Date and Venue
Sunday, 9 November 2025
At Wanstead House, 21 The Green, Wanstead E11 2NT.
Limited parking on site but available in surrounding streets and the car park off the High Street.
Light refreshments (tea, coffee, biscuits) will be available.
Conditions
ECA Conditions of entry and ECF Safe Play Guidelines apply to both events:
ECA conditions of entry (Link to ECA website);
ECF Safe Play Guidelines (Link to ECF website).
Pairings & Results
Pairings and Results for both events will be available live from this website via the links below (when created), or from the main menu bar above.
Team Blitz Pairings & Results by Vega
Individual Lightning Championship Pairings & Results by Vega
Essex Team Blitz Championship
When: Sunday, 9 November 2025, 9.45 am for 10.00 am
Where: Wanstead House, 21 The Green, Wanstead E11 2NT
Control Team: Mark Murrell and Ian Hunnable
- Open to ECA affiliated clubs and Essex juniors;
- Four (4) players per team, who must all be bona fide members of the Club;
- Maximum 10 teams. Clubs wishing to enter additional teams may do so and will be accepted subject to this overall limit. Early entry is advised;
- Entry Fees £10 per team; each subsequent team, £8. Pay cash on the day;
- All-play-all, Berger pairings;
- Game points count, with Match Points tie-break;
- Arrive by 9.45 am. Schedule: Round 1 at 10.00 am with a new round every 20 minutes. Prize Giving 1.00 pm. Access to Wanstead House from 9:30 am;
- 7 minutes blitz, NO increments;
- Rules of Play – FIDE Blitz Rules. Games will be submitted for ECF Blitz rating.
- Essex Team Blitz trophy and cash prize to winning team; individual Board prizes;
Entry by email to: tournaments@essexchess.org.uk with your team list and Captain’s name and email. Closing date for entries: Friday, 07 November 2024.
ECA Lightning Championship
Individual Championship for the Judah Kalinsky Trophy
When: Sunday, 9 November 2025, 9.45 am for 10.00 am
Where: Wanstead House, 21 The Green, Wanstead E11 2NT
Controllers: Ian Hunnable and Mark Murrell.
- Play starts 2:30 pm;
- Entry on the day: Adults £10, Juniors £5;
- This is an Essex closed event;
- A buzzer sounds every 10 seconds. The player on move must make their move while the buzzer sounds – not before, not after;
See – Rules for Lightning Chess - FIDE Laws of Chess, Articles 1-5, apply including the ‘touched piece’ rule;
- Illegal move loses;
- 6 or 7 rounds depending on entry;
- Swiss pairing by Vega, depending on entry;
- Schedule: Round 1: 2:30 pm with a new round every 25 minutes; time saved will accelerate the schedule.
Prizes: According to entry, including first and second plus a Junior prize.
