175 Champions, Yorkshire, 8½-7½ in the ECF quarter-final at Syston. Yorkshire gifted Essex a point's start by the non-appearance of their Board 8 and that, of course, was the margin of victory. In the semi-final Essex will meet Notts who beat Beds 8½-7½. Details...
There was more good news for the County in the U160 section, where Essex beat Staffs 9½-6½ and progress to a semi-final encounter with Yorkshire. Details...
As the Open team were successful in their QF on 9 May and the U100 team did not have a quarter-final pairing (only one QF, Kent v Yorks, Essex play Lancs in the semi-final), this means Essex have all four qualified teams through to the national semis.
Semi-final pairings:
Open: Essex v Lancs
U180: Essex v Notts
U160: Yorks v Essex
U100: Lancs v Essex
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Entry Forms published |
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Entry Forms for the following events have been published:
- Essex Team Rapidplay Knockout (NB: closing date for entries: 5th June 2010)
- 4th July, Essex Team Blitz and Lightning Championships
- == both of the above events are Essex closed events ==
- 18th July, Essex Chess Rapidplay - open to all, but incorporates the Essex Rapidplay Championship.
The attention of Clubs is drawn to the imminent closing date for entry to the summer RP KO, 5th June - don't delay!!
Visit the Calendar for links to these forms.
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Entries on track |
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Entries for the 61st Ilford Chess Congress, 29-31 May 2010, are on track with the anticipated numbers at this time; 49 entries received to date. Readers can keep up to date with the list of those who have entered via the Ilford 2010 panel above right.
Not entered yet? Visit the Ilford 2010 page for details and Entry Form. Read more...
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The way is Open |
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Having successfully progressed from the Preliminary Round, the Essex Open team booked their place in the semi-finals with a 9½-6½ win against Norfolk at Great Shelford. Details...
Essex now await the winners of Lancashire v Kent which is not due to be played until 22nd May.
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